Okay, so tell me what do you mean by a "Friend"??

Strange Question,Right? But Believe me guys ,i was asked this question by one of my "Friend" at a point when he got frustrated with my stupid "Tell me whether we are friends or not " type questions...But this is what got my brain working,,and i actually started thinking, what exactly do i mean by friend? whom do we consider our friends??

When i was thinking about this,the first ideal friendship that came to my mind was that of Akash,Sameer and Sid in the movie Dil Chahta Hai...You know that type when you screw your friend's love life..( ya ya even we had done this in our college life) or wake up one another in the middle of the night to go to some odd place..( Except in our case it was not Goa ,but i was once woken up by my sweetest friends at 6.00 A.M in the morning for a supposed morning walk..!!) Or graduating to next level of friendship to advise each other on marriage, career and all Grown Up stuff in life..!!


You meet a person,You talk, You talk again,,and you feel a connection! I read a very cute quote recently, stating "

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one."

So very true....Sometimes instead of talking,you fight,you disagree,but still you end up calling each other at the fag end of the day to update about How-the -prof-doesn't know anything or How-my-Office -is bestest (??) office on this planet earth...Has it ever happened with you?? You might not be the two people of same gender,same personality,same interest, but somewhere you share a common thread which connects you to this thing called "Friendship"..

Lots of things remind me of how a friendship should be...Like the friends of Sara & John in movie 'Serendipity' who help them to find their lost love just 3 days before they are about to get married to different people..( i am not saying you should break your friend's marriage, don't give me that dirty look..) ,Like Julia in 'My Best Friend's Wedding' who thinks her best friend Michel is her soul mate and tries to win his heart by hook or by crook but in the end realises her mistake and sets up good example of being true friends.. But why m i being biased..lets sneak into our bollywood movies..Apne desi Jai aur veeru from movie 'sholay' and their 'Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge' attitude, aur 'Rang de Basanti ' gang of friends who in the end die for each other...

Friend is one who knows you and he/she are going to be there for each other even when you are away/disconnected for time being.... a friend should be someone who will be attending your children's marriage and saying' Kid, Don't tell me how to pacify your parents..i know it better than you....

I hope my friend has now got answer for his question..If not then let me quote an sms which says

A good Friend is one who will bail you out of jail, But a best friend is somebody who will sit beside you and say " Dude we are screwed!!"