Batch: 2008-2012
Branch: IT
Roll number 34
signing up again....
I should start with: I miss you all.
It was Sunday afternoon, I was busy with my routine work and out of nowhere I got a call from my best friend. Yes, My best friend! We have been friends since first day of college, It's been 12 years now. She was my roommate in hostel, my sister in crime, my partner in giggles, my comrade in survival .No matter how many miles came between us, we were connected.The bond was securely intact.It never wavered. Catching up with her still a delight.
Well there is a lot more to this story......!
She informed me about a Zoom meeting with college friends. To be completely honest..... My first question was 'what is the agenda of meeting?' Instead of answering she asked 'are you going to join?' I replied totally depend on my son if he let me to. She said yeah I too have office work and we ended the call (leaving a question mark???)
As the clock ticked 3:30 p.m. We both joined a meeting.At first glance, some known faces were peeping through their screens trying to figure out who joined.I saw one of my favorite professors actually he was the one who hosted a meeting.Then one by one started joining and each one of them reminded me of the way things once were, and the days spent with them, memories were rushing through my mind.
I recall those moments right from the very first year... those unforgettable days of hostel, those endless night chats, writing assignments at last date of submission while listening FM on our Nokia phones ,those boring lectures, those days when we used to carry big drawing boards, those days of fun getting caught by playing with chalks, those days when our ID cards were taken away, days of apology, days of examination ,days of viva where we know nothing!sir i don't have any idea wala face, days of teaching my friends in exam time, those days of Tech-fest, annual function, days of chatting in labs, those internet surfing in college and many more such beautiful moments. (By God's grace my memory is good I remember things!)
That day we spend hours reminiscing,saying "Remember when...." because they know all the stupidities we had done that are way too embarrassing to share with anyone as they were a part of those embarrassing moments too and laughing.I realized nothing has changed, it's just we drifted apart.
Yet through the years we have grown up to accept the current reality that we are confined to Whats App text ,Facebook messages, Instagram hearts occasionally(rare?) phone calls are our primary modes of communication these days (or I should say we don't even have each other's phone numbers) Some intentionally lost touch due to their own reasons no offense, it's completely their choice but personally I am a kind of a person who enjoy old wine ,because it get better with age. whenever I visit my hometown once for sure i open my wardrobe to revive old memories those gifted earrings,simple sketches, cute show pieces and last but not the least 'My Diary.' kyunki....'Yaadein mithai ke dibbe kii tarah hoti hain, ek bar khula to sirf ek tukda nhi kha paaoge' this is my way of happiness (when I feel low).
I just want to say anyhow if you have ever traveled with me on the same track of life 'remember that you are remembered.' I know ,I had been away for too long from my friends I am not giving excuse, but trust me few years of my life were devastating.I feel that all the excitement of growing up ,then finding college for higher education, then finding a job, excitement about making new friends makes us lose lot of valuable connections. You were once a part of their lives at one point and they part of yours. Maybe you influenced each other than you know.
Make new friends, but keep the old; Those are silver these are gold. -Joseph parry
If you find no other reason to contact any of your old friends ,then do it for the sake of smile it will bring to your face.I hope even though when the time apart will slip away we will talk and laugh like we saw each other that day and time will stand still for a little while. Kyunki.... 'Apne purane dosto ke sath baithkar wahi purane kisse dohrana mujhe achha lagta hai.'
Until next time...
Do you have any memory of your old friends? if yes, let's share it in comment box. I would love to read it.
Branch: IT
Roll number 34
signing up again....
I should start with: I miss you all.
It was Sunday afternoon, I was busy with my routine work and out of nowhere I got a call from my best friend. Yes, My best friend! We have been friends since first day of college, It's been 12 years now. She was my roommate in hostel, my sister in crime, my partner in giggles, my comrade in survival .No matter how many miles came between us, we were connected.The bond was securely intact.It never wavered. Catching up with her still a delight.
Well there is a lot more to this story......!
She informed me about a Zoom meeting with college friends. To be completely honest..... My first question was 'what is the agenda of meeting?' Instead of answering she asked 'are you going to join?' I replied totally depend on my son if he let me to. She said yeah I too have office work and we ended the call (leaving a question mark???)
As the clock ticked 3:30 p.m. We both joined a meeting.At first glance, some known faces were peeping through their screens trying to figure out who joined.I saw one of my favorite professors actually he was the one who hosted a meeting.Then one by one started joining and each one of them reminded me of the way things once were, and the days spent with them, memories were rushing through my mind.
I recall those moments right from the very first year... those unforgettable days of hostel, those endless night chats, writing assignments at last date of submission while listening FM on our Nokia phones ,those boring lectures, those days when we used to carry big drawing boards, those days of fun getting caught by playing with chalks, those days when our ID cards were taken away, days of apology, days of examination ,days of viva where we know nothing!sir i don't have any idea wala face, days of teaching my friends in exam time, those days of Tech-fest, annual function, days of chatting in labs, those internet surfing in college and many more such beautiful moments. (By God's grace my memory is good I remember things!)
That day we spend hours reminiscing,saying "Remember when...." because they know all the stupidities we had done that are way too embarrassing to share with anyone as they were a part of those embarrassing moments too and laughing.I realized nothing has changed, it's just we drifted apart.
Yet through the years we have grown up to accept the current reality that we are confined to Whats App text ,Facebook messages, Instagram hearts occasionally(rare?) phone calls are our primary modes of communication these days (or I should say we don't even have each other's phone numbers) Some intentionally lost touch due to their own reasons no offense, it's completely their choice but personally I am a kind of a person who enjoy old wine ,because it get better with age. whenever I visit my hometown once for sure i open my wardrobe to revive old memories those gifted earrings,simple sketches, cute show pieces and last but not the least 'My Diary.' kyunki....'Yaadein mithai ke dibbe kii tarah hoti hain, ek bar khula to sirf ek tukda nhi kha paaoge' this is my way of happiness (when I feel low).
I just want to say anyhow if you have ever traveled with me on the same track of life 'remember that you are remembered.' I know ,I had been away for too long from my friends I am not giving excuse, but trust me few years of my life were devastating.I feel that all the excitement of growing up ,then finding college for higher education, then finding a job, excitement about making new friends makes us lose lot of valuable connections. You were once a part of their lives at one point and they part of yours. Maybe you influenced each other than you know.
Make new friends, but keep the old; Those are silver these are gold. -Joseph parry
If you find no other reason to contact any of your old friends ,then do it for the sake of smile it will bring to your face.I hope even though when the time apart will slip away we will talk and laugh like we saw each other that day and time will stand still for a little while. Kyunki.... 'Apne purane dosto ke sath baithkar wahi purane kisse dohrana mujhe achha lagta hai.'
Until next time...
Do you have any memory of your old friends? if yes, let's share it in comment box. I would love to read it.
