Kal khel mein hum ho na ho, Gardish mein taare rahenge sadaa
Bhoolenge hum bhuloge tum, par hum tumhare rahenge sadaa
Rahenge yahi apne nishan,Iske siva jana kahan
Bhoolenge hum bhuloge tum, par hum tumhare rahenge sadaa
Rahenge yahi apne nishan,Iske siva jana kahan
[Perhaps Very true lines once said By Raju himself (in Mera naam joker) today seems very suiting for All time No. one of revolutionary batch, Raju Raj Sir. Feeling very sad , heart not allowing to do so,mind not ordering and all consciousness denying to write a tribute post to Raju sir on his untimely early departure from all of us, left us crying and feeling helpless before Almighty's desire. Is reality same to God's cruelty? Couldn't God have any other option than this?]
An irreplaceable vacancy in MCA@NITC family
His own kind of persona very flexible in nature,The moment he was angry and very next moment aise behave karte ki jaise kuchh hua hi na ho. Just like Lord Shiva(as his name also contains shannkar...more or less) in anger he used to be the most dangerous and wild like anything ,but at happy moments biggest heart he used to have. A very attractive personality having a very innocent heart even more innocent we could imagine, we could percepts of. A person with lot of enthusiasm toward anything beyond the limit, be it game, be it organizing events, be it helping someone we could find him at front.(It was Raju sir who represented MCA in each of sports events in NITC...during his period)
Recalling few of memories of early days in NITC, Raju Raj was a name which we used to get afraid of the most. The kind of image he maintained before we newcomers was of a strict ruthless senior( was a wrong perception abt him we felt later). when our so-called personalty development program was going on, his entrance used to be scariest of all. Smiling Raju Raj used to stand on door to seek each and everyone's attraction toward him and in one voice Good evening sir or whatever. No!!!!!! its not of what was desired . Once more !!!!!!!staring and again Good evening sir!! and so on until he could find a single voice out of thirty different ones. (Now I can proudly say that we were wrong ,he was soft,frndly and caring towards his juniors always). [Today while talking with venki , recalling his memories about Raju sir]Those days Venki was fond of smiling very much even b4 seniors. Raju sir just took it as a challenge to make venki stop laughing , sent him under the table for hours and hours but first time he had to laugh on his successful defeat as venki was still unstoppable to laugh. And so on there is sea of memories impossible to write all of these here(unke jane k baad yaadein toofaan ki tarah dil aur dimag mein aur hulchal produce kar rahi hain )
Always there in our mind through what we felt him in our year long senior-junior relationship and more than this, a very good friend and human being who has created his own places of freedom around him, was hardly understandable to strangers but the easiest to understand for people closer to him. Reading testimonials written for him can give a very clear spectrum how popular he used to be among his frnds with his few unique characteristics.
...At last adding few lines in his own voice:
"jindagi hai....isse kuchh gila-shikwa na karo yaaro...
bas...jo hai jaisa hai jis tarah se hai....usme hi enjoy karo......
lekin kaise???
still trying for dat...lets see...wen my hunt vl get over" .
...And Now he has enjoyed his life without any gila-shikwa ........... got hunted by Time !!!!!!! or perhaps in more appropriate words, His hunt got over!!!!!!!.
That's it from Me......A tribute to Raju sir from a sub-junior..Shat shat Naman!!!!!!
