Time Travel
#2 — Time Travel
“These guys are always late!” I thought as I looked at my wrist watch. It was 30 mins past 11 o’clock. This was not the first time, though, yet I was eager to meet them. It had been 9 — longgg years! Since we had last talked. Aakash and I had travelled more than 40km to the marriage hall. I parked the vehicle and walked to the entrance. Aakash pointed — “See, there he is..” There stood a skinny guy in a maroon 3-piece suit with his nerdy glasses on. VD and Patil were next to him. Soon, others also joined. Seeing them after a long time sparked a thought, and this is all about it!
Is time travel possible?
The first time I was introduced to the concept of time travel was on TV when a raccoon dog, which looked more like a cat, named Doraemon, pulled a secret vehicle from Nobita’s study table to look into the future.
Ah..No, I think it was this genius guy called Kiteretsu, who had built a robot — Korosoke. They both, along with their friends, would travel in time and sometimes, just to put it in simple words, cause trouble.
These dramatic and futuristic scenes made me wonder, is it really possible?
Can I go back in time to relive the past moments, or go in the future to realise that I need to take action now! I don’t know…
But I kept wondering.
I didn’t have the answer back then, but now, I think I’m close.
I know how it actually feels to time-travel…Yes, recently, I had this amazing experience!
It all began with Pavan’s elder brother, Naveen anna’s marriage.
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I still remember it was Wednesday, and I had a lot of work to finish by EOD. I had neither asked for leave nor booked my tickets. I called Aakash to check his plans and the next thing I remember is he had mailed me the train tickets. I had no other choice, I was going to Belgavi to see Naveen anna’s last day as a bachelor!
I reached Belagavi in the morning. Rushed home, got ready, and reached the marriage hall only to see none of my classmates around. Everyone had agreed to be on time yet no one showed up at 11 am. As they say, 11 am is never 11 am. Being late is our tradition. Later, everyone started arriving one by one. The number of people reaching there increased as the time approached lunchtime.
We attended the marriage and SJ planned for dinner in this new restaurant in town. She said it would be like a reunion and we agreed.
After a long time we were finally in one place, just like our good old days from the classroom, when we used to play pranks on each other. When VD was too shy to talk to a girl. When I threw TJ’s geometry box out of the class. When the legendary Aakash would show some skills and score a goal in bottle football. When we would carry extra grips for pen fight. When Patil would barely listen to any lecture but make amazing, realistic paintings. When Pavan was less known as Pavan but more as Pav Bhaji!
Damn!! It hit me all at once.
Dinner, I don’t even remember what I had, but I remember that we talked about who Chavan was checking out at the Science lecture in 10th std. I remember that VD was not the person who threw chalk at Shinde. I remember that SJ would not kill me if given a choice but would marry this senior from 12th Science. I remember that Patil, who was one of the loudest in the class, was suddenly transformed into the quietest in the room.
I mean, all I remember is — we had a lot of fun!!!
And this is when I realised, this is nothing but TIME TRAVEL!
To relive the moments with your old buddies, just like the old days. When you are not a software engineer or an MBA grad, or an Architect or a Doctor or a Teacher anymore.
You are the person who you were in that class! Sitting next to each other, teasing them on silly things or winning a match and feeling like a king!
Yes, that’s who you are! Not this person who is reading this.
It took me 9 years to realise this but I don’t want you to do that. Don’t wait for a perfect moment! Go take action now! Call them! Meet them and let me know that you still remember.
Tell me about them, share your favourite classroom story in the comment section.
So, it’s your turn now — are you willing to time travel?
