“Mea yahaa hoon” song from the movie Veer Zaara was streaming through my headphones. I was in a bus from Belgaum to Nippani, one year from this date. What I was thinking about then? What were my priorities in my life then? What’s that I wanted out of my life then? Everything seems to have changed.

One year from today I was leading a bunch of college kids, beating the best team in Karnataka, with me getting the Man-of-the-series award. How I jumped in jubilation; I still remember. Those scenes of delight, the smell of victory, battle ground honors, pavilion celebrations, bus journey’s, train journey’s, the smell of the grass, the sound of the timber, the white paint on your face, the red paint in your whites, those dives, those catches, those sixes over the side screen, those match winning knocks, those “fuck offs”, those fights, those awards & recognitions, those name in the papers the next day, those hero-of-your-college tags, I miss them all!!!!!