Good Old Days.............Just A Thought

I remember and after reading this many others will too.

Those were the days when we were in school and used to commute by school bus and some years by BEST buses. I don’t know why it was like that but my pocket money was 50paisa or 1 Rupee till I was in Eighth Grade. My father was not a miser; nor were we BPL, I think he didn’t support the Idea of Pocket Money. My Father didn’t have any Pocket Money during his childhood and hence wasn’t quite fascinated with the idea. Today, I thank him for not giving me fat pocket money.

Those were days when we used to collect two days pocket money and buy something precious. The 1 rupee Ice Candy was like elixir. Sometimes the half buck would be invested in buying something from roadside hawkers mostly Berries, salted. Vada Pav was three guys food, we used to share it and if not invited then snatch it (We carried our lunch with us but the fun was more fulfilling than anything and see the irony, today I miss home cooked food ).

Those days are to be embraced. Moments were cherished and each bite or sip was so exciting and pleasurable, today everything is mundane. Now we have money and can buy many things that we come across in general stores, but the urge is dead. I bought Cheeslings yesterday and didn’t like it, not because that I have grown old enough to enjoy the taste but I miss people who would snatch it and I would try to get my share from a mob trying to get their share. Whenever I see a child buying something, I see my childhood and this makes me smile.

Today our goals are different and so are our ways of enjoyment, I said enjoyment not pleasure as it is hard to find. We cherish something bigger and better and have lost pleasure in small things. I am not complaining but it is life and so is our way of living. Next time you buy a chocolate give it to a stranger kid and see the smile on his face, it will be more fulfilling than having it.

How much ever money I will earn I will be never able to live those moments again, but I will smile whenever I come across those treasured moments.


-inanimate