"We grew up in India when ___" by Manitosh

We grew up in when...

• Independence day was a proud day and not just another holiday !!

• the only channel loved was Doordarshan..

• When Street Hawk and Night Rider were the only two Hollywood serials shown late night( 10:30 was a l...ate night in 90's)..

• Mile sur mera tumhara was song for national integrity( not a celebs starred spoiled curry) and all person in them were real achievers !!!

• When the summer vacation was meant to spend time with family members and visiting relatives and watch CHUTTI CHUTTI , instead of going on summer camp..

• When Power Failure was a success symbol for government that we are progressing.. :P 

• When Soccer and cricket were only outdoor games.. and XBOX was still an alien to us..

• When Jadeja was the Live-wire of Indian Cricket Team and Sachin was on road to break all records..

• When Indian hockey team was still a prestigious place to be..

• When Tehqiqat and Vyomkesh Bakshi were the only thriller serials we had..

• When LOVE was too simple to be sophisticated.. and When LOVE meant RAJ and SIMRAN..DDLJ and not KANK :P he he...

• When the only shoes for sports was ACTION from BATA and adidas and Nike were a dream..

• When NOTEBOOK meant the place where we could scribble our handwriting and get red mark all over it..

• When LIFE was too COOL to be BUSY and not too BUSY to be COOL !!!!!!!!!!!!

By Manitosh Shekhar

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"We grew up in India when ___" by Aparajita

We grew up in India when..

1. You feel visiting neighbor's house to watch a match (esp big matches) is a great experience
2. Gape at Hindi versions of American shows
3. Thought anyone who had "cable channel" was ultra rich
4.don't understand why this "generation" is fa...scinated by animes
5. think playing with one Barbie doll is super duper cool (now no one can think of having less than 15 :P)
6. can 'hang out' with your friends on the local playground
7. don't think 2 hours of load shedding is something impossible to survive through
8. know how to wear a saree in the 'Indian style' and don't just wrap it around you leaving half of your body exposed
9. think teachers are really wise and ask them questions to which you want answers (now kids simply google)
10. think Britannia is the ultimate biscuit making company.

By Aparajita Raychaudhury

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"We grew up in India when __" by Shivani

We grew up in India when..

1) wen we went to school after HOLI holidays nd the amount of color still remaining on our hands nd face ws a ststus symbol to compare who hd played the best HOLI.

2) wen we waited eagerly for rainy day ( holiday announcement)

3) wen every saturday at 12 noon movies selected from baal film mahotsav were telecast

4) wen we watched shaktimaan on sunday(earlier saturday), thn captain vyom nd thn a half an hour disney show on which 3 stories (rather fairy tales) were shown wdout any breaks.

5) wen we always found a place to play chhupan chhupaai nd called it ICE PICE........later cumin to knw that it ws aactually I SPY nd thn proudly xplaining it to evry 1....thinking that no 1 else wud knw......

By Shivani Mishra

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