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(G)lden Days

Hamara Bachpan Kuch Khaas Tha:     Remember with Smile

Are you missing those days? Sometimes I do
                                               
                                         Doordarshan Logo


                                           Doordarshan' s Screensaver


                                   Malgudi Days


                                 Chitrahaar then Buniyaad


                                         Ramayan

                                          Mile Sur Mera Tumhara


                                          Turning Point

                                              Giant Robot
                                                             
                                             Fauji , Udaan & Rajani
                                                               

                                      Tabassum- Phool khile hai gulshan gulshan

                        If you remember Tana na tanna na na ....
                                

                                 Bharath Ek Khoj


                                     Alif Laila


                                          Byomkesh Bakshi
                                          Kachchi Dhoop (1987)


                                Star Trek

                                         Fraggle Rock" (1983)

                                                                     
                                       I Dream of Jeannie


                                               
                                             Charlie-Chaplin show



                                  Comedy Serial - Ye Jo Hai Jindagi


                                        Comedy Serial – Dekh Bhai Dekh



Jungle Book - jungle jungle baat chali hai, pata chala hai, chaddi pehen ke phool khila hai phool khila hai” – yes Mowgli featured, Jungle Book, again a very interesting animation series, I loved its title song, and Sherkhan, and Bagira, and the Baalo.


Do you remember Gayab Aya? It was on an animated character and had a good title song as well.


     Nonstop Nonsence…it’s a DD’s Comedy Show– Saturday evenings 4.00 PM


                                       I Love Lucy - Show



                                         Tehkikaat


                                            He Man


                            Salma Sultana DD News Reader

                                Vicco turmeric, Nahin cosmetic
                                       Vicco turmeric ayurvedic cream


                           Twaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiinggggggg
                           Washing 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)


                  Surabhi : Renuka Sahane and Siddharth



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

How did one survive growing up in the 80's and 90's?
We had no seatbelts, no airbags and sitting in the back of a truck was a treat…
Our baby prams had the most gorgeous lead based colours…
No such thing as tamper proof bottle tops…

Opening kitchen cupboards was a breeze… as safety locks were unheard off…
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 lost teeth, broke arms & legs, we got cuts and bruises and bloody noses…. nobody complained as we had so much fun, it wasn't anybody's fault, only ours
We ate everything in sight, cakes, bread, chocolate, ice-cream, sweet sugary drinks, yet, we stayed skinny by fooling around.

And if one of us was lucky to find a 1 litre coca cola bottle we all had a swag from it & guess what? Nobody picked up any germs....
We did not have Play Stations, MP3, 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…

We had freedom, success, disappointments and responsibilities. ...
Most of all, we learned to respect others…

Are YOU from that generation?? If that's the case, email this to all your friends from the same era…
Maybe this message will help them forget the stress that surrounds us these days….and just for a few moments puts a smile to their faces as they remember what life was really like in the good old days……
Don't you think they were GREAT DAYS.....I sure think so.
I Just can't stop smiling, I am sure U will have the same ..................
HAVE A GREAT DAY!

--

"Success of life will create crowd 4 u,
loneliness of life will create empty space 4 u,
but tough time in life will create the true person in u... "

Source & Author Unknown.

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