22.04.2013
I had just finished studying a chapter for my ADR exam
due in the afternoon that day. I had stayed up the whole night. I went out of
my room to take a small stroll in the corridors of the hostel. The birds had
just begun chirping, daylight not yet fully broke. It was 6 AM. It was then
that I saw her. Her door was wide open. Her lights still switched on. And there
she was, lying on her bed, fast asleep, her blanket covering her up to her
neck, her face pointed downwards, and her body held close in a crouch. It was
obvious that she had fallen asleep while studying. In all likelihood, I
wondered, she had not finished studying the entire syllabus and had perhaps
intended to rest her eyes for only five minutes. It reminded me of the time
when I was in the exact same place, three years ago, reading the very
constitutional provisions and case laws, curling up in my blanket, cursing
myself for not having studied earlier. And I stared at her, unable to tear away
my amused gaze, as I saw, much wiser today, only a few feet from me, a reflection of
my past.
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