Unfortunately the word friendship is taken too casually. If there were a higher virtue, then that is what is being described in this post. Here on, any reference to 'friendship' in this post simply means the purest form of friendship ever known.
A beautiful smile.. he carries. We have shared a room for all the four years. He always supported me even when I was wrong. At times I myself would doubt whether he himself knew that.
He even terms me as his favourite author.. hehehe!! Yes.. my dear chachu.. I literally accept
it. :) I don't need a greater inspiration!!
This post, I dedicate to my chachu. Apart from my Master SAI's inspiration, I credit it to my chachu (or my great friendship with chachu) for writing this post.
If you don't find anything good in this post, there may be just 3 simple reasons:
- my poor writing skills haven't delivered the ideas !! OR
- you take friendship for granted!! OR
- you are not forunate enough to have such a great friend!!
[ I apologise for being harsh here, because this is one such post which I feel is a small
dedication to my friendship, and any fun made out of this will only pierce my heart! Thanks
for understanding!!]
Incase the following turns out to be a bit senti, kindly bear it. In case it fails to bring tears
in your eyes ;) , then according to my chachu, it is a "good-try" by me.. hahaha!!
The post!! :
As the whole world (read vnit) knows, our dear chacha is known officially as Nachiket Vaidya, or Nachiket to not so close ones.
Thanks to Sameer for suggesting the name "Abdul Chacha".
Also visit "Abdul Chacha tries to joke" community in Orkut to know more about our chacha.
If one asks me about my most memorable events, I would comfortably say it as the Second and the Final Years.
The second year was a golden period for the simple reason that everything I wanted just personified! Best of friends, decent results, etc SAIWILLING.
Hiru (hiranmay to others) and Gudi, my closest friends at college till then, were my roomies.
And our hero, chacha was in the next room. There was not a single day where he would not be teased to death by me and his roomie wagle, though others too would join in for the great gaala.
I used to find immense happiness being with these two characters, chacha and hiru. The third year saw me and hiru go to different wings, though on the same floor. Chachu however stayed in my wing.
In the second year chachu and I contributed together for a cooler, which I selfishly used for cooling my computer rather than providing a relief to chacha or his lappy. I always repented for having taken a contribution from chachu. Afterall, he turned out to be my closest buddy in the coming semesters.
Also a great thing I repent, and will always do so, is that I did not spend quality time with my chachu in the 3rd year, thanks to my other wing-members. Though it is always nice to have more close friends, but it hurts a lot when I recall now that I spent a bit lesser with chachu than I used to in the second year.
There were many people who I used to tease and have immense fun with. But how many
realised that I do it only because that I take the freedom that we are good friends???
Chacha was the only one of those 'victims' who realised my love and affection for a friend
like him, and that my way of expressing friendship to him was this unique path.
An highly mature character, I always feel humble in front of him. For the amount of character,
great attitude, and simplicity, chachu will touch the greatest of peaks, which no human has
dared to.
Surprisingly, I, a person with an unimaginable amount of ego and attitude, tamely surrender to
only two people.. yeah, of course chachu and hiru !!( To Chacha, though I don't show it.)
The friendship I share with chachu, I am sure no one has ever experienced. I, in fact, feel at
this stage, after passing out from college, that I just can never build such a friendship again
in life.
For once, I loved summer in Nagpur (the final year's). I am glad that the summer peaked at early march(first week) itself, because, chachu and I spent our best times in my room, sometimes with others too. This was so because we shared a cooler to face the summer heat, as mentioned before. If not for an early summer, I and chachu would not be sharing 65+days together in my room.
Thus for the all summers from the 2nd year, we were together.
The first year's summer, we were in the same room, because we planned to "prepare" for JEE (second attempt). Chachu cleared, but 'it became a good-try for me' ( read as, I did not clear JEE)!!
Thank God.. chachu was unhappy about his JEE rank for the second time too, and hence did not go to the IITs; else how would I ever have got this gem as a friend?
Though I don't care a fig for not getting through the Oracle interview, yet my only cause of worry is that I will miss my chachu (and hiru, as they made it to Oracle).
It was exam time, for one last time. Yes.. the final exams of the final semester.
As history repeats, just before exams, I got into a depression, this time for a reason which has been troubling me for 7 years!!
