I was born on September 8, 1997. My English horoscope is
virgo but based on the Hindu calendar, my horoscope is “Vruschick”. In Hindu cultures, parents will
name their child based on the child’s Hindu horoscope and according to my horoscope, it
was auspicious to name the child with a name starting with “N” or “Y”.
Therefore, my parents named me “Nishita”. Other than my horoscope and my name I
really don’t know anything else about the day I was born. To find out more
about my birthday, I looked at the front page of the New York Times,
popular songs, some popular fashion from that month, popular Hollywood movies
that came out that year as well as popular Bollywood movies.
Front page 1 -- no title. (1997, Sep 08). New York Times (1923-Current File)Retrieved fromhttp://libproxy.utdallas.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/109677897?accountid=7120
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Aqua - Barbie Girl. (n.d.). Retrieved March 14, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A
Advertisement: Tommy girl.
(1997, Sep 01). Vogue, 187, 26d, 26e. Retrieved from
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Since the “Barbie” doll seemed to also adopt the fashion of
the time period it was in, I also decided to look at the fashion that was being
highlighted at the time I was born. The above picture is from the September
1997 issue of Vogue. Tommy Hilfiger was pretty famous in the nineties and early
2000s. However, I chose this picture because I always associate Tommy Hilfiger
with my mom. It was one of her most favorite fashion brands to wear. She liked
their perfume and she also had a red sleeveless Tommy Hilfiger top that she
kept for a long time before recently donating it away. Tommy Hilfiger will
always remind me of my mother in a nostalgic way
Another thing that brings me nostalgia are the movies that
were popular in the year that I was born. I looked at both Hollywood movies and
Bollywood movies since I like watching movies from both the United States and
India. The Most Popular Feature Films of Hollywood Released in 1997 are listed
below:
Music:
Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart. (n.d.). Retrieved March 14, 2016, from
http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1997-09-06
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The most popular movie of the year I was born was Titanic which is cool because this is one of my favorite movies. When I was growing up, my parents always made references to the movie
and always referenced it as one of the most romantic movies that they have both
watched. Along with this movie, two
other famous Bollywood movies came out called “Dil to Pagal Hai” and “Pardes”
which had one of my favorite actors and actresses, “Shah Rukh Khan” and “Madhuri
Dixit”. Bollywood movies are essentially musicals and always contain songs that the main actors will dance to. I remember growing up listening to the songs from these two
movies, especially Dil to Pagal Hai.
They were always fun and bubbly to listen to and when I was young, I would always
dance and sing to them out loud, butchering the words and making up funny moves.
Highest
Grossing Bollywood Films of 1997. (2014, August 10). Retrieved March 14, 2016,
from http://www.imdb.com/list/ls070884150/
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It’s interesting to see what was popular and what was
happening in the world around the time that I was born. In some ways, the
things that happened on the day, month or year that I was born, still continue
to creep into my life sometimes. I’ll hear songs from Dil to Pagal Hai
sometimes from my parent’s phones or I’ll see a Tommy Hilfiger perfume that my
mom used to wear. Leonardo Decaprio finally won an Oscar this year and has come
a long way from his rise to fame from Titanic. It feels me with a sort of
nostalgia. Although I may have never experienced the movies or songs when they
first came out or seen the tennis match where Venus Williams lost, they still
affected after the day I was born and became a very very tiny piece of the
person I am today. When I think of it like this, the meaning of the day I was born
becomes more than my “birthday”. It becomes the year when my favorite Bollywood
songs came out or the year where one of my favorite actors rose to fame. My
birthday becomes much more special than it was before.
Sources:
Advertisement: Tommy girl. (1997, Sep 01). Vogue, 187, 26d, 26e. Retrieved from http://libproxy.utdallas.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/904348823?accountid=7120
Front page 1 -- no title. (1997, Sep 08). New York Times (1923-Current File)Retrieved fromhttp://libproxy.utdallas.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/109677897?accountid=7120
Highest Grossing Bollywood Films of 1997. (2014, August 10). Retrieved March 14, 2016, from http://www.imdb.com/list/ls070884150/
Front page 1 -- no title. (1997, Sep 08). New York Times (1923-Current File)Retrieved fromhttp://libproxy.utdallas.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/109677897?accountid=7120
Highest Grossing Bollywood Films of 1997. (2014, August 10). Retrieved March 14, 2016, from http://www.imdb.com/list/ls070884150/
Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1997. (n.d.). Retrieved March 14, 2016, from http://www.imdb.com/search/title?year=1997,1997
Music:
Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart. (n.d.). Retrieved March 14, 2016, from
http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1997-09-06
Check out my new blog post about the day I was born!https://t.co/v5QBVbnwyw— Nishita Patel (@bluegem12) April 9, 2016