Gone are the days (remembering school days)

[KETAN MEHTA]

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> Gone are the days
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> When the school reopened in July,
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> And we settled in our new desks and benches.
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> When we queued up in book depot,
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> And got our new books and notes.
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> When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet
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> Managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.
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> We learnt writing with slates and pencils, and
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> Progressed To fountain pens and ball pens and then
> micro tips.
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> We began drawing with crayons and evolved to
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> Color pencils and finally sketch pens.
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> We started calculating first with tables and then
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> Log tables and advanced to calculators and
> computers.
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> When we chased one another in the corridors in
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> Intervals, and returned to the classrooms drenched
> in sweat.
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> When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors,
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> Playgrounds, under the trees and even in cycle shed.
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> When all the colors in the world,
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> Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays.
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> When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,
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> Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons.
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> When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,
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> And Neckties and socks rolled into balls.
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> When few played "kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching
> sun,
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> While others simply played "book cricket" in the
> confines of classroom.
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> Of fights but no conspiracies,
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> Of Competitions but seldom jealousy.
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> When we used to watch Live Cricket telecast,
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> In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks.
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> When few rushed at 1:45 to "Conquer" window seats in
> our School bus.
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> While few others had "Big Fun", "Chock-o-bar","kulfi
> ice" and "Pepsi"
> at 2:00 Clock.
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> Gone are the days Of Sports Day, and the annual
> School Day,
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> And the one-month long preparations for them.
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> Gone are the days Of the stressful Quarterly,
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> Half Yearly and Annual Exams, and the most enjoyed
> holidays after them.
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> Of tenth and twelfth standards, when we spent almost
> the whole year
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> writing revision tests.
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> We learnt, we enjoyed, we played, we won, we lost,
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> We laughed, we cried, we fought, we thought..
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> With so much fun in them, so many friends,
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> So much experience, all this and more.
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> Gone are the days when we used to talk for hours
> with our friends.
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> Now we don't have time to say a HI.
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> Gone are the days when we played games on the road.
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> Now we code on the road with laptop.
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> Gone are the days when we saw stars shining at
> night.
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> Now we see stars when our code doesn't work.
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> Gone are the days when we sat to chat with friends
> on grounds.
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> Now we chat in chat rooms.....
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> Gone are the days where we studied just to pass.
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> Now we study to save our job
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> Gone are the days where we had no money in our
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> and fun filled on our hearts
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> Now we have the ATM as well as credit card but with
> an empty heart
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> Gone are the days where we shouted on the road.
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> Now we don t shout even at home
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> Gone are the days where we got lectures from all.
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> Now we give lectures to all... like the one I'm
> doing now....
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> Gone are the days
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> But not the memories, which will be
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> Lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and Ever
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> Ever.....
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> NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE,
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> DON'T FORGET TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL EXISTS.
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> IT WONT BE THERE FOR EVER..........
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