Cannot say what is happening these days to me. I take up a job, a work, or a vocation and I get past it in few days. Either I loose track or interest or purposelessness or I just undermine the importance of work I took up.
Let me try to link and restart thinking about my days, my years in the Capital of Pepsu state of Maharaja Patiala now Amrendra Singh ex-chief Minister of Punjab. Amrendra Singh was a close buddy in Patiala when Maharani Mohinder Kaur was fighting her election to become MP from Patiala after bifurcation of congress, into Indira Congress and Old Congress (of Syndicate fame), as a candidate of Old Congress. BJS/RSS was supporting her and hence I was a worker of Maharani with her son Amrendra Singh as our group leader. He used to come to my room in Bungalow 6-C Model Town in the morning. My colleague Gupataji (son of DESU Delhi) used to be my companion our Mukhya Shikshak and a great leader from Delhi's BJS - that time it was Bharatiya Jan Sangh (and was not a natural ally of Shiromani Akali Dal - Sikhs' party as it is now). We could develop a good bond while working for 3 months period of canvassing in Tripudi, Factory Area, Model Town area of Patiala. But after leaving Patiala for Chandigarh the relationship remained there. In Chandigarh it was Akali Leader and Agriculture Minister in Morarji Desai government Surjit Singnj Narnala and his son ( entire family) who became my buddy however I focussed on RSS and not much for BJP, yes became a student leader through ABVP. My mentor Shri Jitendra Virji Gupta wh became Cheif Justice of Punjab and Haryana Court, was a rigid personality and my close association with Dipil Chandji (father of Jitendra Vir ji Gupta) left more impression than any teaching from the school of learning. When I read the books written on his life I feel I am living with him in Chandigarh and learning - discussing with him in my hostel Room. My Hostel Room in Hostel number one ( Mehr Chand Mahajan Hall) was a confluence of most political activities in Panjab University' daily life. It was a pilgrimage place for many professors, students, politicians and poets -thinkers. Kiran Thakur Singh (ow Kiran Kher of film industry) my very dear and close friend Meenakshi Thakur ( a TV and film personality now) were many diverse lives I was living with people simultaneously. Music Society, Gandhi Bhawan, Chemical Engineering Dept, Hindi dept, Ancient India Culture History and Archeology dept, Journalism Dept Law Dept Pharmacy dept apart from Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics Honours Schools, The flames from MBA and M Com depts... life was =the way I have had imagined it. A student leader, organizer, poet, writer, music lover, speaker, debator and loved liked by University staff, professors, students ... never missed anything. Sushma Sharma (now Sushma Swaraj) was a student of law, Pavan Bansal (Parliament Affairs Minister) Anand Sharma of Kurukshetra Univ. Now Comm Miniaster, Swami Agnivesh, Kiran, Prabhu Chawla, Ram Lalji, Mayor Chandigarh, Satpal Jain (ex MP Chandigarh) and many more were the close friends then. But now.-nothingness! Man Mohan Singh used to teach at Economis dept, economist Bhalla saheb Ram Parsad (now congress MP) Manish Tiwari was a kid of ou friend Dr V N Tiwari of Pro and Head Punjabi Dept - a symbol of Hindu-sikh unity as him wife was a sikh- VN Tiwari was killed by Khalistan terrorists in his home in Panjab University. My hostel rooms were historical monuments. When Naxalbari movement started in early 70s the first murder of a police officers son was done by naxal in chandigarhin the room I got - unknowingly - next year the room in 4th block I got was regular enquiry place for police as some one who was earlier occupant was wanted in serious cases. And the enquiry officer used to visit for khana poorti - who became good friends - from Ten Sector chowky.
Meenakshi entered my life - and replace the place of Vijay Sharma slowly onver years. Vijay used to come Chandigarh and we used to have long evenings in Rose Garden, Pinjore - Mughal Garden ( close to Chandigarh near Kalka in Himachal) The days were full ... but then Vijay decided to marry in Shimla with a Ledrle Medicine co’s Manager and took transfer in State Bank of Patiala Mall Ruad Branch Shimla. We remained close even after marriage, her husband who had his home in Chandigarh and Shimla both became a regular visitor to my hostel. January 26th 1975 was the last day I met Vijay Sharma in Shimala and after that we decided to ...Meenkashi was a student of Painting and a trained painter. We traveled to Jaipur together for a week. Nice colorful person sensitive singer - our meeting place was a cultural festival where I was participating in Debate and Essay competition and Meenakshi Thakur in Painting exhibition. Meenakshi took the relationship too seriously and she Meenakshi Thakur ... when I see her acting in movies and serials .. I can only cry - long for her company. A cultured loving person - the perfect life-companion I have had imagined - is Meenakshi Thakur. Sushma Sharma was closer to Swaraj and Swaraj was our occassional colleague but he could nver be a friend - an unlikable person - we could only abuse him when he was made Governer of Meghalaya Nagaland ... and so he claims an expert of North East now. Ram LAl ji one day took a stick and beat Swaraj the idiot (now husband of Leader of Opposition of India).
