Arun S. Prabhu
From Nlsiu Batchof2005
The man...the mountain....Prabhu!
Let us start with a disclaimer....no matter how long we make this entry, there will always be at least 300 odd Prabhu stories that would get left out here. There can never be a single compilation long enough to include all of Prabhu's heroics. That having been said, here goes....
Prabhu came to law school by accident! He wanted to be an engineer but the lure of law school was too strong for him to resist. Within a day, Prabhu was famous for replacing the good old "hello! I am ...." introduction with his new variation of "u gym?? u gym" (said with a to and fro motion of the upper body). With his infinite wisdom, Prabhu was also the "Jeeves" of the boys hostel. Whether it was advice on the best pubs in Bangalore, the benefits of the "fest-season" starting or on who the famous M.C. Mehta was (for all your information, he was the poor soul whose family got affected not only in the Oleum Gas leak case but also the Bhopal Gas Tragedy), Prabhu always knew best! We cannot forget the sensitive side of this man...the solace offered by him to the then "gay" faiz brought tears to the eyes of those of us present there. Prabhu was also very open-minded and made great efforts towards ensuring that other younger and more impressionable boys who were away from home for the first time (read as Maulik) got to view all the graphic and sleazy movies that were banned at home.
Prabhu grew in many ways through law school, mostly in the physical sense. Prabhu was a champion mooter and mooting was oxygen for him. Conquering the novices moot early on, he finished with a trip to Jessup where he also bought shoes that would usher in a new era of fashion in law school. Prabhu was also a gaming geek and in addition to mastering most computer games, he also had a successful tenure as the Convenor of the El-Tek although there was this one time when he spent 3 hours in trying to hack into a computer when all it took was to press the Enter key! Prabhu also mastered the art of appearing busy by looking from side and to side and walking with purpose...an art where he was surpassed only by Shubho Bannerjee!
Prabhu spent his latter years in law school sleeping, eating, shredding legal documents at internships, acquiring gizmos left right centre and crying about the "Dog Murder" incident. Grades notwithstanding, he was great when it came to work and was picked by the big bad law factory for their office at Bangalore.
All said and done, Prabhu will go down in law school annals as a legend! Never has there been one like him and never will there be another! A tremendous guy with a great sense of humor and a wonderful friend, its been great knowing him and we wish him the best for all his future endeavours.
