A Year Head -- The Call

II year Computer Science and Engineering..

COS 16
Computer Science Block

Its too hard to be a part of a college which has so stiff rules and regulations imposed on every
student...Me and Rahul were finally been selected for the college team...Out of around 36
competitors from various departments,,i and Rahul were too proud to be among the final list of
16...Though we couldnt see ourselves much during the college hours we had our time in the
evening...We used to discuss about each and every little detail around us,, from politics,,cinema,,college,,and lots and lots of things..
I and Rahul started going to college early at 6 in the morning for attending the practice
sessions..I didnt mind much about that girl with whom Rahul told be to be aware of..
I had been a friend of every boy in the class and i was enjoying the most important part of
everyone's life,,, THE COLLEGE LIFE!!!
We had electronics subject in the 3rd semester and my college wanted us to do projects for every
semester right from the third semester..It was almost towards the end of the semester when we
were asked to do projects in our lab hours,as we had to do exercises during the lab sessions..I
and Karthikeyan had decided to do a project named "Number Guessing Game"..
I had suggested the topic for our project as i was impressed on the title and the concepts used
in it..It had a decent number of IC's, boards and other necessary electronic components..
As Karthikeyan and most of my friends were from hostel, i took the responsibility of purchasing
the components for my team and my friends' team from the market. Nothing to mention regarding the
academic activites which took place in the college, as they were always the dry part of my life..
It was 7 when me and Rahul had reached the hostel after the evening practising session..
"Am in need of some electronic shop da..I need to go there to buy some components for my project"
"Mmmm...I know a shop in East Tambaram da,,will give you the contact details,,no worries da"
Rahul replied..
"You give me the contact details, i will break your bones, you stupid.. We both are going there
to purchase things..thats it" I realized he is trying to send me to the shop all alone..
"Nope dude..sorry..am having my record works, and if thats not completed within tonight i will
get a big zero in my internal marks..You should have heard about Prabhakar though.."He replied.
Prabhakar sir was the STRICT OFFICER of his department,unluckily he handled machines lab for
him..After a lots of stiffs and struggles with him...eventually i gave up..
And hence i had to go there alone to purchase the components..i was getting messed up with it as i had planned to go there to have some big time enjoyment with Rahul..
But he had no idea of coming with me as he was a lot more worried about his internals..
While getting ready, I was almost drenched as the power went off..It was around 7.30 when i decided to start from the hostel and ..Just then,, i felt some vibration in my chest and it was my mobile which was vibrating in the silent mode..It was a call from an unknown number..

I picked it up,, and heard a girl voice.."HELLO"..
Its obvious that girls receive call from lots of boys..but it was quite surprising for me to listen to a girl's voice in my mobile for the first time..I had heard my friends mocking others in girls voice...so i thought it would be one of my friends trying to play a prank over me..
I pressed the red button in my mobile phone and put it back in my pocket..I took the address of the shop from Rahul and bid a bye to him..He was so busy with his record note that he bid a bye to me without even seeing me.."Crazy fellow",,i said to myself..
As i walked out,, i could see 1 message received on my screen..
"Pls attend d call, wanna speak 2 u..urgent..-Priya" 
I didnt know what to react at that very moment...hence i just moved on...
The next second, i received the call again from that number.. "Hello"..I picked up the phone..
"Hello,,is this Karthick?" A female voice questioned..
"Yes,, but who is this?"
"Ya,,hi,,this is Priya,,your classmate.."
"Am sorry to say this, but which Priya?.."
"Mmmm,,i thought you forgot me..change for 100rs??"
Just then something flashed somewhere inside my mind..I found it out finally..
"Ya ya,, i remember you..So how are you?"
"Am fine Karthick..how are you?"
"Am fine too..but you said that you wanna speak to me urgently.??."I was a bit quizzed..
"Ya Karthick, i need a help from you,Sorry that am troubling you.."
"Thats not a prob..miss..??"I forgot her name
"Am Priya"
"Hmmm..Miss Priya..what should i do for you?Mobile topup?"
"Hey,,no no Karthick..am serious.."
"Even am serious,,how much to recharge?"
"Nooooo...i heard that you are purchasing the components for digital lab project.."
"Yes..am on the way to buy them..but whats that for?"
"Thank god..please do me a favour Karthick..Please buy me the components too"
"Oh.."I paused.
"I ask my father for all such works but unfortunately he has been to Bangalore for some business meeting..Sooo.."She paused..
"Oooookaaaayyyy...fine...what components do u need Priya?"
"Am doing a FM booster..And i need...."
She continued telling the components list for around 5 more minutes..
"Hmmm...thats it Karthick..can u help me please?"
"Ok.."I tried to maintain the conversation as short as possible as Rahul's words flashed in my mind as and when Priya was speaking to me..
"Thanks a lot Karthick,, and this is my number,, if you find any troubles in buying the components please do contact me.."
"Fine..will give you the components tomorrow.."
"Thanks again Karthick"
"Mention not Priya..i will give you the components tomorrow.." I remembered her words "no sorry and no thanks between friends" but she never followed it..
"Fine Karthick..See you soon"
"Fine Priya..take care" The phone hung up..
I realized that i reached East Tambaram and i headed on to Jeevan Electronics Shop to purchase the components..

