Down the memory lane - slightly off-topic. - Page 26

Originally posted by: prabha.

O Yeah but both say Tanana but Malgudi Days music was slow, Tenalirama was fast paced. I have still not opened the DVD.

Originally posted by: sneha_fighter

You Know You Grew Up in India in the 90s When'

2) Cricket is almost a religion for you, and you idolize at least one of Rahul Dravid/Sachin Tendulkar/Saurav Ganguly

Miss that age, it was sooo awesome!

Originally posted by: sneha_fighter

The list is a little long but hope you cherish these memories.. awesome collection of our childhood eternities..

You Know You Grew Up in India in the 90s When?

1) You know the words to 'In-pin-safety-pin' and 'akkad-bakkad' by heart In Pin Safety Pin, In Pin Out, Khelna hain toh khelo, warna get out😆
2) Cricket is almost a religion for you, and you idolize at least one of Rahul Dravid/Sachin Tendulkar/Saurav Ganguly They are all masters of Indian cricket, enough said. I wish Dada was still here, but at least he played in the IPL
3) You have read at least some Chacha Chaudhary or Tinkle comics I have not only read, but also seen them
4) You've watched Shaktimaan on TV at least once in your life. And you can immediately recognize the character when you see him. Shakti Kapoor😃
5) You watched corny dubbed versions of Small Wonder, Silver Spoon, and I Dream of Jeanie


7) A visit to Pizza Hut used to mean a special treat It still is
8) You have seen Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun at least 5 times each KKHH, yes😆
9) You still remember the theme song of Hum Paanch. (Hum Paanch, Pam Pam Pam Paanch!) Yep!
10) You have played hours upon hour of running and catching, chor-police, lagori, saankli, 'Doctor, doctor, help us!', 'Lock and key' I remember playing Lock and Key

11) Dog 'in' the bone was your favorite co-ed game. It was an exciting game, but how was it co-ed?
12) You collected trump cards of wrestlers, cricketers, and airplanes, and did not quite understand why your younger siblings were obsessed with Pokemon and the other Japanese trends that followed. Well, I am a mixture of both. I used to love Pokemon cards as well as wrestling and cricket cards😆
13) Your summer vacations were often synonymous with visiting your grandparents or cousins So true, and that oo for about 1-2 months
14) Bole mere lips, I love uncle Chips! I love those. Unfortunately, they aren't in high demand nowadays.
15) You know the song 'Made in India' by Alisha Chinai One of the best songs by her!👏👏


16) You have seen many many many episodes of 'Antakshari' on Zee TV and know the only thing constant in the show is Annu Kapoor. Yep, especially the last one's which was renamed 'Chalti Ka Naam Antakshari' or something like that
17) You were the coolest thing in class if you had a computer in your house while it was still the 90s. I didn't, but I loved playing computer games on my friend's computer
18) You couldn't wait to start 4th standard so you could start writing with PENS instead of with pencils! 😃😃😃😃
19) You often used terms and phrases like 'two-say', 'same to you, back to you, with no returns', and 'shame shame, puppy shame, all the donkeys know your name.' The kids still say it nowadays.
20) You most probably saw Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge at the cinema at least once. You also fantasized about singing songs in mustard fields as in the movie. Well, I wasn't fantasized, but I liked the movie, one of the proper love and romantic Hindi movies.


21) You have said 'haw' or 'yuck' when you saw people kissing in English movies. (nowadays kids are used to it!) Yep!😆
22) Titanic was your FIRST favourite english movie. No, I had seen some before
23) You thought seeing English movies and speaking English made you the coolest thing ever.In a way, yes
24) You remember the Gujarat earthquake very clearly and could possibly tell everyone EXACTLY what you were doing when the earthquake occurred (yes, this happened in 2001, January 26, 2001, to be exact ? but this group is about the things that Indian kids that GREW UP in the 90s remember and identify with).

I will never forget that moment. I was in Delhi, and taking a bath, the quake was so powerful that I had to come out of the hosuing complex with a towel around my waist.
25) Barbies for girls, and GI Joes for boys were the ultimate status symbols. You just wanted more more more and more. And how can I forget Hot Wheels, for both boys and girls? Hot Wheels were, and still are awesome!


