(15 September)
Today, a friend of mine, Vikas turned 31.(18th September)
Sorry, I have been busy. This is still dedicated to you!
I used to write an year back too and Vikas was a dear friend then as well, but 'thirty' never amazed me, that figure I knew very well. Thirty one is one more than what I know.
There was a helper at our home who used to maintain our kitchen garden when I was in primary school. This man used to carefully divide the land into rows, each row of a certain length.
I wondered how many seeds would each row take and on a day asked him. He said 15 on one side of a row, my little mind quickly calculated how many seeds would then be sown on both the sides. I was satisfied and so was he for the first thirty seeds. I never wondered where would the thirty first go.
The thirty first seed, I guess went to a new row or got discarded. Maybe, the counting always stopped at 30 and begun afresh at 31.
Vikas, like other people has traits than can be divided into categories, easily two. A part of him is silent, somber, intelligent and thoughtful and the other is vibrant, funny, illogical and also foolish.
I always thought these were equal and knew that would stay so till 30. 15 of him like one and the other 15 like another. Now, that he is 31, I wonder which of him will become heavier, I hope for the later. On second thoughts, will a new side branch which shall play a role in defining Vikas when he is 45.
Whatever it is, I think I will be there to see. I will update this post when Vikas turns 46.
I wish you the best in life.
- Shringi
18, September 2011
Very interesting thought....the way you divide 30 years into 15-15. I am assuming that most years of the first 15, went into making the second part but there is no guarantee of that. Years can be divided into months n weeks n days n hours and further. How were these collected to become 15 years?? hmmm.....
ReplyDeleteThank You. I have no clue of how we grow up! but then there are these numbers attached to our evolution, which interest me!! And Vikas, is a real person unlike my other stories, so his shall be the case study of 31.
ReplyDeleteIt did make me think for some time. it will be interesting to see where it goes from here.
ReplyDeleteEven I would like to stay outside and see how the rows are filled. If only its gets interesting...
ps. it was pleasing to see the post.