Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

Dear All,

It is Worth recalling our school days .....

Gone are the days

Gone are the days,......but not the memories

When the school reopened in July,

And we settled in our new desks and benches.



Gone are the days

When we queued up in book depot,

And got our new books and notes.



Gone are the days

When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet

Managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.



Gone are the days

We learnt writing with slates and pencils, and progressed

To fountain pens and ball pens and then micro tips.



Gone are the days

We began drawing with crayons and evolved to

Colour pencils and finally sketch pens.



Gone are the days

We started calculating first with tables and then with

Clarkes tables and advanced to calculators and computers.



Gone are the days

When we chased one another in the corridors in Intervals,

And returned to the classrooms drenched in sweat.



Gone are the days

When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors,

Playgrounds, under the trees and even in cycle sheds.



Gone are the days

When all the colours in the world,

Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays.



Gone are the days

When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,

Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons.



Gone are the days

When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,

And Neckties and socks rolled into balls.



Gone are the days

When few played "kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,

While others simply played "book cricket" in the confines of

classroom.



Gone are the days

Of fights but no conspiracies,

Of Competitions but seldom jealousy.



Gone are the days

When we used to watch Live Cricket telecast,

In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks.



Gone are the days

When few rushed at 3:45 to

"Conquer" window seats in our School bus.



Gone are the days

While few others had "Big Fun", "Ber-kabeet",

"kulfi ice", "Burf-gola !" and "pepsi !" at 4o Clock.



Gone are the days

Of Sports Day, and the annual School Day ,

And the one-month long preparations for them.



Gone are the days

Of the stressful Quarterly, Half Yearly and Annual Exams,

And the most enjoyed holidays after them.



Gone are the days

Of tenth and twelfth standards, when we

Spent almost the whole year writing revision tests.



Gone are the days

We learnt, we enjoyed, we played, we won, we lost,

We laughed, we cried, we fought, we thought.



Gone are the days

With so much fun in them, so many friends,

So much experience, all this and more.



Gone are the days

But not the memories, which will be

Lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and

Ever and ever and Ever

Gone are the days,......but not the memories







With Luv

B.Dhiwakar