Woh kaagaz ki kashti ......

I am feeling very nostalgic today and am missing home and my childhood a lot. Aaah, they were such wonderful times...

When gulli-danda and langdi were more popular than cricket...

When we always had friends to play aais-paais (I Spy)...

When we desperately waited for Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi on Doordarshan...

When Chitrahaar and Rangoli made our day...

When Bisleri was not sold in the train and we were worried if baba will get back into the train in time or not when he got out to fill the water bottle...

When Dussera and Diwali meant home made sweets and new clothes...

When we listened to Binaca geetmala, vividh bharathi while going to bed every night...

When summer vacation meant going to nanihaal (Pune) and play with cousins until the wee hours of the night...

When one movie on Sunday evening on television was more than asked for...

When left over pages from last years notebooks were used as rough work or sometimes even fair work...

When 'chelpark' and 'camel' were encouraged against reynolds...

When we studied by kerosene lamps and candles during the power cuts for the exams...

When the first hail meant trying to collect the hails in cloth and eat them....

When there were no phones to tell friends that we would be at their place by 6:00...

When crackers on Diwali and gulal on Holi were not seen as air and noise polluting or allergic agents...

When famous five and secret seven were our role models...

When the chudi walla came to the doorstep before every festival with an array of colorful bangles to choose from...

Aaah... this list can be endless....

Mood of the day: Nostalgic

Song of the day: Woh kaagaz ki kashti...woh baarish ka paani - Jagjit Singh

-Moi