1991-2001
Walking barefoot in the wet mud, the grass, the hot sands of mid day, the gravely path...
Morning Assembly and sitting on those yellow bamboo mats, cross-legged, straight back; singing, listening, sitting in silence...
Nature walks, enjoying the little things in nature
Having time to notice the tiny things in life- little bugs that move about, grains of sand and their different colors, enjoying a pebble's smoothness...
Running to play; running to feel the wind in your hair, and sand between your toes... running to feel free
Climbing trees just to climb and mangoes, tamarind, were just the bonus
Going to the library to read and reading with friends, exploring books, exploring worlds...
Lazy Sundays and laying out on the terrace with the dog and sister, and doing homework
Tennis and swimming with my bestie and sister... world's best coaches!
Imagination during play time with my sister, creating different worlds, songs, and art...
Yoga class at the Chennai Sivananda Center every evening with my sis
Sitting on the balcony and feeding pigeons
Short hair all those years...
Wearing those absurdly loose comfortable clothing all the time
French classes, German class, Choir, Bengali Class, Hindi tuition!
Walking around the Green Tower's compound with friends in Golf Green
Playing basketball, throw-ball, softball, dodge-ball, cricket, football, badminton during "games" at the end of the day... I liked playing barefoot!!
Licking Glucon D and Glucon C from our palms on sports day
The sandpit
the strange area of limbo between the UKG-LKG building and the senior quadrangle
Freeplay!
Trips to mahabalipuram and muttokaddu on the weekends
Enjoying the coolness of the hill-stations in the summer - horse riding, boating, hiking, and nature preserves
The celebrations, business, guests, hustle-bustle during Durga Puja
Taking the dog for a walk through IIT campus, and AC Tech College
Going birdwatching ridiculously early to cool places... and seeing amazing birds
Going on turtle walks all night long, and playing with the luminescent phosphorous the Bay of Bengal spat out...
Floods during the monsoons, the large puddles which would let my paper boats sail far and wide
Music on cassettes meant you had to listen to the whole thing, and B side...
Good lyrics in good songs with good music...
The Doberlane concert series and meeting amazing musicians in a half asleep state...
Bicycling for the fun of just wandering the neighborhood, bicycling with bestie, and sister, finding puppies and kittens along the way
Ice cream on special occasions only
The random drives to Besant Nagar beach (Elliot's beach), just because my dad felt like it
Making apple pie with my mum, and all my friends loving it
Making fruit salad in a watermelon basket with my mom and all my friends loving it
Sitting under the tree at the car-park and waiting for the car to show up, enjoying the bark of the tree, enjoying the curious red beetles with diamond designs on their backs...
The flock of parrots that fly over head
Eating puchka (Golgappa)
Going to the stationary store once in 2-3 years and getting a new pencil box, sharpener, eraser, pencil
The yearly notebook and textbook buying for school...
Going to dad's work and getting scrap paper to draw on...
Those old printers and the noise it made, was like music, and I could almost dance to it
The Video Cassette rental store and the different worlds it held
Getting a phone call from a friend on a week night and sister picking up the parallel line and eavesdropping on the plans for the next day!
Going to the dentist/ doctor, and seeing what I could be afraid of this time, or what I would become a hypochondriac about
Spending time with my dogs, napping with them, feeding them, walking them, barking with them...
Talking to my sis all night long...
My awesome neighbors in Kotturpuram
Bus rides to and from school with the best bus people in the school
Playing indoor cricket
Playing leg cricket
Dosa, Idly, Sambar, Rasam, Chutney, Vadai, Mullagai Podi, Korumbu
Biryani
The rare summer time family trips to the most boring places like "The Himalayas", "Corbett National Park", "Agra", "Kolkata", "New York", "Ooty", "Kodai", "Mysore", "Coorg", "Pondicherry", "Delhi"...
Grandma's cooking
Going to Mama'r baari in Boronagar, Kolkata
Begun Bhaaja, Alloo Bhaaja, Bhaat aar Ghee... Iktu dal - simple satisfying meals
Dadu taking us to "bara" to the most random-est places...
Going to the book store with mom, and wishing to buy all the Enid Blyton books... or all the children's books in general
Reading non-stop during Summer Holidays
Reading non-stop during the term
Taking part in plays, the drama, the hustle, the thrill of performing...
Creativity - art, pottery, weaving, dance, gymnastics, writing, acting, singing
Calls from my uncle Danny in USA
My uncle introducing me to "outer space", "physics", "astronomy", "star wars" and being cool in general in a nerdy way!
Never missing the internet or smart phones... and Prince of Persia was the only fun thing on computers.
Breathing the whole time! Loving every second of it!
