Rakesh calls me today..., "Hey J, just wanted to tell you...I'm going to Dubai in 2 weeks time."
"Hey...That's nice...When will you be back?"
"Hmm....I don't know J......I don't think I'll be back!"
And then I listen to the reasons he had for leaving, and I'm lost in thoughts.
I remember Joseph calling me some weeks back, "Hey Janaki, when can we meet this week?"
"Hmm.. I dunno Joseph...Got a couple of tests this week."
"Hmm...too bad! I'm leaving for Kerala!"
"Okay.. so we'll meet when you get back!"
"Naah...This is my final goodbye to this city! So wanted to meet you before I leave."
I remember the SMS I got a week back from Anoop,"Got a job in UK, leaving B'lore...Leavin India! Too bad couldn't say a goodbye by meeting you, too busy! You take care!"
And Ashwini," Hey my Husband's going on-site for a year...and guess what? I'm going with him!"
And Danish is going on-site in 2 weeks,
And N,
My closest,dearest friend Navdeep too is going back home...forever!
Every single friend I made last year....Is going away......Is Gone!
Never to return back,
never to share a joke,
never to take that quick tea break around the corner,
never to argue and fight,
never to brain-storm.....
You know, it's just been a year since I've known these people..not too long, is it?
But these were the 1st few friends I made in Bengaluru...they are the people who made living in a city worth the effort!
Rakesh, the only film-buddy in the city I know,
Ashwini, the girl who aspires to be a CS just like me,
Anoop, the co-blogger,
Joseph, the legal friend,
Danish, the neighbour,
And Navdeep.....can't fit him in 1 role ever!
I feel like I'm starting all over again in the city...I'm feeling empty as these were some wonderful friends I made!
This, in a way , is what I'd hoped for when I left Goa....I hoped to meet new people and make new friends, move to a new place every year and explore- the world around and inside of me!
But it's so hard to let go of the ties I made....it's as if , with each one of them, I leave a part of me.
I'm not used to letting go of people so soon.
But maybe it's for the best.
Whatever little time I spent with these people, was wonderful and memorable!
Maybe it's time once again to start a new journey, same city, but unknown world!
"Hey...That's nice...When will you be back?"
"Hmm....I don't know J......I don't think I'll be back!"
And then I listen to the reasons he had for leaving, and I'm lost in thoughts.
I remember Joseph calling me some weeks back, "Hey Janaki, when can we meet this week?"
"Hmm.. I dunno Joseph...Got a couple of tests this week."
"Hmm...too bad! I'm leaving for Kerala!"
"Okay.. so we'll meet when you get back!"
"Naah...This is my final goodbye to this city! So wanted to meet you before I leave."
I remember the SMS I got a week back from Anoop,"Got a job in UK, leaving B'lore...Leavin India! Too bad couldn't say a goodbye by meeting you, too busy! You take care!"
And Ashwini," Hey my Husband's going on-site for a year...and guess what? I'm going with him!"
And Danish is going on-site in 2 weeks,
And N,
My closest,dearest friend Navdeep too is going back home...forever!
Every single friend I made last year....Is going away......Is Gone!
Never to return back,
never to share a joke,
never to take that quick tea break around the corner,
never to argue and fight,
never to brain-storm.....
You know, it's just been a year since I've known these people..not too long, is it?
But these were the 1st few friends I made in Bengaluru...they are the people who made living in a city worth the effort!
Rakesh, the only film-buddy in the city I know,
Ashwini, the girl who aspires to be a CS just like me,
Anoop, the co-blogger,
Joseph, the legal friend,
Danish, the neighbour,
And Navdeep.....can't fit him in 1 role ever!
I feel like I'm starting all over again in the city...I'm feeling empty as these were some wonderful friends I made!
This, in a way , is what I'd hoped for when I left Goa....I hoped to meet new people and make new friends, move to a new place every year and explore- the world around and inside of me!
But it's so hard to let go of the ties I made....it's as if , with each one of them, I leave a part of me.
I'm not used to letting go of people so soon.
But maybe it's for the best.
Whatever little time I spent with these people, was wonderful and memorable!
Maybe it's time once again to start a new journey, same city, but unknown world!
Felt the same way back when college got over, but eventually, I moved on, I call them once in a while, and sometimes I still crave for that old smell of the library or the noise of the cafeteria. But life goes on, and you get too busy to remember all those stuff until one day you stumble upon something that reminds you of who you were, who you are deep inside.
ReplyDeleteI've experienced it too. I can clearly empathize. Memories are all we'll be left with. But then again, every departure is a new beginning of a new meeting.
ReplyDeleteYes. I will get busy and I will make new friends. I don't know what I get worried about, is it the distance with friends or myself getting over people too soon who once meant so much to me!
ReplyDeleteAfter changing multiple places and making and loosing helluva friends I realised that true friends are not seperated by distance and time. They are in our hearts to communicate 24*7...
ReplyDeleteYes I agree Pramesh.
ReplyDeleteSeems u hv almost stopped writing? why?
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to practice somethin called Virtual Sanyaas!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm not joking here.