tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post4547090692439212449..comments2023-05-20T13:03:57.340+05:30Comments on SaumyäSæz: From the 90s and still there.Saumyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00036711943123692270noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-74147434697878295862008-12-22T19:50:00.000+05:302008-12-22T19:50:00.000+05:30can't stop myself. Here are some more... - watchin...can't stop myself. Here are some more... <BR/>- watching the Regional Language movies shown every Sunday at 1 PM and pestering mummy and papa about what is happening in the movie :-)<BR/>- learning "Mile Sur Mera Tumhara" song's lyrics without even knowing the languages which the song covered.<BR/>- Answering questions to the Surabhi quiz and eagerly awaiting every week hoping that our name will be announced as the prize winner.<BR/>- Watching discussion on "Kapas ki paidavar badane ke tarike" from some Gaon Chaupal in the good old "Krishi Darshan" with the intermediate "Rukawat ke Liye khed hai" sign :-) <BR/>- Staying awake late at night to watch the "New Year perogram" every 31st Dec and listening mummy and aunties discuss how boring this year's program was<BR/>- The best part!! Dhoop sekhna during winter.Kannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902990122181702820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-83921380442893138642008-12-22T19:33:00.000+05:302008-12-22T19:33:00.000+05:30Hi Saumya, I can so much relate to all you that y...Hi Saumya,<BR/><BR/> I can so much relate to all you that you have mentioned. I too grew up in Delhi (in fact I still in Delhi) and it was such great fun. I am sure that ours was the last generation which got a glimpse of our older social system. Alas! things have changed dramatically now :-(<BR/><BR/>Got some items to add:<BR/><BR/>- Borrowing comics from Comics wale uncle - Rs 1 for comics and Rs 2 for dagest (digest). Begging mummy to spare money so that we may borrow a digest instead of a comics.<BR/>- In the guise of selecting comics to read, would try and finish at least one comic while the uncle dealt with other customers ;-)<BR/>- Waiting for ages at the Bus Stop for the DTC bus (used to be always a khatara bus). Watching with wonder at those office going aunties who would come and simply wave down an auto.<BR/>- A school friend would be a neighbor if we could reach his home in half-an-hour by Walk!!... now to we don't even walk to the nearby shop.Kannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902990122181702820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-73366495469689708122008-09-16T20:54:00.000+05:302008-09-16T20:54:00.000+05:30100 on 10100 on 10Kshitizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14183794301539984505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-79128185516000909012008-09-15T23:59:00.000+05:302008-09-15T23:59:00.000+05:30u r too gud man!!!!u r too gud man!!!!Bhaveshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612179492020244501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-41808824870375232302008-01-30T13:08:00.000+05:302008-01-30T13:08:00.000+05:30Truly Nostalgic... Very well written. :)Truly Nostalgic... Very well written. :)Shipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226342541470234721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-10665455773201390282007-08-23T16:52:00.000+05:302007-08-23T16:52:00.000+05:30really fantastic..most heart warming thing read in...really fantastic..most heart warming thing read in a long time..keep em coming!Himanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920464918946238639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-62380888726156988892007-08-19T02:32:00.000+05:302007-08-19T02:32:00.000+05:30Video game likha tune to mujhe laga shayad abhi to...Video game likha tune to mujhe laga shayad abhi to mera naam likhega. <BR/>Amazing post nonetheless :) <BR/><BR/>Loved the bit about the daily hisaab!! Was always accompanied by loads of chaos at our place.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13809462743435184312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-70982114067588030992007-08-18T10:51:00.000+05:302007-08-18T10:51:00.000+05:30I guess in that one post of yours, you have writte...I guess in that one post of yours, you have written the biography of about 80% of our generation!<BR/>Great JOb Buddy!<BR/>I just wish the list was a little longer as i didnt feel like ending this nostalgic ride at all....!!GajabKhopdihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16901761222312719098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-87054544755485929332007-08-06T22:46:00.000+05:302007-08-06T22:46:00.000+05:30digging tunnels in the sand heap at the nearby con...digging tunnels in the sand heap at the nearby construction site...