Dude, Your cartoons are as good as ever. Keep it coming! I realize you already have great cartoon ideas, but how about: Shanks enthusiastically dunking the girls in the pond during holi? -Mama XL84
Super-awsome classnotes! are they original keepsakes from XLRI, or did you make them up more recently?
I’m looking forward to reading your novel, though am sure it’ll evoke enough nostalgia to drown out many working days at office and screw up my deadlines as a result!
Hi Abhijeet, Eagerly waiting to read your novel…hoping copies of teh book are availale in Jampot..in Vasava Singhs or the agarwala book store… & the mess food is still awful & chicken pieces are still doled out to few lucky ones.. ANkush Kedia BM, Batch of 2006, XLRI
some things never change… Basanto’s fishing in the degchi (I am sure even that hasn’t change since 1983) for instance. We finally figured out his pecking order- on a scale of 0-4 (0 being only gravy)- men, bong men, women and bong women!!!
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Sketches are taut with excitement & shadowed with pain, like life itself.
Best wishes,
Niharika
Dear Abhi
Your novel sure looks fun. I hope your dream of seeing this on silver screen will come true.
Sankar
Come on, real basanto was neither lean nor mean!
Dude,
Your cartoons are as good as ever. Keep it coming! I realize you already have great cartoon ideas, but how about:
Shanks enthusiastically dunking the girls in the pond during holi?
-Mama
XL84
Super-awsome classnotes! are they original keepsakes from XLRI, or did you make them up more recently?
I’m looking forward to reading your novel, though am sure it’ll evoke enough nostalgia to drown out many working days at office and screw up my deadlines as a result!
anuja
XLRI 2001 batch
Hi Abhijit: Your story will not be complete without Varada, our dosa man!!
Valmiki
(XLRI – PMIR 83-85)
Valmiki,
U do know that varada is no more, right?
Hi Abhijeet,
Eagerly waiting to read your novel…hoping copies of teh book are availale in Jampot..in Vasava Singhs or the agarwala book store… & the mess food is still awful & chicken pieces are still doled out to few lucky ones..
ANkush Kedia
BM, Batch of 2006, XLRI
some things never change… Basanto’s fishing in the degchi (I am sure even that hasn’t change since 1983) for instance. We finally figured out his pecking order- on a scale of 0-4 (0 being only gravy)- men, bong men, women and bong women!!!
Jayanta xl2001.