The Last One
The title is a homage to the last episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Because that last episode had been resonating in my mind for a whole week ever since some of my friends left the beautiful campus we had come to call our home for the last 4 years. The campus felt smaller without them. It used to be a happy place filled with love and laughter, but more importantly because of the people I shared it with. All of us had stayed together in each other’s rooms just like at one time or another every one of the F.R.I.E.N.D.S characters had stayed at Monica’s apartment. And now some of us had left the campus to start a new chapter of their lives, leaving the keys behind along with a lot of memories to cherish. I should let you know that I’m writing this a few days after the convocation ceremony here at our second home, IIT Madras. It feels as if it’s the end of an era and the start of a new one. I’m constantly thinking about how the convocation will probably be the last time when everyone g