Yaadein ........Jane kahan gaye woh din.........
When Gulli-Danda & Kanche (marbles) were more popular than
& pitthoo Garam anytime ...
When we desperately waited for "Yeh Jo Hai
Jindagi"
(Doordarshan serial)
When chitrahaar, vikram-baitaal, Dada Daadi Ki Kahaniyaan
were so fulfilling.
When there was just one Tv in every five houses and...
When
Bisleris were not sold in the trains and we were worrying if papas
will get back
into the train in time or not when they were getting down at
stations to fill up
the water bottle ...
When we were going to bed by 9.00pm sharp except for the
"Yeh Jo Hai Jindagi" day
...
When Holis & Diwalis meant mostly hand-made pakwaans and
sweets and moms seeking our help while preparing them ...
When Maths teachers
were not worried of our Mummies and papas while slapping/beating
us ...
When
we were exchanging comics and stamps and Chacha-Chaudaris &
Billus were our heroes ...
When we were
in Nanihaals every summer and
loved flying kites and plucking and eating unripe mangoes and
leechies
...
When one movie every Sunday evening on television was more
than asked for
and "ek do teen chaar" and
"Rajani" inspired us ...
When
50 paisa meant at least 10 toffees ...
When left over pages of the last years
notebooks were used for rough work or even fair work ...
When "Chelpark" and "Natraaj" were encouraged against
"Reynolds
& family" ...
When the first rain meant getting drenched and
playing in water and mud and making "kaagaj ki kishtis" ...
When there were
no phones to tell friends that we will be at their homes at six in
the evening
...
When our parents always had 15 paise blue colored "Antardesis"
and 5 paise machli wale stamps
at home ...
When we remembered tens of jokes and were not finding "ice-
cream
& papa" type jokes foolish enough to stop us from laughing ...
When we
were not seeing patakhes on
Diwalis and gulaals on
Holis as air and noise polluting or
allergic agents ...
The list
The list
can be endless ...
On the serious note I would like to
summarize with ...
When we were using our hearts more than our brains, even
for scientifically brainy activities like "thinking" and "deciding" ...
When
we were crying and laughing more often, more
openly and more sincerely
...
When we were enjoying our
present more than worrying about our future
...
When being emotional was not synonymous to being weak ...
When sharing
worries and happiness didn"t mean getting vulnerable to the
listener ...
When
blacks and whites were the favorite colors instead of greys ...
When journeys
also were important and not just the destinations ...
When life was a
passenger"s sleeper giving enough time and opportunity to enjoy
the sceneries
from its open and transparent glass windows instead of some super
fast"s second
ac with its curtained, closed and dark windows ...
I really miss them(From the bottom of my heart) .. don"t u?
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