Naughty Karen

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you - Elbert Hubbard

'Which section did you get?’, asked Aayush.

'D’, I replied with an upside down smile. And why not? I knew practically no one in my new section when every other Fauji brat had someone or the other with them.

Luckily, Karan, one of my oldest friends turned out to be part of the same section. We lost touch as we grew older. But regardless, at least there was that comfort factor.

When college initially started, Karan and I used to sit alone on the right side of class. Pretty much as asocial as possible. We used to notice this guy, Akhil, who looked a little too full of life. Karan blended in with them and I held myself back.

I never gave Akhil a chance really. I had just made up my mind that he’s not the kind of guy I’d hang out with.

That was June 2016. Fast forward 18 short months & Karan and Akhil are my closest friends with whom I spend the most time with.

Would you believe me that I myself don’t believe that these two are my brothers in arms?

Weird.

'Ayy Naughty’

These two words caught everyone’s tongues like fire. And all because of one man, Akhil Sikri.

In “Bangalore terms”, the words 'Ayy sick one' are used a lot whenever someone does something funny, adventurous, crazy or pretty much anything else out of the blue. Same way, 'Ayy Naughty' caught on like wildfire. And my man was now being called “Naughty”.

Pretty pet-name yeah?

Karan and I grew close right from the start because we sat together. But I had never imagined I would be spending half my day at his house doing a range of activities.

As we grew closer, I noticed Karan has a tendency to help out a lot. Hence, when lazy, Karan would be requested to buy something, bring water or something of the sorts.

Isn’t that a great trait? One slight tiny issue though. Karan does stuff slightly slowly. As I grew impatient, I started calling out “Karan!” A lot. Soon enough, various pronunciations of Karan were called out and one fine day, I shouted “Karen!”

Karen?

Karen.

Karen!

As I now embark on a new adventure in my life by taking on vlogging. I am proud to say that I’m venturing into this with Naughty and Karen.

Apart from being people who share almost the same interests and music as I do. They share the same ambition, and I feel that is what makes us much closer.

Keeping aside the serious stuff, these two are real A-grade characters. Be it pulling off major scams, teasing, pulling people’s legs, creating a ruckus, yeah, they are number one.

And if you keep that aside as well, you’ll be left with two really nice, sweet, smart and down to earth individuals who you can spend days on end with.

There are days when I hate college, there are days when I despise the world and what it stands for. There are countless days when I don’t find meaning to go on and I wake up with a bummer mood.

On the other hand, whenever such a situation arises, it doesn’t last too long. Just interacting with YOUR people who think like you and want the same things you do just lifts your mood and makes you want to strive for so much more. It changes you, it invigorates something inside.

I’ve searched far and wide to find people who are on the exact same wavelength as myself and it’s safe to say that these guys are the closest to that.

They’ll probably hit me for posting something emotional but they deserve the praise regardless.

Naughty Karen have not only made my college bearable, but have also helped me tremendously as a person. And for that, I am forever grateful.

We’ve been through a lot together and 2018 is something the three of us are taking on together with the few projects we have lined up. This year stands to be the best year I have ever had in my life. I’m going to do everything that I have stopped myself from doing, I’m going to take countless risks and I’m going to put myself out there.

All of that and a lot more, all along with Naughty Karen.