Proximate Reality Of The Day
I stumbled upon an old friend yesterday. " You? What a pleasant surprise!" I exclaimed. He smiled and asked, " Where were you? It's been years. " Reality stuck like Steel on bare skin. I counted the years on my fingers One. Two..Three..four..five It had been five years since we hadn't seen each other. Yet, it felt like it was yesterday when we were sixth standard student, fighting over small issues like library books. After asking about his whereabouts, family, relationships, and life, we realised that apart from our appearances, a lot had actually changed. His next question stung me too. "Where is everyone these days?" By everyone, he meant my best friends from school time, the people who were my lifeline. I had no answer to his question. I had isolated myself from everyone. Even in the age of social networking, where we have been tied together under one platform, the dark reality is that we have never been so apart. ...