My Dearest Anu..
For someone who had waited for me long one hot afternoon under the foot bridge of Thiruvanmiyur station in 2015 for our first meet and thanked me for tracing her out, never had I imagined that our association would unfold into a series of wonderful experiences while happily volunteering together for PETA, TEDx Napier Bridge, MASH Project and veganism back in Chennai.
I was inconsolable that night. I was devastated again. Possibly not just that night but for the days, months and even a year to follow now. As a toddler, these have been the biggest fears of my life- fire, my sleeplessness and the fear of losing loved ones. With all such malicious stuffs getting combined together, I didn't know how I would deal with such after effetcs, Anu. As I went for my Masters convocation in Anna University the same year in December, I knew you won’t be there to
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| Source: Saarang, IIT Madras facebook |
I was inconsolable that night. I was devastated again. Possibly not just that night but for the days, months and even a year to follow now. As a toddler, these have been the biggest fears of my life- fire, my sleeplessness and the fear of losing loved ones. With all such malicious stuffs getting combined together, I didn't know how I would deal with such after effetcs, Anu. As I went for my Masters convocation in Anna University the same year in December, I knew you won’t be there to
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| Source: Saarang, IIT Madras facebook |
take me around to the all those nice places to eat around as promised earlier. I feel immensely heartbroken owing to the fact that you won’t
be any more making such beautiful paperweights which actually had caught my
attention in IIT Saarang Madras four years back even before we had met each other. To the world who knows you as the ‘pawsitive-vegan-art-lover’, and beyond, you
still stand as that little, humble and ‘Never say No’ girl to all my requests. A girl of few words, incredible sincerity
and ‘take-no-nonsense’ attitude is how I am going to treasure you in my life as
long as I breathe. Now that I don’t even see your consistent daily dose of
motivation cherishing singlehood, ethics and happy faces on my Instagram and
WhatsApp stories, one would definitely see me imbibing me all those what you
had bothered to guide me on what to eat and what not to. That list I still have
now. As I recollect cherishing our vegan snacks from the same plate in Ascendas,
I would miss you not just I visit ‘Namma Chennai’ everytime but one incredible friend with
such magnanimous impact in my enviable friend’s circle. Sending all my abundant
Daimoku, prayers, wishes and gratitude for your wonderful family, brave sister Madhu Priya and you my proud fellow Libran..
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Naan unai kaathalikuran, Machi
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As I remember Anu Vidya through her memorialised account, I celebrate her short yet meaningful life. You are in my thoughts wherever you are.
A tribute to the Kurangani forest fire victim, March 2018..
