The day when we all are born is celebrated as our birthday...when we are just born joy floats all around and when we complete our first year in this world..it’s a huge affair in many people's life...a ritually sanctioned pooja or a huge celebratory party...as the years pass and we start following the footsteps of the world the concept behind this day and the motive behind the celebration to feel our love keeps on changing....
May be as a kid I never felt that void which I feel now as what actually is the purpose behind b'days...is it merely a day to give treats or open presents…… to spend time at home with family and relatives or to have a day out with your pals….is it about throwing big bashes or spending a lonely time pampering oneself….different lifestyles make zillions of ways to express this day…some with zeal others with less enthusiasm…
For me bdayz have been a great part of me….I remember the day when I was a new joinee in std.1st….my first experience as how to celebrate this day in school…so my dad bought me chocolates…at the time of the distribution I fell short of them and had to take them back home without sharing them with the class…so yeah my first time was awkward!!!! Then most of my birthdays went receiving calls and wishes…mum dad doing arrangements for party from cakes to return gifts…every single aspect and my uncles decorating my home with colourful streamers , balloons , delicious cuisines , loads of chocolates and ice cream….my home filled with I don’t know how many people…always crowded with my relatives n family friends and friends’s friends…anybody and everybody was invited…
As we kept shifting cities my birthday got new styles….very few friends at my place in the evening....mum making her fancy dishes…sister making secret greeting cards and getting this special touch with sweets… more people may join in specially my extended family members if nearby….still it was so much fun..
Now I have just entered my twenties…and things have changed so rapidly in past few years….I have lost the excitement to remind everyone that my birthday is _ (dash) days away…and to remind every single person I know to wish me that day without fail…
Presently all I do on my birthday is to order cake and spend my day in college with regular chores…the people who remember wish me and very few friends call me at midnite….Few of them still take pains to hunt me a gift… I now hardly bother as how many remember this day as I'm not bapu…lolz…..
I wonder how bdayz in my life had changed their destiny from giving me intense happiness to just a day with no significant importance any more....Birthdays are not special days , it’s a day made special by the efforts of extra- special people in your life…may it be your family , relatives or friends…I don’t know but till the date I have got some people in my life for whom I hold a special place and they keep on putting their will in creating a day of remembrance I hopefully won’t be forgetting this day....
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