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™
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