If somebody actually asked which was the darkest day of my life.....well i would not hesistate before saying the night of May 12/13 2002. the college day function were just over so we were back to our daily routine;Grass, Vodka, Floyd ( Wall vid to be precise).Some of the guys were tryin to master the new circuits of NFS and me being the Supplier n Financer for most of the Contraband items the seniors needed ,was actually sitting in School n College Senior Joyproteeps Single room planning our new list of goodies and porn cds.
Suddenly the door burst open n in came Joy(ind prod), and one look at his face told me something was gravely wrong.
"Himangshu n Rane have met with an accident in Karwar Road!" panted Joy.
'Wats new? they do it every sem.....Madarchodo ka habit baan giya hai Gaddi thokna"pat came the reply frm one of the guys(Vikash Kumar Frm Patna)
"Himangshu`s parents have been informed"persisted Joy.
Pregnant Silence.
Confused Looks.
"Maybe they are in Coma??"i blurted.( Son of two docs i could sense something was wrong)
"U gone Crazy?????"joy said.Others just looked away.But the Fear of the dark was hanging in the air.These two are our friends,our family away frm home,god please keep them safe.
Somehow we just sat around discussing the unknown,analysing all possible angles to the accident and how we could have stopped it.
I was walking towards the loo wen i saw JP da standing there looking at the sky n shaking his head.
"Ki Holo JP da?"
"Before Himangshu left he came to my room at 2.30 in the night asking for money n i gave him 500 bucks for the petrol.If only......."
Now the time was likr nearly 12.30 so all the frightened,tired,resigned-to-fate group of boys trooped back to their roomshoping the new day will bring better news.Maybe.Just Maybe.
I walked into room 305 which i shared with Sammyda, the Genious Frm Arch dept n the moment we closed the door his remark summed up the feeling
" U know something is wrong, dont u?.We all Know but u are the only one who can Face it right now!"
That night was a torment with me sruggling with the sheets and blanket till around 4.00 wen i could not take it any longer.My monumental heartbreak in the june 0f 2001 left me with a shrink,some anti-depressants,tons of sweet memories and an unique ability to sense danger n fear.It was this Fear-detecting radar that woke me up.I shuffled to the door,opened it,peered around the corner, and the world just went blank for 5 secs.
Jat(Pradeep Poonia frm Meerut, H`s roomie) was standing near the stairs like a statue.
Period.
That Was It.
I turned around,went over to Sammy`s bed n woke him .
"But Sangram is the Michael(Schaumacher) of bikes in the college.Im mean nothing can happen to him.He`s the Best.Bloody Best(choking)!"Sammy persisted.He loved his friends.
"Come outside,Check it out."
"JUst them JP n Joy came to the room,Joy`s face was distorted and JPwas dazed .Thunderstuck.
Sammy Just called up our Third roomie Varun Sangal(DPS RKP.NOIDA) n he came over in about an hour frm his aunts place.
The next two hours passed in a daze with most of the final yearites getting ready,calling the Princi, the HOD,booking vehicles to go to Karwar (171 kms) away.
All the while saner guys would go about the rooms collecting all the bike keys so nobody actually took off for Karwar in their Bikes.Somebody(Sammy i think) called up Shantanu who was Sangrams Bike partner n just told or rather ordered him to come to the hostel.
About thirty mins later a very drunk n bleary eyed santanu zooms into the biking lot.keys are taken from him immidiately and then he is told.
Stupor.Silence.Fear.Disbelief.his world just went a wee bit grey .
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