Walking barefoot in the wet mud, the grass, the hot sands of mid day, the gravely path...
Morning Assembly and sitting on those yellow bamboo mats, cross-legged, straight back; singing, listening, sitting in silence...
Nature walks, enjoying the little things in nature
Having time to notice the tiny things in life- little bugs that move about, grains of sand and their different colors, enjoying a pebble's smoothness...
Running to play; running to feel the wind in your hair, and sand between your toes... running to feel free
Climbing trees just to climb and mangoes, tamarind, were just the bonus
Going to the library to read and reading with friends, exploring books, exploring worlds...
Lazy Sundays and laying out on the terrace with the dog and sister, and doing homework
Tennis and swimming with my bestie and sister... world's best coaches!
Imagination during play time with my sister, creating different worlds, songs, and art...
Yoga class at the Chennai Sivananda Center every evening with my sis
Sitting on the balcony and feeding pigeons
Short hair all those years...
Wearing those absurdly loose comfortable clothing all the time
French classes, German class, Choir, Bengali Class, Hindi tuition!
Walking around the Green Tower's compound with friends in Golf Green
Playing basketball, throw-ball, softball, dodge-ball, cricket, football, badminton during "games" at the end of the day... I liked playing barefoot!!
Licking Glucon D and Glucon C from our palms on sports day
The sandpit
the strange area of limbo between the UKG-LKG building and the senior quadrangle
Freeplay!
Trips to mahabalipuram and muttokaddu on the weekends
Enjoying the coolness of the hill-stations in the summer - horse riding, boating, hiking, and nature preserves
The celebrations, business, guests, hustle-bustle during Durga Puja
Taking the dog for a walk through IIT campus, and AC Tech College
Going birdwatching ridiculously early to cool places... and seeing amazing birds
Going on turtle walks all night long, and playing with the luminescent phosphorous the Bay of Bengal spat out...
Floods during the monsoons, the large puddles which would let my paper boats sail far and wide
Music on cassettes meant you had to listen to the whole thing, and B side...
Good lyrics in good songs with good music...
The Doberlane concert series and meeting amazing musicians in a half asleep state...
Bicycling for the fun of just wandering the neighborhood, bicycling with bestie, and sister, finding puppies and kittens along the way
Ice cream on special occasions only
The random drives to Besant Nagar beach (Elliot's beach), just because my dad felt like it
Making apple pie with my mum, and all my friends loving it
Making fruit salad in a watermelon basket with my mom and all my friends loving it
Sitting under the tree at the car-park and waiting for the car to show up, enjoying the bark of the tree, enjoying the curious red beetles with diamond designs on their backs...
The flock of parrots that fly over head
Eating puchka (Golgappa)
Going to the stationary store once in 2-3 years and getting a new pencil box, sharpener, eraser, pencil
The yearly notebook and textbook buying for school...
Going to dad's work and getting scrap paper to draw on...
Those old printers and the noise it made, was like music, and I could almost dance to it
The Video Cassette rental store and the different worlds it held
Getting a phone call from a friend on a week night and sister picking up the parallel line and eavesdropping on the plans for the next day!
Going to the dentist/ doctor, and seeing what I could be afraid of this time, or what I would become a hypochondriac about
Spending time with my dogs, napping with them, feeding them, walking them, barking with them...
Talking to my sis all night long...
My awesome neighbors in Kotturpuram
Bus rides to and from school with the best bus people in the school
Playing indoor cricket
Playing leg cricket
Dosa, Idly, Sambar, Rasam, Chutney, Vadai, Mullagai Podi, Korumbu
Biryani
The rare summer time family trips to the most boring places like "The Himalayas", "Corbett National Park", "Agra", "Kolkata", "New York", "Ooty", "Kodai", "Mysore", "Coorg", "Pondicherry", "Delhi"...
Grandma's cooking
Going to Mama'r baari in Boronagar, Kolkata
Begun Bhaaja, Alloo Bhaaja, Bhaat aar Ghee... Iktu dal - simple satisfying meals
Dadu taking us to "bara" to the most random-est places...
Going to the book store with mom, and wishing to buy all the Enid Blyton books... or all the children's books in general
Reading non-stop during Summer Holidays
Reading non-stop during the term
Taking part in plays, the drama, the hustle, the thrill of performing...
Creativity - art, pottery, weaving, dance, gymnastics, writing, acting, singing
Calls from my uncle Danny in USA
My uncle introducing me to "outer space", "physics", "astronomy", "star wars" and being cool in general in a nerdy way!
Never missing the internet or smart phones... and Prince of Persia was the only fun thing on computers.
Breathing the whole time! Loving every second of it!
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