During childhood, we would go to the park to play with friends. I remember we used to be a group of 8–9 friends, and our favorite game was hide-and-seek. After playing, we would enjoy ice cream—orange-flavored, 5-rupee stick ice cream—our little park meal. Once, my school, Happy Hours Public School, took us to park for the Republic Day celebration. It was a fancy-dress competition, and since I wasn’t dressed as any particular character, I became a "foreigner" by default. My teacher chose me because of my fair skin. Haha! My brother became Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the great freedom fighter of India. Well, those were childhood memories—the age of the park. Soon, we migrated to another place, not far away, just a different colony. The park became a distant dream as I got indulged in a different world. Now, in my mid-twenties, I have started going back to the park—but this time for a morning run. I wonder how much has changed. They have created separate walking and running ...
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