Nearly 26 years back, I had interviewed this gentleman at my alma mater and then hired him. We worked together for a few years and then I moved on. Abhay was in town and we got a chance to meet up!! Hope to see him more often…

Good old Jillian! She used to work in one of the hospices that I used to volunteer in. This is nearly 10 years back!! Found out that her son is a chef in Sunset Grille!

The first time I met Nandini was after I had already left Durgapur. I was in a residential school for my 11th and 12th grades. This was 1984 Feb. I was visiting home for Saraswati Pujo. Went to see the Pujo in the nearby school where most of my friends were doing their 11th and 12th grades – Bidhan Chandra Institution.

A common friend that day had introduced me to Nandini. Can’t say we were in touch a lot till her son Spandan came to the USA for his studies. She was visiting him in Austin this week. And I showed up!!

Spandan and I have talked before but was not aware of his varied interests in life – running, biking, swimming, reading…

There was a topic we talked a lot about. The context was how our parents used to force us to study all the time to get good grades. The topic de jure was- did our school grades co-relate at all with success – any which way you want to describe success – in life?

Good old Mousumi and her husband Bratin were in New York to visit their elder son Riju. Last time I met them was in 2014. That was in Boston and they had their younger son with them then!

Most of the time was spent remembering our old friends – and we even separately video called Baisakhi, Ajoy and Ranga to say Hi to them!!