The 70's: The World & Managlore

Last night, I happened to join my Aunt as she began watching Almost Famous on DVD. Set in the early seventies, you can without a doubt make the assumption that it involved Free Sex, Drugs, Hippies and ofcourse, Rock 'n' Roll. Having studied modern American history, I am aware of the profound role the 70's played, and not just in the history of America, but in the history of a majority of the world. The Vietnam War waged in the East, and America and Europe underwent tremendous social unrest.

Turning to my Aunt, I voiced a little musing. What was Mangalore like in the 70s? I got 'normal' for a reply. It is rather amusing that as the world was being turned upside down, this little city in Southern India remained untouched. The Americans launched Chemical Warfare and the French students led a near-revoluation. Yet in Managlore, mothers did the cooking, fathers worked in the fields and children played on the roads. Amusing isn't it?