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| SITARA |
Posted
on 25-May-03 05:08 PM
It has been raining cats, dogs, SARS and West Nile in DC! This, for the last 3 weeks.... everytime I await the weekend, it pours! This morning, I woke up thinking I was back in KTM....really, the incessant downpour, the pitter patter on my roof, the murky smell of wet soil, the dampness, and the misty moisture in the air caused an assault of nostalgic memories from home.
I recall one particular stretch of rainy Asar mahina.... downpour after downpour of rain, moody rain, drizzles and sudden impulsive showers causing flash floods and mud puddles everywhere. Two weeks of monsoony isolation (from the outside world) was causing me cabin fever. I had been through all of the Amar Chitra Kathas, Tin tin and Asterix comics and was contemplating reading some cheesy Mill&Boon, when....
The dogs started barking, howling and going beserk at some invisible monster. My mom and I rushed to the door, peering out through the windows toward the gate--Nope, none there! The two Tibetan Mastiffs would not quieten down... something was out there. My mom went to the kitchen and looked out the kitchen window where she had planted a small Karesa bari with long cornstalks ripe for the picking. The cornstalks were shaking, quivering like they were possessed. "shhhhhhhhhhhh..... there is something out in the bari" said my mom. " Bhoot..........Mamooooo!!!" "hoina hoina.... hush wait!" Then the "it" came out. It was a small, young monkey....the cutest thing ever. It must have escaped from the nearby zoo or perhaps from the woods... well, it certainly was a small ball of wet fur, blinking innocent eyes and small hands clutching on two ripe makai. My mom, who was notorious for picking up stray animals has a heart of warm candle wax! Because of her kamalo maan, we had ended up as a family of two dogs, two cats (stray), three kittens, one bakra and four rabbits... complete with a proper name and baboo/nani attached to it... My dogs, Sherra baboo and Pinchoo baboo had to be contained while my mom tried to go out in the pouring rain to rescue the little monkey.
"Sugreeeeeeeeeeeev, Sugreeeeeeeeeeev..... aaija aaija! la makaai khana aaija!" My mom coaxed the little monkey. The monkey hesitantly approached my mom, streched out its hand and grabbed the makai out of my mom. The next day, the little monkey returned and my mom was ready with some pauroti. And so, it continued for a whole month... they (my mom and Sugreev) had formed an inexplicable bond.... she would talk to him and he would respond with an outstreched hand, but always ready to bolt.
My dad heard about the Sugreev project and warned my mom..." Jungali baandar le tokyo bhaney injection laaoonu parla... ke nachahiney kaam gareko?" "hoina hoina,yo ta ratiyi sakyo hajur...herisyosna, kasto mayalu cha!" My dad in exasperation would say " Dukha paoola, dukha paoola!"
After a month, the rain stopped and Sugreev stopped coming, while my mom (worried that he had been killed) called out to the trees " Sugreev, sugreev, aaija aaija!!!' ...to no avail! Eventually, we forgot about the monkey episode.
A year later; it started raining again.... ceaseless, buckets of droplets, spattering, splashing and beating down upon all living and nonliving things....while my dogs stunk up the verandahs with their wet fur and dirty paws! Then, it started again.... the howling, barking, growling...this time mixed with screeches and strange ferocious sounds...and the dogs seemed afraid of the intruder. "It is Sugreev, Sitara....it is my sugreev, he remembers me....Aaoo, aoo!" said my mom overjoyed that the monkey was still alive.
My mom opened the kitchen door and we stepped out... seemed like our bari had been carpet bombed or stampeded! The cornstalks were all broken, bits and pieces of corn all over the place and the other vegetable plants were trampled to gundruks! "Launa, lau.... ke bhayecha...Sugreev, Sugreev!" called my mom. There he was a HUGE, DHENDEY BAANDHAR, glaring at my mom with his teeth bared. " Mamoo, najik nagaisyo....!!!!" I called. But, try telling my mom that animals CAN be harmful! "Sugreeeeeeeeeev, aaija aaija.... aaish? Makai kha!" my mom called. The dhendey baandhar screeched at her... grabbed the makai and threw it at her wacking her with a resounding "thwaack!"... and with a *so there* look in his eyes, turned around and walked away , rudely flashing his bright red rear end at us! Speechless, we digested the fact that Sugreev had GROWN UP to be an UNRULY Teenager!!!
