…..this is one of my most favourite song .. kind of never fails to put smile on my face .Now let me share a story . There was a guy , born in the late of the 90s , so mostly of the age who saw the cameras adding more and more megapixels and the bandwidth of the internet expanding .Basically , let me give a brief background of his family , his father was the eldest son of the house, (if you are from India you would understand what I meant by the eldest son , more responsibilities and stuff, flagbearer of the family ).His mom got married at an age of 22,pretty much young age as compared to now and his father had 2 sisters and 3 other brothers .So yeah the first child of the first son haan!! , apple of the eye for the grandparents and he was too much loved and adored by his uncle and aunt …. He had an amazing smile and that we should all give him …. Now , as I am using too many “he” s lets say his name was “B” .So now talking about the financial condition of Bs family ,they were definitely not well to-do and mostly on the poorer side I mean , So no toys every weekend , No electronic Cars every day and definitely no mobile phones …. These may seem strange now but yes life used to like this back in time .
So Bs days started getting to pass and he started to develop more and more skills , Talking , Walking … Yeah , these are the genuine skills , not the solving maths skills which thy teach with so utmost importance that without that your life will definitely fall apart .He used to sit most of the time by the side of the tape recorder and yes , listening to songs were his favourite . Say Whatever !!! He was charming , yes, kids are charming and lovable and he was super pampered .
B joined school , LowerKG , became the first boy of the class , Now prodigy haan!!! Give him some rest .But he was admitted an year earlier than the standard age to start school so his parents thought it would be better if he repeats for one more year in the same class , SO yes , his set of friends changed , but okay , he had no say or he was too small to have a say .He thought of making new friends would not be a bad option either . So new friends new class begin. Till now he had made quite a few friends and his uncles used to drop him to school on their bicycle turn by turn and B enjoyed the ride thoroughly .
Bs life was going on pretty much smoothly ,after the UpperKG it was time for him to start going to the school in the school bus all by himself . Yeah he was afraid , but as a fun-fact his mother was much more afraid than him and terrified by the thoughts that what if B involves in some kind of fight and what if he gets beaten up or something more scary like what if he get trapped in the washroom all kind of such things . But okay it was time and B became excited about his first alone bus ride and Bs mom informed all the other seniors at the bus stand so that the take care of him 😊. Cute haan !!! .......yes moms are like that .Yeah he made good friends in the bus and the class, life was going on good for him. B was luckily academically well and he got into many different classes from singing to musical instruments to art . He loved to draw and as like earlier he could sit beside the tape recorder for hours . See cartoons and yes these all was in Bs schedule , with a pretty much full plate .
One thing that B loved the most was Junk food and loads of candies, after all he was a boy of 6 yrs by now and it was the early 2000s. He liked watching movies by now as his father also a movie-buff if that’s even a word .So Sunday afternoons were a movie times and they spend their time playing games. His father was a bit short tempered and he used to get thrashing quite often , but that was common for all isn’t it !!!! B still bonded with his father pretty much well , after all his father was his movie partner .Yeah classes went by , with summer vacations and he was growing up pretty much fast as the time ---whzzooeed--- by .
He his family had a history of his uncles pretty much good with academics and may be B was lucky that way genetics but Bs mom made B work his ass off .Moms are cute but can be pretty much hard at times .So his parents thought of shifting him to a different city and he would stay with his mom and study. Same way B again lost his old set of friends , not new for him , but he was quite excited for the new place to go to and he was okay with making new friends again. He had to pass the entrance exam of the new school and pretty much made the cut to get past the bar .
New city , New place , New sight outside the window, No old Friends, No Tape Recorder and haan !! that’s life startling the comfort and changing the cycle and B became aware of that at an early age , good for him .So first day of his school . Class (VI -- E) , His bus for the school arrived , but by now his mom was comfortable with B going by the bus alone . He got into the bus and sat at the last seat and after he reached school , as he entered he was confused . This was a much bigger school , many more corridors and the playground was huge (and if you are trying to guess the timeline at this point B used to play the Snake game on his moms Nokia-3310).So B timidly went to a student and asked which way is his class(VI --E)?? ,turns out that the student was from his class only and then went and sat at the empty bench . Now he has to make friends right !!! B remembered while he was waiting at the bus stand for the bus Mom said “sit beside a guy who is god in studies so that , you could get the notes . The students are good here and you must study hard B to get a position in the top 3 of the class here like you used to get.“ So first class began and in no time the tiffin break came , so B has to walk up to somebody and make friend, so he went and people made fun of him as he was new to the squad , he was not used to these kind of behaviour as he was a good student he was liked by most of the teachers of his school and pampered at home . He felt bad , felt like crying , but did not say anybody anything , B has seen in movies “Boys are STRONG !!!”
B saw something more different here , people were not ready to help with their class notes here and B was surprised and he made very few friends as nobody used to talk to him and everybody made fun of him, He was once hurt by few guys too, but his mom knew nothing and B just developed one of the great tools of growing up , “TELING LIES !!!” . So, yeah Bs life was not happening as it used to be, yet he found a way to survive ,(everybody does that !!! It is a process of growing up .)Then came the time of exams and B got in top 3 , he had a lot of free time and very few friends , so he had no option but to study . This gave B an unusual attention and he was surprised , people coming and talking to him and making friends was lot more easier , B just learnt one more thing ,”IT’s ALL in the STATISTICS of WHO FARED well and WHO did not .” So to make friends you need not be kind and helpful but bee an arse and study hard !!!, that’s stupid but …… (there are to many buts ….)
But after B made friends he could play and talk with them and his mom made him work hard , His love of the Tape Recorder was taken by the Paint Brushes and he spent quite some time drawing . He had no TV in his new house and his father used to live far away from him , so no movie and no movie-partner . That B knows to deal with … Life is a change .B is in class eight now .Age wise thirteen (the first --teen), Teenager and hormones , it’s interesting . B became somewhat popular , he had a great smile and he used u talk to people , but , from close friend-talks with whom he discussed how they want to work at the same office ,topic, changed to taunts and discussions about the new guys and girls coming in relationships. Topics do change , I guess u can relate too …….
Now , will talk more on another day , this much for now ….
The guy ‘B’ is me .. Sayan to be precise Sayan Ganguly currently around 23 years old and I am sincerely afraid to blink cause people say , you blink and you are now in thirties .I have lot to do (mostly lots of fuck ups to do), lot to learn(from the fuck ups definitely) . And here I thought of sharing few of my fuck ups with you. Onto more , bigger and better (fuck ups … OOPS! )
Till then,
----------------------Main jaisa hoon………. Main vaisa kyon hoon-----------------------------
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