The City of Joy is more than special to the boy (wonder if I would fall in that bracket now) in many ways. Imperious views of the city, timeless sweetness of food and people, pride of having a resemblance to London, infinite charm of festival fun, adda with friends – Oh Calcutta! To top this all, the vibration that goes inside lungs and heart with every breath makes one feel ‘the soul of the city.’ Yes – I have yet to feel that kind of connection anywhere else in the world. An amazing pace is internalized within you once you set out to do something. An unprecedented serenity awaits you as you return from work.
I suppose I am the same shy and reticent boy somewhere deep inside even today. But for an outsider like me, it was a greatest learning of them all just being in the city for most of his student life. Watching the beauty of life very closely, understanding the ways to overcome obstacles on the path, meeting great people and making great friends for a lifetime – I could not have asked for more.
I could not have asked for more, indeed!
Amidst this beautiful journey, I happened to bump into a very very special person in the dying days of the year 2002 in Bhawanipore area. Never could I imagine where this meeting would lead to. Never could I witness purest form of friendship on earth. When I was right up there on the escalator, there was incessant push from all quarters. When I was down and dusted, almost about to give up everything for anything; this very special person showed me the way, this very person provided much needed cushion and this very person made me rejuvenate myself to pass most important hurdle. It has been almost eight years since then. To my delight, the love and the friendship between Hum-Tum grow every day, every hour and every minute. Seldom did I think how all those teenager’s dreams would converge to one relationship.
Oh Calcutta – thank you for everything! There is a part of yours that will never leave me, there is this part of yours in me that will never leave me!
I suppose I am the same shy and reticent boy somewhere deep inside even today. But for an outsider like me, it was a greatest learning of them all just being in the city for most of his student life. Watching the beauty of life very closely, understanding the ways to overcome obstacles on the path, meeting great people and making great friends for a lifetime – I could not have asked for more.
I could not have asked for more, indeed!
Amidst this beautiful journey, I happened to bump into a very very special person in the dying days of the year 2002 in Bhawanipore area. Never could I imagine where this meeting would lead to. Never could I witness purest form of friendship on earth. When I was right up there on the escalator, there was incessant push from all quarters. When I was down and dusted, almost about to give up everything for anything; this very special person showed me the way, this very person provided much needed cushion and this very person made me rejuvenate myself to pass most important hurdle. It has been almost eight years since then. To my delight, the love and the friendship between Hum-Tum grow every day, every hour and every minute. Seldom did I think how all those teenager’s dreams would converge to one relationship.
Oh Calcutta – thank you for everything! There is a part of yours that will never leave me, there is this part of yours in me that will never leave me!
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2 comments:
Wow; almost poetic in your description of the dying days of 2002 ......
Btw ; you still qualify as a boy :)
@ Ramesh - oh thank you so much! :) Yes, I too think I am still a boy. But then... ;)
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