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Relationship Thursdays: Friends Forever

There are no secrets or taboos between childhood friends—no matter the geographical distance or fewer phone calls. Some childhood buddies share their story

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Trupti Mrabhakar and Keshwar Bhagat

Walking to the same kindergarten class, carrying our little bags and holding hands—Keshwar and I have been friends since we were three-years-old. My first memory of her is—when she was trying to open her lunch box to show me the biscuits and chocolates her mum had packed. She wanted to share!
We went to the same school, college, French class, dance class, typing class (which we had a lot of fun in bunking!). We practically grew up in each other’s homes. I remember spending my summer, Diwali and Christmas vacations at her place, where the fridge was stacked with food and shelves with Archie’s comics and Nancy Drew books. 

31 years later, we are still friends—closer than ever. Sometimes I wonder what makes us best friends—maybe because we are poles apart in some things and similar in others, may be because we understand each other in way soul sisters do, or because we get each other’s jokes and even start laughing before anyone of us says anything. 

Be it weddings, festivals or vacations—we have always been part of each other's happiness and joy and continue to be. But what makes us better than best friends is that we have supported each other in all the ups and downs of our lives. We both lost our mothers to cancer, early in life, and that connects us in grief, pain and loss. 

I don’t think she has changed, or our friendship has changed for that matter. She is the most sensible, and courageous person I have known. She has her priorities in place and keeps me in check as well. We talk everyday, but do not get time to see each other as much as we used to, when we were 
younger, but when we do get together, it feels like we just met yesterday! And when we meet 
up along with our spouses, the poor men do not have any idea, why we are laughing or what we are talking about. We have had some roaring laughs and heartbreaking cries over each other shoulders and want to have days like them more when we are all old, and wrinkly and talking nineteen to the dozen!

Pooja Krishnakumar and Srinidy Ravichandran

Sometimes you know, the brightest light in your life comes as just an unburnt candle. 
And I guess I was the match stick.
We befriended each other and found mutual fondness in the fifth grade. We travelled in the school bus together. Every time there was something wrong, there was this one hour span in the bus where I would lie on her lap and cry and rant about everything. I loved giving her surprises and she loved getting surprised. 
But now we live apart—she is studying in Tiruchirapally and I'm in Mumbai. We don't get the time to text each other or call, but we do once in a while. And when we do, it feels as though we never went anywhere—time stands still.  Any relationship is a learning process. She has taught me to calm down and deal with life's challenges. She tells me I taught her that elements of being crazy is what keeps anything worth doing. 

We both have evolved over the years. A lot of things have changed. We both have different set of friends. We are in two different streams and our mindsets are different. 
We are the perfect example of why two people do not need to think alike to be the best of friends. We respect each other's views and thoughts. Sometimes we behave like kids.  She doesn't nag me to tell her what's wrong, but she knows I will. 
She is that one person who still understands everything through my voice and looking at my face. It's that feeling, when the other person knows what's going on in your mind and how you will react. It's a rare thing. 
Mutual respect, a sense of security and tolerance keeps us bonded. 

 

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