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Dharmendra Pradhan recalls India in 1987 when he was 18: black-and-white TVs watched communally, expensive international calls, keeping boarding passes as mementos. He frames these everyday details against pre-liberalization India, mentioning Kapil Dev's World Cup win and anxieties about economic opening.

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1987.

Kapil Dev winning the (1983) World Cup (referred to as the symbol of youth resurgence).

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