Nitty Gritty 🙄😌 , am i ??

The Ganga Pooja 🙏🏻

I went back to my hotel. Took a shower and joined my 3 buddies for lunch.
During lunch all the 3 of them were giggling and doing some kind of gossip which I had no idea of. I tried to focus on my food as my Mumma told me once that while eating just focus on your food and enjoy it's every bite and just savour it.

My mind was befuddled. The more I was trying to act normal and get over or move on from my past, the more it was getting after me.

I just decided to shut my brains just for this once and relish my food. After that I just directly went up to my room to have a nap. I was trying hard to just sleep but I failed to do so.

My phone buzzed. I just checked who it was. And turned out it was from coke studio. They sent me the number of the person from whom we could probably learn a few things and if he agrees , we try and Collab with him.

I was in no state of mind to talk to anyone but this was work and work is to be done on time.
Because of the phrase I keep on saying
"Twisha = Time and Time = Twisha".

So I just dialled the number.
The phone rang. There was no callertune so I'd to hear that irksome ringing of the phone.

Finally someone picked up.
I told who I was and my reason for calling him. And we decided to meet.
He said it'd be perfect if we met at the Ganga Pooja performed in the evening at the ghat. I agreed.

I had to act normal and look accordingly as well. So I decided to go with a white kurta with chicken work and a plain white salwar with a bright yellow dupatta and to add bit of magic to it I choose to wear silver jhumkas with it.

I talked to Sophie , Sania and Sam regarding the meet. They got excited about the meet. None of us knew who the man was and what type of music was he into. It was like a suspense of a thriller movie.

Well finally it was 6:30 and the Pooja would begin in next 30 mins. Finally I changed into my attire which was white kurta with chicken work , white plain salwar and bright yellow dupatta and ofcourse my silver jhumkas. I was about to leave and yet I felt something is missing. I added a bit of lip balm and now I felt perfect.

So I locked my room and stepped out. The other 3 were just waiting for me downstairs. On our way to the ghat we could hear all that chattering of people.
And finally bells started ringing.
Mantras were being chanted.

We reached finally. The atmosphere was totally different. I could sense the strong smell of incense sticks. The whole area was glowing with floating diyas on the waters of Ganga ji. It was nostalgic.
I felt like this Pooja just goes on and I get to be a part of it.
There were hundreds of priests performing the Pooja. I could spot many foreigners who were engrossed in this environment.

But then I came to my senses. Sophie gave a call to that guy who were supposed to meet here. His name was Shiv. The guy told he was just finding a way to get to us in the crowd.
Sophie just gave him some colour hints of what all of us were wearing for him to just recognise us In this huge crowd.

And suddenly my eyes stopped searching Shiv and was fixed on a guy. The guy whom I just met in the morning.
The guy whose voice just mesmerized me. The guy whose voice I'd chased all over from my hotel till the ghat.
He was standing right in front of me.
"Just say him and hi and don't forget to ask his name"
Said my brain to me
But I was speechless.

My eyes could just stare him for lifetime.
That dazzling smile. And those calm eyes.
Oh I just could not stop looking at him.
Actually for a few minutes we both started at eachother.

But finally he spoke up.
"Aap log coke studio k Vaha se hai?"
"Yes obvio yaar" replied Sam
"Hi, Mai Shiv. "
He said
While introduction himself, he smiled a lil bit looking at me.
"So, music vagera ka kalse karenge hum, okay? Abhi hume ye pura view enjoy krna hai aur Varanasi ki nightlife dekhni hai" said Sania

"Sure, jaise aap chahe" Shiv replied
And so the three of them left.
It was just me and Shiv.
"Yaha diya jala kr Pani Mai bahane se your wishes come true " he said

Before I could respond, he got me diya already. I took the diya into my hands and prayed to God if he could bring my friend back to his life which was not possible. So I just wished that wherever he was , he should stay happy with no grief. My eyes got a bit of teary.

Shiv came near me , holded the hand of mine which had diya and together we put it in the Ganga ji.
We watched it flow with the rivery waves.

It was such a beautiful sight.
It was a full moon night.
The stars were shining bright.
After that we went for Prasad.
And then Shiv proposed that we should just sit on the stairs and enjoy this whole view.
I just nodded in agreement...