To be honest, for me
the concept of BFF was a bit surreal. Whenever I read an article, book or saw
any movie on selfless love between friends I considered it as a hypothetical
concept. But my life is full of U-turns. A lot of my theories and concepts changed after a few life experiences. And this hypothesis changed after I attended a
college friend's wedding last week.
Background:
Vini and Pragya are
best friends since college. I have seen them being there for each other in the
oddest of circumstances having each other's back. I have seen their friendship
grow stronger over the years where I saw them selflessly being present for
each other. Despite all this, I always thought that this friendship may fade
away a bit after college, after all, distance plays a role. Call it their law of
attraction or a play of destiny, they landed up working in the same
organization. A time when many of us grew apart, they got more time to nurture
their friendship. Coincidently, their timing for higher studies even matched,
both of them landed in the same college but different campuses. The plus point here
was that both of them had an equally busy schedule hence had a fair
understanding that if a call is being skipped, then the other person might be
going through a similar shit which you might be going through. Here a similar
situation kept them connected. My theory was failing but because I was not that
connected with them I did not see it coming.
The Wedding Day:
Pragya was there to
receive us. She had reached a few days earlier and was assisting both the sides in
the preparation as she was a common friend. Looking at her interaction with
anyone at the wedding, be it the groom's side or bride's side, she appeared
more like a family member than a friend like us. Her priority was to help her
bestie have that dream wedding with everything going smooth, even if that meant
skipping meals or showing up in public in traditional attire with unfinished
makeup. Her actions exactly resonated with the 'hypothetical' articles which I
read about friends. I could see Pragya adorably looking at Vini every now and
then and stating 'see how beautiful she looks'. I had always imagined a
parent/guardian saying that for their daughter. She kept clicking Vini's candid
pictures because she noticed cameraman missing capturing moments which Vini
would have loved being captured. I remember when Pragya and I sat down for some
time she told me about the groom's family and proudly concluded that she has handed
over Vini in good hands. I laughed, not because I found it funny but because I
saw my hypothesis shattering in an infinite number of pieces. And I was glad that
it did.
Conclusion:
Ever since I had
read Many Lives Many Masters by Brian Weiss, I strongly believed that few souls
are connected from the past. Especially when the book says - based on true
incidents, one has to believe it. This connection seemed like one. Even though
I do not share such a connection with anyone, but I cherish the fact that I got
to witness one. Secretly, I also wondered who would do such things at my wedding :P.
