Purani jeans.. Aur mere yar

"Ohh here you are! and I searched you in whole college. "

"What's wrong?" said the Anushree.

"You were missing my love.. That's wrong enough...! Is not it?"

Hearing this anushree's eyes glowed with happiness.

"Oh really...?" asked Anushree.

"Yes of course..!" And we start giggle together.

"Aham.. Aham... If you guys don't remember.. Let me remind you that you both are girls and not the couple." Ashish , who was sitting next to anushree and watching us laughing for long said bitterly.

"We are the couple.. Actually not only the couple, we are the love birds of this college." Anushree teased him.

"Oh really! then who the hell I am?" said ashish.

"You are the biggest ever hadda in the kabab."

My words irritated him so much that he leaved immediately.

"Ok guys! you enjoy your girlfriend hood.. I am going." Ashish had gone and seeing him go, we both laughed hard holding each other's hands for a long time.

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"Is this the time to join the class? By the way, who are you ? I don't remember, you ever attended my class! What's your name?" Professor questioned with glasses on his nose.

"Sir, I am Anushree. I generally get late, since you have the first lacture so I lose it most of the time."Anushree replied stutteringly.

"Oh wow.. See How innocent and honest this girl is." adressing the class, professor said.

"So why are you here today.. Honest girl?"

"Just to know my assessment marks."

On hearing Anushree,The whole class laughted together .

"Here it is.. The first copy is yours... And you have scored 18 out of 20.

How's it possible? You must have copied from book ."

"No sir, the girl is not only innocent but also intelligent . Actually we all copied from her..." It was Ashish from the last bench.

On hearing Ashish , laughter echoed throughout the classroom.

" Insolent", the professor said furiously and exit the class.

However the class lost one lecture but the unity and purity of friendship could never fade by such situations.

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Rohit has a bet with his friends and may be he is going to propose Shaifali today. It was a secret news from boys hostel. Shaifali was worried. She had no clue how to tackle this situation.

Rohit was a close friend of her and she did not want to lose her friendship due to this infatuation and betting.

"You look beautiful today." Rohit said to Shaifali.

"What you mean by Today..? I am beautiful since childhood."

"I didn't mean that.. I mean you look beautiful and I really like you. Actually I love you."

"OK.. You mean you love me just because I am beautiful.. And if I was not you wouldn't." Shaifali was trying to get the truth.

" I really love you..."

"And we all love you too rohit ..." we all entered the class from the back door and start teasing him.

"ruk sale tera pyar ka bhoot abhi utarta hun.." said Ashish.

The serious matter suddenly changed into the laughter jokes.

This is the way I actually learnt how to tackle serious things in life. May be some times diverting the concentration to some other things from the current problem, make problems easier.

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Those beautiful days passed so fast that I actually start believing that time flies.

It was the last day of my college. I was

Feeling a bit of heaviness in the chest. Perhaps it was the weight of the tears stopping inside, which bothered to get out of the eyes.

All day, all of us wandered around without staring at the eyes, hiding the moisture.

It was 4 in the evening, it was the time to go. The time, to say good bye to the friends, our classroom, cantene, college stairs, and our life. It was not that easy,

Something was stuck in the throat, words could not come out. As we all decided not to cry on the last day, we did not cry. We kept the promise. By holding each other's hand we promised to keep in touch, Exchanged the contact numbers and finally said good bye.

The tears rolled out at the moment I exit the college gate. Yes, I cried loudly.

It's been 11 long years since I left the college. I and all my lovely friends are well satteled in their lives. Some are not in India, some are doing really good at Bangalore and Hyderabad. We often talk to each other but that magic could never be recreated.

I hardly could meet my friends but they are always in my heart. Writing this article I really lived my college life again. I can proudly say that my college is the place where my heart actually is.

Thanks for reading.

Sonia