The Days Gone By..

The festival season has started. Its all about Loads of MITHAIS and New clothes.. We were so crazy about these days. Five days Chutti.. What else you want? Days were spent planning new clothes and my Father used to take all of us to his friends cloth shop where our clothes were stitched, Same cloth .. Same color.. No Zip in the half pant as it may result to accident if you stuck your P_ _ _IS... , This is What he said?

DURGA PUJA has arrived. Early bath and hurry to the Puja Pandal in the GRP camp. The entire day was spent in the PANDAL.. children from the locality would come with their new dress and we would to have delight .. and how can one forget the DELICIOUS 'Khichdi". in the afternoon..
The evening... WOW.. that was the party time.. We used to get 10/- and it was more than enough.. If you had some savings of yours then you were KING. Chakri, Jhoola, Plane... So Much.. in so Little... Egg Rolls.. Bikaneri Namkeen.. Toy Gun... The whole World was ours..
Roaming around to watch each and every pandal of the city was an obsession. How good the days were?
Then came DIWALI and KALI PUJA. New Dress again..patakhe, Mitahais and KHEER... No five star can prepare Kheer better than my MOM,, and I bet on that.......

We used to 'PATAKHA PHOD' Competition, the whole night. an there were no Clean Environment Activist, those days... The next was the video day.. In UP , the next day after DIWALI is called PARUA.. that means NO WORK day.. No work for anything.. Even tools and the cattles are left free in the fields to graze the whole day.. No WORK.. Full ARRAAM.. Complete SHUT DOWN.. We used to plan movies that we want to watch the whole night..VIDEO ON HIRE... the Whole locality will be at our door.. the dinner was early.. We were so excited,,,,,we used to watch movie for the whole winter night without a blink..........

The days are gone.. Gone is the peace of mind....
Bring Back,, Bring Back,, Bring Back .. My Pony to me.......

Love for Ever
Chandra