hindu from mumbai!
Things leading upto day 1.
parents sort of freaked out about ahmedabad being part of the intinirary.home of the religious riots, i suppose it was natural!khair...got the teacher to pacify them...and ]on the teachers advice came up with psuedo hindu identities incase we faced any fanatics...*this part was fun!*i heard he'd done this with past batches too.soooo...the girls all wanted to be anjali!i inisted on calling everyone Shakuntalla and Kanta bai!and the boys were all unanimously named Raju Patel!god knows where we came up with that, but they were now Raju Patel 1, Raju Patel 2, etc!lol.u could hear constant irritated shouts of "NOOOO.... i want to be Rahul" or..."jo bhee ho, mera naam to Abhay hai!"...lol...i was named Tina...which was so not indian, hence i also joined the band of whiners..."why cant i be Kareena?""once in ahmedabad, if anyone stops u, ur a hindu!and ur from mumbai." said 'oh great and wise teacher'"i personally think we look like delhi walla's" piped in blondie...*eye roll!*anyways...secure with our new hindu identities...we looked forward to the Day!
Day1:
after a not very long ride and an even shorter nap(which we all so needed because the days leading up to the trip had totally warped us), our plane landed.we got into the lobby and everyone froze...there in front of us proudly displaying its stuff was an alchohol counter.lol...now coming from 'the islamic republic of pakistan',lol...we're not used to it being displayed so openly.there is alchohol,yes, but undercovers and behind closed doors..or after my bedtime...read nightlife!"stop staring!" called out one of the smart asses from my class.i dont know about anyone else, i sure as hell couldnt!"oh ,my god!! McDowells diplomat!!!eeeeeekkk...its the one from tv!"to which i heard the reply..."Jahil larki..wahan peh Absolut or Smirnoff displayd hain...and ur freaking out about McDowells!time to fill out forms...after the first few, it bacame a routine and we started talking about other "exciting' things we'd do...like going to an actual club!note:for the indian readers, pakistan has parties but no proper disco's and we're all pretty sheltered so our only chance of ever seeing a disco without parents, brothers, or husbands stopping us was this!our teacher had mentioned Velocity as being good.so it being the only name we knew, thats where we would go!now paranoid teach had made all of us paranoid too and advised us to remain discrete about our movements and whereabouts.filling out the forms, propped up on the liquor counter we continued to discuss our plans until the fat sleezy friendly(lol) guy behind the counter asked us where we wanted to go.me the loud mouth told him.rule one broken.my friends clammed up, *sigh*, i didnt.i proceeded to tell him where we wanted to go when.velocity, tonight."i have a friend there, ill call him up" after which he dialled a number on his cell.i could feel my friends all looking at me...i knew why...and refused to look up, completely engrossed in the forms i was filling out."i bet he's telling his underworld friend about the pakistani group going to velocity.innocent indians will die today when they bomb us!and it'll all be ur fault!"it was not!of course i did move away from the counter after that!forms done, battles with line cutters fought, we finally got out...AND IT WAS HOT!"WHO SAID TO ONLY PACK WINTER CLOTHES" i screamed!sweating and heaving we all dragged our luggage(which was enough for us to permanently settle in india) to the waiting pajeros!nice!six very nice and air conditioned pajeros awaited us!of course after accomodating the luggage the ride to the hotel was very uncomfy!after the hotel, first stop,kolaba for some shopping!how do the indians recognise us...because everytime i bargained the shopkeeper would slyly ask..."aap pakistan seh ayay ho na?"..."jee, app ko kaisay pata challa?""kiyun keh, her do minute ke baad app 'hai allah garmi' boltay ho, aur bargaining aisay karahay ho jaisay mujhsay maafi maang rahay ho." lol, urdu and its tehzeeb!fianlly , after shopping and catching a movie at the I-max, we got to the hotel and crashed!going to pune tommorw!
parents sort of freaked out about ahmedabad being part of the intinirary.home of the religious riots, i suppose it was natural!khair...got the teacher to pacify them...and ]on the teachers advice came up with psuedo hindu identities incase we faced any fanatics...*this part was fun!*i heard he'd done this with past batches too.soooo...the girls all wanted to be anjali!i inisted on calling everyone Shakuntalla and Kanta bai!and the boys were all unanimously named Raju Patel!god knows where we came up with that, but they were now Raju Patel 1, Raju Patel 2, etc!lol.u could hear constant irritated shouts of "NOOOO.... i want to be Rahul" or..."jo bhee ho, mera naam to Abhay hai!"...lol...i was named Tina...which was so not indian, hence i also joined the band of whiners..."why cant i be Kareena?""once in ahmedabad, if anyone stops u, ur a hindu!and ur from mumbai." said 'oh great and wise teacher'"i personally think we look like delhi walla's" piped in blondie...*eye roll!*anyways...secure with our new hindu identities...we looked forward to the Day!
