Manish Kumar
Manish joined somerville just after i did . So we kinda clung together from the beginning . In fact we were the very last people to join somerville that year along with neha puri if i remember correctly . It was a new experience for both of us and i guess we shared the same fears and apprehensions . Plus i found him genuinely interesting . Then we both turned out to be at the same intellectual wavelength . We were always scoring in the same range in all the tests . So as you can imagine , we had a lot of fun together . Also the fact that we were interested in the same kind of women . In fact we went around with someone who was my dear sister at that time . If you need to know who i'm talking about , you should already know . if you don't know .. you don't need to know . In any case , that was a really really cool period . He had more experience at living life than me . i always felt he had more contact with the real world out there . Compared to him i lived a sheltered life . So it was always a good experience talking to him .
Notes on Manish
Manish has great intellectual gifts . i don't mean he can just score high in exams and all . I mean he can go into an exam with zero preparation and do very well . I remember both of us never did any studying at home . What was heard in class was always enough . Plus he's one of very few people who's schooling and education have run parallel . He's educated himself in school and outside school from life . Most people lack that . The one thing separating us has been the fact that he's a free soul . Normal customs and norms have only a limited importance to him . Kind of a maverick if you want . Its kinda hard to explain what i mean here . Just the fact that he's not bounded by normal rules and regulations . if he wants to do something and thinks its right , he won't think twice about rules . He's also intelligent enough to get out of trouble , so no worries there i guess . But we do share a great rapport . I've done a few wrong things but he's understood the why's behind them and he's done a few and i understand the why's . Its a kind of cherished relation , thats more mature than it looks on the surface . I can end by saying that i see a lot of me in him but if he thinks the same for me , i would consider it a compliment . i think that explains what i think very well .
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