Post that incident, Chetan had spoken to us briefly- but this time, he bared his heart out when we caught up with him at his Bandra home.
I could sense the grief in his tone and I began by telling him how Kushal Tandon was angered when I had spoken to him, and how he was furious with Punjabi for taking such a drastic step. Chetan said, “See, it's very easy for people to be angry. I don't want to be angry at him because he is my friend. I just pray for Kushal Punjabi and his family that they find peace in their lives.”
Chetan continued, “I feel very bad. It was very difficult. For a couple of days, I could not sleep. This incident got me closer to God because life is so uncertain.”
The fact that Kushal was pulled to commit suicide goes to show how depressed he was from within, but being his closest friend, Chetan could never gauge from his mannerisms, Just a few days before his suicide, Kushal had broken his shoulder at Devils Circuit, but despite a ligament tear, he completed the tasks in extreme pain. “Kushal was a hero”, he added.
We asked him if he had ever interacted with Kushal’s wife Audrey and if he ever sensed that there were problems between them, “Kushal had told me about separating with his wife, but it was amicable. I didn’t ask any further. We never got into each other’s personal lives deeply.”
Is he in touch with Kushal’s parents? “I met his father a couple of days back and he seemed slightly okay,” Chetan concluded.
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