Desi Twitter has often discussed and recalled their childhood years on various popular Twitter threads, whether it is remembering horror stories their parents used to tell them to discipline them or hilariously reacting upon being asked if they were paid to do ghar ke kaam as kids.
Another new Twitter thread has surfaced where a user took another nostalgic route and asked people a question about the things they thought to be “indicators of wealth” during their childhood. He also shared a small emotional note on how we should never take our privilege for granted as it can “disappear overnight”. Check out his tweets below:-
What are some things you thought were indicators of wealth when you were a kid?
— AD #TheOneHourMentor (@anaggh) August 13, 2020
This is so so nostalgic. And it brings up the question of age also which is visible by the product you are nostalgic about. Wealth and Privilege is something that one should never ever take for granted. It can disappear overnight. Trust me. #truestory
— AD #TheOneHourMentor (@anaggh) August 14, 2020
Here are some of the responses Indian tweeple had:-
Fancy 8 compartment magnetic pencil boxes, imported school bags were a couple of conspicuous ones I recall. And the rare classmate being driven to school in a Merc. This is circa 1980/82, just for context.
— Ashok Lalla (@ashoklalla) August 14, 2020
Owning a bungalow
As a Bombay kid a stand alone mansion is quite the luxury— Shruti Seth (@SethShruti) August 14, 2020
This is my favourite lookback. When I was a kid I would tell my father that we would be called wealthy if we had a washing machine and telephone:-)
— Subhashini (@Neelavanam) August 13, 2020
1. Chauffeur driven big car 2. Air Travel 3. Solitaires (I am@a Marwari) 4. A big house
— Deepali Naair (@deepalinaair) August 13, 2020
Travel abroad on leisure.
— Kiran Manral (@KiranManral) August 14, 2020
US trip
— گریش Girish Mallya (@girishmallya) August 14, 2020
1. Press button pencil box (my neighbour Aunty gifted me because parents refused)
2. Chauffeur driven cars (I got dropped on a chauffeur driven kinetic honda)
3. Imported chocolates for tiffin (we could only eat ours at home)
4. Intl. vacays (we only went to Goa, Lonavala etc)— Vallie (@Cest_La_Vee_) August 14, 2020
This pencil box which ‘gelf’ kids used to bring pic.twitter.com/VxnsZE4B73
— Leo (@4eo) August 14, 2020
Fevicol tube = rich
Joker gum = poor— Surya Ragunaathan (@sangvoel) August 14, 2020
Remote-controlled toy cars. Rechargeable batteries. https://t.co/j4TwhX8ty3
— Pari (@PariTrivedi) August 13, 2020
Having pets. Living in a house with two floors. Being able to buy a Cadbury rather than toffees. https://t.co/JimEwAfrg3
— Ramanuj Mukherjee (@law_ninja) August 13, 2020
A pair of Nike air jordans and a German shepherd
— shatanik chakrabarty (@shatanik) August 13, 2020
And Cable TV
— Tiranga (@Kaptaan_India) August 13, 2020
Having a generator at home when the city plunged into darkness for a few hours every evening.
— Season Lady (@ladyofseasons) August 13, 2020
Friends who used fancy stationary/pencil case… Like their relatives gifted them when they would come from the US. People who had chocolates in their fridge … I always thought those who kept chocolates in their fridge indicates excess … And that's rich right?!
— Quarantined Queen (@MistressofPun) August 14, 2020
Living in South Delhi!
— Disha Dani (@dishadani) August 14, 2020
Your own home. A car. Two holidays a year. Six sets of dresses. 4 pairs of shoes. 3 meals a day.
— Gee (@GayatriiM) August 13, 2020
AC in all the bedrooms
— Wordsworst (@YateeshSrivast1) August 13, 2020
Smoking a pipe like Sherlock Holmes.
Incidentally, the other day, I discovered mine after 22 years. pic.twitter.com/SKNoItaYPl— Avijit Guha 🇮🇳 (@SunlitSeeker) August 14, 2020
Having a Facebook account, having a computer in home, getting money from parents to eat in kanteen, having a box full of biscuits in house at disposal❤️❤️
— Anubhav Garg (@anubhavreads) August 13, 2020
For me personally, a man carrying a leather briefcase to a fancy glass-building office was a vivid image that I had of wealthy people when I was a child. Bonus points if he was constantly talking on the phone and wearing sunglasses, as an airplane flies behind him for no reason.
What did you consider to be indicators of wealth when you were a kid? Did you relate to any of these answers? Tell us!
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