Obituary To My Mentor

Generosity lies in giving at the right moment.

- Rajiv Baks

I had known him since I was working in a bank way back in early 2004. I had just moved to a new city and a new locality. Not much familiar with this city, I used to come for my early morning walk in a posh locality. I being an introvert took a lot of time to make a friend. I used to walk down in the park all alone for around 40 minutes with the ear phones plugged listening to the old Hindi songs. After almost a fortnight I met him and he casually asked me about my profession and where I stayed. He told me all about himself and his family members and even the monthly pension he used to draw every month from a bank.

During the course of our daily meetings I came to know that he was an active member of a senior citizens society and more than 20 members of 60-plus used to meet in a park in their locality over