Nostalgia

Was flipping through the pages of an album. There were so many pictures of me with my dearest friends. I was in school at that time. We were a group of seven. “Hum saat saath hain”- we always proudly proclaimed. We were so happy together that we never needed anyone else. Others at school were jealous of us, and we laughed at them. That was the time of innocent love without any conditions. Somehow we thought that never ever would we part- used to talk so much about future- together.

Kids, we were. And very soon reality dawned. We all went to college- all in different parts of the country. We missed each other a lot, used to start planning the summer break together right from the end of the winter break. Thought that, although just twice a year, but we would always keep meeting, keep laughing together.

Still kids, hmmm… Today, three of us are married. So busy with the family that even chats have started becoming rare. Two of us are pursuing our master’s degrees- completely caught with the college schedules. Well, we do meet, but never all of us at the same time, at the same place. We talk about the days that were- the fun, the carefree moments, the wild pranks and the stupid yet sweet vision of future. But one thing we all have been lucky about- we all are happy wherever we are. The days of the past do bring with themselves nostalgia, but also a smile. We were happy with each other; we are happy about each other :) .