Tribute To An Avid Tweeter On His Untimely Demise

This morning I was shocked to learn about the sudden demise of a tweeter @instockmarkets whose real name is Rajneesh. I have been following him on Twitter for just about two months and in these two months I have found him to be a man full of zest for life and great enthusiasm. I was initially drawn to him by his Twitter ID @instockmarkets which showed that he invested in stocks. I being a small investor, who had only seen losses on the stock market asked him for tips on how to turn losses into profit, he told me that one must always keep a stop loss. When I told him that I never keep a stop loss probably that is why i make such large losses, he told me that with a stop loss you get small losses but without a stop loss you get a heart attack.  

Over a period of these two months, I gradually got to know him as a man full of enthusiasm. he was an avid tweeter and always full of life. He always had a kind word for everyone. A day prior to his demise he tweeted  “@dodge_67 haha go ahead … whatever suits you …. i do not drink at all ….lol” and “@dodge_67 haha …. i cannot consume alcohol ….else some medical problem will trigger off .. lol” Little did he know that God had planned somethign different. He wrote to me “@mercuryman3a saw your image in large size on tweetdeck … good personality sir !” 

This morning when I learnt from Umesh Dhingra (Twitter ID @ud_iit) that Rajneesh was no more, I was shocked.  I did not expect to get such news on twitter.

i know twitter is a very impersonal place where people hardly know each other personally and just know people by their ID. you are not a person but and ID. You may never meet, you may never know each other but still you interact. People follow you or unfollow, block you or unblock you depending on their personal whims and fancies. A lot of people thrive on the anonymity of the medium, yet a lot of friendships are forged here without actually meeting people and whom you may probably never meet in real life. Rajneesh was one such person who leaves an impact on you. He always had something to say. Three days back he was banned on Twitter for an hour. When I asked him what had happened, he said he was banned for over tweeting. He had sent tweet after tweet as a continuous stream. Sure enough after one hour he was back on twitter tweeting as usual. Probably he sensed that the end was near so he wanted to make the best of the time left.

In this short span of time I developed a sort of attachment to him. When I did not find him on twitter, for two days I ws wondering what was the reason. i did not know which city he lived in, I did not know anything about his personal life, I did not know how old he was, yet there was a bond of friendship. I learnt only this morning that he was only 44 years old.  He was staying with his father and was in perfect health. On19th morning he got up as usual and filled water etc and then felt a little uneasy and went to ly down for a while. When he did not get up for a long time, his father tried to wake him up. When he still did not get up, his father called his sister who stays in Haus khas, some 20KM away. When she came and he was taken to the hospital, he was declared brought in dead.

I pray to the Almighty to grant him eternal peace and to give strength to his family to bear the loss. This is my tribute the departed soul. I will miss a dear friend on Twitter.