The 90s is said to be the golden period. Technology had just started to peek into our lives. Not everyone was technology savvy, but we knew how to utilize it for our good. Phones or computers weren’t widespread gadgets in households, but it never stopped any kid from the 90s from keeping his/her GK at par. And people used to meet more often. Also, calling before coming wasn’t a common trend. Then came mobile phones. I got my first mobile phone when I was doing my Masters, I remember. It used to let my parents know my whereabouts if I am getting late in coming home. Text messages, accessing the internet, was nowhere in the picture. I am sure Google God might not be pleased with its users. 

Have you started to picture your childhood by now? If you are a kid from the 90s, I am sure you are going to love this post. You will appreciate the items on this list. I can guarantee some of these will make you miss the times when life was simpler. This list contains some pretty incredible things that kids from today’s generation will never have or understand. 

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Are you ready to recollect our childhood memories? Sit back and enjoy!! Presenting you “Are you a kid from the 90s? Memories that will make you nostalgic”

A kid from the 90s can understand…

1.Hygiene at stake: Orange popsicle outside the school gate.

2.Yekkoo from Chandrakanta: Doordarshan serials. Who knew we would see Kroor Singh in Lagaan as adults. 

3.The cutest kid: The Jalebeee kid from Dhara Ad 

4.First introduction to cigrettes: Candy Cigrettes

5.Jab Ghar ki Raonak Badhani ho: Narolack ad, making you think of doing whitewash: Asian Paint

6.Making your Bhai Dooj more nostalgic: Daily Milk

7.The feeling of getting bored while standing in the line never used to haunt us: Credit goes to Rajeshwari from Cadbury Perk – “थोड़ी सी पेट पूजा, कभी भी, कहीं भी “

8.Never imagined that a bath soap can be so refreshing: Liril Ad

9.The world before MP3: Videotapes and Cassettes. Fixing your tapes using a pen/pencil.

10.Luxury that you had to fight with your sibling to get one:  Amul chocolate

11.It inspired every kid to fly one day: Maharaja from Air India.

12.Felt lied as to the ‘No-tear’ promise on the bottle never fulfilled its promise: No tears shampoo.

13. We collected these like crazy and chew them till juice lasted: Bubble Gum

14.No need to worry about fashion at school: Same white and black Bata shoes 

15.Night Ritual: Refilling Ink pen with Chelpark ink.

16. Necessary possessions of a music enthusiast– A walkman /tape-recorder.

17.Most common board game: Carom or Snakes and ladder (let me call it Saap Seedhee)

18.The easiest game to play: Name, Place, Animal, and Thing

19.Which color do you choose: The tik-tak-to

20.Reading time at the railway station: Chacha Chowdhary

21.The ‘tap’ sound used to be fancy: Pencil box with the magnet at the center. 

22.It hardly annoyed us than today’s poor internet connection: The colored stripes on the TV screen with a ‘beep’ sound. 

23.Hypnotizm through logo: remember how Doordarshan logo used to come

24.Best pencil: Nataraj

25.Collection of cups: Horlicks cup that used to come with the box

26.That cute uncle on the lollipop: Cadbury Uncle  

27.Handy game gadget: Dear Ink pen

28.Have seen these in abundance: Inland and postcards

29.Instant fix of the faulty network: Remember the words “is it okay now” your dad would ask from the terrace?

30.The wrapper would never go into trash without cutting the logo: I am talking about the Maggi packet here.

31.DIY butterflies: Made out of Candy and lollipops wrappers.

32.Recycle and Reuse: Brown paper bags used to become cover of books.

33.Covering notebooks used to be fun: Pretty Name slips used to go on favorite subjects. 

34.Garland weight that used to get heavier with backpack weight: Milton water bottle

And yes how can I forget this.

35.Curious to know your compatibility with your friend: FLAME (friendship, love, adore, marriage, enemy). And you know the reaction, if you got L or M, by any chance.

36.Upgradation in pen: From Ink Pen, we got promoted to Pilot pen. It used to be a grand feeling. 

37.Doordarshan serial: Ramayan (well, now I cannot say that this generation kid can never go back to Ramayan days)

38.A glass of milk and Ta nana tana nana: Famous song from simple, beautiful yet deep show Malgudi Days. 

I am leaving you with the sweet memories from your childhood. I would recommend you to watch ‘Yeh Meri Family’, if you want to relive those days. This is a very sweet TV show of consisting 10 episodes. It is a perfect show for the entire family to watch together. I guarantee you that you wouldn’t want it to end. 

So…how are you feeling? Did this post make you nostalgic? Almost every kid from the 90s has enjoyed their childhood to its fullest. They have enjoyed the pluses from pre-technology as well the post-technology era. Thats is why it is said to be the golden era. All we can do is just sit back and thank heavens for having spent the best childhood, one which our future generations will have no connection to. We have experienced real bonds, real food sharing, and socializing. Will today’s generation kids ever experience that?

Do you have any sweet memories that I missed out? Don’t forget to share them in the comment section. You may like how I am trying to instill Indian values in my American Indian kids .