Changing Life

Sitting here in my office i wonder how fast life changes and how fast time moves ahead. The images from my childhood, teen years, college life are so vividly clear that its amazing to see all those times are over. So much happens over each day and suddenly you see such a drastic change in one's life when u look back at your life.

I will keep this post related to only one part of my life. Me n my brothers.

4 Guys. My cousins, but more than brothers. We grew up together. Since we were little infants we were together almost all the time. Few separations here n there. Played in the mud, ate ice-cream, video games, swimming. As we started growing each one's persona started to develop more concretely.

GK : Eldest. Sober, decent and very responsible(typical big bro).

Me : Second in command. Not sober, not decent(indecent sounds too cheap), outgoing.

VK : Carbon copy of me with a few variations.

KMN : Youngest. Quiet, awesome cook, gadget freak and loves disassembling anything and everything.

Why is it that always the extremeties have similar traits? GK n KMN were always reserved(not introverted), loved staying back home and Me n VK were always upto pranks, roaming the city and restless. I still clearly remember all four of us eating mangoes and spilling all the pulp on ourselves while granny would narrate awesome stories. Since we were kids we never had this feeling that we were not one family. We were and are still more than family. From granny stories to movies, from outdoor sports to video games, from doordarshan to cable tv it was a super journey. Even when i was far away from these guys i never felt the distance.

Then college. We were adults. Me n GK went off towards the science stream. VK n KMN went off towards the commerce stream. The best part started when we entered the college life. Smoking, drinking, smoking up. And naturally i was the one who started off with all these. It was such a sight to see VK n KMN smoke, without inhaling the smoke, for the first time. Taught them how to smoke. I still clearly remember the number of times VK coughed the first time he inhaled the smoke. Then as things turned out i ended up teaching the Big B how to smoke.

Those fun, no-worry years. Then college life over. GK joined a software firm. VK joined a BPO. I joined a software firm also. :( . KMN wants to study further.

Now GK is in love and wants to get married. Got the news from my mom yesterday night and i was pleasantly shocked. This piece of news got me thinking and i traced our journey back to the old days.

Memories, all good, na great. And its only been 24 years. We still have another 40 years to enjoy life as the 4 Guys. I have no idea where our lives will lead us to but i am sure wherever we are, we will always be closer than brothers.