Those Days
By jaishankar
@Shivram59 (31883)
India
April 5, 2024 12:36pm CST
I often think of my town that was once a little bigger than a village.
Boys of this village used to play old games like gullidanda;spinning tops;kabaddi;hide and seek;football etc.In winter they flew kites.
Girls in those days used to play with dolls.They would consider themselves as mothers and grandmas of their dolls.They used to make their dolls with small pieces of colorful cloths.Male dolls are called guddas and female ones are called gudias.
They used to get their guddas and gudias married with the guddas and gudias of their classmates.These "marriage ceremonies" were duely observed with all Hindu rituals and celebrated.
Those days are gone.Boys no longer play gullidanda or spintops or kabbaddi or hide and seek.They either play mobile games or cricket.Girls no longer play with dolls.
Those days are gone.I miss them badly.
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@RebeccasFarm (86780)
• United States
5 Apr
I understand your longing for the old ways of simplicity.
We also had simple life and games as kids.
Thank you for sharing about the dolls and their names.
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@Shivram59 (31883)
• India
5 Apr
@RebeccasFarm I don't know why I have [u][/u]begun thinking of old days.Is this what we call nostalgia??Those were the golden period of my life.
begun thinking of old days.Is this what we call nostalgia??Those were the golden period of my life.1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (86780)
• United States
5 Apr
@Shivram59 Maybe it is just the times these days changing so much of what we are familiar with.
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@Shivram59 (31883)
• India
6 Apr
@RebeccasFarm Only change is constant.We have desires.Some get fulfilled;some don't.There is an adage in Sanskrit that says;time does not pass;we do.Desires never die;we do.
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I know.My sister and their classmates were mad after their dolls.@Shivram59 (31883)
• India
23 Apr
@sarik1 Thanks.Did you ever play with guddas and gudias??
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@ptrikha_2 (45532)
• India
15 Apr
Yes the times have changed.
Even in the case of cricket, I do not see ample spaced parks anymore.
Forget 22 yards of pitch.
Many of the Grounds in Delhi are now car parking places.
And forget about Hockey or Football.
I remember my days in the house where my paternal granny used to live.
Mangoes used to grow there.
Our cousins used to come and play during the summer holidays.
In our colony, we used to play street cricket where players varied from age 8 to 18 !!
Once I scored 2-3 runs against an older bowler and I was so delighted!!
In short - simple joys !!
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@Shivram59 (31883)
• India
16 Apr
Ours was a food ball team.Later on he introduced cricket in my team.Most of the boys were not at all interested in cricked.I still remember my highest score was39.Wickets I took were perhaps 4 of 5.But due to lack of interest I gave up playing cricked.
@Shivram59 (31883)
• India
16 Apr
We still have some open grounds here;but they are far from my place.People don't want to go there only to play.
@LadyDuck (458591)
• Switzerland
6 Apr
@Shivram59 Young boys here play a lot basketball and also football (European football).
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@Shivram59 (31883)
• India
6 Apr
@LadyDuck I'm glad to know you have seen people play hide and seek.Here they no longer play this game.They play either cricket or mobile games.
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@Shivram59 (31883)
• India
6 Apr
@LadyDuck Here some people play football and field hockey;but in remote areas of our town.
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@sathviksouvik (17969)
•
23 Apr
thanks for sharing those memories i also miss them in the cities
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@sathviksouvik (17969)
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23 Apr
@Shivram59 thanks jaishankarji I also miss those days
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@anya12adwi (6040)
• India
23 Apr
True!! The innocence also too has been contaminated
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@Shivram59 (31883)
• India
28 Apr
@anya12adwi I have seen it.My sisters and almost all of their classmates are now responsible and happy housewives.I have met some of them.
@Shivram59 (31883)
• India
23 Apr
Agree.Everything is contaminated.Playing with dolls our small girls learned how to become responsible housewives.
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@kaylachan (57914)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 Apr
We all change with the passage of time.
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@Shivram59 (31883)
• India
6 Apr
@besweet I want to live in a village too.I agree with you.Times have changed.
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@Shivram59 (31883)
• India
6 Apr
@dya80cya Really?? That means such adults did not let the 'child' in themselves die.That's a good news.
