Down the memory lane...

I couldn't help but write again after discovering these pictures as i am feeling nostalgic!! do u remember those good old doordarshan days ? That early morning wake up by the oh so familiar chanting of the doordarshan..by chanting i mean, it was no less than a spiritual experience.I remember how my grandpa used to put on the news every morning & unfailing we kids used to eat our breakfast watching Salma aunty ( hope u know the famous anchor ) or watching the good morning India show.Sundays were a bumper bonanza, with loads of masti. I still remember how mum & dadi used to cook early on Saturday's & Thursday's as a weekend movie had to come that evening.It was so much fun sitting together as a family and watching some stupid movie ,still enjoying it sans coke, pepsi or popcorns, sans plasma screen's or lcd's, sans judgemental attitude.The high point was that even the advertisements were welcomed & wanted unlike today , dont we still remember our favourite ads ...remember "Tandurusti ki raksha karta hai lifebouy","Titan ad's simphony",

"Yaad aa gaya mujhko guzra zamana", " Jab mein chota bacha tha badi shararat karta tha, meri chori pakdi jati to roshani hoti Bajaj...".

I still remember every sun evening a horror series used to be shown called" mano ya na mano" and all the kids used to rush back to their homes to watch it eagerly and i used to wander alone in the park as i knew if i will go home, i will find my folks also watching it .I had this huge phobia of ghosts & i just couldn't take that serial.But for Vikram & Baitaal i was ever ready,...remember the famous jingle...spider man ..spider man...here he comes..! and those rasna packets containing some vague spiderman masks ,stickers etc.

Not to miss Mr Ameen Sayani,dont know if people remember him but for me he was the voice of India,the man who introduced Music into my life through cibaca & binanca geet mala on radio.My grandpa's murphy radio which i fondly carried along with me to the terrace, the room and the balcony despite it being so bulky...i carried music with me then & i still carry it in my heart.

Wonder where did those days disappear , when kids used to play in the parks & drive bi cycles.When their was no filter water or bisleri but we all drank tap water still remained fit.When

we eagerly looked forward to the summer vacation to visit our grandparents.When we fondly went to the vegetable market along with our parents.When we watched tv together as a family, when we ate together.When we did not have playstations, ipods,laptops,pokemon's,chat rooms but we had TRUE FRIENDS in flesh & blood! We had no mobile phones, but we always managed to find each other…. How? No one knows..We could stay out to play for hours, as long as we got back before dark, in time for dinner. We walked to school, or sometimes we even rode our bicycles.

Those days when we didn't visit psychiatrists, psychologists or counselors we just talked it out and later hugged to make up

Weren't those days truly wonderful !!

isnt it beautiful to walk down the memory lane at times :)