The 80's in Blood

The 80's in blood

January 10, 2013 at 7:58pm (loaded on 05/10/2013)

Yes!! I am from 80's n I enjoyed what 70's or 90's and onwards missed. My life has started with all flavors of life. 

Here I share what I had enjoyed the most in the era of 80's:

FOOD: 

I remembered eating CHAPATI, PARANTHA, RICE on regular basis and on festival days the PURIS were the treat. There were Bhaturas, Barfi, Gulab Jamun, Rasgulle, Besan ke Laddoo on menu with Samosa, Kachchoris, Bread Pakoras. Then Dosa, Vada and Idli knocked at these shops but PIZZA, CHOWMEIN, PASTA, were not heard yet although the BURGERS were quite popular as interval snack in cinemas and then they arrived too with Chocolate Shakes and Nutty Buddy ice-creme.

DRESS & SHOES: 

The nylon shorts with elastic, pents with shirt, kurta pajamas, kids used to wear SAFARI and COAT-SUITS in marriages. Jeans were not seen except in movies. Caps were seen wearing. canvas shoes and broad leather shoes were outfits with dog collars and long elvis style hair cut, broad frames goggles. fomanchu type mustaches with long flairs bell-bottoms and skin tight jacket type zipper shirt with long chest hairs seen. Suddenly it changed, the pents were replaced with jeans so tight at bottom that the zip is fitted to allow the wearing. long sports Nike shoes were in fashion. no one wears leather shoes. the shoes brand become the style statement. colorful socks in thick material is seen everywhere. the way-farer were back in demand. Baggy pents, Baggy shirts/t-shirts are the voices.

GAMES & SPORTS:

Ludo, Business- Monopoly, Cards, Marbles, Gilli Danda, Unch-Neech, Langri Tang, Wish, Chain, Ghodi, I-spy, Kababddi, Kho-kho, Carrom, Street cork-ball cricket, Mara-pitti, Pithoo, Samandar, Kite-flying, Pari, Latoo,  Yes or no, Gallery, Badminton, Pakram-pakrai, Raj-sinhasan, were the games n suddenly they were replaced with video games parlour, tv watching, stadium visits, gyms, n then with attari, computer, PS-3, and then with online PC games etc.

ENTERTAINMENT:

A weekly TV film on Sunday, a 30 min. songs medley (CHITRAHAR) on Wednesday, a TV play on Monday, a Regional film on Saturday and one hr TV variety show on Sunday morning. Once a visit to cinema hall for movie watching. Sometimes the Govt. used to show movies on a make shift open thetere on street by pulling a screen over the Jeep. Schools have programmes to entertain us. Watching marriage procession and dancing Baratis (Guests) on band's tune is real fun. The HAWA MAHAL, FAUZI BHAYIO KE LIYE, SANGAM, ANURODH GEET, BINACA GEET MALA, were the Radio's fav. and 2 in 1- Tape with Radio was luxury. Murphy, Philips, Bush were the brands and Cassette were costly.  B&W was the era. Getting photo clicked was a special occassion at studio. Familes reached in special dress and 2/3 shots were taken to finalise the pic. It took 10/15 days for seeing the result. The B/W or artificial colored photo was to be delivered in Photo Frame. Then Minolta shots, Kodak smiles, Video in marriages. The fun watching of photos has become the punishment of today. News paper and Radio NEWS were exclusive measures and some have luxury to watch Ms. Sultana on Door Darshan while narrating the news. She never smiled back till closing the last sentence. Door Darshan tune was very depressing but soothing as it gave relief of starting the TV telecast. Sometime the TV aerial needed to be rotated n rotated. Then color tv started. many channels, vcr, cd's, laser disks, page 3 news,etc. Many channels and still nothing entertains us then MP3, Card, UBS drives are reached to us.

TRANSPORT:

I remembered traveling in Horse-cart called tonga, a Tuk-tuk ( Harley engine fitted cart) Bullock cart ride by hanging behind them as when they came to deliver the wheat, pulses to local shops. DTC buses with fare of 15 /20 paisa, Mini buses, Matador-van type,TSR, Black n Yellow Ambassdor and Fiat taxi, Premier Padmini car,  Rajdoot M/Cycle, Yezdi , Bullet, Bobby M/C, Vespa scooter, Lambretta and the most common was cycle and 11 no. bus i.e. travelling by feet and then Maruti, 100 cc bikes and now Metro, Harley, Sport bikes, Yanky Scooties, SUV, Sedan, F1 circuit and lot more to watch  

GADGETS: 

Transistor/ Radio with tubes and AM stations, B&W TV sets, Big Wall clocks with pendulum,  old hand wind wrist watches, Nib pens, books, weekly and monthly magazines, pulp fiction novel on rent, and old tape recorder/ record player and then we saw the arrival of new compact radios, Color TV sets imported from Singapore/ Hongkong, Walkman, VCR and VCP, small TV sets, 2 in 1 (Tape cum Radio) big speaker with separate amplifier, Turn table, and then Laser disks, audio cd, big screen TV sets Plasma, LCD, and then MP3, Ipod, memory storage, USB drives, blue tooth devices. 

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