Good   old
days     --                                                   Nowadays
By
P.R.Ramachander
Every house  
used  to have a widow           --          Widows   are very rare   nowadays
Second wife was  
common                        ---             Bigamy  is a crime now
The  life expectation
at  birth,                   --              It is  around 70 now .
Was  around  30 then
When a  girl
does  not 
get married,           ---            When a boy does not  get married,
Parents  used  to get worried                                   parents   are greatly worried
Rarely 60th 
birthdays were  celebrated      ---         Very many people celebrate  100th birthday
The average height of a man   was5 feet,     ----         Boys are  nowadays more than 5 feet  8 inches 
tall
5 inches   and girl
was   five feet                            And girls are  more than 5 feet 6 inches tall
Only  when
there  is no one   to cook ,    
  ---            No one  likes 
to cook  and most  of the time
People   went to
hotel                                             every one   goes to the hotel
One person earned 
to look after  nine        ---        Two persons earn and find it   difficult 
 Children                                                                      look after  one child 
Hunch backed old people 
walking ,             ---          People   are health conscious   and you 
With walking  
stick was  common                          Rarely   see 
hunch backed  people
Every one  
was  proud  of their,                   ----          Most people   do not know  
what  they are
Mother 
toungue  and mother land
Joint families  
were the only thing             ---          No one 
knows what they  are .They call
                                                                                     
Parents living  with children as
joint families
Every child fought  
tooth and nail to get        ---      Most children are much richer   than their parents
Ancestral property tooth and nail                          And are  not bothered about parent’s property


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