Monday, May 07, 2007
Phir bhi dil hai hindustani
Most of us Indians are often traveling abroad these days, some stay back for good Other enjoy the spoils and return… But no matter where we go, there still would be certain stubborn truly Indian traits in our blood that we just can't seem to shake off! Here's my 2 cents! - Stare..Wide eyed. We can't help it, can we. We see an attractive woman/man, stare! We see a couple getting a bit cozy, stare!...we have a dog littering the side walk, stare! Probably is no other race that can use their eyes so efficiently
- We're arguably the most well mannered bunch, at least that's what we say! We don’t hold a door open for someone coming right behind us and slam it on their face, if they didn't end up getting their nose bandaged, it's their luck! We do not know Thanks, Sorry exist in the English vocablary. We believe Queues are for morons
- Eco friendly! Yeah, you open any Indian household's closet, what do you see? Stacked up with polythene carry bags of the local super market. Tesco, Sainsbury, Somerfield, ASDA (US of A makkal pls substitute), all brands, make your pick! We just can't throw them off for recycling, we believe in re-using them
- Mathematical geniuses! Everyone of us is. No matter what the currency is, what the conversion rates are, we can calculate the Rupee equivalent price in a flash second before our spouse/partner heads to the billing counter
- Lock it. We lock everything, if we ladies could lock our handbags, we would have! Every single bag has a lock on it. No matter what your mode of transport is, duration of journey is, just lock the goddamn bag! In fact most of us try pushing that apartment door to see if it's still open after banging it shut (Oru kaalathula veetu kadhava pootitu thalpaala pidichi thongi paatha aalunga thaana!)
- We like it hot! :) No matter what cuisine it is supposed to be, it has to be doused with generous amount of pepper. And we still can't understand how these vella kaarans can survive on ela thalai!
- Eeerie silence in the afternoon train/bus, off peak hours, not many people around, enjoying your own peaceful moment. In comes co-desi, ipod blaring 'nee kattum sela madipula na…' even when dressed in Armani, the music on our 'personal' stereo will still be some kuthu paatu
- We’re the ultimate tourists. We want to go to every place we have seen in the photo album of that pakathu veetu karan when he visited Swiss a year back…Only we are busy clicking pics, striking god awful poses, only to be placed in another album and to be shown all around the locality back home much to the neighbours’ envy!
- We’re the kings and queens of make over. No matter what the duration of the visit, be it 2 days or 2 years, the normally greasy oily hair is replaced by rebonded mane or a funky spikes for guys. The wardrobe is completely changed, gyming creeps into our everyday routine and even the Pankajams and Janakis want nothing less than a Gucci or a Prada. Hmmmm….
- This is strictly for vegetarians, most of them let go of the vegetarianism they’ve followed all their lives, at one point of time or the other. Reason being, they just couldn’t decipher what was on the menu in that posh restaurant, and when they saw scampi, they thought it was some sort of sea weed and didn’t bother asking the waitress for fear of sounding funny….and out went the strictly vegetarian diet. [or may be in a free meal, in a haste to pick the most expensive dish just didn’t see the small word ‘salami’ written right beneath the name!] But guess what, most of them still swear by the fact that Scampi is not sea word, but skinned Aubergine :D
- Talk about Aubergine, it’s no longer good old brinjal, it’s aubergine or egg plant. We go absolutely crazy about crispy fried Okras, and keep wondering why they taste so much like Lady’s finger! It’s no longer ‘I’ll pick you up at 6’ it’s ‘I’ll pick you up at 6-ish’. Aiyos and Ada-s are gone and Blimey-s and Holy Moly-s have taken their place.Rasam’s passé, it’s mulligatawny! ;)
P.S: erm….You might wonder how many of these could have applied to me…I am not answering that question :P
Song On: Some song from Sivaji the boss ;)
Mood: Lazy Labels: General, London
Posted by Sat at 9:35 AM
23 comments
23 Comments:
//We see a couple getting a bit cozy, stare!...we have a dog littering the side walk, stare! //
allright...i will go ahead and assume you said the second part for a sarcastic effect. lol
just kidding. I know what u meant. But still its a little bit disturbing to have the couple and dog mentioned in the same breath...lol...i gotta sleep...will come back later...hope i don't dream about dogs doing nasty things...thanks to you..lmao
Wyvern;
Gawd!!!! too much...nasshhhty!
rotfl
still i wont edit this out...
:D sat...local chenaila iruthickitu ivlo petera..or u wrote this while u wer in ookay?? anyway soober post.. :D esp tt pootu thonging part.. :D ROtFL :D
Oh ho....didn't mean to come out nasty...sorry...my apologies...
//still i wont edit this out...//
please go ahead and edit/delete it...I realy don't mind
How can I make it up to you.Just let me know.
Once again...my sincere apologies
Speak for yourself. First year we will be like that. Then on things will change and we will also try to blend in. It is not funny
K. V. Babu
though everything wont apply to all , nice post :P
LOL @ wyvern;s interpretation :)
by the by ippo neenga chennai-aa ookayva?
nice post.. you had observed almost everything.. :) :)
//(Oru kaalathula veetu kadhava pootitu thalpaala pidichi thongi paatha aalunga thaana!)//
ROTFL :) :)... sama nakkals..
