THE BEST "TURNING POINT"

Here I am. Sitting in my not so boring room, scrolling Facebook page as if suddenly somethings going to change, staring at my phone as if someone's going to call and checking my messages as if I am expecting one. My mind is clouded with various thoughts but everything comes back to one simple question- What Next? Yes, what next. Life gets you to a point where when you look back you realize that's it! From here its just you. When you look forward the realization deepens... yes its just you.

And then my thoughts take me seven years back where it all started.When I left my secure life to pursue my dreams. Among few students who got placed in the first company that visited our college in third year for campus placement, I flew miles away from home, leaving my folks, my sister, my first love and my small town life behind. It was a huge distance to be covered all alone mentally, emotionally and physically. If you draw a vertical line from north to south on a map, that's what I was travelling with so many first for me. My first job, my first flight and eventually so many firsts came up.

First day and I was overwhelmed to see the crowd. I could feel the excitement, nervousness and confusion all at once. Standing in a corner, in my new kurta and making sure I was looking my best, I glanced around to look for a familiar face or someone I may just bump into I know. I knew no one and no one knew anyone. We were all a fresh lot of young people from all over India who were out to make it large.

My roommate was a cute bengali girl who is now apple of my eye. My first friend whom I spoke to on our first day in Turbo Plus, our training center is now the one I can talk to for hours and talk my heart out, the first guy whom I found cute from the lot and asked a friend to get a pic of, to confirm if he is the same guy I am talking about and she is understanding, ended up being my best friend and without whom life is hard to imagine. My first day in class and one guy I had started hating already by the end of the day is now someone whom I can say will always be there for me and the list is endless...

From the first conversation we had when she said she was from a college where marking was very tough to when we met two more girls who were a perfect match for the girls gang of Section C, our journey began. Sitting in the first row of our class, four of us we have had the best days of our life. I am sure when these guys read this they wouldn't agree more.

Commenting about guys all day long like teenagers, taking pictures of some always sleeping in class, celebrating our first Diwali in a town where they don't celebrate the festival and eventually becoming a bunch of more than a dozen people who always seemed were not there on their first job but were there on a long holiday.

The trips we had were the best trips I've ever had. Kovalam the coolest and cheapest hangout, a bus full of crazy people all set for Varkala and Kanyakumari, the after trip to Ooty and friends' weddings. Trivandrum, the word itself brings a chill and carries you down the memory lane, memories which were made beautiful and pure.

Every single moment spent was fun , from writing poetry to exchanging looks, those giggles and tears, those smiles and exam fears, those trips and truth and dare, those crushes and glares, the list of top ten guys to small silly fights.

Seven years later, now, we all have our lives and are in different cities. Most of the bunch got married, we have generation next too started ;), some are about to get married and dealing with their pre-marital fears;), some are trying to make it big and will surely do and that's when I'll shout it out loud, that singer is my best friend and some are still happy with their pizzas and movies in the US.

Here I am sitting in my very boring room again with tears in my eyes and smile on my face, wishing I could relive them all once again. When my monotonous life drags me down and everything seems in vain, its just this memory lane that keeps me sane. Pai your laughter is the best medicine, Jaya your voice can heal the deepest pain, Shashwat your every day call is all I need to know I am not so lonely yet, Tappy be the same as you've always been, Mayank you are a friend anyone would want to have and Riju thanks for being there and keep reminding me to start writing again!!!

 Miss you guys!!!!