Exposure of life was within her
It was evening when I reached my sister’s place for her wedding. It was organized in the village, so all our relatives, family and friends had arrived. We were waiting for the bus for the last two hours. Finally, the bus arrived, and everyone rushed towards it. I was walking towards the bus with my luggage when a girl suddenly stood before me and asked,” Is this the bus?” And I answered her,” Yes”.
Everyone entered the bus. Mom and dad were sitting with the elderly people, who had occupied the front seats with the younger ones occupying the back seats. I was sitting behind her. A few more people entered the bus and were looking for a seat. They recognized me and started walking towards me. They were my relatives, so I offered them my seat. I was looking for a seat for myself, when she said, “You can sit here.”
The seat next to her…
Earlier we had an encounter while boarding the bus, so I thought she remembered me. Our journey started at around 10:00 in the night. Slowly a conversation initiated between us. First of all, we introduced ourselves to each other. She was in the last year of engineering and wanted to become a successful businesswoman in literature. I was a bit confused at that time and was not able to understand what she was trying to tell me. I asked her,” How?” She said that she was a writer. She loved to write poetry, mainly short poems and stories.
I was very curious, as I didn’t know much about literature at that time. Even I told her, that I was completing a diploma in piping engineering. I asked her if she would teach me how to write poems. She giggled and said, “Yes, why don’t you become my student.”. She showed me her book, in which she used to write her poems and stories. It was very interesting. She told me some techniques she used while writing and said, “You won’t understand them unless you start writing by yourself.” We spent the whole night talking to each other. At around 4:00 am we fell asleep in our seats.
This journey was very special for me. This was the day when I realized I can write and the reason why I still write. This incident changed the scenario of my life. From engineering to a writer, it was a drastic change. It’s one of the most beautiful things that ever happened to me. It was possible just because of her. She owns a special place in my heart and I’m glad for it…
