Its a sad day for all of us at asu homies. Our lohith biskur shanthaiah aka 'grand old man' aka 'senior citizen' left tempe today morning for good. He leaves USA for India in under a week where he has decided to pursue his career.
I first met him as part of an edulix meet organized in bangalore by srivatsa...My first impression looking at him was that he should have been the youngest among us....But looks can be deceptive sometimes...
He's been a part of our group for more than 26 months and all those 26 months flashed like a series of pictures in my mind when i bid him goodbye for the last time. Those quirky remarks, unbelievably fast pace of talking, a walking style closely resembling Dr.Calculus from tintin comics, a face that looks exactly like charlie chaplin minus the moustache and his favourite recipe 'soppin huli' (spinach saaru) will all be missed. And then there is orange chicken...I doubt if anyone has given more business to panda express outlet on college avenue than lohith...He practically owned that store...And for his stature, he feels hungry amazing number of times...If i had a dime for his every complaint that he was hungry, i would have cleared my loan by now...
I will also remember him for sharing my passion for kannada novels...One of the very few i know...His craze for tamil and telugu films was also something unique (and strange i have to say)...
Parting moments are always hard. But if anything, these parting moments keep reminding me that nothing is permanent in life. Lohith will be only the first and will surely be followed by more guys leaving the group. We will be lucky if by the same time next year more than 2 guys in our group are in the same city. Maybe then we'll see more posts in this blog... ;-)
I will post pictures from lohith's final days in tempe when i get them...Or Abhishek will post them when he's done mutilating them :D
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