It was quite a long time since I have travelled in a bus at the early hours of the day! and my definition to the early hours is 7.30 am :) . I boarded a bus to my office, found a seat near the window; the cold breeze went down through my brain and re winded my good old memories of my school days when I used to travel in Bus during the as mentioned early hours.
We lived in a place, which is little far from the main areas of the city. My school was 6 kms away from my home, when I was in my junior class, a rickshaw (three wheeled cycle, with a motor) was arranged. I, my sister and other children of the neighbourhood would travel in that vehicle.
Going to school was a big task for me, I used to invent reasons for not going to school, but it was rarely succeeded as my mother was very keen in not allowing me to take any leave other than anything genuine. In my kindergarten days at school, I had a friend called Saraswathi and with my Mazhalai (child like) accent, I call her Sasudi and I assumed her name as what I called her till I was in Std 5.
She was smart little girl, with a business minded brain at that age. In our school, the top 10 children from the kindergarten were honoured with a small gift, mostly with scripture books, as a token of appreciation for their hard work they had put in.
I joined the bandwagon of the 10 students and I received a book, as good loyal friend, I showed it to Sasudi with a pride, she saw it and told me that, we will exchange it with some piece of paper she had in her hand, at the very moment I was convinced and was about to exchange, then a thought stuck me, why should I?. In the mean while, I could see Sasudi's face full of eagerness in her eyes, as a wolf waiting to eat its bait. I immediately retook my thoughts and said, "its ok Sasudi your paper looks nicer than mine, you have it".She was disappointed! (That’s why I mentioned earlier that she had a business brain:)...................
peelllllllll thuddddd, the driver applied the gears, I realised, oh my bus stop has come. Got down the bus, my heart was contented after a good nostalgia!!
