Hanging Stuff
I don't know if it is only me but the fact that Sen. Harry Reid hangs a painting of Mark Twain, a consummate and barbed heckler of politicians and politics, behind his desk in his office, makes me even more happy that he will be the next majority leader in the US Senate.
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Poetry in Inglish?
Yesterday's post on Shaadi.com humor made me remember and look for this wonderful Inglish poem by Nissim Ezekiel titled "The Patriot". With no offence to the Bollywood sensibilities of my avid readers[1], in my mind's ear I hear an old-ish Munnabhai[2] speaking this poem that begins
"I am standing for peace and non-violence. Why world is fighting fighting Why all people of world Are not following Mahatma Gandhi, I am simply not understanding. Ancient Indian Wisdom is 100% correct, I should say even 200% correct, But modern generation is neglecting- Too much going for fashion and foreign thing."
- this especially in light of his recent shift towards "Gandhigiri".
[1] Yes, we suffer from delusions of granduer even though the running average of the number of readers here is 'like ummm' five?
[2]In the both movies, Munnabhai always manages to get the lovely chokri but in practise his tapori Ingliss will not take him beyond first base with most yuppie desi girls never mind his golden dil.
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Laugh Central - Shaadi.com
So my friend emailed me this long fwd, supposedly containing excerpts from real profiles discovered by the intrepid at that Great Brown Hope site, Shaadi.com. And on reading which I nearly vomited my dinner in laughter. While I recognize that a command of the English language necessarily doesn't translate into the "goodness" of a person[1], bad language can make what is already a cliched[2] process of offering, ignoring and rejecting throw up bad or curious apples at the seekers while providing endless entertainment to (ironist) gwakers. So we bring you this public service message:
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If you are about to get on the Shaadi.com boat, pliss be getting some Engli-piss (this applies to junta across geographical boundaries) or you will be making your casual audience-
in the words of the gentleman whose quest went thus:
HYE I AM A GOOD LOKING BOY,WHO HAS THE CAPABILITY TO MAKE ANY BODY TO LOUGH.I BELIEVE IN GOD AND ACCORDING TO ME FRIENDS ARE THE REAL MESSENGER OF GOD. THE 3 THINGS I AM LOOKING FROM A GIRL ,THEY ARE
THEY MUST BELIEVE IN GOD.
THEY HAVE TO LIKE MY PROFFESION
AND THEY SHOULD NOT GET BORED WITH ME WHEN I WILL TRY TO MAKE THEM LOUGH.
- LOUGH! HAHA HEHE!
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[1] My research (@ Shaadi.com, conducted in the interests of larger humanity, i.e., le moi) had previously shown that this disease of abusing the English language is not limited to folks in India but instead is omigod you know like so universal
[2] This is evident from the heavy traffic in phraseology along the lines of "has strong family values", "moderate traditional values" (huh?), "fun loving", "tight knit"ting with family etc
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