Those Old Days

Are you missing those days? Sometimes I do

Humlog
Bharath Ek Khoj
Byomkesh Bakshi
Malgudi Days
Dekh Bhai Dekh
Turning Point
Yeh Jo hai Jindagi
Shriman Shrimati
Surabhi : Renuka Sahane and Siddharth Kak
Karamchand
Doordarshan Logo
Doordarshan' s Screensaver
Alif Laila
Ramayan
Mile Sur Mera Tumhara
Tehkikaat
He Man
Vicco turmeric,

Washin 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)

Then were 'Mungerilal ke hasin sapane' and 'karamchand' ...'Vikram Betal', etc.

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 bikes 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 bike.
We had no mobile phones, but we always managed to find each other…. How? No one knows…
We ate everything in sight, cakes, bread, chocolate, ice-cream, sweet sugary drinks, yet, we stayed skinny by fooling around.

We did not have Play Stations, MP3, Nintendo's, I-Pods, Video games, 99 Cable TV channels, DVD's, Home Cinema, Mobile phones, 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 back…
We loved being let loose in the big bad world…without bodyguards…
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 counselors…
Such were the days…

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