Venkat, I think all obituary remembrances of friends of members on Silklist a appropriate.
I don't know you, and obviously I never knew your friend Sriram Bala. But I offer my condolences on the loss of your friend, and I thank you for bringing this notice of his existence, however unequal this short notice is to his to his reality, to our attention. In the trite but profound words of Linda Loman (Willy Loman's wife from the play "Death of a Salesman"), "Attention must be paid". You have paid attention; you have shared his story, however brief it may be, For whatever it's worth (not much, I know), this story has touched me. Thank you. And again, condolences on your loss. With sincere regards, jrs On Jul 27, 2012, at 12:37 AM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk wrote: > Saw his obituary in Deccan Herald today. He was a close friend and my > classmate at St Joseph's. He became reclusive after a kidney transplant. I > last met him in 2006 just before I returnned to India. > > He was a lurker on Silk, in line with his reclusive behaviour. We called Cobs > - short for COBOL which was one of his favorite programming language. He told > us during college that he would go to the US and none of us believed him. > After all, BSc in India is only a three year course and you needed 4 yrs > after K-12 to get there. He did go there right after BSc proving all of us > wrong. I know I'm ranting. So I'll stop now. I miss him. > > --Venkat >
