Beyond the Broken Egg
Beyond the Defeated Egg The mobile rang. It was Colonel Biju Thomas (Retd), a friend, colleague, and former school junior. He asked if I was joining my schoolmates' Onam celebrations. I had seen messages on the WhatsApp group about the celebration. I was not keen because I had other things to do. When he insisted, I relented. As the date approached, messages about the function started pouring in. One such message was from Captain Ramesh Babu (Retd), a former Indian Navy officer and one of the organisers of the function. He wanted people to bring along anything that would rekindle memories of our school days. On the appointed day, there were about 90 people, against the fifty the organisers had initially struggled to put together. The excited conversations, part of the Meeting and Greeting, filled the room. As always, such interactions eventually gravitate towards groups of classmates and batchmates. When Ramesh Babu announced it was time to place what we...