<BR/><BR/>you talk of it as an era long gone, and it is so. <BR/><BR/>But that means we have aged!! 21,22 years old? Is that how fast an era goes away??Aneeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915533419372668176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-63329709063923224562007-08-04T07:42:00.000+05:302007-08-04T07:42:00.000+05:30These are a few things which you could add in the ...These are a few things which you could add in the same list. I'm still searching/thinking for more points. Thanks for writing this article as I would have never typed it from the dark corner of my head.<BR/><BR/>6. "Hamdard ka tonic cinkara...", "Sardi sardard door bhagaye... Vicks Viporub"<BR/>13. I just recently knew the name of "4 no. wali aunti". Then we all someone by the name 'Guddu, Bablu, Pintu, Deepu, Titu, Binnu, Tinku, Rinku, Pinku, Guddi/Gudiya, Mini, Nimmi, Babbi, Dolly, Sablu, Dablu.' An endless list of 2½ character names.<BR/>23. Choti si saheli, dhoop mein baithi ro rahi...<BR/>21. "Mausi ke gharelu nuskhe"<BR/>22. Looking at Marylin Monroe's famous upskirt poster (which we knew years later it's from Seven Year Itch) and Madhubalas's poster (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040808/spectrum/mn7.jpg) at photographers shop.<BR/>24. "Vyapari" for Business, Unch-Neech, "Ghorda Lagaam sai, Peeche dekho maar khai..." , "Antakshari" when we had power cuts and we ran out of songs beginning with 'na' and 'ha'.<BR/>25. Mention Nice biscuit as "cheeni wale chocolate biscuit" same as we used to say.<BR/>29. Premier Padmini was what was written on it's back and that's the name we, at least me, knew for it. Ocationally we saw Contessa Classic with really low ground clearance.<BR/>37. Haldi lagai ki rasm, when all fufas and chachas, or mamas and mausa hid themselves where no body could find them. Mami/bua searching for them.<BR/><BR/>New:<BR/>** The old phone with revolving dial to make a call. It made 'tring-tring' sound which was later replaced by phone that rang 'pululup-pululup'. :P<BR/><BR/>** Papa-Mammy ki chabhi wali HMT ki ghardiyaan. Aur chabhi wali alarm clock. Pendulum wali wall clock.<BR/><BR/>** Gettis (suspenders) wali half pant. Bachhpan mein red-white-black check wale canvas shoes. Meri pehli cycle 'tobu' cycle.<BR/><BR/>** Canvas ball se cricket khelte wakt gudiya didi ke ghar ka sheesha phodna.<BR/><BR/>** Ink pen se hath gande karna, ke chehre pe ink, kagaz ki naav aur aeroplane banana. Park mein patang udana, kanche khelna. Fridge pe magnet wale superman, he-man ke sticker lagana.<BR/><BR/>Wait for more. I'll tell you in person or in comments..https://www.blogger.com/profile/05018080494681946155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-43572275293141725522007-08-04T00:44:00.000+05:302007-08-04T00:44:00.000+05:30Hey! I'm from alaknanda too, though slightly older...Hey! I'm from alaknanda too, though slightly older. But I can totally connect. Came across your post via desipundit. Good list!! <BR/><BR/>I remember the ravans burning on dussehra. The Mandal year (when we got a two month holiday, much to the jealousy of my south Indian cousins!), the three burning effigies were those of V P Singh and his cronies.<BR/><BR/>Couple of old serials that were addicting in their time: yeh jo hai zindagi (swaroop sampat and everyone who was anyone in hindi sitcoms then); and ek do teen chaar (when metro was still young...).<BR/><BR/>And speaking of Karamchand, there was that Sai Paranjpe one just before - aa bael mujhe maar!<BR/><BR/>happy happy happy...sigh :)Sumathi Chandrashekaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251704425500966173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-10955956723243432612007-08-03T17:46:00.000+05:302007-08-03T17:46:00.000+05:30Also remember some detective/lawyer serials Karamc...Also remember some detective/lawyer serials Karamchand (old) and the likes..<BR/>"Kewal aadha kilo surf ek poore kilo saste powder ke barabar hota hai"<BR/>Mandal riots was such an amusing period, for those who lived in Delhi especially.. Remember those scores of burnt DTC buses, walking 4 km to a friends house in the afternoon scorching heat (for no particular reason), <BR/>Apart from Appu Ghar. Lodhi Garden etc.. one of my favorit places to haunt was the Teen Murti Bhavan. Something abt that place.. very peaceful!<BR/>Among comics you mentioned I also remember Indrajal comics.. All your Phantoms (chalta phirta pret) and Mandrakes etc.