whims of a little girl
Earliest memory of school is the buggy... Small variation of tricycle covered vehicle in which kids are taken to school in india.. I wanted to go to school because I wanted to have a joyride on the buggy just like my brother. And the selection criteria of the school where I wanted to go ... A PIANO... Yes when we went to see the school, the principal sir, a very enterprising man, showed me the grand piano and I knew this was to my school. Mom knows the best. She knew I would ignore the school once the initial furore dies... So I was admitted to the nearest school, with lowest fee and ofcourse my choice ,a la piano, was taken into account. Here then started my first experience of school. My next day's tiffin was decided by what my dear friend had bought today. Everyday she would get to know the whole day's routine because a certain chhaya became a teacher after returning and she would take attendance and use a wooden footruler to teach the poor mattress... Phatack phatack would...