What do you remember

Sitting here at one of our favourite tables in college canteen, I wonder what has chenged in these 9 years. Even though I am sitting alone but I don't feel lonely. I see students around and wonder where would they land after these lovely years of college. How many of them would come back to college to just live this moment again, the moment which in its own way positively defines my selfishness and my connect to My college- Hindu. I suddenly feel there is nothing wrong in attachments and the definition of my, me and mine seem so important.

      Generation after generations, these premises must have added to memories of thousands of students. Strangely enough I want to ask the walls around, do you recognize me? I know I can't see familiar faces around, but I certainly can see similar feelings. I can see my three years and it's life in the mixed crowd of each year. I wonder what is it that so strongly connects me today? what is it that truly makes me smile? Is it the friendships that I see around? Old premises? A new campaign of college elections continuing the old trends? Or seeing few of these students preparing for freshers party. The conscious girls wearing sarees and suits decked up in assesorie?. Same aura of canteen or living that lively chaos? Everything that I recall today, just makes me smile. I hardly remember any of the challenges that I faced while I was in college, is it because I never had a tough time here or is it because I chose to remember just the positives.

          Many years down the line what all you lived would not really matter, but what would definitely matter is, what do you chose to relive, and which memories would you pay attention to? It's only you who truly has the power to decide what you want to live and when.

Manisha Dawar