Then n Now

Then I was a kid so small
'as engrossed with a bat n a ball
Dreaming about becoming another Sachin
But turning almost tearful when out got the Indian Run Machine
And as the rest behind him rallied back ever so faithfully
I still clung on to the TV stubbornly
Well that was Indian Cricket then
Which was more of a pain
But now it has become so mundane
For defeats have become as rare as the punctuality of Indian trains
Then riding a bicycle was a big source of exhilaration
But now tender hands cannot even resist the pulsar temptation
Then telephonic conversations were rare and landline dominated
But cellphones now galore in every pocket
And yes, so upwardly were the bottom-wear
That got hidden even the navel dear
Today is the era of the low-waist

And the lower you go the closer you get to be called the best

Off course the list is endless
But dearly I wish to make the Readers' experience painless
Yes, then it was the decade of the nineties
When India was just beginning to stand amongst the mighty
Last, but not the least, then had this been written
It would have been sans manipulations but epitomized innocence.