Lunch Boxes - oh memories!

Girl’s lunch boxes, I think you guys learnt the trick from us seniors. I remember that we used to have library class in the 4th hour just before lunch break. I used to travel for almost an hour and a half to reach school (by city bus route no. 3 those days). So I had to leave home quite early, have breakfast early and so feel hungry early as well. Unni Krishnan and my self would always take a break in the middle of the library class, come down to our class room and have a feast from the girl’s lunch boxes. Those days what amazed me was that the bigger the size of the person, the smaller was the lunch box and I used to wonder as to how they could survive. Unni had a different logic. He would say that that is almost like not having lunch so they are not going to miss it. Of course at the end of the day we would leave something for them and also give them something from our lunch but the offer was valid only for a few seconds. If they hesitate, they miss it. The best part was the expressions on their faces when they opened their lunch boxes. Before they opened it they would wonder (in the initial stages) as to why we were grinning away to glory.

p.s: I hate to admit it but we were also the victims on a few occasions.
Sudesh Honnavalli, 1976. Letter dated 17 Oct 08