Do you have friends? one..two...three, there may be many. every social animal has friends, and if you are not amongst the one, you are not fit for living for sure. you live with friends, you enjoy with friends, you laugh, you tease, you eat, drink, hang out, cry, criticise, etc etc. so, in a broader way, friends are your partners of life, not though like real life partners. by the way that depends upon your perspective. I in my life, untill now, have learned a lot, and lived a lot in friendships. i had many friends, school friends, colony friends, college friends, office friends, friends of friends and so on. but there are few people who leave an irreversible and unerasable impression in your life, and you always remember them and try to savour that relation.
The school days were like the best ever i had. I had good friend around me. Used to hangout a little, enjoy the school, do some mischief, and ya look for girls. I remember one friend of mine named "Somya Mishra". Though he was a "mishra", still he was into the dirtiest non-veg foods. funny, jolly and ready to take any challenge except studies. Good social behaviour and was very keen in making the negative side links. That helped a lot. Though i was never into those links, but i learned how to make links and how to make advantage from people, from people who are unnecessary in your life. The other person from my school days whom i remember very nicely is "shariqe". Mr Shariqe was a person of charm and intelligence. being son of an army officer he had inherited a good balanced life. good looking, smart, studious, couragious and sporty, and a good person by heart. All the good things were in him. what i learned from him was the balanced life. untill i remained near to him, i was good in studies and physique both. These two people made my school days rememberable. though being a kid, I could not absorb their qualities, but now i can. then my school finished, and a new life started.
So, entering into the college life changes everyone. you see different attitudes, different people, and a lot of the crap things which changes your life. Here in the college i met another "me". And who was that person?, "Pranay Vats". we met the first day i came to college, became room partners in less than a month, and sort of two body one soul very soon. He was just a duplicate copy of me. Neither a bit more nor any less in any thing. Always in the pseudo world, and we used to plan and dream a lot. He was sort of my dream partner. But what i learned from him, was how to maintain a distance from people who coul harm you and your life. He was good in judging people, and a fun loving maniac. We both were a kind of catalyst to each other, inspiring each other, and living our coolest days of life. hats off to him. Has any one seen Amercan pie? Then you can easliy replace "Stiffler" with "Rajiv Bajpai". The bold an audacious. A praisable casanova, who could easily trap any girl through his words and attitude. A good social animal, and if any one wants to learn how to make sources, ask him. I learned the power of words from him. And how can you not have a "Bajrang Bali" bhakt in your group? my lovely darling, "Arvind Sarvesh". a body building freak, but still with a little amount of brain. Though that little amount was bigger than ours. He looked the world from another perspective, be yourself and the world is yours. He was my discussion partner. We used to talk and talk about silly things, like war, business, companies, several shits all night long. but if at anytime and anywhere i needed any advice, i always approached him. A good decision maker and a gentleman, who made me confident of myself. oh then how can you leave the crazy person in your group? and here come "Piyush Saxena". That boy was crazy about several things, not things the sincere people want, but the darker side of life. He was the the street fighter personality. Could pickup fights for his ego, his friends, any thing. I learned that a friend should always be ready to do any thing for his friends, no matter if you have to beat some one, just do it. And "Prashant Singh", the lazy smart boy of our group, he showed one thing for sure, labile nature. Adjust according to your situation, life will go on smooth.
The college days passed around very soon, and then it was the professional life's turn. In professional life you never make best friends. they can be your good colleagues, seniors, juniors, but you will never get the friends feeling in them. Its very rare. After about 2 years of living professionaly, i came to Gurgaon. Through my friend "Rajiv" i became room partner of "TP" aka "Tejpal" and "chhotu" aka "Vinod". Some times you hear about person's nature and attitude. But to really know them you got to be living with them. These two living beings are the perfect socio economic ventures by god. intelligent, sharp minded, mature, and too much talkative. In these six months, i have learned how to make the best from my life. How to balance it, how to work hard, and to an extent, how to live a simple life. These people really changed the way i used to think.
I have learned and lived a lot with my friends. But the the person who really inspires me to look forward towards anything, is my brother "Anand" aka "Pratyush" aka "Praty". At first he was my brother, but now he is one of my friends. We always used to fight with each other, the daily brother fight. I didn't understand him till the college started. From him I learned how a person can make his dreams come true. I am on his way now.
So now, you know who all left an unerasable print in my life. Think along, who all replace my friends in your life. A person has to look into his circle to find out the great qualities god has gifted to mankind. Feel them, gain them, but never forget the friends with whom you got the caliber to stand in this world. If any pillar is dismantled, your house is going to be devastated.
