While every generation feels that kids of the next generation are perhaps more spoilt than they were, I am no exception. But I do feel that we had the most fun when we didn't depend on toys, but let our imagination play the game. I've always had an affinity for tiny, closed spaces and loved to hang out in this little niche in the wall where we used to keep our blankets, quilts and other such things. The higher the better. And when my brother and my friend, Pia, would join the fun, we would act as if we were in a train, taking turns to be the tea vendor, calling out "chai chaiiiiiii!" We all had very funny ways of saying "chai chaiiii" and thinking of how Pia used to say it still makes me smile.
As we grew up, a cupboard took up the space in the niche, but just as well, we were perhaps getting too old for those silly games.
But give me a pile of blankets and razaais in a cramped up space any day - that's where you will find me, with a book or a sketchbook perhaps. I'll still give you the best chai-chaaiii sound. :)