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| Deep | Posted
on 10-Oct-03 07:33 AM
Today is Fau. After many years, I am back in kathmandu. Now, I am not expected to resort into lola charging extravaganza, even though ghari ghari hanam hanam jasto ta lagchha kasai kasai lai. Fau purne always reminds me of Bhawana. Oh! My god! Bhawana---Bhawana---Bhawana. Just a casual thought of her, as always, takes me to a wild but bumpy ride. This terrace "Chhat" has witnessed number of priceless moments I shared with Bhawana. It was in the faupurne like this one, I held her hand with immense devotion and before she could measure my gazing bhang dazed eyes I ----. Well, I will come back to this later. Lonely sun seems to be descending fairly quietly over the western skies just like on that day. Fagu in Kathmandu was always rough, especially for young females. Ek mahina aghi dekhi lola varera taruni mathi "charge" garthe ma pani---aru lai matrai ke bhannu. Dashain aaunu bhanda ek mahina aghi dekhi "nauratha" lagthyo, kojagrat purne ko parsi palta dekhi "panchak" lagthyo hamlai, although juwa (gambling) sadhai fukeko hunthyo hamro hadigau ma. By the way, I always used to think what's up with this jhoor name "hadigau"? hamro tol ma hadi sadi paune ni kaha ho ra feri? Hadi sadi gamala samala ghaito saito kinna bhane kalo pool chheu janu parthyo. Actually, the correct name of our tole was "Harigram" rey. So? Sounds soooo like a village in Sarlahi---Anyway, Harigram slided to "harigam"-"harigau" and finally to the exotic "hadigau" rey yesssima---! Katai kasai lai bhanna man lagdainathyo "ma hadigau ko bhanera". "ke khana bhanni?" "ke nai thiyo ra hadigauma?" My friend used to "yo mu** kuiya tole" Hamro Hadigauma hadi sadi nabhayeni aru nikkai kura thiye. Like what? Oh! The list is longer than dhobikhola but let me mention some features from good old hadigau here. We got more bhusya kukkur than people, just a bit rain and our bumpy pitch navako but hilo ra fohorle kalo bhako streets were like skidding arena, you could walk any day under the light and see kids and stray dogs blessing the streets with their droppings. Ususally, stray dogs were kind enough in taking care of kids' dropping but not always. Bhusya kukkur ni sochda hun "sadhai ta abamu** ke thekka lya chha ra?" Behind the huge peepal tree kisnamandir, sarbada seeds paya always rocked. If you wanted to talk "manpari bolera whether in Newari or Nepali", you got the town. If you 're one of those bhatti ma tilla hune but for "ijjat" ko lagi Star-beer bottle chyapera hinne love-rejection struck jadya, hadigau was for you. At nights we could hear many pashpati and gujeswori bhaktas singing tukre ustad songs on the streets skidding over kids' and dogs' aftermeal digested stuff. "Nabhani deu mero ooth ko laali chori lagyo bhanera----hamko tumse pyara kaunhamko to tumse haihe kanchhi----paani ta khani kholako pani ta khanefuskela tuna cholako fuskela tuna---hame tumse pyar kitna ye ham nahi janate---then one high class jadya would add oho! uu ooo uu yee heee I lab u mor thyan aai kyan se---oouu-o---uuyeyee---yee laal ranga kab mujhe chodega? Chhimeki tole ko nam baru dadhai lagne khalko thyo "Maaligau". Hadigau bhanda ta khatara chha ni haina ra? Hunata, "Hadigau" was not the only name we got. There were some other alternative names available to us such as kotaltole, nyalamatole---but who the hell would give a damn about nylmatole and kotaltole? When I meet a guy from Rolpa, he says "hi I am Vadra Jung Sahi from "upallo kot, Rolpa"you say "I am Deep from Nyalmatole? To me these alternatives were worse than hadigau. Oh! There was another alternative too. Guess what it was? "Bhuteswor"! yeah, right! of all "swors" we got bhuteswor. Others got Gyaneswor, Baneswor and we got Bhuteswor. Yasai ta diusai taxi aauna aana kani garne hadigau ma tyasma ni nam ferera bhuteswor rakhyo bhane kun taxi aauthyo hola? Diuso dada haru ko jag jagi raati bhutharu ko. Rati ghar aaunu paryo bhane kun taxi aaune bhuteswor? Usai ta tangal naghe pachhe muskil le ek dui wata batti bhetinthe batama. All those street bulbs were the undeclared targets for guleli masters. Ani, how would you invite your young love to your tole? "Bhare rati "Bhutesworma" aauna hai? Hadigau ma aago lagi ranthyo. Tyo pani raati ma. Our tole was like a fort for fire engines-damkals. We could see a house or a property burning, but all we could do was either scream or cry or take a look and enjoy if the burning property was not yours. People would be heard screaming ye damkal bola