  I met my old friend Kunda (HR Venkatesh, aka Mukund, aka Slash) on Sunday. He's been away from Bangalore for nearly 5 years now, first to do his postgraduation in Pune, then working for CNBC in Mumbai and now in Delhi with Headlines Today, another TV news channel. He was the first guitarist I ever really jammed with, and we formed our first proper band, Moksha, together, nearly ten years ago.
In a perfect world, we would have been the Lennon/McCartney of the 90s. Damn. He was also a quizzing partner, and general all-round fun and games accomplice. Kunda, Shenoy and me had a quiz team in college called 'Karmic Wheel'. We've been doing some quizzing since he left Bangalore, but the truth is, without him we're Roadkill. It was great meeting him - both to see how much we've all changed (and in largely good ways) and to find that the important stuff hasn't changed. He does want to come back to Bangalore and is looking out for work here. I hope this works out. 
