friends are forever.....

Well I have shifted to Pune for some time now - 4 months to the calendar. Shifting between jobs, a new city, new people - i guess life was chugging along merrily but somehow i had completely lost track of it. Setting up a new place so that it can at least be called a house instead of a home, getting the essentials in place - somehow I lost track of so many things in my life - one including my friends.

Well I am no the sort of guy who would completely lose track of the good things in life – friends essentially are right there in the top 5 of my hit list. An occasional hi over the phone could never substitute the hours of fun and meaningful (J) conversation we had amongst the 4 of us – somehow I am not mentioning the names here but I am sure they will know its meant for them.

Nothing could substitute the unadulterated threads of friendship between us – the nights that were spent shivering in the cold of the coffee shop in IIT Delhi or under the main building of the complex. Neither the incessant bites of mosquitoes nor the glaring eyes of the sentry’s could deter us from having a hearty laugh while the others toiled away for the semesters. Mind it – somehow we too were appearing for the same semesters – it was either a act of foolishness or the random obscure though or fearlessness backed by self-belief (maybe) that gave us the courage to still enjoy & live life in that serene ambiance.

Well life was never the same as we all duly completed our Post Grad with finesse (well almost) and got jobs – a avenue to probably fight meaningfully to make a life of what was thrown at us. And yes I guess we did well. Two of us in the same company in Delhi, one other in Bangalore (all 3 trying still to make a career out in the IT industry), while the other after some sour-searching found her calling for a PhD from a university in North Dakota. Similar fate was somehow awaiting me as a year later again a couple of friends went their own ways – one pursuing targets in the US, the other trying his hand in a business he had long planned.

Email trails went cold somewhat, calls hardly happened an occasional scrap on facebook or orkut wishing on an eventful occasion was all that was left. We still feel the excitement mutually when we talk once in a blue moon, over the phone probably trying hard to relive the older moments of glory trying to quench the hungry soul of emotions & feelings.

Yes, it is hard to be away from the people who really care for you. But, that is life. Everyone moves on in this journey called life.

Maybe it is because people move on that we finally start to understand the meaning of a true friendship. Maybe if life were to be enacted as a fairytale, we’d probably never be able to appreciate the good things in life….friends, laugher, unadulterated joy, banter.

But, one thing is for certain. Once the paths of life have met and an exchange takes place, there is no need to renew it. Unlike others, with friends life continues at any point in time. You may be engrossed in a big business, a major crisis and yet when a mail, call or a forward arrives, you are transported back to the days and moments you’d spent with this person called friend. And that is enough for this Indian to push on and live life in this world of aliens.

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