I must be suffering from dementia. I usually self-diagnose having a medical condition only when I read about it during exams (that’s the only time I read). But this one I am pretty sure of the signs. How else can I forget someone who I had known for years? Of course, we have not been in touch after my school days but still how can I not even recognize her? It should be dementia, I concluded.
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It is rather embarrassing when you bump into someone on a road and the other person shows signs of recognizing you with a genuine smile on their face and all you manage is a sheepish smile. You rack your brain thinking hard if you actually know them somehow. Yeah! This is exactly what happened to me. Worse, my mom who was along with me recognizes her but I had no clue about the person standing next to me.
Actually I was saved because of my mom. My friend (so what if we are not in touch for a decade?) calls me out my name and asks what’s up with my life and all I was wishing was that she would give me some clue regarding who she is. Thankfully my mom mentioned her name while conversing with her otherwise I would have been a goner.
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It is good to meet people whom you were acquainted with after ages. Just a mere sight of them, after you recognize them like in my case, brings you delight. Like this girl, we had been living in the same locality, studying in nearby schools, going to the same tuition and sometimes had even traveled together. The sheer joy of seeing a person from my happy go lucky days overwhelmed me.
A few conversations later I came to know she is my friend’s (with whom I still in touch) sister-in-law. I was surprised. Like a stupid I asked if she is married to her only brother. Come on! I was surprised and shocked bundled with joy. She must have probably thought this girl has not improved even a bit but instead just laughed and told “Yes, I am married to Rakesh”.
Wow! All these days, I have been inquiring my friend about her bhabi (sis-in-law) not having even a slightest clue that I know this very girl in person since I was in 5th standard. Now what can I say? We exchanged numbers and I searched her on Facebook and added her. Now we will surely stay connected. Thanks to the technology.
This, however, made my day. It made me wonder how small this world is even without the mobile phones and tablets which claim to be shrinking the world. How people can be connected far and wide even without these technologies. It indeed is a small tiny world out there, isn’t it?
