22 signs you grew up in the 1980s

Oh how we miss those blissful and simple times! Don't you too?

The 1990s may have brought prosperity and progress to India.

We got the 100 television channels we'd only heard of.

We got our Coca Colas and Pepsis.

We got the large pay packets we always dreamt of.

And we got our first stock market scam too :-)

But the '80s?

The '80s were simpler times.

Those of us in our 30s will remember what life was like before the great economic liberalisation programme was announced and the world came at India's doorstep.

So here we have it! A trip down memory lane for all you kids of the '80s.

1. You saw this photograph more than any other

You may have been way too young to remember the time it actually happened.

But the 1983 Prudential World Cup victory really was the biggest event in all of 80s :-)

There was a lot you could get for 5p you know.

Also how else were you to pay 25p to the bus conductor if you didnt have a 25p coin?

Yes there was a 25p coin too!

It was the uniform of the 1980s white-collared workers!

Heck even Rahul Bajaj wore one!

And he was the coolest fellow you met

Remember when the ENTIRE family would be sitting around the dining table covering your books? :-)

A pilot becoming a prime minister!?! Unheard of!

Without ever knowing what on earth you were queuing up for!

The World This Week was the closest you got to 'international news' as a child!

And never once you wondered how he got around with his hat covering his eyes.

Nope. Not once! :-)

Awaaaay, Giant Robot!

Because you had no clue why everyone was crying!

Though you were shocked to see a movie star 'act' in a television show!

For you, there was just one superstar!

In which case it was this fellow!

Officially seated 5 passengers

In reality? 8-12!

Oh the epitome of cool!

Ferrero Rocher? who?!

The zing thing!

And you went to the terrace every other hour to fix its direction with your dad/uncle.

You got to watch it every. single. day!

Oh we would drive our parents mad by refusing to return home!?!

Regimes may have fallen, wars may have broken out, governments may have changed but none of this really affected you.

Your life was as blissful as ever.

Which wasn't such a bad thing after all, was it? :-)