Anand - Yes, He is there...

It was just another Saturday morning and we were working. We had just begun our day when this lad enters the department and while wishing a daily Good Morning to everyone, very secretly changes the wallpaper on the desktop of one of our senior colleagues. And the latter is surprised to see a ravishing Desi Girl Priyanka Chopra on his screen instead of an intense Smita Patil. The senior chap enquires, “Why this change?” and the boy very innocently replies, “Come on Sir, it’s a Weekend!!!” This was Vivekanand Patil, the Prankster.

He made us talk, he made us laugh,

Before his enthusiasm, everything else was dwarf.

“Anand”- The masterpiece of Indian Cinema, where Rajesh Khanna while making one laugh had brought tears in one’s eyes is one of my favourite movies and have watched it umpteen number times but who had thought that this friend of ours whom we loved will one day become our Anand in real life.

“Babu Moshay, Zindagi Badi honi chahiye, Lambi Nahin...” as if following these lines he lived everyday of his life, making friends at every walk of Life, bringing smiles on every face he met.

Behind every problem to cope,

He was our last ray of Hope.

Guiding us through the way of life, one day He was gone, never to come back. Leaving a void in our hearts.

Today, three years have passed since He had left us and this emptiness in our hearts is so deep that it can never be filled but we can at least try to be happy and cheerful no matter how grave the sorrow be after all we should walk on the path of happiness on which He had once walked.

Zindagi aur maut upar wale ke haath hain jahapanah,
use naa aap badal sakte hain na main,
Hum sab toh rang-manch kee katputliya hain,
jinki dor uparwale ki ungliyon mein bandhi hain
Kab kaun kaise uthega, koi nahi bata sakta

(Vivek)Anand mara nahi…

(Vivek) Anand marte nahin…

Wo yahi hai hamare saath….