The times of Shaktimaan and Scooby Doo...

“Shaktimaaaaan…. Shaktimaaaaan…. Shaktimaaaaaaan…. “.

I was going to start another CS clan when the familiar sounding tune came floating into the room. For a second I was dumbfounded. Then someone came shouting that the episodes of the popular Indian superhero series had been released on DC. Whoosh… Switching off the clan, I downloaded the episode in an instant. As the familiar Shaktimaan song started playing, all the faded images of it, which were lying somewhere at the back of my mind came rushing back. And along came many things. The emotions, the feelings we nurtured for the superhero 10 years ago…, it all came back. The memories of childhood came flooding to my mind in instants and I found myself engulfed by them, smiling as I remembered old incidents and characters whom we have watched growing up. Who, in some way or the other have contributed in making our character what it is today.

I still remember how on Saturdays we would rush back from school to be home on time to watch the Indian superhero in action. Missing a single episode was out of question, be it exams or anything. It’s the same story of the whole generation of Indian kids who have watched the series growing up. His costume was a rage. And even the lecture he gave on good habits after each episode went down well with the kids. He was their idol, their superman.

Along with Shaktimaan, we hold the same nostalgia for other stuff that came on TV during that time. Be it Scooby Doo, the favorite Great Dane, or Captain Planet the environment savior. Personally, I owe my environment freakiness to him. J

It’s the sweet nostalgia of those leisurely times that surrounded me as I watched episode 1 of the superhero saga. And somewhere inside I felt a heaviness, knowing that those times are long gone and won’t be back.