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.” 

I never knew that am going to learn the best lesson of my life..FRIENDSHIP..

Journey to Remember -- Football -- The PASSION

                                                       Football -- The PASSION

His talks continued to waver all through my mind..I just remembered that i was watching ilayaraja hits on a local channel and i didnt remember when i actually fell asleep...I came back to my senses at 6 in the morning and i had realized that i had woken up a lot early than i had actually expected..I saw Rahul still sleeping with the bedsheet covered over his face...I recollected back what he had told me the previous night...Don't believe girls,,,don't believe girls,,,don't believe girls...
These 3 words kept ringing through my heart and mind..
Shit...how can he be so rude in judging things..how could he presume his idea in such a generalized way to say that all girls would betray friendship...just then i realized that something in me was supporting her without even getting close or actually being a friend to her..but on the other hand i knew every word from Rahul was only for me and my well being..he wanted me to be happy..and i wished the same for him..i had already decided to be with him and his friendship throughout my life..and at the next second i decided to take up his words...my brain encouraged this thought though my heart was strictly refusing it..My brain and heart always had contrary concepts and ideas and this situation was never an exception..Just then..
"Hey da...Good morning...got up so early ??" Rahul asked..
"Yup da,,just like that!!" I replied vaguely..
"Slept well???"
"Ya da,,,had a nice piece of sleep" I replied in a slow tone..
"Still thinking about what i had said to you last night??" He asked as he got up and took the bedsheet in hand..
I was shocked to hear that from him,,how could he sense me,,how did he find out that i was truly thinking about the thing which he had said me the previous night..I didn't know what to say in return..
"Mmmm,,,not actually da.." I replied..
"Hmm...your face shows everything da...i wanted you to be safe,,hence told you that way,,i didnt mean to hurt you by any means da..not all girls are like that,,but its better that we are at a limit rather than to face a betrayal.." He spoke in a full swing...
"Nothing wrong in being a friend,,but keep your limits da.." He said...
He had understood everything what i had felt..he had almost sensed and felt it..i was speechless...
"Thanks for being my friend da!!" This was what i had actually managed to say..
"Heiii,,,never say thanks or sorry to a friend da...Hope am your friend idiot..." He winked...
It was another surprise to listen to this statement again...I had already heard the same words from her,,maybe in a different format...Life is weird as are friends.!!!...
It was 8.30 when we both got ready to the college and it was almost 9 when we reached there as we were very good chatters and commentators and we never looked back the time...It was yet another the same day in college with no further modifications and changes..I started getting involved to the engineering drugs,,(the books and the lectures)..I saw her in the class,but thought to maintain the limit..I thought of waiting for some more time to start talking to her..So i just bid a smile when situations made me see my iris in hers...

