I was at Switzerland. Shashi was in ICU when I had heard before leaving for the Swiss. As I'd already said before, staying there was not an option, as I could not take the pain. Not a day had passed since, when I'd been hoping for his well being, and praying so that he got cured. Apparently there were respiratory, digestive and kidney problems that were plaguing him. The respiratory problems were attributed to the excessive smoking and drinking in his older days. But his habits and spiritual exercises over the last 20 years had kept him in good stead. He needed to be taken care of. A couple of days back, information had been obtained that his son-in-law Ganesh had been selected to receive the national award for Best Actor in a feature film. The Rajat Kamal award had always eluded Shashi. The national record was held by Rajeev, a four time awardee, but Shashi's missing out was in some way compensated by Ganesh's achievement. Nevertheless,it wasn't celebrated owing to Shashi's health condition.
As I was googling up in Switzerland, I saw that I had received an e-mail. It was a picture of Shashi with Shwetha in the attachment section, Shashi looking extremely healthy. Apparently it was a picture with the maximum hits in Google India over the previous hour. It gave me immense pleasure, and the mail said that he was going to Singapore for further treatment. I sent him a reply, wishing him the best for his treatment, and blessing him for a successful return with a cured health.
Sometimes, our memories point out to some people, some people who made life special. No significant exchanges might have occurred with them, but the few memories we share with them might be almost enough to last a lifetime. Shashi is someone who started out as a protege of mine, and ended up even beyond the stars, but nevertheless, he is someone who deserves every bit of that, for the Superstar of a human being he is!
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