Remember that uncle who would visit your house and ask you, “Beta, bade hoke kya bano ge?” and you’d let your imagination soar. Nothing was impossible and dreams were limitless.
And then life happened.
Sulagna Chatterjee let us relive those dreams once more. She let us visit those aspirations and made Indian twitterati smile with tears of nostalgia.
Quote this and tell me – what did you want to be as a kid?
— Sulagna 🥺 (@BeingChatterjee) October 27, 2017
Tweeple instantly started reminiscing their childhood goals and Indian Twitter was a bitter-sweet place today cause of it.
1. That would be a fun job!
Rickshaw driver. Not kidding. https://t.co/zEktJgIqFH
— WolfMomma 🇮🇳 (@wolfmomz) October 27, 2017
2. Yummmm!
Work in an ice cream shop.
— Purkinje (@lazy_mutant) October 27, 2017
3. So cute!
Truck driver. ☺😂
— Nocebo (@predormitum) October 27, 2017
4. He’d be popular on Halloween!
Dracula.
— आत्मनिर्भर in Karan-tine.🎭 (@ChhapriSala) October 27, 2017
5. Mera Bharat mahaan!
Serve the Indian Army
— Anuj Khurana 🇮🇳 (@HaddHaiYaar) October 27, 2017
6. Gooodmorningggg Mumbai!
A radio jockey https://t.co/8iFx8RywLm
— Nush (@sindhicrawford) October 27, 2017
7. Any crazy inventions in that test tube?
A mad scientist. https://t.co/kEaGrixQ9t
— Dr. (@lucidillusions_) October 27, 2017
8. Even the sky isn’t the limit!
https://twitter.com/graciousgarg/status/923799304392683522
9. HAHAHA!
280 characters. https://t.co/rbXwX8nbOo
— Sigh Baba (@DuttaRajrishi) October 27, 2017
10. UM. *straight face*
Serial Killer https://t.co/QgJNT4UmWE
— Duniya se Distanced Devil®️ (@devillaughslast) October 27, 2017
11. Stop. Ready. Go!
a traffic police.! https://t.co/dldFG6HFRN
— haroun (@DorkyMcDarkFace) October 27, 2017
12. This one is my personal favourite!
a dabbawalla by day and astronomer by night https://t.co/CHZhKFFGYs
— Kaushal Karkhanis (@kaushal) October 27, 2017
13. Don’t be afraid to show off those moves!
https://twitter.com/lamoorananda/status/923805292487258113
14. Choreographer! LOL!
A 'choreographer' before I realised I like to write. https://t.co/ZU2slICbMy
— Sushri Sahu (@SushriSahu) October 27, 2017
15. Really, how old are you?
Twitter celeb. https://t.co/DrD1Ikkbx3
— jajaja 🌈 (@lolkthen_) October 27, 2017
16. Saiyan super-istaar banna tha inko!
https://twitter.com/AnuragKnows/status/923847101338959872
17. The boy with a lightning bolt scar…
Almost failed math in 5th grade + loved books + Harry Potter = Wanted to be a writer like J K Rowling since forever!
— Imagination Junkie (@Jia1303) October 27, 2017
18. Hang in there, buddy!
https://twitter.com/ManveerS_07/status/923850745174147072
19. He even had a name in mind!
https://twitter.com/NimishWagh/status/923858124523614208
20. Disco dancer!
Mithun Chakraborty. https://t.co/X3hw4hs52O
— Nishant Kaushik (@nofreecopies) October 27, 2017
21. And watch movies all day….
Projector operator at a cinema theatre 😃 https://t.co/pKzFEPrlvz
— ಆದರ್ಶ (@AdarshHere) October 27, 2017
22. OMG!!!
Razor in Swat Katz, and I'm not even kidding. https://t.co/p0k6ROPm81
— Sarthak Dev (@devellix) October 27, 2017
23. That’s what you call soaring high!
President of United Nations. 😋 https://t.co/cPfBY5iDpC
— kyu-rona (@jumsumtak) October 27, 2017
24. zzzzzz……
Kumbh karan https://t.co/bDOuN0MSLH
— Joker (@cockroach___) October 27, 2017
25. Taking care of the chimps!
Zookeeperhttps://t.co/4ANVx2Elas
— #FurrtasticBuddy (@misty_basu) October 27, 2017
26. And now I want to be a child!
a grownup. https://t.co/V9OHshV67C
— Pearl (@pearl_cr) October 27, 2017
27. Does social media Private Investigator count?
Archaeologist and then a Private Investigator https://t.co/cSnMLWaD9x
— Biscotti … (@11Poetic) October 27, 2017
28. That’s quite a list!
https://twitter.com/7ONMOY/status/923803991967899648
29. Sharma Ji ki beti!
Actor, teacher and doctor. https://t.co/KWlHNJZaAS
— Karnika (@KarnikaKohli) October 27, 2017
30. At least one of us fulfilled our dreams.
Disappointment https://t.co/kC2xgrTQs8
— Lavanya Shrivastava (@Lavanya403) October 27, 2017
But unfortunately, like George RR Martin once said, “summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well”. And when adulthood did kick in, life had different plans for all of us.