The Dinner

There was a time when we were together all the time during college days, myself and my friend were great with each other, we used to share all our life with each other, sometime fighting on small small things and sometimes caring for each other. Those were wonderful days of life. One day we had a clash of opinion over a matter and we stopped talking to each other, and following this series of things happened that we never got chance to speak to each other because of some misunderstanding, though we never said bad to each other, but never got  chance to say good also. Whenever we tried to talk to each other it had happened all bad, later with time we got mixed up with other friends and time passed on. Many times i thought to talk to this friend but i never got the perfect chance. 

Finally college ended up and we all moved on to our paths. Now years after we are working into company for earning for self, we both were aware of the fact that we are in same city, but being afraid of others reaction we never tried to talk to each other. The priorities in life were changed, but a feeling of missing each other existed in some corner of heart.

One fine day i get sms from this friend with same attitude saying that i am angry with you, and i was like waiting for something from his side, i also replied to sms with same manner as i did when we were very new in the college. Yes, our friendship had started over sms in the college days. then some more text messages from his side and more replies from my side, next day morning i started day with a "good morning" text to him, but i didn't get any reply.. now at this point of time i was worried to loose him again, i immediately wrote up a big email to him saying him to forget all old things and lets continue as friends, but i haven't got any response to that email also.  finally at night i got sms reply and we had long time chatting over sms. 

Days passed on with sending sms to each other, finally i called him but he rejected with a sms saying i am still angry with you, i remained calm thinking similar things has happened in college days also, whenever i approached him he was into some other thing and whenever he tried, (rarely :) ) i was into some other situation so i tried back after some more days this time talked for hours finishing balance of our prepaid mobiles. It was good to talk to each other after a long time. I offered him to have lunch or dinner on some weekend, but again i got no good response. 

I eat once on every thursday. Last thursday i had planned to prepare rajma for the dinner, whole day we were sending sms to each other and i returned back to my house at about six in evening, now i started asking him to join me for dinner after some no he finally showed some signs to be interest in meeting. Now i also started giving some more offers as a sales executives does all time, I offered him to take on a bike ride, though i knew he likes rajma i tried to bribe by making special dish kheer for him. now he was close to say yes and i was losing my patients out of hunger, in between i got a call from some other friend and i didn't get chance to reply for his sms. He took this time delay as if i am angry and not replying. After i finished talking to my other friend i had 3 messages first one was normal second one was "u there?" and the final one saying bye almost, i called back him and explained that i got a call, same time i convinced him that similar time mismatch has happened many times and we missed lots of things in past, i again said better not leave this chance of having dinner together and reply  i got was "come outside office i will join .."

The very first thing i did is switched off my mobile, i don't wanted to let him call me back saying "no" for this dinner and i zoomed to his office on my friend's bike who stays quiet near to my house. After reaching his office i confirmed that i am outside his office. He came out of office with a nice smile and we came back to my house, i never felt that we were meeting after years, i prepared rajma and rice for both, he had picked up fruit juice from office for me. and i had a chocolate in my fridge for him.

Talking about the time passed since we met last time, we shared some major things that has occurred and i found we were always aware of what is happening in each other's life. Though it was not a long time to tell many stories but was enough to share all major things of our life. and the dinner was over.  It was to find my friend back. I dropped him back to his house with a hope to meet him again sometime.

Three Travelers

This is story about three travellers in bus, who boarded a late night bus, this bus was full of passengers and many were going standing in between the seats as after this next bus service was very late, This long route bus came down to Chandigarh crossing all the Shivalik ranges of Himalayas and was destined to reach Haridwar in Uttarakhand in Haridwar.


After a break at Chandigarh bus started further journey at about 9PM. let me introduce you the first traveller, he is from age group 25-30 and is a regular passenger of this late night bus. This guy works for a Hotel in this city and is very much talkative. He was standing outside bus as if he was prepared to go standing in the bus, last person to board the bus before it started. Next is another boy, it seems he has rarely travelled in bus, with all his dressing and accessories, he should have his own vehicle. This guy was surprised with the situation here as no seat was available, he did many ups and downs to look for an empty seat for him. but no success, before the bus actually started he was little far from the bus drinking coffee a stall.Ignition of bus engine made him to throw away his coffee and run for the back door of bus. so here first traveller has given way to get him inside before he has closed the back door of the bus.


Bus has started with full of passengers, ticket checker got in from the front door and he was struggling hard to move inside bus. if you are thinking that i am the 3rd traveller you are wrong. 3rd traveller is not in the bus. surprised ! read more


Jig, the first traveller, was used to all that crowd, but for Yulub, traveller no 2, this was very uncomfortable he was standing on one foot on the stairs of bus looking for some place to keep his second foot. he was carrying a mineral water bottle along with him. Seeing uncomfortable Jig shouted,"go inside, door is not closed", he shouted again as there was no reaction on passengers, this time he was little rude and strong in voice, people moved a bit and Jig and Yulub were standing comfortably now. Jig asked Yulub about the destination, Yulub replied his place which was about 85Km from Chandigarh, Jig told about his destination which was some 60km far, later  Jig assured him that he will not be getting any seat till his town. Yulub was looking little bit fine, he had a sip of water standing comfortably.



