Kunal Roy
One of my respected and favourite persons at my work station asked me an interesting question: “Do you have a girl friend Kunal? The rest in the staff room looked at me with curious eyes! I answered him softly, “No Sir”. He was a bit surprised as these days most of the guys have girl friends to talk, to spend time amid fun and frolic. At times commitments are also made for future plannings, especially a gala wedding ceremony followed by a lovely honey moon period amid the silent mountains or the golden sea beach! He asked me anew, “Why don’t you have one?” Frankly speaking, I did not have any answer (of any colour) to give him. I still think there are plenty of reasons behind having no one in my arms! Perhaps I am not so smart enough to enter into a relation. Perhaps I am not eligible enough to have a girl friend of my choice or above all it is an incapability on my part to nurture such a kind of mentality or nature to give someone a place in my heart!
Yes! it is purely my confession. During my teens my father was so strict about my studies that I could not think of something else, though I studied in a co- educational English medium school! However, in my college and university days, individuals of opposite gender had always been treated as friends. The reason was obvious. The seeds of such love were never sowed in my mind nor I ever got the chance to think beyond the printed words! Still now I really don’t regret over the ‘issue’ as other vistas have been opened up by my Lord to make me feel at one with them. Apart from the professional deals, I take interest in various literary genres. My works have been published, both offline and online. I have received appreciation certificates, mementos and many more. At this very moment such stuff have become the part and parcel of my life. Crossing the threshold of forty, life has changed its perspective in the ‘matter’ of like, love, touch, fun and embrace! The colour of interaction has completely changed. Truly I have grown up today. Maturity has taught me the truth that “modesty in love can often be a mistake”.
Everyone’s destiny is not the same. Love has a different definition for me. It is not about any relationship, rather more noble factors are at play now. Days are flying away. The depth of solitude has enhanced. Spending time with myself has become a choice, if not a matter of compulsion. Often friends advise me to settle down as it is the high time to do so! But I believe in one simple thing: “You must live a life of your choice, no matter what others say to persuade you and you indulge in something which you never really wanted it to happen!!”
– Kunal Roy