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As a child, did you ever follow the rules of katti-batti?

desi emotions, Trumpet Lead

Before friendship bands became the ā€˜coolest’ form of offering your friendship to someone, there was a fad of ā€˜katti/ batti’ in the early ā€˜90s. This method was as fast and easy as ABC, and it didn’t require a Friendship Day! If you were mad at someone, you could ā€˜break’ your friendship with a ā€˜katti’ (unfriend) instantly; in order to patch up with them, all you had to do was say ā€˜batti/ buchchi/ abba’ (friend).

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How did we make friends in the ’90s?

desi emotions, Trumpet Lead

Once upon a time, there was a guy named Rahul Khanna (naam toh suna hoga) studying in St. Xavier’s college. One fine day, a girl named Tina Malhotra joined his college, and he immediately went up to her with a ā€˜friendship band’, extending his hand in friendship. This scene from the movie ā€˜Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ popularised Friendship Day all over India and the colourful friendship bands became the rage in the late ā€˜90s.

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