Read this if you grew up in 90's.

A-Read the following only if u r an Indian

B-Read point A Again.

1. You know the words In-pin-safety-pin and akkad-bakkad by heart.
2. Cricket is almost a religion for you, and you idiolize at least one of Kapil Dev/Rahul Dravid/Sachin Tendulkar/MS Dhoni.
3. You have read at least some Chacha Chaudhary, Champak or Tinkle comics.
4. You’ve watched Shaktimaan on TV at least once in your life. And you can immediately recognize the character when you see him.
5. You have some NRI relatives.
6. You watched Cartoon Network, and then the late night movies on TNT that came after Cartoon Network ended.
7. You watched corny dubbed versions of Small Wonder, Silver Spoon, and I Dream of Jeanie.
8. You were THRILLED when McDonald’s opened in your neighborhood (or even eight kilometers away).
9. Your first burgers were at Wimpy’s or Nirula’s.
10. A visit to Pizza Hut used to mean a special treat.
11. You have seen Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun at least 5 times each.
12. You still remember the theme song to Hum Paanch.
13. You have played hours upon hour of Pukdam-pakdai, oonch-neech, kho-kho, Doctor, doctor, Chain, Pausam paa…
14. Much of your free time in school was spent playing Truth & Dare.
15. 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.
16. Your summer vacations were often synonymous with visiting your naani or maama.
17. Bole mere lips, I love uncle Chips.
18. You know the song Made in India by Alisha Chinoi, vande matram By AR Rehman.
19. You have seen many many many episodes of Antakshri on Zee TV and know the only thing constant in the show is Anu Kapoor.
20. You were the coolest thing in class if you had a computer in your house while it was still the 90s.
21. You learnt LOGO in school!
22. You couldn’t wait to start 4th/6th standard so you could start writing with PENS instead of with pencils!
23. You often you terms and phrases like kutte, dabba, kamine, chauaa same to you, back to you, shame shame and the most common kha vidya rani ki kasam.
24. You most probably saw Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge at the cinema at least once. You also fantasized singing songs in mustard fields like in the movie.
25. You have seen David Dhawan and Govinda movies and laughed at them.
26. You have said “haw”or “ Hmmmm” when you saw people kissing in English movies.
27. You have seen Titanic at least 12 times.
28. You thought seeing English movies and speaking English made you the coolest thing ever.
29. You remember the Orissa cyclone, even though you didn’t know what a cyclone was.
30. You remember the Gujarat earthquake very clearly and could possibly tell everyone EXACTLY what you were ding when the earthquake occurred.
31. 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 personally had a collection of over 30 little Hot Wheels cars.
32. You always like the clothes and other items with Tag made in Thailand or any other country and always use to say “vilaayti hai”.
33. At some point or other, cool was your favourite, and therefore, most overused word.
34. Captain Planet was your first introduction to environmental consciousness.
35. You have tried to convince people around you to not burst crackers on Diwali, and then gone straight back home and burst them yourself, and always tried to convince people that dnt use artificial colors and water on holi and never applied the same on yourself.
36. You have had endless packets of Parle Gluco G biscuits, and of Brittania Little Hearts biscuits.
37. You loved licking off the cream from the centre of Bourbon biscuits.
38. You have probably consumed more Frooti in your lifetime than there is oil in Iraq.
39. You watched Baywatch on Star World even though (or because) your parents said you shouldn’t watch it.
40. You bought packets of potato chips for the specific purpose of collecting Tazoos.
41. 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.
42. You would literally jump up in excitement if you ever chanced upon an imported car (Oh my gosh, is that really a MERCEDES? I SAW IT FIRST TYM IN THE CITY)!
43. 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.
44. Talking of temporary tattoos, you sometimes had contests with your classmates about who had more tattoos on their arm, leg, knee, hand, forehead, wherever.Even some of my friends are ready to do amazing acts just for the sake of some tattoos.
45. You thought Mario and Tetris were the coolest things ever invented, especially if you were a boy
46. You knew that having the latest Hero or Atlas bicycle would make you the coolest kid on the block.
47. You have, at some point of time, worn GAP clothes (real or fake) like SRK in KKHH.
48. Seemingly senseless acronyms like SRK, DDLJ, KKHH,3i actually make sense to you.
49. You have at some point debated who was more beautiful- Aishwarya or Katrina.
50. You know what Campa Cola is. And you also knew that Coca Cola was THE drink.
51. When you would watch WWE keenly every evening/afternoon and really think that Undertaker had 7 lives and he made an "actual" appearance in the Akshay Kumar- starrer Khiladiyon ka Khiladi.
52. You remember the Nirma tikia jingle.
53. You remember the Nirma girl.
54. You remember the 'doodh doodh' ad and also the 'roz khao andey' ads.
55. You absolutely HAD to go to Essel World if you went to Mumbai! "Essel World mein rahoonga main, ghar nahin nahin jaaonga main!"
56. You watched the Bournvita Quiz contest & KBC 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!
57. "Jungle jungle baat chali hai, pata chala hai. Chaddi pehen ke phool khila hai, phool khila!"
58. Maggi 2 Minute Noodles = ultimate snack (and tiffin, lunch, dinner)!
59. In the later 90s, you religiously followed Hip Hip Hooray on Zee. Maybe Just Mohabbat on Sony too.
60. 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 (and on Rakhi, boys with the most Rakhis loved showing those off too!).

-Sachin Ludhiyani