I read a novel "Shala" by Milind Bokil. Its one amazing book. Its a book about the school going kids.. 9th standard class. It happanes in a semi-urban kind of area.. some 25 years back. The author has captured that time very well.. and what I liked the most was the typical marathi medium school. Some things about the school are so universal that it was history coming back for me, and for so many times.. I kept thinking that thats my school. and there are my friends.. calling people even the closest of your friends by last names.. and then those crushes.. and making pairs of teachers.. making fun of the teachers.. getting hit by teachers.. teasing the classmates by the names of the girls.. man.. thats so much common. I could identify the characters in the book to real life people as such. Thats what my friend told me when he recommended me that book.. that you will like it.. those were the days..