Charles Bukowski once said "When nobody wakes you up in the morning, and nobody waits for you at night, and you can do whatever you want; what do you call it? Freedom or loneliness?" Makes you think, doesn't it? Everyone plays a role in your life, even the ones you barely notice.
Same
country, but we were all so different languages, habits, cultures. I met Parsoon
first in registration day. His room was just opposite of my room; we both
stayed two years in same (6th floor). Registration got messed up, so
I ended up in the second batch with Asmita Rijal. Same date, same time.
That's how I met her, she's from Kathmandu.
Next
day, Ravi Mishra from Birgunj who was also my batchmate. Mona and
Aditi were sitting with him in canteen of VK, so I met them too. Dipendra
Yadav and Saurabh Jha (senior) basically showed me the ropes,
explained all the rules of hostel. I knew them through Saubhagya Majhi Dai; we
worked together at Rishikesh Engineering Consultancy in Kathmandu.
Later
on, second semester; Ayusha, Anjali, Niranjan, and Sumit came in.
Ayusha and Mona; Best friends. Like, actually best friends. I
talked to Mona too. She's genuinely nice, but I was weirdly scared of
her. Tried getting over it by talking more. It was my bad idea, got even more
nervous. But one thing I loved about her, she genuinely loves Maithili culture.
Speaks it so sweetly.
Prateek
Dai, Rajan Dai, Shiv Ranjan Dai,
they were a tripod. Niranjan also came after first semester and stayed in same
floor (6th floor) after mid Sem, he shifted to second floor. That
guy was hilarious. You could never be bored around him.
Sameer
Nepal, flew to Kathmandu with him for
internship. He even introduced me to his parents. Ujjwal and Anmol?
The "Nepali Gang" politicians. Always scheming something. Vishal
and Rahul Roy? Whole different league. Coding is easy; understanding
those two? Nearly impossible.
Studied
SSC with Prateek Gaire and Shreya, AI application in Marketing. Sanjay
sir was a Bank for me, especially when I needed to exchange Nepali
currency. And Asmita... she was the one who noticed when I sat alone in
the mess and came over. No drama, no attitude, just quietly kind.
That
Hospital Nights, Rahul Mahato got admitted we all rushed there and
talked for hours. Same thing when Niranjan was in hospital. Those long,
random conversations at 2 AM? Unforgettable.
Rishi;
helpful, and the biggest flirty (Non-veg level) I've ever met, if you know what
I mean. Haha.
We
weren't just friends; we were like a family.
We
started so strong. New Year's together, all of us. Felt like it would last
forever. It didn't. Groups split. I still wonder if we'd stayed together, how
many more memories? How many more celebrations?
But
that's life, I guess. Now everyone's drifting, some getting married, jobs, some
chasing abroad. We will all get busy. When we'll all meet again? No idea.
Convocation
is coming. Not even sure I will make it.
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