Happy birthday!!

Childhood friends are such…and they create such place in your life which no one else can ever fill up.  I still remember the first time I met her, it was the 2^nd or 3^rd day of my school. I used to travel in a rickshaw from home to school, and I was the first one to be picked up. I was sitting quietly when the rickshaw stopped in front of a lane, and from the lane, she was walking down with her bag on her shoulders, and a water bottle hung around her neck. She came up to the rickshaw, climbed up, sat, looked at me, smiled and asked, “u new? “  I nodded and replied “yes”. That was the first time we met.

Since then we were inseparable. We became close buddies and slowly it turned out to be best buddies. All the immense fun that we had. All the stupid things that we did, starting from the bull fights that we used to have in the rickshaw, to teasing each other till we were out of each other’s sight, and I must mention girl, that stupid action that you had…whenever you saw two birds, and the way you used to pray for good luck. And how can I forget the numerous times we fought…hitting each other. I still remember the evening when you came over to my place, and I was sleeping and then how I was prompting you from behind maa, so that you lie to her about the marks in the test. And do you remember the day when I had been to your place to write some notes and that stupid oriya movie that was going on and we were making fun out of it. And also the way we had that secret group of ours “SAN”. I still remember shouting at you on the top of my voice in Sakhina miss’s class. I will ever remain thankful to you for writing down all the homework given to us in school in my diary on the way back home. I don’t know girl what would I have done without you. I was always amazed by your art…you are really a fabulous artist, and I remember how excited I was to see you performing on the track “Nikkama kia is dil ne”. All the games that we four played. And obviously how can I forget the dream, room 501 and room 502.

I still remember how you used to run along to the terrace whenever you heard a chopper fly by. And the way you would chew your food using your front teeth. The way we would share our tiffin on the way back home. And believe me, those banana chips that you bought once, chiii…it was yuck.

All this time…till you left in class 5 I never realized we were making memories, I just thought we were having fun. From being my first friend, to my first girl friend, and also my first crush, you have made me realize one thing buddy. Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence. The companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds and hearts which hardly any later friend can obtain. Today on this special day, I just wanna tell you that you have always meant a lot to me, and you will always mean so. Thank you varsha. Niki, kutti, kamini, aur pata nai kya kya….to be a darling as you are. Happy birthday to you. Love you buddy.