As soon as final exams are over in most schools and summer breaks, all children are excited for the most awaited month of the year. May, it’s officially declared as summer vacation from ages. I wish I was a boy again, enjoying the summer break. With no worry about lessons, homework, and exams was out of view and out of mind. And the
freedom to not think of studies until June just gave us so much joy. All the fun and action were to happen outdoors. The open grounds witnessed some fierce competition in Cricket and Football. The hockey sticks turned into swords. The boys and girls indulged in all their favorite activities. Boys were seen flying kites, making paper boats, and floating them in the rain, the girls skipped and joyfully rode bicycles and played together innocent games like Hopscotch and Hide n Seek. Everybody watched at least one new Hindi movie during the holiday. There was no limit to how much we could explore outdoors, make new friends, and make beautiful and unforgettable memories,
grow up carefree, with no worries and no anxiety. If the outdoors gave us happiness. We played chess, Ludo, cards, and carom. We read Phantom comics. A few more common books were Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, and The Archie. Radio was a common electronic gadget in every family. It added to the indoor entertainment. Those days other common brands which most of the families had were Crompton fans and Alwyn refrigerators. These were luxuries during our time.
Our day came to an end when the street lights were put out and our mothers called out to us to return home. It was family time in the night. After a fresh bath with Lifebuoy soap, having a hot meal cooked by our mother, eating summer fruit, Alphonso mango, and having Malai kulfi as dessert was a treat. Our night ended with a prayer and a
bedtime story when the lights were switched off at 9.30 pm everyday religiously. Few children went to their native place during summer vacations, because staying home to celebrate Diwali and Christmas was mandatory. As these months passed by and we neared January, it was time to study and prepare for exams and as exams ended and
summer vacations started, the days passed waiting for the results which were brought by the postman who dropped them like bombs at home. And then finally, fatigued by all the fun of playing in April and May, we eagerly waited to get back to school. We looked forward to going to a new class, wearing fresh new uniforms. Make new friends with whom we could share all the holiday experiences, to find new enemies to pick a fight with. As school started, a whole lot of new and fresh things awaited us. New raincoats and gumboots from Duckback brand. The clean printed texted books and exercise books, on which we did not want to write. And a promise to ourselves to be good
students and to do better than the previous year when we played to the fullest, enjoyed every second of the day and made countless memories. And a wish to become a schoolboy and relive the carefree life of a child.
About Mark Manuel
The above thoughts/content has been proudly copied from the wall of Sir Mark Manuel. Being interviewing almost every role model of this country and going stronger each day. Mark Manuel is a respected Mumbai editor, writer, and columnist.
With over three decades of journalism in leading publications. This includes the Free Press Journal, Times, Dainik Bhaskar, Mid-Day, and Afternoon. He is famous for his brilliant pen interviews. He is a TEDx speaker.
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His interviews have been featured in several leading media houses. They include the Hindustan Times, Huffington Post, BBC, and Network 18. Almost every famous person has been interviewed by him in the country from Mother Teresa to Muhammad Ali. His first book is just out. It’s titled Moryaa Re! It is a crime thriller that is perhaps the country’s first police procedural. He began his career covering crime. And in a tribute to his experience and knowledge of this beat.
Several distinguished officers of the Mumbai Police and its Crime Branch collaborated with him to make this book possible. Amitabh Bachchan wrote the forward in a statement of friendship for Mark Manuel and admiration for his work.
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