26) You thought 'imported' clothes were definitely way better than 'made in India' clothes (never mind that a lot of clothes brought from overseas by NRI relatives were actually made in India, before 'Made in China' started appearing on EVERY existing thing)
27) "Jungle Jungle Baat Chali Hai Pata Chala Hai! Chaddi Pehen Ke Phool Khila Hai Phool Khila Hai!" You watched "The Jungle Book" every Sunday morning at 9.a.m" and just loved mowgli, bhalu and bagheera. A few years later, you watched Disney Hour, which had cartoons like Aladdin, Gummy Bears, Tail Spin, Uncle Scrooge! On DD, yes!
28) At some point or other, cool was your favourite, and therefore, most overused word.
29) You loved licking off the cream from the centre of Bourbon biscuits. Sometimes, but mostly I just eat everything altogether😆
30) There were no Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Puma- Bata and Liberty was the way to go for your sports shoes. True


31) You have probably consumed more Frooti in your lifetime than there is oil in Iraq. Mango Frooti, fresh and juicy
32) You bought packets of potato chips for the specific purpose of collecting Tazos. And you had Tazos depicting everyone from Confucius to Daffy Duck to Daffy Duck dressed as Confucius. I still have one of those Tazos😆
33) For the longest time, the Maruti 800, the Premier Padmini, THE Fiat, and THE Ambassador were the only cars you saw on the road, and the Contessa was cool because it was bigger.
34) You would literally jump up in excitement if you ever chanced upon an imported car (Oh my gosh, is that really a MERCEDES?)! I remember that scooters were more dominanyt on the roads, the Bajaj ones.
35) You used to Fuzen gum. You also chewed Big (big) Babool and/or Boom Boom Boomer chewing gum. They were bright pink and disgusting tasting, but you loved them for the temporary tattoos. Boomer was good


36) Talking of temporary tattoos, you sometimes had contests with your classmates about who had more tattoos on their arm, leg, knee, hand, forehead, wherever.
37) You thought Mario and Contra were the coolest things ever invented, especially if you were a boy. I loved the music of those 2, for Mario, to-tr-tan-tan-tan-ta, te-te-te- something like that😆, and Contra was hardcore.
38) You knew that having the latest Hero or Atlas bicycle would make you the coolest kid on the block. Surely!
39) You can imitate Sushmita Sen's winning gasp to perfection
40) You have, at some point of time, worn GAP clothes (real or fake) like SRK in KKHH. Yes


46) Seemingly senseless acronyms like SRK, DDLJ, DTPH, KKHH actually make sense to you..

Yep😆
47) You have at some point debated who was more beautiful- Aishwarya or Sushmita.
48) You would watch WWF keenly every evening/afternoon and loved Bret Hart "Hitman"! really thought Undertaker had seven lives and he made an "actual" appearance in the Akshay Kumar- starrer Khiladiyon ka Khiladi. My mom didn't let me watch WWF, but I remmeber sneaking upto the TV to watch it. I forget a lot of things, but I remember when WWF became WWE, in 2002
49) You remember the Nirma girl. Isn't see still on the packets though? And I remmeber Sonali Bendre did an ad on that.
50) You remember the 'doodh doodh piyo glass full doodh' ad and also the 'laal kaala peela, gulabi hara neela classic hai badia bristles wala' and 'roz khao ande' ads.
Sunday ho ya Monday roz khao ande😆

51) You grew up reading, if you read at all, some or all of Nancy Drews, Enid Blyton books, Hardy Boys, Babysitters Club, Animorphs, Goosebumps, Sweet Valley series, Judy Blumes, and Tintin, or Archie comics. Because naturally, reading foreign authors made you much cooler than reading Tinkle. Secret Seven's were the good stuff! I had read all the Tintin comics.😃
52) Towards the late 90s (1998-99) at least some of us started our Harry Potter obsessions!
53) You absolutely HAD to go to Essel World if you were with cousins! "Essel World mein rahoonga main, ghar nahin nahin jaaonga main!"
54) You watched the Bournvita Quiz contest on TV pretty religiously. The smarter ones amongst you actually took part in it and had your entire school and your entire extended families watch you on it! Derek O'Brian was the best quiz-master ever!
55) Maggi 2 Minute Noodles = ultimate snack (and tiffin, lunch, dinner)! Sometimes, yeah.

56) If you grew up in the early 90s, you recall the nation's obsession with Mahabharata on TV
57) In the later 90s, you religiously followed Hip Hip Hooray on Zee. Maybe Just Mohabbat on Sony too Yes, Just Mohabbat
58) You remember parzan dastur sayin "JALEBI!!!!" in the Dhara Ad Yes, and I was jealous of him and still am!😡 I love, love, love jalebis, and I have been living without it for 2 years now
59) You eagerly awaited Friendship Day, so you could give friendship bands to all your friends, and get bands from them in return. Then, of course, those with the most bands loved to show them off. Yes, of course, who doesn't remember those, in fact, kids still do those.
60) Backstreet Boys' "Quit Playing Games" was one of the first english songs that you LOVED! Quiet playing games with my heart, my heart, my heart,

I should've known form the start,

My heart, My heart
61) Andaz Apna Apna is and most probably will always be your favourite comedy flick!! "Aila Jhakaas!!!"
62) This list made you smile. Of course it did!

Miss that age, it was sooo awesome!