Sunday, April 09, 2006

The Times They Surely Are Changin'

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
- "The times they are a-changin'", Bob Dylan
Friends getting married. Friends fathering babies. Of course, this is all very good and all that, but along with all the excitement & joy, it makes me feel old. Rather older than my mental image of myself. You know, you would think its just a few years ago I got out of school and one fine day, while filling some form, you see that you completed class 10th nine years ago. Nine years?! Yeah, that sinking feeling. The sand of time slipping out of the fist, and all those clichés. ".. And accept it that soon/You'll be drenched to the bone."

Another one of the torchbearers of bachelorhood (no pun intended) has bitten the dust. Close friend & wingmate from hostel days, Amit Jain, is getting married in Kota on 13th. I shall be there to see the stone sink. Should be back to Bangalore (and blogging) on 16th. By then, IIMs results are expected to be out. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

6 comments:

Vamsi said...

Yeah...gettin old sucks!!
;)

gud luck on the results man!!..I'm sure u'll get what u want!!

Anonymous said...

blog name changed .. hmmm ...temporarily / ??
and no wonder child marriage stats arent changing :)

Anonymous said...

Hey...Congrats on getting into IIM (C). Tried calling you on your cell but it was switched off. To party kab ho raha hai ? :)

Anonymous said...

Hello Dost. Bahut bahut congrats for cracking IIMC.

Unknown said...

Varun:

Why should you be sad, its always fun to watch people go through trials of life while we sit back and remark. Ain't that a great feeling.
I am all for wry remarks until I jump the line too. Till then be bitchy!

PJ

Varun Singh said...

@Vamsi: Not getting old per se, but getting old when you aren't expecting it :-D

Thanks a lot Poxy & Sethi! Mast site banayi hai sethi saab.

Abhi, kaun ho bhai?

@East Street: That's the spirit ;-)