summer holidays with shivathmika rajashekar remember when summer used to be all about juicy mangoesand sugary sharbats gully cricket and hidenseek grannys bedtime stories and shadow play during power cuts we never complained about the rising mercury or the searing heat so what changed just our perspective actress shivathmika gives us a peek into the life of her family during summer vacations from her childhoodread alsoi discovered pizza and my love for travel during summer holidays in vizag sundeep kishansummer holidays with sundeep kishan remember when summer used to be all about juicy mangoes and sugary sharbats gully cricket and hidenseek grannys bed time stories and shadow play during power cuts we never complained about the rising mercury or the searing heat so what changed just ourgully cricket mangoes and family time were the best part of my childhood summer holidays anand deverakondaremember when summer used to be all about juicy mangoes and sugary sharbats gully cricket and hidenseek grannys bedtime stories and shadow play during power cuts we never complained about the rising mercury or the searing heat so what changed just our perspective hear it fromthe smell of mangoes and moms pachchadi spells summer for me every summer my mom makes tokku pachchadi as soon as raw mangoes hit the market she cuts them into tiny little pieces mixing them with kharam and very little oil because its meant to be consumed within a week not preserved when i was lil girl my mum would mix tokku pachchadi with annam rice and feed me every bite was filled with love i still have it at home and it takes me back to my childhood mangoes were a big part of our summer vacation as well the smell of boxes of alphonso or banganapalle wafting through the house as we suck on an orange popsicle thats melting in the heat and watch tv that was my perfect summerfrom kodaikanal to amsterdam we would explore new places every summer imagine watching an indian family of 23 walking the streets of paris with some of them in bottus and sarees thats exactly what we did one year every summer the four of us and our extended family would go on a trip either domestic or international it was a way to keep the family close from kodaikanal to amsterdam weve been to different kinds of places we loved exploring new places shopping and bonding with the fam on these tripsplaying treasure hunt with cousins was our fave thing to do during summer vacay apart from the family vacations we spent a lot of summers either in chennai where most of our family stays or in hyderabad shivani and i are really close to two of our cousins who are currently abroad for their studies be it finding ways to pass the time by creating a treasure hunt from knickknacks right at home or taking a break from the excitement to share anecdotes over chicken sandwiches we had made