Monday, April 21, 2008

A year later.....(I had written this article way back in 2005)

It seems as if not many days have passed since I joined the college; became a part of it very soon .Life brought a new phase into the picture . As ever , I hated changes .I did not like the way of the college and the hostel although I was quite impressed with the campus ,and the infrastructure from day one .There were upheavals ,new entries into my life very often . New people , new place , everything was new . I enjoyed it at first , but calling up home and crying was a regular affair . Now I can very easily laugh at it but at that time I found it really difficult .No friends as yet except my roomies . I did not admire my classmates out there at college , I still do not know the reason why . It was here that I realized that there can occur such myriad changes in life , but that’s the beauty of it , and very soon I was well versed with all those changes that now have become a part of my life .The first six months took time to pass away but then things are absolutely fine , so very fine that I wanted to stay longer at the hostel even after my classes got over .

It is 8 30 am and I stand on platform no. 1 awaiting my dad to come and receive me . I am not alone , my friends are along ,waiting for my papa to come . There he comes with that grand smile on his face , and I was more than glad to see him there . We drove towards home .I am back here at home ,things all the same here , one can say no changes at all except that my younger cousin has come up to take my place at home . I was aware of this fact while I was away at the hostel .To be very frank I did not like it at all when I was told that , and no one would , I suppose . But when I came here , and met him I forgot all that , the happiness reflected on my face , strange though . I had just brushed my teeth that I got a call from mayuri saying saurav was leaving for pune the day after and he wanted to meet all of us . I did not take a second for me to say that I was coming . I just freshened up , feeling all tired and lazy , I left with bhaiyya for mayuri’s home . Both of us were meeting each other after a whole year , long time na , overwhelmed to see each other although we were not great friends during our school days , its true that you will always be happy to see your old friends even if you are not very close , however great friends you get in your new life .

We had just sat to chit chat that saurav , vineet , abhishek , sholina , and all others arrived . It did not take us more than a few minutes to revive all old thoughts of school days with the new ones that we kittians were introducing at regular intervals . They found a lot many changes in me . Probably I was the one with all the freshness , not to boast of . I was not the same ahuti was their verdict ,unanimous . I had become a lot authoritative , no more that introvert types , more social ,friendly , cool, energetic . It was a great feeling to get so many compliments from your old friends whom you were dying to meet since long for reasons unknown . I feel that’s the magic of friendship. None of us ever realized how the day was passing . It was lunch time , we went to madhuban , ordered for drinks . It was then that I got a call from pankaj saying that they were waiting outside for me . I ran out in excitement , only to find four of them waiting inside the santro and me standing in the blazing sun that was scorching all its heat on me cause there was no one else outside . I came to know that they had made a plan to go for lunch to Mayfair , I was disheartened to know this cause I could not have gone along with them at any cost and left my friends alone , although our plan had been made long before . I called all them from inside introduced them , that is my old friends and the new ones . The scene was great ,the old knew me very well and the new had just begun to, but none of them hesitated to make fun of me at its best displaying their talents in it .Minutes later we were inside the restaurant having our lunch and they had proceeded for Mayfair . We had our lunch and went to mayuri’s home for KHATTI . We just sat to discuss our new lives that I got a call from debashri saying that they were waiting for me to come home as early as possible . until now I had got a number of calls and messages from saransh and pankaj and I had told them so many things regarding them that now everyone was really angry on me . they felt neglected and that I had become a lot more involved in my new life and forgotten them or not giving them utmost importance which I guess was the prime requirement of the hour cause a few days we were not to see them anymore for years to come . I had a tough time convincing them that there was nothing like the things that were coming to their minds then ,saurav was really angry and also upset. But then he understood and I bid him good bye although I wanted to sit with them for some more time but then time makes all decisions and I had to leave . it wasn’t easy for me to say bye to him ,cause he has one my very good friends these days .