Writer-performer Priya Malik’s ode to the good old days has got everyone nostalgic | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Writer-performer Priya Malik’s ode to the good old days has got everyone nostalgic | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Surbhi Gupta |Updated: August 22, 2019 8:07:12 am

Writer-performer Priya Malik’s ode to the good old days has got everyone nostalgic

The piece, 2019 mein 1999, had its humble beginning with a ‘steel ki thaali’. Mumbai-based Priya Malik had specially bought one because she was tired of eating in glass crockery.

Priya Malik in the video 2019 mein 1999

I need to find this girl. Can anyone help?” wrote writer-editor Meenu Namit on Facebook, along with a video. It had a girl reciting poetry and in a way trying to understand and find love in this modern age. She recites, with an acoustic guitar in the background: iPhone X ke zamaane mein, Nokia 3810 dhoondh rahi hoon/ Soya milk coffee ke zamaane mein, ek adrak waali chai dhoondh rahi hoon… High speed broadband ke zamaane mein, dial-up connection dhoondh rahi hoon… Main 2019 mein 1999 dhoondh rahi hoon.