I just recovered from a bout of viral fever. It made me so weak (was on a liquid bland diet for 4 days!) that I was bedridden for another couple of days! I knew that I was in for a tough time ahead when I had an ice cream on Wednesday. I didn't deserve the horrid fever i got as the ice cream I had was of the worst possible flavour. Any guesses? It was "Cheese 'n' Strawberry" from Amul ice cream! I thought once before buying it whether it was worth it, then decided "I must be like Giridhar and try it out once".
OK.. Giridhar is my childhood friend and I remember once when we were having Fanta in another friend's birthday party he poured some tomato ketchup into his glass of Fanta and drank it. He said he loved to taste new (and weird) combinations from time to time. Anyway that reminds me of one more incident from my childhood. My class went on a trip to the local museum and one boy mixed some coca cola with his lunch (curd rice) and amazingly he went ahead and had more than 5 spoonfuls of it!!! He faced the dire consequences within an hour though. No one wanted to sit next to him in the bus on the way back to school! :D
hmmm... weird combinations... i really must try to make a list of them! :D
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Brown Guy Named Russell Peters...
I don't know if you people have heard about him! He is a stand-up comedian from Canada but of Indian origin. My friend from Philippines sent me a youtube link for a show of this Peters guy. She said "I just love him. He is really funny. He has got an Indian accent!".
I thought "Yeah, right! Here we go again. 'Indian accent???' what do you mean by that? Each country has a way of speaking English. the Americans sound funny to the rest of the world too!"
Anyway I saw the show and let me warn the young ones reading this post:
"UNLESS YOU ARE USED TO HEARING VULGAR WORDS EVERY 2 MINUTES AND REALLY DON'T TAKE RACISM TO HEART, PROCEED WITH WATCHING THE SHOW!"
He starts of with telling us how Asians are always mistaken as the Chinese. That is completely true, but he goes on to say that the Indians are people who speak English in a funny way! HOLD IT RIGHT THERE! And so do you think we are going to accept it and laugh about it? NO! Here is my point of view, there is the American accent, the British accent and all other sorts but when we Indians speak English it is not the Indian accent but "English sounding funny"... That is so biased!
Actually we Indians are the best at English. An average kid from a good school in India is way better at English than the same from the US. And who are the Americans to speak about English? They change the language as they want it to be! they can't get themselves to say "colour" so it becomes "color"! and "realise" becomes "realize" and all such words that they find tough are changed to suit their convenience and BINGO... that becomes English (US) !
Peters goes on to talk about terrorism and that is really funny! He really is very good in this!
True terrorists aren't Indians and we don't hate the Americans. As he rightly says, "Indians just hate each other!" Its really a sort of a wakeup call for us i would say!
Then he talks about the funny Indian names. I'll give you funny Mr.Peters! What the Americans think funny is belief in God. What we think is funny is the way the rest of the world goes about with (n+1) number of relationships. Its truly amazing the way Americans and the Europeans change their partners like changing clothes! Western culture? UGH!
And when Russell Peters talks about "India has no history", I felt like murdering him! HELLO!!!
India has history that dates back to more than 4000 years. And we were probably doing advanced astronomy when you were trying to figure out how to make fire!
I don't want to go ahead further with this. Hope i did not sound like a racist in the process. Making fun of a person just because of his skin colour is HORRID, to say the least! I don't believe in that.
I thought "Yeah, right! Here we go again. 'Indian accent???' what do you mean by that? Each country has a way of speaking English. the Americans sound funny to the rest of the world too!"
Anyway I saw the show and let me warn the young ones reading this post:
"UNLESS YOU ARE USED TO HEARING VULGAR WORDS EVERY 2 MINUTES AND REALLY DON'T TAKE RACISM TO HEART, PROCEED WITH WATCHING THE SHOW!"
He starts of with telling us how Asians are always mistaken as the Chinese. That is completely true, but he goes on to say that the Indians are people who speak English in a funny way! HOLD IT RIGHT THERE! And so do you think we are going to accept it and laugh about it? NO! Here is my point of view, there is the American accent, the British accent and all other sorts but when we Indians speak English it is not the Indian accent but "English sounding funny"... That is so biased!
