shirur strings

We had to go to shirur for our rural posting in internship. A bit of excitement & nervousness in every one's mind. The so called friends in my batch were Rahul & Amogh, i decided to go with them. Rahul had an E.D. on previous night & Amogh with Sheetal & Prajakta W. were doing their casualty posting til morning, that's why we left late. When we reached there, rest of the batch was in mess, almost done with the lunch. We started the lunch in mess with few inputs from Sheetal's & Prajakta W's home. The 'pulao' that Sheetal got was worth a special mention.

We got into the routine of OPD, sub centre visits, 1o mins drive in van with songs like 'jaha teri ye nazar hain', mess, the swing. An old tv but with cable, carom, cards, cricket for entertainment. It was really a fun to start with,leg pulling , gossips, giggles, Amogh's non-sense stuff, Rahul's firm, fixed beliefs. It was the chance for really knowing the people whom we were just knowing by 'hi'. Some gossips, love stories discussed, crushes revealed, antakshari & cursing the few who didn't turn up there. The "swing" was the integral part, we have even fought for sitting on it. Some people started using references for cancelling this posting & a few succeed soon.

Everything was fine til the 1st week, then the politics came into play. Everybody wanted holidays, rotation of duties being planned. Rotation was decided but collapsed within no time. Me & Rahul sensed something wrong is going to happen, so decided to stay back. We had different people as company in different weeks. Finally we all awarded extensions. A few good experiences & many bad but i have never regretted being in Shirur.. The reason is, i got some wonderful friends in return.

First one is Sheetal. She was there with us for many days. Though we were not the great friends to start with, our friendship got better after we were back from Shirur. She is quite fun loving but a bit introvert. What i have heard from the people was way different from what i felt. People said she is selfish, egoistic & so on, but i have seen a different side of her. I have pulled her leg many times on her 'ho ka?' & 'sick' remarks but she returned it with my 'crap'. I don't know why, but she believe in me a lot. After i failed to come good in my entrance during M.O.ship, she was the one who assured me that i have a long way to go. I was really happy for her result & she got the seat of her choice. Things started changing a bit since then, sometimes she excused it with the work & my studies. One day she said "don't give me so much importance, i am not worth." I asked why, my all friends are chosen one & special. She enlisted a few bad qualities, i said, "oh Sheetal, come on." We are still good friends & i hope the story continues.....

Then comes Prajakta S. I haven't had talked to this girl in 4&1/2 yrs of college, but felt like we were made to be friends. She is very simple & straight. She had a lot of friends in our batch, but still we became good friends. She was not so interested in chatting & all, i have complained also, but no use. Later on i learnt that her friends were asking her to stay away from me! God, what kind of people you have made on this earth! We cleared the misunderstandings soon & kept our friendship intact.

Third one is Rahul. Staying with him for such a long time helped me to know him better. He is a very different kind of guy. Thinks a lot, most of the times negatively. I have talked with him for hours trying to brainwash him. Gave an ear to everything he wanted to say & tried to put lot of positive thing for him. But he is preoccupied with lot of thoughts & things. I couldn't become a special one for him!:(

Need i say i really miss Shirur sometimes!