The world changes – ever
faster – and we realize that our younger generations have grown up with many
different experiences than we’ve had. Most of the times, we just don’t realize – how
different that world truly is.
Each year Beloit College releases The Beloit
College Mindset List. The
list was first published in 1998,
since then, it has been providing an eye-opening look at “the cultural
touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college” that year.
So, I decided to create an Indian Mindset List. Please feel free
to suggest more points for 2014 students, most of whom were born in 1992-93.
Students passing out their college in 2014 will know a
few facts such as:
- · Engineering and Medicine have been the conventional professional courses.
- · Maruti’s Nano is an upgraded two wheeler.
- · Facebook is just FAD. I don’t go there any more.
- · Dad always bought a new camera from an online retail outlet.
- · Jenifer Lopez copied Bappi Lehri.
- · You always have to pay to get any work done in a government offices.
- · Pakistan and Bangladesh have always existed as independent countries.
- · 2G spectrum means A.Raja.
- · Violating traffic laws bring e-challans home.
- · Manmohan Singh was the finance minister at a time and he was the one who brought the concept of globalization to India.
- · Bangladesh was a part of India.
- · Google is a ‘verb’.
- · Reality shows are very ‘real’.
- · Chamomile tea, a health symbol, was only sold in big stores.
- · Kirana mandi or local ‘parchoon ki dukaan’ is the only place where mom brings grocery from.
- · Facebook is a place to get into and out of the relations.
- · Contact lenses used to last 10-12 months.
- · A few TV channels are only meant for saas-bahu.
- · Cellphones always came with camera and touch screen.
- · Fiat and Ambassdor car used to run on roads.
