Dream World..!!

when writing pads were more popular than cricket bats to play cricket..
when we always had friends to play hide and seek anytime..
when we desperately waited for summer vacations..
when chandamama gokulam and tinkle digest were so fulfilling..
when there was just one channel, our own doordarshan, and we had to see whatever they telecasted..
when we were going to bed by 9:00 pm sharp except for the vacation starting day..
when maths teachers were not worried of our parents while slapping and beating us..
when we were exchanging comics, stamps and trump cards..
when more than one movie every sunday evening on television was more than asked for..
when left over pages of the last years notebooks were used for rough work or even fair work..
when camelin and natraj were encouraged against reynolds and family..
when the first rain meant getting drenched and playing in water and mud..
when there were no phones to tell friends that we will be at their homes at six in the evening..

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 didn't mean getting vulnerable to the listener...
when journeys also were important and not just the destinations...

i really miss those days...!!!
do you??

with love...