Post successful hosting of first GT, there were discussions on group about second one. GT proved to be a good place to meet so many friends at one place. Those who missed earlier one were very much eager to come second one. After so many discussions, the second one was planned at Baramati and date decided was 5th June 
Initially I was doubtful due to this date, you know why, right??
Around 2 weeks before the day, Trupti texted me on whatsapp. I was a bit surprised as I had totally forgot about her and secondly never had a one to one discussion with anybody in our group. Chatting to girls in the group appeared to be a distant affair!!. Anyway breaking the ice before meeting at GT was really nice idea by Trupti, and I guess it helped in some way, making connections stronger afterwards.
Couple of days close to GT day, and my plan got fixed to travel with Atul. Meeting start time was 11 am, however Atul and I started at 10 am from Pune. We were going to be late for sure, so I informed the same on group. We reached at around 12:15 pm, and were very happy to see the scattered group clicking themselves at pool side.!!
Within 10 minutes, everybody gathered back in the hall to start the GT. In short, Atul and I were on time
Attendance this time was definitely less as expected, with addition of couple of new faces! (I remembered 4, Trupti, Deepak, Shekhar and Smita) Session started as per agenda shared by Abhi on the group, first being the introduction. Girls got the luxury to introduce themselves from their seat, whereas boys were asked to introduce from the podium. Shekhar, Sagar and Deepak spoke something different while recollecting school memories. Otherwise rest of the piece was monotonous. After that Sagar and Lata sang 2 beautiful songs and changed the mood of the group.
Next we played dumb charades. Most of the members were new to this game, I guess, which brought good fun while playing. Except one, when Lata got a movie, she directly came towards boys and pointed towards Anand. It was then a good guess for everybody to cheer out loudly saying 'सैराट'
Lunch menu was awesome, and as everybody were hungry by 3pm, it proved to be delicious. Some of the folks still did not like it, menu being vegetarian
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Post lunch, the endless discussion started, what to do with the collected corpus? Good part is, everybody participated in the discussion and gave valuable inputs. It showed one thing, everybody was very sure about the purpose and objective. Making it concrete, directed and sustainable still proved to be a challenge. I guess, with all those inputs, few guys should take lead to form the final direction!!
As usual, time became the culprit to bring such a wonderful session to an end. We had group photograph, again at poolside!. Being the environment day, Smita handed over small plants. Good and innovative way to remember the session!!
Atul had to go to Indapur for his work, so I came back to Pune with Sagar. We had good conversation on multiple topics. It was a nice journey cause I got a chance to know Sagar more.
After the second GT, I personally felt that the bond of this friendship is getting stronger day by day!
"जुळले होते सूर, आता घट्ट झाले बंध
शाळेतील मैत्रीचे वाढले ऋणानुबंध ।
मम म्हणे, राहता सहकार्य तुम्हां सर्वांचे
येईल पूर्णत्वास "मैत्र" जीवांचे ।
इति श्री मम उवाच GT पुराणे द्वितितोध्याय संपूर्णम ।
#MM
