I was on my way back home, it was summer, the sun was bright for the fact that the days are longer in the west during summers… It so happened that I was tempted to have an ice-cream.
I am the one who would not buy or eat anything alone, not that I am scared, its simply coz I don't have a company and I always want someone to accompany me when I am eating…
But this very day, I somehow could overcome that and very soon spotted an interesting Gelatine ice-cream parlour, the shop displayed variety of ice-cream flavours, rich they looked, I was sure it would definitely taste heavens… in no time I was at the stall, and was already looking out to choose the flavours, my mind was wandering between to either go for a single or a double scoop or greedily wanting three! I then thought three would be horrendously too much ;) and settled in for two, the lady smiled gently and handed over my double delight cone… quickly managed to rush through my handbag to find the debit card, made the payment and was all eager and ready to smudge the ultimate flavours on to my tongue…
To enjoy the divineness (Sun + Ice-cream) , my mind started searching for a bench, So walked across the street, as I figured out a bench laid out in front of a park..with few trees behind it, which just let few rays of sun to surpass, which was giving the dusky finish to the scene… By then I had already started enjoying the lovely Gelatine…
Slowly as I started realising the flavours, my mind started wandering thinking of people passing by, my home, my parents, and as I went on and on, slowly unwrapping the memory box, basically my mind wanted all sweet things, all good moments, all happiness…. every scene showed up for a moment n vanished before another barged in which seemed more funnier n merrier than the previous…
There was this thing which I remembered, when we were given 1 Rupee or 2, to buy a kulfi or an ice-candy, there was a gush of happiness within me then!
It was a great deal of thing to get some quids from parents or grandparents to buy a kulfi or a candy… coz that would happen only after 5-10 min of pleading… (I don't know why they were so hesitant to shell out some coins not that they did not have enough money but probably simply they did not want to or may be they thought it was not hygienic : )
But still the amount of fun,the joy, happiness, contentment we had in slurping the ice-cream along with cousins under the sun in the summer during summer holidays was enormous!
Realised, that no heavy priced Gelatine can ever be compared nor its as fun as a kulfi or an ice-candy when we were kids….
Sun was down under his hood… with very little to shine, by the time I was all done with my so called ecstasy :), got up and walked my way down the street back home, with many of my childhood memories still running over my mind!
My childhood was definitely a Sunshine :)
