India's 65th Republic Day!

Arvind Kejriwal was making news during last few days and that is what he was looking for. All the news channels had only one head line, who would be the next prime minister. Along with that this year 2014 we celebrated India's 65th Republic Day. Exactly 65 years ago the Constitution of free India came into force. Amid this back ground two people on this planet were trying to figure out about how their life's next big step would look like. A bigger decision was yet to be taken. The day was quite cold as the winters were on their full swing. Kanpur roads were as usual busy during the afternoon. I was dressed in blue shirt and a grey trouser, my best colors, I thought. I had not thought how the day would proceed and had my fingers crossed. First time meeting some one brings goose bumps to me. Me along with my parents and sister made our way through the narrow staircase and reached the first floor of the building. We had warm welcome and every one was waiting to meet the new face. It was like when you wait for your interview, you look up to the person every time she would call a name and wonder when will your name be called. It was that long wait and the turn was yet to come. After a pretty good time we witnessed her first glimpse. I had mixed emotions because at that moment while I realized she was there at the same time I realized there were people around, both known and unknown figures, who might be watching my moves or probably noticing my eye movements. She sat on a chair which was a feet away on my right side. I finally looked at her and she was like an innocent girl looking down at her feet. And suddenly there was silence, as if every one was waiting for the judgement call. The silence extended a while more, I almost felt that I would burst in that very silence. Some how we heard a voice and after a couple of sentences from my dad and sister I spoke. As I spoke I took the chance to first time look at her. We had nothing to talk about but compare the weather of Kanpur with Bangalore and then Bangalore with what not. I think the best conversations start with guessing of the weather in India. But hopefully this trick works all the time to start a conversation. What followed was a series of conversation and replies. I tried as much as I can gather but the mind was registering only fragments of what I was discussing, I was worried as to what part of my conversation she might not like so I should rather limit my words. Soon we managed to understand a bit of each other and that was it. Soon we were off to the nearest mall along with both the families and we talked a little more. I was hoping form one member of the family to another and still noticing where she was heading to. Soon the day end came near and we bade good bye to every one. It was an eventful day and I believe it ended well for all of us. In times to come I only hope that the story which started with 'Once upon a time' ends with 'and they lived happily ever after'. Some stories are only read in books and some find a place in an award winning function. I wonder where my story meets her's in the real life, out of the pages of the book which is still being written some where. I am yet to write 'My Adventure Book' and the 'Stuff I'm going to do'.