The last time I met the nun in picture was two decades ago. She was in pig tails, slim, in a green and white school uniform and extremely bubbly. She was my classmate in school. Nobody would've thought, least of all her, that one day she would be addressed as Sr.Juliana.
As I was waiting at the railway station to meet with my old school friend Julie, I was excited. The last time I met her was on the last day of school. Our paths never crossed till today. The minute she walked through the gate she recognised me.
She was so different and yet the same. Today she was a nun, heading the media department of a prestigious college in South. But to me she was and will always remain julie, the bubbly girl with a `type-writer' laughter. Back then that's what I called her continuous laughter -to me it sounded like a pleasantly, noisy and energetic typewriter.
Life takes us through all kinds of twists and turns. And if we are lucky enough we will bump into childhood friends on one of these hairpin bends where we spend some time recollecting the good times and then we go our ways - feeling good about all the wonderful people who came into our lives.
This was one such hairpin-bend-moment for me. She came back home with me, had dinner and spent some time watching the films that I made. We chatted for a long time, catching up on 20 or more years of life. She said her prayers and went to bed, while I sat down to think about Sr.Julie, who came into my life when I was in the 3rd standard and made it all the more richer.
Hello! Sudha, what a beautiful reflection you have made. Thank you for everything.
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