This has been a special day (26th July 2005) for
me always and always. On that rainy day, we all friends were sitting at the
canteen of our college, Dombivli, at 3 in the afternoon planning for a movie. I
told my friends to meet at the station and take the tickets for the movie and I
along-with my best mate will come along. It was raining very hard and we step
outside the college in a single umbrella; I never carry my umbrella anywhere. As
we were moving towards the highway to get an auto rickshaw, people were coming
across and were screaming the manholes are overflowing. When we stepped ahead,
the water was near our knees but it was so joyful to us because I and she enjoy
rain and water. My first aim was to leave my best mate to her home, I held here
really tight and slowly slowly were walking towards her home.
Finally we reached with not much difficulty and then it was my turn to return home.I called my friends and told that I am coming to the station, but they replied that the station is filled with water and they are too coming at the bus stop. I got a little worried, so then I along-with my friends went to my best mate’s home. I was fully drenched and was shivering with cold, didn’t know what to do at that moment. I along with my 10 friends was stuck at my best mate’s home.
Finally we reached with not much difficulty and then it was my turn to return home.I called my friends and told that I am coming to the station, but they replied that the station is filled with water and they are too coming at the bus stop. I got a little worried, so then I along-with my friends went to my best mate’s home. I was fully drenched and was shivering with cold, didn’t know what to do at that moment. I along with my 10 friends was stuck at my best mate’s home.
My best mate’s brother was stuck at
the school, so I decided that I’ll go the school and get him back. So, I along-with
a friend moved towards his school, the water was reaching from knee to the
waist and then touched the neck. I didn’t knew swimming and neither my friend. Then
he told Krishna, lets move back. He was very scared and seeing him I decided it
would be stupid to move ahead and we had to return back.
We needed to change, so we got
something from her home to wear. I got my mate’s jeans to wear; we both had the
same waist size.
The time was running out and then the night came but the rain didn’t stop at all. In the middle of that I was figuring to move out to some other friends home because it was girl’s house. Then my other friends explained me that in this night, we shouldn’t leave and then I got to know that even she was okay we staying there.
I was also worried about her
brother and finally in the night at around 11 her brother arrived and we all
were very happy for him. I don’t know what
we ate that night. It was totally dark and there was no power, but we were
having fun.
Somehow we were trying to sleep
but suddenly in the midnight at around 3 we all woke up by listening the noise
outside. When I saw outside, the neighbor’s building was filled with water till
the first floor and we were on the ground floor in another building. The water
was coming closer to the door steps so we all decided to move all the furniture
and expensive items at higher position but then we decided we will cross the
bridge when we come closer and we stopped. By the blessings of god it stopped
raining at 4 and we were breathing with a sigh of relief.
There was no food at home, no
rice, no milk so I decided that we will go to the station and get something to
eat. I along with my friend came to the market near the station and got some
rice, milk and dal. We were standing just below an lamp post and after
getting the stuffs we crossed the road. When we reached the other side, there
was short circuit in the lamp post and there was spark all around. Oh, thank god we
crossed at the right time and no one was injured.
The train was not going to run
for two more days and there was no mode of transport to move. We reached home
and there was power at home, we had tea and for lunch we had khichdi. That day
was fun for us all; we were playing cards, donkey monkey and then were playing
antakshiri. The second night we all slept well.
The next morning we all decided
to move out. We all went to the highway and luckily we got a bus for Mulund, a
private bus. He told Rs. 100 for each and we accepted. We reached the station
and we met a local minister as soon as we got down from the bus. He was asking
about the past few days experience and then we gave money to the bus guy but he
was not ready to take it. He just got frighten seeing the minister but anyhow I
gave him 200 bugs and left for the station.
We reached Mulund station and we
had train for Kurla. As many other people were struck somewhere around, we all
guys did enjoy and had our horrifying moments too. I cannot forget this 26th
July 2005. I loved my mate, what if she left me and don’t even remember me but
such moments will always be remembered.