A THING CALLED ' LOVE '

My father always used to tell me that if you really need something give away your everything behind it. I never knew that something would be a girl in my college. I first saw her walking with a bunch of girls in the college campus. My eyes caught Riddhima and were not ready to move until she disappeared. I knew this is the girl I wanted to be with. The next day I caught her in front of the whole college and asked her to be my friend. She ignored me. I bent down on my knees in front of the whole college and sang a song for her. She again ignored me. I tried gifting a portrait of hers on Valentine’s Day in front of the whole college. She did not accept it. I went to her classroom and asked the permission of the professor to speak to her. She was not ready to speak. I did all the possible things in front of the whole college to woo her. Being an extrovert these things were easy for me to do. For my every action there was only one reaction from her ‘ignorance’. This made me think hard. I was looking out for some reason but couldn’t find one. I then decided to join her group. Her group was a bunch of sweet girls. They happily accepted me as their friend. I asked them about Riddhima but they themselves were confused by her behavior towards me. She was not ready to speak about me with anybody. She was an introvert and was very reserved by nature. She would talk only what is necessary. I was fallen for her superb attitude. Even though she ignored me I adored her. Don’t know why? Riddhima never had any problems with her friend speaking to me. I bonded well with everyone in her group. I kept on trying but she was not interested. One day Jenny, a group friend told me that she will never ever talk to me. I asked for a reason. She told me that my first impression did not go well with Riddhima. She hated me to extreme for whatever I did with her in front of the whole college. She was not used to this kind of publicity and wanted to be with her selective group of friends. When I heard Jenny telling these things I knew that even before getting her in my life I’d lost her. I thought I had done some very romantic things to impress her but she thought otherwise. I myself had spoiled my image in front of Riddhima. I felt bad and wanted to apologize. I wanted to tell her that everything I did was unintentional and would just happen whenever I used to see her. Everything I did was very immature and was really sorry for my behavior but she was not ready to speak to me. I decided to change my image. I started helping everybody in the group in their class projects. I kept all my close friends aside only to spend time with her group. Her friends were impressed but she wasn’t. Days passed, nothing changed between me and Riddhima. I wanted her very badly. But that seemed impossible. Everyone asked me to stop chasing her because she was not even interested to be my friend leave alone having a relationship. I had tears in my eyes. The girl whom I wanted to give my everything was not ready to talk to me. I couldn’t take this. There wasn’t anything I could do to impress her. Our college life ended. She was on her way and I was on my way. I had tried my best.
One quality I like about myself is that I never give up. Whatever it may be. Today 12 years have passed since my last day of college. Life has changed and so am I but the words said by my father has not changed. They still remain the same. Today I am proud to say that Riddhima is with me. I have finally got her in my life. I proudly call my daughter “Riddhima”. I am happy to get what I wanted.
Love you Riddhima.

KUNAL PRASAD.