This one is one of the best mail we get to read in the recent time.. Even though the writer is unknown, kudos to his patience for penning down these old memories..u or me may be born in the late 70's or early 80's, but these memories still hold good ..
Seventy's Middle Class India - Elderly will remember olden days & Youngsters will Laugh
For those who grew up during the 70s in middle class India, here are some things that you can identify with – atleast I do!
Some never had a thing and went house to house to
enjoy them.
Though you may not publicly own to this, at the age of 12-17 years,you were very proud of your first "Bellbottom" or your first "Maxi"or your first Apache jeans.
Phantom & Mandrake were your only true
heroes. The brainy ones read"Competition Success Review".
Your "Camlin" geometry box & Natraj/Flora pencil was your prized possession.
The only "Holidays" you took were to go to your grandparents' or your cousins' houses.
Ice-cream meant only - either an orange stick, a vanilla stick – ora Choco Bar if you were better off than most.
You gave your neighbour’s phone number to others with a ‘c/o’ written against it because you had booked yours only 7 years ago and were still waiting for your number to come.
Your first family car (and the only one) was a Fiat or an Ambassador. This often had to be pushed by the entire family to get going.
The glass windows in the back seats used to get stuck at the two-thirds down level and used to irk the shit out of you! The window went down only if your puny arm could manage the tacky rotary handle to pull it down. Locking the door was easy. You just whacked the other tacky, non-rotary handle downwards.
Your mom had stitched the weirdest lace curtains for all the windows of the car. They were tied in the middle and if your dad was the comfort-oriented kinds, you had a magnificent small fan upfront.
Your parents were proud owners of HMT watches. You "earned" yours after SSC exams.
