The Sunrise!!!

I wrote this a few days back. A few days back when I was still in my college. I’m posting this now as I was a little busy the last few days. Its not a story..its just a page from my journal..

The weather went crazy soon after the Udyoga Vijayotsavam.(A function organized to celebrate the success of the outgoing students) The heavy rain finally stopped as we began to move out of the auditorium.But the rain did leave a lot of pools to jump into and splash around. We got into the jeep that Vinod brought and played for a while. Then he left to drop our class girls as I began to walk back to the hostel with Majji.

After going to my room I was so tired but not ready to go to bed.That wud probably be the last tym I’d hang out with all my friends in my hostel.So me and Suhaas went to the gallery where Pubbi and Sunny were already sitting.The weather was so beautiful. It was silent and the only thing making any noise was the cool breeze. There was no one around except for us. The lighting was still there and a couple of workers started to remove the lights as we had a nice talk for a while.All our class boys then came to the gallery in that jeep and said that they’re going to the beach. I cudn’t decide if I wanted to go or not.I wanted to go but was dead exhausted.

So all I did was buy a 2 litre pepsi bottle and came back to the hostel. My friends were already there sitting on the jeep talking about stuff. So for the next couple of hours all we did was sit on the jeep and chat. We laughed a lot. Slowly as the night became older, one after the other began to go back to their rooms to sleep. The beach program was canceled and we were gonna go watch the sunrise early tomorrow.

It was then the most ridiculous events took place.Nothing big.. nothing worth sharing with the crowds. As I was about to finish my drink(the full 2 litres) somebody went and brought a mat.We sat down on the road infront of our hostel.Then had the most weird and meaningless conversation ever.It was kind of a metaphor of our engineering life. Lot of information shared yet useless, very interesting yet foolish, finally seemed like we were wasting our time but time spent enjoying is never wasted.We spoke about engineering life about love about life about trust about understandings and misunderstandings about our future. No matter how different our perspectives were we did not argue coz that is what happens when you are with people you love. You don’t argue when ideologies conflict. You just discuss.

Naturally time flew by and it was almost early morning. We have been talking all night sitting and sleeping on the road infront of our hostel. Don’t know what we have derived from all the wisdom radiated there but one thing I’ll keep with me is the wonderful tym that I spent with my friends talking because soon we’ll be on our own paths and unless our roads cross somewhere, we wont be meeting each other.

So as it was time for the sunrise we decided to wake everybody up. I went to my room and left my mobile there.By the time I came back only Tarun was sitting in the jeep.I went in and sat in the drivers seat.He sat beside me and said “Sudhams..lets go for a ride before they come..”

I said I didn’t know know to drive a jeep. He said that he did and we exchanged seats. I shud’ve noticed he wasn’t completely awake. Just when the guys were coming down, he hit the accelerator hard and the jeep went straight and hit a bike that was parked right infront of us. It did not stop there and went straight to hit a tree. That was when Vinod came rushing and shouted at Tarun to hit the breaks. The jeep stopped right infront of the tree. Yes no ones injured and we are all well awake now.

We set out to Tenneti park on a jeep and a couple of bikes. It was probably the best place to watch the sunrise. I did it twice before in my engineering. Once with Sunny and Shankar and the other with my mom. This was special coz it’s the last time as an engg. student. Probably the best way to mark the end of what was so beautiful, eventful and satisfying. All the way to the beach Sudheer and Chaithu kept blocking the road ahead of us with their bike and Vinod was equally challenging them with the jeep. The roads were empty and not even cops were present. Before we knew it we were already at the Tenneti park.

The watchman said there was still time for the gates to open. That did not disappoint us. The thing with our batch is that no matter where we are we wont stop having fun. Even if its on a road with the vehicle tyre punctured at noon or it’s a boring seminar in the south campus guest house or even KK  ma’ams lab.(Yes all these happened) so we stayed on the road jogging and imitating those people from the laughing clubs. And before long.. light  filled the air and the black waters were now visible. We went running inside and stood at the platform from where the whole wide ocean can be seen below us.

The light was full but we were not there to see the Bay of Bengal or the Beautiful sands. We were there to see the Sunrise and we were not going to sit there waiting for it. We ran down the steps and went near the huge rocks. The early morning seemed have woken up the sea as well. The water was fresh and kept splashing hard against the rocks on which we stood taking photos. I was getting exhausted.

Just as we were busy taking photos and chatting.. the sun began to appear. It did not come out yet but the signs were clear. It was just a matter of minutes. I did not want to see the sunrise from down there. So I gathered all the remaining energy and began running up the stairs.

I ran as fast as I could because I did not want to miss the sunrise. That is what I came here to see. I finally did it. I ran and ran and reached the place where few of my friends were standing and there it was….

Piercing through the clouds it came out slowly… bright red and yet pleasing to the eyes. With the wide spread sea below it.. kind of like a huge canvas. Slowly and beautifully it came out completely and it painted a beautiful red carpet on the sea right from the horizon to the sands. It was a sight worth waiting for and it will be an insult to even try and portray its beauty in words. It was a sight that makes you wanna believe that god exists.

I left my friends and sat on a stone just below from where they were standing. I was having serious energy issues. I was getting dizzy and my head began to make loud noises(probably coz of the pepsi last nyt) I just sat there looking at the sunrise. That was exactly what I went there for. If the rain last night cleaned away the left over garbage from the semester…this sunrise brought a freshness to my life. It broke me free from any left over business. That second I realized I don’t have any bondages left. I’m free from all the work. I’m free and available for all the beauty this world possess. That very second I realized I am no longer gonna be a vizaggite.. i’m gonna miss it no matter how much i love it.. that very second I felt dizzier and so walked slowly back to the jeep and collapsed in the front seat…