Memories - as I recall -- 1

 Ghaziabad --> till class 5

 

1) Toffee Math:  Very often Mohit and I used to go to a shop very near to our school (silver bells) to buy a toffee (parle kismi), wrapped in red color with parle written on it. The shop keeper used to give 2 for 25paisa and 3 for 50paisa. So sometimes we used to buy for 25 and immediately after that hand over another 25 and steal an extra toffee.  (Got a link, it’s still in the market, I don’t believe this http://www.parleproducts.com/brands/confectionaries_kismi_toffee.asp)

2) Silver bells pre First class: Before I was in first class, I remember the section was altogether different. There used to be a revolving jhoola. We used to have a lot of on that.

3) Gulmohar tree painting: In class 3rd or 4th - teacher taught us how to draw Gulmohar tree. At that time our English book was also 'Gulmohar Reader’. So for the painting she took the whole class outside to the play ground where there was a gulmohar tree, flourishing with flowers. The best part i remember was it so fun to draw the flowers as a kid. Why? Because she taught us the fun way - dip the brush in red color with little water and tap the brush head on to give natural effect. Definitely it screwed up the brush.