65 NOSTALGIA LANE

A home that was childhood

Of scraped knees and stolen shehtoots

Of Robin hood and his band of thieves

Of summer vacations and games of hide and seek

Memories began from here

Monopoly to Holi.

65 GULISTAN COLONY.

Of Shivani Nani and Kiran

Spurts of Ram ratti thrown in .

Of Tulika Priyanka and Deepti Rawat.

Of Tutu and his Hawai returned accent

And his Lady Bugs Me tshirt

Of Umeed Singh and club film viewing

Of day spends and Night load shedding

Of birthday parties in the lawn.Year after year. In repeat mode

Of Nana lounging in his chair and Nani getting massaged after her stroke

Of Dad playing cricket with us post accident

Of mom and me , and classes in the sun, thrown in with oil massages that were the best

Of being trained by Balloo mamu in Badi and playing the game with mom

Of sleeping in wet angans in the night!

Of first crushes and sports of all kinds

Cricket on the field

Badi on the roads

And exploring on cycles

The neighborhood and beyond .

Of childhood gone past

Yet the houses remind us of Home that is still that in my heart

From where it all began.

You r that home still in my.heart

You are my CHILDHOOD!