As the quote rightly says..
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."
We both had a severe interest and passion towards football..i was a district player and he was a school player...He had informed me that he was not able to make it to the district team due to the jaundice which caught him during the team selection...We loved watching and playing football..Though our hall was just 10*10...8*8 was sufficient for us to play football..As decided we planned to play football for the majestic SRI SAI RAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE...And to prove our plan we both gave names for attending the football coaching every evening...I felt happy to have him along my side in achieving my passion...
Sometimes the things you love the most can hurt you with the deepest pain and the same happened with me..

Journey to Remember -- The Advice and the Truth

                                                     The Advice and the Truth

It was 8.15 when i actually woke up. I took off my bedsheet from my face and saw Rahul sleeping aside me.. I had to give him a sound to get his sleep away..."Its time da,,getting late...get up dude!!!" I told him as i took my brush, toothpaste and towel..."Ya da,,i ll be ready..."He replied..
We got ready by 8.45..Its really a peculiar thing to be noted when 2 guys stay in a room, they can be ready with every stuff within 20 minutes max, but when 2 girls are together in a room, even an hour is not enough for a single girl to get ready.
In the next 10 minutes we reached the college,, actually we had rushed to the college...As i was allotted the class room in mechanical department and he himself was from mechanical stream we were a lot happy to be in the same block,,though we were in different classrooms..We had decided to meet at lunch and tea break...
I bid bye to him as i entered my class...As usual, or as i had decided,, i took the third seat from last..Most of my classmates had already arrived,,hardly four or five of them had come after me..Ram was the one who was sitting to my left and Rakesh was on my right..I had known their names after a formal introduction with them...Engineering Physics was the first class and it was the duty of Mr. Shashi to make us engaged to the subject related stuff...After a brief talk on the types of waves..
"What are ultrasonic waves??" He asked..
Pin drop silence, as teachers say, was witnessed in the classroom...
"Can anyone answer??"He asked again..
"......" persistence of silence..
"Second row first one,,,can you answer??" He asked as he pointed towards the girls row,, i was a bit relieved..
"They are nothing but acoustical waves but with frequency higher than 20 kHz.They are highly energetic..They show negligible diffraction due to their small wavelength. Hence they can
be transmitted over long distances without any appreciable loss of energy." There came the reply..
I was shocked to some extent to see someone answer such perfectly even in an engineering college, though with girls, this was quite obvious..I turned my face just to see who it was and i was surprised to see that it,, was her...The same girl for whom i had given the change, and the same girl who had paid me in canteen for lunch..
"Very good..Sit down..Give her a round of applause" Mr. Shashi congratulated her..
The class gave her claps,,i dont think she noticed me,,but i was watching her for some time from then...
Then after a period of 1 hour and 30 minutes,, Engineering Physics and Engineering Graphics got over...
It was time for snacks break..I had told Rahul to meet him in the canteen, and so i decided to leave the class..Just then,,
I saw her crossing me along with a few other girls,,In a minutes time my mind told me to give back the 30rs which i had borrowed from her..
I checked for the change in my packet...And then..
"Excuse Me!!!" I murmured..
"Ya,,hii!!!"She replied as she turned over.. I realized she had recognized me correctly..
"Thanks for the help..."I told as i put my hands inside the packet to take single 20rs and a single 10rs note..
"Oh fine.."She replied as she took it..
"I didnt expect you to give that back,,anyways dats ok..,, but i had given you the token,,right??"She quizzed me..
"So???"
"You need not pay me,,just buy me the token",,She told..
"But am not going to canteen now,,"I lied..
"Its ok,,get me the token, whenever you find time in canteen"...She replied softly...Gathering some courage I asked her,,,
"Mmmmmm,,fine,,can we go to canteen now??",,I teased her,,as I knew girls in this college would never spend time with a guy that soon...
"Hey are you kidding me,,I just didnt want that 30rs from you,,i told you to buy the token only for that reason,,not for coming with you to the canteen..."She replied in a soft tone...She seemed smart..
"And i dont believe in taking back money from friends.." She added...
"What friends??" I was quizzed..
"Yup,,,i see everyone around me as good friends,,,and i always like being a friend too" Her eyes showed me how friendly she was and now i got the answer for the reason behind having a decent number of girls around her in such a quick succession,,,
"Hey,,thanks a lot for that..." I tried to be as formal as possible..
"No thanks between friends..."She added..
"Ope,,Sorry for dat thanks.." I replied..
"To be elaborate,,no sorry and no thanks between friends.." She added as she went past me..
She seemed so friendly with her talks that even the almighty would die for her friendship if he prefers to talk to her for a minute,,

