"A friend is not a person who need not ask you to do only what you like to do. U can also do something to please ur friend. Friendship is mutual. You need not hold on to ur opinions as always being right" was one of the comments that a post had elicited and as yours truly caught up with some posts on Facebook one of them had posted the need for a friend who would like Krishna not participate in the war but guide as well as another like Karna who would stand by the friend while pointing out his follies and try winning a war for him!!!
Lo and behold the need to blog surfaced instantly. Mythological friendships have always fascinated one and all. The honesty in the friendship between Krishna and Sudama bereft of the arrogance of post student hood achievements to lustily grab at the small pack of beaten rice or the straight forward approach of Suyodhana and Karna in the implicit trust they hold for each other. The interactions between these two characters from the time the former confers the title of AngaRaja on the latter to the day the former mourns the demise of the latter is a bonding which will make even the staunchest supporter of good v evil take a bow!
Another friendship that Suyodhana covets is the one with the son of his Acharya Drona - Aswathama who casts his dharma aside to fulfil a death wish of his friend. These in fact put the following saying to a severe test
Friendship cannot never subsist
between a poor man and a rich man,
between a man of letters and an unlettered mind,
between a hero and a coward.
At least with these tantalising tales, yours truly has the fortune of being part of friendships which can be summed as
Understanding not agreement,
Forgiving not Forgetting,
Memories Last even if contact is lost
And
Ones who stay by your side
When the heart falls apart
But
Take pride in the
Happiness from afar
While many think that friendship is about gossiping, chatting, sharing or caring for the problems they bring true friendship means while walking in opposite directions when they can stay side by side and reward each other with an abuse with a smile.
The coveted trophy of being referred to as "useless fellow" by the choicest of friends which brings a smile cannot be traded for a felicitation of tributes a la ones at a farewell. But none of us still have made the mark these mythical characters have made is a fact to be conceded while we unknowingly traverse to achieve the very same standards.
Long live the relationship called friendship which Draupadi and Krishna showed can be between the opposite sexes too!
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