Old Friends , New Memories

It has been a wonderful weekend. I got a chance to meet 2 of my long lost friends accidentally. We had been pretty close then. Higher studies took us in different paths.

After my +2, i joined NIT Calicut( okay, It was REC Calicut then). Between those 2 (i.e +2 exams and joining NIT Calicut) there was a gap of around 3.5 months. It was way before e-mail was revolutionized in India. So the natural medium of communication was through letter's. I was regularly in touch with most of my friends. I used to get at least 2 letters everyday... But once i joined the college, i hardly had time to write to them. New friends, new responsibilities made me forget the old ones. Eventually lost touch with everybody.

Now that, Social networking is a big hit and is the flavor of the season, i have made contact with most of those lost ones, through orkut of course. But once i add them as a friend, i just scrap them once or maybe twice. Even the friends i met accidentally, i hardly had anything to talk after 15mins. Are these the same people with whom i have endlessly talked ten years back? We were just looking at each others face now.

Is this the foul play of the wheel of time? Does time have so much effect on us? The thought itself sends shivers down.

The lesson learnt, try to be in touch with all those you care for. It will be too late later on.