I was feeling very happy to have two best friends within 2 days as the college had begun...

I had firmly believed on the lines,
Life is an awful, ugly place to not have friends around you...

I had always believed to have as much friends around me as possible,,,Some would be crazy on books, some on sports,, and some other in love...But i had always been so crazy about having friends,and i loved it to the core...
With lots of such philosophies running through my mind..I returned back to the class without meeting Rahul in the canteen,,,And after a long boring 6 hours,, i came back to the room..Just then,,Rahul came in,,and we started chatting about the things..He scolded me for not meeting him in the canteen,,he told me that he had waited for the whole 20 minutes, awaiting my arrival..Then I explained about the things which had happened during the interval...He kept listening to me with his one ear as the other was busy in hearing some song..After i finished,,he told
"Dont believe girls to a higher extent,,,they can be with you for years..but for them it would not even take a minute to betray you,,Just be careful da!!!"
His words sliced mine,,,but my belief for her was much more above his words..But my sense refused me to show that to him,,,hence i just nodded my head....
Which is the truth,,his words or my belief??
The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.."..

JOURNEY TO REMEMBER -- Me and Rahul...

                                                             Me and Rahul


I finished my lunch at around 1.30 and i had an extra 10 minutes to reach my classroom from the canteen. I went to the main building to check for my classroom,,I read,,
"I year Computer Science and Engineering -- Mechanical Department,MS6"
It was a kind of 3-5 minutes walk from the main building to the mechanical department. I walked seeing students just as me moving here and there, and i hoped most of them i was seeing would be my friends in the coming days..
I reached my class room,, it looked good for me,, nicely arranged desks and benches with an overhead projector placed on the bench which was meant for the staff.. I took my place in the third bench from the back,, this was my traditional place and wherever i went i chose the same place as it fell between the front benchers and the back benchers..I neither wanted to be the most studious guy nor the most mischievous guy in the class..
Just before the bell rang,, most of my classmates had arrived to the class and had occupied their respective seats..Just like me, most of them remained silent, i guessed they too were experiencing something new,just as me..I knew none around me,but i firmly believed everyone in the class would turn out to be my friends in the future..Just as the bell rang Mr. Padmanadhan arrived..He took the great Mathematics-I class,,,I felt interesting for some period of time,,but eventually i had lost myself somewhere,,then i realized that,, i had been physically present but mentally absent..
After two classes Padmanadhan finished his lecture,,and it was time for Chemistry class,, Mr. Nayagam handled chemistry for us..I was a chemistry craze,,so it was fun listening to him..His teaching style impressed me to a good extent..And it was 4.30 when the final bell rang...It was a good day at the college,,of course not a bad one...I returned back to the hostel by walk and i decided to have a nice sleep to relax myself...
It was 7 when i actually woke up..i refreshed myself,,had a bath...and stood in the veranda noticing the vehicles travelling along the road and listening to "Musthafa Musthafa" sung by AR Rahman with headphones plugged in my ears..I was enjoying his voice and composition in a mild volume..

I had always followed the quote which rightly described me with friendship.
"Friendship has no survival value, rather it is one of those things that give value to survival"...

