Memoirs

The 30th of May’09

It all started to end so suddenly….One by one the taxis halted near the GH hall office…. Everyone seemed so busy getting the permission letters signed or getting the luggage down from the top most floor of the farthest wing….and when all the last minute packing and thereafter stuffing up luggage in the taxi was done….The feeling started to sink…The “goodbye” moment that we all had been dreading…trying to escape from it by keeping ourselves busy to the last minute….But it eventually came ….Rashie left in a complete hustle bustle….and just moments later sniggy-piggy started to leave…………….tears drained out involuntarily.. hugged her tightly wondering how much time will have passed before we get to hug each other again….Till yesterday we were all singing and dancing our hearts out…pulling each others leg…having a joyous time teasing a “few” who had left the D-club …everything was so perfect and, parting or leaving IIT Kanpur was the last thing on our minds…..We always knew it was coming…But it just never sinked in till that day…The 30th of May’09…..Sniggy-piggy left ….followed by kittu…garg….Kashyap….pinchi… anshu… and till 31st morning Nisha n me were alone thinking ‘Why did we have to be the last ones to leave…having to face the ordeal again n again n again….’

The parting became an ordeal only because the four years spent at IITK with such fabulous friends have been soooooooooooo wonderful…. have got so used to each others presence that its hard to imagine life without them around…seeking suggestions for almost everything…right from “what to wear for the party tonight “ to “what to do and what not to do in life”……. Those bulla and tulla night outs…. It’s been incredible to know each other inside out…everyone’s peculiar idiosyncrasies…. making fun of them…laughing our hearts out at almost anything and everything… and yea…sharing and solving each others problems as if they were our own… Not to forget the innumerable lingos : “Kittupana” “meuaauuuuuuu” “kuuuuuuuuu” “chalo saathiyon” “lets talk about nuclear deal” “kauwapana” “nisha types khola” “anshu’s gandhigiri: utho na..uthte kyun nahi ho..tumne hi toh bola tha” “kittu’s bas 2 min aur” “ bhak!!” “dusht” aaahhh… the list is endlesssssssssssss… will just end this with a few lines that seem just perfect to describe our invaluable friendship :
You’re…
My Friend,
my companion,
through good times and bad
my friend, my buddy,
through happy and sad,
beside me you stand,
beside me you walk,
you’re there to listen,
you’re there to talk,
with happiness, with smiles,
with pain and tears,
I know YOU’LL BE THERE,
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS!