The Words with Wings

"Eventful" seems like a small word to describe the crazy February I had. This month involved moving out of my home and shifting to a different city, dancing on stage and wearing a lehenga after years, going on dates, meeting old friends, and even that's not all. Let me go through all the events chronologically. My office is in Gurgaon and I'd been traveling to the office since last year but lately, I'd started getting horribly car sick, so shifting near my office seemed the right way to go about it. So, shifted to Gurgaon at the start of this month. This was also the time that I started getting into the dating world again (Didn't really work out but I felt ready to finally start dating again). Soon after shifting, it was my best friend's parent's silver jubilee function, where the dress code was traditional Indian outfits and we also had a dance performance planned. The only thing about that was... I hadn't done both of those things in the last 12 ...

I met a couple of my school friends after years today and the peace that came with this visit was unsurpassed. Just a couple of hours together made us realize we're at a place in life where we never anticipated being as school kids. All of us have grown into our unique selves but we still have certain traits that have remained constant over all these years. For instance, I still need to learn how to walk and not trip over imaginary things, one friend forgets about the world when she's around food, and the other one still thinks it's easier to derive formulas than to learn them. Once you enter a corporate setting, you become a more sophisticated person, even if it's not intentional. Maybe it's the environment or maybe it's the work but the folks at your office see a version of you. They might never get to see the "Innocent school you" or the "Wild college you". Eventually, even you start forgetting that part of yourself. But meeting those chil...