zinnia

Dear Vatsala,
This is completely out of the blue isn’t it? But I know you haven’t forgotten me. How have you been? I can’t even remember the last time we met or even spoke to each other. I suddenly thought of you yesterday while watching a “Full House” rerun, it was the episode where Steve, DJ‘s boyfriend, is introduced and I remember how we drooled. Remember all the times when we sat for hours together in front of the television with a giant bag of chips and watched shows like “Sabrina: the teenage witch”, “Small wonder”, “Hogan family” and felt so “COOL” about watching English shows. Those were some really good times we spent and I think those are some of the evenings that will stay with me forever because they were just so awesome. Weren’t they? It sucks that we can’t have that kind of fun anymore.
It’s funny how we are on each other’s friends list on facebook but haven’t chatted even once in these years. We should really make some plans to meet and catch up with each other. I know, who has the time right? I completely get that. Three years of doing literature have been so hectic and crazy that I haven’t even had the time to breathe but the combination of English literature and Delhi University is a great one. It’s demanding but so much fun at the same time.
Remember when we used to sneak away my sister’s music cassettes of bands like “Aqua” or “Whigfield”? I can’t even begin to count how many times we must have done our own rendition of “I’m a Barbie girl” pretending our hair brushes were microphones and the bed a stage. We loved to sing, we sang all the time. I even joined the western music society of my college and got the chance to sing on a proper stage with an actual microphone.
I am in Mumbai these days doing a social communications and media course from Sophia’s. maybe you’ve heard of it. It is the most rigorous course but our assignment, though a lot, are crazy and fun. I will be coming to Delhi not before November but when I do we have to make plans to see each other. Tell me everything that is happening with you, I want the smallest of details. Dying to hear back from you.

Take care
Love
Zinnia