I felt like sharing this for two reasons - one that it made me feel so warm about the fact that we could pick up the strings from where we left off ... the common ground or bond when we befriended each other some years ago being that our children (their sons Shivam and Koustubh) studied in the same grade as Roshni a few years ago... and since we met yesterday after so long the talking was non-stop trying to catch up on all that is happening in each others lives ... kids, husbands, homes, careers, incidents, experiences etc... Vidhu' jewelry business is doing well and Praveen and her now work together, their older son Chickoo or rather Pranav is now appearing for his CA final year, while Koustubh has joined the CBSE program at Poddar. Suju' young Shivam continues his interest in music and hopes to make a career in it someday while Goldie is doing well in the television industry... yak yak yak yak yak yak we went and didn't stop even on the way to Caravan Serai and through the yummy lunch we had there ... just listening to them and sharing the small victories of their lives and challenges ahead made we feel one with them. I told them about my surprise visit to the US to meet Mapa and my sisters and they were thrilled and got goosebumps and all and then Sujata said something very interesting (the second reason of sharing this post) ... "Im so glad you did this for your sisters and your parents Priya because life is not a dress rehearsal yaar ... hum log apni zindagi plan kartey kartey hi nikal detey hain but you chose to listen to your heart". Vidhu agreed wholeheartedly and hoped to do something as exciting if not more with her family ... I am really glad that I could pass this experience onto them ...
What Suju said is indeed very true ... Most people I know treat life like a dress rehearsal and continually struggle and plan and save and wait to enjoy that one perfect moment while their life listlessly goes by dealing with the daily challenges that come its way and that moment of perfection eludes them and before you know it you are too old to let your hair down ... Worse still life could just decide to come to a close ... very recently a young friend named Sandeep aged 35 passed away suddenly with a severe heart attack (may God bless his soul) leaving behind his young wife who had completed 9 months of carrying their only unborn child ... the baby boy came into this world exactly a week after his passing and the young mother is battling with the emotions of her loss and gain. So life is to be loved for whatever it is and live it to its fullest on each day ... Farrukh, my husband is a living example of this philosophy and has virtually made it his religion in practice; he believes that life is a stage and that we should all play our parts well ... and we have no business in meddling with the life of nature as it has its own course to take, he embraces his destiny whatever may it be and lives his life for the moment ... and because he has this approach towards life he is more satisfied with his life than anyone I know and in his own little ways has a blast on each day of his life ... had he not egged me on to go to the US to share in the excitement of lil Arjun' birth into the family, I would never have taken that trip and that near perfect moment of my life (because Farrukh and the kids could not make it), that I shared with Mala, Anjalika, Mama and Papa on the 13th of October 2009 (their anniversary), would never have happened ... I had done my best to make the trip successful and nature orchestrated it to perfection.
Coming back to our endless yakking ... we continued to sit at the restaurant even after clearing the cheque ... and it was only when Roshni called that I looked at the time ... it was 4.30 in the evening ... time had indeed flown by and we parted ways with hugs and promises to stay in touch more often... check out Sujata, Vidhu and me having a laugh ... shows we sure had a great time :)
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