Akshay

I think there is this rule that people who get ragged together go on to become best friends .

We didnt go through any major ragging , but that is how I met Akshay .
Akshay Singhania .
For some crazy reason I never understood , our seniors used to call us in a group of two to get f'd ....no we are still on ragging .

Now there are three ways of handling the seniors when they start asking you really wierd questions .
One , you answer each question obediently but with full confidence . His aim is to irritate u , but if u dont get irritated he'll hit the wall after sometime . This is the strategy I used .
Two , you make a ridiculously sad face and look like a veal that is going to be slain . The trick is that the seniors will feel sad for u and just let u go !
Or three, you become more aggressive and try to act smart . You might think that this is the most dangerous way of dealing with it , but suprisingly it works .... And Akshay knew that trick .

It seemed like he just knew all the tricks .
Whether Akshay was so cool because bad things never happened to him , or bad things never happened to him because he was so cool , remained the ultimate chicken and egg question throughout those 4 years .

Apart from being the math-smartest amoung all of us , he was also the best HR guy . The only difference between Akshay and me was that , he did the right thing - at the right time- at the right place and I did the right thing-at the wrong time-at the wrong place !!

But through those 4 years , or for that matter thru my whole life , if I could relate to somebody on almost all issues it was Akshay .