Wednesday 20 November 2013

Missed a childhood friend.....

Yeah it was the day of our Environmental Science board exam (of Bengal Board where everybody thinks it to be poor joke!!!). Though the exam was a pure MCQ joke something happened that day that made nostalgic for a time being. But today I think I should have at least given that "something nostalgic " a bit of respect. It was an hour break , not really a break but a super break (at least for some who were actually studying for the exam :v). I was out of my exam room and I was roaming around with Atreya ( the Springdalians would never forget him for sure ) and Nirban ( another khilli champion). Suddenly I found Antara and Ankita. We had not talked for a long time so we got up and talked and roamed and of course joking around as best friends do. The girl's exam hall was far from our hall. As we were roaming I suddenly saw an old friend. She was the best friend of class 3 or 4. I didn't see her after I went to R.K Mission Purulia leaving behind the fun days of Springdale. It was the year 2004. I don't know whatever I see happening around me from simple to complex things get into my mind and stay there for a long time. Thanks to that weird thing of my mind I certainly recognized the face. It just happened fast. Her mom was there with her providing all kinds of mental strength  (yeah this thing is common to every parents !!!!). I tried hard but I couldn't remember her name. But I think she recognized me. She pointed me out to her mother by a small gesture and smiled. I went into the girl's exam hall where there were huge number of parents and as I entered they looked at me as if I had done something wrong ( wtf !! was it a girl's toilet??? ). I came out at once. I looked at her and thought of at least talking to her. But I guessed that she would think to be weird enough to alarm her mother ( I wish I had better things to imagine !!!). At last I left the without talking to her. It was ,I don't know, a weird experience. Yet it was enough to search for her name and I succeeded through cross referencing. There are some few names which I still remember from that batch which I left from Springdale. They had been there with me from the day we learned to share tiffins among us , play together and of course a bit of fight !!! Suman,Soham , Priyabrata (this guy even connects me through facebook often !!!), Saheli,Sagnik,Rounak,Aishwarya,Sonal,Patrick, Sayantan,Mansit and of course some others (my mind is straining !!!)But when it comes to the faces I can say I still remember everyone. My best friend says that I make a good friend. Close friends were my best things as without them my life in R.K Mission was meaningless. When I go home everyone used to ask ,"How many friends did you make there?" I used to answer," all". This thing was just like the same thing I had to encounter for continuous 7 years of my hostel ; " What is the routine of R.K Mission students everyday?" Believe it or not this was the first thing which I used to expect whenever I faced a relative (mind boggling question.... and repeat whatever you said to the other one). All my hostel life I have been a good person but when anyone betrayed me I became a bad ass towards them. Whatever I did and even if I consider myself a good friend of others, I didn't respect neither the beauty of nostalgia nor a friendship. Springadale assured me a different kind of nostalgia and those friends which I have made there make the feeling even better !!

1 comment:

  1. That Priyabrata guy even considers You to be his close friend . Someone should know this! ;) LOVEU.

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