For people who grew up in Middle Class Family, what always felt like a luxury?

cold water from freeze. 🙂

1) Having a Cable TV was a luxury back in childhood. (when neighbors were having it)

2) Buying the first car 10 years ago

3) Dreamed of geared bicycle – was a luxury in childhood

4) Buying a desktop was luxury

5) Getting into MNC Softw Engineer was luxury when became graduated

6) Getting a Broadband connection at home.

7) Going to a decent family restaurant

8) Taking an auto or private cab (rather than bus)

9) Lastly Rs 100 was luxury. ( No value now)

A colour TV at home.

Having a Thumps up/Gold spot (Pepsi/Coke was yet to enter India)

Having a landline at home (people did not even know about mobile).

Taking a taxi ride.

Traveling in AC in train.

Everything that cost more than 5rs felt like a luxury. 

Can anyone tell me what defines “Middle Class” in today’s times?

Refilling a lpg cylinder

When our family flew together, for vacation.

Travelling in a car..

For me getting coupons on Desidime!

Air travel still a luxury to me

beating uncle’s kids and stilling their costly toys and chocolate. 

edit. – little correction in stilling. It’s stealing..2peg ke baad galat English nikal jata hai

My chhote uncle and my friends used to collect money to rent TV, CD player, CD cassettes, and a battery… and it was full of fun and felt like luxurious…..

watching films all night….. …sunny deol, mithun, rishi kapoor…amitabh bachchan

Biryani

Main kuchh bhi ₹100 ya ₹200 se uper kuchh bhi khareed leta Hun wai mere liye luxurious Ho jaati hai

Traveling in a thiruvalluvar bus 🙂

Every alternate Saturday’s, some times a year, we would go out to have family lunch at this restaurant in Calcutta, called the The Gupta Brothers.

The dal makhani with peas pulao and dum aloo and kadhai paneer was the best I’ve ever had in my life. No extra oil or mirch masala and great quantity. Peas pulao were so nice, of basmati and fresh peas.

And then after we were done, then came the part which used to make us feel super rich – the waiter would give us hand wash bowls with warm water with a slice lime in it.

The first time we thought it was to drink for digestion maybe but then father told the rest of us that it was for washing hands.

That was one thing that used to make us feel so rich

Great times. Been almost 20 years since those days.

Also one other thing was the stuff that airlines would do in the time before takeoff – warm wet lime scented towels to freshen up, imli candies, Fruiti tetrapack, chai/coffee before the actual meal was served when in air.

Indian Airlines, Jet Airways used to do this back in pre 2005 era. Good times.

This the best thread of all I had read on DD.

My uncles house was near a school with a party plot where marriage function used to be organized. Whenever I visit there any evening we saw any mandap setup and lighting we dressed up like good humans, enter the mandap and relish in 3 idiot’s style with a feeling that we have robbed the wealthiest bank in the world.

About paid luxury it was 3 panipuri for 1 rupee and the most luxurious part was the free masala puri I got at the end…..

Travelling by flight ✈️ for the first time

Having a personal phone for the first time

Car was luxury. Back in 2014-15, ola uber came with many free rides/referrals offers. That was definitely a show off moment infront of family, relatives, padosis 🤣 It was more of a proud moment, I was like by using my skills(coupon search) I can make you all travel in a car for free..😛

now that we own a car, it's no longer considered a luxury.

Having laptop at home for college work or personal use

My first time dine in experience in Star bucks 😅

I had a miserable childhood. I slept on the footpath and outside the closed shops at night. Many a times policemen came up to me and kicked me out of the footpath saying that it's not the place to sleep. Surviving only on water for several days and wearing torn-up clothes wasn't easy. I still remember the day when I had only one rupee and fifty paisa in my pocket. I ate 2 rotis with little bit curry (only curry nothing included with it, like the curry in peas and potato sabzi, the dhaba owner removed the peas and potato from it and gave me only curry). What else can one expect to get for only one rupee and fifty paisa?

At that time whenever I saw an aeroplane flying in the sky I used to tell myself I too will travel by air one day. Now, whenever I travel by air (around 10 to 12 times a year) it feels like a luxury to me. I don't remember how many times I have travelled by air but everytime I board the flight it reminds me of my past.

It wasn't an easy journey for me. I lost my self-confidence and it took me years to gain it back. I still get the flashbacks of my past but somehow I cope with it, and I never forget where I came from.

@desiman @keshav1988696 @panchabhut @pratikkry Back in those days having a black and white Crown company shutter TV was a luxury, having cable connection, to increase number of channel to that B&W TV by installing channel multiplier from TV repairing shop, looking at others huge colour TV set when we had B&W TV, having VCR, watching movies in theaters in early 90’s,

nowadays I think (not buying) maintaining IPhone, buying decent standard quality smartwatch, travelling by flights, and yeah getting Loot deal in DD is luxury.

For me luxury is not about having dinners in 4/5 star restaurant.. for me it is about buy everything you like whether it is a clothing brand( if you like something of Armani.. go and get it ) or an automotive Vehicle .. if are still compromising on things which you want, you ain’t have luxury or you pretending to live a luxurious life.. think about it.. this is the only reason i voted for no because i still think twice before buying anything..

watching movie for the first time in a theatre