Hello all!
I guess each one of us would have experienced some sort of
“Stone age men” times which could only be during our childhood days. Its
obviously true to everyone because that’s the time the technology in India was
quiet lesser than other world countries and thus we haven’t had much exposure
to most of the technologies.
But once we grow up the natural resource are still
the same but we are least cared about getting out of our home and staying close
with the nature which we make it an alternative for being in front of out
latest technologies and spending our life as a living hell.
Here is a short narration of one of my childhood memories
which I would like to share it with all of you. Interested??? Even if your not
interested, do take part in my journey and I guess you’ll sure have your own
memories refreshed at the end of this travel J
It was the end of the year 1995 and I was all panicking as
its time for me to leave this school and get myself moved to the higher
secondary school. I am a student of St.Joseph’s primary school which has the
class upto 3rd standard and the students who complete 3rd
are sent to their higher secondary which is totally on the different end of the
city. I have been to the higher secondary few times during the annual day
celebrations and I actually didn’t like it. It was huge and I felt I am in
another world where I would never fit with.
My primary school is such a heaven. It is small with around
40 class rooms build with more space and each of the corridor is separated by a
huge tree which bears an orange colored flower which is our main source of tool
for playing. Each of our class would have a small tree in front and it would
never be boring to stay there in that school which is fully surrounded by
trees. And you can also find few classes to be situated like a den within the
forest. It would be so fresh and cool even in the hot summer and once if you
get into the school you would never desire to come out of it. I and my friends
had such beautiful memories with those trees and I felt so bad to leave it and
go to a place where there are very less trees and more of classes and people
roaming around making it feel more like a distant land.
“Ai why is your face so dull di?” enquired my best pal
Vinaya.
“No di… Today is our last day in this school la. Next year
we must move on to our higher secondary school na. I don’t like that school. I
like this school only. So only I am sad.”
“Hey Maya. Are you stupid? Today is the last day in this
school. Look around you. Everyone are enjoying their last day and they are
excited about the new school. How come you alone feel so idiotically?”
“Look Vinaya. You wont understand. I was always surrounded
with trees and plants which are my closests buddies both in my home and school.
I don’t have a brother or sister like others to accompany me while am playing.
It was trees and my plants who accompanied me always. But now I cant take in
the reality of going to a new school where there are less trees and more of
people.”
“Maya. You are human being and not a tree. Remember it
always. And we have seen the higher secondary school. There are also trees and
plant and beautiful flowers which smells good. And you will find it good once
you go there. Just stop worrying about things like this like grown up. We are
still in 3rd grade. I am going to play with other under our tree.
Are you coming?” asking so Vinaya started running towards the tree, Our tree.
“Yes. Wait up Vinu Am coming too” I followed her to the
tree.
We played our Hide and Seek, Ring-a-ring-a-roses, Devil with
long nails which is our favorite game and was going around scaring our
classmates and had such a nice evening until we were picked up by our parents
to home.
And I forgot about the whole thing about the higher
secondary school and spent my entire three months vacation my roaming around
our farm which is filled with coconut trees, Gooseberry trees, kodukkapuliangai
tree, noongu tree and all other green leave. I always stayed up with my
gooseberry tree as it was my favorite tree and a favorite fruit of mine for all
time. I get up in the morning and take my brush and come over by the tree and
sit beneath it and start day dreaming by collecting the fallen gooseberries and
what to do with those and exclaiming over nature’s greatness seeing the various
stages and growth phases of that gooseberry. I always love to eat a gooseberry
which is half sweet which would be so delicious and a mouthwatering one.
And at last the holidays were over and I started having
nightmares about my secondary school without trees, its shades, the smell and
every little thing that is associated with a tree. But nothing could ever get
changed except our thoughts. So I started wandering how the school might be and
how the teachers and students out there would welcome us and so on. Finally the
day had arrived and I was all set for going to my secondary school which is
obviously like moving on from a small town to a metropolitan city.
Once I entered the school all I could search for was for how
many trees are there actually. All I could find was a very few trees and many
small plants which are kept for a making the school a pleasant atmosphere for
every single eye. But is there any good with those plants? Nah… I could find
nothing. But I found my new school doesn’t embarrass me much as I thought and I
was easily accustomed to the new environment and its way of workings. I did
understand that, in life everything happens for a reason and we must be
flexible enough to adapt to the rapid changing environment with the increase of
technologies which has turned to be a part of our human life unnaturally.
As the time passes I find me getting adapted to the new
school with lesser trees. And we have changed our house too due to the
extra-long distance which I had to travel from my village. So now my new house
has no trees either. Though I have started living a life without much trees
around me, I still yearn for a nature filled environment which will be a better
option for human beings to have a long-lasting and peaceful lifestyle.
P.S: I still spend some of my holidays in my village filled
with trees, all my favorite trees, and I do have a nice time out there. Hope
all you guys must have such visits over your childhood memories and the places
and surroundings you’ve been missing in this busy daily lifestyle. Grow trees;Grow lifestyles.