Just then i heard someone knocking the door...
I went from the veranda to the hall and opened the door..I saw a moderate colored guy , with light black moustache,wearing tshirt and jeans standing infront of me,,
"Hii!!! This is Rahul,, I year Mechanical engineering,,Me gonna stay with u for the next 4 years,,Whats ur name??"He asked in a soft and quite a friendly tone as he moved past me..
"Heyy!! am Karthick I year CS" as i gave my hand, and we shook hands together...
"Hey,,,how was the colls today,,enjoyed ah??" He asked with much of expectation just as I was earlier in the day..
"Not to the most,,but was good..."I replied in a low tone...
He kept the two huge bags which he had with him on the shelf and he started speaking...
"Hey,,you are a lucky guy man,,,being in a CS department,,you can enjoy!!!,we are after all mechanical students,,,no girls,no love,no dating and nothing...but one thing is for sure is that we would enjoy more than u"he teased me friendly...I liked it though...

Then we chatted a lot till 11 in the night...I had understood that he had been from a poor background...his father was a load man who works at late night,,He had an elder sister and an younger brother..Though he was poor he didnt wished to expose his poverty to others,,He mentioned that he had shared it with me as i was going to be with him for the next 4 years and he believed that we were to be good friends...I felt pity for him and I assured him that i would be a good friend to him...
We watched a film on TV and slept at 2..I myself didnt believe, that i got so friendly to him,,we shared a lot, we smiled, we laughed and it was a real fun and happiness the whole night...I slept with a happy heart and a great feeling that i had got a good friend to cherish for my life...
I had never expected this friend was going to influence me in the biggest decision i had took in my life...
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Journey to remember -- Meeting her for the first time

                                                      Meeting her for the first time


September 2000,
Sri Sairam engineering college,
Chennai.