damkal bola---. What for? Damkal aaye ni ke? Nibhauna sakne haina. First of all phone, in our tole, was like the doctor in a village health post. "muskil le bhetine". Ek dui jana thiye phone walaharu---asadhhe fuleka tara. By the time one would find a phone and make the connection with the "Judhdha Barun Yantra" in Basanta pur Newroad, half of the property would be burned down. Then we didn't have precise address system. So, the caller would say "la dai chhitto aaunu paryoyaha hadigau ma aago lagyo ke---la dai chhitto hai" then he would hang up the phone. After all, why would he want to waste time over the phone and miss the spectacular fire show? Judhdha Barun yatrahadi gau ta haadi gaukahile Tangal tirakahile Bisalnagar tirakahile nyalma tole ma aago lage bhimsenthan tira---kotal tole ma aago lage nyalamatole tira sidhai hannidai janthyo. We used to run toward the siren to run behind the fire truck and if lucky find the truck grab wherever and enjoy the free but extremely risk ride completely ignoring cursing hauled at us. We would also volunteer the direction to the lost fire engine. We were kind enough. |
| Deep | Posted
on 10-Oct-03 07:34 AM
Then fire engine would make to the closest possible position to the raging fire. Kaha bhitra galli tira athawa bari tira aago lagya hune kunai kunai galli ma ta saikal lada ta jiu bangai bangai lanu parneajang ko damkal ke chhirthyo? Then they would try to run the hose to the fire and we would step on the hose for a momentary bumpy lift. The joy of being pushed by running water inside the hose was awesome. It was a free ride but a lot of people didn't like us having that fun. Ke garne? But we had to do that. Otherwise what's the point of running behind the fire truck? What's the point of being happy seeing the fire truck? Well, after pulling the hose to its last inch, the pulling firemen would look at each other in dismay. Fire was still 500 feet away. The hose was not long enough "pipe pugena pipe pugena"people would scream. "Arko tira bata tannu parchha---aghinai oota tira bata tannu parne--", we would run to arko tira. "haina force le hanne yaha bata ni bhyauchha" some would argueall in chaossomeone starts shooting water aiming at the fire but the water barely reaches there. Water is wasted. Fire still going on. "damkal ma pani sakiyopaani ka chha?" one damkal guy would ask? "Thulo pokhari bata tannu parchha" we and many others would suggest. After a few minutes of galfati tanker runs for water and we chase the tanker for free ride again. By the time fire engine comes back, either the fire is over or is out of control. My good friend Amrite says, "damkal ta tya gyarej bata niskiyo ki khasi dhalchha re tya---aba yiniharule yaha bata gayesikhasi ko masu ra bhat khanchhakya moj". Transformer pani padikiranthyo hamro hadigau ma. "dwangga" garyo ki first response was always "la ma$%#@! Transfarmar chet". Usaita pothole-infested hadigaule streets tysma pani sadhai kasai le kasaile kei na kei ko lagi bato khani ra hune. Either the drain or sewage was blocked, or new "dhara jadan" or what ever---if the work is not done the same day, all they had to do was to live the khaldo as it is. One night, birami liyera hospital hineko tyaksi jakkiyechha khaldoma. Balla balla lyako taxi tyapani khaldo ma. Birami ko aaiya aathha badho chha---thenjust then jadya laureate of hadigau, "radhesyamdai" approached the ill fated taxi and after thoroughly inspecting the scene our swinging villu radhesyam dai responded aiming at the taxi driver, "thukka ma*&^%$, yasto birami liyera hinya taxi ni yasari khaldo ma halna hunchha? Beiman!" Oho! Kaha Bhawana ra mero bich ghateko tyo fauko din ko ghatana lekhcu bhanekokata ko kuro kata pugechha. Well, next time. *** [However it was, I always love hadigau. One of the best places in Earth for me. I miss the place every single day]. |
| llcoola | Posted
on 10-Oct-03 07:55 AM
Long time no see bro..as usual a 'master piece' |
| forget-me-not | Posted
on 10-Oct-03 08:33 AM
thats great.. tara bhawana sanga fau ma ke bho????curious to hear that la.... |
| Deep | Posted
on 10-Oct-03 10:16 AM
"long time no see bro.." Ke garne bro, paribanda yastai chha. kaal ko mukh tira andha dhunda daudai chhu tara arkai thari thari ka bahana ma! |
| oys_chill | Posted
on 10-Oct-03 12:04 PM