Ithellam seri illai solliputen... yethuva irunthaalum pesi theerthupom :)
(Read the following like Sivaji in Devar magan when he talks to Kamal)
Oru signal light'la wait pannum bothu pakkathu car'la irukira figure'a site adikura ore aalunga namma paiyanga thaen...
UN'la save world appadinu sonna odane vetri vel veera vel appadinu polythene bag save panna paiyan namma paiyan thaen...
Vella karan ooru pona odane Metalica, Bon Jovi appadinu ketkanumna... odane maara mudiyuma... methuva thanya maaruvan methuvathan maruvan...
Yembuttu methuvanu keta....
Veli ooru pona odane maarina athanaala namakku yenna perumaiya??? illai.... verum aping the west appadinu thane solluvaanga... athan....Naama oru impact create pannitu mathavangalayum keduthudanum.... appo than India pathi yaarum thappa pesa maataanga :) (For example there is a place called Devon in Chicago, literally this is India... no rules, namakku yenga ishtamo anga cross panna vendiyathu :) yenga vendumo kuppa poda vendiyathu....)
Gils;
hehehe....illa pa illa...50-50 ;)
padhi uk-la irukurapo ezhidinen...aparam thoosi thatti meedhi nethi ezhuthinen
Wyvern;
Aiyo...na edit out panna maatenu sonnadhu en post-a...i wont ever touch the comments...nalla suber-a oru comment pottutu ippadi apologise ellam panni neengale unga image-a keduthukalaama?!
but i noticed one thing in ur comment though
//How can I make it up to you.Just let me know.//
aaaahaaa....ippadi vazhiya ethana per vandhu maatuvaanga....hmmm....mail panni solren ennana venumnu...ippodaiku oru peach melba podhum :P
waiteees...oru anon vandhu ennamo koovitu poi irukaar...paathuttu vandhudren!
Anon/Babu;
hmmm....They forgot to place one thing called the funny bone/nerve in you eh?! yeah yeah we try to blend in...like the last few lines of my post...and why shouldnt that be funny? dude u have a complaint of takin everything too seriously i guess....take a break...and what's all this speak for yourself about?...Why i never used a mouth piece or typist...not any that i know of!
AK;
Yep...but at least one would would turn out to be true :) naa ippo chennaila thaan irukken
Ace;
Aaama...pinna...vettiya irunthomla...ellathayum observe panradha vida enna vela. pirkalathula ippadi oru post podanumnu thaan! aanalum i have a complaint with those doors...once i got myself locked out and ended up jogging to the agent's office in the morning at 9 in my tracks...kashta kaalam!
KK;
aaaah....pongi ezhunthuteenga pola...1-2 lunch breakayum meeri over time pottu comment pottuteenga :P i think this post got a lil too personal for you...hehehe....kavalai venam, ennayum sethu pala perukku ippadi thaan :D
Edhu indha DEvon Londonla Eastham maari pola....that's like india, in fact feels like being in tamil nadu only...but naa engayum rules-a mathichadhu illa...moi confession...i still hold the record for being the person in our team who was honked at max number of times...reason being, pedestrian crossing red aana udane thaan avasara avasarama oduven...my friends tell me velila pona naalu per kooda po...appo thaan thookitu poga count sariya irukum :)
Stare wide eyed - Check
Eco friendly - Check
Maths genius - Check
Check locked doors - Check
Hot Cuisine - Check
Ultimate tourist - Check
That makes 6/11. Aatha naan paas ayiten.....:)
//na edit out panna maatenu sonnadhu en post-a...//
appo nana than ularitena
I thought u were offended...thats why I said how I can make it up to you....but since u were not offended no peach melba for you.
By the way, I just googled peach melba... peaches, raspberry and vanilla ice cream...hate all three...Tiramisu is the best dessert in the whole world...
u said peach melba is bad...now i am offended :P
2 scoops of tiramisu pls :P...and peach melba too. yeah me a glutton!
P.S: agree on one thing though...tiramisu sure is a killer...anything for italian isshh cream!
Karthik;
i appreciate ur honesty :D
aama sir ippa indiala illiya?
I am one of those spoiled & returned types that u have mentioned. :)
ada...neenga namma type-a appo :D
////How can I make it up to you.Just let me know.//
inoru balikabakrava..hmm..paavam..
//u said peach melba is bad...now i am offended :P
2 scoops of tiramisu pls :P...and peach melba too. yeah me a glutton!///
sutham..engayo gaataama molaga smell coming..wyvern..sitha thalaya kuninju katungo..
//P.S: agree on one thing though...tiramisu sure is a killer...anything for italian isshh cream! //
idhu veraya..hmm...
Gils;
enna overa pesureenga...ungalukku venumna andha ice creamla irukura wafer tharen...pesama irunga...
:P
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