Summer holidays every year - amma, my brother and I used to pack off to my grandparents house in Madras (or so it was called then). From the Central station, the electric train to Pallavaram… and a cycle rickshaw to Pammal. Or sometimes it was a treat to get a tonga ride home :)
Then there was thatha's blue and white Bajaj scooter. I used to stand in the front as we rode across town on the bumpy roads.
I very vividly remember thatha telling us the story of “Merchant of Venice”, I was very impressed with Portia’s character hm….
There are some things that we always did when we went to Madras – one day of shopping in Mambalam, a trip to Kanchipuram, a visit to either the Vandalur zoo/the crocodile park and my favourite – the Marina Beach :)
Yeah… those were the good old days ….
Amma always says - people of the older generations knew how to love, how to show their affection and care and make others around them feel wanted – this is such a rare sight these days, that too amongst us selfish people, all that we are bothered about is "us"!
What is it about grandfathers that makes them so adorable… I'm still wondering!
it made me nostalgiac too
ReplyDeleteand abt grandpas, its their love which makes them so special.......
hey ketki! yes... it is the love :)
ReplyDeleteGrand Fathers become more adorable when they tell stories filled with experience and wisdom.
ReplyDeleteWe may just hear the story during that time but as we cruise through our lives, events mirror those bed time stories, we heard with such curiosity and amazement.
@ warrior prince - makes a lot of sense...and those very stories inspire us and reflect the path that we choose in life...
ReplyDeletethose are the sweet memories of the life hearing grand maa's stories with friends upto midnight(12 clock train sound gives the caution for us its 2 late go to the sleep),riding grand paa bulls cart,playing games with friends on railway tracks and in green fields, swimming in water channel...every moment makes u 2 start countdown for the next summer holidays...
ReplyDeleteThanks for you work and have a good week.
ReplyDeletemention of thatha makes me nostalgic as well..there was time i had a quiver full of stories, summer nights when he and i used to sleep in the open..he would be telling some story and suddenly draupadi would be abducted by ravana..that was an indication that sleep was over powering him..
ReplyDelete@ dave - thanks a lot!
ReplyDelete@ passer by - that is so sweet :)