A blast from the past..

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A blast from the past, well, one thing is clear that it talks about something from your past. The blast bit seems partly for the reason that it rhymes beautifully with past and partly because it signifies an event which you remembered through your past. Obviously it would be something worth remembering – a blast for sure and not a whimper.

Thus, a blast from the past is something which reminds you of something from your past.

Watching Coolie on TV was a blast from the past.

Let’s take some examples:

1. Tendulkar’s explosive century was a blast from the past. I felt as if I was watching Tendulkar rip apart the Australian bowling in Sharjah in 1998. Only, it was not Sharjah and the date was some 12 years later.
2. Manoj Bajpai’s Sardar Khan is a blast from the past. He is flambouyant, stylish, loves his women, is focused on his mission and is not scared. It was as if he was a Bollywood hero from the eighties.
3. The music of this movie is a blast from the past. It reminded me of innumerable Mithun songs such as “Tum se milkar, na jaane kyon…” from Pyar Jhukta Nahin.

A blast from the past is something which suddenly and forcefully brings alive a past moment in front of you. Something which brings back memories of an earlier time.

Let’s close with some more examples:

1. Here is a blast from the past. The golden Kishore Kumar songs remixed to the Bhangra and rap beats by Yo Yo Honey Singh.
2. Hearing that song again was a blast from the past. It reminded me of the wedding of my uncle in the eighties.
3. Watching Coolie on TV last night was a blast from the past. Dad and me saw the movie some 15 times in Shahjahanpur way back in 1982.