Just before I came to the USA for higher studies I used to wonder how hectic could the life be there, not because the course curriculum intimidated me but because many of my friends hardly replied to my emails and chat messages. But even those bunch of friends never mattered as much as my bestie Viraj. In fact, I should say "Our" bestie Viraj because we were always three (Viraj, Dhiraj and me). But, it was strange when I arrived here. Even though I had to take care of a whole lot of stuff I never felt tired to talk to my friends; no matter in what time zone they were in. My schedule since the last 2 months has been something like this: I wake up at 7:30 AM almost every other day, cook my lunch and dinner for an hour, get ready and leave for classes. And after an excitingly tiresome day, I get back home at 12 mid-night.. and then the routine follows; not to forget "No Weekends" and "No Holidays". I feel, that's quite a lot of stuff to keep you super-busy. But, in spite of all that I always remind myself of the promise I made to myself before I left India, I'll keep in touch with all my friends and close ones no matter what. And that tiny little promise always motivates me to call up everyone I know in the US and in India. So, as per this promise I called up Viraj a couple of times as soon as I reached the US. But, every time I called up, the conversation felt cold. It felt as if something was not right between us.
Since the last 2 months after my arrival in US, there were only one or two times that me and Viraj spoke to each other over the phone. I was amazed when I noted that I spoke more frequently with Dhiraj who lived thousands of miles away in a different timezone than Viraj who was just a few hundred miles away, that too in the same timezone as mine. I really didn't want to complain about this, but it hurts when your best friend gives you lame reasons like "I thought you would be busy. So, I didn't want to disturb you."
I really understand that he's been caring about my schedule, but I assured him a couple of times that I can manage my schedule pretty well and that he could call me whenever he wanted to talk to me.
It's not about a petty phone call that I was expecting, but it has reached this stage because Dhiraj and me have been trying to contact him since the past 2 years and the response has always been cold. In this age of lightning-fast communication options available, 2 years is way lot time to ignore your friends. We (Me and Dhiraj) totally understand that there could have been genuine problems for him to receive our calls or reply to our emails. But, again two years is way too long to reason out.
Anyways, the only reason I'm writing this post because it's hard for me to accept that Viraj doesn't consider us friends anymore. Also, it gets weird when he talks about coming to Pittsburgh to see me and composing good music with me. On one hand he doesn't bother to respond to our calls, messages and emails. On the other hand, he gives us strange surprises by pinging us on Facebook once in a blue moon, assuring us that he would come to meet us and that we could plan a holiday someday ZNMD style.
No matter what, I still totally consider him my friend. I would NOT just let him go for a petty phone call. I would love to sort out the differences between us and be in touch again. The only thing I want is that he should open up and state explicitly state the problem.
God gave me two friends for a lifetime. I wouldn't want to lose them. Love you guys so much.
I hope we all live for each other and with each other for the rest of our lives.
Since the last 2 months after my arrival in US, there were only one or two times that me and Viraj spoke to each other over the phone. I was amazed when I noted that I spoke more frequently with Dhiraj who lived thousands of miles away in a different timezone than Viraj who was just a few hundred miles away, that too in the same timezone as mine. I really didn't want to complain about this, but it hurts when your best friend gives you lame reasons like "I thought you would be busy. So, I didn't want to disturb you."
I really understand that he's been caring about my schedule, but I assured him a couple of times that I can manage my schedule pretty well and that he could call me whenever he wanted to talk to me.
It's not about a petty phone call that I was expecting, but it has reached this stage because Dhiraj and me have been trying to contact him since the past 2 years and the response has always been cold. In this age of lightning-fast communication options available, 2 years is way lot time to ignore your friends. We (Me and Dhiraj) totally understand that there could have been genuine problems for him to receive our calls or reply to our emails. But, again two years is way too long to reason out.
Anyways, the only reason I'm writing this post because it's hard for me to accept that Viraj doesn't consider us friends anymore. Also, it gets weird when he talks about coming to Pittsburgh to see me and composing good music with me. On one hand he doesn't bother to respond to our calls, messages and emails. On the other hand, he gives us strange surprises by pinging us on Facebook once in a blue moon, assuring us that he would come to meet us and that we could plan a holiday someday ZNMD style.
No matter what, I still totally consider him my friend. I would NOT just let him go for a petty phone call. I would love to sort out the differences between us and be in touch again. The only thing I want is that he should open up and state explicitly state the problem.
God gave me two friends for a lifetime. I wouldn't want to lose them. Love you guys so much.
I hope we all live for each other and with each other for the rest of our lives.
