When I look back!!!

I was born in a middle class family, with lot of enthusiasm and eagerness to grow, living in Kolkata (Calcutta). I had everything which a child should get at that age. Relatives used to surround me every time and I used to get, whatever I wanted. I thought life would be like this only.

I started my first level schooling there in Kolkata and I can remember that, I used to travel to school every morning in a closed door rickshaw. The experience of travelling, I used to enjoy a lot. I made lot of friends, but didn’t knew that, I will be losing them soon.  Life went by smoothly till the day came, when I was brought to Mumbai (Bombay).

It was an entirely new world for me and leaving all the loved ones was very much difficult for me. I was made to realize that, I have to stay here all my life and grow between these people. But who are those people? I didn’t knew them. My mind would fly back every time, when I used to be alone. But as it says, “Time is the best healer”, things started shaping beautifully for me and I was enjoying the Mumbai excitement.

Coming from a family, where studies were always kept on the highest priority, I never pushed myself more into studies. I always loved to take things in a light manner. I never wanted to take the same typical career path for me, which everyone took. I faced really a hard time, in convincing this to my parents, but ultimately succeeded. From childhood, I had very composed and limited demands. I never demanded toys, but felt in my heart, that I should also get good toys to play, which everyone had.

I simply knew that, even I demanded, I would not get. So better don’t do that only. My school days were the best days of my life; I was having a big gang to roam around. Although, I was always an average student, but there was something, which people liked and appreciated. 12 yrs of schooling just passed away, and still I miss those precious moments in my life. I often see the old pictures, which takes me to those times, when we never thought, whether we will get a job or not? Realization to that level is not expected from teens.

Whole life changed from the last day of graduation. College was a fun place; love was around each and every day. I still remember, we used to bunk classes and spent the most of our time in canteen. We felt living life king size. We were very much famous in the college and everyone wanted to be in our gang. But it was like, taking membership of a premium club. We pampered our self to the fullest and cherished every bit of being famous.

Now it’s being almost 3 decades for me living in Mumbai and I feel the same passion which I used to feel in those college days. But the memories of my childhood days are still fresh in my mind. After having almost a perfect life, I still want to rewind the time and re-live those days, which are more or less perfect for me to enjoy.  So, when I look back now, I realize the quantum of journey I made and what transformation has happened as a person in me.