Here are 30 things summing up being an Indian kid in the 90’s:
1) Going out there and playing this super-fun game – “Pitthu”
2) Eating this flip-corn snack but also decorating your fingers with them before it (and then eating them up like that only)
3) This iconic packaging of Frooti that made us thirsty just by the look of it
4) This double-stick ice-cream that we had to split in half with our siblings
5) This unprecedented shock-of-a-gum
6) This iconic game that will forever be etched in our memories
7) The trauma of having to do this before joining school again after summer-leaves
8) Having a large-collection of cassettes – the digital format really can’t equal the joy of having an official record with a decorated cover in your hands
9) Getting your hands smacked till they hurt in this favorite timepass
10) This timeless comedy classic featuring characters like ‘Keku Ji’ and ‘Dilruba’ that left us in splits
11) The “soft-drinks” that came as ‘frozen bars’ were a cheaper and more fun substitute of the drinks
12) This irreplaceable cult animated epic saga and the legendary theme song in Hindi
13) This jerk who always laughed at us when we missed a shot
14) Waiting the entire day so we could just glue to our TV screens at 6 to watch this show
15) This handy pre-PSP video game that had us OBSESSED
16) The tempting combination of sweet and sour – that came with these candies
17) Receiving this as a birthday gift and actually being happily elevated about it
18) These candy-cigarettes that might be ‘too-controversial’ now
19) Teasing the passers-by and the local dogs while playing this from the hiding
20) We really didn’t need any fancy toys, just 5 pieces of small stones and we were hooked for hours
21) These colorful multi-flavored candies that kept us busy and satisfied for hours
22) Staying away from the bigger crackers, being the younger one and playing with this on Diwali
23) Being ‘Lattu’ over expanding our collection of lattus and learning several tricks with them
24) When the first image that came to your mind during exams was this. (And it also came in different colors and patterns)
25) This strangely addictive ‘toy’ of a sort, which basically just involved pressing it with your thumb to create a loud ‘ticking’ sound.
26) This bubble gum that became such a fad among kids, and came with some free tattoos.
27) This iconic sitcom that surpasses most shows made today
28) Having a large collection of these “Kancha’s” – even if you didn’t know how to actually play with them
29) Having to clean these up once a week for a ‘full white’ dress code in school
30) And carrying these iconic bottles to school on hot summer days
Takes you back, doesn’t it?
What else do you miss about the 90’s..?