1) I'm a Complan boy, I'm a Complan girl!
![ComplanBoy ComplanBoy](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/TczbtgX_9iI/AAAAAAAAAVg/iJljU5ShGWw/ComplanBoy_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
And then they grew up big and strong from drinking all that Complan.
2) Campa Cola:
![campa campa](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/Tczb1kRtaaI/AAAAAAAAAV0/8kQFdl778Ag/campa_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
3) Appu of the Asian Games (he was on my 3rd birthday cake!)
![1982_asian_games 1982_asian_games](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/Tczb5nT8hcI/AAAAAAAAAV8/ObzB8vy3KIg/1982_asian_games_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
And now (look how jazzy he got)
![05mascot 05mascot](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/Tczb9fDWLiI/AAAAAAAAAWE/laaAL1W28c8/05mascot_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
4) Stretch jeans went out and came back into fashion
![OYLR3SIL1kfw2007027 OYLR3SIL1kfw2007027](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/TczcBflLDRI/AAAAAAAAAWM/XZHBos7KOn4/OYLR3SIL1kfw2007027_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
5) Thankfully, the shoulder pad remains elusive:
![images images](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/TczcE3htwHI/AAAAAAAAAWU/YUP11Wp1GOY/images_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
6) Remember her?
![sw205 sw205](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/TczcIZAZrNI/AAAAAAAAAWc/VIO16aEVnGQ/sw205_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
This is what she looks like now (psst: she’s 35)
![tiffany-brissette-now-adult-Vicki-Robot-Small-Wonder1 tiffany-brissette-now-adult-Vicki-Robot-Small-Wonder1](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/TczcLqJUkPI/AAAAAAAAAWk/ieW2WHN8KgA/tiffany-brissette-now-adult-Vicki-Robot-Small-Wonder1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
7) This happened 17 years ago:
![Aishwarya-Rai-as-Miss-World-in-19941 Aishwarya-Rai-as-Miss-World-in-19941](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/TczcPV53TvI/AAAAAAAAAWs/Q1XP0GL2pXs/Aishwarya-Rai-as-Miss-World-in-19941_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
![Sushmita-Sen-Miss-Universe1 Sushmita-Sen-Miss-Universe1](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/TczcURUDGSI/AAAAAAAAAW0/9EO4-DAivHg/Sushmita-Sen-Miss-Universe1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
8) That’s also when she died and it was all over the press:
![divya-bharti-1 divya-bharti-1](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/TczcYLsh8kI/AAAAAAAAAW8/3cPL9aDVBp0/divya-bharti-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
9) Attitude is everything:
![fido_dido5 fido_dido5](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/TczcbZ4H-5I/AAAAAAAAAXE/vpG52Dw-kpk/fido_dido5_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
10) She is now 45.
![amul12 amul12](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/TczcfvMhbWI/AAAAAAAAAXM/LT7AGEYpHfE/amul12_thumb.gif?imgmax=800)
He’s 56:
![air-india-mascot-maharaja air-india-mascot-maharaja](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/Tczci5lzqbI/AAAAAAAAAXU/D21kpVO4aV8/air-india-mascot-maharaja_thumb.gif?imgmax=800)
And she used to be adorable:
![Rasna Rasna](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/TczcnGHb2vI/AAAAAAAAAXc/1xx5YAEzJv8/Rasna_thumb.png?imgmax=800)
And grew up HAWT.
![rasna_girl_suhani_11 rasna_girl_suhani_11](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/Tczc8j-CxwI/AAAAAAAAAXk/H4IQnOkdQRc/rasna_girl_suhani_11_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
11) Hamma, hamma hamma hamma.
![remofernandes remofernandes](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/Tc0BJc00TeI/AAAAAAAAAX0/_BFNlnLQa1o/remofernandes_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
Not so hamma:
![remo-fernandes2 remo-fernandes2](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/Tc0BMgkcBXI/AAAAAAAAAX8/fI8tFQBRTAg/remo-fernandes2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
12) Yeaaaaaaah. Baba Sehgal.
![baba001 baba001](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/Tc0BQYMWMrI/AAAAAAAAAYE/NsDHRyilo-g/baba001_thumb.gif?imgmax=800)
13) And Apache Indian. (Who recently performed at Blue Frog).
![apacheindian apacheindian](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/Tc0BUfAcHyI/AAAAAAAAAYM/yDAM1HWS2_Q/apacheindian_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
Who now looks like this:
![ApacheIndian_8352 ApacheIndian_8352](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/Tc0BYHBP4ZI/AAAAAAAAAYU/2SA7Ofuuy-8/ApacheIndian_8352_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
14) Remember how we were convinced the LD would replace the video cassette? And all those people went out and bought expensive LD systems and I was all jealous because my parents didn’t see the point? WHO’S LAUGHING NOW, BITCHES?
![images (1) images (1)](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/Tc0Bbu7sVHI/AAAAAAAAAYc/MlOAugZIN2E/images%20%281%29_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
![images (2) images (2)](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/Tc0BenMqReI/AAAAAAAAAYk/BzEsS8cnaDQ/images%20%282%29_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
And a picture of me in 1983 and 2011, just for fun. (No, I don’t know what I was pointing at either.) (But that’s the kind of swimsuit I’ve been searching for).
