We are Friends no morE

I was lying on my bed listening to the radio.Repeatedly changing the channel ,it was half past 12 .the whole colony was asleep but my family like always was busy.The gatekeeper was walking on the roads striking his danda on the black making a familiar sound which i could hear clearly.This was the hour at which old Hindi songs dominated the scene.My brother was sitting next to me.He told me that today he saw a girl.This girl is from our locality .Our houses are across a small park facing each other.Both of them played together ,went to the same school till class 10.But that day after 6 years they didn't look at each other even as they walked past each other ,greetings were a distant image.He expressed his inability and discomfort to understand the fact that why people start ignoring each other.Well my head went into a tizzy too as this was a think that i also came across.

Is it that people move on or never forget some of the instances of life .They are sometimes not comfortable coming across people who are familiar with there past and their self.People who may know things about them.They want to be unknown strangers.People are afraid and even ashamed of petty things that happened in the past.carrying this heavy load of memories on their backs.Everyone wants to start again.To be lost among the crowd.For most of us the grass is always greener on the other side.They say they will find new mates when they start all over again.All this ends up creating in creating a void.

Well what we forget is the fact that relations grow stronger with time.Go ahead talk to someone whom you met years ago an old classmate may be ,i am sure  you will end up feeling happy.People grow mature with time and the hard feelings all get sublimed.

Go and say hello,other then feeling bad about it later.Even if the other guy is not that interested you can be relieved about your own part.In the long run you will end up making good friends and being more confident about meeting new people.Don't think that the people who don't know you that well will end up being a better friend instead people who know you will understand you better.So don't be a unsocial bozzo ,meet people ,exchange smiles and feel happy .No one cares about your past everyone wants to be happy and be in  the company of friends. 

A week later my brother  told me that he met her again at the internet cafe and exchanged greetings .They had a long conversation and exchanged numbers.

There was a smile on his face.