A man is known by the friends he keeps. I consider myself very fortunate in this respect. Who says one cannot keep in touch with old schoolmates. My batchmates left school for college in1980, and went on to diverse fields of study and specialization, and most of them are at the forefront of their respective professions - combine that with family responsibilities, and you would have thought that all this talk of schoolmates meeting up was a figment of imagination, and relegated to the bedtime stories section!!
Well, you could not be more wrong!! You only have to sample the group activity that has been going on - ours, to take a case in point. Starting off with tumultous school times, introduction of co-ed during the crucial 11 and 12 standards, and the associated joys and pitfalls, and then on to a focussed career-oriented life, it was only natural that, once we all re-established contact, it would just have been a seamless continuity of what was inevitable!! Technology and IT have also come to the aid of such like-mided groups. Witness the popularity of Facebook, Yahoogroups, Twitter and the like.
Every such group needs a catalyst, a person or persons with strong inter-personal, and networking skills, around whom the group blossoms. PSBB80 is one such group, and every time we meet, I cannot cease to wonder about friendship, kinship, and the joy it brings to one's life. I'm sure everyone has this feeling.
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