A sweet friend.

 
Life is full of surprises that nobody can deny. I was in for a sweet surprise at a meeting which happened recently. At a meeting I was expecting some older person to walk in and greet, but this young lady walks in and through the conversation it turns out that she is somebody I know from college. I was in NCC "army wing" back in my college. I even wanted to get into the army fight for the country, actually, Air force was my first choice. But on my first flight to Chennai, Madras at that time, after puking on my mom's  saree, the aisle, the seats and in many more places, it was clear no air force for me. So, it turns out that this young lady was also in the NCC army wing and we had met a couple of times during our camps. What I remember the most is her lisping, she was anyways a sweet girl, but her lisping added an extra pound of cuteness. Also I remember that she sang. As it happens in all camps, people would sing impromptu or on being pestered by friends. Every night after a tiring day we would get ready for bed and I would ask this girl to sing for me which she did. Complete strangers, huddled in a hall for twelve days and she would sing for me almost every night, I think.  Not sure if it is "Chand mera dil" or "Maine pucha chand se" both Mohammed Rafi songs and she made it sound so nice that after many years I remembered it and now it features in my playlist. Except I don't remember which song, though I have a string feeling it was "chand mera dil". Anyways I am grateful to life these sweet surprise which makes life worth living. And thank you my friend, hope we keep in touch.

* PS. While writing this blog I forget which song, but every time I am listening to music that particular song for some reason reminds me of my camp.