Good old days...

When gulli-danda and kanche (marbles) were more popular than cricket ...
When we always had friends to play aais-paais (I Spy), chhepan-chhepai and pitthoo anytime ...
When we desperately waited for Ramayan, Mahabharat, When chitrahaar, vikram-baitaal, dada daadi ki kahaniyaan were so fulfilling ...
When there was just one tv in every five houses and When bisleris were not sold in the trains and we were worrying if papas will get back into the train in time or not when they were getting down at stations to fill up the water bottle ...
When Holis & Diwalis meant mostly hand-made pakwaans and sweets and moms seeking our help while preparing them
When we were exchanging comics and stamps and chacha-chaudaris and billus were our heroes ...
When we were in nanihaals every summer and loved flying kites and plucking and eating unripe mangoes and leechis ..
When one movie every Sunday evening on television was more than asked for and 'ek do teen chaar' and 'Rajni' inspired us ...
When 50 paisa meant at least 10 toffees ...
When left over pages of the last years notebooks were used for rough work or even fair work ...
When 'chelpark' and 'natraaj' were encouraged against 'reynolds and family' ...
When the first rain meant getting drenched and playing in water and mud and making 'kaagaj ki kishtis' ...
When there were no phones to tell friends that we will be at their homes at six in the evening ...
When our parents always had 15 paise blue colored 'antardesis' and 5 paise machli wale stamps at home
When we remembered tens of jokes and were not finding 'ice-cream and papa' type jokes foolish enough to stop us from laughing ...
When we were not seeing patakhes on Diwalis and gulaals on Holis as air and noise polluting or allergic agents
When we were using our hearts more than our brains, even for scientifically brainy activities like'thinking' and 'deciding'
When we were crying and laughing more often, more openly and more sincerily ...
When we were enjoying our present more than worrying about our future
When being emotional was not synonymous to being weak
When sharing worries and happiness didn't mean getting vulnerable to the listener ...
When blacks and whites were the favorite colors instead of greys ...
When journeys also were important and not just the destinations
When life was a passenger's sleeper giving enough time and opportunity to enjoy the scenaries from its open and transparent glass windows instead of some superfast's second ac with its curtained, closed and dark windows...


....sachi kya din hote tha woh.....jab hum 8 baje se Chitrahar ka wait karte tha har wednesday ko...aur in betweeen..."Rukawat ka liya khed hai" :sorry for the interruption aajata tha to kitna gussa aata tha,..... woh time jab hum Chacha Chuadhri aur Raka ki mutbhar pada karte tha, pinky and billo, mama bhanja, motu patlo......chunni chachi...waow man ....kya din tha woh...

I think that was the real bachpan which we enjoyed.....

Machhali Jal ki Rani hai
Jeewan uska paani hai
hath lagao darr jayegi
bahar nikalo mar jayegi...


Posham pa bhai posham pa
sau(100) rupay ki ghadi churayi
ab to jail mein jana padega
jail ki roti khana padega
jail ka pani peena padega
thayi thuiya thush
madari baba fushhhhhh....


Jhooth bolna paap hai
nadi kinare saanp hai
kali mai aayegi
tumko utha le jayegi...


jhooth bolna paap hai
nadi kinare saanp hai
vahi tumhara baap hai
hahahhahhaha


aaj somvar hai,
chuhe ko bukhar hai
chuha gaya doctor ke pass
doctor ne lagayi sui
chula bola ooooiiiii


aalu-kachalu beta kaha gaye the
bandar ki jhopdi mein so rahe the
bandar ne laat maari ro rahe the
mummy ne paise diye has rahe the


titlee udi,bus mein chadi
seet na mili ,to rone lagi
driver bola aaja mere pass
titlee boli "hat badmash"


chanda mama door ke
puye pakaye bhoor ke
aap khaye thali mein
munne ko de pyali mein


Maanavta ke man-mandir mein, gyaan ka deep jala do
Karunanidhaan Bhagwaan mere Bhaarat ko swarg bana do
Dukh daridrata ka naash karo,
Maanav ke kasht mita do
Amrit ki varsha barsakar
Bhookh ki aag bujha do.
He Kuber Bhandari, jag mein dhaan ke dher laga do
Karunanidhaan Bhagwan mere Bhaarat ko swarg bana do.


akkad bakkad bumbe bol
80-90 pure 100
100 mein laga dhaga
chor nikal ke bhaga...


raja ki raani soti thi
moti ki maala boti thi....


chadrakanta ki kahani
ye maana hai purani
ye purani ho kar bhi
badi lagti hai suhaani
naugarh vijaygarh main thi takrar
naugarh ka tha jo raajkumar
chandrakanta se karta tha pyar
chandrakanta se karta tha pyar...


budhe baba budhde baba
kahan jaa rahe ho
NADEE KINAARE
nadeee to ye rahi(pointing to the circle)
CHHOTI SI HAI
1 paisa daalo badi ho jaayegi
(baba 1 paisa daalta hai)
AB BHI CHHOTI HAI
1 paisa daalo aur badhi ho jaayegi


meri roti kisne khai
bhalu ne
bhalu to mere saath tha
haathi ne
haathi to mere saath tha
sher ne
sher bhi mere saath tha
hum ne..............


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When being smart meant being more helpful and intelligent rather than making other fool for going forward pushing others backward.
In short..we are getting selfish..now we are so busy in making our life that we are not enjoying it at all...its like we are in rush to get a goal..but our attention is more on path rather than the goal! We are too aggressive to reach the destination that we are not enjoying the journey! I have posted this so that we dont forget that life is possible even without mobile phones, internet and sci phi things, what matters is how happy we can make others !!
So never miss a opportunity to enjoy...to have a talk with old frens.. to remember how simple life can be!
Enjoy!
(Thanks to Pradeep Singh)