Dear all, I have been intending to put down my life..not for others sake but my very own..so that some day I could come back and see all that went through my mind..the specific events that had happened..important for today but which loses significance if not preserved in the long run...
It is a pleasure to revisit old acquaintances..like this blog..It has after all brought to me a lot of dear people I had been able to relate to..and quite wonderfully some of them have been able to relate to me too..let me not digress...getting in touch with someone from past does not just mean getting to know a person and their current life..but to revamp all the memories cluttered somewhere..and remember the tiffin shared, the warmth of love and friendship..remember those somethings that they put in your slam book..which you had read with such eagerness and now it lies somewhere forgotten and its all just so many good times that you wonder how could have been so forgetful!
Believe me when I say..never let go of some contacts and keep them close..those whom you had shared your best days..for me it was my school days..the fun and running around in classes..and breaking your heads on the same numerical and to love to have friends sit next to you in the crowded school bus ,and finishing mills and boons in three hours flat (in school time itself) with three people reading it at the same time..and if someone was a fast reader she could very well have the seat on the right and lift up the page vertically..ha haa ha..lovely days.
And to remember the taste of baingan ka bharta and paneer ki subzi..and those morsels of food from my friend's lunch boxes..and look at the scan copy of the photo when we wore saree for the first time..for our farewell..and our thin frames..which has now filled up..a saree would never appear the same and we would never ever look as uncomfortable or think so great about wearing a saree as that special day ! I must thank so many people whom I have been able to connect to in recent times ..Thank you all; Chandni, Richa, Prachi, Neha, Rachna, Guneet, Darshana, Shaili, Swati, Azra, Manisha, Shalini...and Ginni..I have been able to connect to my past and you guys got it alive for me.
And it is worth all the pain it takes to track down a dear friend and talking to them after almost a decade..It is a lovely rush of words and sharing of information and just to hear the same familiar voice..and then feel your heart warming up as they recall somethings you had told at the last day in school. And the way it was said to me.. I never regret having gone through the trouble to trace you..just that I wish I had found you a little earlier and wish we could meet again in leisure..and regale at those school memories and ask about the years that went by!
I smile a smile for my friends in those sepia photos have come alive!
It is a pleasure to revisit old acquaintances..like this blog..It has after all brought to me a lot of dear people I had been able to relate to..and quite wonderfully some of them have been able to relate to me too..let me not digress...getting in touch with someone from past does not just mean getting to know a person and their current life..but to revamp all the memories cluttered somewhere..and remember the tiffin shared, the warmth of love and friendship..remember those somethings that they put in your slam book..which you had read with such eagerness and now it lies somewhere forgotten and its all just so many good times that you wonder how could have been so forgetful!
Believe me when I say..never let go of some contacts and keep them close..those whom you had shared your best days..for me it was my school days..the fun and running around in classes..and breaking your heads on the same numerical and to love to have friends sit next to you in the crowded school bus ,and finishing mills and boons in three hours flat (in school time itself) with three people reading it at the same time..and if someone was a fast reader she could very well have the seat on the right and lift up the page vertically..ha haa ha..lovely days.
And to remember the taste of baingan ka bharta and paneer ki subzi..and those morsels of food from my friend's lunch boxes..and look at the scan copy of the photo when we wore saree for the first time..for our farewell..and our thin frames..which has now filled up..a saree would never appear the same and we would never ever look as uncomfortable or think so great about wearing a saree as that special day ! I must thank so many people whom I have been able to connect to in recent times ..Thank you all; Chandni, Richa, Prachi, Neha, Rachna, Guneet, Darshana, Shaili, Swati, Azra, Manisha, Shalini...and Ginni..I have been able to connect to my past and you guys got it alive for me.
And it is worth all the pain it takes to track down a dear friend and talking to them after almost a decade..It is a lovely rush of words and sharing of information and just to hear the same familiar voice..and then feel your heart warming up as they recall somethings you had told at the last day in school. And the way it was said to me.. I never regret having gone through the trouble to trace you..just that I wish I had found you a little earlier and wish we could meet again in leisure..and regale at those school memories and ask about the years that went by!
I smile a smile for my friends in those sepia photos have come alive!
