1) A huge traffic jam on NH 47 road – reason – 2 bulls fighting on the road…and 3 cows (along with lots of “human” monkeys) watching it!
2) “suda suda…vada…vada” – a yummy treat with the sweat & blood (literally) of the sellers in India’s largest employer’s office (of course! Indian railway stations!)
3) People forcefully feeding the “ganesha” idols – reason – He is bored of “abishekams” and in a mood to “drink” the milk directly!
4) Autoriksha fellow started the bargain with “Rs.250”. I ended it with “Rs.100” (Mind you – he started it)
5) People quite literally treating public places like “en paattan loo” (my grandfather’s loo)
6) God proposes – Shiv sena disposes
7) Title holders (sigarathin sigaram, makkalin magan…etc) in wood kingdoms (bollywood, tollywood,sandalwood…) …contd
8) Contd…..God envying these title holders because they get better milk “abhishekams” and “deeparaadhanais”…
9) One way, two way, three way, four way….there is no end to the number of ways on our roads.
10) Beggar street – with uneducated beggars fighting for money ….Parliament – with educated buggers fighting for…uhhhmmmm…money!
11) Pay extra “ticket” money and become God’s “most privileged priority customer…ooppsss…worshipper”
12) Except love….u can get anything through bribe!
13) People have seen God – God of cricket – his name is Sachin!
14) Can u sing, can u dance, can u cook? – 3 most common questions in the interviews here…hold on…I am talking about the interview for the bride position! Only one qualification required – Dowry! Yep…u gotch it!
15) Didn’t you know? More than farmers, Software engineers in India are affected bcoz of the climate change/recession/global warming…
16) It will be difficult to spot at least one difference between 20 school kids packed in an auto and sent to school and 20 goats packed in an auto and sent to butcher!
17) “Godman” scandals more than politicians scandals
18) Number of languages used – r u kidding? U really want me to count that?
19) ARR – enough said! Rest is history! Came, Composed, Conquered!
20) Minimum time to close a law suit & pass the judgement -10…no….15…nono….20 yrs…uphhhh…chuck it!
21) People coming in BMW waiting and having food from "Paati kadai" kaiaendhi bhavan (road side shop)
22) Local trains carrying people more than it can handle.
Oh God! I LOVE INDIA!:-)
love this one....ultimate indian experience...amongst all the good and bad...i love being Indian too!
ReplyDeleteLoved it very much ! Can i add one more?, a bitter fact though.
ReplyDelete-- The only people in the entire World who hate Indian culture are (few)Indians themselves ! When the world is following Indian lifestyles, we Indians are busy adapting ourselves to foreign accent, lifestyle, food, mannerism!
just a honest opinion.
It all happens in india and still moves forward-- thats the beauty of india.. had it been any other developed countries [i dont want to take names]-- they would have been history now
ReplyDeleteHmm...nice one! And sumaal correction..Bribe's can also buy you louw in India. :D
ReplyDeleteAnd pliss to naat make the fun of the Thalaivarr. Much admiration and louws I have for him :P
Good Collection there! LOved it :-)
ReplyDeleteNice post dear. Very sensational one too:) I dont know why but many times, I have felt like you while living there....but now found the same here in a polished way. You have a great blog and wonderful concepts Veena. Write more....eager to see the multiple faces through you dear.
ReplyDeleteVeena nice article.It's been a while. How is your baby?. I would like to mention something here: Indian Culture is huge, but most of them smothers its belivers. And people who like to rationalise, feel nauseous.
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, I believe in Indian Culture to certain extent. I don't like to wear traditional dress or "Thali" and other formalities. But i go to temple and pray God religiously.