Next afternoon.... We heard the same skirmish outside, but this time,... my mom was ready with a GULELI!!!
Yes.... I miss the Monsoon and the Makaai Bhatmaas season, but most of all, I miss my mom and her antics!
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| isolated freak |
Posted
on 25-May-03 05:39 PM
ahahhaha, seems like the bandar to grace yoiur house was Bali, not sugreev.
anyways, an interesting read. makai bhatmaas khana ajhai ek mahina kurna parcha.. mitho makai khana..
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| Bhunte |
Posted
on 25-May-03 06:08 PM
Sitara ji,
Nice satte katha! Bicharo kathaibara pani le rujheko sugreev ta sukul gundo bhayera po niske chha... Tesai gari aja ko prem charo bholi ko gidda nahos hai...dherai witch brew na takraooonu hola hai...lol
Enjoyed reading your 'bal katha'
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| BMW |
Posted
on 25-May-03 06:46 PM
NIce story Sitara ji,
dhedey badar ko bais chalya hola ni.
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| ruck |
Posted
on 25-May-03 07:41 PM
Dijju lovely one again.. thanks for sharing, jhari lagyo ki ghar yaad aucha ke garne?
Thanks again....
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| PremPUJARI |
Posted
on 26-May-03 07:44 AM
Rain is fallin' chamaa chamm chamm
Me wonders whats goingon in Washington
Tantana tan tanaana tanann!!
hehe... Today I have double-dose of what I was really missin' in sajha, Asharai mahina ma, haadi gau ko jaatra. hehe.. How is you sitara jyu!! Thanks for "dhantaryaaan" story when I was about to cherish my memory with OLD sajhaities -- Memorial day ko mauka chopera.
Rain is better than Snow (grrrr kitt kitt %$^%%&$*&%^#%^), so enjoy the rain hazur.. and enjoy the long weekend...
pujari!!
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| Poonte |
Posted
on 26-May-03 08:41 AM
Bajranga bali ki...JAI!!!!!!!!!! O, bolo Hanumana ki...JAI!!!!! ehehehe
The grown-up Sugreev didn't like makais anymore...perhaps he was back to side-haano hamri Sitz dijju...hajur ko mommy lai ke thaha? Chhori lai baandar lai dina parchha bhanera thaha payeki bhaye guleli ta ke...12-bore nai bokera dhukti holi tyo baandar lai ;) Hansy thyo baandar? :P Katai hajur ko koi diwana le baandar ko roop dhaaran garera aayeko ta haina? Sitz le makai dela bhanthanya thyo hola...mommy le dinda fyakdiyo ni...ani raato chaak chai kasari bhayechha? Bichra SITZ lai bhetna agultho le sekya hola aafnai chaak ehehehe
Ramailo laagyo, SITZ dijjjjjjjjjjjuuuuuuu...huna pani yespali yo pani le ke garya? surya ko mukh dekhna napaako haptoun bhai sakyo...
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| OneGirl_123 |
Posted
on 26-May-03 08:55 AM
I MISS the warm spring weather! :(
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 26-May-03 10:05 AM
Hey hey.... thank you sabailai; Bhunte, BMW, Ruck, One girl :)
Poonte ji, come to think of it... sugreev ko anuhar ta aali aali hajur sanga milthyo... tyahi SXS ko parkhaal chadera aaoonthyo kya! hoina,... been using laser hair removal ki ke ho? :P
PP Ji,
Wanted to do the raindance....Mandakini eestyle but it's against my religion to cause fatal accidents! :P
IF ji,
Surely, it must have been Bali.... he did frequent our place (causing commotion) until my mom pelted him with lapsi ko gedas.
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| vivid |
Posted
on 26-May-03 10:16 AM
Kya ho SITARA ji,
Nikkai bold and daring bhayera gaindaicha ni hajur?
Hunda hunda broom dance chodera Mandakini eestyle dance dine re?
Ram Teri Ganga Meri.....
Toba.... toba......,
Me ta herdina hai,
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Ankha chim garya chu maile ta.
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 26-May-03 10:30 AM
oho!!! Vivid ji! Closing your eyes wide shut to fantacize ki ke ho?
