Mate aur Humsafar ...

Mate aur Humsafar....

When I was around 16-17 during one of our walk the talks .. I asked my grandfather ..."Is Dadi the Humsafar you write at times about? "..Point blank I asked...He was taken aback for a second...then calmly replied . " I often feel you are a lot like me..you have taken a lot from me.. You are Sensitive and very perceptive.. Mature for your age.. So I will give you an answer that you deserve...an honest answer.. Not an evasive one..We form n number of relationships in life.. As we move on this journey of life.. We come across new experiences.. New influences.. Some come and go:: but very few leave a stamp on us..They remain with us even after they leave,. Each relationship has different texture and flavour.. So yes physically and in many  ways emotionally too your dadi has been my mate in this journey called life..,she has been with me thick and thin..pillar of support and a wonderful homemaker..

But "Humsafar" and "mate " he made a clear distinction in.. He kept humsafar in a almost spiritual bracket.. According to him it's a spiritual connection ... of course there can be other connotations tagged along with it too ..say sexual or emotional ...  But this connect is very difficult to define .. Tough to slot it .. He further added that " humsafar" may or may not be physically with us ..But still it remains with us... That's the strength of the connect.. 

He just ended the conversation with these lines:

"Tum humsafar nahin toh koi humsafar nahin..

Hadd  yeh hai ki koi Gham e Rahguzar Bhi nahin..."