Remember That...!

Interestingly, this time, it wasn’t the lack of zing thing to write or busy working. There were so many thoughts and flickering ideas buzzing my mind for too long time. Honestly, I was in a little dilemma to write on the precise thought.

Too long time, isn’t it? Huh! Anyway, let me not scribble down exclamations any further. Of late, I am being reminded on the good ol’ days I’ve had in my life. Too often! May be it is a heads up for realigning things around my life.

Yes friends, the good ol’ days were not just about gulping few drinks and hopping around places with besties, rather it was all about sharing few good laughs, making few stirring memories. Now, when I track back all those, it is upsetting to know that they are all broken boulevards.

Friendly interactions have been replaced with business appointments, free spirited conversations have now become planned agenda discussions, and what more, and walking into your friends’ house without any prior notice is almost a passé.

The heartfelt adjectives and gaalis amongst friends have lost their glory. A simple “Takla” or “Fattu” or whatever, each of it had immense love and fondness expressing for each other, unlike now, where such adjectives have been replaced with ego satisfiers and stress-busters. Damn this life!

I remember having countless conversations’ over numerous cups of ‘Irani Chai’. So many theories and action plans developed along with the friendships. Not just these, the lively smiles and happy minds were always together, unlike now. Truly, I am neither finding such tasty chai nor such people who were always there together, for each other.

The impromptu vacations and aimless long drives jettisoning the worries have all become a story and are the best treasures we could preserve.  With prolonging hours of conversations while seeing off friends or carrying off our drunk friends to our homes safely, everything had a touch of friendship and a dash of love for each other. These memories not just rejuvenate me but also leave a question, ‘Why not now?’

Life over the years has taken a different drift where all these moments have become history and probably forced me to talk nostalgia.

I seldom pass by the streets I grew up only to recollect those good moments of my life and reminisce the glorious days. Truly, my tears roll down only to remind me that it is all antiquity now!

With irrational commitments and targets we set, which are purely out of societal influence, life has become too complex these days. I wish I come back to the time with all my friends around, with resonating laughs and pulsating moments. Amen!

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