Cool School Days !!!

Today I saw something which made me nostalgic and I tried remembering things from school which am sure whose memories will go with me to the grave...

First the thing which made me write this:the camel pencil -the white one with the pink flowers spread all across, see very few of them now days, another was the Natraj pencil- with the red and black stripes . Recently In landmark I think I saw pencils in some 50 different designs and colours, but to me these are the only two which I would like to remember.

Brown paper covers- with each new year and new academic session brown paper cover use to become the flavour for the period, they w ill be supplemented by nameplate stickers. I still remember My mom keeping brown paper envelops, saying we will use it for the notebooks. I saw the transition in these when schools came out with customised notebooks and brown paper covers with there name and logo printed on it and used to sell it for 5 times the normal price....

CW & HW copies- every subject will have a CW and a HW notebook, these will always remain class work and home work for me..

Certain commands like head down and put your finger on the lip will also remain with me for ever. Even the requests like "May I go to toilet or May I go to drink water" were also the eternal. I definitely feel that these will still be in use

Bata School shoes/Duck back school bags- Again these were something which were with me till the time I was a school going kid. First the duck back bags because I hated them like anything, they were so ugly and strong , every third kid had the same bag. I ensured each year that by the end It shall not go into a second year hoping to get a new one...same was for the shoes , every one was wearing the same thing.

Another thing which was a constant companion was the Tiffin box, my mother ensured that my bag had a Tiffin box, books ho nah ho. As far as my memory goes , the initial ones were the steel Tiffin boxes round or oval shaped ones then came the Zin tac ones with spoon in the top cover and Milton, cello ones which kept your food warm, man the kids which carried the costly ones were looked on as the leaders...

Morning greeting of Gooooood morningggggggg teacher, we all used to sing this , never realised why we used to do it making a simple 2 second Good morning into a 20-30 second gooooood morninggg song.

Birthday celebrations- the Bday boy was allowed to come in coloured clothes so the super rich made sure that they will make everyone realize of there place in the chain, the school dress did not allow these. The bay boy will come with a packet of chocolates (again poor souls like us carried orange balls where as the rich carried Ec lairs, melody etc), first the class will sing the bday song then the chocolate distribution will follow...

PT periods- we had these Physcal training periods once in a week, when the wild animals were let loose in the ground to play,make merry. Everyone looked forward to this period ...had some of the best times of school during these periods..

Another thing which I remember is the food items sold around the school building, the ice cream wala, the cake wala, seasonal fruit thelas specially the guava and the pineapple thelas were a hit, tha "pachaks".

I still have so many things in mind, above all am fortunate that am still in touch with 5 /6 of my class mates , but sad for the others have not seen for the last 10-12 years.