Mags got married, with Abhishek today…. they got married in the day and the reception was in the evening… i guess i was the only friend of mags’ there before priya and naveen came in (you know they have been together since prep class and are not a wonderfully married couple, God bles them )…felt excited.. felt awkward.. felt strange.. kinda many feelings together… me and mags we together in college, though she was one year junior to me.. and was a very active member of the drama society… and while i was there and when i left.. she was taking very very good care of the cultural society as well in college…

an excellent designer, good actor, good writer… she is a wonderful human being as well… someone who has been around while i was going thru my rough patches with bhoomi and then shikha…

even after we passed out from college… we could manage to keep in touch somehow.. she went to jaipur for her master’s course in designing… though i could not visit her even once in these so many years in jaipur.. but we managed to catch up thru emails or phone calls at times…
then she went to panipat to work for a rug factory as a designer…she was handling customers from Europe and US i guess for this firm actually…and all thru these years… her relationship with Abhishek grew stronger and stronger.. and finally today they got married… i am really happy for them.. and was happy to see myself there when she was starting one of the most important journeys of her life…

Mags and me had a couple of agreements.. dunno if they will ever be completed or not…one is she taking care of the room that i will stay in, basically do the designing rather paint a wall in that room to be specific…and the second that i would give her space in my three storey mall.. for a designer showroom which she can use the way she wants.. have a boutique she can have that.. or have a store where ppl find things which are rare to find…genuine art…dunno if any of these can ever come true.. she would be going to Ooty in another 2-3 months to settle down there….
This brings me to another school of thought…do you really need to plan for your life… i mean… there are so many things that you think you will do when you start thinking about life as a long term achievement opportunity.. but the way life takes its turns… things can really turn out different from what you expected…

even i had thought about a lot of things in my life.. but then life kept taking different turns and twists and i am where i am today… though not at all sad about how things are right now in terms of my life.. but then there is always a balance of good and the not so good in your life.. lemme recall what are the not so good things that i feel happened to me.. and what all good things kept me going !!!

1) BAD : I could not get thru engineering.. that was a real setback to my parents..who had high hopes with me… Good: I joined B.Sc. Mathematical Sciences.. one of the best courses in DU and then got an opportunity to be a part of the Cultural Society… helped me spend the best three years of my life in PGDAV college…

2) BAD : I had to breakup with Bhoomi, even though there was nothing wrong between us, but i chose to keep my parents happy instead of continuing with the relationship… Good : I had the perfect relationship with bhoomi, an understanding that most of the couples would just dream of, and had over 3 years of a great friendship, companionship, understanding, commitment, fun and laughter with her.. and at the end of it, I understood my commitment towards my parents and my family in the entire painful breakup episode…

3) Bad : Did not get a job in IT after i completed my masters in software systems.. the IT industry went for a toss… GOOD: I still got a job, though in a “call centre”, spectramind.. where i could lay the foundation of a strong career and was guided by the best boss in the world, Bindu Krishnan. I have never met any professional more refined then her.. and she remains and always will remain as the best professional i have met..if i want to be like someone in my life.. then i wish to God that bring me closer to her maturity and understanding of life…

4) Bad : Got into another relationship.. which did not last for long, and gave me a hell of a time…Good : This one bad relationship taught me wht the good friends never could… i grew up thanks to this affair to an more mature and a less emotionally controlled person.. someone who could be out of control from his heart and still keep his brain working for the situation

5) Bad : Neha is going away… BEST : The kinda respect i got as an individual from her, the love and affection and friendship that is going to bind us together even if there are distances physically, her work which makes me proud of her, and her efforts to improve me as a person.. thank you neha for being such a great friend… I have never in my met someone like u and i doubt that i will ever meet a person who is such a perfect example of beauty with brains ever again….

and before i close this post… congratulations and my best wishes to Meghana aka Mags and Abhishek for a happy married life… hope everyday in life brings more smiles and joys to them… and they live happily ever after………………