42 things we said goodbye to in 42 years

ADD INCHES

"Do short people lead short lives?" So read a 1975 ad, one of those that "guaranteed" additional inches to height or the bust line. Such ads have fallen by the wayside: either it's bad business or we've got smarter.

ANACIN FOR YOU?

One of the oldest brands of painkillers, it had built its reputation on over the top marketing: "more of the pain reliever doctors recommend most". With the USFDA calling it a dressed up aspirin pill, the pain reliever lost its primacy.

BLADE RUNNER

The act of shaving facial hair with old school,

double edged blades has been impacted by technology. Plastic is the word now, and multiple hair slicers the mantra.

BEACON LESS VIPS

After zipping around with red beacons on cars for years, Indian VIPs lost their right to skip queues, traffic lights or toll plazas, thanks to a Cabinet decision