Thursday, 29 January 2009

Phoren return ramlbles on...

So the “Phoren return” couple starts on a adventure trip on Indian roads…
While driving on a potholed “main road” of our colony ….. we were driving “in left lane” (isn’t that insane)…when this incident happened..
One “Auntiji” coming from another perpendicular “gali” on right side, T-boned the rear of our “White Huge and visible car” running on a moderate speed…in broad daylight…….. when confronted…she retorted…”Maine horn diya tha aapko sunai nahin diya,, aap to chale hi aa rahe the.” (I honked …you did not listen and kept moving)… Queen Victoria was on her chariot and we are supposed to stop when trumpets for her arrival blow… Do ppl know something called as “Right of Passage ”.. Do anything like that is taught here in driving lessons? Or driving exams??? What I am talking about??/ ….test kaun deta hai…..Agent kis din kaam aayenge?...well so we swear’d under the breath and let her go….is there another option?

And now few things which makes me ROTFL from US trip..

Most of the questions asked by my friends in US were about animals on roads…and the traffic..and yes the sacred animal COW….holy cow…who gives them so many wrong notions….
1. Cows are sacred....but the traffic doesn’t stop to “pay respects” to a cow on road…it stops because no use on trying to buzz a Animal with Honking. Yes!!! Cow is an Animal for us…
2. Camels and elephants are no more our common mode of transport….though sometimes you can find them on roads…as some people use them to show and earn a living.
3. All Hindu’s are not vegetarians…we know what pork, beef, salmon, eel, chicken are…we don’t detest it but choose not to eat.
4. All Hindu’s don’t go to temples every morning…only some people do that…
5. We DO dance....and love dancing it isnt a taboo anymore...
6. Were you forced to marry KC??? no dear...i did like him...
7. Are there GAYs in india??? yes we do....
8. You listen to American music???? yes it is very common here...

and many more....
Sometimes I just wanna stab people who spread so many misconceptions..I agree in some parts of the country some odd things happen…but then where it doesn’t…Voodoo is as common in US as in India…
My point is why don’t people project the way we are..thinking….reasoning modern individuals with rooted deeply into our values…reaching on to future…aren’t we people???

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