Chacha obviously knew about it and tried helping me out of it.
Thankfully Chachu and I all picked up the same electives.. what a relief!! As usual he would teach me, as he had done in the past. Atleast his presence in my room was enough to see me get back to my normal.
If at all I am asked to name a factor apart from SAI for my academic success, it is chacha's teaching me and hiru's inspiration( seeing hiru itself would inspire me to work, hehe!!).
I being in chachu's project group was an added fun to me, as he would do all the work with others, but would never complain to me that I dont work!! :-)
There was an unfortunate call from IIT Kanpur to me for MTech, to which chacha did not apply. This would simply mean that I will have to bid farewell to chacha on 5th of May itself, as against May 8th( his ticket to Mumbai).
Firstly I was least interested in further technical studies; and besides my leaving chacha FOUR special days in advance would only make me repent for my entire life!!
Finally, on the eve of leaving to Kanpur, a few hours before, I, SAIWILLING, cancelled my trip to Kanpur. What a relief!! I did not waste a single moment away from chacha.
On 8th evening, when chacha was leaving with the other mumbai chaps, my emotional torture reached a peak!!
I went to the railway station to see him off, I weeped so much, which I would not have weeped in my life. I hugged him very tightly thrice, unable to control my tears in front of the whole crowd. When the train was about to leave, I hugged him very tightly the third time, wished him the best of everything for the future, and kissed him on his cheeks for as long as the train started moving.
Chacha's eyes were moist, probably for the first time in VNIT. This only increased my bonding further towards him. Chacha generally is a person who never lets out his emotions known, be it anger, depression,etc ( as he is greatly matured); this quality of his I admire a lot. This is a quality which I lack totally, as I am a person who can never control my emotions.
Now when Chachu himself could not control his tears, where can I hide my emotions?? I was glad that someone cared to cry for me while leaving me.
The Train left.
I lost my soul, I felt! If I am granted one boon, I would ask God to keep chacha and me always together(be it work, studies, etc) in the future!
I came back to the hostel with the rest few. My train which was supposed to be before chacha's did not provide me with a confirmed ticket. SAIWILLING the next day's ticket was confirmed.
Had chacha not left before me, perhaps I might not have come under such a terrible mental torture! Life seemed to have come to an end. I felt everything happen against me. The whole world suddenly seemed to become an hell.
I started recalling every single incident with chacha in the four years. Each morning I would get up to only see chacha's face. When vishwesh wanted to sleep in my room due to the cooler, I told him to sleep on the other side of chacha, as chacha should be the one to sleep next to me!
Hugging chacha and sleeping, and disturbing his sleep, I will never ever get those days back!!
On 9th morning, I refused to get up from sleep, because I will be reminded of chacha throughout. On getting up, the whole day went only in weeping for the absence of chacha. I immediately went to my friend's room (as I sold my monitor away) to mail chacha about the tortures I am facing.
Then I went to chacha's room, and felt him sitting there with his lappy. Suddenly I realised
he is no more at VNIT. Tears flowed like never before. I sat on his cot as I started feeling dizzy, and was gasping for breath.
Then I saw some waste left back by chacha in his room. Amongst those I picked up a pen of his, a xerox copy of his ID card of something, and some papers he wrote on, as some memories that I could carry back home.
At the canteen that afternoon, I felt the dosa extra salty due to my unstoppable tears falling on it. Just then, chachu called up and informed me of him safely reaching home. I felt a great relief listening to his sweet voice.
Thanks to my 300+ talktime, I spent my lonely train journey a bit comfortably talking to many friends.
But what mattered to me most was my chachu shed tears for leaving me. This is enough for me!!
Now I feel I have had two great achievements in life. One, Hiru considering me his best friend; and two, chacha too misses me!!
Afterall these two chaps matter a great deal to me!
My dear SAI, just grant me a wish that I will always be unseperated from chachu and hiru for the rest of my life, and that we will be the same friends, as we were at VNIT!! :)
Looking forward to meeting chacha and hiru !!
Looking forward to hug chacha!!
Looking forward to disturbing chacha's sleep!!
Looking forward to teasing chacha, and deriving fun!!
Looking forward to being with chacha and hiru always!!
BAS KYA CHACHUU !! :) ;)
I am sure SAI, YOU will surely grant me with these wishes soon enough!! :)
