I can vividly remember my childhood days. There were few luxuries. One of them was to to take 5 paise from father and buy chana from chanawallah. It gave immense pleasure to share the chana with friends and family. The simplicity of the action has lost its value today. The chanawallah would come every evening shouting to sell his wares. It was nice to see the children collected around him to buy things. Today the chanawallah has disappeared or very rarely seen. The importance is also lost. Today the kids get to eat anything from the ice-cream to cake at the drop of the hat and they do not value it.
Another important person from the childhood was the Namakwala. He would come selling salt. Today people buy the iodized salt, powdered salt which is supposed to be free flowing. Those days the salt used to granular, sticky. The ladies of the house used to rush out to buy the salt. The iodized salt was unheard of. They would bargain with the salt seller while buying salt. Today we do not know who packs the salt. It comes in packets and the human touch is lost.
Another important person from the childhood was the Namakwala. He would come selling salt. Today people buy the iodized salt, powdered salt which is supposed to be free flowing. Those days the salt used to granular, sticky. The ladies of the house used to rush out to buy the salt. The iodized salt was unheard of. They would bargain with the salt seller while buying salt. Today we do not know who packs the salt. It comes in packets and the human touch is lost.
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