Lasting Impressions!!!

Always in your life you come across some people, who leave ever lasting impressions on you, however small the meet be, however insignificant conversation might be, irrespective of having getting an opportunity to meet the person again or not, they leave a rubber stamp on your memory, which can never be erased. 

This is small tribute to a such a person, whom I met very less, shared a very few conversation, was always excited to talk to and who was always there for me, whenever I called him, messaged him or buzzed him. This is his and mine Chapter in my Story. 

The guy would mean a lot and a lot to many people in their lives, compared to whom, I would be like nothing in his circle, still he left an ever lasting impression on me. Our acquaintanceship wasn't best of all, not even normal, even though I had some presumptions about him before hand, still he managed to grew on me. And after a certain period of time when ice finally broke between us, whenever I met him, it was always fun. 

Of very few meets that we had, which I can actually count on fingers, the first one was in CIT, Changa, where I had gone to witness an event, in which a friend was participating. Being an outsider, I was afraid, yes I was, and this guy, he kind of behaved as an elder brother to me, taking care of me, whenever he thought many eyes were getting fixed on me as 'antibodies target a virus', he used to rescue me to secure place. It was because him that I was able to enjoy that one off day there. And when I look back, that remains to be maximum amount of hours spent I have spent with him. My perspective about him changed that very day to a very best one. 

Next meet was over snack in evening over a friend's B'day treat. That was first time I met him with his better half. I can't explain feeling of that evening. It was refreshing to see them together. At that time, my part being not in so good condition, seeing them was something of an inspiration. 

Other than that few meets here and there (at Nirma, at IIT, CIT again), and then few talks with him, in months when I was almost all alone, with breaks, college feuds all on high was all I knew him. I don't know why I called him that day, I was browsing through my phone directly, and instinctively dialed him. He also picked phone on first ring, but said he was busy and will call later. So put down the phone and never expected him to call back, but he actually did, and that night we talked for an hour or more. And to date it is one of the most sensible, logical talks I had with any person, other being with Akshat. That day he supported me in way I would have wanted some other people around me to support me. But a gem of a person he was, 

he said

 "Never undermine those people who ain't supporting you right now, may be they are too messed/busy with sorting their own lives, who knows if I was busy today and we wouldn't have had this conversation, and I wouldn't have been other side of gratitude you are showering. It is always about whom you want to support you, you must have wanted her to support you, but she isn't, then you decided randomly on me, I did, but does that mean on some other day, some other time, some other situation again she wouldn't or I would have. I have no clue what you have gone through, but I have been through fair deal myself, and if it all, please always give importance to good times. Bad times sole importance in our lives is that we learn to give good ones importance. If we fail to do so, we are failing ourselves, the tests we have been put through. There will always be n number of bad times in your life, in some you will act right way, in some you will not, but remember to take a U-Turn and return to right path. You are lucky that you love someone so truly, cherish that feeling. You will be taken by surprise, blind-sighted many a times by many obstacles thrown at you by life, but if you love something, you will fall, get hurt, but always stand back and go after it. It is like playing a computer game, which you love, many times you lose, you die in game, you might get frustrated, close the game, but then next day you will come back again to reach end of it. Sometimes you might forget, you might give up, but then anxiety of what would be at the end of game, keeps it in your sub, and one or other day you go back, and the content, elation, happiness you get when you complete game even after restarting it hundred of times, using tricks, short cuts, falling thousands of times; is the feeling to fight for. That my friend is true love. True sense of achievement. So just keep playing it."

Those are the lines which I never forgot, they might have got misplaced with time, but they always kept me pushing directly or indirectly whenever I was low. That was one of the countable 5 times we conversed on phone. That short was my interaction with the guy, 6 meets and 5 telephonic conversation, which if all added up wouldn't be more than 24 hours, still, he made lasting impression on me. 

I would be very true, that I was in dismay the day I heard disheartening news, but I didn't cry, I felt it would sorrow, but tears didn't flow out. But they did yester-night...I don't know why, but I missed him...

and I ended up writing this... 

God has already blessed you with many many good friends, family, love, sister and now his company, may he keep showering you more with his Grace. And I thank him, for blessing me with short but everlasting chapter with you. 

for Harsh Kashikar