In school days, recess time is the most jovial time we had. It's the time we chat freely with our friends, do whatever we want, run freely in the park, enjoy our food with our friends , and most importantly, we get the much needed break from back to back lectures we had since morning. Usually, most of us in this interval sit in our groups with our friends and share our food with them. Over the years all these groups have some stories among them, some interesting lunch time stories they share with their friends. This post is about some of the lunch time stories I share with my school friends.
It all started here, at that fountain.
I joined my new school in April 2005. Initially until summer vacations I used to eat alone at that fountain. Sometimes I was joined by Punit and others. But for most part of that one and half month I used to be alone at lunch time. Though I didn't much feel like that as I had much entertainment around me. The one such was when we have to go to our classes after lunch. As we were still considered juniors, students upto class 5th have to form a line to return to our class after recess was over. Line had to be formed in that passage you see between those 2 shrubs. I don't know what problem that P.T. teacher had, all those students who form a line before time were punished. And Punit was one among those who were frequently punished. I don't know what he found fascinating in it. Despite being punished so many times, he still used to line up early to return to class and get punished for it. It lasted for few months for him until our group was formed.
Things changed soon after Prakarsh joined after summer vacations in July. As he was new and didn't know anyone he used to have lunch with me at that fountain. (As we both chose Sanskrit, he used to sit with me that period due to which he ended up having lunch with me). Soon, Punit became a regular companion and we used to have a good time in the lunch hours. But still, Punit had that tendency to line up quickly after finishing his lunch due to which he was repeatedly punished. Despite the fact that he was frequently punished, he had the ability to deceive everyone and move to and from from park to class without being noticed. Because of his this smart skill, sometimes we used to call him a Deceiver.
Akshansh who was impressed by Prakarsh's smartness wanted him to be a part his group and regularly persuaded us to join his group. We used to avoid him and run from him and gave him the name Sardar (one of the hindi book story character we had that time in school). After some days he came up with a proposal to make a new group. And this time we agreed. Our location was just few meters ahead of our previous landmark point. Me, Prakarsh, Punit, Akshansh, Swastik were initial members. Soon our group increased to 10 and we used to have a gala time together in lunch hours. More guys meant more variety in lunch. Each guy used to bring something which was loved by whole group, like Prakarsh's Pav Bhaji , Punit's pickle, Akshansh occasionally too used to bring something special, My pappads and special attraction used to treasure box(my mom used to give something secial and different like light snacks in this box which was loved by all). But the best attraction and huge fight was when one used to bring Maggie or Allu ki Sabji. These 2 things were group's favourite and one needs to get a ample quantity to ensure he has sufficient to eat. But that thing never used to happen. We used to jump on it like hungry wolves and due to it on some days that guy used to be left half hungry as his vegetable was over and other guys didn't have vegetable of his liking. But still we loved our group and enjoy our time together. One thing that use to keep us united was our love for cricket.
One day Akshansh brought Aalu in his lunch. We like mad guys jumped on it like always. I was about to have a bite from his lunch when I saw Prakarsh's reaction after eating it. His expressions weren't good and I resisted myself from having a bite. Akshansh's expression was also same as he was surprised that it tasted different from other days. Next day, he revealed that it actually was Aarbi ki Sabzi . That was enough to push us all as we wanted to beat him. It still remains one of the hilarious tail we have in our group "Aalu ki Sabzi kehke Aarbi khila di" . From that day onward when ever he used to bring Aalu ki Sabzi we used to confirm whether it's actually a Aalu ki Sabzi or not.
Like bad time , good time too has to end. Our good time lasted for 4 years. From mid 2009 , our group started to break. Our group guys started enjoying company of other guys and soon by mid 2010 we were back to group of 3. Prakarsh, Me and Akshansh.
