I want to introduce my friends, Shompa, Shirin and Shapla about whom I am going to talk a great deal in this book. Shompa is plump, fair complexioned, short and extremely dedicated to every part of her life. On the other hand, Shirin is shorter with bright skin and a pretty sweet face. Shapla is less fair but a favorite beauty queen among the guys. Now how did I come to know them? We were clasmates in an Engineering University. I always believed in having special friends because in high school it was the body language and the first few words they spoke I knew if they were going to be my special friends. It didn’t take me long then to find out and it didn’t take me long now. I spotted Shompa, Shirin and Shapla as my special friends. In fact, I am really so grateful that God blessed me with such special friends during those years and years after.
Shompa now lives in Australia with her family. Now and then I connect to her and skype or chat with her on facebook, whichever way it works. During her years in Australia, she had learnt to drive which was a very scary experience for her at the start. Once she got used to driving, she sold the old car and bought a new one. She found work, where she made dozens of Aussie colleagues as her close friends. She has a very good husband, who was once her close boyfriend. They have now a three year old daughter. On her first pregnancy, she had miscarriage and she was rather upset about it. Her second pregnancy was a quiet secret and everything turned out well and therefore, her now three year old daughter, Stephanie. On the other hand, she has an ailing mother who had breast cancer years earlier and the sideeffects of her treatment caused impairment of the movement of her legs. One of Shompa’s reasons to go to Australia was that there was free treatment for the elderly and she wanted to take advantage of that. Her father passed away only a year after my own Dad. Although I know heart attack was the cause of my father’s passing but she doesn’t seem to know why and how God took away her dad’s life because he passed away when he was healthy and on a visit to his original home place, and Shompa and her mom got the tragic news while in the city. She has an elder brother who rarely keeps in touch with her family and more about this later.
Shirin is the quiet one with all the goodnesses radiating out from her. She currently lives with her husband in Canada. Although I rarely connect to her nowadays, I know she is on the lookout for self-growth either by going for higher studies or landing on a dream job. She likes to cook for her husband, a skill she acquired over the years after university. She is on good terms with her hubby, who likes to photograph her every now and then, some of which she posts on facebook, and I view them in awe.
Shapla lives with her family in London. She has two children and is happy. She is great with her family members and has mastered her life with witful dexterity. She has shifted places within London several times probably because her husband’s job was kind of transferrable. By now they are all settled, nice and cosy.
As I talk about their current status, am I really looking at them or rather their reflections?