20 years ago
As I was watching the IPL finals last night, I saw an Ad on TV saying, "Watch TV on your mobile". No matter how the quality is and how small the screen is, I started to think about advancements in technology in the past 20 years.
This is 2010 and 20 years ago means 1990. Things which were not even imagined have come in to place 20 years later. Below is how 1990 was. We were in Hubli and I was in middle school.
1) 'Internet' was a word unheard of. We never imagined that such a thing can exist. Add to this word, another adjoining word, 'computer'.
2) Mobile phone - A landline was a luxury. We had to wait for 6 months to a year to get a phone connection. Maximum we had seen was a cordless phone! That being the case, mobile phone was something we thought only police use.
3) TV with 180 channels - We had a BPL color TV with 12 channels. Only television channel we had was Doordarshan. How could we imagine to have so many channels that TV itself didn't support?!
4) Digital Camera - 20 years ago, I remember going to a photo studio with my big sports trophy just to get a photo clicked with the rolling trophy. It was supposed to be handed back to school within a couple of days. Processing time for photos was 2-3 days. Camera meant, 'put the roll, click only important events'.
5) Digital money - ATM Debit cards and Credit cards were not the order of the day. Even though they were popular in the West, India took a while to adopt this type of money.
6) Apart from technology, other thing which we had not heard of is the word, 'pizza'. I don't think there was any pizza outlet or maker in India then.
7) On the transport side, a 'car' meant only a few brands, viz., Maruti and Fiat. Other cars on road were branded as 'imported cars'.
Seeing the above, things have changed so much that I can't imagine how 20 years down the lane will look like.
This is 2010 and 20 years ago means 1990. Things which were not even imagined have come in to place 20 years later. Below is how 1990 was. We were in Hubli and I was in middle school.
1) 'Internet' was a word unheard of. We never imagined that such a thing can exist. Add to this word, another adjoining word, 'computer'.
2) Mobile phone - A landline was a luxury. We had to wait for 6 months to a year to get a phone connection. Maximum we had seen was a cordless phone! That being the case, mobile phone was something we thought only police use.
3) TV with 180 channels - We had a BPL color TV with 12 channels. Only television channel we had was Doordarshan. How could we imagine to have so many channels that TV itself didn't support?!
4) Digital Camera - 20 years ago, I remember going to a photo studio with my big sports trophy just to get a photo clicked with the rolling trophy. It was supposed to be handed back to school within a couple of days. Processing time for photos was 2-3 days. Camera meant, 'put the roll, click only important events'.
5) Digital money - ATM Debit cards and Credit cards were not the order of the day. Even though they were popular in the West, India took a while to adopt this type of money.
6) Apart from technology, other thing which we had not heard of is the word, 'pizza'. I don't think there was any pizza outlet or maker in India then.
7) On the transport side, a 'car' meant only a few brands, viz., Maruti and Fiat. Other cars on road were branded as 'imported cars'.
Seeing the above, things have changed so much that I can't imagine how 20 years down the lane will look like.
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