Only Place In Village

Schools were only place Where we used to chase With volley ball and kho kho* We had no other place to go Even though some of our mates were rich The good dress was beyond our reach We never used iron on dress It was luxury if we used shoes No one teased or commented The village was really isolated From real world So many things we used to read in news papers or were told It was daily routine From home to school and back in the evening to dine The lantern was available at home to study Still we used to study in night with great difficulty Each student dreamed about bright tomorrow But found it difficult to move or go The financial burden was too much for higher studies I still get shiver when get little idea about past or glimpse *Kho kho….. Popular game in village