She had been my close companion for more than five years now… but that’s not the only reason why it was difficult to let her go… during these five years, she had been the main constituent of my daily routine of work and home, also not so routine excursions and travels… after a stressful (or relaxed!!) day at work, I would look forward to a ride back home with her, many a times taking detours just to spend more time together…

There was some charm about her that Nithila insisted on going outings with her, getting dropped to school by her, Amit would occasionally ask me to spare her for him, Enzo would love being taken for rides with her… everyone from my friends and colleagues, family and relatives, security guards and parking attendants, stray dogs and wandering cats had started identifying her with me and me with her… almost inseparable we were… I had terribly mistreated her, got her to overwork, that too knowingly and intentionally sometimes… and she exuded to the best of her capacities, never disappointing once… be it mumbai’s relentless traffic or the disheveled roads… be it the torrential rains or the scorching heat… she comforted me throughout, never complaining, never giving up… She is probably the only one to know my best kept secrets, has witnessed all my expeditions, yet provided me space for my exploration and journeying…

But this wasn’t meant to be a lifelong relationship, and a day came when we decided to move on… it was difficult as a thought itself… and a difficult moment to see her go… difficult to imagine anyday without her… difficult to see her being driven away by someone else… emotional I was, may be because it was my first priced possession, my first car… it is now a closed chapter but a chapter full of loving memories, many long and short journeys and loads of wonderful time… it is being promptly substituted by another car, a better one I would say… but the new car wont be able to substitute all those memories which came flashing when I saw her go… it indeed was very difficult to let her go…