Those times are something that I really want to erase from my Memory.New town,New school it was a complete new to me despite being traveled and previously stayed in different cities adjusting shouldnt have much a trouble to me but still coming to Mumbai was an.entirely different thing. It was the pace of the city,its vibe the.culture somewhere then I just didn't fit in. On top of that the two most important years of my school life 11th and 12th. New friends where for the 1st time I would face class difference(anyways this is boring part,lemme come to the point). We met in school she was, well she.was in 7th then and I was in 12th early days of 12th we met while playing badminton and our friendship started thus. For me it turned out to be something more than friendship. I used to watch her(chupke se) in the mornings right before our prayer assembly at that time I only used to come to know whether she is in the school or no. I remember that it was 8th of Jan and like usual I was standing at the door waiting for her to go past that prayer ground but I couldn't see her. That day I really wanted to meet her my heart sank lower than my stomach. Just before 1st period would start I took a stroll on the 1st floor and came down and turned towards my class I saw her,she was talking with a teacher and was with her friend. She saw me and just lipsed 'Happy Birthday' and I swear to God(just a phrase though it means the same) I was smiling like an idiot ear to ear(since then she always has brought the similar joy to my heart) and I said thank you to her in the similar way. Later she gave me a chocolate it was a cube of chocolate mixed with peanuts. I used to call her 'Kakki' and 'Oye Kakke' was her call to me. Only my then classmates know how my nick 'Vitthal Kaniya' evolved into Vitthal and then thalli to some and Talli to her. 'Talli' she still calls me that,apart from rare serious occasions which are well very serious.school life was nearing its end and part of it brings 'Farewell Party' that day I probably had to tell her what seed I bore into my heart, I confessed because after that there were next to No chances of us meeting again. Even though since then we have met twice or thrice. But between these meetings we became inseparable friends friendship that is like has this such strong bond that there are no words for that. I have no clue how a random student I was once playing badminton with could be so special,so close and precious that our hearts beats the same rhyme. I moved outta school our friendship got stronger,she moved out of Mumbai our friendship grew further. Even to this time its still evolving and the more it evolves the more we find out that we both are 'two sides if SAME coin' (she used this in our recent convos). Talking about her I adore her absolutely she is Creative in many ways far more than I can ever be(if I am creative ie) but she is far better than I am and will be. She paints,writes,sings,plays guitar,clicks I mean what more is left and thing is that she is A.W.E.S.O.M.E in all of these activities. I feel blessed to have seen in her growing up and would continue to feel so. Once she said " Talli you are my 'Twin Soul'." And she is right :) I call us yin yang. Opposites merging into each other yet never loose ourselves and all in peace, joy and harmony. Frankly she is somebody who knows more secrets about me than I know about myself. Somehow she just unexplainbly messages me or calls me on exactly those moments where her 1st words are 'Talli Kuch hua kya,dekh jhoot mat bolna.' It's like she knows when I need this instant(well instant something can't think of that word right now). She brings out the bright side of mine. She is the spark and light in the center of my life which never failss when its Dark. Today its her birthday and all I wish for her is all the best best things to her because she deserves it,she deserves to be one successful creative minds that time has ever seen. Because she is the best.
She is my twin soul,my best friend, my memory of the forgotten,my light in the corner.
I wish her a really very very very Happy Birthday..
P.S- there are many more birthdays to come and hopefully one day we'll celebrate it together.
Love and Care,
- Talli.
