Needless to say, the internet sustains the relevance of past for us. Recently, Spotify introduced the time capsule feature, providing its users with a personalised playlist of songs from their teenage years, which was an instant hit among people. A search on the internet under the phrase ‘things only 90s kids would understand’ throws up 20 million results. Thus, social networking sites are flooded with #tbts with the memories section of Facebook allowing people to get a glimpse into their past. Undoubtedly, the past seems like a better time.įurthermore, the internet acts as a catalyst in amplifying such emotions. From having grown up in times of relative peace as the curtain drew on the cold war and economic resurgence courtesy structural adjustment programmes (SAP), we’ve entered into the uncertain realm of joblessness( nearly 31 million people in India are unemployed) and manifold issues like climate change, terrorism et al, surround us. Part of the phenomenon can be explained by the qualitative change in problems which has taken place. In fact, the millennials are often called the ‘indecisive generation’, wanting life to be technologically convenient while at the same time pining for a time when technology didn’t exist as intrusively as it does now. Needless to say, those times when technology wasn’t omnipresent seem farther from the present than they actually are, thereby evoking a greater longing for the past. Thus, millennials were on the cusp of a technological revolution with different technologies becoming obsolete within a short span of time. It was the last generation which had a childhood sans such a pervading influence of technology. The millennials grew up at a time when technology was still evolving. While childhood nostalgia is felt by all, its fever has gripped millennials like never before. Why do millennials seem obsessed with it? In other words, the past is never as rosy as it seems. However, it’s important to remember that this wistful recollection of the past is based on nothing but a combination of many different memories, all integrated together, with the negative emotions from that time having been filtered out. In effect, nostalgia keeps us from the truth of the present and the pain of reality. Thus, we hark back to the past just to feel what life was like in those good ol’ innocent days one more time. Being optimistic, carefree and blissfully ignorant are attributes we lost out on in the process of the growing up. As children, we were mostly sheltered from all the oppressions and injustices which are characteristic of this world. We could have been a superhero for all we cared with no one telling us that this field isn’t as respectable a profession as medicine. Childhood, for many of us denotes a time when the future possibilities were endless. Those bittersweet memories act as a solace in times of loneliness which help us to believe in the perceived connectedness with others. For us, nostalgia reflects a yearning for simpler times sans the worry and complexities which abound adulthood. Many of us conjure the past as this rosy, ideal time when everything worked just fine. Why do we fall on back on the childhood nostalgia? In effect, it combines the heroic act of returning home with hurt the inability to go back to one’s roots and the ache that this longing causes. While ‘Nostos’ is a common theme in Greek literature, depicting an epic hero returning home, as in the case of the Odyssey, ‘Algos’ means ‘pain’. The word ‘Nostalgia’ has its roots in the Greek language. Nostalgia is one of the most evocative emotions felt by humans.
#Tattoos childhood nostalgia tv
A chance glimpse of a tv commercial from our childhood, or a packet of ‘Fatafat’, and our mind inevitably takes us on a stroll down the memory lane.
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