Nostalgic memories...

Nostalgic memories of those 'good old days' – world has changed and we also changed for the world !!! Are you missing those days? Sometimes I do

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Doordarshan Logo Doordarshan' s Screensaver Malgudi Days Dekh Bhai Dekh Ramayan Mile Sur Mera Tumhara Turning Point Bharath Ek Khoj Alif Laila Byomkesh Bakshi Tehkikaat He Man Salma Sultana DD News Reader Washing powder Nirma, Washing powder Nirma Doodh si safedi, Nirma se aayi Rangeen kapde bhi khil khil jaaye I'm a Complan Boy(Shahid Kapoor) and I'm a Complan Girl (Ayesha Takia) Surabhi : Renuka Sahane and Siddharth Then were 'Mungerilal ke hasin sapane', 'karamchand', 'Vikram Betal', Star Trek, Show Theme, Kille ka Rahasya, Subah, Chunouti, World this week & Above all CHITRAHAR. etc. How did one survive growing up in the 80's and 90's? We had no seatbelts, no airbags.. Cycling was like a breath of fresh air… No safety helmets, knee pads or elbow pads, with plenty of cardboards between spokes to make it sound like a motorbike… When thirsty we only drank tap water, bottled water was still a mystery… We kept busy collecting bits & pieces so we could build all sort of things … and we were fearless on our bicycles even when the brakes failed going downhill… We were showing off how tough we are, by how high we could climb trees & then jumping down….It was great fun…. We could stay out to play for hours, as long as we got back before dark, in time for dinner… We walked to school, or sometimes we even rode our bicycle. We had no mobile phones, but we always managed to find each other…. How? We lost teeth, broke arms & legs, we got cuts and bruises and bloody noses…. nobody complained as we had so much fun, it wasn't anybody's fault, only ours. We ate everything in sight, cakes, bread, chocolate, ice-cream, sweet sugary drinks, fruits..yet, we stayed skinny by fooling around. And if one of us was lucky to find a 1 litre coca cola bottle we all had a swig from it & guess what? Nobody picked up any germs... We did not have Play Stations, MP3, Nintendo's, I-Pods, Video games, 99 Cable TV channels, DVD's, Home Cinema, Home Computers, Laptops, Chat-rooms, Internet, etc .... BUT, we had REAL FRIENDS!!!! We called on friends to come out to play, never rang the doorbell, just went around the backdoor… We played with sticks and stones, played cowboys and Indians, doctors and nurses, hide and seek, soccer games, over and over again… When we failed our exams we were given a second chance by simply repeating the same grade…without visiting psychiatrists, psychologists or counsellors… .. ______________________________________________________________________

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