I was super excited and full of energy, and had pre decided to enjoy my life at college to the extreme extent possible.,and for fulfilling that enjoyment the first decision i took was to stay in hostel but not inside the college as i had heard that most boys stayed in the CR hostel which was outside the college and it was the warehouse for every kind of fun and enjoyment.. I had booked myself in a 2-person-stay-room,, where i along with another guy had to stay together. I had no idea of the other guy but i was informed that he would arrive late night  and he was also a first year student of my college but from a different stream.
With everything set, i wore complete formals, a blue coloured striped shirt and a black pant..I had wondered in school days to wear t shirts and denim in college but my college administration had ruined my dreams.
My college was at a distance of less than a kilometre from the hostel so I walked towards the college along the straight road.  I witnessed a number of students walking and some of them were traveling in auto rickshaws along with their parents as it was the first day of college. As I walked, i recollected my hard work and stiff determination which i forced myself to be with, so that i got into the field which i liked the most,ENGINEERING...
I was feeling a lot proud and happy for myself for making into one of the best engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu.  I also recollected the beautiful memories which i had enjoyed in school but i had to leave most of my friends back in my native city madurai as most of them joined the college in madurai and other cities, and only a few of them joined colleges in Chennai..
With tons of expectations, dreams, ideas and happiness within my mind, i had reached the college gate.. Just as i reached the college i heard someone behind me,,,
"Excuse me"
"Yes", I replied.
"Do u have change for 100rs.?" I saw a girl in pink chudithar with long curly hair standing beside me..
"Yup,, mmmmm... i have one 50 rupee note, two 20 rupee notes and one 10 rupee note,,is that fine???"
I had checked my purse while leaving the hostel for having lunch in the canteen.
"If you don't mind,, can you please give me the change"..
I gave the change to her,, and took back the 100rs note...
"Thanks a lot,,,"..She replied..
"No mention..." I replied..
Then i turned back and looked at the college,,,this is going to be the place in which i am going to spend the very precious, joyous and the most excited 4 years of my life...
The college looked gigantic and awesome,, as i was admiring the beauty and construction works of my college,,Just then,,
"Are you a first year student.." With his uniform, i could recognize him that he was the college watchman..
"Yes...",,I replied in a single word..
"You have to go the mechanical seminar hall for the principal's address"..I was surprised that even the college watchman had a good knowledge in English...
"When will it start,,,,,,Sir??" the word "sir" just slipped from me,, after being aware of his english fluency...
"It will commence in another 10 minutes, and it will be followed by welcome speech by department hod's and your seniors,,and all such things will finished by 1pm and then you can go for your lunch"..As he said i realized that this schedule had been followed in the college for quite a long period of time.
"Thank you",,I replied and walked towards the mechanical seminar hall..
The seminar hall looked ultra furnished,,with an accommodation capacity of around 2000 people and the entire hall had centralized air conditioning..It was freezing inside as i took my seat in the fourth row from the last..
Just then,, the dean, principal, hod's and some other people arrived amidst huge applause from the student side. Guess the students had even got the practice for clapping hands as the entire applause had some regular form,,it was artificial...
One followed by the other everyone on the stage spoke about the credits of the college and the merits of the students who had left the college with flying colors..After a couple of hours, i felt drowsy as my eyelashes kissed each other..
When i gained my senses back,, i saw everyone around me clapping again..I realised almost every stuff regarding the introduction had finished..Then, someone in the stage took the mike.
"Thats all for the introduction and now everyone can leave for lunch,,,go back to your respective classes after the lunch, as the classes will commence today immediately after lunch..Best of luck"
I relieved myself,, and walked towards the canteen..I planned to have meals for afternoon, as only meals could satisfy my stomach till 5. Hence i walked towards the counter quickly and i was surprised to see only a few people in the canteen at that time.. I tapped myself for being so quick,, in atleast eating..
I took my purse,,took the 100 rupee note which i had exchanged for change from some girl in the morning...
I gave it to the person in counter..
"1 meals,please"
"No change,,,30rs please..."
"Sorry sir,, i don't have the change",,I replied helplessly..
"Then you need to wait for some time..." He said...
I felt pity on myself, "I should have thought about it" I told to myself...
I stood near the counter...
Just then,,, I heard,,,
"Excuse me",,,in the same tone as i heard in the morning...I had remembered that voice because the voice which said those two words was quite unique...I was poor in guessing things,,,but for the first time,,it clicked right...Yes, it was the same girl, to whom i had given the change earlier in the morning...
I guess she too recognized me, and she gave me a blank smile...
Just then I heard those two words again...
"Excuse me",,This was not of course her voice,,it was the person who was in the canteen counter..
She turned away from me and held her hand to the counter,,,
"1 meals sir,,how much??"
"30rs",,He replied..
She took the change which i had given her and bought the token.. My stomach started cursing me, as there was no one near the counter and i had been waiting there for around 10 minutes..
I lost my patience and called her with the same two words..."Excuse me"
She turned,,and i asked the same question which she asked me in the morning...
"Do u have change for 100rs.?"
Her lips moved a little towards the x axis,, i mean she showed a gentle little smile on her face on seeing me in the same condition in which she was,earlier in the morning..
"Not actually, but how much do u need??"
"I need 30rs for stopping my stomach from cursing me",,I replied gently..
"Oh,,thats not a problem,,,i ll give u 30rs now,, return it when you have the change with you"..She seemed a lot friendly..
"Nope,, i can arrange somehow..Sorry for,.."..Before i had actually completed my sentence,,
"Its ok,, you had helped me earlier,,,and am paying that back!!!"She replied...
She gave me the 30rs token,, and she bought herself a new one...
And even before i had thought of thanking her...
"No mention,, and no probs!!Take care"...She said...
Our conversation lasted for around 3-5 minutes and she uttered not more than 50 words but she was so friendly with her talks..I liked that much..
So this was our first meeting,,, and at that instant, i had never expected that this girl with pink chudithar and long curly hair would be the best friend of my lifetime...

