Sunday, 5 March,
2006, 3:30 pm
Sunny afternoon,
college dipped in a queer silence.
We walked down the
long road - back again to visit our kingdom overthrown by the dark hands of
time. The dry wind had a familiar feel as it fondled us.
Each step ahead was
taking us back - back towards those glorious days – memories of those grand old
days rushing into our brains. The deep silence was ripped by our clatter - the
long corridors echoing us as it did when we first stepped-in a decade ago.
A walk-around
through our class rooms lying untouched since the time we left - Wondering on
the chalk marks, blurred names, decomposing banners of our golden days - all
sleeping like the ruins of our great empire.
A chat again under
the mango tree, a stroll down to our first class room, now home to bats and
rats - our royal lab with its roofing still leaking as we had seen it for the
first time - the library, the store room, the great stage, the trees, the
leaves, the stones, the sand, the dust - all still close to heart.
We wished if time
could stand still - but it pushed us back to our life's undefined track and as
we walked back, our mind was playing an 'old movie reel' for us.
(A visit to KKTM
Govt. College - Ajith, Abhilash, Ramesh, Radhakrishnan, Shamser and Divakar)
