Things we did

Iremember the days... hours of studying, netball and throwball matches, wet uniforms, strict teachers, pretty teachers, handsome brothers of my friends, understanding parents, nosey neighbours and best of all my friends.

Those years are long past. We have drifted in different directions. We have become wives, mothers, aunts and maybe even on the threshold of becoming grandmothers.

I hear everyone talk of this new millennium. "Change" is the catch-word. I look around and see children making the same errors, fight the same wars in school; fall in and out of love as I did; make faces at teachers like I did; hero-worship stars; lick lollipops; fight with siblings - as I once did.

Nothing has changed. Why, even my friends are the same. We meet regularly once or twice a month. We talk, fight, sing, tease one another, reminisce about school days and play pictionary. The only difference today is we take our children along. At such gatherings, our children see us in a different light. They are amused .We forget our age and behave like youngsters. My daughter looks on, moves away with a smile.

R. SRIDEVI, Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai

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