Two-friends:
Good Morning Class, Today we have a new student among us, her name is
Samyuktha” announced the class teacher “Samyuktha come here, introduce
yourself to the class”
Samyuktha a 12 year old girl, with fair complexion skin and a neatly pleated
hair on either side of her head was sitting in the one corner of the class.
She slowly got up from her seat. Each one of the student in class started
staring at her. With all those stares, new faces, new city, new school, she
was scared to death. She moved slowly to where her teacher was standing and
faced the class with lowered head as if it were a punishment.
“Samyuktha introduce yourself to class. Why are you lowering your head?
Stand straight up. Don’t waste the time of the class” said teacher somewhat
sternly.
“My name is Samyuktha..I..I…I know no English much..i..i..” said samyuktha
with a very feeble voice.
The whole class started giggling and started hush-hushing comments on
Samyuktha. The teacher asked Samyuktha to go back to her seat hearing the
commotion in the class and asked the class to be quite. Samyuktha almost had
tears in her eyes. She was lost in her own world for the rest of the class.
During Interval she sat alone at her desk, looking at her book but not
looking at the words but thinking about the world she left back in her small
town, Varanasi. “Hi” said a voice. Samyuktha looked up to see a girl
standing there. She was slightly dark complexioned, with a smiling face, and
had hair exactly like Samyuktha’s.
“I am Prachi, your classmate. Why are you not having lunch?” said prachi.
“a..umm..i not feeling hungry much.” replied Samyuktha.
“Why not? Common I know you felt bad when the class laughed at you. Even I
felt bad but don’t care about them. If you don’t eat, you will become sick.
Did you bring your lunch box?” said Prachi.
Samyuktha felt a sense of relief after hearing what Prachi said and started
feeling hungry too.
“Yes I brought. Will you eat with me?”asked Samyuktha..
“Yes sure. Lets go outside and eat. We will have some fresh air” said prachi
and took samyuktha’s hand and went outside the class to a playground. Both
sat and started eating together. They shared a bit of each others lunch too.
“so, you miss your old school..isnt it?” asked prachi.
“Yes a lot. I am from Varanasi. Daddy got transfer here. I got no admission
here as my English is poor but daddy gave donation and I got admission..i
will fail sure” said samyuktha sadly.
“Oh don’t be sad Samyuktha. I will help you. You will learn everything
easily. Where is your house?” asked Prachi.
“In Vasant Kunj, Phase-1” said Samyuktha. “hey even I stay in same place!”
said Prachi happily.
“Is it.” Said Samyuktha gladly.
“Yes, now don’t worry at all. We both can study together.” Said Prachi
assuring Samyuktha.
“Hey can I call you Samyu?” asked prachi..
“Yes sure, my friends in Varanasicall me with same name. I am happy” said
Samyuktha with a glitter in her eyes. Thus the friendship between Prachi and
Samyuktha started in the 6th standard/grade which grew manifold during the
years to come.
Samyuktha had an intelligent mind which needed some shining and polishing
whereas Prachi was a creative person. Samyuktha and Prachi became best
friends during their first year together itself. They were totally
inseparable. Due to them, both the families of Samyuktha and Prachi too
became good family friends. Samyuktha just about managed to clear her 6th
grade but later with Prachi’s support she became more and more confidant.
Prachi used to force Samyuktha to be a flamboyant and aggressive in school
activities which boosted Samyuktha’s inner confidence. Samyuktha overcame
all her inhibitions within few years. Prachi was very jovial and used to
crack jokes which Samyuktha cherished. The whole class used to be jealous of
their friendship. Samyuktha and Prachi both excelled with good marks in
their 12th standard and both got admission in B.tech in DelhiUniversity.
Through all these years Samyuktha became very outgoing person. She was now
no more the person which she was 6years ago. She became a smart, stylish and
trendy by the time she turned 18. Prachi on the other hand remained same.
Prachi still doted on Samyuktha and was very possessive about her. Samyuktha
started drawing lot of attention in college. Due to her looks and attitude,
boys went crazy for her on the other hand Prachi was not at all approachable
and she hardly cared about her looks. Samyuktha started loving the attention
showered on her from her B.tech classmates. She participated in a fashion
parade in College’s annual function and with that she became an instant hit
through out the college. Prachi always used to pull back Samyuktha to the
ground and asked her not to neglect her studies. Other than Prachi,
Samyuktha started having her own circle of friends in college. When Prachi
and Samyuktha were together, Samyuktha’s friends used to talk to her but
didn’t give much attention to Prachi. Samyuktha did try to mingle Prachi
with her other friends but Prachi didn’t show much interest. There were lot
of times when Samyuktha bunked her classes and Prachi used to make a copy of
notes for Samyuktha too. As Samyuktha became more and more involved in other
activities of college rather than studies, Prachi became too much involved
with her academics and had very few friends or one can say acquaintances
other than Samyuktha. During 2nd year of B.tech, Prachi and Samyuktha
started having some arguments and fights. Samyuktha wanted to enjoy the
college life with fun and being naughty sometimes. Prachi on the other hand
didn’t approve with Samyuktha’s thinking.
It was during 3rd year of college when Aakash, the 4th year B.tech student
entered Samyuktha’s life. He was supposed to be the most handsome guy of the
college. Aakash had the looks of a model with a very sexy voice due to which
he used to compere most of the college shows. Aakash came in touch with
Samyuktha through some common friends and instantly fell in love with her.
