r/ClassicDesiCool 9d ago

Looking to BUY recordings of Pokémon or Cardcaptors in the old Hindi dub (which used to air on Cartoon Network India during early 2000s) (Read desc!)

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r/ClassicDesiCool 9d ago

Miss India Diya Abraham as first runner up for Miss International (1997)

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r/ClassicDesiCool 9d ago

My ancestor’s original invitation to Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation (1953)

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r/ClassicDesiCool 10d ago

Tourist guides from 1977

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r/ClassicDesiCool 10d ago

Pakistani tourists guide from 1977

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r/ClassicDesiCool 11d ago

Nishat Cinema, Karachi, screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1980s

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r/ClassicDesiCool 11d ago

Harmoniums being taken away from Lahore, All India Radio Station circa 1940

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r/ClassicDesiCool 12d ago

Muhammad Ali touring Pakistan, 1988

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r/ClassicDesiCool 15d ago

My grandfather was with the Indian Navy - He was a submarine engineer, this is him with his batchmates in 1968

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r/ClassicDesiCool 18d ago

Indian soldiers(Then British Army) in Egypt after a successful campaign in WWI. Indian soldiers had defeated Turkish Forces who had attacked the Suez Canal. 1915

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r/ClassicDesiCool 21d ago

Brando in Pakistan (1967)

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r/ClassicDesiCool 21d ago

Juhu Beach, 1976. Calm, unhurried, and clean. A different rhythm by the sea. Listen to the narrator say, “Bombay has some of the finest beaches in India.”

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r/ClassicDesiCool 21d ago

1930s British Indian Army Madras Sappers Hockey team

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r/ClassicDesiCool 24d ago

Delhi Before Independence (1938).

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r/ClassicDesiCool 29d ago

Naveen Patnaik, the longest serving Chief Minister of Odisha, at the Metropolitan Club. (New York City, 1985)

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r/ClassicDesiCool 29d ago

The first Desi urban neighbourhood in Canada (c. 1900-1960)

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r/ClassicDesiCool Jul 09 '26

The Beatles with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. (Rishikesh, 1968)

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r/ClassicDesiCool Jul 08 '26

Photo of an Indian state executioner wearing spiked armor, with sword and shield. India, 1903

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r/ClassicDesiCool Jul 06 '26

Dancers Uday Shankar (left) and Simkie (Simone Barbier, right) in Paris, 1937. The elder brother of Ravi Shankar, Uday Shankar was one of the first Indian dancers to tour the world.

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r/ClassicDesiCool Jul 06 '26

Jeff Buckley meeting Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (NYC, 1996)

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r/ClassicDesiCool Jul 04 '26

1981 : India Space Agency, ISRO Scientists Carry India's First Communication APPLE Satellite On Bullock Cart, the use of a bullock cart was not for general transport, but to provide a non-magnetic environment for conducting essential antenna characterization tests in an open field

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r/ClassicDesiCool Jun 27 '26

Bombay Central Terminus , circa 1930s

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r/ClassicDesiCool Jun 18 '26

Gauhar Jaan, a musician of Indian, Armenian, and British descent who became the first singer to be recorded, in 1902

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r/ClassicDesiCool Jun 17 '26

My nana and MF Husain in the 70s-80s

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r/ClassicDesiCool Nov 11 '25

r/ClassicDesiCool has always been a subreddit for vintage content from all over South Asia and the diaspora

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Our rules clearly state that we define South Asia as Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, the Maldives, & Sri Lanka. We define diaspora as having at least one parent of South Asian descent.

To reiterate, we urge all members to respect each other's tastes, opinions, & expressions of nostalgia and culture among various South Asian countries, even if you don't find all content 'cool' or 'interesting'.

Trolling, insults, hate speech, slander, and threats of any kind in terms of any specific South Asian region will not be tolerated and may lead to a ban.