With my original tennis partner!
It was a contest to decide who was the scariest
An evening with some of our great friends from the past
The evergreen Roys of Dallas
The inimitable Pauls
Pratyush and I go back a long way. He must be the person with whom I have lived in the same city the most number of times… Durgapur, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, and Dallas! The last time I visited them, which was another wedding-related trip to Dallas, this time for their own son, we obviously didn’t get a chance to have a good “adda”. This time, we made up for that!

Reliving the good old UTA days!
A throwback to the yesteryears!
Our coffee meetings have shifted in location
When Larry met…
This is what he wrote to his Pez Club after we met… It would appear we make each other feel good!
Today I met my former director for coffee. I worked for him 25 years back and we’ve kept in touch all this time. In a nod to the tv ad, I refer to him as the most interesting man in the world. Each year he still calls on birthdays. The call may not last very long as his contact list has over 7000 entries. Do the math, that is a lot of calls each day! He has moved to another state so face-to-face visits only happen when business brings him in town. One face-to-face occurred in July 2021 when he rerouted his flight home to include a layover in Cleveland! He wanted to see firsthand the excitement of Pezamania. What is important to me became important to him. I took him room hopping for a bit which blew his mind. He even made it into the group picture – the only one wearing a sports jacket! Rerouted! Who does that?
He called last month to tell me he would been town in late October. Yesterday I got a message he would be in town for the next 4 days. “You are my first priority. So, wanted to fix a time to meet.” It was a great hour plus chat today with plenty of laughs (boy that felt good) and reminiscing. I wore a shirt today that he sent me and the old company logo’d jacket. (still fits!)
Also this week, I was exchanging messages with a couple of fellow collectors who are facing some crucial medical tests soon. A version of read/make/send clicked in my brain. So if I may be so bold to suggest, find someone today/tonight and tell them “you are my top priority”. I guarantee they will feel great and I’m sure you will too.








