When Gulli-Danda & Kanche (marbles) were more popular than cricket. When we always had friends to play aais-paais (I Spy), chhepan-chhepai & pitthoo anytime...
When we desperately waited for 'Yeh Jo Hai Jindagi' (Doordarshan serial) When chitrahaar, vikram-baitaal, Dada Daadi Ki Kahaniyaanwere so fulfilling. When there was just one Tv in every five houses and...
When we were going to bed by 9.00pm sharp except for the 'Yeh Jo Hai Jindagi' day...
When Holis & Diwalis meant mostly hand-made pakwaans and sweets and moms seeking our help while preparing them ...
When Maths teachers were not worried of our Mummies and papas while slapping/beating us...
When we were exchanging comics and stamps and Chacha-Chaudaris & Billus were our heroes...
When we were in Nanihaals every summer and loved flying kites and plucking and eating unripe mangoes and leechies...
When one movie every Sunday evening on television was more than asked for and 'ek do teen chaar' and 'Rajani' inspired us...
When 50 paisa meant at least 10 toffees...
When left over pages of the last years notebooks were used for rough work or even fair work...
When 'Chelpark' and 'Natraaj' were encouraged against 'Reynolds & family'...
When the first rain meant getting drenched and playing in water and mud and making 'kaagaj ki kishtis'...
When there were no phones to tell friends that we will be at their homes at six in the evening...
When our parents always had 15 paise blue colored 'Antardesis' and 5 paise machli wale stamps at home...
When we remembered tens of jokes and were not finding 'ice-cream & papa' type jokes foolish enough to stop us from laughing...
When we were not seeing patakhes on Diwalis and gulaalson Holis as air and noise polluting or allergic agents...
The list can be endless...
On the serious note I would like to summarize with...
When we were using our hearts more than our brains, even for scientifically brainy activities like 'thinking' and 'deciding'...
When we were crying and laughing more often, more openly and more sincerely...
When we were enjoying our present more than worrying about our future...
When being emotional was not synonymous to being weak...
When sharing worries and happiness didn't mean getting vulnerable to the listener...
When blacks and whites were the favorite colors instead of greys...
When journeys also were important and not just the destinations...
When life was a passenger's sleeper giving enough time and opportunity to enjoy the sceneries from its open and transparent glass windows instead of some super fast's second ac with its curtained, closed and dark windows...
I really miss them(From the bottom of my heart).. don't u?
Really it was golden days which can never be felt again. The aads i remebers were the hazmola , vicks , cadbury, hamko pata hai ji (parle G) felt like the next upcoming serial would be something like vikram betal or chitrahaar. Thanks for uploading.
ReplyDeleteEXCELLENT. It has reminded me what i am missing and what my kids are missing off in this present time. I need a time mchine to go back in that 80s.... really nostalgic.
ReplyDeleteYar!!! I don't know you as a person.....but what ever you have written above touched my heart and made me think at least twice....truly I can remember those days.... I salute you for that buddy!!
ReplyDeleteNice One!
ReplyDeleteFeeling nostalgic. The best days of life.
ReplyDeleteI fully agree with u. I too miss them.(Old golden days) It will never come again........
ReplyDeleteI fully agree with you. I too miss them (old golden days) I wish to come again.......
ReplyDeletegood one i m also missing the childhood games, friends but we left them far behind and now have started living in limitations created by us.
ReplyDeleteme 2! dear friend
ReplyDeleteYaa i really miss them....
ReplyDeleteI do. Those days were, are and will always remain the Golden Days of my life.
ReplyDeletevry true
ReplyDeleteITS VERY TOUCHING & HAIR RAISING. I CAN SIMPLY SAY ITS GREAT................................
ReplyDeleteReally it took me back to my childhood days when we did not had that if and buts in our minds when we used to love and respect our parents when we were only kids no ifs no buts
ReplyDeleteSoooooo Sweet
ReplyDeleteActually missing those days
Thanx 4 let me remember those times
Yup!!!!!!!!!1 its true!i too miss those part of my life..... which has been passed but never forgetton............. would never ever be.............
ReplyDeleteI really miss my India and all those "pal", "mujhe yaad aati hain, bachapan ki yaadein."
ReplyDeleteI really miss my India, "mujhe yaad aati hain, bachapan ki yaadeing."
ReplyDeleteaaj to aapne wo sab baatein yaad dila di jo kabhi hum kiya karate the, wo choti choti batein wo hasana, khelana, kudana, masti karana, without worrying about the future, I miss all that, wo bhi kya din the?
ReplyDeleteI too!
ReplyDeleteCan't agree more, love those days!
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this and missed it much.
Anyways, much thanks.
Regards,
Ram
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this and missed it much.
Anyways, much thanks.
Regards,
Ram
this is really taken us back to 80's when we all were too young thanks for the nice collection.
ReplyDeletein other way i can say that this all is making us to be again in that time but so sad that there is no time machine yet invented.
any way good yaar keep posting such good stuff.
Ashwani Khare
ohhhh its really really very nice
ReplyDeletei m thankful to remember me this all ads n programs
ohhh its really really very nice ..
ReplyDeletei m very thankful 2 remember me all ads n programes...
thanx
These are really our lovely childhood memories.
ReplyDeleteMAK
I am so nostalgic, i can relate to the article so much...The Ad songs, the durdarshan logo....its as if my own story....
ReplyDeletenice post victor!
ReplyDeletegreat notes man I loved it I just forget those days but u remembred my again thanks friend
ReplyDeletethanks friend for remembering those days
ReplyDeleteboss u touched my heart ........
ReplyDeleteThanx Victor For remembering THE childhood.
ReplyDeletekoi louta de mere beete hue din,
ReplyDeletebeete hue din wo mere pyar bhare din.
koi loute de...........
Absolutely true and cherish those days. Was one among those enjoyed those Durdarshan TV shows. I feel bad and miserable for the youth now and what they missed. Very nostalgic and miss those days.
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