One Large August 31, 2010
Posted by amrut in College.trackback
Ayush Joshi was the sort of man who you’d want as a bro, as a wing-man, as the man driving the car when you are *need* to get somewhere really fast. He was a steady, dependable, and a good man. And most of all, he was a healthy man. Which is ironic, considering that Ayush Joshi fell to an illness. He didnt, as most of us expected, pass away due to old age as a retired CEO of a multinational company. He fell to a fucking mosquito.
Ayush Joshi didn’t deserve to die. He didn’t deserve to die this way. He deserved a good life.
So the take home, as I understand, is that shit happens. You and me, we are here, and alive, because we aren’t dead or unborn. Your troubles, and mine, your life and mine, these are ephemeral. So gulp some whiskey. It’ll be easier. It’ll be easier to understand why the healthiest man we knew had to fall to a fucking mosquito. Why a man so alive, so unworthy of death was his chosen one.
If you can, then wake up tomorrow morning and feel your head pound because of the whiskey. Try to remember why you liked Ayush so much, what about him made him so special. Drink a few of Ayush’s best qualities. Together, you and me, we will keep him alive. We will do things the Ayush-way, and we will say it. “Ayush would have done it this way.” Together, you and me, we will keep him alive.
Tapti boys, one of us has fallen. Keep the pain in your hearts from showing. Be brave. Heal fast. Ayush would have done it that way.
Update: Linkto news article: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/IIM-A-student-dies-of-rare-disease/articleshow/6470858.cms
He was a gem of a person
May his soul find everlasting peace in the afterlife
Wish things were different and he fought back one more time.
The guy lives on.
May he rest in peace.
very true Amrutash, It’s important to understand the fickleness of life…
may Ayush rest in peace
facebook has that pic where we finished up your play, went to the terrace and had some fun.
May his soul rest in peace.