The result wave

The good,better and best never looked so distinctly categorized.Only few weeks ago everything seemed so calm as sea, anxiously contented,but now as the huge result wave swept away all that pleasant scenario ,the exam result is all we are left with as our ID cards.No matter how hard we try, we cant refrain from asking each other this notorious question on d-day that "hey,how was your result?"As if that could change our own result but as a matter of fact it does,metaphorically,for better or for worse.There are the nth time toppers,the unexpected outshiners,the parents' prides,the whiners,backloggers and other groups that everyone labels at the back of their minds.Yeah,no one wants to console an evergreen lamenter or congratulate the one who they left far behind in the previous result but in turn scored better this time.The day that started with a usual morning,got halted by an unusual event,resumed by some condolences and congratulations always ends up with some resolutions that we make to ourselves.Next sem is my battlefield,I'd work as hard as possible next time etc are some promises that get scribbled in personal diaries.And facebook ofcourse gets flooded with status updates as if each pixel of the digits making up that result contained a 24*7 dedication and utter devotion and toil since the beginning of the sem. Undoubtedly some expectations break,bonds crack,rivalries become worse and feathers get added but its time we should finally ponder upon some vital thoughts that often dissolve in oblivion as the times passes by.Are we still continuing the cliché of chasing only the sensationalized? Are we still stuck in the rat race?Have those pixels making up the result actually obstructed the way for innovation?Food for thought!!

You can count on me

"But I didn't drink that much,trust me I am all right Nitya" said Palak holding on to her shoulders with her fingers digging deep in Nitya's jacket.For a moment ,to her, the walls of the hostel had melted down on the stage set for 'the superstar Palak' to address a huge roaring crowd.She stopped and lifted her hands and screamed "Yes I love him.I love Rohan and I'm crazy about him.So damn crazy....Rohan!!!!!" Her scream caused some doors to unbolt while the girls in the corridor looked on anxiously.Nitya quickly unlocked her room thanking God that her roommate had already left for home and pushed Palak inside who was trying a dance step on one toe.She hurriedly shut the door behind her.Palak bursted into giggles.For a moment Nitya found it hard to make out if Palak was actually drunk or just pretending.Palak stood before the room's mirror trying to pout and adjusting her short black dress in the right way for a perfect pose."Nothing has changed.This mirror is still the same and I look super hot as always."Nitya called up her boyfriend for some help on controlling a drunk girl as she had had no experience of doing so.

Meanwhile Palak wiped some kajal off her enormous eyes that had long obscured the truth that had kept her from crying.As Nitya ended the conversation and placed her phone aside Palak started crying sitting on one corner of the room.Nitya helped her get up and laid her on bed.Palak started murmuring "Rohan doesn't love me yaar....he texted it...said Palak don't get me wrong.....you...nice girl but ....we can be friends....He friendzoned me....." Nitya removed her stilettos and whispered in her ear to take rest as she was tired."He friendzoned me." Palak replied."Why cant I have him yaar,why cant he be mine.Why does he love her and not me?" Nitya plucked some cotton balls kept in her cupboard and wiped her tears that deteriorated an already ruined make-up."Don't worry Palak.Everything will be all right.Just go to sleep like a nice girl."Nitya said to assuage her."He friendzoned me.I cant have him." Palak kept repeating it for a while.Nitya kept her hand firmly on her head and moved her fingers through the curled strands of her hair to make her sleep.She then called up Palak's parents looking at their missed calls and assured them that Palak was being safe and was staying at hostel for some work that night.Sensing that Palak had finally fallen asleep she covered a blanket over her and went on to lie on her roommate's bed.

It was an unusual time and Nitya couldn't have ever imagined that Palak would be in such a miserable condition.Only after she got a call from her boyfriend did she muster the courage to step out to the place where he had seen her and brought her to her room.She gazed at the girl sleeping on the bed next to her and remembered the wonderful time they had spent in the past,hanging out at places and clicking pictures.She still had them in her laptop only that now all they reminded her of was the fight that had taken place between them on petty issues.Surrounded with all these thoughts she dozed off at 4 in the morning.

It showed quarter past 11 on the digital clock.The hostel maid had knocked the room twice for daily room mopping.Nitya woke up suddenly to  the knocks and looked at the bed next to her.It was nicely tidied and looked cleaner than Nitya could have ever managed to make it.Palak had already left sticking a smiley face with THANKS written on it.Nitya's phone flashed 1 message from Palak that she had sent before leaving.

"I always wondered why he loves you.I guess I know it now.There cannot be anyone better than you.What are you made up of?What supper nourishes you with this goodness?Didn't it hurt you when I blatantly spoke about loving your own boyfriend?Didn't you feel like slapping me hard?After all these days of knowing how bad I was speaking about you to people,didn't your conscience keep you from letting me sleep on your own bed?Had you not arrived at the bar yesterday the strangers I was dancing with could have done anything to me.I probably wouldn't have survived.You have endowed something on me that I will never be able to pay back.Apology looks too small if I try to estimate how bad I have been to you but Nitya I am sorry and I promise to make up for it all to you.Thank you for being there and I love you.:)"

We all have at least one friend that we can count on no matter what and in any situation or phase of life. Friends, take some time out to realize their values and thank God for blessing you with them and don't lose them on small issues because life actually becomes difficult to live without them.Take care.Live and enjoy.:):)