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<p>The 1980s. For those who grew up in the decade the era continues to be fascinating. Both a link to the old almost sleepy India of the decades preceding it and a bridge to the new India of the ’90s when liberalization changed everything the ’80s occupy a special place in India’s socioeconomic political and cultural space. Be it hosting the Asian Games India’s World Cup cricket victory the assassination of Indira Gandhi or the Babri Masjid / Ram Janmabhoomi and the Mandal agitations the ’80s are engraved in our collective consciousness.</p><p><br></p><p>However where it resides most is in the memories of those who were part of the era’s zeitgeist. Seema Sethi was one of them. And in Romancing the 80s she explores aspects of the decade that were an indelible part of the era and are probably now lost forever – Nirula’s and audiocassettes Chitrahaar and Doordarshan disco and Nazia Hassan single-screen theatres and Indrajal comics Hamara Bajaj and the Ambassador among many others. This is one unforgettable ride down memory lane.</p>
