Day 19: Happy Raksha Bandhan!!!

Hello Sowmya, this is first ever write-up I’m writing for your blog, but I’m doing it at the right time, yes its Raksha Bandhan. Yup, it did start as a joke but today even I mean it, as you do, that you're my Li’l Sister. I would just like to say today what I feel about you, okay? It all started from the time of dance, as a joke, you called me your brother and covered me from everyone stating, "Yeh mera bhai hai, isse koi kuch bolna nahi, rule nahi pata kya?". I always liked the way you did it, I’m not saying that you never meant that, but knowingly or unknowingly you have always covered for me or protected me. Then gradually the studying season of Sem1 arrived, when the deadly dozen split into deadly Ardha Dozen. And then was formed the group of 6 friends which are the best friends I ever had. You got the tag of Tambu on you, but I never knew from where this name evolved, but anyways, in spite of everyone calling you Tambu, I like calling you Sowmya. Now, let me tell you what I think about you. I have seriously not seen such a calm and cool personality like you. Once I discussed this with Avi also. Does this lady ever get angry on anyone? Anything happens you take it so calmly which always amazes me. You r the youngest amongst all of us but the most sensible one. I guess to this everyone should agree. We all have come so close to each other, I’m afraid that this friendship never breaks. I just don't want this year to get over as I want to be with all of you always. I never try and get close to anyone because I’m afraid to lose them, but as I have got all of you now, I just wish not to lose you guys. I’m glad that all of you have taken initiative to gift Sowmya this blog. It’s much more than Orkut or any social networking site to keep us united and together irrespective of whereever we go. I thank You, Aditya, Shazia, Avinash, Avishkar to be with me always. Happy Independence day and Happy Raksha Bandhan to you Sister.

Day 18: Thank You!

Hmmmmm… first time in life writing something, that too in English J But frankly when it is about my sis it’s very easy, I just have to write SOWMYA… Everyone has written many good things about you, kya baat hai… Or is it that u urself are writing this stuff… Just kidding I know how important you are to others and me toooooooo… Because u are really different, actually an alien because no human being can care for others more than for themselves… N u care for others more than for urself… I still remember the first day we met and then u made me walk all the way to Nerul, but that day I realized that when there’s such a wonderful friend n sister to walk besides u no distance is long….. THANK YOU very much for making me walk forward in life… thanks a lot… You have always been there whenever I needed a friend and guided me perfectly in life… Actually I am falling short of words to thank you… One more thing, you remember once we are in BARC and I was depressed n u asked whether I was waiting for an angel to come n change my life. Arey I didn’t know then that an angel herself was giving me advice… What an angel u are… But with the devil’s brain J… There’s sumthing which I guess very few of ur friends know. That you are a very good cook also n I like ur telgu fries… Guys ask her to cook n feed u also, y only I should suffer? Hehehehe… Just joking she is really a good cook n me waiting for when she’ll make those fries again… Hmmmm, interesting na I wrote all truth about. U don’t worry next time I will write all lies… So it will be equal… Anyways will write many things next time now feeling sleepy… Wish u all the best in life and may all ur wishes get fulfilled…. Thank a lot for being such a great sister-friend J

Day 17: Proud to have you!!!

