While we were enjoying our stay in bhopal,one day our father broke the news that he has been transferred to delhi.This news came as a catastrophe to us since for nearly 4 years bhopal had became our home and it was unimaginable to think getting separated from friends and from a community which was like an extended family.There was gloom all over since not only it was a bad news for us but it was for everyone.Our house maid Sapru wept like a child,even our Land-lord was sad since we have built a beautiful Garden which was full of flowers but we had to come to delhi.
Now i realise that how difficult it is for children of Government servants who get transferred every now and then to new places. Every time you have to start your life all over again by making new friends in new environment,going to new school,new house,different weather conditions etc.Any how we reached delhi and our elder uncle who was living in delhi had got a new house at the same time and he told my father to shift there since house is laying vacant.So we got shifted to our new house in Munirka colony which is in south delhi.It was a two bedroom house with park on the backside but it was no where in comparison to our big house in bhopal.Our friends from bhopal remained in touch with us for few years and one of our friends Welcome also visited us in delhi even Gaur aunty our neighbour in bhopal who used to treat my mother as her sister also visited us.In those days ( 1976 ) mobile and computers were not there only posting letters was a mean of communication which is unthinkable now.Slowly we got adjusted to our new surroundings.We got admitted in R.K.Puram in a government school while we were studding in public school in bhopal.It was a Hindi medium school where they start teaching you english from 6th class onwards.In bhopal we used to study in english medium so we have to make lot of adjustment in our life.
Now i realise that how difficult it is for children of Government servants who get transferred every now and then to new places. Every time you have to start your life all over again by making new friends in new environment,going to new school,new house,different weather conditions etc.Any how we reached delhi and our elder uncle who was living in delhi had got a new house at the same time and he told my father to shift there since house is laying vacant.So we got shifted to our new house in Munirka colony which is in south delhi.It was a two bedroom house with park on the backside but it was no where in comparison to our big house in bhopal.Our friends from bhopal remained in touch with us for few years and one of our friends Welcome also visited us in delhi even Gaur aunty our neighbour in bhopal who used to treat my mother as her sister also visited us.In those days ( 1976 ) mobile and computers were not there only posting letters was a mean of communication which is unthinkable now.Slowly we got adjusted to our new surroundings.We got admitted in R.K.Puram in a government school while we were studding in public school in bhopal.It was a Hindi medium school where they start teaching you english from 6th class onwards.In bhopal we used to study in english medium so we have to make lot of adjustment in our life.
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