2011 brought some changes in our everyday Recess Time. We were joined in by new guy Ajay Yadav, who was in the same section as Prakarsh and Akshansh. As Prakarsh was elected as the Vice Head Boy of the school, he was given duty in the canteen area. So, our long time Lunch Time Spot had to be shifted. What brought a significant change was that now everyday we use to buy something from canteen, all thanks to Ajay, who use to bring money to buy and share items with us. Mostly we would settle for O'YES - Cocktail Flavour, our all time favourite. 2 packets were enough for us, shared by 2 guys, costing only Rs 5/ packet. That was all together different time we had, different from one we used to have at our longtime space shared by the larger group. This small group at new space was having their own unique time together. But time wasn't on our side, as we didn't realise when that period came to an end and so our school life. Time ran so fast that we hardly realised we spent time together in those one and a half years. Somedays I wish we had more time together.
But life doesn't work on 'if and buts'. And now looking at those 7 years of Recess Time, I feel that, that was one of the beautiful times I had in my school days. Time with friends is always beautiful, but lunch time with them is even more.
And, finally after 12 years, we were back at the same spot, and this time without our lunch boxes, without school dresses, a bit older but with same affection and love. Me, Punit and Prakarsh.
Akshansh who was impressed by Prakarsh's smartness wanted him to be a part his group and regularly persuaded us to join his group. We used to avoid him and run from him and gave him the name Sardar (one of the hindi book story character we had that time in school). After some days he came up with a proposal to make a new group. And this time we agreed. Our location was just few meters ahead of our previous landmark point. Me, Prakarsh, Punit, Akshansh, Swastik were initial members. Soon our group increased to 10 and we used to have a gala time together in lunch hours. More guys meant more variety in lunch. Each guy used to bring something which was loved by whole group, like Prakarsh's Pav Bhaji , Punit's pickle, Akshansh occasionally too used to bring something special, My pappads and special attraction used to treasure box(my mom used to give something secial and different like light snacks in this box which was loved by all). But the best attraction and huge fight was when one used to bring Maggie or Allu ki Sabji. These 2 things were group's favourite and one needs to get a ample quantity to ensure he has sufficient to eat. But that thing never used to happen. We used to jump on it like hungry wolves and due to it on some days that guy used to be left half hungry as his vegetable was over and other guys didn't have vegetable of his liking. But still we loved our group and enjoy our time together. One thing that use to keep us united was our love for cricket.
One day Akshansh brought Aalu in his lunch. We like mad guys jumped on it like always. I was about to have a bite from his lunch when I saw Prakarsh's reaction after eating it. His expressions weren't good and I resisted myself from having a bite. Akshansh's expression was also same as he was surprised that it tasted different from other days. Next day, he revealed that it actually was Aarbi ki Sabzi . That was enough to push us all as we wanted to beat him. It still remains one of the hilarious tail we have in our group "Aalu ki Sabzi kehke Aarbi khila di" . From that day onward when ever he used to bring Aalu ki Sabzi we used to confirm whether it's actually a Aalu ki Sabzi or not.
Like bad time , good time too has to end. Our good time lasted for 4 years. From mid 2009 , our group started to break. Our group guys started enjoying company of other guys and soon by mid 2010 we were back to group of 3. Prakarsh, Me and Akshansh.
2011 brought some changes in our everyday Recess Time. We were joined in by new guy Ajay Yadav, who was in the same section as Prakarsh and Akshansh. As Prakarsh was elected as the Vice Head Boy of the school, he was given duty in the canteen area. So, our long time Lunch Time Spot had to be shifted. What brought a significant change was that now everyday we use to buy something from canteen, all thanks to Ajay, who use to bring money to buy and share items with us. Mostly we would settle for O'YES - Cocktail Flavour, our all time favourite. 2 packets were enough for us, shared by 2 guys, costing only Rs 5/ packet. That was all together different time we had, different from one we used to have at our longtime space shared by the larger group. This small group at new space was having their own unique time together. But time wasn't on our side, as we didn't realise when that period came to an end and so our school life. Time ran so fast that we hardly realised we spent time together in those one and a half years. Somedays I wish we had more time together.
But life doesn't work on 'if and buts'. And now looking at those 7 years of Recess Time, I feel that, that was one of the beautiful times I had in my school days. Time with friends is always beautiful, but lunch time with them is even more.
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