This dates back to my school days in Hyderabad, my usual way of gettin to school wuz like the millions of others in the School bus itself. Then bcuz of the new home far away frm school, got travellin by the local bus service. Even if this wuz the option, one of those days just decided to walk it up. And by walk i mean, reach until the Airport then mostly wud get picked by one of the Uncles there. So there has been an instance of a ride in the Fire Engine, goin thru the run way and alight at the end of airport. Then walk it up again until home, mom wud be waiting with snacks bcuz child has travelled so far with so much of difficulty(unaware of the "Fire engine rides"). During days of Sankranti, dont prefer rides in the airport but walkin just to collect the Kites lyin there :)
And this reminds me, have travelled in a police jeep also. Now most of my frenz wud ask, wotz new? For all tht i do, shud be prisoned but those were the days during the VIP movement at Hyd. Narasimha Rao wuz expected to take tht route, all the buses to tht route were cancelled and me kept waiting there even after knowing tht, hopin for a bus. Told ya, wuz school goin and had sm test on that day. Suddenly this police jeep came by, cop told me: "Bachi ghar jaao" but me dint move an inch. Later he offered a pick up to 3 of them standin at the bus stop, me hopped in too. Got dropped at school too and happily walked up. Took few yrs to realise, tht wuznt such a wise thing to do.
Also while I was at this bus stop, four of my teachers were there too. They got an Auto after waiting for a very long time, wanted to take me along bcuz it wuz too late by then. Now the prob wuz that 4 of them already, so driver suggested 'let the kid sit infrnt' and me then sat alongwith driver and reached safely.Now all this isnt such a big deal, but got reminded of all this with a trip to my old home i.e. Hyderabad after 12 yrs....
Thursday, April 24, 2008
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3 comments:
Beautifully written! Ride in a fire engine??? wow.. sounds so exciting.. Wish we could all get back our Innocence and childhood.. :-)
Visitng old home after 12 years its too long......
nice post....
it reminds me my childhood wen I used to go to school in bicycle and used to puncture other's tyres who would park in my parking area...
hehehehhe
Fire engine, Police Jeep!!!!
Interesting bit..
Deepa
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