I heard friends losing patience and some going for pranayam, some to the jungles, others just boycotting for the sheer sake of staying away from this pathetic chronology of events that neither holds interest for any nor defines any particular strategy for the future, but sheer time pass of the writer....

Celebrations, festivals, holidays- wishes flowed at every occasion. Surprise calls at my HBD while the family was dining out, me calling her & sending a bouquet on her anniversary & a first time talk with her husband as well was a great opportunity to develop our friendship further.

This year in April, there was an opportunity once again to meet up with her & I set it up beautifully, but……

She said she wanted to meet me alone and not in a group. Shubro and Ajay, my friends were made aware of this during the 12th April Meet at Chandigarh that I shall be meeting another MSian later that day.

I know where you all are rushing now, scanning my T.C…..go ahead-no issues, but you may need to spend longer to find it there than you will here. So its your call : look up the 400+ in the trusted circle or read on…..

Eventually I got very late seeing off my 2 good buddies-Shubro and Ajay after a hearty lunch & lassi & coffee & all that you have all read about in Ajay’s DP and the hype that we both created by the stir the lassi created or the strom in the coffee cup (see my photo gallery).

I talked about my relationship of this stranger with these two, and I’m sure they are secretly scratching their B( I mean brain) now……

Well she got held up enroute due to a perpetual traffic jam at Parwanoo, being a weekend & had to return back. I had the cocktail party of my cousins wedding to attend…..so I got going with that. I spoke to her about meeting the next afternoon, but that was not to be, since being a Sunday, she had friends over for lunch & so this meeting to be also got stalled till another time.

A couple of weeks back I get an SMS from her. It read:

Earlier U used to send SMS’s as if someone had held a gun at ur forehead, Now, it seems he pressed the trigger.

This was a rude reminder that I was not wishing her a good morning for a smiling day to begin & wishing her good night SMS to let her go to bed smiling. I have since started that and we are happily friends again.

But I am yet to meet the stranger, who I know so well………someday this will happen; and if you have found out by now who this stranger is, you will know that ---------

HINT-------- I’m the only one who has sent her some gifts till date.

I have not yet seeked her permission to let this be published but hopefully she will not mind, rather she is going to love the fact that so many of the details that only we both know are still is wraps, yet so many of the incidents are also detailed out of my memory.

I love you my friend. I love you my stranger. STAY PRECIOUS, ALWAYS!!!

But for the others, this is the penultimate post...the final one is on the drawing board and shall see the light on MONDAY MORNING....will you wait for it too!!!!