Yesterday night, when I was standing barefoot in front of the veranda, brooding over my midterm exam results and cursing the icy weather that numbed my feet, I received a WhatsApp message which said " back to am I audible ? life ".
A voice inside my brain shouted " ufff not again.", not because I was enjoying offline classes to the fullest extent. It's just that I can't do online classes anymore.
After more than 2 years of online classes, I vaguely remember a time when getting up to make my bed didn't seem like a daunting task.
Waking up at 8:25AM every day to a sudden wave of dread that washed over me, clutching my lukewarm tea in the morning, trying to calm myself down and anxiously anticipating the moment when my teacher calls out "20P1054" so that I can answer my attendance and take rest for the next 50 minutes. I felt like I was trudging through quicksand, slowly descending into a state I’d never be able to break out of. Racing thoughts stuck to me like cement. I wanted to leave this skirmish quickly.
Therefore, I decided to watch a stand up comedy, but I am bored of watching them again and again. Let me watch Kirik party !! Naah, Its too emotionally heavy at times, I wanted somthing more subtle, ok how about 3 idiots ? Perfect so I watched it all night !
A masterpiece which gave us the mantra of “Aal Izz Well” and it got etched in our brain forever. "Excellence ke piche bhago, success jhak maar ke tumhare peeche aayegi"
For the first time in our lives we saw more meaning in achieving our passion than achieving grades or numbers. Rancho, Farhan, and Raju gave us major friendship goals, and everyone wanted to be the Rancho of their group only to realise that someone else is Rancho. "Dost first aye toh zyada dukh hota hai" But whether it be Ranchhoddas, FARHANITRATE or PRERAJULISATION, we did see a bit of ourselves in them.
"Abba Nahi Manenge" became the standard reply to every night out or Mysore plans. And how could one not relate to Raju's Rants? After witnessing Chatur’s speech in all its glory, we all were dead sure that maybe mugging everything straight up is not the way to move ahead in life. You gotta admit it, this laugh riot of a film still brings the entire house together every time you stream it. And when life starts to feel like a race we remember this gem of a film and our heart says "Jahapana tussi great ho, tohfa kabool karo"
Even after all these years, the same three words pop into my mind when I try to tackle the 'Virus' of my thoughts - All Izz well!
beautiful work bro, It took me back to the moment I first watched 3idiots😆
This just recreated the best moments in my mind...it's ✨