Raju blogs

 KAROL BAGH, New Delhi, the place where we lived for the best part of our childhood . Lot of South Indians used to settle down in Karol Bagh as soon as they land in Delhi from South, searching for jobs and starting a new livelihood in the totally unknown area among Hindi speaking population braving extreme weather.  Paapi Pet Ka Sawal hai na, you see . My father was one of them.  I came to Delhi with my parents and my siblings at the age of 5 years.  Those days it used to be extemely cold because of less buildings  and less inhabitants.   WE also landed in Karol Bagh and set up our home in a "Barsati" (means top floor).  Barsati rents are cheaper and most of our South Indians used to occupy them .  One Big room ( no drawing, dining ) all in this room.  Kitchen used to be outisde the room and so are the bathrooms and Toilet (only Indian style).When it rains you need Umbrella to go to these places and for some funny reasons , no one had an...

 EPISODE 1 I remember when we were in school after final exams we get some 15 days holiday before the results are out.We keep counting the days and really get worried as the result date approaches .  Those days no online results .You need to walk to school which would be easily 2 kms away. The results are printed and neatly pasted on the board in the school .The results of only failed students are put up.  It would  say " following students detained. All others passed"  On the day of result though we used to be confident of passing,  a little unfounded  fear used to be there. What if we have   failed.. Myself, brother and sister used to walk to the school early morning with pounding hearts. While we would be half way through,  our class mates who would be returning back after seeing the results would tell us "you all have  passed".  We innocently walk back home without going to the school. When we reach home , my father would a...