Posted on: 26-10-05 19:50:34
Lets go back in time...
When gulli-danda and kanche (marbles) were more popular than cricket...
When we always had friends to play aais-paais (I Spy), chhepan-chhepai and pitthoo anytime...
When we desperately waited for 'yeh jo hai jindagi'
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 mummys and papas while slapping/beating us...
When we were exchanging comics and stamps and chacha-chaudaris and billus were our heroes...
When we were in nanihaals every summer and loved flying kites and plucking and eating unripe mangoes and leechis...
When one movie every Sunday evening on television was more than asked for and 'ek do teen chaar' and 'Rajni' inspired us ...
When 50 paisa meant at least 10 toffees...
When left over pages of the last year's notebooks were used for rough work or even fair work...
When 'chelpark' and 'natraaj' were encouraged against 'Reynolds and 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 were not seeing patakhes on Diwalis and gulaals on Holis as air and noise polluting or
allergic agents...
The list can be endless...
on the serious note I would like to summarise 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 happinesses didnt mean getting vulnerable to the listener...
When blacks and whites were the favourite 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 superfast's second ac with its curtained, closed and dark windows...
I really miss ... do u?
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Work is forever. Childhood is only once. Spend time with your kids...
good to see you getting active again.
Rgds.
Rajan.
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Let's make India a better place !
That was nostalgic.....
Thanks Anuj for sending us down memory lane. Its surprising how during the "good old days" most of us had almost similiar routines and lifestyles.
I cud identify with almost everything listed.
We need such posts once in a while...
Ciao
When v used 2 clean a record b4 putting it on the turn table.
When we used 2 envy cassette decks and amplifiers by Sonodyne.
When Ram teri Ganga Maili / Utsav were no less than scandals .
When we didnt wish any1 2 visit us on a Sunday even for the sake of the Feature Film .
When we used 2 enjoy Thums Up Gold Spot Limca Sprint and other home made drinks.
When the only 2 cars seen were Amby / Fiat .
When we used 2 c a scooter named Lambretta and mobike named Yezdi.
When.......... some 1 else add on their whens please ...........
Manasvi.
Jab line lagaooing chicks in college
JAb bunking college for morning show flicks
Jab going carefree to pubs for Haywards 5000 yaan 10000
Jab eating pau bhaji yaan bhel puri raaste se yaan at Vithal's
Jab Mazaak udaoing of professors
Jab college type intellectual gup shup maroing
Jab paan chewing
Jab cramming for exams
Jab when we thunking we knowing it all
Lakin kaiku yeh sab memory lane going down- yah sometime it is good
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hinglish zindabad
this is a very nice thread..got me all nostalgic and missing home.heres my list of missing the times ....
when we used to get up to a cup of hot tea already waiting in the kitchen.
when we used to wait eagerly for our turn to read the Times of India sunday edition.
when life meant just going to school and coming back and enjoying the rest of the evenings, except during exams...tho exams are one thing i dont miss.
when the best days in life where the days when exams got over and the worst days were when results were out.
when its raining outside and mum already started on making garam garam pakoras.,miss the kagaz ki kashtis aswell...
when travelling by train ,returning home for summer vacations, totally enjoying the train ride even if it was 2 nights and 3 days in the train.
when life was totally carefree and no responsibilities.
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There is no key to happiness.... the door is always open.
When Boney M was the MOST popular group around and Funky town was the rage
When people set their schedule according to the time Malgudi Days, Buniyaad and Nukkad were on
When flirting meant stealing a surreptious look at the person you were interested in
When school year ends meant Tintin and Asterisk comics and no classes
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I have only 2 cents to contribute, not a cent more, not a cent less ;-)
