Tattoo diary: Queens, New York

Layman #96 Good, good. How many desis does it take to run a motel? Correct answer on the immigration form: 100. 1 to book customers, and 99 to ring up the cash register.

mona and roohi,

The movie with the song, ``Uthe sabke kadam..``

is ``Baaton Baaton mein``. A beautiful movie, though my personal favourite is the title song.

Golmal had the song, ``Aaney wala pal..``

You could also think of the song, ``Thoda hai thodey ki zaroorat hai..`` from Khatta-Meetha to fall in the same category.

pullu

monasehgal #95, roohi #89:

It was `Baaton Baaton Mein`.

Sorry for the unrelated post, folks, but someone sent me this take-off on the desi hit Hotel California:

On a dark crowded highway

brylcreem in my hair

warm smell of parathas

rising up through the air



Up ahead in the distance

I saw a shimmering light

my eyes grew dim and my head grew light

I had to stop for the night



There they stood in the doorway

they were desis you could tell

I got out fearfully

saying this will surely be hell



All around us were buildings

Sun, SGI and Dell

I slowly unloaded my things

In the shadows of Intel



And still those parking lots were

full of Hondas

waiting up in the middle of the night

to be driven home by programers



Welcome to the town of Sunnyvale

such a desi place, such a crazy place

we`re livin` it up in the town of Sunnyvale

such a nice surprise, so many people with no lives



My heartstrings were twisted

I wanted to feel at home

where thousands of desis existed

and no white man dared roam



Sambar stains on the ceilings

mango lassis on ice

sit and watch the paint peeling

or make daal and boil rice



But my mind revolted

at the very thought

I grabbed my bag and bolted

I`d escape no matter what



And still those voices are calling from far away

wake you up in the middle of the night

just you can hear them say



Welcome to the town of Sunnyvale

such a desi place, such a crazy place

we`re livin` it up in the town of Sunnyvale

such a nice surprise, so many people with no lives



I wake up in a cold sweat

thank god it was a dream

there is no need to fret

I still live in the east

Oh, I still live in the east.

Rsaxena

Ref: stuka and ali

any respect i had for stuka`s otherwise intelligent posts and ali`s obvious wit and intelligence, has gone flying out the window...they both are sick mental ugly human beings who are a big fat dhabba on whichever nationality, religion and sect they belong to..

everyone get together and pray stuka`s daughter falls in love with ali`s son or the other way round and that they run away from their manhoos parents and have the cutest little babies ever who grow up to be lovely human beings inspite of their ugly, vulgar grandparents genes..that will be divine justice

roohi # 89

Ranjit wasn`t a guitar strumming youth in Golmal singing ``Uthe sub ke kadam``. That was some other movie. Can`t remeber the name right now. It had Tina Munim and Amol Palekar cast in the lead. Golmal had Bindiya, Amol Palekar and Utpal Dutt.

Mona

Stuka and Ali,

did you guys play in cesspools together as kids?

hasn`t this maa-bahen thing gone far enough? move on to fathers and brothers please.

Ali#1

``As for my exchanges with Stuka, had the best of my ``humor`` been posted by chowk editors, Stuka would have hung himself with one of the chastity belts lying in his house.``

Wah wah, since no one else is praising you, u indulge in self praise. Bhai, hum to waisey he haraami hain, jitni gaali dey do. But I do know this, a musla`s ass burns much faster upon religion than a Hindu`s. Why don`t you display some humor by writng about Hanuman the Monkey god and his sexploits with Sita. And I will write about the orgy of Mohammaed, Jinnah and a couple of Camels. Let`s see who has the last laugh.

BTW, I actually do have a couple of chastity belts lying around. I use them to whip your mom into shape when she starts acting up.

:)

Subroto #82,

not just the comedies, i`m talking about the documentary type of films which left you thinking, no fluff or glamourization.

I saw Monsoon Wedding this weekend and thought it very enjoyable. Esp the soundtrack!! There is an article on arranged marraiges in India Today - havent read the details yet but looks interesting. Has anyone read it??

rehan may i?


RANDOM MONKEY THOUGHTS


---Not every monkey evolved into…
---If monkeys could ‘evolve’ can man ‘de-volve’
---Most monkeys appear observant: most men don’t
---Monkeys adhere to their pecking order: men don’t
---When their hands are stuck in the cookie jar they do not call 911 or their lawyers
---They do not marry: once, twice, thrice…
---They can swing with their tails: men cannot
---Obviously am bored: can’t tell if monkeys ever are…

Subroto #82

Talking of Golmal has anyone seen ``Lonely in America`` - it has Ranjit Chowdhry from Golmal in it - and though not free from stereotypes and a bit dated now (it came out in 1991) it is still the best mainstream desi-american movie i`ve seen. In golmal Ranjit was the guitar strumming younger brother who sang ``uthe sab ke kadam`` :-)

Stuka,

Chowk censors saved the entire khatri clan, lucky you!

Chowk staff, instead of selectively nixing sentences from my posts, please consider discarding the whole post if you think its inappropriate.

Reply # 78 veeresh

[Dear Stuka . . . Ali1 had and has already lost credibility with interactors of both sides, so it really doesn`t matter what he says anymore.]

Funny you talk of credibility veeresh. Remember the day Quran was burnt in Delhi? A certain mofo swore by his mother`s ashes that he has been out in the city, and has talked to the police and to the high and mighty of the city, and that no such incident had taken place? (How could it, in secular India?) And then someone posted the URL of the incident actually taking place.

Remember who that person was veeresh? care commenting on HIS credibility?

As for the interactors on chowk, I frankly dont give a flying guck to the hypocrites who enjoy SameerJB`s sick sense of humor and consider him the greatest Punjabi since the one-eyed bustard.

As for my exchanges with Stuka, had the best of my ``humor`` been posted by chowk editors, Stuka would have hung himself with one of the chastity belts lying in his house.

...mittarsaab, khi`s short for karachi....

Reply # 53 Stuka

[mohajirs are not exactly known for their masculinity are they??]

So you don`t know who broke the chastity belt? Any you guys suspected the chamars all along?