The best thing about the year 2001 was, my friend Dinesh returned to continue his college studies with me. On the other hand I was getting promotion for every 3 month in my part time job. At my work my team starts to expand beyond the district level. Each and every lecturer knew about my work schedules. The most unusual thing was I used to carry brief case along with my college bag. Most of the times I used to carry my college books within the brief case.
So you know what happened once?I had kept my brief case below the bench. By mistake one of my bench mate’s foot hit the briefcase and it fell down with a big sound, as it was a leather brief case. That time our Kannada class was going on. Suddenly when they heard the sound, everybody was shocked. I used sit at the front line. Kannada Sir knew that the sound had come from our bench. He just bent down and watched to see what was that sound.
Oh my God. I was totally nervous because he never saw me bringing the brief case inside the class .Oh god. You had to see his face when he saw briefcase below my legs. Still I start to laugh when I remember all those incidents. It was then he understood that I was working as senior manager. He did not say anything in the class. But after the class he spoke to almost half on hour in the staff room and congratulated me for my achievement. Can you believe the fact if I say I was the one and only one student who was allowed to the class even if came almost half an hour late? What to do? My work schedules were so. I had to come to the college after conducting the officer level meetings. Such a freedom I’ve enjoyed during my college days.
To attend manager level meetings I used to travel places like Goa, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Hassan etc. My team started to expand beyond the state. Working as manager I’ve tasted the luxuries of five star hotel stay, VIP treatment wherever I go, of course all those came with a price. Being just a first year B.Com student, I had become a center of inspiration and attraction at the conferences and seminars in our company. I never knew the fact that just by taking my name and showing my conference’s photoes my seniors were encouraging so many young people.
I become an idol for many but what about my idol? Still that question was just a question.
When many people asked about it I just used to escape by saying, ‘There is someone, I cannot say it right now’. But deep in my heart I knew that there was nobody whom I can accept as an idol in real life. May be I was like Ekalavya. But I did not even had someone’s statue to accept as my idol as I was all alone in fact being surrounded by many people throughout the day.
Once Dinesh asked suddenly, ‘Hari, Did you get any information or clue about your friend?’
‘Which friend?’, I asked,
‘Oh! I think you have forgotten those words of Sadhu. Leave it.’,Dinesh said.
I replied, ‘Oh!! You still remember it even after a year? No, Dinesh. So far not. By the way I have written one nice story keeping those 2 friends in my mind. I forgot to say’
‘Wow! Good! Don’t forget to bring it tomorrow, Okay?’, Dinesh said.
‘But seriously I don’t know why, Dinesh, I am losing interest in worldly relationships.’
‘What? How can you say so, Hari? After all you are enjoying almost all the luxuries in your student life, which is hard to get for any others. Then why do you feel so?’
‘What do you mean, Dinesh? You mean to say these money, comforts recognition all these things are called happy life? No, Dinesh.. You are mistaken. Do you think the people from show life or who are VIPS who enjoy all the luxuries of life are lucky? No, Dinesh. Not at all. If you notice all these people are more sensitive and alone by heart. They are surrounded by people but still alone by heart. Only those people know how hard to face it .In fact keeping a big problem in their heart they just pretend of being happy. Actually they are not but still pretend. In this human life there cannot be a greater asset than the true relationship. It may be true friendship or true love. Worst thing is it not possible to get both of them so easily.’
‘You mean to say it’s quite difficult to find the right person?’, Dinesh raised his doubt.
‘Friendship is not about finding the right person, but creating the right relationship. It’s not how much we care in the beginning but how much we care till the end. And I cannot start a relationship, as I don’t believe in any person. I trust only in God, not in human beings. May be that’s why I am turning towards spirituality’.
Dinesh was not in a position to say anything, so kept quiet .Two days passed. That day evening Dinesh told me to come to the college as soon as possible as he has something to discuss. Though I was on leave as per his wish I came around 5PM. Dinesh was waiting at the classroom. After few seconds he returned my dairy in which I had written the story Sneham.
‘So you finished the reading?’, I asked.
‘Yeah. I wanted to discuss about it. That’s why I told you to come early’, Dinesh disclosed.
‘Oh! Is that so? Okay. What’s your opinion after reading it?’
I wanted to know his reaction because he reads between the lines.
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