ChatGPT said:
Some friendships pause for years, only to return deeper, warmer, and more meaningful than ever.
Yesterday, at the serene DLF Golf Resort Ltd, I had the joy of reconnecting with two dosts, Aditya Gupta and Gautam Saigal, friendships that go back over 20 years.
Aditya, a successful entrepreneur and a fellow seeker, and I had met only a few times in two decades. But in the last one year, we’ve met over five times, our conversations flowing effortlessly from life to philosophy to purpose. Over lunch, he arrived not empty-handed but with his own copy of Dil Se Dost, asking me to sign it. That gesture touched me dil se. He said,
“The first part of your journey, your raw truth, felt like my own. And your book has pushed me to finally complete mine.”
What more can a dost ask for?
Later that afternoon, over coffee with Gautam, now a Director at Dell Technologies, it was a reunion after 20 years. This was only our second meeting in six months, and yet it felt as though no time had passed.
He too brought his copy of the book for me to sign. Dosti speaks in such silent, powerful ways.
We went down memory lane, revisiting our Hero days. He reminded me of something I had quietly archived:
“You turned around a company in three months after four years of losses and four CEOs. Not with just strategy, but with your human edge.”
Sometimes, a dost remembers your story better than you do.
Both Aditya and Gautam offered something priceless yesterday, not just their time and presence, but their heartfelt commitment to be two of my many angels in my journey to impact a million lives through the lived truths, learnings, and dosti that Dil Se Dost carries.
Moments like these remind me that dosti is not measured in frequency, but in depth.
And true dost walk back into your life just when the heart needs them most.
Gratitude, dil se, to both my dosts for carrying my story in their hands and in their hearts.
Stay blessed and keep blessing.
July 2025