Sowmya …hmm what should I write ….. all of your friends had written so much that. Now there is no space for me to get in that….but I try to add something………. Ok SOWMYA………naaaa…….TAMBUUU She doesn’t want anything for herself… she only wants people around her should be happy and makes them feel that yes I m with U dear. Her glimpse on her face shows that how to live life.. She is that person who always with me when I m depressed. She always gives me different type of ways to get cheer up and make me comfortable in front of everyone…… I get to know her during our event ELIXIR in college and she is also a family member of our ELIXIR team… she really works very hard for that event and always supports us…….. I want to share one private thing which I don’t want to disclose but I have to accept that:- I got K.T. in my economics so I m very tense that how should I submit my project to my prof. in the last three days, and started thinking about the re-K.T. then one day I told TAMBUUU ……that yaar this time prof. is going to screw Me. And in economics I m the biggest dump ……since 10th standard Then she said don’t worry and asked every thing for my project and also request her to help me …she made the project for me and completed that project at 2a.m. and in that subject I got highest after getting K.T. 76……puri life me b economics padta to b nai aate I lost my best friend and in that case I was not in a condition to get in a normal life. But TAMBUU took me out of that…and made me in a normal and she tried to make me happy and to get me out of that shock …… This makes me very proud on myself that I hved a friend like SOWMYA who will always b with everyone…… She makes every one very comfortable to share everything with her…and in problems she gives us perfect solution and really it works……… I really feel proud having a friend like u…........ I want to dedicate some lines to u TAMBUUU u know it’s not mine but written only for “u”:- Someone I can talk to Someone I can trust. Someone who will be there When my relationships rust. Someone who will save me, When everything goes wrong. Someone who will comfort me And help me to be strong. Someone who listens At any time of day. Someone who will brighten Any sky that’s gray. Someone who will always Want to be my friend. Someone who will fight for me, Until the bitter end. Someone who will cry with me Whenever I am sad. Someone who will laugh with me Whenever I am glad. Someone who will understand My every weird emotion. Someone who will always be At my side with their devotion. Someone who will always think Of me before themselves. Someone who will care for me And put their own worries onto shelves. Someone who will always let Me act like the true me. Someone who will always be Just like I want to be Someone who will always remain Incredibly beautiful and true- Someone who is my best friend. Someone just like “ U”.... TAMBUU if I want to write I single line for u then it will be:- IN MY OPINION TAMBUU U R THE BEST……. I wish her to be the best and successful person in life…..and keep smiling as u always …. God bless you dear…… ( Dekha na TUMBUU ke liye paper bhi kam ho gaya)

Day 16: The Angel & the Tea

OK. I accept the fact that I am breaking the most stringent rule here (I have taken permission from Shazia, though), set mutually by all of us, when we came up with the idea of this blog. The rule was that we will not, by any means, use any name of Sowmya, other than Sowmya itself, when referring to her in our writings. Accepted. We even went through 3/4^th of the blog in strict adherence of his rule.

However, the more I thought of it, the more difficult it became for me to continue sticking to this rule. For one simple reason. For me, one of her names is not just her pet-name or nick-name, which we were not allowed to use, but it is her identity for me.

That name is how I see Sowmya. That name is how I have come to know her. That name is how I think of her. That name is the alpha through omega of how I perceive her.

That name is Tambu.

It started as a stupid thing, I remember, when the erstwhile Deadly Dozen were at her place for a sleepover, or more like for a demolition derby. She was serving us food, and somehow the name cropped up. All of us know how it came into being, and my so called logic behind it.

I really didn’t expect the name to last. I hadn’t planned on that. But somehow, I began to address her by this name, and I was delighted to know that she responded to it, accepted it. That’s one of the things I’ll never forget. I know for a fact that she wouldn’t have done that if she didn’t like the name. And so before I knew it, people started picking it up too. Shazia began to use it (btw Shazia; Tambu says you identify with the name more than I do), and then others followed suit. I remember explaining the import of the word quite a number of times to people.

Then I imagine the name went through a process of gaining an identity, a personality of its own. In my mind at least, Sowmya and Tambu are two people, as different and as individual as, let’s say, two tea leaves. Same, yet different. Tambu is her brand now, simply because there can be many like Sowmya. But only one Tambu. Our Tambu.

Tambu becomes her in more ways than I can pen down, do you not agree, people? On every day that goes by, Tambu adds a new dimension, a new facet, a new glint to what Tambu stands for. Today, I’m sure none of us can imagine what it’d have been like to have known this angel as only Ponnada Sowmya Sundari Venkatrao Sita Mahalaxmi, minus the Tambu.

Today, we can’t really say what will happen to the “The 6 of Us” a few years down the line. We may stick together, we certainly hope to. But even if we can’t, there’ll be many things we will remember each other for. But certain attributes of all us will be forever embedded in our hearts. Shazia’s godliness, Nikhil’s mein-kya-karu attitude, Avishkar’s immovable positiveness, Avinash’s resourcefulness, my jokes.

But with what we have done here, through the means of this blog, goes much beyond that. This time we spent on her blog, is like that time of the day, the afternoon, when you are kind of tired from working so hard since morning, but you still have a lot of work to do. So you refresh yourself with some tea.

That’s called tea-time.

This, We will call, T Time.

;-)