>i decided not to open the album anymore ....i decided to move on and live for the moment but .....after so many dayz it came in front of ma eyes and even before i knew what i was doing i opened to sneak a peek at the life of one innocent kid, who later grew up to become this blogger........my first grade picture was in the front .......and my mind went back many years .....there i was a small kid looking at the massive and imposing edifice which was later going to become my school, my home away from home for the next few years.........there i was a small kid uncertain what to do........i was too brave to cry , too shy to talk, vacillatingly i took my first step into the class room, i still remember that warm smile of my first class teacher .......i was made to sit on the first row and out of nowhere he came .........aravind the person who made a great difference in my life .......he came sat near me, his mischievous eyes shinning , "will you be my friend ?" ............that voice is still sounding in my ears ,that tender voice filled with determination and a certain calm which cannot be described by words ............i am his friend and will remain his friend till the end ..........
then a few photos later came the photo of me getting my best -junior house trophy ........it was a memorable day ........i was in class five .......i was elected the junior leader of the house , the gang had been formed by then....there was surendra with that aura of calmness and tranquility about him, there was punit rana full of enthu and dynamism, there was anuradha hazarika that gentle gal who was a great friend, and the junior galz leader and of course there was aravind, the foto showed me getting the trophy from mr.chowdry the principal ....i was a proud person then, anu and aravind (..who was also in the run up for leadership ,who was a favorite candidate, and who side stepped from the elections for my sake) were my pillars of strength, i received the shield with aravind in my side, anu was also there ......tht was the first time me and aravind decided ' nothing shall stop us, until we are in the top'
anu left in the seventh standard,............... her dad got transferred..........the foundation upon which my charecter was built was uprooted, anu was special in many ways( she was also a lefthander)........she was a companion upon whom i could trust the darkest of my secrets.........she was the only other person who knew me as well as aravind.........i still remember those last few minutes i spent with her .........her dad shot away the last foto in which we were together ...........she left the very next day .........a few weeks later i got a letter from her along with the photo, in it she wrote '............ kuski (thtz how she calls me) u are my friend for ever .........i don kno whether we can keep up the correspondence ......anyway always remain the best and always remember me .........'....tht was the last mail i got from her .......the letter is still safe in my drawer and the photo is in the album .........

seventh was a year of torment....aravind was in a different section ..........i knew no one in my section and the people whom i knew were my childhood nemesis......i was really sad until vasanth came in ...literally as well as figuratively......he saw to tht i always had a smile in my face.........his humorous self, helped me clear grade 7 .......
8th was real fun aravind and i were together again.......the gang grew in size vasanth was in , anu was out but in her place came ashwini and brinda.............i was elected leader of the house ..aravind this time was elected leader of a rival house ...our rivalry ended with house activities alone ....our friendship meanwhile blossomed ....i had to work with all my strength to match up with aravinds house, and match up i did...........we drew the shield between ourselves.........
9th standard, adolosence ......a sarcastic remark that i made blew the friendship between ash and me ......it was an unintentional remark..........ash started blowing up at the sight of me .......the gang split .......everyone tried to remain neutral......brindha was the goodwill ambassador ......i started growing cranky........stopped singing classical started on heavy metal.......srikanth my childhood nemesis was now my compatriot ........punit became a hero with his mere looks and his dominant voice .........vijay became a gadget freek and vasanth lost his sense of humor.......in the unofficial farewell we gave to our immediate seniors i sang .. 'i love you, i kill you' .........i had the mic in my hand .....and the photo showz ashwini in the corner ....her eyes seemed moist .........
10th standard.......out of nowhere came sarayu .........sarayu became a gud frnd of mine ..the gang tried to unite but in vain.......i apologized to ash we were frndz once again.......ash and sarayu started fighting , punit( who claims to hav given ashwini a knuckle sandwich for dinner in class 5)started a new innings of tussle with ash ( the inning is still going on)....sarayu became my only true math rival........she became mr.mahendrakumar's jewel .....sukumaran called her his daughter, i sang "bring your daughter to the slaughter" for culturals, 'by chance', sukumaran got offended .......i was named the rebel........i walked out of the cultural squad, ..........just before skool closed we all met ..aravind was goin to a different skool .....i was going to vanavani.........surrendra was leaving for A.P, ashwini and brindha were going to alpha........sarayu was into dav....punit was to stay in KV.....we made the most of the last day.........our silly juniors din even give us a farewell.........punit said to ashwini in the most decent voice possible 'yahaan se nikal jao aur vapas kabi bi apne sir mat dikhana mujko.....' sarayu and ash i belive patched up ..........the last dayz foto of mahendra taking attendance and me and surri along with premalatha mam.......are still in the album .........
i joined vanavani ...........lost contact with most of ma classmates ....the gang was broken physically but mentally we are alwayz 2gether ........