World is Small

Yesterday, I had a surprise encounter with one of my school days senior - Balu. An inspiring personality even during those days at school, he had recently quit his job at a reputed MNC and has taken up something he was interested in - He has joined Chinmaya Yuva Kendra, a movement with the mission of spreading knowledge and values among youth, through spiritual, cultural and educational activities. His decision can be contended against his family and educational backgrounds: Both his parents are doctors and he had finished his engineering from one of those distinguished colleges in India.

But when I had heard this news about a month ago, surprisingly, I wasn't surprised at all! I had always known him as a bold and righteous person and it wasn't hard to imagine that he would take such a course. Whatever it is, very few people have the guts to take up a life that gives them real satisfaction, breaking away from the material and social necessities and expectations that makes us cling to the jobs that areotherwise ungratifying. I always had a great admiration for him and that has increase manifold now.

We had a nice conversation on our way to Chennai. We talked about our days at school and also about our other friends. He did not recognize me at the first glance. But he got it when I told him my name. He couldn't believe that I had gone so wide since my school days.(I am not so stout now, but it is that I was very lean during my school years!) He said I was like a small kid when he saw me last during the farewell day. That's well over six years now. Such 'out of the blue' meeting with people makes me believe that world is really small!

And to some home news.. From the day we started cooking our food, we have exposed ourselves to ill-products of various culinary experiments we carry out.Today, Senthil, being an amateur to this art of cooking, forgot to add salt to the Idlies he made.Eating them made me realize, in a hard way though, how important salt is for Idlies!