Gone are the days .... when I used to play cricket in the house Gone are the days .... when I used to watch Doordarshan alone Gone are the days .... when I used to curse Doordarshan for programmes like Manaimatchi,Vayalum Vaazhvum, Paamalai, Ethiroli etc. Gone are the days .... when I used to curiously watch Oliyum Olliyum for the latest movie-songs Gone are the days .... when I used to watch “Jungle Book” cartoons Gone are the days .... when I used to curse Doordarshan for “Sorry for the interruption” and “Over to Delhi” Gone are the days .... when I used to curse my parents for forcing me to study Gone are the days .... when I used to curse the time-table for keeping Chemistry and History classes after lunch Gone are the days .... when I used to keep nick-names to my teachers Gone are the days .... when I used to eagerly await for Annual day and Sports day Gone are the days .... when I used to dodge my parents by bunking the Maths tuition classes Gone are the days .... when I used to long for the “Games” period Gone are the days .... when I used to sit nervously awaiting quarterly, half-yearly, Annual exam results Gone are the days .... when I used to consider cycling as equivalent to F1 racing Gone are the days .... when I used to long for quarterly, half-yearly and summer holidays Gone are the days .... when I used to play cricket matches for hours together during summer holidays Gone are the days .... when my parents took me to children films like “Anjali” Gone are the days .... when I managed to maintain friendship-contacts even without mobiles, orkut, emails, Skype, Messengers, etc. Gone are the days .... when I used to run behind audio and video cassettes Gone are the days .... when I used to boast of “National” two-in-one, “EC TV”, and VCP/VCR Gone are those days ....... forever into history Oh my dear golden (school) days, pls. comeback…..!!!