Just a reminder
Man is a social animal so socializing becomes an inherent nature of a human being. While on a nostalgic tour of my childhood, I reminisced a few habits of social interactions which now seem extinct. I remember my dad ,my uncle and aunts, my cousins all sitting in the verandah and talking about everything under the sun. Stories of old times, weird habits of friends, families and acquaintances were always a part of these conversations thus making for a jovial and relaxing atmosphere. Ditto at my grandmother's place, only difference being it was a daily ritual. It was a Railways staff quarters colony where every evening the womenfolk used to gather in front of the houses and chat till late night sitting in very dimly lit surroundings on grasses which if in the dried form used to itch. That was a pure source of human interactive entertainment during those days until television took over and indoor entertainment took a new definition. I remember visiting ...