1 Kilo Gulab Jamun For Rs 14! Sweet Shop Menu From The Eighties Goes Viral

When we dream of the “good old days,” we frequently take into consideration how uncomplicated life was. We discover ourselves wishing to return to an easier time – maybe once we didn’t have to fret about cash, careers and relationships. Yesterday, a video on Twitter displaying two schoolboys playfully sharing a single tiffin made individuals reminisce about happier instances. Today, one other publish is making netizens nostalgic, however for a distinct purpose. A photograph posted on the Facebook web page ‘Gagret Hulchal’ reveals the menu card of a candy store from 4 many years in the past. The costs – which appear shockingly low in comparison with right now’s requirements – are garnering all kinds of reactions on-line.
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The picture appears to be the worth record for sweets and snacks bought by Lovely Sweet House on 17, Hardyal Road Jalandhar Cantonment. The picture has been captioned, “Year 1980 – Famous Lovely Sweet Price List.” According to it, the worth of sweets like motichur laddoo, rasgulla, gulab jamun, kheer mohan, and so on. was within the vary of Rs. 10 to Rs. 14 per kg. Today, we frequently don’t get one piece of the mithai for that a lot. For barely premium forms of mithai, like chocolate barfi and pista barfi, the worth is proven as Rs. 18 and Rs. 20 per kg – however by no means greater than that. Check out the unique publish right here:

As you may see, snacks like samosa, kachori and paneer pakora price lower than 1 rupee in these days. Today, the identical snacks price anyplace between Rs.10 to Rs. 100. Netizens had been naturally fascinated by this menu. Given that costs of products appear to be rising practically daily, some individuals felt nostalgic a couple of time when mithai was (apparently) not so expensive! Others have identified that the costs appear excessive for that point interval as we have to alter the worth of the forex accordingly. Others have argued that the date could also be someday after 1980. After all, the paper of the menu seems discoloured with age. But there isn’t a point out of the precise yr on it. Here are a few of the reactions of Facebook customers:
“Those wonderful days will never come back.”
“During that time, milk price was only 0.50/- Nowadays milk price is too high, right?”
“Very costly. The price is much higher than the current price.”
“Those were the sweetest days”
“I like the sweets in this shop… Really missing it”
“We enjoyed so much the 18Rs gulab jamun.”
“It’s too costly considering the money value of the 1980s, samosa and jalebi used to cost 15 paise.”
“One of the finest sweet shops in Punjab. I used to visit there regularly during my stay in Jalandhar way back in 1996-2000”
“I need a time machine, desperately.”

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