![lunapic_130476565555044_1 lunapic_130476565555044_1](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0eh-jzeI6wU/TczrxDYJnEI/AAAAAAAAAXs/adLutYQoj_E/lunapic_130476565555044_1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
That’s about all I can think of, for the moment. I’m sure I’ll edit and add more stuff to this later. In the meanwhile, add what you can think of, and I’ll see if I can hunt out images.
very nice..awesome!
ReplyDeleteyour picture waz best!
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ReplyDeleteThe Complan boy is not Aftab, it is Shahid Kapoor
And the complan girl is Ayesha Takia
ReplyDeleteoh lord. i so didnt need this, less that 28 days days form turning 24!
ReplyDeleteo.l.d is right.
:|
@Siju | ???? @chandra: thanks, fixed it!
ReplyDeleteviva la gen x!
ReplyDeletenot sure about the LD thing..LD's were never quite the craze in Bangalore.....cassettes and cd's...that was the progression
V soon CDs will be a past with the speed they are being replaced by other music devices. Check this youtube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aptaw0QgcsA
ReplyDeleteAmir, Aishwarya and Mahima in Pepsi ad of yesteryrs. Amir now proudly endorses Coke..:-)
I also grew up watching Mahabharat on DD on Sundays, and singing "jungle jungle pata chala hain, chaddi pehen ke phool khila hai"
ReplyDeletegud 1!!!! me too..i love thos moments....
DeleteNice collection. We are now old enought to say, "Jab ham chhote they. .."
ReplyDeleteI never realised how much older I am actually getting!
ooh i think u looked majorly cute in ur kidde photo ...and ditto now :-)
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ReplyDeleteHere ya go. http://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/swim/patternsandprints/PRDOVR~36312/36312.jsp This bathing suit looks pretty similar. My shopping addiction should help someone.
ReplyDeleteNice post!! You looked so cute!
ReplyDeleteHave been meaning to comment on your blog since ages! Love it!
By the way, I absolutely LOVED Confessions of a Listmaniac. Being a teen myself it's so rare to find a Indian YA book which you connect with. Neither kiddie nor OTT!
Indeed interesting.
ReplyDeleteA great collation!!
India in the 90's- Highly underrated. Great post.
ReplyDeleteAnd whoohoo HOOOO on the swimsuit. Too much cuteness :)
I love this post so much!!!! Thank you for posting it. :)
ReplyDeleteI love this post so much!!!! Thank you for posting it. :)
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted an Indian version of that list!!
ReplyDeleteBut I guess I'm too young for most of these stuff. Campa Cola? Huh?
But yeah the baby picture of you is ADORABLE. Definitely up there on cutest baby pictures ever! :)
loved this post... :)
ReplyDeletedo add more...
You were cute!
ReplyDeletehow it feels ..gettin' older??
ReplyDeletegah. a reminder of becoming old. as it is i find myself prefacing statements with "When i was young..." :P
ReplyDeletehowever, awesome list! especially the last picture. adorable :)
Check out this Etsy Shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheRedDolly?page=2
ReplyDeletePlenty of retro red polka dot swimsuits handmade!
Aishwarya Rai after 17 years... Still hot and photoshopped!
ReplyDeleteGosh she really did grow BIG drinking Complan!!
ReplyDeleteAwwww really does make me feel old! But I didnt grow up in India so would love to know what 'The Indian virgin needs no urgin' is!! Hahahahha what a tagline!
ReplyDeleteaww.. nice post !! made me go back to my childhood days...
ReplyDeletewhen we used to just remembr 7 digit landline numbers of those close to us..
now we hav 1000s of 10 digit ph numbers on our contact list whom we hardly call...
btw u luk cute in dat swimsuit!!:)
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ReplyDeleteNostalgic posts are always wonderful. Now the times are different, children grow so fast. The best thing to interact with people of you age is they share more or less same nostalgic feelings and same taste in childhood.....
ReplyDeleteI have written one similar post, Advertisements: i grew watching. CHeco out, i am sure you like the ads especially, dairy milk, sunny scooty, liril...
http://atlasshrugged-eccentric.blogspot.com/2011/05/advertisements-i-grew-watching.html
Nostlagic!
ReplyDeleteLovely Post!
^^^ Ah,my first comment in the last 3 yrs at your blog!
ReplyDeleteHere's my list of things:
ReplyDelete1) Mahabharat
2) Duck Tales (Uncle Scrooge diving into the pool of gold) and Tales Spin (Balloooooooo)
4) Ali baba aur Chaalis chor
5) Evening TV time in the following order - the 3 stooges, silver spoon, different strokes, I Dream of Jeanie and Bewitched
6) Fatafat golis, Chiklets, Big babol
7) Chacha Chaudhary, Pinki, Nagaraj
8) DDLJ, HAHK, DTPH
9) Saturday eve feature film, Chitrahaar, Surabhi, Rangoli
10) WWF Trump Cards
Im soooo nostalgic :)
adding .. Chandrakanta..:)
ReplyDeleteAdding on to list.. Chandrakanta and Tarang
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