India of our times

With advancements in technology, sometimes I feel we are losing some of the very good things of life.
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1. Tree swings- I really miss the monsoon season coupled with rope swings on old, tall, trees.
2. Going on the terrace and rotating the antenna. And we needed an assistant(or may be we used to be the assistants) to scream "Little more, oh no no, not that much.Stop!Stop right there. Perfect! you can come down now."
3. Sleeping on the terrace- I can't even imagine life without an AC. And we used to sleep on the terrace on a few occasions every summer and felt a little chill even during the month of June at the time of dawn. And, now living in an apartment, we don't even have a terrace.
4. Traveling in a train- eating aloo-poori and achaar(potatoes and deep fried wheat bread and pickle) and everything else that was sold on the train. I still try to travel by train when I have to go to my in-laws place from my parents' but it isn't the same.
5. Listening to Walkman- OMG! It was the coolest thing and a must flaunt object of our times.
6. Lending a helping hand to Mom while she made potato chips, Kachri, Tapioca(sabudana) Papads,  Papads, achaar, etc.
7. List is endless.

I have been thinking about these things for a long time now. But just got to write about it since I felt bad over yesterday for my daughter. We planned a picnic for her to a very nice play park in Indira Nagar here in B'lore. I prepared Pulav, took disposables, achaar, dahi, sweets, etc. with us and went to the park. And the park was closed.:(
Aanya was so disappointed and no excuse or logic worked for her.Now, I wonder why do they have to close the park for lunch hours. Nobody can steal swings, slides or big trees from there. May be the corporate culture of long lunch hour has reached parks also. It opens from 8 am-11am and 3pm-7pm. Now who will bring children to the park at 8 am?!
Anyways, we consoled her by arranging for a picnic at our balcony. I spread the picnic mat and brought all plants close to the mat to crate a cozy garden effect and used the pots as a small table to keep things on and the effort was worth it. I missed taking a picture of smiling Aanya. And she finished her food and vegetables and even finished a laddoo(Indian sweet ball). But that's when I realized how easy it was for us to go on a picnic or lets say it was so simple back then.

We still get to see and experience some of these things in towns. But I really miss these in metros and feel sorry for our children since they cannot have it.
I am also feeling very lucky to be a small town girl. 'Coz I can still run back to find these somewhere.