1980s....
Society had great influence on young men & women.
Although it was decreasing with each passing decade.
1980s were the time of opening up of society a bit..
Disco era, girls and boys started falling in love in more numbers.
Although such acts were considered bold and surely love was in its "infancy".
These days love is adult and lost its innocence of its childhood.
In the college there were hardly any couples. Maybe one or two in each class.
And they were so "famous" :)
Because everyone knew about them.
This was the India before the technology took over the emotions..
This was the time when the messages were exchanged through hand written letters.
Or
In girls hostel, send a Mess servant to the boys hostel... the message beautifully written and sealed (so the mess servant doesn't read it himself :)).
Back then, girls didn't go out to meet their friends in the hostel. So mess servants acted as couriers.
They were given instructions to get the reply too.
Oh what a restless period of handing over the message to the "courier" and receiving the reply !
Waiting period was torture.
So unlike these days of instant personal communication 24 ×7.
No. Those were the times of endless waiting, imagination, silent mental talks (because you didn't have mobiles to talk at odd hours)
There were real dates.
If any boy came to meet his girlfriend in hostel, every one knew. That girl became "different" (not in bad sense). But curiosity still occupied other girls minds.
There was a senior girl whose boyfriend came to meet her and sometimes he would turn up late when gates were locked and guard was there. So they would talk (like many others) through the closed iron gates. He outside and she inside. Looked as if he had come to meet the prisoner :)
And often he brought her things to eat. So once we were having our post dinner walk, and we witnessed it. He had brought a steel tiffin box, full of chicken dish and she is talking and eating the chicken simultaneously. And she was already overweight!
We were quite amused at the sight.
He was a dedicated serious visitor to the hostel but they couldn't take the marriage vows for some reason or other.
Many couples just drifted apart after completing the degree and leaving the hostel. Some managed to get married. But some used the opportunity as time pass.....
Society had great influence on young men & women.
Although it was decreasing with each passing decade.
1980s were the time of opening up of society a bit..
Disco era, girls and boys started falling in love in more numbers.
Although such acts were considered bold and surely love was in its "infancy".
These days love is adult and lost its innocence of its childhood.
In the college there were hardly any couples. Maybe one or two in each class.
And they were so "famous" :)
Because everyone knew about them.
This was the India before the technology took over the emotions..
This was the time when the messages were exchanged through hand written letters.
Or
In girls hostel, send a Mess servant to the boys hostel... the message beautifully written and sealed (so the mess servant doesn't read it himself :)).
Back then, girls didn't go out to meet their friends in the hostel. So mess servants acted as couriers.
They were given instructions to get the reply too.
Oh what a restless period of handing over the message to the "courier" and receiving the reply !
Waiting period was torture.
So unlike these days of instant personal communication 24 ×7.
No. Those were the times of endless waiting, imagination, silent mental talks (because you didn't have mobiles to talk at odd hours)
There were real dates.
If any boy came to meet his girlfriend in hostel, every one knew. That girl became "different" (not in bad sense). But curiosity still occupied other girls minds.
There was a senior girl whose boyfriend came to meet her and sometimes he would turn up late when gates were locked and guard was there. So they would talk (like many others) through the closed iron gates. He outside and she inside. Looked as if he had come to meet the prisoner :)
And often he brought her things to eat. So once we were having our post dinner walk, and we witnessed it. He had brought a steel tiffin box, full of chicken dish and she is talking and eating the chicken simultaneously. And she was already overweight!
We were quite amused at the sight.
He was a dedicated serious visitor to the hostel but they couldn't take the marriage vows for some reason or other.
Many couples just drifted apart after completing the degree and leaving the hostel. Some managed to get married. But some used the opportunity as time pass.....
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