dated June, the 28th.
It was yet another morning... and once again I woke up to the pitter-patter of the monsoon rains. Oh hell! correction...correction..! It's a different morning today- infact my last morning at home. I still haven't done my packing man! Herein comes an end to my brief and joyous homecoming.
I could sense, mom was already in the kitchen, probably packing a goody-bag for her daughter. How I wish to hug her tight....and miss the train.
I rolled out of my bed, found my way up to the wash-basin and turned on the tap...
Rajdhani Express. 2A. berth no. 31. I dumped my bag and looked out of my window. As the train chugged out of the sleepy station, I tried to look back... (maybe mom's still waiting) ; I looked back at the paddy field, at the little boys playing cricket , and at that particular hill which have been a constant motif in all my school drawing books...and I looked back at the wonderful time I had this vacation...and this wonderful bunch of people that I befriended back home.
Well how do I possibly introduce them to you? Um.. let this be a collective introduction rather than an individual one- because this group leads a symbiotic existence. You'll always spot them together, and I bet, they can't do without each other. Kehne ko toh they are all grown up people, well-settled with a great career, but they are still boys straight out of college who refuse to dump their boyish pranks in their closet. Wait a sec...how can I NOT tell you their names! They'll kill me for any further delay... Afterall this page is for them, about them and dedicated to them. Sumiron, Santanu, Pulakesh and Anupam- doesn't matter if you add or delete the 'da' word- they're like big brothers who simply forgot to grow up and who'll be your friend always...
For once, they have made me take back my frequent claims of "first impression is not always the last impression".What I liked instantly about them is their boy-next-door attitude, and it has stayed. I liked the way they all bond together, and the way they care and share things- be it dinner at one's place or going out for long/short drives...or sharing their feelings for...well..um...excuse me, but...for school kids (nibi, doro, et al.) Poor people! There's hardly any scope in T/s... caught in the wrong place- I say!!! Jokes apart, they make me nostalgic about my SKL days particularly the never-ending kamur sessions. Lemmi tell you here, when it is your turn to turn pink, you are left with just two options- either be brave enough to endure in silence 'coz it's golden, or else put on your best acting skills and pretend that their kamurs hardly affect you... and if u take my advice, all the while, ardently pray to god that they take pity on you and find a different bait...that's it. No other way to escape them. But you'll enjoy it all, I tell you. Every moment.
@ the dramatis personae, namely sumi, santa, anu and pulu(sorry guys for d pet names...my sis has christened u so. can't help) :
Meeting you all was perhaps the best thing that happened this summer. I don't know what clicked, but I liked you all from the start. This time I have packed a lot of goody- goody stuffs in my back-pack including all the wonderful memories that I built up this vacation. I'll always remember those late evening walks(despite our cctv phobia). I'll always remember you Santanu da, for your art of giving out kamurs (u r d undisputed winner with sumi close-behind by a few points), and I'll always remember you Sumiron da for your crazy antics and witty answers, and of course Pulakesh da and Anupam da, for having survived all the kamurs...in return remember me as...well...as a friend who found your silly jokes very very funny, who had a whale of a time with you... well that doesn't make up much, does it? But maybe you can remember me as a friend who'd like to be your friend and who'd cherish this friendship- always.
@ Santanu da: I wonder if could do justice to the promise that i made to you, but i hope i didn't dissappoint you either. This may not be everything, but I hope, it is at least something.
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As truly said by someone that a child resides within us throughout our life....but we tend to dump it with the growing age and responsibilities taking over. And here we have people like you who promise to bring it to life once again.
Perfect description of our "SYMBIOTIC" existence in t/s where there is no way escaping from the plight of living in a confined place where even roads and bushes claim to know you inside-out.
At the same time I should again say to myself once again....don't dare messing people having a pen in their hand(keyboard to be accurate here) :)
Nevertheless Giti-Pakhi rocks and I am sure there is more to come and eagerly waiting here to see them.
wow!!!!! its really amazing 'bout the way u can pen down your thoughts, your imagination....truly gitu, its impossible for me. Right frm the very beginning till the end the words were free flowing...always maintaining the continuity...absolutely what a reader wud want...(thats evident from ur other posts too)... HATS OFF TO YOU.
Justice has surely been done...
Well to be very frank the first thought that i had in my mind the very moment i placed my request was that how could someone write about somebody after having met only a few times...(had this notion until i went through the post)... clever girl, you spotted us well. the SYMBIOTIC existence of our group has been well noticed. well wot else can we do in this T/S of ours :-)
""""""""FRIENDSHIP"""""""""
Though m not a frequent reader, still remember some lines that i went thru once...
"Its good to have money and the things that money can buy but its good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy."
FRIENDSHIP is once such thing that u can't buy and the one thing that i always care for. Stay assured that u will always be a very good friend of mine...
U must have seen that i cannot cut short, but before winding up i would like to add one more request that always keep writing...keep writing...keep writing...
@ Requests do keep on adding :-)
waiting for more to come...
@ sumiron da :
hey thanks for d wonderful comments man! both of u seem so happy with my usage of the term "symbiotic" (sciencies afterall!!!):). thanks,i accept that complement, coz i was really looking for d perfect word that would fit in to describe ur frnship. i guess,(thankfully)i had hit d right button then.
well...for d messing up part...ur r already late dear koka.watch out for more kamurs..!! not gonna spare u so easily!
last but not d least, m soooooooo glad to have found frns like u. i always thought engineers are boring...but u guys r totally from a different planet, i must say!!!
@ santanu da:
Hi...thanks for such a sweet comment. It's really very encouraging- esp for sumone like me who needs constant motivation to do stuffs.Thank u so much for that.
Really liked d frnship wala lines. And i promise too, that i'll always be a good frn of urs.( and of course d rest of the folks'). N worry not,my promises r never made to be broken.
Know wht? I feel u too r not bad with words either..Pretty good english. Don Bosconian, afterall.!Do try penning down ur thoughts, maybe in ur diary.(Office ka bahana mat banao, ok? Even tho i know u r busy).
And yes, keep on posting long long comments. It feels good to read such never-ending 'taarifs'... :)
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