Nostalgia

The reason why we don't do most of the stuff we used to in 90s or before that is because we know better. The reason we are not rewinding cassettes with pencils is because we can now fast forward a track with a tap of a finger , the reason we are not taking the guests who come over to stay to all the major attractions in the city is because there is more work to do, the reason we are not eating nargisi koftay with home made naans for lunch is because women are working too , and that's good and just not for the women? Why ? Because Pakistan has had an insane dependency ratio all this while. It is a society where a man has to break his back to bear the financial burden of  a large family and he has been forgetting to live life , caught up in the worries from marrying away his sisters to his daughters ,  and now it's changing and women are working, affording a living for themselves, finding a voice , it is obviously good for them because being a housewife , you have NO security , and this should change but until it does and the woman who stays home to cook and clean gets as much appreciation as her partner who works outside, has job benefits , perks , security and most importantly financial independence, home making will not be as coveted a job as a career in a field of your choice.
And we have moved on from Ainak wala jinn because mercifully we have far better technology , plots , and myriad of advancements in movies and dramas. We have avengers and superheroes and we have had Harry potter!!!!!  We are reminiscent about older tunes and ignoring that there is still soulful music being produced, we just have a crazy number of options.
From having a tv set which aired 3 channels and the transmissions which ended on 12 am we have access to the worldwide network of private tv channels and it may be strange , overwhelming , less simple but by no objective means is it worse. Only better.

Nostalgia is a trap and life is lived forwards. Instead of living yours reminiscing about what you had in a small fraction of your life , make new memories with this time and you will have some genuine things to share on a dinner table 40 years from now which stir excitement instead of regret over a long lost yesterday.  ( which is not the point of living in the moment but it a true reflection of the fact that nostalgia makes you lazy initially and boring eventually. Don't have that outlook! ) 

Nostalgia is a trap and it paints things to be sweeter than they were. I literally miss the times I hated when I was in them so wherever you are , you are here NOW for a reason and don't be insipid. And you will even miss this time you are here doing nothing but remembering the past because perhaps you miss ALL the times you have been in except the grief periods. Perhaps nostalgia is the tax you pay for not living each moment of your life fully ! Don't borrow from the past that it creeps up on your present .