She was busy dressing up for a party and was looking for those bangles that would match her outfit perfectly,
next day being a holiday thought why not set up the almirah that was a mess and then came across a box,
which as she opened it god it had all her school memories inside the red hairband a school album uniform even a test paper
and began to open that album god couldnt believe how different one looked being in eigth standard the hair that would be oiled from roots,
to scalp and tied in two braids with red ribbons those bulky school bags that yes at times felt like lifting heavy weights the ton loads of homework
which would be done a night before submission date and the game of playing flames writing ones a name that would always be ones own name and
another persons name and checking are we enemies lovers or friends and also love like hate adore god so many memories came alive in the form of
pictures in front of those eyes whose mascara became watery as there were many emotions felt it was around twenty years since i passed out of school and
then began this journey of ,making a career carving ones own path and yes making a name and identity of oneself so yes god time it flies so fast
it feels like it was yesterday when my mother concieved and this angel took birth and was sent to a play school and then to a public school where the the fees
was so massive so burn a whole in the parents pocket ,bus fee tution fee one still remembers the color of our fee-booklet.
where there were so many children just like me who had no idea about this place each child had so many questions that were playing on his mind what is this place,
no toys and swings , only benches and table , a blackboard on which alphabets are written that teacher reads aloud to teach the students and each alphabet is to written in cursive writting in our notebooks ,
Each day going to school was so boring till met her a cute girl with red cheeks that everyone would pull that day we were supposed to sit roll number wise and her roll number was after mine and then we got introduced to each other her father was in the defence and mother was a doctor and had our lunch together she had moong dal cheela in her lunch box and mom had given fried potatoes and roti with sweet lemon pickles , she tasted it and asked for more and then everyday she would lookforward to what i had brought and what she had got.
one day my grandmother had come and asked how i was doing in school and , how many friends one made and then sitting on her lap and eating food from her hands said,
Dadi i have only one friend and she is my bestie her father is defence and mother is a doctor and her reply was ohh so beta you know being in defence is a very tough profession that requires utmost dedication your dads mamma was also in the army guarding the borders of our country from enemies and he would be away from home most of the time so whenever you meet her father do say''Thankyousirforyourdedicationandservicestothenation'', so it was a weekend and since drawing was a favorite subject and hobby decided to make a thankyoucard for her father and then on monday gave it to her the smile that appeared on the face felt as if a magician just took his wand performed a trick and gave this smile a diamond smile i will definitely give it to dad she said.
The next month was our very first sports day and our sports day uniform was red t-shirt white shorts and white shoes , taking part in the very first nervousness reflected on the face and came second and she came first in the cycling competition , as sat on the bench to have wate a voice was heard ''hellobeta ''just got up and it was his fathers voice
stood up in attention position , gave a salute and then uncle said he really liked the card that i made and at such an early age the respect for our soldiers is praiseworthy and then i said its my grandmother sir who explained how tough your job and life is and after the event they said one day come to our house for lunch felt a little hesitant at first but she too insisted will show you my room so said okay and from then on our friendship became very strong we were called twobirdswithnofeatherstilltheyarealwaystogether
Then after our class tenth boards chose arts and she took commerce with maths and our sections were different and then made new friends as in this new session , there were many new admissions and our lunch breaks were reduced to just saying ''Hi'' and ''Bye'' to each other ,still would visit her house on weekends and then after twelfth .
she left the city for her graduation and since got her first ,mobile phones tried to get her number but failed and then life went on.
But today after many years the urge to meet the bestie has grown by leaps and bounds so searched her name on Facebook and finally saw her name and sent her a friend request she accepted but couldn't recognise then I shared our school photograph on ones display pic and she responded with a heart,
Then there was an event where women were awarded for excellence in there field and ,
As luck would have it both of us were given an award my god as she was recieved her award got up from ones seat and started clapping for her and it was time for high tea and then as our eyes met ran to give each other a tight hug god thank you.