WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN...
“Who is my best friend?” Last night, this question kept haunting me over and over again. And, in the process, I found myself quite disturbed. Not because, I did not have many good friends… There are. The disturbance was essentially linked to this thought: “Would I stand by my friend, when the chips are down for him?” I really felt scared to think too deep into this question… “Would I be with my friend, when the times are difficult for him?” Would I? No one else could answer this question for me… Yes, in my life, there have been some friends, who have stood by me when my own chips were down… Most of the times, it is the moral support that matters in such times… Some patient listening, some timely, sane advice, some re-assurance, that, things would be normal soon… That I can count on them any time… And, yes, I too have stood by some of my own friends when times were tough for them… and, yes, most of th...