Frugal Living

Frugal living - Old fashion sustainable living

Remember, we could buy:
1. Half a coconut - just enough
2. A cube of Butter
3. Cutting chai, even then
4. One laddoo at the mithai shop
5. One lollypop, one ravalgaon sweet
6. Lemon - soda mix to share with friends
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We used to do:

1. Resoling of shoes
2. Resoling of tyres
3. Darning (Ruffu) of clothes
4. Dyeing of clothes for color
5. Using neel (Robin blue) for white clothes
6. Use starch for our cottons
7. Coal ash to wash vessels
8. Polish red pearl rice
9. Grind our own wheat flour at the chakki
10. Stand in queue for kerosene, sugar, rice and wheat
11. Buy postage stamps, greeting cards, first day covers
12. Repairs and maintenance of Primus & wick stoves
13. Silencers for primus stores

How can we forget, Telegrams sending shivers down our spine

Postman was a friendly neighbourhood figure. Used to always drink water at our home
Milkman used to deliver milk at our doorstep and even sometimes add water in our presence to his pot if he had to give us extra for someone sick at home

Seng dana bahiya and the gola wala and the kulfi wala at nights

Those were the days, my friend, i thought they would never end

And then, our own classic: koi lauta deh, mere beethe hua din https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=NhRBt0vu-HU&feature=share

Love the past, be in the present, create your future - Simple sayings by Alfred