1. My dad used to fill petrol in his bike for 100 Rs and he used to get 3.6 odd litres. You do the number comparison with the prices today
2. Cafe coffee day wasn't the obvious place to go for treats. Kaizhandi bhavan probably was
3. Pepsi was introduced in can and was 18 Rs per can. Was mighty pricey. Who cared about cans when the good ol' annachi kada bottle was there
4. Balcony ticket in Sathyam cost Rs 40. And Sathyam itself was just another cinema hall. Ranked among woodlands and devi
5. Talking about cinema halls, pilot theatre in Royapettah showcased adult movie those days. Hot spot, literally
6. Scooty was the 'in' thing. Guys and girls alike. Imagine guys driving a scooty now.
7. Houses in mylapore could be bought for Rs 20 lakhs.
8. School fees was Rs 500 a month and that was the higher end
9. Anna Univ was only CEG, MIT and ACTECH. All others were under madras university
10. Azharuddin was captain
11. Amitabh was bankrupt and was making movies like Suryavamsham and Mrityudata
12. Madhavan was every girl's dream. Surya and Vikram looked bad. And Vijay...
13. Pizzas could be made only at pizza hut or dominos. Noone else knew how they were made
14. Pencil boxes used to be b'day gifts
15. Distributing eclairs for Birthday at school was the norm. Anything less and you don't have the 'coolness factor'. Anything more and you were uber rich.
16. Saravana store was primarily a 'pathra kada'
17. Ladies used to buy jewellery in chit funds
18. Opel astra, ford escort were the luxury cars. Maruti 800 was still the first step to prosperity. Maruti Zen was the second
19. Mobile phones existed. But at 8 Rs per minute. RPG Pagers were the 'in' thing. Everyone made sure people looked at their hips.
20. 20GB hard disks were advanced category. 600 Mhz processor was the fastest thing. It wasn't hard to find 1 GB hard disk computers. Windows Millenium - 'nuf said
21. Road rash and Doom were absolutely mandatory if you had a computer
22. Rediff.com - Coolness coefficient increases
23. Velacheri was really an Eri.
24. Music videos and albums were the next best thing after movies. Remember 'Deewana' by Sonu Nigam that had girls fainting? Daler Mehndi with his 'repeat each line 4 times' songs.
25. Remember those big digital diaries? They certainly bought out my awes. Best gift items among professionals
The list is not all inclusive and will be updated as I remember more.
Vivek
4 comments:
Haha! I could relate to most of it! Throughly enjoyed reading the post, Vivek! :) If you were more active on twitter, you'd have a #youremember going with half the world there. :)
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