Common Pleasures

Its been quiet awhile since I wrote something. What incited me to write this blog was a simple line that I read somewhere. Here goes the line “He'd usually stamp on the piles of leaves on the footpath to hear them crunch under his shoes”. My topic for the blog today is “Common Pleasures” . Common because I am sure that most of us have experienced the pleasures from the simple thing. Even now when I recall them they bring a smile on my face. So here is the list of common pleasures

1 Fun Clips does that ring a bell somewhere…. I remember stacking them all my fingers and then relishing them slowly one by one. I couldn’t finish them all at once since my sister would then tempt me with her remaining stock. More then the taste it was the idea of eating them on fingers that excited us.

2 When was the last time you had a cream roll ? I know most of my memories are associated with food . But I really relish those childhood memories of mine where I imagined myself all grown up and having cream rolls for breakfast lunch dinner everyday. I thought I will have to work really hard to achieve that lifestyle.Kids have amazing imagination.

3 I am sure we all as a kid were enticed by our mom to have disguised milk served to us as tea. When I was served one I demanded some ‘bakery biscuits ‘ with it. I remember the struggle of having the dipped biscuit without having it dissolve. It was one of those big things on which you felt proud as kids.

4 This I can bet that every gal has done as a child. Playing ghar ghar. I am not sure whether this generation does it or not. But in our time it was mandatory for girls to play ghar ghar irrespective of how much of a tom boy you were. There would a (many)kitchen sets which we would arrange and then come up with a script , proper characterization and instant dialogues. One was not suppose to laugh since most the times we played adults and adults were those serious types who rarely laughed.

5. It was the time before the low cost aero planes divorced the distance from time. It was the time when you spent your summer vacation at your grandparents house. It was the time when there no balley classes, painting classes , dance classes for children. So in our two months long vacation we went to our grandparents by train. During the journey we coaxed our parents to buy chacha Chaudhary,billu,pinki and champak.

6 Name,Place,Animal,Thing. How many times have I played that game and since how long I haven’t played that game ?

7 yeh anek kya hain didi ?
anek yani bahut saare....
bahut saare, kya bahut saare?
acha, batatee hoon...

suraj ek...
chanda ek.....
taare anek..

Do I need to explain this to 80’s born Indian?


8 Cassettes its been ages since I saw one in this digital age. I remember when I used to keep a part of my pocket money for buying various cool cassettes of the time Saturday Night and Sexy Eyeeees Sexy Sexy Eyes and of course Aqua’s Album. I am sure all of us rember this . All day and night... Whoa...you got the FM music playin. AIR FM Studio...all the time...on ALL INDIA RADIO.....


Keep adding more :) 