Hey, did I mention "Ram Teri Ganga Maili" ?????? tsk! tsk! tsk! such VIVID IMAGINATIONS!!!! :P
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| PREMPUJARI |
Posted
on 26-May-03 11:13 AM
Did I hear Rain Dance? Tyo pani Mandaakini?
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanch
Could it wait till the end of June? As you have seen, I am prone to miss the best things in my life, and I DON'T wanna MISS that Rain DANCE!! Okay, I'm going to pray for Lord of the Lord's INDRAji to pour few buckets at the end of the June, uta tira!!!
Any Sajha Nurses to accompany me to "uta tira"? I don't wanna get cardiac arrest viewing a Rain Dance!! eh
(It is also raining here!! Damn coincidence!)
;)
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| vivid |
Posted
on 26-May-03 11:59 AM
SITARA ji,
Yetti ka dhurandhar haru, PP ji lagayat ka, hunda hundai maile ke fantasize garai bho ra,:P
Huna ta filim ta herya hoina tara uhi asare jhari ma batai pewa manera rain danace garera hidne haru lai dekhda arule Ram teri ganga meri bhanya sunya ho kyare, mero palo pani mauka ma chauka hanya ni hajur, ;-)
Lagecha kyare tham mai, heh! heh!
At least here I'm enjoying the sun, :))
Pathai dim alikati paincho hajur lai ?
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| Gurl_Interrupted |
Posted
on 26-May-03 12:02 PM
Pp, how many illnesses are u blessed w/? Diabetes...M.infarction....? That's what happens when you do too much pooja of prem ;-).
Sitara di,
It was a nice story, smooth reading...and Nice tone and well described.
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| bhunte |
Posted
on 26-May-03 12:06 PM
hey folks,
u guys r bit sick of snows and rains....i don't know if you have got enough chlorofill...plan for a summer vacation here, u will enjoy sun bath in one of the top 10 beaches in USA near my place....
bhunte
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| PREMPUJARI |
Posted
on 26-May-03 02:50 PM
Gurluuu_interrruptttuu!!!
>>how many illnesses are u blessed w/
ummm, Diabetes is what I might get from excessive sweetness you provide through your writings. Beside that, I've got few bruises around the heart, Weak lungs (thanks to cigarettes and G smokin' without Interruption), Weak liver (thanks to sauni ko bhatti pasal ko THARRRA), Weak brain due to the excessive use of stimulants, depressants and hallucinogenes, ulcers (thanks to cigarettes which reduces an appetite), shaky legs due to the ulcer, dizzyness (too much chatting), insomnia (chatting), hypertension (too many good lookin' pictures of the girls in sajha), malnutrition ... oh the list GOES on!! In short, lets say i am walkin' HOSPITAL heheh!!!
So never ever become Pujari re kyaa, especially PREM ko PUJARI!!
Remember this song about Pujari?
>>sachchi baat kahi thi maine
Logon ne suli pe chadhaaya
Mujh ko jahar ka jaam pilaaya
Phir bhi unko chain na aaya.
Sachchi baat kahi thi PUJARI LE ehh
(all the pujari's were killed brutally, and history repeats itself forever) :)
(sitara jyu le football khelni hola malai, for diverting her thread to nowhere.. ehh.. HAZURR IT'S JUST A COMMERCIAL BREAK)
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 26-May-03 03:40 PM
GI:
Thank you!
PP ji:
You are a WALKING Hypochondriac!....T'is all in the mind!!!! hehe!
Bhunte ji:
One can never have too much of cholorophil or nature!
I heard your US gaon is beautiful. :)
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| Bhunte |
Posted
on 26-May-03 04:07 PM
Sitara ji,
Ho hajur, tesai le ta yo gaun chhadna nasakeko. Those who love rainbows, golden sunset across sea horizon, deep blueish green sea, high waves, blue clear sky, white sands, sunny days, light breeze, birds and fishes around your feet, evergreen hariyali, palm tree, turtles, dolfins, etc etc., my gaon is one of the 'char dham' of USA. One should visit this 'dham' in youthhood.
bhunte
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| chipledhunga |
Posted
on 26-May-03 05:34 PM
Sitaraji, katha gajab cha hajur as always.
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 27-May-03 06:50 AM
Chiple ji:
Thank you!
Nowhere near your descriptive narrations. Just something to jog people's memories of monsoon in Nepal.
Bhunte ji:
I envy you... but, *it* is one of the places in my *to visit* list.
