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Name- Ritesh Parekh

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Age- 44

Mr. Ritesh lived with 6 people in the same house. His parents, his brother, his grandparents and
himself. The 1992 Bombay riots were one of the things that had happened when he was a
teenager. Newspapers, magazines, radios, and just a few television channels called
"Doordarshan National'' and "Doordarshan Metro" were the main forms of media available to
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him as a teenager. Color was used in those days' movies. During his teenage years, he made
calls on wired telephones or landlines. Since they were so inexpensive, radios were the most
widely used form of media in those days. He was a teenager when "Prasad Bharti," "The AM
Channel," and "107.1FM'' were some of the most well-known radio stations. Even though they
were quite pricey, magazines were also very common. The development in the media landscape
for him was the increase in foreign language channels on the television.
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Name: Manjula
Age: 75
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Ms Manjula's family consisted of her parents, two brothers, grandparents, aunts, uncles and
herself. She shared a home with her parents and her two brothers . Later, her husband joined
them, making a total of six people residing in the home. She has lived in Bombay and Pune.
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She witnessed numerous significant occasions throughout her adolescent years, including the
Indian nation's independence, Maharashtra Day, and British cricket teams' trips to her town.
“The sakal paper”, a well-known marathi newspaper in Pune, and "the times of India" were the
only forms of media available to her when she was a teenager. When she was younger, she
used mobile phones, landlines, and other types of phones. Newspapers then were reasonably
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priced and did not cost a lot of money.

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Name: Mr. Ranjan Bothra
Age: 68
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Mr Ranjan Bothra lived with around 40 people, some old and some middle aged in the same
house. He lived in his native place, which is Bikaner and is situated in Rajasthan. There was no
media as such while he grew up, however he did have a device called a pocket transistor which
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he used to listen to music. In simple words, a pocket transistor is a compact radio device used
for listening to radio channels. Mr Ranjan Bothra answered all his questions with utmost honesty
and enthusiasm. He gave us a clear picture of the reality and usage of media during his time as
a teenager. We could easily sum up from his interaction with us and our team that the usage of
media was not very prominent along his time as a teenager; however a common device that
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they did use was a transistor. People also lived in an extremely loved environment in the form of
a joint family at his time.
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NAME - Mr. Vijay Pawar
AGE - 67
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Mr. Vijay lived a joyful life in his teenage years with his family, his family consisted of his
parents, a brother, and a sister. He shared a home with his parents, a brother, a sister, his
cousins, and himself. He resided in Bhandup, a central suburb of Mumbai. He witnessed the
historical cricket World Cup victory of INDIA in 1983, he was dazzled by this event as he was a
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huge fan of cricket. Newspapers were considered the best media available , LOK SATTA,
TIMES OF INDIA, and INDIAN EXPRESS were considered the most popular newspapers in
India. Newspapers were very affordable but buying magazines was expensive. He noticed the
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development of media from buying local newspapers to watching the news on television and
reading newspapers online.
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NAME - Ms. Archana Katkar
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AGE - 48

Ms. Archana lived in a versatile and happening family, her family consisted of her parents, a
brother and a sister, uncles, aunts, and herself. She shared a home with her parents and her
two siblings at Bandra, Pali hill road. She witnessed the era when a political party called SHIV
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SENA came into power, this impressed her as she was an active supporter. They had both
television and newspapers available, but newspapers were more effective. Newspapers such as
LOK SAKTA, and SAMNA were the ones she used to read regularly. The cost of living was very
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high and there were significantly fewer earning member’s in her family, hence it was expensive
to buy a ticket to the movie, and was considered a celebration. She had the opportunity to watch
Spiderman in English at the Dome theater, this was a development in the media landscape for
her.
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