Thursday, July 30, 2009

You Beauty!

P.S: For Now, Thanks For the Pic Vin :)...wait till it releases in India...That hand of yours on it
will be mine and we'll admire it sitting on your bed when you get back to hydie ;)
And Yea...I won't let you flick this one, like you flicked White Tiger :P

Thursday, July 23, 2009

HYDERABADI Tamilian ???

Okay...this post is going to be partly in english and partly in our very own hyderabadi hindi because....well, you'll know the reason at the end of the post ;)

Long long ago in 1989, I was born in this very city...after a couple of years I learned that meri ammi jaan ka jeeb[ mother tongue :D] tamil hai and I ought to speak in it...
Ischool ko gaye toh poore logaan hindi mein ich baat kare...main bhi wohich kiya..mereko telugu bhi nahin aata toh hindi se ich kaam chalaya...my best friend at school[from U.K.G] was a telugu...phir bhi hindi mein ich baat kare humlogan...mereko farak nahin pada..ischool mein ich mera hindi- hyderabadi hindi mein transforming hogaya...log became logaan....whatever became kya toh bhi...dude became chicha and so on...Abhi dekhe toh mereko tamil ich theek se nahin aara baat karne ko....logaan bole..arri..kaisa haula hai bey tu...mother tongue ich nahin aata tereko...main bola..dekho yaaron..tamil main ghar pe baat kartun...bahaar aaye toh myself pucca hyderabadi...biryani khaatun..hyderabadi baat kartun...kaun kya ukhadta??...
For me its really strange with languages...my [tamilian]friends don't consider me as a tamilian for I don't speak it often...infact, I'd almost feel left out in a tamilan convo that takes place occasionally with friends...
There is another catch as well, I can very well say that I've been in this city since I was born, so that makes it almost 20 full years and yet I still can't talk the local language, telugu!...
I can understand it pretty well, but talking is just not the thing I could do...it kinda makes me conscious...par apna hyderabadi mein baat karne ko bole toh..kiraaaak baat kartun...
I could probably claim I've mastered this awesome sounding language...the one that gives hindi a hydie touch...

Around 5-6 years ago, I remember I had normal or shudh hindi conversation with a cousin of mine who spoke more in Hindi than in tamil to me...After a couple of years of getting the hang of hydie hindi or lets say after diving head first into hydie hindi, I can no longer converse with him in hindi...A couple of words in the shudh version of the language and I'll get derailed into hydie form of it...kuch nahin kar sakte yaaron...aadat hogaya mereko...

People say it sounds a little cheap sometimes..but I beg to differ...its just another form of hindi...a localized one and I'm proud of the fact that I've majored in it :D
I'll say I'm a tamilian by tongue and a hydie by the heart :) ...

Kuch bhi bolo yaaron, hydie hindi ich aakhri kiraak language hai aur mein isme ich baat kartun...
To the ones who don't appreciate the language and the people who speak it, [Like I've said before] Lite lo yaaron, hum aise ich hain!..

Cheers!

Damn :(

It was like every other wednesday...1st the weekly test..then two hours that just went by quicker than it would go on any other day..followed by the all important lunch break [hehe]...Post-Lunch was going to be nothing different with 2 lab hours[computer]...We would get into the lab...search for seats beside the Airconditioner...Type words written in the notes,most of which is not understood by any of us, into the screen in front and fool around during major parts of the 2 hours...Yesterday was no different...or maybe it was...
I was busy trying to type in what my notes read so that I could finish it off and get to what I like doing most in the lab..chat away to glory :D...
Rohit was sitting to my left trying to do what I was doing and typed into his computer screen..there was a joke cracked[which I sadly can't remember] and we laughed and got back to our respective screens and then after a dramatic pause he spoke a few words that made me sigh and scared,in a way...

Dude..did you realize..we guys are gonna be together only for the next 6-7 months..uske baad sab yahaan wahaan nikal lete... the last few words resounded in my mind and it brought about a sudden feeling of fear...I looked at him..gave a smile and nodded...indeed it is going to be the last 6-7 months...

Entering Loyola Academy a couple of years ago, I did have a lot of expectations..personally, I loved the campus and the feel around it...
As 1st year began, we were sucked into the semester system which we weren't acquainted with..
It probably took all of us, two full semesters to be comfortable with each other and thus, formed the 'gang'. First year wasn't very 'eventful' as such...we had, what we could call subtle fun...

2nd year was eventful with Soch and Resonnance taking away most of the time..by then, we had come to one conclusion...however crazy the system was..the fact that we've met amazing people and made amazing friends @ L.A is undeniable...2nd year could be titled as the 'year of fun'...it saw the gang grow bigger and stronger..awesome juniors came in and in came a little more bonding :) and two semesters passed by with more friends and scary syllabus to cover.

Just a month into the final year, we're already starting to fear the future..not for the fact that its kinda uncertain as to where each one of us would land...but for the fact that each one of us would be scattered all over...it'll seem like someone from above is un-solving a fully solved jigsaw puzzle!...
So, the next 8-9 months are going to be i-dont-know-how....The fact that its the last few months of the 'gang' being together has registered in our minds...we could even end up living through it with a very saddening feel or we could make the most of it [hell..obviously its going to be the latter]...

They say, once you finish your stint at one place, you go to new places..make new friends and life would continue to revolve around 'gangs' even if its a whole new one...but deep down inside I want to cling on to this awesome gang I've found at L.A...they're just the most amazing people I've ever known...
Love you people :)