90s Kids: Living Between Two Worlds of Memory and Modernity

If you grew up in Bangladesh in the 1990s, chances are your childhood was filled with chalkboards, tin lunchboxes, outdoor games, cassette players, and Friday morning cartoons on BTV. You didn’t have Wi-Fi or smartphones, but you had street cricket, “Meena” on TV, and the thrill of saving up five takas to buy chanachur after school.They call you a “90s kid.” And today, this generation stands at a unique crossroads — carrying both the nostalgia of a simpler past and the adaptability to survive in the digital present.What It Meant to Be a 90s KidBeing a 90s kid in Bangladesh meant growing up in a time of transition. The internet had not yet invaded every home, and mobile phones were rare. Entertainment was simple but deeply memorable. Children swapped storybooks, traded “Tazos” from chips packets, and played board games like Ludo or Carrom during long power cuts.School life was marked ...

• 18 Sep 2025