Bus was about to leave out of the main city Jig was looking out of the window, it was a cold night of November, but cool breeze coming was soothing in side the crowded bus. Suddenly Jig shouted to ticket checker to stop the bus. Bus stopped Jig opened door and there was an old man running towards the bus. Jig made way for him to get into bus, with closing sound of bus started movement. Old man thanked Jig , here comes the third traveller, Jig was calling him as "Pradhan ji", Pradhan ji also use to travel in the same bus, Jig and Pradhan ji were from the same village.

So after Pradhanji got into bus there talk started. they started cursing the new bus driver and ticket checker in this route bus. This driver usually doesn't stop bus outside city, where Pradhan ji used to work, so these days he has to finish his work early and than had to travel extra 5 kms to City bus stand.

Yulub was telling to them why you dont request to have another bus at this time if daily so many passengers are coming, Pradhan Ji much experienced of life smiled he was sure that by writing to transport officer a new bus can't be introduced on the route. but Jig was totally against this statement, he said Govt. doesn't works this way, he had his own ideas, like doing a hunger strike, stopping ongoing bus for some hours and protesting with a road block. They had a great discussion, it seems Yulub was aware of some national funding schemes and he was trying to tell him about them, but Yulub had negative points against all the schemes. later Pradhan ji concluded that govt. introduces many schemes but maximum money given for such things goes into pockets of management, when things are implemented either they remain hanging due to lack of fund or they are completed without actual proposed things in the project, he was wise fellow to stop aggressive thinking of the Jig, in fact he gave some good examples to show how these aggressive acts harm the public.


Everyone at the back side of the bus were listening to their talk. 3 travellers different age group different experiences and nature, but conclusion made by Pradhan ji made everyone to re-think. they were silent for sometime, then bus has reached a place where a bridge was under-construction from last 2 years. here Jig again started pointing to the bridge that it is not done in 2 years, and Pradhan ji tool opportunity to take him into past, when many people had asked govt. to change the road from some other part of the river, for saying this they had troubled the workers who came from outside for construction. and result was construction remain halted for a long time, part of money was shown paid to the watchmen who guarded the purchased construction material, He also told that a greater part of construction material was spoiled and taken away by the local needful. he told this bridge construction would not have expanded for this much time, if people wouldn't have done all that.

Just after some time bus stopped and Jig and Pradhan ji left the bus. there was a complete silence in bus now. after some time Yulub also reach his destination

Now don't curse me if you don't find it interesting .. i was feeling to write blog and i posted this incident. There are lot of things to learn from this blog.


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Telengana partition notified me ....

I am very much aware of the Telangana separation form the Andhra, but i never spent time to think about the plus and minus about the separation. Abhishekh's blog enlightened me about some very good reasons to have this separation done. Really small state can be much prosperous, specially when this smaller population has different life style in many terms. Jharkhand from Bihar and Utarakhand from Uttar Pradesh are very good example of this. 

My only concert are the places which will be marked near to boundary, the places which share the culture of the both side of the new boundary. These are the places affected in the partition. I can't say the exact situation when Himachal was made out of Punjab. There are lot of differences in the two cultures, and separation made them all set to develop independently in their own way. But how about the southernmost district of Himachal. District Sirmour where people enjoy the mixed culture of Himachal and Punjab. Although there are huge number of points where this district can also add to the development of Himachal but I feel Sirmour is ignored by the HP government, and it hurts when it gets counted in the last 100 backward districts of India. I remember people get very upset when things planned for district Sirmour don't get fund from government, and it hurts when same planned thing get implemented in some other district.

2 years back when i was at home, there was a common talk that a big steel plant is coming up in district, which will provide huge employment to the people. later in next holidays when i got down at bus stand i saw some people sitting on "dharna" to stop the shifting of that steel plant from Sirmour to Kangra district. At this time i saw the feeling of being neglected in the people of sirmour. go to search engine and search for "fossil park asia". you will get it in sirmour but i feel ashamed that there is no proper road for this park and no proper fund to manage the park, please do take something to eat and drink while visiting, you may not find something to purchase and do see the extraordinary museum there. Renukaji lake, situated amidst lush green forests of Indian Himalayas, the surroundings of the Lake offers an excellent venue to tourists for the adventure sports, but again it is not funded as other tourist places in Himachal.


recently i found that some things are planned to attract tourist in sirmour but who knows that get shifted like Steel plant :)