Transition

Holi for the last 2 years in Mumbai has meant running around looking scary with all sorts of colours on our faces in & around the lanes of Lodhivali Township ... Even after we were chucked out of the Township after a year we went back last year to enjoy Holi there & it was a day to remember .... This third Holi will be remembered for a different kind of enjoyment.... It had been quite some time that we had gone anywhere .. that we felt we should not miss the consecutive holidays that we were getting ... So there we were cleaning up our travel bags for a trip to Ganpatipule - described as a quaint village of sorts with a white sand beach & a beautiful Swayambhu Ganpati temple in all the websites that I saw... We were 15 in all.. two in bike.. 5 in one car & 8 of us in another hired Qualis.... The onward journey was real fun ... All of us were in high spirits .... we were playing Anthakshari the whole time ...and it was unadulterated fun... the stops that we made for chai...

Most people believe friendships are easily formed when you are young .. True..... That is when you are not weighed down by most worries.. But I have not had a big friendship circle in school or college.... I hardly thought that a working environment was conducive to a lasting friendship....But it became true in my case...It is really amazing how close u can become with people whom you have never even met before... We met in a conference room ... All eagerly waiting to be placed in a hifi company .. trying to show that each one was better than the other... But all of us were so full of good will towards each other that when we met each other again after being placed .. there was a feeling that wherever we go we will never be alone... It was 7 of us girls and 3 guys .... from Chennai .. travelling to big bad Mumbai .... I never got close with the guys ... they were good.. still there was never any affinity with them... It was quite the opposite with the girls... We became so close in th...