Monday, September 15, 2014

Meant to be Soulmates - A note for my best Friend!!

It was a week after Higher secondary school had begun.I had seen her for the very first time in the stairs of our school right next to the wall where hung the photo of Christ. She was accompanied by another friend of mine. 

"Hey Nitha", I told her and realised who she was. We had studied in the same school 5 years back and I had moved to another city after that as my dad was transferred from Pune. 5 years later I was back to Pune(The city I loved and will always love) and joined a junior college where I met her again. Her face had seemed familiar. I remembered her name too, but there was no other memory of her.

We formed a group of girls who had come from the same school(Of course my 5 year back school) and started sitting together or lunch breaks. Nitha, I and my other friend Steffi (who had introduced me to Nitha) would travel on the same route back home. Slowly, Nitha and I became close friends. She was the free radio for all of us. She had a situational song for every instance. 

We even joined the same tuition classes in our 12th std. She was the first person who trusted and agreed to sit behind me in my two-wheeler when I just had a learning license. I never realised if she was so courageous or it was the trust that she had on me. She was also the first person to share the fall  with me on my two-wheeler. 

Junior college passed by and with both of us not having scored really high marks, landed up getting an admission in an just above average college for our graduation. Initially I had joined another college, but later shifted to the same college as her. I remember my mom asking me, "Did you join this college for Nitha?"

College was fun when we formed another group of ours with two more similar minded, fun-loving and amazing girls, Jocy and Simi. Every secret, every crush, every mischief, every first-first was shared with her. I remember bunking college and landing up in victory theatre to watch the infamous "VIruddh" movie and guess what there were just four of us in the theatre including Nitha and me. :P

College was done and I moved again to another city but never once did I feel away from her. 
Every holiday that I came home, Nitu would put everything aside for me. I was her special soulmate, and she was mine. The only time I saw her cry was when I left Pune for my higher studies. She didn't want me to go. She almost ran as the train began to move. 
She was the person who helped me through the teenage years and is my strongest support system. It's been more than a decade since I first met her at the stairs in my Jr. College. Back then I never knew that after so many years I would be writing something about her and something for her. 

Be it from watching the most boring movie in a theatre to dialing a number to cry my heart out at 12 in the night, it was always her. There was not once when she wasn't there for me. And I know there never will be too. 

She had once asked me, "Chinds, why don't you write something about me on your blog? You write so many things.". As this is her birthday month, I thought why not write something about her and for her. 

They say if a friendship lasts for more than 7 years then it's meant to be for a lifetime. It's so true, the bond I share with her is meant for a lifetime.   





You know me through and through,
You've been there and help me through. 

You understand my silence,
Wait for me to answer with patience. 

An angel in disguise,
You are what I won as a prize. 

Nothing can replace you,
Not even another you. 




27 comments:

  1. A very absorbing write up. May your friendship lat forever. A true and sincere friend is ones greatest possession.

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    1. Rightly said Ushaji. Thanks for reading through

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  2. So nice to read about lasting friendships....God bless!

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    1. Thank you so much Nabanita. Glad you liked it.

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  3. God bless your friendship girls....!!! Forever....
    How are you'll?

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    1. Thanks dear. Both of us r doing great. How r u ?

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  4. Very truely written Cynthia..
    An inspirational writeup for true friends.
    God bless u both..

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  5. Sounds like a beautiful friendship. The kind that endures across Time. Very beautiful write up, Cynthia :)

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    1. Thank you so much Shailaja. Yes I truly cherish the friendship we share .

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  6. This is so beautiful. You two are blessed to have such a wonderful friendship! Thank you for sharing.

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    1. Thank you Laurel.yes we both are truly blessed. Thanks for dropping by

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  7. This was such a sweet post! God bless you both! :)

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  8. how beautiful... love reading how your friendship grew over the years. Reminds me of my best friends :)

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  9. Such a sweet post for your friend. Reminded me of one that I'd written a long while back for my best friend. Life seems worthwhile when such friends are around, right?

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    1. Yes totally true. It does seem worthwhile and its like an achievement that you have such a great person around you. Do share your post here so that I can read as well :)

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    2. Here you go: http://mymaidenattempt.blogspot.in/2012/04/do-you-have-one-in-your-life.html
      hope you enjoy! :-)

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  10. wonderful reading about this friendship... God bless you two with years more of happiness :D
    In fact, I wanna see pics of u two as grannies decades from now!

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    1. Thanks a lot Roshan Radhakrishnan. Yea we will ofcourse after a lot of years from now

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  11. Nice post. Really liked it .. Especially the transformation in the pictures :)
    Difficult to hold on to friends these days...glad your friendship made through. Hope that it lasts forever :D

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    1. Thank you so much. Glad you liked it. :) Thanks for your wishes

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