I've heard someone recite- "बचपन में लोग पूछते थे - बड़े हो कर क्या बनना है... जवाब अब मिला- फिर से बच्चा बनना है |"
It's almost the end of the day, to be specific- my birthDAY and by the time I hit "Publish", it would be 19th December. It was a fun filled day, mainly owing to ample of wishes that kept pouring in since 12 midnight! I am ecstatic to have such wonderful folks (family, friends, relatives and colleagues) around.
Is your mind buzzing to ask how old did I turn today? Amusingly, my answer is-"an year younger than you..." :) Jokes apart, age is just a number! To temporarily transform my two digit age into a single digit age and to rejuvenate the spirit of childhood in people around me I offered toffees to my colleagues at work. To my surprise, it was received well, and all enjoyed relishing the flavors of the simplest childhood memories.
Later in the day, I was gyrating my thoughts to that period of time when -
our biggest troubles were a broken pencil or a lost eraser,
the harshest punishment we could give to each other was a katti,
we were not supposed to be well-behaved, well-dressed or well-versed,
we were free of the social taboos,
discipline only implied finger-on-your-mouth in the classroom,
butterflies brought sparkle to our eyes,
between day and night was an eminent sunset,
we never had to remind ourselves to keep-the-child-in-us-alive,
messy hair and dirty feet were absolutely fine,
'Chinese whispers' was nothing more but a non-toxic game,
piggy bank was the treasure,
I-am-gonna-tell-your-mom was the scariest sentence,
when moon-followed-our-car...,
ours was aselfless- selfie-less image,
technology didn't take over...
...and the list shall keep flooding.
We didn't realize we were building a pile of memories while we were growing up, and that we are still doing that.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FHjetqOlk3Vexagl96ZFU79WNxfd-lktoMjjp0UT-ubZKqI4Imo_U39IZhB0e9TmDIsB2xZIoWBSeSzE3cw7kVDd6qw-KBGXEHctTe9winVBsaeSVvsfKxMS5OvvmOUTNTuQESFmKv0/s400/google-doodle-birthday.png)
Is your mind buzzing to ask how old did I turn today? Amusingly, my answer is-"an year younger than you..." :) Jokes apart, age is just a number! To temporarily transform my two digit age into a single digit age and to rejuvenate the spirit of childhood in people around me I offered toffees to my colleagues at work. To my surprise, it was received well, and all enjoyed relishing the flavors of the simplest childhood memories.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwFswa2_GehymBqdnm_TTS4VsIF80TDtrX_Jn95ch1D1zebrdGERfNIRhWVrqGEmLbKmPw4esT00RgN6LnjnzyxlwoaO2S40-5eTAiQ0sgLdqWdIdNZn9y-FiMNJHPMC29ruRniR63hc/s640/IMG_20151218_090212538.jpg)
Later in the day, I was gyrating my thoughts to that period of time when -
our biggest troubles were a broken pencil or a lost eraser,
the harshest punishment we could give to each other was a katti,
we were not supposed to be well-behaved, well-dressed or well-versed,
we were free of the social taboos,
discipline only implied finger-on-your-mouth in the classroom,
butterflies brought sparkle to our eyes,
between day and night was an eminent sunset,
we never had to remind ourselves to keep-the-child-in-us-alive,
messy hair and dirty feet were absolutely fine,
'Chinese whispers' was nothing more but a non-toxic game,
piggy bank was the treasure,
I-am-gonna-tell-your-mom was the scariest sentence,
when moon-followed-our-car...,
ours was a
technology didn't take over...
...and the list shall keep flooding.
We didn't realize we were building a pile of memories while we were growing up, and that we are still doing that.
Happy Birthday! :)
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