Meri jigri Dost

It's friendship day and I am sure all of us would walk down the memory lane, reminiscing about our school and college days when each of us would tie colorful friendship bands on each other's wrist, write friendship messages on people's hand and t-shirts with sketchpen, send innumerable messages to our friends and do every possible thing to make this day special. Schools and Colleges used to look really colorful on friendship days. I miss those silly days.

Today, on Friendship Day, I wish to introduce you all to my best friend. A woman (other than my mom) who knows me well. The brave girl who has seen my unpredictable temper tantrums and has actually stuck to me despite my famous ego problems. She is my biggest strength and my biggest weakness too.

Friends, let me introduce you to my jigri dost Sangi aka Sanjay Singhania kii female version

Sangi and Me giving Parag Sariwala pose ;-)

Memories of my jigri dost: She is my Chaddi Buddy...meri bachpan kii dost. We were classmates in school but weird we never spoke to each other. Infact we were introduced to each other by our grannies. We were not too close, but as time passed by, our bond had become more strong and deep. We have several fond memories like going for regular morning walks for just 2 days :), trying to make chocolate mousse and adding salt to it coz we had added excess sugar, planning an exhibition after Sangi learnt to make imitation jeweleries and a famous fight in Water kingdom :). We had lots of fun and we still laugh when we remember those incidents. I would say that those were the best days of my life.

Geographically durr but dil se durr nahi: However, the fun filled days were short lived when she shifted to a distant place during the last year of her graduation. I missed her sorely especially when I would look at girls of my age laughing and gossiping in whispers, I felt a lump in my throat when the grocerywala uncle asked: aajkal tumhari dost nahi aati fatafat lene (fatafat was her favorite and Grocerywala uncle did not have to bother about it's stock, as Sangi would ensure that all the stocks are emptied within a month) . I missed her presence a lot. But as time passed, we became more mature and got busy with our lives. But nevertheless, we stay in touch with each other, she knows what's happening in my life and vice-a-versa. We are as different as Chalk and Cheese: She is maha enthusiastic, I am lazy. She is a chatterbox, I talk to the point, she is fashion conscious, I am fashion illiterate....the list is endless, but the point is despite our different attitude and behavior, we understand each other and are best friends. Woh kehte hai naa Opposites attract, well it stands true in our case.

I wish to dedicate this song to Sangi. The lyrics of the song goes this way: Bane chahe dushman zamana humara, salamat rahe Dostana humara :)

P.S: Oh I forgot to mention the reason for comparing Sangi with Sanjay Singhania. Well if you have seen Ghajini (hindi version), you would know that Aamir Khan suffers from short term memory loss and that his name in the movie is Sanjay Singhania. My friend Sangeeta also has memory lapses. For example, if she narrates an incident to me, chances are that she would not remember anything if asked about it after 2 days :)

But nevertheless, I love her for what she is and am proud of her.

P.P.S: Oye sangi, I wrote the post, chal as promised take me to JW Mariott now :)

Oh and Happy friendship Day to all of you. Tum nahi hothe toh mere blog ka kya hotha. Thanks a lot my blogger pals for reading my crap regularly...I am lucky to be in your company :)