The Legendary Bangalore Trip

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It was first half of 2016; we had decided to go ahead with the plan. The baby plan. Only, we did not know what we had signed up for. Life was moving on , rather cruising. We were following our yearly travel plan which i create a year in advance. This I do by merging the holidays with PLs , CLs and creating 15-16 small and big packs of holidays. Depending on the duration we get,  we plan them into local, Indian and international trips.

It was june 2016 , and we had planned for a vacation like never before.  It was a 4 day trip to bangalore, staying at a different set of friends on each night and partying our beings out. Maybe in our hearts, we knew it will be long before we partied that crazy. The plan was like this

Day 0 - Himani goes to Bangalore for office work, stays with her gfs from IIMK, Mrinalini & Meenal
Day 1 - I join her in Bangalore and we meet my friends from IITKGP- Arya ( & Pooja), Dheeru (& Meenu), Sachin
Day 2- We visit our friends from my +2 , Chandu and his wife Ajita
Day 3 - We visit my childhood friend, Vineeta and her husband Sameer
Day 4 - We meet Ashish, my friend from ISB - and be back to Mumbai

In a nutshell, it was a plan to meet friends from each phase of my life - primary school, +2, IIT, ISB. .

We stayed in 5 different homes, traveled to almost all corners of bangalore,  played antaxari @ 2 AM, danced like we have been possessed, left in the middle of nowhere by an Ola driver, got our first rendezvous with bangalore traffic, visited art galleries, craperies, pan shops and chai cafes. It was one bawaal trip.

The trip was pretty adventurous already. Little did we know, that we were in destiny for more adventure.On day 3 of the trip Himani was feeling unwell. Nothing major, just weakness and headache.We assumed it must be the hangover from previous night.But she didn't drink as much the previous night... just held the drink. I remember her saying she did not feel like drinking.She knew it was something else. And may be just to eliminate she took the preg test, which came negative .Thus the party madness continued as planned. 

It was the last day before we leave for Mumbai. We and our friends Saurav  and Pooja planned to visit the famous breweries of Bangalore. Right when we were all ready and dressed to leave, Saurav turned the tables. Lets dance, let loose and capture these pictures- he said. Before we knew we were dancing crazy.All that adrenaline rush was driving us nuts. Himani suddenly was panting, struggling for breath , face flushed red. We thought she was tired and hungry so we all sat down and devoured the biryani that we has ordered in.

Himani in her heart felt that something was different but just couldn’t explain. She didn’t speak about it. Not till the next morning when we were in Mumbai. She took the test again. This time it was positive,  though we were not sure due to the faint lines. It was time to see the doctor.

The baby was coming.








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