“In fact, all the photographs on display on the opening day (a fortnight ago) by amateurs were sold out,” shares Varuna. This eventually led to the creation of the VA Gallery in Kotturpuram where we find ourselves browsing through rooms of curious finds that include art, furniture, craft and photography. In fact, her eye for detail was so sought after that four years ago Varuna began creating a collection of her favourites and found that her customers loved the idea of choosing artifacts from her personal picks. “We have travelled far and wide to satisfy the aesthetic needs of our clients,” admits the interior designer as she talks about her trips to China, Bali, Indonesia and Italy - prelockdown, of course. Something is definitely fishyĢ.Varuna along with her husband Arvind Rangan, have been running an architectural firm for the past three decades. Kuch na kuch toh pakka chal raha hai' - Learn his language now, you both have been chatting and talking for far too long. Aandu Goondu bhasha bhi sikh hi le ab, itne saalo se baat kar kar rahe ho. Now the main question was, How do we meet each other and how do we tell our parents that we had our Special One somewhere far from our cities.ġ. Mind you, we still had not met each face to face, nor did we know any common language except English.
And so I threw this ball in his court asking him the same question.And the answer was not just written but was blowing in the wind for us.We didn't need an answer to this question. It was a fact - A simple friendship which had become an addiction to both of us, was actually a feeling of belonging to each other- that it was his mere presence that I looked forward to every day. But one day, my friend made me realise my own feelings- feelings of having fallen for this XYZ big time with just a simple question " agar tum dono ne message aur baatein karna band kar dia, toh reh paoge ek dusre ke bina?" And this hit me hard. Yes, we were addicted to each other, anyone would get addicted if they texted the whole day and often talked over calls. Kuch na kuch toh pakka chal raha hai' But the fact remained that we both never thought of anything beyond friendship with one another. They would end up saying- 'aandu goondu bhasha bhi sikh hi le ab, itne saalo se baat kar kar rahe ho. But you know how seriously parents take you!!! My friends knew I had this XYZ friend who lived down south in Chennai and with whom they often teased me. I often told me folks that I do have a friend who lives in another part of the country. So the addition and deletion of this XYZ would frequently take place.Ĭut to 2012, the friendship with this XYZ grew over the years, and from just chats, we went on to have phone calls and video calls. But, the fear of telling this to my folks scared the hell out of me.
I was too taken by the idea of having a friend in some other part of the country. We used to chat once a week or maybe on and off. The idea of having a 'Pen Pal' was as much as a novelty as being excited then. I happened to join one such chatroom one fine day, not knowing it was going to change my life forever.Ī username- let's name it as XYZ added me on messenger and I reciprocated to the same. ASL? was a common question that elaborated to 'Age, Sex and Location'. Someone then introduced to us 'CHATROOMS' where we could chat with random people and yet remain anonymous.
The colourful wallpapers most of which were animated made our hearts ache for changing them every time we started our chats with friends. Being one of the kids belonging to this era, my friends and I opened a new e-mail id in yahoo and downloaded Yahoo Messenger. This story dates back to such a time.somewhere in 2005. Heard of Yahoo Messenger? Heard of a Broadband Internet connection? If your answer is a yes for both the questions, then you would also relate to the inquisitive nature of School going kids back then to explore the internet connection which could work without interrupting the landline calls.
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