It's amazing how you happen to meet people and how that person becomes an important part of your life...although it's not very difficult for a person like me to comfortably talk to new people, but still, I am totally amazed by how we meet people as strangers till you realize that they are no more strangers and that it was all God's plan...I feel that things happen the way and whenever they are meant to happen...that everything happens for a reason...n people come to your life for a season, reason or lifetime....:)
Went to book fair and was alone as usual, although a friend happened to join later....was moving around, checking out books and reached this lot of books where everything was for 100 only.. :) met this lady and her daughter and was interested to see them discussing about books...asked her to suggest me some nice ones...she did but suggested me so many that I couldn't decide which ones I could end up buying...hehehe...that's when I met Mr. Vikram Behl...started my conversation just asking him to give his feedback on this specific book, as he appeared like a well-read person to me...n that's how it started but surprisingly that wasn't the end to it...it went on and on for the next 5-6 hours...he sharing his never-ending knowledge on books and about his experiences so far....me telling him about my plans for my future and areas of interest and he, in turn, guiding me as to how I could go about that, how I could pursue my interests...we hopped from one book stall to another but our areas of maximum interest was the ones with lots of books for "100" each..:) every time we spotted one of those, we just made ourselves comfortable on the carpeted floor for the next two hours...sometimes less and sometimes even beyond that, just going through as many books as possible...of course I don't even know 5% of what he probably does about books...so to me it was more like an experimental experience...trying to identify the right books, first picking them by their titles, then reading briefly through the reviews and introduction...and the final feedback from sir, whether it was worth it or not...ended up buying some 20 books this way....and sir bought some 40 books... :) and he still said that it was nothing compared to the number he had bought the previous years...the bags were just so heavy...just too heavy to lug in one shot...so we stopped by for coffee and stopped later to rest for a while, when we talked more about our experiences, interests and many more things...it was an amazing experience...such a pleasure to share and learn so much from someone as senior as him...it was that day and it was two days later when sir called to inform me about this film festival that was going to happen at India International Centre...feel so lucky to have been a part of it...such an informative three-day session it was....really grateful to sir to have informed me about this...this is how, just by chance, I met sir and how we became a part of each before even realizing it...n this is how amazing it is to see how you come across so many people in your life everyday...and people come to your life for a reason, season or lifetime...and that's for God to decide...:)
Went to book fair and was alone as usual, although a friend happened to join later....was moving around, checking out books and reached this lot of books where everything was for 100 only.. :) met this lady and her daughter and was interested to see them discussing about books...asked her to suggest me some nice ones...she did but suggested me so many that I couldn't decide which ones I could end up buying...hehehe...that's when I met Mr. Vikram Behl...started my conversation just asking him to give his feedback on this specific book, as he appeared like a well-read person to me...n that's how it started but surprisingly that wasn't the end to it...it went on and on for the next 5-6 hours...he sharing his never-ending knowledge on books and about his experiences so far....me telling him about my plans for my future and areas of interest and he, in turn, guiding me as to how I could go about that, how I could pursue my interests...we hopped from one book stall to another but our areas of maximum interest was the ones with lots of books for "100" each..:) every time we spotted one of those, we just made ourselves comfortable on the carpeted floor for the next two hours...sometimes less and sometimes even beyond that, just going through as many books as possible...of course I don't even know 5% of what he probably does about books...so to me it was more like an experimental experience...trying to identify the right books, first picking them by their titles, then reading briefly through the reviews and introduction...and the final feedback from sir, whether it was worth it or not...ended up buying some 20 books this way....and sir bought some 40 books... :) and he still said that it was nothing compared to the number he had bought the previous years...the bags were just so heavy...just too heavy to lug in one shot...so we stopped by for coffee and stopped later to rest for a while, when we talked more about our experiences, interests and many more things...it was an amazing experience...such a pleasure to share and learn so much from someone as senior as him...it was that day and it was two days later when sir called to inform me about this film festival that was going to happen at India International Centre...feel so lucky to have been a part of it...such an informative three-day session it was....really grateful to sir to have informed me about this...this is how, just by chance, I met sir and how we became a part of each before even realizing it...n this is how amazing it is to see how you come across so many people in your life everyday...and people come to your life for a reason, season or lifetime...and that's for God to decide...:)
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