Now I understand....

Now I understand what people felt when they would say "Those were the days!!!!"

College is over and its 6 months. Although am still studying but The Most important years of anyones life, BACHELOR'S are gone. I feel so nostalgic. Those were the days! Really... Times have changed now. I had always seen others parting away from friends and then getting really excited that one day of the month or two when somebody from their friend circle would call up. Once done with the calls they would tell the stories of the crazy things they did during the college and then slowly becoming sad about it.

I always felt that destiny would treat me good and different. But, it wasnt to be! I am the same as others. Thrown miles away from my friends whom I had known for over 10 years. Having been in different fields, we still had the privilege of saying that we were friends from bachelors. Now all of a sudden, we are cut aprt and thrown in different places. One in New york City, 3 in Pittsburgh, 3 still in India and I am in Washington DC. Its like a dagger pearcing the heart, cutting it in pieces and throwing all of them in air and they get scattered.

Fortunate enough for 6 of us in US, we happen to be in same time zone and hence, we can meet up atleast once in a semester. But I really feel bad for those three in India. As i write this I cant help but remeber lyrics from the song Graduation Day by Vitamin C:

So if we get the big jobs
And we make the big money
When we look back now
Will our jokes still be funny?
Will we still remember everything we learned in school?
Still be trying to break every single rule
Will little brainy Bobby be the stockbroker man?

I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly
And this is how it feels

As we go on
We remember
All the times we
Had together
And as our lives change
Come Whatever
We will still be
Friends Forever

I guess everyone has to go through this phase of life and accept the reality. It feels terrible but the sooner you accept it, the better for you. I feel nostalgic every time a campus song is eing played on youtube, everytime I see a bunch of undergrads breaking rules and having some fun, everytime I talk to my Bachelor's friends. 

There is this another famous Hindi song By KK whose lyrics goes as:

Hum rahe ya na rahe kal, 

kal...yaad ayenge yeh pal, 

pal... yeh hai pyaar ke pal......

................

hum rahe ya na rahe yaad aayenge yeh pal......

 I never thought about the lyrics so deeply. I liked it because it was good song to sing with friends around. But Now, I understand why is it such a famous song. It ends with "Hum rahe ya na rahe yaad aayenge yeh pal". True, isn't it? Irrespective of how close or far we are,we'll remember those days...

Am lucky enough to have an oppurtunity to live college life for another year and half {a half of which is already complete} and luckier enough to have found good friends to spend this final oppurtunity at college.

Now I treasure this time and Now I understand......