"Soak it in! Soak it in" - I could hear myself say as i walked down the Priya Complex. Man, it had been ages since i stepped into those lanes again. Priyas was the undisputed place to hangout during my school and college days. There was so much nostalgia in the air. Each little nook and corner brought back memories as old as 15yrs back. Jurassic Park in 1993 was the first movie i saw at Priyas. Gosh! I was a class 5 student then, a 11 year old, now im more than double that number in age. The Priyas Connection is that old, it definitely brings smiles thinking of small lil things.
- Parking in the CBI colony taking a random house num to skip paying parking.
- The Archies Gallery still has the best of cards, gifts and stationery.
- The party at Pizza Hut was our then Five Star Place.
- The street vendors selling books has been replaced by shady cloth shops.
- The oxidised silver-black trinkets,earings, rings i so many times bought.
- The good-old-nirulas and the defunct-fountain where the colg gang once used to sit and watch the crowds, is still there and still doesnt work.
- Standing in lines to get 7 and 11 rupee front row tickets of so many first day first shows at Priyas.
- The small paan/cigarette corner that was our bag/books shelter while we watched our movie still stands there, but fancier now.
- The videogame sessions at Future Zone, buying tokens for 10 rupees. It no longer exists. A new pub has opened in its place. RPM has taken its place.
- The DTC bus number 620 me, S, V and P used to get back home from priyas. The new 620 bus number is a swanky green low floor one.
- Turquoise Cottage has moved to VV from Qutub Area.
- The crowd is at its trendiest and whackiest.
A movie at Priyas, tepanyaki dinner at Kylin Lounge, Good Crowd and excellent company - all that made my evening for sure with so much to bring back home! Kuch bhi ho - Priyas is Priyas afterall.
P.S. The title is a song from a bollwood movie!!
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