The Invictus

Thullz, thanks for the piece on "Nostalgia"...I myself was contemplating writing on this...reading urs has got me all motivated to do so right away!:-)

Some of my most nostalgic memories (surely most of you people will share them in common):

#1. All-day cricket matches in the Hot summer sun. Cork ball, no less!
#2. Getting the usual reprimand from Mom for #1 above (playing in the sun & getting tanned. Racism anybody?)
#3. Climbing up trees (Note1:Mangoes & Tamarind in particular) (Note2: Always the nasty neighbour's), and stealing mangoes.
#4. Facing the music from mom - after the neighbour's complain and convince, yet again, how much of a menace I was to the neighborhood:-)
#5. Revenge! Leading the pack of friends (Anil, chandru, Seenu, Raju, Raghu, Hari etc) to the terrace of the complaining neighbor's house to change the direction of the TV antenna (remember DD of the yore?). Right in the middle of "Chitrahar" or "Hum Log" or "Barrister Vinod" or the Sunday evening movie (Mithun's "Pyar Juktha Nahin"?)
#6. Summer vacations - visit to my ancestral village. and coming back rich (getting gifts from all relatives!!):-)
#7. Reading every single issue of "The Sportstar" magazine - of course when it was still Rs. 1.50 per copy! Cutting out all color photos of Kapil / Vijay Amritraj...
#8. Big Fun bubble gum!!! Collecting those "runs" or the "puzzles" in the inside wrap of the gum...and of course, trading them with ur friends!
#9. Steam engine trains. And their whistles.
#10. Hating girls! Time when a boy wud be treated as an outcaste or a disgrace if he even so much as speaks to any girl (other than someone's sister, of course).
#11. Eating "Baraf ka golas" in summer!!! And never falling sick!


Hmmmmm...*sigh*...so much gor then. And so much for now. Au revoir!