I was working as a deputy manager for a machine shop in Ashok Leyland. I had plans to go home to hyderabad on the ocassion of vinayaka chavithi. I got the bookings for a bus ticket done on that day.Eventually thats a thursday and so no week end rushes and got the seat proper.
The day of my journey, i happened to make a call to madhu saying that i will be in hyderabad and may be will get a chance to meet her. she replied with the lines i got more excited:" am in bangalore yaa.."
"What?? u have been in bangalore and didnt bother to tell me that?"
"Well.. kind of busy and also mom is sick"
and it went on till i said i thought i could meet her and may be next time and all.
Suddenly after an hour, the phone rings. " Would it be possible for you to book another ticket for the bus you are leaving?" Then i thought this had to happen any way. Its all luck and yes with madhu hehehe..
To my wonder, i got the first seat for her in the bus (booked it the very evening) and was so excited to meet her up.
I went to the station about one hour before the bus. She was there already waiting with her sister and baava. YES, we have finally met again after a gap of around 10 years.
She was almost the same.. with chashmish eyes, her hair grown a little more, the dress of a typical hyderabadi/telangana girl. She was accompanied by her ever gorgeous sister and a stout, handsome guy (sister's husband). We had a casual and a very formal intro (:( i didnt like that part and i beleive nor did he. Infact i felt he didnt like me at all.. ) but that all went away.. who cares. i just kept blabbering to madhu not at all thinking about the other two people who were staring at me with looks that could blow a mountain :).
Later i came to know she got suggested to sit separately. (wtf?? i aint a serial rapist nor a psycho). am just a friend of her who have missed seeing her a long time.
this was the journey i still cherish as one of the best journeys of my life. We had our seats requested to be side by side and i dont know how but managed to get them with a lot of adjustments. She brought me my dinner(which means chapathi and aloo curry .. oh yaa curry rolled into chapathi and not separate.) Beleive me that was the first time i came to know that people of my age can really cook food.
We both decided to catch up all the ten years in just one journey. She was the first one to start and it lasted till around 5 hours. I started and ended it up abruptly in an hour. We were both getting late for the sleep. Just slept off and continued in the morning. The catch up had a lot of things.. the school.. gossips at the end of the school, the quarrels, the handsome guys and the crooks.. the time that passed by, the little happiness, the other break ups, the other hook ups,
Saturday, April 3, 2010
The talks
Each time we had a conversation, the typical phone call will go something like : how are u and how are u, then comes hows weather there and weather here..
A lot of times i felt its all stupid and of course the frequency with which we used to talk varies from once in a week or two to three days. so neither of us had a big concern, both feeling happy about the talks. Ya after the weather talk, it comes back to the life and its issues, how friends grow and how they are misunderstood, cherished, lived with. Being a patient listener, i had my ears (yaa both of them ) busy everytime i had a conversation with her.
I just dont understand.. but it felt good whenever i had a chat and i wont mind telling her that i am liking the talks and she wouldnt mind replying back me too.
Whether its the emotion that no body was there with me or whether it was an emotion i just kept alone all the time, but this felt a real good talking to you madhu.
One such instances that i shall keep in mind forever.. The place where i work is around 5 kms from my room. Everyday i had to catch a bus to get back to my place and change the bus on the way.(that was before my darling leopard came). That day i just felt like i should not take the bus. It started drizzling. Hosur being as cool as bangalore, had showers pouring in at that time. Coincidental or just fate, i had a call from madhu. I still remember walking in that rain with my comapny uniform drenched, talking on my moto pebble and walking along the side railing of the road with a beautiful view of small lake and sun set. The talk lasted around 45 minutes( all the walk from hosur to room.) And what we talked about?? as far as i remember , what are the good things in life that have happened.
A lot of times i felt its all stupid and of course the frequency with which we used to talk varies from once in a week or two to three days. so neither of us had a big concern, both feeling happy about the talks. Ya after the weather talk, it comes back to the life and its issues, how friends grow and how they are misunderstood, cherished, lived with. Being a patient listener, i had my ears (yaa both of them ) busy everytime i had a conversation with her.
I just dont understand.. but it felt good whenever i had a chat and i wont mind telling her that i am liking the talks and she wouldnt mind replying back me too.
Whether its the emotion that no body was there with me or whether it was an emotion i just kept alone all the time, but this felt a real good talking to you madhu.
One such instances that i shall keep in mind forever.. The place where i work is around 5 kms from my room. Everyday i had to catch a bus to get back to my place and change the bus on the way.(that was before my darling leopard came). That day i just felt like i should not take the bus. It started drizzling. Hosur being as cool as bangalore, had showers pouring in at that time. Coincidental or just fate, i had a call from madhu. I still remember walking in that rain with my comapny uniform drenched, talking on my moto pebble and walking along the side railing of the road with a beautiful view of small lake and sun set. The talk lasted around 45 minutes( all the walk from hosur to room.) And what we talked about?? as far as i remember , what are the good things in life that have happened.
The second contact
One day while i was back from work and trying to have fun with orkut, a scrap shows up. indurthi madhuri: Hey do u remember me? we were in the same class back at bellampally. Then the bell rang .. oh yes this was her. :)
What followed next were some of the memorable moments. We not though very often used to have a chat online. Finally got her to talk to me on phone. There went a lot of fight, anxiety and catching up on calls. I still remember those calls which lasted only about 15 minutes and were real changers of my hi/low mood. Madhu's come back has created a luck and changed my stars. This is what i still beleive in me.
Right after two weaks of getting in touch with her, i was packing my bags to come back to the homeland of my job hosur where everything i needed is taken care of by the company.
Back at that place, i had time but nothing much to do. Had played a lot of shuttle badminton, tt, basketball and what not.
Life is back(at least thats what i thought). Not just because she is back in contact, but i found my place in job also a good friend to share it with. After all, whats the use of winning or losing when you dont have anyone to share with. When you have some one to share with, everything counts..(even winning a badminton round with a sucker :))
What followed next were some of the memorable moments. We not though very often used to have a chat online. Finally got her to talk to me on phone. There went a lot of fight, anxiety and catching up on calls. I still remember those calls which lasted only about 15 minutes and were real changers of my hi/low mood. Madhu's come back has created a luck and changed my stars. This is what i still beleive in me.
Right after two weaks of getting in touch with her, i was packing my bags to come back to the homeland of my job hosur where everything i needed is taken care of by the company.
Back at that place, i had time but nothing much to do. Had played a lot of shuttle badminton, tt, basketball and what not.
Life is back(at least thats what i thought). Not just because she is back in contact, but i found my place in job also a good friend to share it with. After all, whats the use of winning or losing when you dont have anyone to share with. When you have some one to share with, everything counts..(even winning a badminton round with a sucker :))
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