The smell of earth
Many a times have we been transported back in time by just the whiff of earth after it had rained for the first time since a long dry spell. It would always remind us of the innocent times when we used to run amok with a carefree attitude with no worries whatsoever of the future or anything for that matter except the subtle fantasies that we used to entertain as kids: oh how sakthiman would beat the new evil, would we get to bat first for the next cricket match..ah those times. Remember those long summer vacation we all so hungrily devoured. It would start off with that giddy feeling we get when we realize the first thing in the morning when we wake up that we have two entire months of freedom from books. That thought alone would bring a wave of happiness which nothing else can give. All of a sudden waking up early in the morning wouldn't seem as much of a burden it used to be on an average school day. We'd all be filled with this entirely unearthly hyperactivity ...