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| jira |
Posted
on 27-May-03 07:09 AM
Sitara!
welcome to the world of story tellers desinged by our great master Deep.
Ramro cha.
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| ou812 |
Posted
on 27-May-03 07:25 AM
LO Behold!!!
Nepal's answer to Arundhati Roy. Chitara (from DC... oops forgot the title) most vivid narrative as of date. Could hear therain drops, was it corrougated tin roof? The drumming is as exquisite as Lars Ulric from metallica. The smell of fresh wet mud. mmm Sit on a balcony, watch the rain pour down, sip hot cuppa tea, just blank stare at the small streams, making pattern on the dry mud and gurgle down the drain... / cuddle with tintin, astrix, Indrajal comics (bahadur/Mandrake/Phantom).
Monsoon home.
:o)
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| oys_chill |
Posted
on 27-May-03 09:24 AM
hahahaha (pet michi michi)
"mom ready with guleli" I can picture my mom in that scenario. sitara JYU (not ji ;) , yor account has truly refreshed me..satte satte, dharam dharam!But honestly, i dont think monkeys are cute, like you said most turn out to be unruly teenager...had some bad experiences in pashupatinath...
Raining cats and dogs..........reminds me of godavari a lot...those wet summers and neverending showers. We used to be given monsoon holidays for two weeks..gosh..had to stay home throughout, when ppl asked "k ko chutti"......."paani pareko chutti" :)
hope to readddddd moreeeeeeeeeeee!
yor MC :)
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| najar |
Posted
on 27-May-03 10:08 AM
Sitara, tell me about the rain in that part of the country. Ghaam taapna gaako jhan jaado ra paani le swagat :( weather aside, the teereeepp was fantastic!
rest of the narrative chahi will read later in the evening, am just skimming through the postings to see what has been going on in the last several days.
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| NK |
Posted
on 27-May-03 11:12 AM
Sitara, hasaiyou timi le! :]
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 27-May-03 12:55 PM
Oys JI:
Pani pareko chutti re....he! he! Godavari ma ta juga (leeches) aaooncha; I have lost my voice screaming my head off at one of the most ill-timed picnics to Godavari!
OU812:
Speak for yourself hajur ;)... You just allowed us a glimpse of your own knack for details. Thank you for your kind words.
Jira ji:
Who can compare with Deep ji's unique storytelling style?
Najar:
Still raining here!
Vivid ji:
Ek mutthi ghaam pathaye yeso... tan san garna hunthyo! :p
NK:
The baandhar beat up and harassed our dogs.
Long time no see you ni! :)
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| Robert Frost |
Posted
on 27-May-03 05:28 PM
Sitara....beautiful piece of writing....
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| deep |
Posted
on 27-May-03 05:59 PM
Sitara,
Twate sugrev parechha kyare prabho---tyo din hos mai thiyena hola...ki katai tragedy syagedi pareko jhok ma aaipugya thyo ki?
ke thah tyai Sugriv pani katai ahile paani jham jham pareko bela yai katha usko sajha ma sunaudai chha ki---ke jane?
samjhida ---Katai Ram khojna hineko sugrev Sita nai Sita dekhera frustrate bhayechha ki ta prabho?
Good one!
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| noname |
Posted
on 27-May-03 06:24 PM
Sitara,
The title reminded me of the classic song, Asarai Mahinama.. Here it goes:
Asarai Mahinama Pani Pari Rujhauni
Eklo Yo Mero Man Kashari Bujhauni
Bhanthin Hai Maichangli Rudai dharara
Naudara Pari Chha Kampani Sahara
Beechod Ko Belai Ma
Mannai Baralni Nayaur Ko Boli
Yahi Bela Maichang Ke Gardai Holi
Peedima Basera Ke Ke Kura Gamdai Ho
Kahile Hasdai Ho Kahili Rudai Ho
Malai Nai Samjhara
Chang Chang Baganee khahare Khola
Aba Ta Chora Kudne Bho Hola
Din Bhari Kheldo Ho Amaa Lai Pirdo Ho
Sajha Pare Pachi Amaa Lai Shodho Ho
Kha Baba Bhanera
Enjoyed reading your anecdote.
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 28-May-03 09:17 AM
RF and Deep ji: Thank you for taking the time to read it.
Noname: One of my all time favorite songs. Appreciate your posting the lyrics.
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