Day1:
after a not very long ride and an even shorter nap(which we all so needed because the days leading up to the trip had totally warped us), our plane landed.we got into the lobby and everyone froze...there in front of us proudly displaying its stuff was an alchohol counter.lol...now coming from 'the islamic republic of pakistan',lol...we're not used to it being displayed so openly.there is alchohol,yes, but undercovers and behind closed doors..or after my bedtime...read nightlife!"stop staring!" called out one of the smart asses from my class.i dont know about anyone else, i sure as hell couldnt!"oh ,my god!! McDowells diplomat!!!eeeeeekkk...its the one from tv!"to which i heard the reply..."Jahil larki..wahan peh Absolut or Smirnoff displayd hain...and ur freaking out about McDowells!time to fill out forms...after the first few, it bacame a routine and we started talking about other "exciting' things we'd do...like going to an actual club!note:for the indian readers, pakistan has parties but no proper disco's and we're all pretty sheltered so our only chance of ever seeing a disco without parents, brothers, or husbands stopping us was this!our teacher had mentioned Velocity as being good.so it being the only name we knew, thats where we would go!now paranoid teach had made all of us paranoid too and advised us to remain discrete about our movements and whereabouts.filling out the forms, propped up on the liquor counter we continued to discuss our plans until the fat sleezy friendly(lol) guy behind the counter asked us where we wanted to go.me the loud mouth told him.rule one broken.my friends clammed up, *sigh*, i didnt.i proceeded to tell him where we wanted to go when.velocity, tonight."i have a friend there, ill call him up" after which he dialled a number on his cell.i could feel my friends all looking at me...i knew why...and refused to look up, completely engrossed in the forms i was filling out."i bet he's telling his underworld friend about the pakistani group going to velocity.innocent indians will die today when they bomb us!and it'll all be ur fault!"it was not!of course i did move away from the counter after that!forms done, battles with line cutters fought, we finally got out...AND IT WAS HOT!"WHO SAID TO ONLY PACK WINTER CLOTHES" i screamed!sweating and heaving we all dragged our luggage(which was enough for us to permanently settle in india) to the waiting pajeros!nice!six very nice and air conditioned pajeros awaited us!of course after accomodating the luggage the ride to the hotel was very uncomfy!after the hotel, first stop,kolaba for some shopping!how do the indians recognise us...because everytime i bargained the shopkeeper would slyly ask..."aap pakistan seh ayay ho na?"..."jee, app ko kaisay pata challa?""kiyun keh, her do minute ke baad app 'hai allah garmi' boltay ho, aur bargaining aisay karahay ho jaisay mujhsay maafi maang rahay ho." lol, urdu and its tehzeeb!fianlly , after shopping and catching a movie at the I-max, we got to the hotel and crashed!going to pune tommorw!
posted by KM | 5:45 AM
9 Comments:
The names part is the funniest of all!! Must have been so much fun. So u didnt go to velocity that night?
waiting for the rest of the trip!!
tina was a nice name i guess..
lol at the last part....
and 'jahil larki' (lol is that ur pet name hehehe) didnt they take u to shahrukh's house...
Tell me did u have a meeting with the pm i saw a pic in the paper during that time ..it was abt some art students frm pak presenting something to him....
hahahhahahha too funnnnnnnnnny khiz
That was a super… nahh SUPER! I just can’t stop smirking. Gal, you have this Ahem ahem… (more praises later :D)
ROFL… Shakuntala and Kanatabai???????? =)) Gosh if you had really said these names even to Indians, they’d have died laughing, forget believing that you were Indians. BTW Tina was nice… although it may not sound very India, you’d certainly find many Tina’s in India! LOL and yeah Anjali would have suited you the best though. :D Lucky her who managed to grab this name. :p
“Hail allah, garmi!” He he… See how smart even shop keepers can get. :p Uff uff… this one was very very well written… looking forward to the Pune story… jaldi jaldi likho!! Can’t wait!
P.S. – Achchha suniye ji… I suggest why don’t you at least drop a one liner on cloudkhizzy whenever you post something new on the India post. Some lesser mortals would that way have the privilege to get a peek into new posts that oyu put up… or alternatively post them on the same blog???? What say?
Damnnn... must have made n number of grammar goof ups in my previous comment. Bear with me! :| Badi jaldi jaldi me likha tha.
Ohhh btw in case I forget to wish you on the 16th....
Wish you Many Many Happy Returns of the Day! :)
I am sure this must be your 17th birthday (yeah yeah gals never grow beyond 17 anyway :p) Have a blast gal. M sure people there would ensure that your face receives good treatment with nutritious icing of the cake. :D
Have fun pal. The day belongs to you. :)
hai allah garmi was the best part.hehe.how were the clubs in india though?tina is a cool name.i think rani mukherjee was tina in kuch kuch hota hai if my bollywood trivia memory serves me right.hehe.anyway great stuff nd happy birthday:)
LMAO! at the "sharab" counter and the one club that your teacher told you about! (what kind of teacher is that!? is that what he/she teaches you!! hahahaha!! darling come to london.. you cant get away from it! LOL Bless you people!
hey that was so funny.....m waiting eagerly for ur pune story:)
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