Actually we Indians are the best at English. An average kid from a good school in India is way better at English than the same from the US. And who are the Americans to speak about English? They change the language as they want it to be! they can't get themselves to say "colour" so it becomes "color"! and "realise" becomes "realize" and all such words that they find tough are changed to suit their convenience and BINGO... that becomes English (US) !
Peters goes on to talk about terrorism and that is really funny! He really is very good in this!
True terrorists aren't Indians and we don't hate the Americans. As he rightly says, "Indians just hate each other!" Its really a sort of a wakeup call for us i would say!
Then he talks about the funny Indian names. I'll give you funny Mr.Peters! What the Americans think funny is belief in God. What we think is funny is the way the rest of the world goes about with (n+1) number of relationships. Its truly amazing the way Americans and the Europeans change their partners like changing clothes! Western culture? UGH!
And when Russell Peters talks about "India has no history", I felt like murdering him! HELLO!!!
India has history that dates back to more than 4000 years. And we were probably doing advanced astronomy when you were trying to figure out how to make fire!
I don't want to go ahead further with this. Hope i did not sound like a racist in the process. Making fun of a person just because of his skin colour is HORRID, to say the least! I don't believe in that.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Thoughts on a chilly morning in Allahabad....
I like to think about weird things when I am all alone. And especially now, with the big feet of mine being warmed by the bright sunshine streaming in from the nasty looking windows! (Am presently at my brother's hostel room in Allahabad)
What is the ultimate purpose of a human being? It took me some time to ponder upon the exact meaning of this topic. It does not mean anything like Man eats to live or lives to eat. No...I was thinking of something else.
I always felt that the Almighty sent each child to this world with a purpose. He sent Gandhi to fight for the nation's freedom. He sent Sachin Tendulkar to show to the world that a flawless sportsman can exist, both, on and off the field! These are just a few examples from an ocean of many! Every celebrity has something in him or her that has taken them to the Hall of Fame!
So, does everyone have it in them to make it to the top? Yes, but if everyone is at the top then who will constitute the lower levels? People with IQs lower than 100? I don't see many Indians coming in that category! :)
I have always seen the entire world as a toy in The Almighty's hand. It is pretty much analogous to a baby playing with its toys and the adults looking at it and smiling smugly at how little a baby can achieve with its toys.
God might be that adult, looking at us humans as babies with our small cities and skyscrapers. He might even be chuckling to himself and be saying,"You are capable of being more creative, but you don't try!"
If that is how our world is, then why is our race so arrogant about our achievements? Well..I always felt baby talk is coherent to other babies!
So, other humans compliment our work in baby talk...Weird!
What is heaven and hell then? I think God would catch hold of the bad kid and spank his bottom and maybe reward the good kid by giving more toys to play with.
Looks like an entirely new concept to me, but I am sure God was just looking down and saw another of his children looking up at him and trying to analyze what He meant to them!
What is the ultimate purpose of a human being? It took me some time to ponder upon the exact meaning of this topic. It does not mean anything like Man eats to live or lives to eat. No...I was thinking of something else.
I always felt that the Almighty sent each child to this world with a purpose. He sent Gandhi to fight for the nation's freedom. He sent Sachin Tendulkar to show to the world that a flawless sportsman can exist, both, on and off the field! These are just a few examples from an ocean of many! Every celebrity has something in him or her that has taken them to the Hall of Fame!
So, does everyone have it in them to make it to the top? Yes, but if everyone is at the top then who will constitute the lower levels? People with IQs lower than 100? I don't see many Indians coming in that category! :)
I have always seen the entire world as a toy in The Almighty's hand. It is pretty much analogous to a baby playing with its toys and the adults looking at it and smiling smugly at how little a baby can achieve with its toys.
God might be that adult, looking at us humans as babies with our small cities and skyscrapers. He might even be chuckling to himself and be saying,"You are capable of being more creative, but you don't try!"
If that is how our world is, then why is our race so arrogant about our achievements? Well..I always felt baby talk is coherent to other babies!
So, other humans compliment our work in baby talk...Weird!
What is heaven and hell then? I think God would catch hold of the bad kid and spank his bottom and maybe reward the good kid by giving more toys to play with.
Looks like an entirely new concept to me, but I am sure God was just looking down and saw another of his children looking up at him and trying to analyze what He meant to them!
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