Things to miss when I leave Ahmedabad

Many of my friends have left ahmedabad for future education to other cities in India or to the US. Seeing them leave, i get reminded of the fact that sooner or later, i also will have to follow the suit. I grow nostalgic just by the mere thought of leaving Ahmedabad. Following is the list of things that i will miss the most when i leave Ahmedabad.

1. Navratri and Uttarayan
The two festivals that are so eagerly awaited everytimeare the life of festivals of Ahmedabad. Particularly navratri, where we friends,knowing that we dont have dancing skills, dance like anything bcos many along with us suffer from the same problem. The whole aspiration of dancing takes a fruitful result during those 9 days. Songs like sanedo and many more, when heard, look so great compared to today's hindi songs. I still remember i played in dandia with my mineral water bottle instead of dandia. :-D And after that at 3 am we rush off to a restaurant to eat something. wat a life.

2. Traffic
Amdavadi traffic is best to nourish an upcoming learner. We amdavadis tend to have allegience towards delhi traffic rather than the mumbai one. I just cant believe how the hell in mumbai, they always have their vehicles maintaining a certain distance among themselves(atleast 2 feets and i do respect that). Nah, it doesnt work here. We love each other so much that we dont even leave an inch and stick our vehicles to each other. And do see the moment when the traffic light is about to turn green. All the wannabe schumachers(including yours truly) gear up for the race. And then we swing our vehicles like anything as if a wind is moving all of us.

3. Gujarati language
Mujhe yeh nahi faata(comfortable) hain.
jalse pad gae(we had fun).
Daav ho gaya yaar.(this one is my favourite which means we have a problem)
There are so many gujarati words which add a new dimension,a new feel to these sentences. When u live in ahmedabad, u cant get rid of using these words. And also the habit of adding "-iya" as suffix to everyone's name to show our love. E.g. Shaivaliya ( already there is so much torture on my name ;-) )

4. Sitting idle at college parking
In college, u dont attend lectures. So we used to have our discussion sessions at parking area where we have discussed anything and everything of each and every topic. There used to be no pressure of attending lectures and so our topics were discussed with even more interest. We have condemned and praised each and every policy of politicians, discussed future trouble of Indian cricket, the treachery of chappel,buchanan and so many things. After completing each session, i used to feel so great as if we r some big intellectuals and our such discussion lead to some benefit.

5. Cheap movies
Any day(including the holidays) Morning show. Price- Rs 40 Feeling- Jalsa padi gaya ;-)
Even if its a bad movie, except the fact its himesh's or aag, it doesnt make us feel betrayed. COmpared to other cities where charges are around 150 bucks, ahmedabad is heaven of movie buffs.

6. Great food places
U name it and there are each and every variety of restaurant here. And even those restaurants are so many that u may get something new to discover. And how can i forget gujarati food. I m in love with gathiya, fafda and shreekhand. Dont know how i will live with out them.

7. Soul
Last and the most IMPORTANT thing. Its the SOUL of ahmedabad i will miss the most. The place where u can roam freely at night at even 3(although u shud not do it just for fun), where people are so friendly, where there is something in air that despite facing earthquake, riots, we all r still the same and infact we r developing faster. I just cant express but i feel a belonging to this place.

Ultimately, M PROUD TO BE AN AMDAVADI. Its my hometown and no matter wat happens, it will be the closest city to my heart ever.