Re: [Assam] A must watch video of Indian idol

[Chan Mahanta]

Someone, who does not understand any Hindi,  from 
another  e-mail list, asked for an explanation of 
the following post:

"Hi All
You logon ki silence for this long is deafening and dar-o-fying me.

To break the ice, here is something to take note of:

HOW BIHAR WAS WON????????????

Jab tak rahega Samosa me ALOOOOOOoooo......
Tab tak rahega Bihhaar me LALLOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo.


                                          BY LALOO.


From your Northern Bhai  "


Since no one came up with a response, yours truly 
took to the stand, with the following:

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Awright  ---- !

Since those who know Hindi well won't come to 
your aid, allow me, the pidgin-Hindi speaker , to 
take a stab . If I mess it all up, it will be the 
fault of the those who are supposed know better 
than to let this happen :-).

	Laloo Prasad Yadav, the clownish 
'low-caste' ex-chief minister of the  Indian Bihar
	state; corruption infested,perennially 
flood ravaged and supposed to be poverty ridden;
                   widely known to be a master of 
nepotism, convicted of certain crimes and 
suspected of
	all kinds of corrupt practices; is a 
critical partner of the current Indian coalition 
government
        at Delhi .

	He is the minister in charge of Indian 
Railways, a critical component of the Indian 
economy
	and of immense importance to the daily 
lives of most Indians, barring only the elite.

	Very widely, and perhaps fondly to many, 
known just as Laloo, a rustic name common
	in the lowest strata of society of the 
region, is the object object of much ridicule and
	derision among the Indian upper-crust, 
the upper castes  and the intelligentsia;  not to
	speak of the neo-rightist Indians riding 
the wave of the an expanding economy or
        the fans of the great Indian democracy and  its promoters abroad.

	Compound that with the two OO's in his 
name , widely associated in India with with
	'gwlla' s(  spheres or  circles in Hindi) 
-- zeros -- the concept of which was developed
	by the ancient Indians -- and all forms 
of euphemisms of emptiness and negativism, to
        his already 'funny' name.

	Mind you here, us 'desis', even grown up 
ones, also take a lot of delight in making fun
	of people  with unusual names, not to 
mention those like Lalloo, that rhyme with 'aloo'
	( potato -- a spherical object 
representing zero and a lowly vegetable, staple 
of the poor).

        But  Laloo  remains a widely popular  politician to the vast
	numbers of the unwashed- the poorly 
educated, illiterate, low-caste poor and
                  disenfranchised  of Bihar, left 
out of the "shining India's" leap into modernity 
and prosperity.

	And he, I heard,  has turned Indian 
Railways from a money loser to a money-maker in
	a few short years, has introduced people 
friendly improvements to the railways, not to
	speak of  bringing new respectability  to 
the ancient, disposable, earthen cup used by lowly
	rail travelers to drink  their tea from 
by promoting it as an earth friendly measure, 
bringing
	 attention from such temples of higher 
learning as the Indian Institutes of Management
        and the Harvard MBA School


Thus the limerick ( sorta, kinda) -----

        Jab tak rahega Samosa me ALOOOOOOoooo......

	As long as there is 'aloo' ( potato)  in 
a 'samosa' ( implying forever- for who can imagine
        one without potato?))


        Tab tak rahega Bihhaar me LALLOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo.

        There will remain a Laloo in Bihar  ( meaning of course corrupt, poor,
        uneducated and backward )


                                         ( BY LALOO.)


	----- is an expression of 
desi-intelligentsia's  angst, oblivious of the 
reasons how, a clown
        without a degree from an institution with any pedigree, rules !

	Never mind the facts that full forty 
percent of Indian MPs are either accused or
	convicted of various criminal acts, that 
corruption is a way of life that long ago lost
	the deterrence of shame even amongst the 
most highly educated or the devout of
	society; that north, central, south and 
west Indian elections are largely fought  over
	CASTE lines where ISSUES do not 
feature--only pandering do. While elsewhere
	even though the abomination of caste does 
not rule, pandering and SYMBOLS do.

