Summer vacation - Holidays
at grandparents.
Endless cups of lemonade
and milkshake.
Cotton frocks with
white laces & embroidered faces. Two braids for the fashion parade.
Cold showers and Nycil
Powder.
A trip to Nicco Park
and dad tames his menacing shark.
Frooti, Pepsicola and
Goldspot. Chalky cigarettes were never regrets.
Outdoor games with
cousins on the terrace @ 5 pm.
Mango, Rice & Milk
“Doodh Bhaat Aam”.
Power cut worries & ghost stories.
Seesaws, swings, and
slides at the local park. Standing up to the local kiddy bullies even after
dark.
Enid Blyton and the
Famous Five. Afternoon naps and homework nags.
HE Man and Vikram
Baitaal. Mahabharat and Chitrahaar.
Five rupees and the world
at my feet…
Somehow I never complained of the heat back then…and somehow
I can still beat the summer slump by reminiscing the nostalgia of ‘89.
Hey Mogambo,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the memories of 89. Last i remember my winter of 1989, i was in Srinagar making a snowman with my grandfather and dad and mom.
Now only the memories remain.
Vimal, am sure these memories always make you smile!
DeleteFeeling behind certain memories are better than those behind moments that make those memories....!!!!
ReplyDeletemakes me nostalgic again, been almost 2 years since I stayed home for more than 2 days:(
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