A Visit

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)