The Platform Discussions

There are several places that complement quality conversations. For some people it’s the cafes. For others it’s a quite spot in college where no one ever comes. Others like buzzing places with lots of noises in the backdrop so no one can overhear their conversation. Basically, the type of surroundings plays a role in dictating the dynamics of the conversation.

Me and my best friend spend our entire day together. Right from the moment we leave our homes till we leave college to reach home back we are ceaselessly in conversation with each other regard topics that vary from the usual – “What did you have for breakfast?” to serious in-depth conversation about the political scenario of the nation. She is one of those people whom I can talk to about the whole lot of things without getting jaded even once.

Yet, the best conversations we have are at the Platform. One of the most dramatic ones too. It is the end of the day. We leave from the college which is at walking distance from the station but the exhausted us take an auto rickshaw and even so we have to summit the great foot over bridge which seems as magnificent as the Everest. And so slowly and steadily we cross the bridge. Now earlier we used to bid each other goodbye and head the respective opposite ways with a mandatory confirmation that we both are attending the lectures tomorrow or not. But of late, unconsciously it has become a habit to discuss all kinds of stuff before parting ways.

Its an exceptional moment. The crowd around us is rushing to catch the train that’ll take them home. The other lot is rushing away from the station to quickly reach home. Everywhere the eyes can go there is a hurry in every step. People eager to leave and reach and there we are right where the foot over bridge ends and the platform begins. Both wanting to go home after a tiring day but also not wanting o leave each other so soon. And that’s the best part of the day. One eye fixed at the huge clock of the railway station and the other finding the platform for the next train that is five minutes later than the one that just left so as to prolong the discussion.

It is not that this is the last day of college. We are still half way to the farewell but it is just that we like spending our time together. Discussing our ambitions, inhibitions, reservations and perceptions. All we want is the train to be 2 minutes late so that we can finish an on going discussion because we know the value of that moment and quickly moments like this will become memories we’ll crave to recreate.

And thus, in the fast-moving lives we all must pause for a moment, and cherish the present. For it is all we have someday wished for. And it is something we will wish we had valued when looking back after some life has passed.

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© Aditi Tiwari 2019. Dark Blue Anecdotes™