90's BORN (Garmi Chutti)

Planning started as soon as we got the date of 'garmi chutti', the longest holiday. Till mid 90s, there was telephone booth. I remember that I used to call from the telephone booth my cousins, grandparents and rest family members. Every year gathering place changed. One year our house,next somewhere else. And we used to eagerly wait for summer vacations to start . Foods we would be eating each day was planned before, games, both indoor and outdoor, we hoped we would get new clothes too, a small amount of money from our parents 'don't bother anyone for anything'. And actually when I grew older,  I got the meaning of this particular statement 'don't bother anyone'. Parents had a far vision. And when the day finally arrived, our eyes were fixed at every bus which was going to stop at our destination. 

From sitting on the first window seat to reaching the destination, the journey was always fun. Having street foods in between was amazing. And as the destination arrived, enthusiasm was all we felt and we knew that we would be enjoying the best part of the year to the fullest. We didn't touch books as we were totally carefree.

We played Gully cricket, yeh, morning to evening back to back games, no breakfast no lunch and no order was obeyed, it was our time.

We Roamed in the 'Mohallahs' having samosa and idly etc etc. The best part was, waking up late in the morning. Mangoes were the best part of the summer vacation, the only desert.

Having it anytime, stealing them from someone's garden was out of the world. Going to the ponds and rivers for bath and jumping in the water from the top level was too much fun. Throwing pebbles in the pond and competing how much jump it would take. Going to the market in the evening with our elders to have our favourite sweets is something we cherished the most. Using cool telcom powders was also fun.
Then the worst part was the visit of out parents to take us back and doing homework during that period made us realise that the golden time of the year was over. And only one thing was good while leaving the destination and that was getting some money with a sentence 'phir aana'.