We are afterall, Humans

Attended Teja's funeral today. They flew his body from Australia. It was sent in a coffin, his name engraved on it. Whoever thought of it and did it, that was a touching gesture.
This isn't the first time I've been to a funeral but in all those previous occasions it was because someone had taken me there or because i had to be present there. But, though i wasn't overly grieved at his passing away, this is the first time that i myself felt i should attend

I've known him pretty well during my school days. We (all of us kids in the colony) used to play together in the evenings, everyday. Maybe that's why, though i rarely met him in the last couple of years, i felt like being there today. Because he was a part of my childhood

There were many people gathered there. Relatives, friends, people in the colony and all. Everybody was quiet. The almost tranquil silence - it made me realize the compassion we are capable of. We are after all, humans

When they were taking the body to the pyre, most of the people following were elders. the older generation. It was odd because when someone passes away, you would expect people who lived with him and people younger than him to come and pay their last respects. Maybe that's why when someone so young passes away, they call it unnatural

Hope everyone who knows him will cherish their memories with him for a long time