The Dream Land

It was from the time that I was in the 7th or 8th standard, that I used to here a lot of our school seniors and a lot of our neighbor’s children being off to Pune for higher studies. I always had this question in my mind as to why do people go so far off to study? and most importantly once they go there they just be in that city for years together even after they finish studying. So my curiosity towards the place kept on increasing but somehow had this notion in my mind that only bad students who do not get a chance elsewhere in good colleges go to Pune for easy admissions. Little did I think that I would find myself in Pune city which would give a new dimension to my life.

Year 2006 I graduated from Calcutta University and was planning my Masters in Sociology .Pune University is one of the internationally acclaimed places for studying this subject, so applied for the same and got through. August 2006 I was in the city. It was rains and I just fell in love with the city at the first glace. The journey from Mumbai to Pune through the express way was a feeling so undescribable. The feelings were mixed. On one hand I was fascinated by the scenic beauty around and on the other hand there was a fear of the unknown and the unseen. A new life started very soon. All the fear and craving to go home some how vanished in few months. Soon friends became family and PG became the home where I loved coming back after an exhausting day where we friends would jabber through the night and be off the next day morning for our individual workplaces.

University life started with lots of research work around subjects which I honestly did not like much because that would mean that I will have to be more serious towards studies and honesty that was not me. However my grades reflected something completely different from the above statement. I was soon made the CR which meant a lot of added responsibilities .Initially I liked all that but later on it seemed a burden to me because for a person like me who did not know how to handle her own responsibilities had to take the responsibility of 60 other people, which meant a great deal at that age.


Soon the number of friends in the friend’s list of Orkut started on increasing and overall life started taking a good shape. The frequent trips in and around Maharashtra kept me away from reality. I somehow thought that this is how life was and this is how it was supposed to carry on but 2010 made me realize that life is not all about fun and wildness but its also about stability and practicality. It was in 2010 that I left Pune the city I loved, a city that has both given me a lot as well as it was taken a lot of things away from me. Little did I think that that I would leave the City but I guess that is what was there in my cards and I moved back to Kolkata. Moving back life has changed a lot. The Orkut list has shrunk; there are no more staying awake late, no more frequent outings and above all no more that I can expect of life now.