Friendship

[nagendra prasad gujju]

19 th April 26

*Friendship Isn’t a Forward — It’s a Presence*

I’m 71. I’ve lived friendship since childhood, not just scrolled past quotes about it.

Today our phones drown in “Friendship Day” forwards. But _real friendship isn’t forwarded. It’s felt._

It means talking. Chatting. Meeting. Visiting. Showing up, especially for those who can’t show up for us.

After 60, it gets tough. Friends scatter. Life fills with family, work, and health battles. Our kids in IT barely breathe on weekends with night shifts, targets, and exhaustion.

Some friends cross 80+. Health won’t let them move. _That’s when true friendship walks to their door._ Go with 2-3 friends, sit beside them, ask about their health, ask “Do you need anything from us?” Carry fruits, snacks, or just your time. That visit is worth more than a thousand quotes.

Friendship needs _understanding, love, affection, help, and trust. No ego._ We’re all smart, experienced, with decades behind us. Let’s use it to lift each other, not judge.

Meeting childhood, school, office, and colony friends, even once in 6 months, is medicine no pharmacy sells. Tea at home, breakfast outside, walks in the park, a simple game, hospital visits, family functions — _this is where stress dies and health wins._

_Today I feel strong and I’m enjoying life because of these very qualities._ I share the same bond with my relations. This has earned me goodwill from both friends and family.

Now I guide the present generation, children and youth, to value this. Because when we connect, we don’t just help ourselves. We help society.

So don’t let friendship stay on the screen. _Call. Gather. Visit the one who can’t come. Host a tea. Walk together. Be there._

Quotes expire in 24 hours. Friends keep you alive for years.

_Tag that friend you haven’t met this year. Fix a date. Check on the one who can’t call you. Today._

*Few quotes on friendship in different languages:*

*English*  

_“Friendship now is two phones on silent, two lives out of sync, yet somehow our hearts still share one read receipt: always delivered, always understood.”_

*Hindi*  

_“Vardi badli, gali badli, baal safed hue,  

par dosti ki parade aaj bhi waqt pe lagti hai.”_  

We changed uniforms, streets changed, hair turned white,  

yet the parade of friendship still assembles on time.

*Tamil*  

_“Seerudai maariyadhu, therukkal maariyadhu,  

aanaalum natpin anivaguppu innum kalaivadhillai.”_  

The uniform changed, the streets changed,  

yet the platoon of friendship never disbands.

*Malayalam*  

_“Uniform maari, vazhikal maari, mudikal nari vannu,  

ennalum souhrudathinte assembly marakkilla.”_  

Uniforms changed, paths changed, hair turned grey,  

yet friendship’s assembly never forgets to gather.

*Bengali*  

_“Urdhi bodle gelo, parar rasta bodle gelo, chul shada holo,  

tobuo bondhutter march-past ekhono shomoy moto hoy.”_  

Uniforms changed, neighborhood roads changed, hair turned white,  

still the march-past of friendship happens right on time.

*Odia*  

_“Uniform badali gala, sahi badali gala, kesha dhala heigala,  

kintu dosti ra parade aaji bi thik samayare heuchi.”_  

Uniforms changed, lanes changed, hair turned white,  

but the parade of friendship still happens right on time.

*G N Prasad*

[Raman Bharadwaj]

Beautiful 

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[srinivasan Radhakrishnan]

Kind attention   Mr TSK Raman.

Hi greetings from all. enjoyed your mail giving the bare facts of life.

Your write up is something different  like  Shiv Khera book Think differently.

Really enjoyed It lifted my spirit  not outside spirit!!!

Hope this finds you and family in good health and cheers

Regards

rsrinivasan

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[Raman Bharadwaj]

Srinivasan Sir, 

Immense gratitude to you for your good words.

I enjoy my work.

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