Ten years is not a very long period of time. But the last decade where internet in India has evolved from archaic shell accounts to broadband has been one of epochal change. In these ten years I too have changed a lot.
1995: The ink from a Chinese Wing Sung or a Japanese Pilot pen would fill up the lines of my ‘personal’ diary
2005: The pitter-patter of my Samsung keyboard gives characters to thoughts on my ‘public’ blog
1995: The job I’m doing didn’t even exist
2005: I wish it didn’t
1995: I actually wrote letters on paper and posted them using postage stamps
2005: Email (others write, I forward)
1995: You needed to speak to chat
2005: ;-P
1995: College assignment = Hours in the library > Taking Notes > Comprehension > Analysis > First Draft > Second Draft > Final Copy
2005: College Assignment = Google > Copy > Paste
1995: Debonair, Fantasy et al.
2005: Google
1995: VHS
2005: Streaming video
1995: Shopping for movies and music
2005: Downloading them for free
1995: I had no friends beyond the territorial boundaries of India
2005: I have foes the world over
1995: Salesmen
2005: Spam
1995: Soumyadip Choudhury
2005: AlbinoBee