Posted on 7 Apr 2022

25 Things That Will Make All Indian Kids Wish They Could Go Back To The Good Old Days

Remember the cute pug from those Hutch ads? Remember singing "You and I, in this beautiful world"?

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1. When the beginning of a new year of school was marked by this ritual of covering notebooks with brown paper.

Remember covering notebooks with brown paper before every year started? Now when I look back at it I feel it was an unnecessary waste of paper, creating more strain on our environment. from IndiaNostalgia

2. And sticking these labels on top of them in order to write our name, class, section, and roll number.

Saw this in the store today! I used to buy this everytime while buying new books or notes in school. It has been more than 15 years still same stickers. from IndiaNostalgia

3. Remember the time when you were made to practice "cursive writing" on these?

Remember this ? life was so easy when we wrote on these pages :( from IndiaNostalgia

Do you still write in cursive hand? I really wanna know!

4. And the time when being the owner of this "pencil box" made you a cool kid.

instant fame in class from IndiaNostalgia

5. Wasn't this eraser an absolutely essential constituent of our pencil boxes?

Must have eraser for every 90's kid! from IndiaNostalgia

There certainly was some magic in these jumbo erasers because I have mine from the early 2000s that is STILL not over!

6. Remember English periods and how you'd be punished if you were found without one of these?

Oxford Mini Dictionary. Used to be compulsory in our school. from IndiaNostalgia

7. Sorry Thanos, but we had cooler infinity stones that were also edible!

Remember these poppins? from IndiaNostalgia

Which Poppins was your favourite? Mine was the red one.

8. Life was good when these snacks were easily available in tuck shops.

Anyone Remembers these? from IndiaNostalgia

9. Am I the only one who still remembers the taste of these candies?

Ok who bought these on the bus ? from IndiaNostalgia

And do you remember the ones that came in the Kala Khatta flavour?

12. Life really was good when Takeshi's Castle and Javed Jaffrey's commentary were still a part of our television screens.

Takeshi's Castle, Which Year you will prefer 2007 or 2021? from IndiaNostalgia

13. Do you remember going through the newspaper just to check the TV schedule for the day?

TV broadcast schedule for just another day in 2005! from IndiaNostalgia

16. And these, collectively, were our Spotify.

Found an old player/recorder and some cassettes in my old storage box! :) from IndiaNostalgia

17. The only question that really mattered — Which colour will you choose?

anyone remember what was it's name? from IndiaNostalgia

18. Remember the euphoric feeling when you were the "Raja" and a 1000 points were guaranteed.

Who doesn't know about this game? from IndiaNostalgia

19. Now that I think about it, some of our games were really weird.

Remember this? from IndiaNostalgia

I still don't understand what joy I derived from pointing these things at random passersby on the street.

20. I mean...why did we like these magnets so much?

Anyone remember this magnets??? Found them while sorting my old stuffs 😄 from IndiaNostalgia

Can you also hear this image?

22. And remember these guys on 9XM?

Bakwaas band kar! Bade chote on 9xm from IndiaNostalgia

23. Don't you miss the times when our phones looked like this?

How many of you can name this giga Chad? Was an absolute luxury back then, and ACP Praduman's evidence collector. from IndiaNostalgia

24. And wasn't this how a lot of us accessed the internet at one time?

Koi ye use karta tha kya from IndiaNostalgia

"Docomo-Docomo-Docomo-Docomooo"!

25. Sigh!

Those days from IndiaNostalgia

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25 Things That Will Make All Indian Kids Wish They Could Go Back To The Good Old Days

1. When the beginning of a new year of school was marked by this ritual of covering notebooks with brown paper.

2. And sticking these labels on top of them in order to write our name, class, section, and roll number.

3. Remember the time when you were made to practice "cursive writing" on these?

4. And the time when being the owner of this "pencil box" made you a cool kid.

5. Wasn't this eraser an absolutely essential constituent of our pencil boxes?

6. Remember English periods and how you'd be punished if you were found without one of these?

7. Sorry Thanos, but we had cooler infinity stones that were also edible!

8. Life was good when these snacks were easily available in tuck shops.

9. Am I the only one who still remembers the taste of these candies?

10. Here's to the most courageous good boy that ever existed.

11. Oh and don't we all miss the adorable Best of Luck Nikki to bits?

12. Life really was good when Takeshi's Castle and Javed Jaffrey's commentary were still a part of our television screens.

13. Do you remember going through the newspaper just to check the TV schedule for the day?

14. And remember the time when practically everyone became obsessed with pugs because of these Hutch ads?

15. We didn't have Netflix back in the day. We had these instead.

16. And these, collectively, were our Spotify.

17. The only question that really mattered — Which colour will you choose?

18. Remember the euphoric feeling when you were the "Raja" and a 1000 points were guaranteed.

19. Now that I think about it, some of our games were really weird.

20. I mean...why did we like these magnets so much?

21. As much as we miss the Abhijeet Sawant era, we all know that Amit Sana was God tier.

22. And remember these guys on 9XM?

23. Don't you miss the times when our phones looked like this?

24. And wasn't this how a lot of us accessed the internet at one time?

25. Sigh!

25 Things That Will Make All Indian Kids Wish They Could Go Back To The Good Old Days

1. When the beginning of a new year of school was marked by this ritual of covering notebooks with brown paper.

2. And sticking these labels on top of them in order to write our name, class, section, and roll number.

3. Remember the time when you were made to practice "cursive writing" on these?

4. And the time when being the owner of this "pencil box" made you a cool kid.

5. Wasn't this eraser an absolutely essential constituent of our pencil boxes?

6. Remember English periods and how you'd be punished if you were found without one of these?

7. Sorry Thanos, but we had cooler infinity stones that were also edible!

8. Life was good when these snacks were easily available in tuck shops.

9. Am I the only one who still remembers the taste of these candies?

10. Here's to the most courageous good boy that ever existed.

11. Oh and don't we all miss the adorable Best of Luck Nikki to bits?

12. Life really was good when Takeshi's Castle and Javed Jaffrey's commentary were still a part of our television screens.

13. Do you remember going through the newspaper just to check the TV schedule for the day?

14. And remember the time when practically everyone became obsessed with pugs because of these Hutch ads?

15. We didn't have Netflix back in the day. We had these instead.

16. And these, collectively, were our Spotify.

17. The only question that really mattered — Which colour will you choose?

18. Remember the euphoric feeling when you were the "Raja" and a 1000 points were guaranteed.

19. Now that I think about it, some of our games were really weird.

20. I mean...why did we like these magnets so much?

21. As much as we miss the Abhijeet Sawant era, we all know that Amit Sana was God tier.

22. And remember these guys on 9XM?

23. Don't you miss the times when our phones looked like this?

24. And wasn't this how a lot of us accessed the internet at one time?

25. Sigh!

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