[Assam] A must watch video of Indian idol

Chan Mahanta cmahanta at charter.net
Sun Jul 15 07:15:42 PDT 2007 

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:

**************************************************************************************************************

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:
>>  ¢Ÿ „¦Â Õ·  „Ë'Ž×!
>>
>>
>>From: KK.Saxena at kimley-horn.com 
>>[<mailto:KK.Saxena at kimley-horn.com>mailto:KK.Saxena at kimley-horn.com]
>>Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 3:53 PM
>>To: 
>><mailto:anandsf at pacbell.net>anandsf at pacbell.net; 
>><mailto:bijumathew39 at hotmail.com>bijumathew39 at hotmail.com; 
>><mailto:agupta at pbsj.com>agupta at pbsj.com; 
>><mailto:vvmks1 at aol.com>vvmks1 at aol.com; 
>><mailto:AGupta6074 at aol.com>AGupta6074 at aol.com; 
>><mailto:carolanand at mac.com>carolanand at mac.com; 
>><mailto:chitragupta at aol.com>chitragupta at aol.com; 
>><mailto:rgupta at sigma7design.com>rgupta at sigma7design.com; 
>><mailto:vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net>vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net; 
>><mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net; 
>><mailto:eliza_405 at hotmail.com>eliza_405 at hotmail.com
>>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?
>>
>>
>>From: Ravi Anand [<mailto:anandsf at pacbell.net>mailto:anandsf at pacbell.net]
>>Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 12:04 PM
>>To: Saxena, K.K.; 
>><mailto:bijumathew39 at hotmail.com>bijumathew39 at hotmail.com; 
>><mailto:agupta at pbsj.com>agupta at pbsj.com; 
>><mailto:vvmks1 at aol.com>vvmks1 at aol.com; 
>><mailto:AGupta6074 at aol.com>AGupta6074 at aol.com; 
>><mailto:carolanand at mac.com>carolanand at mac.com; 
>><mailto:chitragupta at aol.com>chitragupta at aol.com; 
>><mailto:rgupta at sigma7design.com>rgupta at sigma7design.com; 
>><mailto:vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net>vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net; 
>><mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net; 
>><mailto:eliza_405 at hotmail.com>eliza_405 at hotmail.com
>>Subject: RE: A must watch video of Indian idol
>>
>>As Avinash would rightly say.....
>>
>>  ÿð¬ ÿð*!      ¢Ÿ „¦Â Õ·  „Ë'Ž×!
>>
>>...×  ŠŽ-Ë¬Þ „¤  Ž¬· ÿ’¢ .. „„ËՎ -Ž-Þ „Ð æŽ ±¦ „ËՎ ¦ øÐ ×· ¤»‡Ž
>>
>>Ab kuchh aur baat karo mere bhaiyon!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>From: KK.Saxena at kimley-horn.com 
>>[<mailto:KK.Saxena at kimley-horn.com>mailto:KK.Saxena at kimley-horn.com]
>>Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 6:04 AM
>>To: 
>><mailto:bijumathew39 at hotmail.com>bijumathew39 at hotmail.com; 
>><mailto:agupta at pbsj.com>agupta at pbsj.com; 
>><mailto:vvmks1 at aol.com>vvmks1 at aol.com; 
>><mailto:AGupta6074 at aol.com>AGupta6074 at aol.com; 
>><mailto:anandsf at pacbell.net>anandsf at pacbell.net; 
>><mailto:carolanand at mac.com>carolanand at mac.com; 
>><mailto:chitragupta at aol.com>chitragupta at aol.com; 
>><mailto:rgupta at sigma7design.com>rgupta at sigma7design.com; 
>><mailto:vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net>vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net; 
>><mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net; 
>><mailto:eliza_405 at hotmail.com>eliza_405 at hotmail.com
>>Subject: Re: A must watch video of Indian idol
>>
>>Astrooger's advice to Laloo: Patna se nahin hatna!
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Biju Mathew <<mailto:bijumathew39 at hotmail.com>bijumathew39 at hotmail.com>
>>To: Avinash Gupta 
>><<mailto:agupta at pbsj.com>agupta at pbsj.com>; 
>>Malini Saxsena 
