I NEVER REALIZED THE NEED OF FRIENDS UNTIL I WAS THIRTEEN AND REACHED SEVENTH STANDARD.BEFORE THET, A FRIEND WAS REQUIRED ONLY TO HELP IN COMPLEING THE WORK WHILE WAS AWAY AND TO HAVE TIFFIN WITH ME AND SIT WITH ME.

MY FATHER WAS POSTED TO VARANASI, A CITY IN INDIA IN THE YEAR 1998 AND I WAS SENT TO ONE OF THE KNOWN SCHOOL OF THE SOCIETY. BUT DUE TO SOME PROBLEMS, WE SHIFTED TO A NEW HOUSE, A NEW LOCALITY AND WITH ALL THIS, A NEW SCHOOL.IT WAS THE YEAR 2004 AND I WAS PROMOTED TO SEVENTH STANDARD. THERE I MET THOSE SEVEN STUDENTS WHOM NOW I CAN PROUDLY RESEMBLE AS MY FRIENDS.THEY TAUGHT, MADE ME REALIZE THAT FRIENDSHIP NOT ONLY MEANS TO SIT TOGETHER AND HAVE LUNCH, IT IS A BOND THAT KEEPS US TOGETHER.


OUR FRIENDSHIP WAS NOT LIKE THAT OF OTHERS, IT WAS DIFFERENT. THERE WERE SEVEN OF US -- I, KAUSHIKI, SHUBHI, SHIVAM, KANWAL, PUNEET AND ABHISHEK.LIKE THE SEVEN COLOURS OF RAINBOW WE ALWAYS REMAINED TOGETHER AND PROMISED THAT WE WILL REMAIN TOGETHER. OUR BOND OF FRIENDSHIP WAS GROWING STRONGER WHEN MY FATHER’S TRANSFER LETTER CAME AS A SHOCK TO ME, TO US.

I WAS FORCED TO RETURN TO MY HOMETOWN BAREILLY ANDWITH TEARS IN MY EYES, LEFT MY BELOVED SCHOOL, MY BELOVED FRIENDS. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE THAT I FELT LONELY. I NEVER MADE SUCH FRIENDS IN MY NEW SCHOOL. I MISSED MY FRIENDS AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP.

NOW, AFTER TWO YEARS OF OUR SEPERATION WE STILL CALL EACH OTHER, TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AND HELP EACH OTHER A LOT IN OUR STUDIES. NOW, WE HAVE GIVEN OUR BOARD EXAMINATIONS OF CLASS TENTH AND HOPING THE BEST RESULTS FOR EACH OTHER , STRENGTHNING OUR BOND OF FRIENDSHIP.