<BR/>Priya used top be a great place to assemble, partly because of the crowd as well I guess.. To a great extent Chanakya, Satyam too..<BR/><BR/>Sigh! Delhi is such a great place to have grown up in.. the memories never leave you.<BR/><BR/>So much to think about but the only thing I can remember right now is Aloo chaat lol.. Says a bit about me..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-21477095177428684672007-08-03T14:44:00.000+05:302007-08-03T14:44:00.000+05:30I remember watching Nonie and Danny on MTV, and wa...I remember watching Nonie and Danny on MTV, and watching lame music videos and the bursting on the scene of Neneh Cherry's sculpted figure.<BR/><BR/>Also the matki kyun phooti?...kyun roothi? kyun ki woh kacchi thi..? <BR/><BR/>Being in Delhi i remember walks around Gol Dak Khaana and then the walk to when Cottage used to be a small white building behind the Janpath shops. There used to be small round shape glass shop which was a florist.<BR/><BR/>Singing to MLTR and Bryan Adams, Aashiqui being a big hit and nearly every boy in school had a Rahul Roy haircut at some point of time. <BR/>Fashion moved to people wearing strange square glasses al la Shahrulh Khan in darr and previously Anil Kapur in Roop Ki Rani, choron ka raja.<BR/><BR/>Also the major queues of people outside priya to watch Basic Instinct!!<BR/><BR/>nice entry...brought back some very dusty memories.Morpheushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420959413200550202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-25568158695057897262007-08-03T13:12:00.000+05:302007-08-03T13:12:00.000+05:30Ahh ... the good ol days. On #21, you could probab...Ahh ... the good ol days. On #21, you could probably add the tabloidisation of ToI, with E-times and Pameala Anderson and Baywatch! The introduction of the 'back page' of Delhi Times, which appears prudish compared to the first page of ToI now.<BR/><BR/>I wrote a post once on the DD serials of our bachpan:<BR/><BR/>http://khabri.blogspot.com/2007/02/dukh-darshan.html<BR/><BR/>Sure brings back good memories...anonymous cowardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02246355327428012961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-1761353506771221062007-08-03T12:45:00.000+05:302007-08-03T12:45:00.000+05:30sheer brilliance.sheer brilliance.shaguftahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03504244536579148568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-72897636031274662462007-08-03T12:18:00.000+05:302007-08-03T12:18:00.000+05:30Ooh Crax at the DPS-EOK canteen (though it was mor...Ooh Crax at the DPS-EOK canteen (though it was more of a shed in my time) really takes me back... remember how we used to line them up on our fingertips and then chomp then off. What fun!Rohinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234347487003665907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-30175810350079517622007-08-03T10:46:00.000+05:302007-08-03T10:46:00.000+05:30hi man! u brought some fond memories from the teen...hi man! u brought some fond memories from the teenage.....i could relate to it so much.....as most of us would do!<BR/>thanks a lot!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13478812967624552755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-66924637183404841392007-08-03T04:17:00.000+05:302007-08-03T04:17:00.000+05:30hey man!! thanks for this..!! i grew up in and aro...hey man!! thanks for this..!! i grew up in and around delhi..and can so relate to every thing..!!!! i m gonna send this to all my friends...!!!! thanks once again!!!<BR/><BR/>and just to add..how about roof par jaa kar cable ka antenna hilana...and shouting down to ask if the signal got ne better!!!! lol!!!dhruvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02068177797331063225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-30527001783141196942007-08-03T02:45:00.000+05:302007-08-03T02:45:00.000+05:30Echo and loads of echoes here... all that can be s...Echo and loads of echoes here... all that can be said has already been said by Supremus!Sudipta Chatterjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11179666209066615252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9874678.post-82213855645602900162007-08-03T00:25:00.000+05:302007-08-03T00:25:00.000+05:30I so identify with this - didnt grow up in delhi, ...I so identify with this - didnt grow up in delhi, but an awful lot of things remains the same!!! I must do a post on this hehe sometime!!!<BR/><BR/>Contra - sigh!!! Man, that brought back some memories!!! I used to love that game - shit, I even remember the background tune of that game!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com