>><<mailto:vvmks1 at aol.com>vvmks1 at aol.com>; 
>><mailto:agupta6074 at aol.com>agupta6074 at aol.com 
>><<mailto:agupta6074 at aol.com>agupta6074 at aol.com>; 
>><mailto:anandsf at pacbell.net>anandsf at pacbell.net 
>><<mailto:anandsf at pacbell.net>anandsf at pacbell.net>; 
>><mailto:carolanand at mac.com>carolanand at mac.com 
>><<mailto:carolanand at mac.com>carolanand at mac.com>; 
>><mailto:chitragupta at aol.com>chitragupta at aol.com 
>><<mailto:chitragupta at aol.com>chitragupta at aol.com>; 
>><mailto:rgupta at sigma7design.com>rgupta at sigma7design.com 
>><<mailto:rgupta at sigma7design.com>rgupta at sigma7design.com>; 
>><mailto:vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net>vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net 
>><<mailto:vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net>vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net>; 
>><mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net 
>><<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net>; 
>>Saxena, K.K.; 
>><mailto:eliza_405 at hotmail.com>eliza_405 at hotmail.com 
>><<mailto:eliza_405 at hotmail.com>eliza_405 at hotmail.com>
>>Sent: Thu Jul 12 22:58:28 2007
>>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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>________________________________
>>
>>         Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:01:30 -0400
>>         Subject: Re: A must watch video of Indian idol
>>         From: <mailto:agupta at pbsj.com>agupta at pbsj.com
>>         To: 
>><mailto:Vvmks1 at aol.com>Vvmks1 at aol.com; 
>><mailto:bijumathew39 at hotmail.com>bijumathew39 at hotmail.com; 
>><mailto:AGupta6074 at aol.com>AGupta6074 at aol.com; 
>><mailto:anandsf at pacbell.net>anandsf at pacbell.net; 
>><mailto:carolanand at mac.com>carolanand at mac.com; 
>><mailto:ChitraGupta at aol.com>ChitraGupta at aol.com; 
>><mailto:rgupta at sigma7design.com>rgupta at sigma7design.com; 
>><mailto:vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net>vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net; 
>><mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net; 
>><mailto:kksaxena at kimley-horn.com>kksaxena at kimley-horn.com
>>
>>
>>         Malini,
>>         Great Video!!!they did great but I 
>>still think original movie was better...
>>         Thanks
>>         Avinash
>>
>>
>>
>>________________________________
>>
>>         From: <<mailto:Vvmks1 at aol.com>Vvmks1 at aol.com>
>>         Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:07:28 -0400
>>         To: 
>><<mailto:bijumathew39 at hotmail.com>bijumathew39 at hotmail.com>, 
>><<mailto:AGupta6074 at aol.com>AGupta6074 at aol.com>, 
>><<mailto:anandsf at pacbell.net>anandsf at pacbell.net>, 
>><<mailto:carolanand at mac.com>carolanand at mac.com>, 
>><<mailto:ChitraGupta at aol.com>ChitraGupta at aol.com>, 
>><<mailto:rgupta at sigma7design.com>rgupta at sigma7design.com>, 
>><<mailto:Padmagupta at aol.com>Padmagupta at aol.com>, 
>><<mailto:vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net>vvarki1214 at bellsouth.net>, 
>><<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net>, 
>><<mailto:kksaxena at kimley-horn.com>kksaxena at kimley-horn.com>, 
>>"Gupta, Avinash" 
>><<mailto:AGupta at PBSJ.com>AGupta at PBSJ.com>
>>         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 
>><<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> 
>><<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>
>>
>>         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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>>.
>>
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