Monday, July 21, 2008

The transition......


Feels just like yesterday when i stepped into my junior college (Swami Vivekanand Polytechnic). It was for the first time that i did not have to wear a uniform and rather wear what i wished to. I think, it was by the end of 1st year that i got gifted with the friendship of some of the most beautiful people in this world. It was the most beautiful thing that ever happened to me, something that was to last for a lifetime.

We were a bunch of around 15 guys (ankit, rohan, jinesh, pratik, vaibhav, vipul, vakdu, sam, jatin, kevat, shrenik, bhide, me and a few others). We were called as the 'papdi' group by some of our classmates as most of us were gujratis. It wasn't until recently when we were being separated from each other by 'big bad world outside' that i realized what a blissful time we had spent together. Someone has truly said that 'You don't realize the value of what you have or rather take it for granted till it parts from you'.

Right from attending lectures (and sometimes bunking) to copying assignments to preparing for exams to watching movies, to playing cricket, to playing counter strike, to sitting for hours on end at chowpatty to going on outdoor trips to gobbling up food like 'bhookads' to night outs, what is it that we did not do together. It was like we were habituated to each other being present around us all the time.

Time passed like sand through the hollow of the hourglass, keeping us in oblivion about the transition which we were going through. Three years passed by swiftly and then came the time when were to upgrade from diploma to degree. At first i was a bit apprehensive when we were segregated into different groups (me, rohan, vipul, sainath and sam in vjti, ankit, jin and bhide in vivekanand, pratik and vai in dj, kevat and jatin in somaiya(sion), shrenik in KJ somaiya, and vakdu in father agnels).
But hey, that apprehension was baseless. Our friendship was always built to stand the test of time and it deed!!!

It was back to the same dhamaal and masti as usual. We had another beautiful three years waiting in front of us to be stolen and enjoyed to the fullest! And boy, we did enjoy to the fullest! This time there were some new additions to my 'papdi' group. In ankit zatakia, I found one of the best persons i had ever met. Then there was Haren and Hariya who were with pratik and vai at their hostel. My group was bigger, better and stronger. Life was a beautiful dream that i had dreamed about...

But that 'TIME', it seems it was getting jealous of our happiness. Thats why it decided to fast forward this three years also. The sand had escaped into the other side of the hour glass. The transition was complete. We were now supposed to turn into professionals and look out for jobs. We were supposed to transform from guys who did not care what day or time it was for having some fun into 'sincere' and 'punctual' employees. It commanded us to shed our T-shirts & jeans and put on formal shirts and trousers. I guess 'TIME' was really jealous for it had demanded us to part once again, this time more cruelly so. It wanted to deprive us of our fun time and our proximity to each other.....

But there's only one thing that I would like to say to it. 'The more cruel that you get to us, the stronger will be our reply. THIS FRIENDSHIP HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME BEFORE AND SO WILL IT AGAIN'. After all, the more a steel passes through the flame, the purer it gets...........




2 comments:

iamsam said...

To summarize,
Life means:
A winter evening few friends. Mild rain, Four pegs of vodka...
Life means:
100 bucks of petrol, Two rusty old bikes. An open road...
Life means:
Maggi noodles,A hostel room, 3.25 a.m....
Life means:
1 prep leave, 1 night, 1 book, 8 duffers....
Life means:
3 old friends, 3 separate cities, 3 coffee mugs, 1 yahoo mesenger....
Life means:
1 girl, 1 number, 4 friends, a fight...
Life means:
Friends....
Life means:
Friendship...

Ankit said...

aah ...i spent 50 rs while readin this blog (on the tissue paper ka dibba...snob..snob.. :D) !!
but hey dunt b sad...v wud b 2gether...STRONGER,BETTER N WORSE THAN BEFORE :).....4 SURE !!
cheers :))