This Valentine.....Love will be murdered...says the tagline of a new Bollywood movie. I have lots of thoughts scampering in my mind as to how to start this post. I will start with the incident that happened Today morning.
Scene 1
Vipin (my friend and office mate) to me: Abe, aaj to valentine day hai... Kya plan hai? Teri to aish....
I just smiled but could not say anything.
Vipin: Kya hua, ladaai hui?
He looked at me, scanned through my eyes, his eyes piercing my heart and understood that i don't want to say anything. Thereafter, we both turned our heads in opposite directions and started looking out of the car windows.
Scene 2
My office senior: Hey, i was expecting that you will not come to the office.
I smiled.
Me: Mam, even i was expecting the same for you! (She was of course excited, as it was her first valentine day after marriage last year. But still she chose to come to office for some professional obligations.)
My office senior: Anyways, Happy Valentine's day to "both" of you ! To aaj IISc jaaega na?
I smiled again. And i could not say a word further.
Me: No mam, will go home. She understood something is wrong and then didn't attempt to get into my personal zone.
Such are the life incidences that they remain with you forever. Exactly 45 months ago, on May 13, 2009, i was greeted by an sms at 8 PM in the night (I still have it). They met in a fantastic way. Little did i know that Veeru will become a great friend and much more in no time. And today, Veeru has left Jai.
Good to see that Veeru matured a lot (may be more than Jai) in these "almost" 4 years. Jai remember Veeru as a young, never-lived-in-hostel, girl who was unable to contain her tears when her father left campus, one who would roam with Jai in the campus and accompany him to his Poll-Khol trips, who will make fun of Profs and live life to the fullest. God, those were THE days! She made Jai work hard, inspired Jai to a large extent, let Jai explore his potential, disciplined Jai a little and of course, amazed Jai with her multiple talents. In those days, problems were less. Even if they mounted, both could solve them mutually. Roaming was fun and daily hangout together was a must, accompanied by an occasional round of onion maggie or idli sambhar or Veeru's favourite hot coffee.
But they had their share of bad luck. Lost in the intricacies of making their career, both Veeru and Jai drifted apart. Okay, but, to err is human! Veeru became much mature after she graduated. Now she is able to take decisions. Jai does not figure in her latest decision. What went wrong, nobody knows. And may be Veeru does not want to explain. Jai hopes that Veeru would not have based her decision solely on the events that occurred in the past 12 months. That would form a bad sample size as they spent nearly 43 months with each other :P
But what i still feel about them is that they were great together. May be, something somewhere didn't click. But then we all make adjustments in life. Nothing is perfect. Both were truthful and honest to each other, a rarity in modern times. Nevertheless, Veeru left Jai. And now Jai has nothing to do except his job. Veeru is again busy with her life and Jai has always maintained that whatever Veeru does, she would do well.
This Valentine, Jai pays tribute to a great relation which could have gone places, but because of compatibility reasons, could not gather wings to fly. Still, if some thing is over, it does not lessen its value. Indeed the times which both of them spent together were great. Both respected each other. Both still respect each other. Jai is disappointed but still hails Veeru that she could share whatever she thought about their relation. Definitely both will change as life moves on, but they could have done that together. Nevertheless, Thank you Veeru, you could not understand Jai's love but yes without you, Jai would not have lived his share of happiness in life.
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