A gift of childhood to the adulthood

I am excited to write for # BachpanWithFlinto blogger contest of Women's Web. 

Here I close my eyes to go back in the memory lane,a trip to my lovely childhood.The very first sight comes in my mind is of my comics - Chacha Chaudhari, Billu,Pinky,Raman,Channi Chachi.My endless and stressfree reading sessions.I don't even remember that anything else exited me more than my comics in those days.

Everytime when we used to travel somewhere or went to railway station to see off some relative, I never forgot to buy a comic.If my dad bought me a big 20 rs digest; I was the happiest person in the town.My mother is from Kerala, my Amuma - Apupa used to live in Alleppy and we live near Itarsi,M.P. (central india).During summer vacation, the long  journey of 3 days by Kerala Express from Itarsi to Chenagnoor was extra special for me because dad used to buy me comics from all big junctions and by the time we used to reach Kerala I had plenty of goodies to showoff infront of my cousins there.

My elder brother's love for comics had gone a way too far. He was a small entrepreneur of the town.He had consolidated all his pocket money and opened a small comics library in an old school Riksha which was a prime adda of all his friends and our cousins in front of our house.He made me a cashier too in this business for some time but I was very bad in it;so I was fired.

Now when I think about my kids and my brother's kids, the whole scenario seems so boring and uninteresting. Kids now a days are not at all interesed in reading. The word reading itself fills their mind with thousands of excuses.They are more interested in their i-pads and tablets.Those action packed adventure games which have no educational value for us.

I miss those small talks of school friends during lunch time." Hey did you read Chacha Chaudhari and Raka's adventure ", "Will you exchange your Pinky comics with my Billu".Lovely days I believe. They seem even lovelier because they imbibed the very beginning of "Reading Hobby" in me,which led to Writing as a hobby.Those days get the full credit that today I am an author of Women's Web.Isn't that a fabulous contribution from my childhood to my adulthood.

I absolutely cherish those days and feel that our kids are surely missing something very rewarding.

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