Well, I am the luckiest person on earth as I have so many of them. Mentioning all of them would require a lot of time and patience which is why I would like to mention some of them who have been with me for a longer time than the rest.
Middle School Friends:
Vijay R Bharadwaj - Now playing for India in Criket.
Chethan - Who was a Film Actor in Kannada, and died in an accident
Srinath, Satish, Murali, Prashanth, Sudhir, Ramesh, Lokesh, Naveen to name a few.
High School Friends: My treasure!
Shashi Kiran - The brightest among us. Now doing his PG Management Course at IIM, Bangalore
Pradeep - The Brat Doctor, Live Wire and Exceptionally Practical. Content Consultant for medicine at family.indiainfo.com.
Prashanth Hegde - The 'Mr. Creative' and 'Lord of PJ's'!. Working in Tata Consultancy Services. AUTOCAD Punter!
Anand P Deshpande - The 'Singer', has great Vocal Chords!, Textile Engineer, Working in Madura Garments.
Shanthala - Sis of King of PJ's. Doing her Post Graduation in Psychology. Queen of Hindusthani Music among us and can very well read whats on your mind!.
Sushma - Sis of Anand, Doing her Post graduation in Mass Communication.
Sharad - Younger Brother of Anand, Doing his final year in Mechanical Engineering from PES IT, Bangalore.
Pre-University Friends:
Srinath, Gururaj, Deepak, Mohan, and Udupa.
Engineering College Friends:
Srikanth: I think god spent a lot of time creating this fellow. He has Style, He has Skill, He has Brains and everything you can imagine. 'Infosysian'. Sorry! He is taken!. Basketball Champ and Programming Guru!
Chitra I think I just mentioned Shrikanth being taken and she is the one. Creative and Talented artist. Learning Dance. A good Painter. ( No she doesn't paint the walls!)
Sanjeev: 'Short and Sweet', Lucky and Bright, 'Mr. Just Right'. Working in Aditi Technologies.
Sudheendra: He has constructed a working model of a human brain using 'Unix, C and a few diodes'and a transformer!, First Rank Holder in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bangalore University. Presently working with IBM. Any takers?
Sudhir: As the saying goes " A friend in need is a friend in deed", Whenever I had trouble understanding those complex problems, I used to call him and there he was answering one after'n'other and Man! Believe me, He is a great teacher.
He was also my Project Mate during our Final year and a sneaky Basketball Player. Network Specialist currently working in Microland.
Naveen: My adopted 'twin brother'! and presently the Siamese-Twin of Sudhir!!!, We expected the same results before our exams, and faced the same 'consequences' after the exams!
Tarun: 'Cooler than Ice' even in Fire.
Working in Silicon Automation Systems.
Vermeen: Sorry!, This page is will not be enough to describe her. Born Leader, Work-O-holic, substitutes Pepsi for Water.
Shubha: Married and now an Aunty!. Recently gifted with a cute baby boy
Archana: If anybody can be called Lucky, It's her! It's her!, It's her!. Great Singer. Has her own Music Albums.
Smitha: Happily married and settled in US.
Janardhan: Silent Killer!. Working in Hughes Software
Cyber Friend
Erika Aarlen - She is from Mexico. She is an Process Engineer in one of the Companies in Queretaro, a city about 2 hrs drive from Mexico City.
Farnaz - She is from Iran. She is a Software Engineer from Tehran.She loves Javascripting and building HTML pages. Loves Chicken Sandwiches. !!!.
