Sunday morning, with heavy heart I started back to Nagpur, waving hand to Mak and Suraj at Bhandak. This was home and realized that will be my home forever though my family moved from here.
A call on Wednesday morning this week from best buddy gave the way for most awesome moments for this year so far. Friday before I started I opened an argument and was confused where to stay, how can I comfort the other best buddy while staying at another best buddy's place! Hahah, all this can happen only at my BHANDAK.
This travel of 2 and half hours passes so fast with mind rewinding the memories of childhood. I finally reached and made a call to DD from Checkpost and took the walk towards estate. A walk among the silence of the forest, on a road with hardly any vehicle and a gentle cold breeze flowing, and twinkling stars and almost full moon made the moment mesmerizing. In this beautiful moment enters DD with small wonder Ved, with whom I am going to enjoy few moments in coming hours. Reached home and we grew up here hence no wonder that I don't need any time to settle down. Aunty Uncle and Di are so warm as always, and the best dinner Di made for the night made everything even more beautiful. Then comes Mak and SN, and we enjoy the talk (typical way by standing outside house for hours for us). Night became more dark and on the bed sleep was still not willing to come to my eyes, So DD and I enjoy the walk and chat after many years that way. Finally went to bed.
The next morning, with Ved filling everyone with joy and enthusiasm I started. I discovered that little hero loves sweet and that's how I made the friendship. A chat over breakfast (everyone still remembers my preferences makes me nostalgic) was special, and we started to school in the morning. Reached just in time at School gate, and Jhadhav sir and others gave warm welcome. Something disturbing happened here for a moment but we managed to ignore it for the beautiful day. With meeting and greeting our teachers we joined the assembly. Everyone gathered here for farewell of Apte sir. He is special to students so we don't think for traveling few hundred miles to hear few words last time on this stage, but senior retired teachers like Mathew sir came all the way covering thousand miles, such great personality he is, a lot to learn and to be imbibed. Class teachers of school, high school and junior college still remembered us by names, teachers remembering and asking about family and friends, everything in the morning was so special. Meeting with school friends, clicking pics with friends and teachers everything was AWESOME.
After school, we started and continued chat at VS's home, he made wonderful tea and music in Scorpio, everything was just adding to the day. Then everyone dispersed to meet late afternoon. Everyone thanked SN without whom we would not have witnessed such great time. I think I was meeting him after a decade, but he is still the same special friend with him I spent countless afternoons playing carom.
After the lunch where Di made my fav. sabji, I had more than enough, making me more sleepy on peaceful afternoon. Still we started and moved to Mak's place. After snacks we stared to Jain mandir, may be now it is the biggest temple of Bhandak. Really the best thing for the evening. Then my fav. sugarcane juice, thanks to SG Followed by that was long chat at Jackie's place, Giri's home, and by now there was hardly some place for dinner. The love, affection, comfort, security and attachment to this place holds me back so tight that I wish if this time moves slow for me ;)
It was late in the night and I was already feeling bad to find aunty uncle waiting for the dinner. The wonderful dinner made by aunty and the rusgullas now made me the most heavier on the earth ;) Then enjoyed the music and shayari over Internet and were going through the FB feed to see the comments of school mates. I felt asleep listening to shayari.
Then came this morning, with Tea and snacks after a long time. Enjoying that on the bed, I was thinking that these days my friends became far better than me. They remember and attend the smallest things, in the mid night when I am not able to sleep due to cough they will make the medicine to comfort me, they will keep reminding me about the travel booking that I have to make, the headphones or wallet that I would keep somewhere and forget, about the office commitments that I communicated to them previously, ahhh.. My friends are most special in the world, shayad mere liye Bhagwan se bhi jyada..
Reaching Nagpur in few minutes, but I am carrying the memories that I will be having forever... Life is Beautiful and I am loving living it..
With Makarand Thakre, Dhananjay Dakhare, Suraj Nagwanshi, Sachin Gawai, Vinesh Sirsat, Pranali Karmarkar
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