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Journey to remember -- Her return

                                       Her return

After a hectic schedule of continuous thinking, speaking, typing and all other stuff for which a software engineer is responsible for,, i had packed up my job at the office at 5 in the eve. Some serious working conditions drew me through to reconfirm weather i had actually loved the job, but i really loved being an engineer, since it was my dream to be so. I started my Fiesta to reach Atlanta Music Academy to pick up Shyam from there.
I wanted him to become whatever he wished for and whatever his mind and heart thought he is. He had a craze on guitars. Each day he played guitar for me, and that made my day.. It was just like a final touch to an awesome architectured sculpture. Reached there at around 5.30, a bit slow in driving, but i enjoyed being a slow driver. Had to wait for Shyam as his classes got over only by 6. If someone would ask for the biggest weakness in me, the answer from me would surely be being alone. I always wanted to be engaged with some one around me, with any form of work possible.
I knew at some point of time when am alone, weird and black memories would come to haunt me. I had always hated that completely. So just had a sip of Lemonade to refresh myself and was stripping my fingers inside the leaves which i had pluck from the tree whose name was unknown to me under which i was waiting.  I realized that i had passed my time just by enjoying the nature's role in shaping up the Music academy. Somehow time passed, and it was 6 in my rolex. Within the distance of my sight, i saw Shyam coming towards me in between the lawns. I had planned to reach home early as i was a lot tired. We started from the academy to reach back home by 6.15. As Shyam got busy with his Assassin Creed in his Laptop, I planned to take a bath.
Just then, i heard someone knocking the door and I asked Shyam to enquire the visitor. I heard some familiar voice around me and around the hall. I could hear it because washroom was quite close to the hall.
I was in a sense of utopia at that very moment. And when i came back, i saw Shyam again busy with his laptop and then, i saw HER...
Yes, it was HERRRR!!!...She was Priya...
After 12 long years, I could recognise her, she was infront of me, in London, in my home and within my reach..She was my friend and still she stayed as my friend deep in my heart and that was the only reason why i had recognised her the next second my eyes sighed at her. If someone would say me that a boy and a girl could never be friends, i could prove them wrong by showing the intense of friendship we had between us. If i had my own life's dictionary i would have described the meaning of friend with her name. At some point in my life, she was everything to me, and she was the one who had influenced my life to a greater extent. I had promised to be with her throughout my life, but i had myself ruined and quit my life. I had never expected or even wished to see her in my life, but what happened a few minutes back was quite surprising and i was taken aback..
After a few minutes of silence she started speaking..
"How are you"
I kept silent as i turned around..

Death silence occupied the hall. Shyam's face turned quizzical as he saw me. I could sense that it had been more than a minute since she had asked the question, but words were not coming out of my lips as I staggered, I realized my eyes were wet and droplets of tears emerged from the corner of my eyes as i shook my head down. I wanted to say that i didn't leave her, it was fate that had forced me to do so. But i wasn't able to speak a single word and void filled my heart. My brain wished she could stop asking me questions but my heart forced me to share those dark memories with her.
She asked again "What happened???"
I went with my heart and I started speaking..I started opening up my heart to say my life's story...

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JOURNEY TO REMEMBER -- Me and Shyam in London!!!

                                             JOURNEY TO REMEMBER    

                                                      Me and Shyam in London!!!

17, KnightsBridge
London

Its full of breeze and snow outside and its nothing superstitial to experience such a climate at the end of the year. After watching the rolex on my hands I realize its already too late to start. I should have finished almost everything by now and its high time for me to get up, so that everthing is set right. I remove the blanket over me and see Shyam lying by my side, hugging his hands tight towards my waist.
Its really a very special feeling for me to see him, with his eyes closed and his silent sleep by my side. His face, his lips and what not, everthing in him was a lot special to me and he was what for whom i was living for,,,Being a father, is a blessing...It could take even a birth more to describe how it actually feels.

