Remembrance

A guy went for a picnic with his girlfriend n friends to a waterfall where he lost his life. He will be remembered as a boyfriend , (as the papers claim!) a brilliant student or by many as the (misleading) "Don" ka beta… But I have a very different reason to remember him by….Our college bus was as usual overcrowded…this time there were small school children when all of us boarded the bus… around 20 excited girls…. A few minutes later when luckily I had found a little place to sit (hoping not to go sprawling onto the floor when the thoughtful driver would apply the brakes!) I noticed 2 guys enter… The above mentioned person was one of them… unkempt hair, stubble, tight t shirt n if possible n even tighter pair of jeans with a suspiciously low waistline … obviously they left me unpleased… finally when those two had found seats in front the bus started…there was still the fair chance of us making it to college before our in-time…But the bus slowed down again…this time an old man in a Dhoti kurta climbed up… There was no place for him to sit… so many species of the fairer sex (considered kind n revered for their soft hearts) n yet none of us stood up to make room for him… But surprisingly someone else did… The same "brilliant Don" ka beta made the old man sit while he remained standing whistling the tune of a song as the bus continued its journey…And while he remained unaware of my furtive glances I thought of the age old saying… looks can be deceptive…One cant bring the dead back to life but remembrance helps to keep their memories alive…. And while the newspapers n TV channels continue their pointless discussions (at least that's what they seem to me) about the cause of death…I pray to God to give a certain female courage and whatever happened or may happen I empathize with her because she loved a great guy….



By Rhea Sinha