The Uni days- 05

Hello readers!

Hope all of you are smiling, studying and slaying!

As in the saying, time is passing and making me acclimatize to all the situations in this not-so-new environment. Thanks to the blossoming friendships, kinda ideal cordiality to the ones who are actually supporting😇(Telling it directly is ajeeb na)

My best friend has got an incredible job recently. He(Srikanth), Snehal and I are very very good friends right from our undergrad days.I've put forth my demands of taking me to "The Arijith Singh's concert" with a VIP booking,sponsoring a solo trip to Ladakh, taking us to the live sufis and qawwalis in 'The Falaknuma' etc etc.. Let's see what happens😅

Then... Music classes are too good man! I'm just amazed at how the kindergarten looking bache are quintessentially talented.The doe-eyed girls had sweet sureel voices and the boys playing tabla were bang on! While returning from the class, one of the girl's parents turned out to be a professor who was currently teaching us. So she took me to her home, introduced me to her mom and left abruptly.... awkward silence continued until her mom, despite being a professor, was very very kind, she forced me to sit, made me comfortable, offered tea, discussed many things.. It was very different from our professors in ug where going to the cabin was only very difficult...Ghar jaana tho duur ki baat hein! It was already 7:50pm and I had to rush. It was pitch dark everywhere,dogs barking,cats' eyes shining and me,sprinting! I think even the Associate Dean is not as strict as the watchman uncle of girls hostel. Phew! It was 7:59 when I went in! Another day again,it was half past 7 or more.But this time, the class was very far from our hostel.Unlike UG where Srikanth used to drop and pick me like a driver(Sorry ra😂), accompany like a bodyguard, carrying extra baggages of Snehal's and mine,It was just me in the dark "sunsaan" lanes of the university. I'm usually not a girl who's petrified by darkness, but believe me,it's something very strange and difficult to walk through the unknown lanes with ajnabi people staring at you (Girls you've gone through it!) Those minutes of reaching the hostel gate are the actual Khatron ke Khiladi scenes 😂

This one situation comes to my mind... Last year I've been to one of the spiritual places in Madhya Pradesh. It was the shrine of my spiritual guru. Everyday, some pandit or an extraordinary musician has their performance in the main room where others aren't allowed to enter,but just see. Shivdas bhaiyya(One of my bhaiyyas) plays tabla very well and he has got an opportunity to play in the divine room. Somehow he got to know that I was there and he called me to sing, as on that particular day, there was an empty slot. Now,as I earlier said,I just can't take sudden orders.I ran out from the shrine so that no one sees me or asks me. Everyone were searching for me, found me out, I think 30 from the 40 people who went, were coming to me and scolding me, for let going the golden opportunity. But see! I was just in the beginning of my musical journey and I subtly didn't want be besura  in that room as it meant a lot for me! Shivdas bhaiyya is from maharastra, which means, full of spontaneity and confidence. He came out all the way from the room, caught my hand, took me there where all the singers were sitting and said 'bus chup chaap baitho aur  gaao' (subtle care!)The place before the lead mike was empty with 2 bhaiyyas on the left with harmoniums,on the front was the actual shrine,the room had many doors open with tapes for restricting other people in! Itna bada sudden experience hasn't happened to me so far.As soon as I sat,the bhaiyya beside me was asking "Kaunsa shruthi mein gaaoge? Kausa taal? Kaunsa raag etc etc!" I was just stunned by the magnificent aura in the room.I neither had lyrics, nor a single bhajan in my head... I just prayed bhagwaan kuch bhi karo lekin besura nahi hona chahiye aaj... And I started singing for around 10 minutes and left. Not even a single thought was running in my brain. May be that's the magic in music, all the scattered attentions just consolidate at a place, at that present moment. Next day,pulling his brows together ,the anjaan harmonium bhaiyya recognised me in a crowd of 500 people and asked if I learnt music professionally or no. Gaye kaam se! I thought. Despite saying anything bad, he folded his hands and said bahot acche gaaye aap and left (He told few other things too, if written here would seem like flaunting) Later I came to know that he was a pandit!! That day proved my thoughts wrong, running away from fears is neither right, nor adds up to our personality. That's what a spiritual place teaches us right... modifying our thoughts to become a better person everyday.

Back to the present days,I'm really flabbergasted to witness few things here like....a skinny eighth grade girl riding a bike (a passion pro bro!) with two girls behind, a chota chaar foot ka ladka driving an alto car, a probably middle school boy driving a pulsar! Is it everyone else or just me who's amazed? Gosh! If there's something which the author can't do is to drive! I'm a terrible driver.After I broke my dad's brand new car's bumper and the side mirrors ,he told me to stay away from driving for the safety of his car😅(Obvious na!)

We recently went to have lunch with our seniors... Putting it right,they took us out for a  lunch.Good people,good place,good food and a probably good bond to establish amongst us. I was just thinking what the lunch would look like if it was in Hyderabad😂I'd be the only one having vegetarian food with the rest devouring the famous Hyderabadi dum biryani with cokes, cocktails and salans! Better here in that sense. While having lunch, suddenly I was asked to sing! ('Whattttttt nooo' was running in my mind) Either if it's a question in the class or a task,if suddenly put forth,my brain malfunctions!Anyway a good day to remember and many more to come.

Then it was the Telugu new year, Ugadi (Gudi padwa here) Just for that feel, three of us(telugooos) wore new clothes,mascaras,bangles,chains and stuff(lol! padahaaranaala telugu ammayilu? Pakkagaa!😎),played the famous telugu songs in the room, made the special Ugadi pachadi (a special drink made up of 6 different tastes),called all my friends in the hostel,made them drink it and obviously ham sab ne banaya, tho achaa hi hoga na(definitely not exaggerating) Everyone liked it! It was very satisfying to all of us.I wish you all..... Wait lemme say it in telugu...Mii andariki hrudayapurvakanga, krodhi naama samvatsara shubhakaanshalu ✨

Until the next post comes,

Stay happy, stay healthy,

Sharwani.