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Posted on: Jul 25, '08

Only in India and others

Only in India ..

Quoted in the newspaper a few months ago…… Amaan Ali Bangash son of sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan “ I have called off my engagement with Ms X due to personal reasons” . Omigoddd, if you hadn’t clarified, we would have all assumed it was due to reasons of national security.

Long back…, J H Patel , Chief Minister of Karnataka. Speaking about Veerappan the sandalwood smuggler. “If I want I can catch Veerappan in 15 days”. Apparently Patel’s wife had asked him to go easy on Veerappan because Veerappan was suffering from diarrhea.

Say it with flowers: I haven’t traveled in a Bangalore municipal transport bus in a very long time now. But long back when I did do so, usually during the evening peak hour, 2 distinct fragrances (or smells, depending upon your personal inclinations) assailed my senses (very Victorian English phrase). One was the aroma of “arrack” from unwashed, unkempt men. The other, unquestionably more pleasant, was the fragrance of jasmine flowers worn by women returning home from work. It made the crowded, stuffy, swaying travel experience that much nicer. Sadly fewer and fewer women wear flowers nowadays. I don’t recall anyone from my friends or acquaintances who do so. Yes its “traditional”, its “old-world” its “small town”. But it’s so nice. I wonder if someday one can hope to see women in Bangalore with jeans and jasmine flowers.

Broken Hindi. This is how disaster can strike when a Bengali teaches Hindi to a Tamilian. It was Debashis, my hostel mate teaching Hindi to Srinivas, another hostel-mate. So one day Srini walked up to me and Said …”tumhaare ghar mein koi mar gaya hai”. Now , this obviously, shocked me. So I asked Srinivas, how do you know? He replied “Smell aa raha hai”. Now things were getting pretty interesting, considering that my ghar was 300 km away, and people at home had at least one bath a day. Srini then accompanied me to my room. There was indeed a faint bad smell here. A pigeon had got trapped in the balcony drain and had died. I explained to Srini , the language blunder he had made. He then told me that Debashis was teaching him hindi, and then I understood what had happened. In Bengali, the word for room/ kamra and house/ ghar is the same.. “bari” and so too, the word for “koi” and “kuchh”. So Srini, instead of saying “tumhaare kamre mein kuchh mar gaya hai” ended up killing someone.

Coming soon….

Broken china

Family room

Inflation

Tags: bangalore, flowers, music, politics

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Gems_priceless said:
Jeans & Jasmine....Malgudi Days version 2?

December 01, '08

blackydear said:
hi,wer vr u all dese days?its funny thinking jeans with jasmine!!!!but may happen !!!!!

August 06, '08

ammu41 said:
Hi... that was a humorous read... jeans and flowers ..what a combination... I will give you 100 bucks if you can spot at least one woman dressed that way.. I think you like women like that..is it so?... anyway thats for fun... broken hindi is also good... like a "comma can kill a man" ..thanks for sharing.

July 27, '08

metubul said:
That was interesting, rats...but hey, I'm Bengali & I can teach any Tamilian or a Mallu or anyone for that matter great Hindi....Honest !

July 26, '08

manisha_bhattacharya said:
Good to see you back after sooooo long Ajay!

Am in total agreement with Asylum and Chitra about the jeans and jasmine!!
P.S. -- don't women in BLR use deodorants? I would have though these would have replaced the jasmine smell...

July 26, '08

chithrajust said:
----------oh well-------give me a break rats! jeans and jasmine-------------well, except the initial sound, nothing matches there! agree with asylum though-------if it's jeans and jasmine, then men could wear it too! -------and if it's just the fragrance you need, you don't have to get onto a bus or wait for women-------no one stops you from having a strand around your wrist--------for heaven's sake man, haven't you seen in movies? ha haaaaaaaaaa

mmm-----good assortment --------and with your coming soon-----------------i guess it looks like you could beat dagny at her own sweet game---------this is quite taggable!!!

July 25, '08

ASYLUM said:
delightful treat!

if only it were fashionable for men to walk around with flowers on them too..

July 25, '08

mediaperson2008 said:

July 25, '08

mediaperson2008 said:

July 25, '08

creativefront said:
Pratyek bhaasha ka apanaa ek saundarya hota hai. Iseeliye praayah translation karane mein bahut saare khatare hote hein. Kuchha log transalation karana saral samajhate hein, jab ki aisaa naheen hai. Transalation mein maulikataa laanaa praayah kathin hota hai. Kaee baar naasamajhee mein haasyaaspad sthiti ho jaatee hai.
Good post for beginners who want to learn other language.
Thanks for sharing it.

July 25, '08

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