My Early days in Jamshedpur

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Part I

My early days in Jamshedpur was very adventuruos.
First we used stay in "out-house" of my Fufa Ji's residence
in Adityapur. It was a one room house ! My dad had a bi-cycle
and i used go marketing with him. I still remeber the day
when we came together from market with a big prawn.

My dad was a great foodie then and we used enjoy good food
eventhough we had a very small income.
In few years we shifted to LIC Colony (Pan Dukan,Adityapur).
I had lots of bengali friends there but few were junior than me.

There was one "Daadu"(old man) in the colony who usually
took few of us to beautiful site seeing near the river "kharkai"
and the railway tracks.We used to collect a lots of useful
herbs (Jari-booti). Now nothing isleft there..
all ahve become buildings and slag wastes ! !

Electricity (DVC Supply) was a major problem in Adityapur.
It being an indutrial area, domestic use was very minimal...
so we used kerosene lamps and batteries for our daily duties.

Part II

I got many toys in my child-hood..but the most importantwas my
Tri-Cycle, which i used as multi-utility Toy.

My Tri-Cycle was my play , my work and my desire. I used to go
around on it all thru my home and colony. I even went to market
to buy kerosene and vegetables on my Tri-Cycle.
Ialso used it as "Ice-cream" vending machine.

Each summer vacation i used to go to my gradparents in
Bhagalpur and had lots of great food with my "Naani".
I didn't much liked my fathers' family so chose to remain
with my maamas (maternal Uncles).
Four of my mama stays inBhagalpur. The eldest one runs my
"Naana's Kirana shop",one is mentallychallenged while
2 other are working in Govt undertaking offices.

Rajesh mama was my favourate. One of his gifted bat
always remained a matter of concern for my mother.I didn't
played much of cricket and all my friends loved it...and they
always wanted to use my bat. But Mom used to hate this..
if i will not use then no body else will !
The BAT is still with some children in the same colony.

I loved to hear lots of songs on my old tape-recorder and my
Fufa Ji's LP. My Fufa had a big house near by but i rarely went
there as there was nobody of my age .