Mumbai had never been a place which i loved very much baring a few things here and there... so every few months that frustration and homesickness did follow me.. and that times i remembered my extended family, my school friends in Pune...
So everytime i felt i needed to escape the grinds of Mumbai, catch a Volvo and off to Pune... To meet Riya, Shreya, Antara, Rahul, Jaggu and Mayur.. To people who dont know this but i had got my admission in Symbiosis but due to a well thought of decision i decided to stay in Mumbai completing my graduation from HR college...
Since i never managed to find a very great group in Mumbai, i would look forward to these trips. The blast that i use to have during those times used to be fantastic... Those bike trips, those dinners on the highway, the all night talks just loved it...
Today will share a few of my memories all the way from Pune...
This particular trip was highly emotional for me because of its unexpected ending... but lets start from the beginning...
It was 28th February, 07... I had just finished my BCom 2nd yr exams and my Diploma exams were on the 10th and 11th of March... Another very close friend and my chaddi buddy, sandeep was in Pune those days so my friends called me saying, why dont u come over, the whole group again and then we could celebrate Holi together on the 4th.. So 1st evening i zoomed away to Pune... One of the best memories of this trip was all of us going to the dhaba on the highway. i dont remember the name, maybe one of them could make me recollect.. But it was after 2 years that all of us, had such a gala time.. we hogged on chicken like we had been hungry for ages... 8 of us on 4 bikes on the highway....man it was fun... then after that we rode through the streets of Pune late in the night enjoying the desertness and we being the rulers... We also managed to ride through the haunted street, Pashaan, i think they called it
I am not sure but i think it was this very trip that we very roaming around one day in one of the many haunted places in Pune when suddenly we turned a corner and saw this mysterious female sitting in the middle of the street. She had a dirty dog sitting by her and as we crossed her i managed to stare at the plate she was holding in her hand.. it contained all sorts of strange things that i didnt recognise and as we went ahead i did take the courage to look back and saw her staring at us, a bad stare i would say. We zoomed away from there, not brave enough to check upon her...
It was the next day when we had dinner in one the city restaurants and the guys were supposed to visit Singhad Fort that night but somehow the girls convinced us that it wasnt safe...It was the night of 3rd march 2007. Thank god we didnt go that day because if we had i would have never made it to the airport by 2 am.. Ya i had to run back, a phone call at 10.30pm almost shook my world.... Dad had passed away.... this was the only glitch that Pune had in the 3 yrs that i frequented it but with time i accepted this as well...
On my next trip we did manage to go to Singhad Fort. This was one of the most beautiful places i have seen. We left home at 3am for the hour long drive. The winding roads, the jungles all around, the scary darkness all built the atmosphere up. What i witnessed up there was the most beautiful dawn i had seen. With my camera loaded i did what i love most, click. By 8 am we were back, tired enough to sleep through the day.
Pune also shares loads of other memories. Those bike rides up the NDA road to sit on the parapet and watch cars racing past on the highway below. The cold coffee at Durga Coffee House was the best i have had till date and that also at a paltry price of Rs10.
I still remember the day when Mayur was coming back from Patna to Mumbai and then he was supposed to take a bus to Pune.. The flight landed at 10pm. I was waiting outside to take him to the bus stop. On our way there God knows what got into us that both of us boarded the bus. The 11pm bus to Pune just for the fun of it. We reached Pune at 3.30am. After ensuring Mayur had reached safely, i caught the 6am bus back to Mumbai... By 10am i was back in town.
Pune's greatest memories go back to before my graduation, much before Rawte days came into picture. That was, June 2005 when all of us had landed seeking admissions. The 3 weeks that we spent there filling forms, having fun, checking out girls.... That was just great... The places we ate at on JM Road, FC Road.
All those wonderful memories from BMCC to MMCC to Garware to Hanuman Nagar to Apte Road to Sambhaji Park to Kothrud to...... Miss those days guys....Thanx for the memories....
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