“Stop whatever you’re doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death because I won’t be able to do this anymore?” —Marcus Aurelius
On June 01, 2021 — Ujjwal dai passed away because of covid complications. And, like many were, I was too fornicated mentally when i saw the news of his demise floating over the web like wildfire.
And naturally, I was thrown aback to my first and perhaps one of those weirdest and naive conversations that only my 19/20 years old would produce.
The thing was,
I was scouring wildly out on the internet looking for the must-visit places in Nepal and gracefully did stumble upon his nice blog-post on the same along with some really beautiful photographs of Manang (if i recollect right).
2011- we were neither friends on Facebook or any other social media platforms. I didn’t know him personally. And, never have we met either. But yes, I wrote to him, shamelessly! With young-silly spirited blood, I reckon.
And for that, I will forever have a bellyful of laughter because of this weird stunt that feebly connected me to him.
Again, looking back:
I like his blog decorum. Specially for it’s true relevance, the usefulness and a simplicity. Which still stands true till date.
Second, I’ve always adored his simple English vocabs, on each one of his publications. I clearly remember, back in the days, I was trying to improve my writing skill (or whatever you call it) by looking at — how he used to write his.
Furthermore, at around 2013, I ran into one of the video he had published on YouTube which I happily put on my 2015’s earthquake self-reflection diary. I had only one goal in my mind then — to communicate message of hope.
Similarly, I looked up to him for his profound intellect-ism (because he for sure knew his shits well)
Without a doubt, his noble pieces and fragments will forever stay with me for the rest of my life!
With due sincerity, I truly am not enjoying typing this eulogy-type thing.
Alas, Crestfallen!
Namaste.
p.s.
Pay attention to the lyrics of Don’t let it pass!