28 Simple Pleasures Indians Will Probably Never Experience Again

    You woke up in the morning to watch Disney Hour for the last time, without realising it.

    1. Listened to Anaida, Colonial Cousins, and Shweta Shetty on your Walkman, one last time.

    A picture of a 90s Sony walkman along with an image of an Indian pop star named Anaida.

    2. Bought an audio cassette from one of these shops, one last time.

    An image of a record store in India.

    3. Danced, with reckless abandon, to Falguni Pathak's Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi, one last time.

    4. Bought a couple of Tinkle Digests and Archie Comics from a roadside bookseller, without realising that it would be the last time.

    Image of a road-side book stall in India along with a photo of Tinkle Digest, a popular Indian comic book.

    5. Watched Doordarshan on a device that looked like this, without knowing that it would become history.

    6. Or spent an entire afternoon reading about the adventures of Chacha Chaudhary and Pinki, one final time.

    Popular Indian comic books named Chacha Chaudhary and Pinki.

    7. Watched Hip Hip Hurray and Just Mohabbat without realising that they'd only remain in your memories!

    Images of school students and a teenage kid from the television shows Hip Hip Hurray and Just Mohabbat, respectively.

    8. Or experienced magic in the form of Shaka Laka Boom Boom and Son Pari for the final time.

    The lead actor of Shaka Laka Boom Boom holds his magic pencil while the protagonist of Son Pari looks dejected.

    9. Sang along to the tunes of Close-Up Antakshari and answered all the questions on Bournvita Quiz Contest, without even fathoming that you'd never get to do that again.

    Images of the hosts of Close-Up Antakshari and Bournvita Quiz Contest.

    10. Inspired by the Dhara kid, you plotted to leave the house so that you could also be treated with jalebis.

    Image of a small child from an Indian commercial for Dhara Oil.

    11. Woke up in the morning to watch Disney Hour for the last time.

    Image of Disney Hour and Chip and Dale.

    12. Admit it: You also watched the show because you had a teeny-tiny crush on this guy.

    13. Watched these gems on Cartoon Network, one final time.

    Image of Swat Kats and Powerpuff Girls from Cartoon Network

    14. And laughed at Pingu's antics after learning some cool art from this guy, for perhaps the last time.

    Image of Pingu and Rob from M.A.D on Pogo.

    15. Visited your school's computer lab to learn the fundamentals of Logo and BASIC, for the final time.

    Students in a computer lab.

    16. Bought a geometry box and a fountain pen, one last time.

    Image of a geometry box and fountain pens.

    17. Went to the school playground during recess to play chain-chain and hopscotch.

    Image of kids in a school playground along with an image of the game of hopscotch.

    18. Or played FLAMES and Name, Place, Animal, Thing without worrying about never playing them again.

    Image of Name, Place, Animal, Thing and FLAMES.

    19. Did this before school for the last time ever.

    Image of people covering their school books with brown paper.

    20. Or attended your school's Scholastic Book Fair and bought a dozen books, for the final time.

    Image of a Scholastic Book Fair in an Indian school.

    21. Pretended to be cool while 'smoking' some Phantom Sweet Cigarettes and munched on countless packets of Hippo.

    Image of Phantom Sweet Cigarettes candy and Hippo baked chips.

    22. And bought countless packets of Lay's chips only to collect these.

    Image of several colourful tazos.

    23. Heard the dial-up internet tone one last time.

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    This was music to your ears, wasn't it?

    24. Thought you found love in a Yahoo Chat Room without the bitter truth dawning upon you.

    Image of a Yahoo Chat Room.

    25. Called your crush late at night using a Nokia 1100, after Irrfan Khan convinced you to get 'Hutch ka chota recharge'.

    Image of a Nokia Phone and Irrfan Khan, an Indian actor.

    26. Watched your parents drive this car and had your heart broken when they sold it for an upgrade.

    27. Watched this iconic moment in Indian cricket, only to never see something as euphoric, ever again.

    Image of Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian cricket captain, celebrating a win with his teammates.

    28. And celebrated the win of this guy while knowing in your heart that the other guy deserved to become the Indian Idol.

    Image of Amit Sana and Abhijeet Sawant, both contestants on Indian Idol.