Ever met your Male version/ Female version?

In this beautiful world, we often tend to meet varied and different kind of people with amusing personalities. Some make a direct entry in our hearts, some rule our head, while some leave a long lasting impression on our lives. It’s the memories we share with them that counts the most.

But what if you meet a person who remind us, completely and wholeheartedly of ourselves?

Last year 2018, I came in touch with a young, dynamic, talented twenty-five year old gentlemen Mr. Pankaj Kumar Sagar.

Wow, Awesome were my first reaction post interaction with him. Though today I have countless number of male friends in my social circle, but what makes him different and unique than others is the fact that I consider him as my male version. Okay, so I know this is a huge assumption, but I think I've found the tall, extroverted male version of me (yes, in that 90 upwards percent match) Yes! It’s kind of surprising and shocking but it’s the most adorable and wonderful truth associated with my life. Though we reside in different cities; Delhi and Pune respectively, but this year February 2019 I received an opportunity to meet him personally.

My story of getting in touch with him is quite funny, dramatic and memorable, and nowadays I share this beautiful piece of bond with everyone I come across. Thankyou Facebook, hadn’t you been there this chapter won’t have ever commenced. He first sent me a friend request, though I didn’t accept it because he was a complete stranger to me. But I was quite surprised seeing the number of mutual friends we had, 36 high school friends. I browsed his pictures so as to recall him, but alas all efforts went waste.

Couple of days later, I visited Pune after a span of eleven years to attend my school reunion, I was thrilled and excited to meet all my batchmates after a decade. Post three days of celebrations when I returned back to Delhi, one random day my school friend Shashikala called me up and we recollected the beautiful reunion moments. I posted her a question whether she knew someone named Pankaj Kumar Sagar, as I recalled having her name among the mutual friends.

She replied, ‘Yes.’

Filled with curiosity over her response, I couldn’t wait any longer and asked, ‘How?’

‘He is my younger brother,’ she revealed. ‘Our junior in school, currently working in the entertainment industry, featured in couple of movies and documentaries. Recently he added a feather to his achievement wherein his latest documentary was nominated in a New York Film Festival.’

Her response left me blank and stunned, without wasting a second I instantly corrected my mistake not only accepted his request but also sent him a personal message wherein I apologized for my behaviour and even congratulated him for his recent achievement.

Next day, 19^th September 2018 who knew this day will be the most precious date of my life even more important than my birthday. GOD was about to gift me his most priceless gift, around 12 PM I called Pankaj, we had a casual conversation for nearly fifteen minutes. But suddenly he revealed something, which shocked and left me completely speechless; we kind of worshiped the same GOD (Mr. Shahrukh Khan). That was a moment which can never be expressed, I was filled with multiple emotions, it was hard to believe that we both shared such a strong connection with the same person. That conversation between us lasted for nearly two hours, and within that interactions so many more things got revealed which made me believe he is my male version.

Sometimes our conversations stretches for 3- 4 hours a day and we laugh and giggle on the fact that we share so many countless number of common traits, keeping the SRK connection as the main priority.

·      Names - Surnames start with same alphabets (PK).

·      Same school (KV NDA, Pune)

·      Have a school friend named Anjali.

·      Passionate writers.

·      Parents DOB is same.

·      Face adjustment issues in workplace.

·      High voice pitch

·      Have asymmetrical eyes.

·      Both fought against depression in class 11^th.  

·      Arts background.

·      Possess high self-esteem.

·      Fear of indulging into serious relationships.

·      Wear same size clothes (XL)

These are just a few strong connections between Me and Pankaj, we somehow share many more countless life events and if I keep on writing, the list goes on endlessly and I am bound to fall short of words. But one thing is for sure, if we hadn’t met I would have never believed that a concept named Male version and Female version actually exits.


Though nowadays it’s tough and tricky to explain to our families, friends and the society what kind of bond or relation we together share, because we live in a society wherein there is a myth that a man and a women can never be just friends. But why tag a relation with a specific name, instead when it can have a mixture of all the beautiful relations in the world. 

So! Now whenever someone asks me, Whose Pankaj?

I proudly reply, ‘My Male Version.’