Tuesday, June 3, 2008

You probably grew along with us.....if you remember these....

If you can rap to "Meri baatein sun karr tum hasna nahi....."
Govinda rocked this one with a chess board suit...
Lol...I can't believe I still remember this...

"Madhuri Dixit mili raste mein...
Khaaye chhane humne saste mein..."

You know that "WOAH" and "HOW you doing?!!" comes from Joey and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
Or was it Sunday....
There used to be duck tales, tales spin mornings....there used to fairy tales.....
there used to be mahabharath and ramayana which was a family ritual in all households.

You remember reading "Asterisk", "Archie's", "Tin Tin"
And also...champak, chanda mama, billooo pinky, chacha choudhary, nagaraj !!

I am reminiscing writing this.
What a topic and what memoirs!

You took cartoon plastic lunch boxes and pencil boxes to school !...(and thought that you were the coolest kid around)
My pencil box came with a piano! I was a fortunate child to get it....but in between the class someone would invariable press on a key and I would get scolded :(

You played "FLAMES" and "TRUE LOVE" to find our your love quotient.

You remember the craze of those friendship bands and slam books!

You danced to "Wanna be" by spice girls...and you guys loved it too!!
"you gotta....you gotta!"

You remember Atari, contra and super Mario as the best video games.
It was a gift to mankind and it was always hard finding those 1 rupee coins :(

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"
"I've fallen and I can't get up"

You remember CD players being the invention of the century and marking the beginning to a new Age.
A CD used to cost 1000 bucks in those days...and 10 friends usually pooled in that much money...to give it as a gift :)

You remember New Kids on The Block and Boyz 2 men when they were cool.

You traded and collected stamps and coins.

You took your he-man/g i Joe/ barbie dolls everywhere. They were an integral part of your family.

You even saw a series called "GAYA BAYA" which was a Hindi cartoon and had a glow friend in it. Or was "glow friend" a glorified toy. I think I am a bit confused....help me kids!

Nancy Drews and Hardy boys were the best mystery books.
Before that there was, secret 7 and famous 5.
And after that, came sweet valley. I don't know, what the guys were reading then.

Natarj and Camlin pencils were competitors.

You used to wear those stick on earrings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You know the Macarena by heart.

You rented VHS tapes and not DVDs.

When there was the Walkman

Get Over Here!!!! means something to you.

Hide-n-Seek at dusk.
Red Light, Green Light.
Playing Kickball & Dodge ball until you were crazy tired....
Hopscotch.

HELLO....HOT WHEELS!!!!!

Cadburry's
Nestle!!

Horlicks...Milo...Bournvita!

Squeezy! Those weird looking water bottles.....

Holi in the bus!

When there was wimpy's and no MC Donald's :)

"Talk to the wall" ... enough said!

11 comments:

Mostly Sharamless said...

I still read Tintin, Asterix...and Hardy Boys.

Top on my wish list is the Disney Movies 'Beauty and the Beast', 'Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs' and 'The Lion King' and the Seven Se

And my aim is to buy all the available Amar Chitra Katha comics by next year

Mostly Sharamless said...

oh...and where do "How mean" and "Behave yourself" come from?? :D

Pragati said...

@ Klutz : You're an overgrown munk :)

You probably knw those phrases if you were around Pragati in ur growing yrs in IMS ;)

Anonymous said...

Hey ,

Really enjoyed that one ! A few other thoughts that come to mind after mid 90s are
Showing off your brand of Sports Shoes...
Taking your dads cell phone to look cool :P....
DDLJ...
Scat man...Saturday night...Please dont go..etc..
windows 98. Vadilal ice cream. Walls...casatta...
Then towards the end the world went Y2K

Pragati said...

Last night only...I saw DDLJ and i was completely enjoying it :)

Thanks Sailesh!

Woh lamhe...woh baatein....those were really the best days!

Mandy said...

Bournvita, Barbie and Famous Five were my lifeline. Needless to say, I agree with Sailesh...but to add a few, I lived in Funky Town and BoneyM days and MJ ofcourse...remember the time!!!
Neverthless, Pragati (Simi) I hope u remember the MPK days..lolzz

Mostly Sharamless said...

What to do???

As my friend told me on Sunday, I am now in my second childhood.

I was so busy living up to others' expectations that i forgot to have my childhood

Pragati said...

@Mandy: Fuck those MPK days...u and madhur dominated the scene those days ;) Ab aao maidan mein!

I have even played manohar!

But MPK was our fav movie...btw try watching it now...and you'll die laughing!

Don't you rem dark room and guffa guffa??!!

@ Klutz : jee lo apni zindagi.
wt r u gettin me frm NY?

Anonymous said...

Thumbs up ..TASTE THE THUNDER

Golds pot...THE ZING THING

Limca...Lime n Lemony

Dukes MANGOLA...

lEHAR PEPSI ...

GOLDSPOT+THUMSUP+VANILLA ICECREAM= FLOAT (bad throat)

Uncle Chips....

Avon cycle...Hero...

KISME TOFFEE BAR...Coffee bite...melody...eclairs...fata fat..PHANTOM mint (only .cigarette i ever had)

Lots more...

Unknown said...

Hey Pragati, Abhishek sent me the link to this blog..
This post for sure took me to my wonder years.. my yoounger fun days.. Seemed they d never end.. Everything's changed.. Thanks for reminding me of the good ol days..

Keep writing
Cheers
Rasna

dowggie dog said...

Thank you for this delightful blog - good 'ol days!!!