I Miss Those Days

@Shivram59 (35266)
India
November 13, 2024 12:25pm CST
There was a time when my town was very small.At night I used to sleep on a cot beside my father's under a huge neem tree just in front of my house.We could hardly see a car or a jeep running along the road at a Stone's throw from my house.Our town was very peaceful then. Now it has grown into a industrial hub.Many aluminum and electric plants have popped up.Now the air is not as pure as it used to be in gone by days. Now I miss the star studded sky that we used to see those days.My father used to tell me about our culture;our martyred and stories from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Those days are history now. I now miss the bullock carts running on the roads;the starry nights and the cool;refreshing breeze we were able to breath in;the bullock carts and all that.I don't remember when was the the time I saw a wonderful;green sky. Sometimes I feel nostalgic.But time passes and everything is changed.I have to adjust with it.And you know it is not that easy.
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@AmbiePam (92415)
• United States
13 Nov
It certainly is hard to adjust when the changes aren’t all good.
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@Shivram59 (35266)
• India
14 Nov
I agree.People who have grown up in a healthy and naturally beautiful atmosphere are now failing to adjust themselves with the so called developed cities.
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@rakski (122178)
• Philippines
14 Nov
a lot of places became urbanized, industrialized as time goes by
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@rakski (122178)
• Philippines
14 Nov
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@Shivram59 (35266)
• India
14 Nov
Yes.Anti social activities also became rampant there.Such places lost their peace.
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@Shivram59 (35266)
• India
14 Nov
@rakski If now we sleep outside our home;we can do so at our own risk.
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@allknowing (136011)
• India
15 Nov
After city life we shifted to a semi rural setting where we have modern facilities but less traffic, less sky rise buildings and less people.
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@Shivram59 (35266)
• India
15 Nov
I love living in such a place.In fact;I like to live in a village near a jungle.To me it becomes very difficult to adjust myself with the fast growing industrial hubs.
@kaylachan (69304)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Nov
Life and people do move forward.
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@Shivram59 (35266)
• India
14 Nov
Yes.We can't stop this no matter we like it or not.Changing times change everything around us.
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@kaylachan (69304)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Nov
@Shivram59 Sometimes for the better.
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@Shivram59 (35266)
• India
14 Nov
@kaylachan That's what I think and console myself.
@grenery8 (10263)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
19h
i understand you. adjusting is never easy and we have every right to be nostalgic. i am nostalgic too, maybe too much.
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@Shivram59 (35266)
• India
18h
I was born when my town was small.I was brought up and enjoyed the atmosphere in a very small town.So when everything is changed;it is but natural to feel nostalgic.