Keeping all those feelings aside, i decide to wake him up from his sleep.
"Shyam ,, its time to go to school,,,,get up,,,u r a good boy right??,,get up"
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Guess Shyam had been through a great sleep the whole night,,he sleeps without answering me...
"No dad,, its sunday,,,i feel a looot sleepy,,give me a holiday today,plsssss!!! "
He was right,, actually.. I was the one who took him to the Annual game fair last night..
We had slept only at 1 am,, and it was not right on my part to wake him up just after 6 hours from there..
But its also not acceptable on his part to bunk his school on monday,, and hence after a lot of hurry burries finally I made him wake up..
I had a very important meeting regarding the wireless sensor networks which being the next important thing that was focussed in my team for the next project. Being the project manager I had to give my team with the introduction and all necessary stuff for the project to be carried forward. I browsed for all the folders which i had created for instructing my team from my pc and took it in my pendrive.
Shyam was ready with his school bag hangin around his shoulders.. I would never miss a chance to kiss him in his forehead before we would leave our apartment. Locked the door, and in next 20 minutes i was in St Philip's School.. It was time for me to prepare myself, my heart and my mind to be apart from him for the next 10 hours.. Though it was habitual,, but somewhere deep inside,, it hurts daily.. Guess every dad feels the same.. I bid a huge bye to Shyam, as he went past me towards the school gate..
This day was the same as every other day until the evening arrived. I had never known or expected that this day would end in such a disaster.. A visit by someone who i had decided not to see in my entire life had actually happened..Tomorrow is never certain after her visit!!!


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A different decision of my choice for the first time!!!

Hey friends!!
Hope everyone is fine,,,
Just wanted to share something on d books i had read recently and a some sort of weird idea which arose in me after reading
those books...
I had a different point and idea about indian authors before i had read these books...
I just want to put forth a point dat indian writers are doin an exceedingly well job in writing...
Some of them were really wonderful like

• "I TOO HAD A LOVE STORY" by Ravinder Singh,,,-->Symbolized love in the best form ever..
• "NEVER LET ME GO" by Sachin Garg,,-->Showed how much costly a misunderstanding could be..
• "LOVE WAS NEVER MINE" by Kunal Bharadwaj,,, -->Described dat face s never a factor in deciding love... 
• "TOGETHER" by Ishitha Bhown,,,, --> Taught me dat boy n a girl can be friends forever..
• "2 STATES" by Chetan Bhagat,,, and  --> Showed dat it takes heart and soul to win in love and life..
• "LIFE IS WHAT U MAKE IT" by Preethi Shenoy!!! -->Showed determination can change our life n even destiny...

Every novel was different n unique in their own forms both in terms of story and picturization...

A lot fantasized by these love stories most of which were real lyf incidents, just decided to write some kind of
a novel (or something atleast close to dat :P)...

Years ago,, writing was my passion or was atleast close to my hobby..but these 4 years of engineering made everythin in
me go worse..

So here it is!!!

So here is the gist of my  first novel or story or watever u say!!! 

Journey to remember!!!

Karthick is working in a reputed software concern in London and has some deep regret in his mind and heart. He stays there along with his son Shyam. Karthick's life takes a backtrack when he is visited by someone from his homeland INDIA. She was Priya and everything rolls back to 12 years from then and what follows is tragic and nostalgic. He had almost quit his life and ran away from everyone who was with him including his parents and friends. What were those reasons which transformed him to a completely different individual??
What forced him to run away from their beloved ones??

Journey to remember is something targeted mainly on intense of friendship and immense of love.
Every life is a different journey but life of Karthick is something quite different from others and it is indeed a
JOURNEY TO REMEMBER!!!

Will start writing JOURNEY TO REMEMBER from tomorrow!!!
Hope you like it!!!

Hiiii everyone!!!
This is Madan...
About me,,,am simple, easy going and a lot fun natured to be with!!!
In short am EASY TO KNOW BUT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND!!!
Will be in touch wit you from today!!!