Ujire : Not just memories

She was dressed in white, curly hairs with bob cut. Her smile added to her beauty. For a second, I thought I was in some other world. She looked descent and I wanted to talk to her. But I did’nt have that much courage to go ahead and talk to a girl freely. As I was thinking about all these things she has already left. I just thought she is too much high level girl and I wanted to leave that matter there only. But it was not easy for me. I saw her singing on the stage and her melodious voice touched my heart. I thought it was just a infatuation and wanted to leave it.

I was in hurry to the college as I was late already. While I was on the way to college, I saw a little girl fall while running. She was profusely bleeding. I just took her to a near by shop and bought a band-aid and pasted on her wound. She was cute and told me thank you uncle. I said you could call me Brother or friend instead of Uncle. As I was in a hurry,I forgot to ask her name. After few days I met her again. I heard the sounds of somebody calling Uncle. I turned back, it was the same little girl. As she addressed me Uncle I replied “Hello aunty how are you”?.She smiled at me and gave me a chocolate. For my question she smiled and she gave me one small chocolate. I do not know if I have ever got such a happiness from anybody. It was a joy what my Dad used to get seeing me happy, it was a joy my sister used to get whenever I used to do some mischievous thing. I asked her name and she told me T______. After hearing that name I was in the fourth world. I just took her to the shop and bought her a dairy milk chocolate. She smiled and went to her school. After that I met her many times and whenever I met her, if I was alone, I used to give her dairy milk. She is a sweet sister. She is the sweetest part of my life in the two-years journey in Ujire.

I was attacked by Anemia at the end of my 1st PUC. I took my Dad to Kumar Hegde Sir. In lab how he used to scold me for poor drawing. But now he was calm and told me you will be given entry to next year without exam if Principal gives permission. He took us to Principal chamber. I always respected my principal and also I feared him the most. He asked me are you in a position to take the examination ? I don’t know what answer I wanted to tell but I said I would write my exams. It was a miracle I passed my exams with 1st class.

I was very happy that day. I saw her so close. Some of the biology students were put into E section which is meant for computer science.” Now she is my class mate”, that feeling only made me very happy. Her innocent smile, her entry into class, more than anything her melodious voice put a fire in my heart. This fire just kept me cool in summer and warm in winter. I never wanted to fall in love once again but I was out of control.

One day Mayya Sir stopped me while I was going with my friends and asked me why are you so dull these days. You were very active in my mathematics class. Now a days the smile is missing on your face. Any problem? Defending me my friends told now a day he is concentrating in language classes. That was not true but when I have no answer for his question I shook my head. I just never saw this change in me. I thought too much into what he said. Why I have come here? My dad has never forced me on anything. He has supported during my failures too. I thought I have to study well and started studying seriously. But it was too late. Once again I was attacked by anemia. I consulted doctor and he told its dehydration nothing else. I had no choice but to face exam. Otherwise I would have missed one year.

Dad came to Ujire during my exams. Parents did not have the previllege to stay at gurukula. Dad stayed in Dharmastala and morning he came to take me to the exam hall. My eyes were totally blocked. I sat in a wrong seat, as I was not in position to see my number correctly. Later the lecturer took me to my seat. In same tiredness I faced 5 exams. During my Sanskrit exam, I recovered bit and faced my exams with some preparation. Except that exam the other exams totally went bad including my favorite physics and mathematics. When I reached home I got to know I was suffering from anemia. For 30 days I took complete bed rest and some how managed to write CET exam.

After my last exam, I took a glimpse of the entire college for a moment. I thought my life is incomplete without all these experiences. I will miss my friends, I will miss the unity of E section, I will miss Siddavana’s electrifying atmosphere, T______, I will miss T.N. Keshav, Mayya Sir, Kumar Hegde, Naveen Sir , Ganesh Hegde , each and every staff. I will not get a beautiful teachers like this. I will not get an entertainment class like Purohit Sir’s Sanskrit(some time very boring). For the last time I wanted to say sorry to Ramya madam for the stupid discussion in English class. Finally I didn’t talk to T______. More than anything I missed the small kid T______. I don’t know I loved the small kid too much or my love. But I changed my dairy name to the small kid’s name. She used to say, “ Uncle sorry bro, if smile is not there in your face you doesn’t look good”. She became an inspiration for my smile and my love became an inspiration for my poetry.