Back to Childhood :) :) :)

This would definitely take you back to your childhood..... You Know You Grew Up in India in the 90s When… 1) You know the words to ‘In-pin-safety-pin', ‘akkad-bakkad’ by heart and 'Adko Dadko' as well. 2) Cricket is almost a religion for you, and you idolize at least one of Rahul Dravid/Sachin Tendulkar/Saurav Ganguly. Few of us might have also idolized “Ajay Jadeja” in young age. 3) You have read at least some Chacha Chaudhary or Tinkle comics. Best comic to bhai “Vikram Vetaal” 4) You’ve watched Shaktimaan on TV at least once in your life. And you can immediately recognize the character when you see him.And also used to imitate the style of Shaktimaan - of going rounds few with finger raised and then jump from the bed to floor :) 5) You watched corny dubbed versions of Small Wonder, Silver Spoon, and I Dream of Jeanie; I could also think of dubbed - The Lion King here.. “Hakoona Matata” :) 7) A visit to Pizza Hut used to mean a special treat; Yeah in Gujarat there was only one Pizza hut in 90s, the one which was situated on C.G. Road, Nr. Swastik Cross Roads. 8) You have seen Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun at least 5 times each ;) 9) You still remember the theme song of Hum Paanch. (Hum Paanch, Pam Pam Pam Paanch!); Aha..!! Meenaxi, Kajalbhai, Radhika, Sweety and Chhoti..!! + How can I forget Anand Mathur and Sattarbhai Pinepalwala here. 10) You have played hours upon hour of running and catching, chor-police, lagori, saankli, ‘Doctor, doctor, help us!’, ‘Lock and key’; Few more – Nadi Parvat, Laakdu-Lodhu, King, Chhalak Chhalaanu  :) 11) Dog ‘in’ the bone was your favorite co-ed game.; “Indu (Egg in Gujarati)” where in we used to draw huge squares on soil and then game started to begin. 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. Trump cards as well as cards tearing covers of empty matchboxes (We used to call them “Chhap”). 13) Your summer vacations were often synonymous with visiting your grandparents or cousins; Ae to Mama nag hare ho bhai!! 14) Bole mere lips, I love uncle Chips! && Ghar jaisi hi namkeen, Samraat Namkeen!! 15) You know the song ‘Made in India’ by Alisha Chinai Aaja Meri gaadi me baith jaa – By Baba Sehgal and Jalsa Kar Bapu Jalsa Kar – By Dewang Patel. 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.; And many many episodes of Phillips Top 10 – A programe which was telecasted after Antakshari and in that song “Sona Kitna Sona Hai…” remained on top for two months or so…!! I do remember. 17) You were the coolest thing in class if you had a computer in your house while it was still the 90s. True!! As many of us might not have utilized hands on Computer till 10th Std. I am the example. 18) You couldn’t wait to start 4th standard so you could start writing with PENS instead of with pencils! In Gujarat it was till 5th Std up to which Pencils were mandatory to use. 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.’ For us the phrases we used were different and I don’t want to mention them here. Shu kevu bhaiyo?? 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. Aah!! Correct… And how can I forget that “Palat… Palat…” scene!!!!!!!!  21) You have said ‘haw’ or ‘yuck’ when you saw people kissing in English movies. (nowadays kids are used to it!) 22) Titanic && Jurassic Park were your FIRST favorite English movie. 23) You thought seeing English movies and speaking English made you the coolest thing ever. 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). 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? I could think of He-Man as well for boys. 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!; True… And how can I forget that boomerang of Mowgli..!! Aevu laakdu lai ne throw karva na chakkar ma be kaach fodela. 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. Bourbon to khabar nahi.. Pan hu to pela oval shaped – light pink cream filled + Jam walaa biscuits ma evu karto hato..!! 30) There were no Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Puma- Bata and Liberty was the way to go for your sports shoes. And how could one forget the Sachin’s autographed – Action’s Rockers here… Spring wala boot me lidha hata ho :) 31) You have probably consumed more Frooti in your lifetime than there is oil in Iraq. Frooti to nahi pan peli plastic ni kothli ma sharbat bhari ne Ice-chilled thandi kareli Pepsicola pita hata ho bhai…!! 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. 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?)! 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. Besides Big Babool and Boomer… One Big Fun was also there :) Try to recall guys… :) And then Center Fresh came later and still in the market. 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 could think of Bomber Man as well here. :) 38) You knew that having the latest Hero or Atlas bicycle would make you the coolest kid on the block. How could you forget Hercules brand MTB cycles here. Peli carrier ni pachhal MTB aevu orange color thi lakhelu aavtu hatu… :) 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. Yess and very correct. I did and it was of Orange color with strings around Neck. :) 46) Seemingly senseless acronyms like SRK, DDLJ, DTPH, KKHH actually make sense to you.. Two more HAHK and HDDCS. 47) You have at some point debated who was more beautiful- Aishwarya or Sushmita. Even long before the comparison was between Madhuri and Meenaxi. J And ame to Snehlata and Roma manek ni comparision pan karta hata…!! :) 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. Mara mummy ne Sapna na vavetar/Ek daal na pankhi jovu hoy ne mare WWF… Roj na jhagda. :) 49) You remember the Nirma girl. I remember the Surendranagar RPP and Vikas girls – This likes are just for Sngr ppl like Deepen and Nishit.. :) 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. Ajanta toothbrush pappa ka mummy ka bhaiya ka didi ka…. Aur Ajanta Mera…!! Kaayam Churna – Bhavnagar waale sheth brothers ka..!! Ha ha ha..!! 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. Ame to Panchtantra vanchta hata ho bhai..!! 52) Towards the late 90s (1998-99) at least some of us started our Harry Potter obsessions! And also there was a craze of Spiderman. 53) You absolutely HAD to go to Essel World if you were with cousins! “Essel World mein rahoonga main, ghar nahin nahin jaaonga main!” Aapdo to bhai Sankuruz Water Park – Mehsana….  Ke jya Sunil Shetty + Sonali nu very famous song – Aankhon me base ho tum tumhe dil me chupa loonga shoot thayu hatu.. J He he he…!! 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! 55) Maggi 2 Minute Noodles = ultimate snack (and tiffin, lunch, dinner)! No Maggie… Sev Mamra please. :) Biju kai hoy ken a hoy… Pan Sev Mamra to ghar ma hoy j. 56) If you grew up in the early 90s, you recall the nation’s obsession with Mahabharata on TV. Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana and Shri. Krishana…. Plus Sanjay Khan directed Jai Hanumaan were also in the list. 57) In the later 90s, you religiously followed Hip Hip Hooray on Zee. Maybe Just Mohabbat on Sony too 58) You remember parzan dastur sayin "JALEBI!!!!" in the Dhara Ad; Aha, I still used to sing “Dhara Dhara……” lines of advertisement at my home yet. He he he..!! 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. 60) Backstreet Boys' "Quit Playing Games" was one of the first english songs that you LOVED! If matter was of English songs then BB are quite new… It should have been Thriller of MJ. J What say… 61) Andaz Apna Apna is and most probably will always be your favourite comedy flick!! "Aila Jhakaas!!!" Ekdum Sachhu…!! Crime master GOGO… Aankhen nikaal ke gotiya khelta hai who...!! Ohh GOGO Saheb aapka ghagra…!!! Badhu j yaad chhe.. J J 62) This list made you smile.Now this will made you even more smile.. Like :) Miss that age, it was sooo awesome!