According to a 2020 population report, an estimated 68–70 per cent of India’s population falls within the age group of 15–64 years. In other words, this group comprises men and women who, in the 1980s, were either adolescents, teenagers, or in their twenties—an age when images, sounds, faces, and events permeate our sensibilities and shape our opinions for life.

Decades later, as they reminisce about those memories with their children, the nostalgia in their voices would surprise them more than it would amuse their offspring.

This is where Seema Sethi’s coffee table book Romancing The ‘80s: Snapshots From A Cherished Decade, published by Om Books, serves as a montage of memories. If a picture, as they say, is worth a thousand words, Romancing The ‘80s speaks many thousands through its selection. The gallery of TV newscasters on National Network, sketches of someone in the household adjusting the rooftop antenna, and posters of iconic TV serials that once emptied the streets—Hum Log, Nukkad, Ramayan, Mahabharata—all thaw long-frozen nostalgia. The book is panoramic, covering food, entertainment, sports, brands, and popular culture, each arranged into logical sections with high-quality images.

Pictures of popular brands of televisions, cars, cola, apparel, confectionery, soda, cigarettes, bulky personal computers, and 5-inch-plus floppy drives have been........

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