The Last Night At Mumbai

'Tis a weird feeling.....I do not really hav the power to express it......I can just feel it!

Had just come to Mumbai about a yr & half ago after a terrible 1-month training at Bhubaneshwar.

Mumbai, the heartthrob of India, the city of films, the city of all great n rich men, the city that has India's largest slum as well as the costliest biuldings n hotels, the city that has people from every part of the world, the city that has no culture of its own, the only city that upholds the Unity in Diversity of India in true sense----always read about it in the papers......heard about it in news channels...but nevr imagined that we will be beginning our professional career in this very city!

It 's pretty easy to get here lost in the crowd. And we were all alone...two lost souls......groping along for the 1st few dayz to get ourselves settled in an unknown place .

Since then, it 's been a long time now. I know Mumbai now, it's not foreign to me 'nymore! It 's my city now, I stay here! I have friends here. I v spent the last 14 months with them. It's been one of the best n most delightful phases of my lyf. We v not just shared our rooms, we v shared our lives. We had all become a part of each other's lives ! We v laughed through our happy times, n we v laughed through our sad times! We v been to places together, we v njoyed lyk hell to wherevr we v been. In spite of lotza differences among everyone, we v liked each other's company n clung together. We v become more matured, more tolerant n come out with a richer experience through these dayz.

At office, I was to lucky to have met a few senior colleagues who believe in relationships more than money & profit. I interacted with them and gathered a lot of invaluable learnings that I believe have enriched me and would definitely enable me to deal with the world, a wiser man!

And I leave now! I leave all these, my friends, my office, and my city permanently! I am very happy that I m in fact, travelling to my own place Kolkata to stay with the person I love most, my mother and work amidst old friends! But there 's a sad feeling as well!

I had indeed taken a strong liking to this city.The natural beauty by the roadside, the magificent constructions, the green Sea, the broad highways--the city has a charm of its own that s rather difficult to resist!! And this charm wont cast its spell on me 'nymore! Tomorrow onwards, I will be free!

Tonight is my last stay in Mumbai. I shall take one last stroll across its streets, reliving in that one stroll all the places I v been to in the last 12 months......I shall shed a drop of tear, reliving in that one teardrop all the laughs I v had in the last 12 months.........I shall have one last glance towards my office-building, reliving in that one glance all the happy n sad moments I v had with my teammates.......and finally I shall stay awake for the whole night, reliving in this one night all the last 365 nights!!

Wherever I shall be, in whatevr state that be, these days will be there in my soul....fresh n alive!!