1 August , 2014.
The beginning of a new life in a new world . Having taken admission into an engineering college and being surrounded by a lot of aliens was such a frightening experience . I just knew just one person in this entire fraternity and she is my friend .We have been together since the last two years. There is this ambivalence even after getting admission in the desired college . The most challenging task for me of entering into a new environment was of making new friends .I still remember of gazing at all these aliens with a surge of anxiety . But one thing constant through all these 22 years is this way of thinking like a child and enjoying every little thing that comes my way,may it be good or bad .This little child always wears rose coloured glasses and sees only the best part of everything . These glasses let me see the world as if it is a land of fairies and ponies with no devil in this world !!
1 July , 2015.
And guess what it’s been one whole year and I have been actually able to survive.This little guileless girl who entered the campus is able to sustain with these aliens . And now these aliens are my friends . Basically not just friends but “BFFs” !! And yes not to forget, I am still wearing my rose coloured glasses !! All my friends are as sweet as donuts.There a few who are red chillies too . I am myself surprised at the fact that I have been able to have a bevy of such lovely humans . We gossip ,we bunk classes and go out on long bike rides just to have a dollop of ice-cream or sometimes just to have a long discussion of something or “someone” . Everything is so delightful . These days are one of those dreams which should never end .
17 March , 2018.
Three years have passed and everything has changed so rapidly . The girl next doors turned into sexy young ladies and all the shabby looking boys have turned into handsome gentlemen . Everyone seems so matured and confident . One more thing is the entire bevy has vanished all of a sudden .But now I am with the ones who are actually my friends and not “BFFs” I had years ago . I have removed my rose coloured glasses and I am able to seeing the realities of life .I am able to see people the way they are . And guess what, some are the same as they were when I had my glasses put on but some seemed way different than they were . Today , sitting in the balcony having a cup of coffee , I went down the memory lane and these memories made me misty-eyed . The world which was once a land of fairies and ponies has now turned into a world full of devils . But these glasses still want me to see those guileless little children residing in these devils .The little child wants the devils too to wear these rose coloured glasses .This child wants this 22 year old to again be the child she was years ago !!