Friendship...a way of life

As I walked into the world naked and innocent, I was introduced by my parents to funny looking people called relatives who were funny in every possible way. I couldn’t share or probably didn’t want to share my loudest laughs and my deepest cries with any of them but every book and bible I read around that time told me, all about the importance of family, legacy and the works. By that time, I was already attending a convent school and had made many ‘useless friends’. The kind who always laughed at your jokes, no matter how sad they were. At that time, I was going through a phase in life no less than hell and everything beyond that seemed like paradise and in this case it was school. From then on to my current status as a media professional, there have been lovely experiences where I have met strangers who just stood behind me as if on some divine instruction. Be it my first colleague who convinced me that vodka contained only 4% alcohol and I haven’t contested the debate as yet, OR the useless school friends who are still banging their heads hard against the wall for introducing me to whiskey a few years back, OR an old college friend who suddenly resurfaced as one of my closest friends. It’s said that you should always draw a line between your professional and personal life but, how do you draw that when your bosses and colleagues become your 4am friend come around and support you in your most tragic experiences. In these years, life revolved from the brightest days of light to the loneliest days of darkness and the celebrations and challenges oscillated likewise. The celebrations never fell short of glasses nor did the challenges and failures fall short of shoulders and smses! The definition of family somehow came into being in the most practical way possible. It doesn’t require a day to certify the great friendships you cherish but this is the little I could do to acknowledge them on ‘Friendship day’. It is said that ‘Blood is thicker than water, but my small meandering experiences have convinced me to conclude that ‘Wine is definitely thicker than blood”

Wishing you all a Happy Friendship Day!!

Cheers