LOOKING BACK ON THE TIMES WHEN....

LOOKING BACK ON THOSE TIMES WHEN…

I feared Mom more than a ghost,

When my sis would carry my luggage all the way to the dormitory just for “2” Rupees,

When I would turn into a ghost every night to scare Somya and Ambesh by putting toothpaste on my face,

When I used to spend all my saved pocket money on my sis and bro jus to make them happy,

When Dadi asked for a glass of water and I missed my favourite song on TV and later on cried for hours,

When Somya and I used to sit in the back room of our kitchen hogging all the snacks which had to be served to the guests,

When our biggest fights were those for Maggi and Coldrink share,

When Ambesh used to cry when we used to go back to hostel after our holidays,

When the bravest thing on earth was opening Nanas fist after eating all sorts of healthy stuff,

When the most famous competition won was ‘Who finishes their milk first!’

When Ma (grandmom) would tell us stories and we used to be all scared and shocked,

When Sunita Di used to feed 10 of us from the same plate and we used to wait for our turn eagerly,

When we had those dreaded KBC sessions in Papa’s room,

When Mamma used to come from “Nowhere” and catch us talking on phone or sitting online,

When my biggest crush was ‘Salman Khan’ and best movie ‘KKHH’,

When we used to get just 3 rupees as pocket money on weekends and enjoy,

When I used to steal hajmola from amma’s bag!,

When Ambesh would go running to do my work if I called him ‘Papa’,

When Somya and I would lie down on the back seat of the car and there would still be space to accommodate someone,

When Papa would say “Sunn” and Ambesh said “Suna”,

When Mamma would threaten us to “tell to father!!”,

When Tauji made us write tables and each of use to struggle hard to count and finish off asap,

When Esha di meesha di eskandh ambesh somya n I use to go for dance classes and laugh our heads off making fun of the dance teacher and then return back all stuffed in one car!,

When Mansi di and Esha di became the King and Queen and the rest of us soldiers who were to guide their Palace(room) in the scorching sun and fight battles!!!.... hahaha,

When while playing our most favorite game Titanic-Titanic, our ship drowned and we use to splash water in the whole room!!! And later on be beaten up,

When Meesha Di and I sat behind the curtain without fan and stitched clothes for our dolls!

I wish I could relive those halcyon days of my childhood….