Eid Mubarak 🌙

On this Eve of Ramadan, I recall my friendship with Fez (fezludin)

Fez and me where back benchers in the college class room, we mainly chose that seat to silently skip annoying class hours

Pre University Course (puc) was equivalent to the current class 12, post successfully completing secoundry school - SSLC

A student may choose commerce or science as per their elected subjects in the SSLC

Me and Fez enrolled in science group which had subjects covering maths, physics, chemistry and 2 languages

Our chemistry didn't jel well with the chemistry class hence we skip to test our chemistry with Nature

Gurunanak College, located in the fringes of RajBhavan boundry at Chennai, was the gateway to abundant Greenery

Fezludin hailed from Maldive Islands and in those mid 1970s, that country was just emerging as an international tourist destination

In the intial days, fez wasn't very comfortable with English language but he made sure that all our conversations was in English

He spent hours in upskilling his knowledge and proficiency since apart from graduating in the chosen college course

He knew that, fluency in spoken English language is a must to survive at his home town, as their family owned large extent of tourism potential land

He will never miss his daily prayers and observed strict Ramadan decipline during that year Eve

I was totally surprised when he asked me to accompany him for Eid prayers

I sat outside the mosque till the prayers and mutual greetings was completed among the gathering

Fez took me to his distant relative home for lunch and I was amazed to see few veg dishes spread on the dining table

He had taken the pain of requesting his relatives to cook few veg food since he was aware of my veg food preferences

Post the final exams, fez flew back to Maldives and we lost touch

On this day of Ramadan, I fondly recall Fezludin friendship and wish him the best, wherever, he is 🙏

Eid Mubarak