	Also never mind the fact that the 
law-enforcement and adjudication system  are
	totally dysfunctional thru-out the length 
and breadth of the country; cannot hold anyone
	in power accountable, with even those 
accused of the most heinous of corrupt practices
	routinely laugh all the way to the bank, 
with the courts backlogged by over thirty years 
now.

        So on and so forth.

Thus the popularity of the limerick about Laloo, 
with a touch of literary levity; while lightly 
amusing,
is really yet another tragic expression of their 
discombobulation over their own frustrations and 
sense of failure, conveniently dumped over the 
hapless masses of Bihar.


The above ought to teach everyone not to 
delegate, even if only by default, anything to be 
clarified , by yours truly.


Contrarily yours, as always :-).

cm











At 5:14 PM -0700 7/13/07, carol anand wrote:
Sounds like you are all having fun but I am 
feeling very left out. KK, I know you are good 
at translating for me, so how about it?
I don't like when i go to get a manicure how the 
staff speaks Korean and I feel like they are all 
talking about me and my ugly nails.
So hope you aren't saying anything bad about me, k?

Just keep having fun. I'll laugh anyway!

Cheers,
Carol

On Jul 13, 2007, at 4:18 PM, Ravi Anand wrote:

Partner, more than "lipatna" I wanted to say 
"chipatna" but then we are in mixed company-had 
to make do with "nipatna"
and yes, it is indeed kaatna or chipkana....all the way
but its pretty neat when you can also add the Avinash-i  'bulandi' here:
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Subject: RE: A must watch video of Indian idol

Partner, was that "Rabri se nipatna" or "Rabri 
se lipatna"? Must say it sounds a lot more 
interesting the latter way?

So, how did you manage to insert a devnagri 
script piece in the middle of your email? 
That's some clever job of cut and paste?


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Subject: RE: A must watch video of Indian idol

As Avinash would rightly say.....

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Ab kuchh aur baat karo mere bhaiyon!




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Subject: Re: A must watch video of Indian idol

Astrooger's advice to Laloo: Patna se nahin hatna!

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Subject: RE: A must watch video of Indian idol

Hi All

You logon ki silence for this long is deafening and dar-o-fying me.

To break the ice, here is something to take note of:

HOW BIHAR WAS WON????????????

Jab tak rahega Samosa me ALOOOOOOoooo......
Tab tak rahega Bihhaar me LALLOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo.


                                          BY LALOO.


From your Northern Bhai










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        Malini,
        Great Video!!!they did great but I 
still think original movie was better...
        Thanks
        Avinash



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        Conversation: A must watch video of Indian idol
        Subject: A must watch video of Indian idol

        Greetings to fellow cruisers!

        The two gusy and a gal has done an 
excellent job of mimicing Mehmood & Kishor 
Kumar "ek chatur naar" from film Padosan. 
Sepcially the Bengali contestant doing South 
Indian accent is too much.

        It's really funny.


        
<http://indianidol.sify.com/player/indianidol_popup.php?f=indianidol_4_ep19_22june07-128k.wmv&site=indianidol>http://indianidol.sify.com/player/indianidol_popup.php?f=indianidol_4_ep19_22june07-128k.wmv&site=indianidol 
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        If you can't open this up, then just go 
to 
<http://indianidol.sify.com/>http://indianidol.sify.com/ 
web site. Go to top five or ten videos and
        I think it is headlined "ayyo rama yeh kya ho gaya".

        One night, we can have our own singing 
and mimicry(of different accents) session 
during the cruise.Hopefully, we''ll be able to 
get the conference room on sailing day. If not 
we can all gether into one of our cabins.

        I can copy Assameese English accent 
quite well. Ravi can do Panjaabi and Bong 
accent.

        Vijay can sing to Jolly "Badkamma 
badkamma, mere hone walloh bachhe kee amma". 
Jolly can respond
        "muttu korri kawaadi harra". I don't 
know the meaning of "muttu korri". May be Biju 
can enlighten us.

        I am excited about the cruise and looking forward to it.

        Malini






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