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Orginally posted by mercury6

Good one.

For me one simple thing reminds me best of India.
You can step out of your home and stand at the corner paan shop and have a chat.

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Cheers,
JSethi

When jingles on TV and Radio were...

" Tandrusti ki raksha karta hai lifebuoy..."

" Sirf ek Saridon aur sar dard se aaram..."

" Vicco vajradanti tooth powder tooth paste, ayurvedic jadi butiyon se bana sampoorn swadeshi ..."

"Vicco turmeric ayurvedic cream, twacha ki raksha kare antiseptic cream..."

When wednesdays meant "Chitrahaar" and News on DD meant watching Salma Sultan and Shammi Narang

When programs began with "Krishi Darshan" at 6 pm

When "Rukaawat ke liye khed hai" used to be the fun spoiler

When ladies rushed to the kitchen during the movie interval which lasted for 20 minutes

Koi lauta de mere beete hue din...

When

Icecreams meant "Kwality" and "Gaylord"

Cold drinks meant "Fanta" and "Coca Cola"

Bread meant "Modern"

Shoes meant "Bata"

Cars meant "Fiat" and "Ambassador"

TVs meant "Beltek" and "Weston"

Refrigerators meant "Gem"

Chocolates meant "Cadbury"

Two Wheelers meant "Lambretta" and "Yezdi"

Cycles meant "Atlas"

Politics meant "Indira Gandhi" and parties meant "Congress"

When film titles were "Sachcha Jhoota" "Apna paraya" "Sita Gita" "Oonch Neech" "Raat aur Din" "Gora aur Kaala"

When playback singers were Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Mohd Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Mukesh

When buying a Maruti 800 meant waiting for 4 months


Aa ab laut chalein... (Back in time)

...when there were only a couple of TVs in a neighborhood and it looked like a theater in your home (minus the popcorn) when either Ramayana or the Sunday night movie was on.

...when listening to "English" music automatically made you hip

...when going out with friends to eat a "barf ka gola" (kala-khatta flavor) was an event in itself

...when anything phoren you wore (a shirt, a watch or nike sneakers) made all your friends drool.

...when Mithun's Disco Dancer soundtrack was like the best music ever

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Are you there?

Strangely, I can relate to most of this.....!

This reminds me the Ghazal of Jagjit Singh

Woh Kagaz ki Kasti ..Woh Baarish ka paani..
so touching yet so true...
so close to our heart yet so far away...
u guys are making us nostalgic..

Going for garba every year wishing that you could pataofy a girl this year .... lol

when onions went as high as 60 rs a kg
when Hum log and Buinyaad were the best/popular serials
when mahabharat was the one serial no1 wanted to miss(people used to say even dogs are missing from the streets..slogan)

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Ashish