Those in late 40s or early 50s have passed through an "Age" where importance of Bicycle as one of the main "Vehicle", Indian Post Office being the main "Message Carrier" from one place to another, or to have a Telephone ,Telex at home be the real sense of pride, receiving or sending a "Telegram" indicated an urgency or emergency etc etc... form the facets of one's life. No shopping malls or multiplexes yet youth enjoyed "chahal-pahal of"sadar bazar" or "nukkar" kind of shops or by sitting in a Box or Balcony of a "Cinema Theatre" /Talkies ( Reaching to the Ticket Window after standing in a 'Q" for hours was alike "Victory" in a war).
Hamara "Bajaj" Scooter, Luna/TVS Mopeds, Padmini Premier Fiat, Maruti Omni etc. were in great demand,which all have been replaced or "upgraded" now by Motorbikes, Segmented brands of Car ( Hyndai, Honda, Toyota, Scoda, Audi, WolkesWagon, GM's Nissan, BMW ... .......)in the Wishlist of Society in the Ist decade of New Millenium.
In Offices, existence of Electronic Typewriters demonstrated the stature or repute of Organizations. On the "social" front too, the young generation of 80s ( particularly of Middle class or lower Middle class) was more or less conservative, conventional follower of traditions,customs & of parents, religious by nature,which one may conclude as "negative" aspect or may call it a Society controlled or Parent -controlled generation but some may praise as "positive" attributes (I may be biased belonging to same Generation).
However, this is the Cohort which has been most benefitted of having Witnessed the Old "golden" period of watching Doordarshan's Krishi Darshan program with same enthusiasm as Watching 200 channels through DTH, or shouting "loudly" on the speakers of Handsets of Telephone for reaching to the near & dear through trunk calls,then came 'Pitroda-Rajeev Gandhi" duo efforts culminated into creation of C-DoT & commencement of telecom revolution to bring about concept of STD/ISD/PCO booths in India & thereafter with mobile telephony, 3G, Web Chat, I Phone, series of options through social networking for friendhip or socializing beyond your street ,mohalla or city or even country revolutionized everyone & gave a feeling to the Youth of 80s to be fortunate in their Middle Age as a "Bystander" to the changing trends of modern Society.
Today's GenNext Professionals spend almost 25% of their professional time abroad by frequent visits,whereas if any member of family visits abroad in late 80s or 90, he will be given an "emotional" send off by Family & relatives at Airport by following traditional rituals before leaving the Motherland. Going to Airport itself used to induce a spark & energy to anyone in 80s.
On Professional front, perhaps transforming from "khat-khat" type of Typewriter to the "self" governed PCs /laptop was partuclarly painful for few of us. I remember when first time "wordstar" based PCs landed in our Office, we all thought that now our Office Typist will have to be trained on this modern version of "Typewriter". But that was a "big" myth & misconcept of many of us.
Today "Top" to "Bottom" string of any Management, it has become essential that all should be PC conversant i.e Knowledge of Modern day. "Typing skill" ( PC Operation) is one of the must "desired" attribute in any organization. Whether Engineer, Doctor, Architect or Office Secretaries ,all need to be very good "Modern Typist". Ultimately, Generation of 80s learned, transformed, witnessed, became "compatible" to all trend changes in the 1st decade of new Millenium
Finally, One way the young breed of 80s is lucky enough to have blended taste of everything conventional "dialled" life to all hightech- "One click" or I-Tech or "Touch" tech kind of Trends in 45-50 years of their journey of life.
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