Swimming in a pond
Learning to swim in a pond meant floating in a village pond or river while an adult held you, or hanging on to a banana-trunk raft or an empty pitcher.
Era: 90s & 2000s
What it was like
Jumping off the ghat steps, contests over who could stay under longest. Nobody came out until their eyes were red.
Many city children now rely on swimming pools, but the cool pond water is a memory of its own.
Questions
- What is a ghat?
- Steps or a landing built down to the water of a pond or river.