Human Connection!

She finishes her peg even before we guys start with our third sip, hence nicknamed as "Australian Tanki" which literally refers to an Australian tank in Hindi. Six months ago she joined our college as an exchange student from Australia and here I am, writing this blogpost minutes after bidding her farewell.

Taiwanese-look-alike Sam Delgos from QUT, Queensland, Australia along with Jazz (more of a studious girl whom I'd remember rest of my life for her draping skills) approached me for help with a notch collar pattern a couple of days after they joined our Uni (must be the Australian or even the non-Indian way of referring to an university). From there on we went on to become friends and now close enough to wipe her tears and plant a gentle peck on her cheek while I bid her farewell back to Australia.

We would talk about films, music, tease and do a mockery of faculties, make patterns together and share head phone ear plugs while listening to music. Weekend parties at our den were usually filled with crazy incidents. I, my girl friend and my roomies were all comfortable with her irrespective of the different cultures we were brought up in. One of my roomie still finds it really hard to get rid of his "Indo-Australian" accent which he contracted from her.

During the end semester vacations, we traveled 2000Km down the South of India and nevertheless to say... Its the most adventurous trip I have ever had in my life. She would constantly sing Chai-Chillum-Chapati and couple of other Hindi, Punjabi and Telugu songs which she learn here after coming to India.

She came like a spring. She disappeared like one. She has left her blossoms behind. Sweet memories I meant.

"No matter where you were 10yrs ago or where you will be 10yrs down the line. I thank God for making us meet for a short span of time in this vast and retracting world. We had a good time. Great time actually. Love you!" were exactly the final words I uttered into her ears before I had to wipe her moist eyes.

The world is small Sammy! This ain't the final good-bye :)

The whole incident somehow got me really sentimental and I can now clearly see what thing would look like a year down the line. It's four years ago when I moved to New Delhi that I understood what the world works like. I lived alone, struggled, cried, made mistakes, made wrong choices, learnt from my mistakes, learnt to differentiate between good and bad and made strongest of human bonds. It's the human bonds that I made, which makes me the person I am today. It's scary to learn that at some point of time we need to bid good byes to each other and walk away with the course of life. May be that's how life is supposed to be. Every one is a loner at the end of the day!

The whole NIFT episode taught  me much more than pattern making, draping or garment construction. NIFT as a college is fucked up big time. Thank god, that it is fucked up... For, I learnt to accept failures, handle stress, learnt to fight back and learnt that life is beyond academics and scores. It made me the person who I am today.

Hi, I'm Purushu. I don't have the best grades, the best clothes, the best personality, or the best car. But I'm relaxed, and happy with everything I've ever done. And that's really all that matters.


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