Testimonial from Priya Mathur (Friend)

Neeraj and I were in Kodai together after which I followed him to Texas to cramp his style in a whole new way. After recommending I take Human Sexuality to cover my science credits, he went on to introduce me to Austin, Texas and the true meaning of "bleeding burnt orange" as only a true longhorn could! He then left me to fend for myself by moving to Charlotte - but never more than a blue-tooth headset enabled 3 hour conversation away. We'd talk for hours while he and I both drove from point A to point B but we always stayed in touch. Somewhere along the line of sharing bidis, to fixing my flat tire, to showing off with pictures of Nikola, he found a burrow in my heart and mind which will forever be his place. He signed and sealed a lifetime of memories with his unequivocally show-stopping presence at my engagement where he touched the lives of people he'd met albeit for 3 hours.

He made my engagement a success. He was without a shadow of a doubt - the life of the party. His random outbursts of impropriety made him the subject of discussion throughout the weekend and one and all left that weekend knowing who Neeraj was! He started with the unforgetable words, "turtle sodomy" and charged on with running around my sister's house shirt-less trying to tie a tie using www.tieatie. com! He regaled us with his views on "nipple leakage" and offered his hand up to kaushik and my family and friends as a fledgling "porn star". Suffice it to say everyone present was talking about him weeks after the event.

Now that's the Dose effect. I have loved him, will love him and will keep him with me as my silent (but oh so opinionated) partner in crime through many lifetimes to come.

To close - here's a few lines (though cheesy!) from a Bond movie song - that I am giving to Dose - "Nobody does it better, makes you feel sad for the rest. Nobody does it half as good as you... baby you're the best!" Love you always my friend, my mentor, my Dose.