Samyuktha, was on top of the world when she came to know about Aakash’s
feelings. With Samyuktha and Aakash’s love affair going strong, Prachi
distanced more and more from Samyuktha. Prachi hated Aakash to the core and
blamed him for ruining the friendship between her and Samyuktha. Samyuktha
who was blind in love, didn’t understand the feelings of Prachi. During 3rd
and 4th year of college, Samyuktha and Prachi rarely used to spend together.
Going to each others homes became almost null. Samyuktha started suspecting
Prachi to be jealous of her on the other hand Prachi used to miss Samyuktha
and longed for her to be like her old school friend.
One day during the 4th year of her college, Prachi was alone in her room and
was crying looking at the old photos and greeting cards which she got from
Samyuktha for different occasions.
“Prachi what happened? Why are you crying?” asked Prachi’s mom with worried
look.
“Nothing..its just that” said Prachi trying to wipe of the tears from her
cheeks.
“Kya hua beta..something wrong in college?” said Prachi’s mom
With that Prachi hugged her mom and started sobbing.
“arey arey..what is this..i never saw you crying this way..tell me what
happened..did Samyuktha say something to u?” asked Prachi’s mom. Prachi’s
mom observed the growing distance between Prachi and Samyuktha but she never
talked about it with Prachi.
“mom..why do people change in college..why do we get old..school days used
to be so good” said Prachi between her sobs.
“beta..thats life..there’s a saying “the only thing which remains constant
is change”..you are not a small girl now..you should understand this..going
to college, getting married, getting career, getting old..all this is part
of life..you should learn to accept this..”said Prachi’s mom caressing p’s
hair.
“No I will never marry in my life for sure. I cannot accept tha some
outsider comes and changes other relationships in life. I will not let that
happen to my life” said Prachi strongly.
Prachi’s mom chose not to argue with her at that time and hoped time will
change her attitude towards life.
“Mom you know this year Samyu forgot to wish me on my birthday. Since that
Aakash came into her life, nothing else is important to her. And tomorrow
its her birthday and I don’t feel like wishing her either” said Prachi
“Why not..thats wrong..you should wish her..if you don’t wish her there wont
be difference between you and her. May be after u wish she will realize her
mistake. You should atleast give a try to revive your old friendship.” Said
Prachi’s mom convincing Prachi to call Samyuktha.
When clock struck 12, Prachi decided to call Samyuktha and dialed her mobile
number. Her mobile was engaged. She tried calling 3-4 times more but still
her line was busy. When it was almost 12:30 A.M she thought of calling her
landline but she held back fearing everybody at her home might get
disturbed. Prachi knew that Samyuktha might be busy talking with Aakash and
hated him more. Next day Samyu didn’t turn up at college either. After
college, she went straight to Samyuktha’s house with a greeting card and a
small painting which she herself did. Samyuktha was not at home as well,
when confronted with her parents..
“Hey Prachi, Samyu is not with you?” asked Samyukhtha’s mom.
“uh…No..Infact I came here to wish her” said Prachi
“She said she will go with you to Aakash’s home. Aakash is leaving to US
today. She said she will see him off to the airport and that you will
accompany her” said samyuktha’s mother with a angry tone.
“hmm oh, actually I was late to college today..may be that’s why she went
alone” said Prachi knowing that Samyuktha would have definetly not taken her
along to meet Aakash and that she simply bluffed her parents. “Anyway aunty,
once she comes, give her this card and gift” continued Prachi.
On the way back home Prachi felt happy that Aakash is leaving Indiabut at
the same time felt bad that she was not able to wish Samyuktha personally.
Next day in the college, Prachi was eagerly waiting for Samyuktha to come.
She wanted to see how she reacted for the card and gift. As soon as
Samyuktha entered the class, everybody in the class started wishing her
belated birthday greetings. Many of them showered gifts to her. She greeted
them all with a sad smile. Prachi guessed it must be because Aakash left to
US. After that Samyuktha came to Prachi with a serious expression on her
face..
“So, you must be very happy now?” said Samyuktha.
Prachi was puzzled, but then she immediately remembered that her parents
might have caught her lying to them. “Samyu I had no idea about your plan
yesterday” said Prachi with innocent look.
“Oh don’t be so innocent Prachi. The whole class knew I was with Aakash
yesterday.
Since last 5 months you never came to my house. Suddenly you came home
yesterday to spoil my day. That was your plan” accused samyuktha
Prachi was shocked with Samyuktha’s behavior and was almost in tears “No,
what will I gain with this Samyu. You are my only friend. I tried calling
you day before yesterday night to wish you at 12 but your line was
constantly busy. Yesterday nobody informed me about your plan.”
“C’mon Prachi. I know how much you are jealous of me since I met Aakash.
Prachi you should go and get some life. I never thought that you would come
down to such cheap tricks. Thanks to you my parents have stopped trusting on
me” said Samyuktha and left the class fuming.
Prachi stood there with tears and embarrassed with all the stares towards
her in the class. The whole class saw what happened between Prachi and
Samyuktha. After that incident almost everybody stopped talking to Prachi.
Prachi remained aloof from everybody even outside the college. She remained
to her self and kept herself busy with studies. After 6 months, college was
over and since then Prachi and Samyuktha never met.
Soon after graduation Prachi started searching for jobs and almost
immediately she was placed in TCS, Bangalore. Prachi didn’t knew what
happened to Samyuktha and didn’t care to find out. She moved to
Bangaloreimmediately and took an apartment all by for herself. She lived
alone. In office she used to talk with others when only it was required for
work. She was not friendly with anybody. She used to eat alone in the office
canteen. Everybody in the office used to call her with different names like
‘sadist’, ‘psycho’,’poor thing’..etc etc. Life went on.
2 years later, one fine day early in the morning at around 7:00 AM Prachi
heard the door bell.
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