Journey with a FRIEND.....

I had the good fortune of sharing my days in Delhi with my childhood friend and have seen many ups and downs in life together.No I have not shifted my base to another city but have merely moved to a new accomodation as he gets ready to take his life to the next level by getting arrested in matrimony.It was a good 5 years spent together shuffling between houses in old double storey-Lajpat Nagar. I still remember the day I landed in Delhi.It was peak of summer in July 2003 and my Rajdhani from Guwahati was delayed by 4-5 hours. I found him waiting for me at the station from 10 in the morning with the temperature hovering at 45 degrees.I moved on with him after completing my MBA in 2005 and since then we shared the days of our life together.

Be it hiding from credit card recovery agents to drinking every evening whenever he came home early the memories are deep rooted for ever.I may not have expressed such feelings earlier but recently meeting with an accident and being confined to bed for almost a week made me think in solitude about each incident.Although some people say that staying alone has its own charm and you have the liberty to lead your life the way you want I still felt within a few days that it actually had no charm. Your intial feeling of independence soon turns out into lonliness. This feeling further gets mulitipled many folds when you see something hilarious in the TV and have been so used to share it then and there.But now have to fall back to the mercy of SMS to share your thoughts and feelings...Although we never emoted very frequently but still there was a sense of understanding for each other which probably made us see through 5 good years together without any rift.There were days when we even did not utter a word with each other but shared the same space.

As he moves on with his life and I with mine, the memories of the days spend together will be etched in my mind forever.....It also reaffirms my belief in the saying that the childhood friends you choose are the one who are your actual friends as the time when we choose them we are devoid of any other motive other than plain selfless friendship....

Good luck with your life ahead friend....