DEAR GLOBAL CITIZENS,
HELLO.WHENEVER I HAVE A PAIN IN BROKEN LEG I DREAM ABOUT MY GOLDEN DAYS.HOW I DANCED THOSE DAYS.
IT WAS LATE NIGHT WHEN WE ARRIVED IN OUR HOSTEL IN KIEV.WE WERE HEARING THE SONGS OF FILM 'DEEWANE' STARRING RISHI KAPOOR,SHAHRUKH KHAN AND DIVYA BHARATI.THE SENIORS TOLD US THAT THE LIFE IN KIEV WON'T BE THAT EASY AS THE SYSTEM BROKE RECENTLY(PERESTROIKA AND GLASTNOV).
WE WERE LOST IN GRIEF OF LEAVING BEHIND INDIA.WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD RETURN BACK AFTER 10 MONTHS OF STRUGGLE.
I THOUGHT THAT IF THIS KIEV WON'T BE MY DREAM CITY THEN MY WHOLE DREAM WOULD BE SHATTERED.I WANTED TO SEE IT,HOW BEAUTIFUL WAS IT,BUT IT WAS LATE NIGHT.
NEXT DAY I CAME OUT OF MY HOSTEL ON THE STREET OF KIEV WITH MY FRIENDS.MY FRIENDS WERE SMOKING 'ROTHMANS INTERNATIONAL' CIGARETTE WITH A GOLDEN LIGHTER.SUDDENLY 5 EXTREMELY PRETTY GIRLS APPROACHED US.WE GOT SCARED.
THEY WERE LOOKING LIKE ANGELS.THEY ASKED ME FOR A CIGARETTE WHICH I GAVE THEM.THEN I LIGHTED THEIR CIGARETTES UPON REQUEST.THEY TOLD 'ASPASEEBA BA-
SHOI'(THANK YOU VERY MUCH).THEY WENT AWAY.WE SCREAMED THAT THIS IS OUR DREAM CITY.CLEAN STREETS,ROSE GARDENS ON THE STREET PAVEMENTS,SKY SCRA-
PERS,MERCEDEZ BENZ,BMW,VOLGO,VOLVA,TOYOTA ETC. CARS WERE RUNNING ON THE STREETS.
I WAS INITIALLY GOING TO THE ASIAN PART OF THE FORMER USSR BUT TOOK MY MONEY BACK AND WENT TO THE EUROPEAN PART.HAD KIEV NOT BEEN LIKE MY DREAM CITY I WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN WHAT I AM TODAY.THE ARROW SHOT THE TARGET ACCURATELY.
WE RETURNED BACK TO OUR HOSTEL IN HAPPINESS.
FAITHFULLY,
RINKU ADARSH
