Ziddi…Ziddi…Ziddi… Hum Bhi Yahaan!
Date: August 5th, 2007
Venue: My place
Occasion: We dint intend the Sunday to be Friendship Day, but it was some fuel to our plans.
Almost an year, and 5 reschedules later, we were finally getting ready to launch for one destination that had always eluded our gang... The fort pictured in one of the most inspiring movies (for me, atleast), Rang De Basanti.
For the uninitiated, the movie has shots of two different forts.. one is situated in Jaipur, Rajasthan. This is the RDB gang’s Classroom.
The other one, and my personal favorite, is the one where Ajay (R. Madhavan) proposes marriage to Sonia (Soha Ali Khan). This one’s in Doraha, Punjab.
Friends confirm about reaching my place, the plan is all set, and Deepak calls Jitin.. he aint coming. Whaddufuck, must have been the unanimous scream. I call him back while I wait for Jitin, Mohit and Arjun. After 1.52 minutes (that’s how long I can go with guys, with girls its an entirely different story, hehe!), I knew he won’t come. So it was Jitin’s car selected to bear the brunt. :D
Half an hour later we were riding Dakshin Marg after fueling up.
The journey showed me shades of Punjab, I remembered my roots, and finally decided I do miss being in Punjab among all the love and affection. Where everybody’s a brother or an uncle. [And the ladies are stunning. ;)] 2 hours and some minutes later, we were entering the fort from the rear entrance. With Khalbali hai Khalbali filing its bass in our eardrums, we knew the spirit of friendship, patriotism and more… was gonna gush into our body, mind and soul. So it did.
I could picture the fort’s magnificence as it would have stood in the times before independence. It did retain its magic till now. I’ve gotta rush right now, so I leave u with the pics.
Enjoy and Envy!