What a refreshing nostalgic piece to read on eve of the STRESS FREE WEEKEND :). Deep dai ko jai hoss! Damkal and hilo are very hazy reminders of the past, yet thousands of memories are encompassed around them, and yet so warm and fresh. Transformer burst were fairly often even in the days of blacktopped roads. I still remember a week after our streets were pitched, I saw fresh construction workers Right at the middle of the newly paved road, digging long stretches of khaldo. "kina khaneko dai, naya pitched road?" "eh bhai! dhal (drainage) ko bare ta sochnai birsecha.. tyasko pipe ta halekai chaina" ********* I still remember people in my vicinity ashamed of calling their hometown as handigaon. My sisters were prime examples of that. Once I blurted out in front of her friends in jawalakhel, handigaon ma baschum. I got an hour lecture. "gadha! handigaon hoina, ki tangal bhan, ki maligaon bhan, ki bishalnagar bhan"......and the media, nepali ukhan, and peoples stereotypes didn't help either. ********** About the importance of handigaon, I read somewhere, when Mandev built kailashkut bhawan and the fiery earthquake that destroyed it, they say the "BHAGNAWASHES(archeological ruins) are scattered around handigaon. No wonder, in every other houses, you find antique murtis and statues. hamro ma krishna ra radha ko thiyo, the mason who built our home got so jealous ki, he broke down the two images, so now stands a triangular shaped stone resting on parijaat base :) Last but not least, jasto bhaye ni, like you deep dai, handigaon is home-- and nothing is gonna change that--. perhaps we should have handigaonle get together one of these days ;)? k cha bichar? |
| DWI | Posted
on 10-Oct-03 12:06 PM
One of my friend had just returned from the Empire State Bldg visit. I asked him how it was, he replied ," Hya mula. Sky ride bhanera roller coaster ko sign dekhayo. Gharai bhitra roller coaster bhanera gaako, ke ko roller coaster, roller coaster ko video po dekhayo." he added later, " But it was good. I liked the ride, jebhayepani." That's how I felt reading your post Deep. True to the title, kaha bata Fagu & Bhawana bata start garera kaha Handi Gaun 101 padhako? But nonetheless, like my friend, I enjoyed the roller coaster around the Handi Gaun. We all could relate to Handi Gaun of our own. The narration is entertaining as always. Keep writing, I normally tend to read all of yours, it is always a pleasure. |
| Nepe | Posted
on 10-Oct-03 01:44 PM
...of all "swors" we got bhuteswor... Hilarious...the whole piece.. as always. Waiting impatiently for the remaining part. Nepe |
| RBaral | Posted
on 10-Oct-03 03:22 PM
Deep - You are at the zenith of creativity. Your originality is beyond words. Khai K bhanum Ma? |
| Kiddo | Posted
on 10-Oct-03 03:56 PM
Yo gaunle le hasaye chha. |
| sparsha | Posted
on 10-Oct-03 08:16 PM
time time ki baat hai jaani! samsmaran! always-almost- fun to read. |
| Rekha | Posted
on 10-Oct-03 10:02 PM
Deep Daju, Amazing just amazing. It's been a long time since you posted last time, I had been waiting egerly all these times for your fresh new story. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . Hadigau wow I love that place. Can't believe it's been over 7 years, I used to sneak out of the house just to walk around Hadigau, Kalopool area, even though there was not a lot too look around. Brought back all those good old memories. Oh god come to think about it I miss it now, Hadigau, Kalopol, Matidevi, Ratopul all the good places where I grew up. Hope you'll keep posting, Thank a lot again Deep daju As Always, ReShMa :-) |
| llcoola | Posted
on 10-Oct-03 11:43 PM
what happened in the holy bro..... Its more interesting then pangra ra bis ko notr nad bale. A master piece one after another |
| jira | Posted
on 11-Oct-03 10:36 AM
"thukka ma*&^%$, yasto birami liyera hinya taxi ni yasari khaldo ma halna hunchha? Beiman!" ho ni deep dai, tyasto garna nahuni tyaucidiber lay..... asti mailey sankai dya ..balla aayo katha...........nasankai nahuni kya....:-) lekham prabhu lekham ..padhni haami chanddai chham |
| Bond-007 | Posted
on 11-Oct-03 11:51 AM
Deep Ji, Hilarious! You made my weekend!! Thanks |
| GurL_Interrupted | Posted
on 11-Oct-03 05:28 PM
LololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololoLz Deep! That was hillarious! LolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololoLZ, I coldn't stop laughing! LolololololololololoLz *Hehe!* |
| mickthesick | Posted
on 11-Oct-03 10:30 PM
..stop faking ! |
| Poonte | Posted
on 12-Oct-03 11:01 AM
Deeeeeeeeeepe! Asti dekhun..laamo dekhera panchhyaundai basya...aaja balla Ravibaar ko din saait jurera aaekai saas ma swattai padhen! Gajjab chha...detailed comments chai ali pachhi hai...feri hattar bho! ;) |
| Bal Matlab | Posted
on 12-Oct-03 04:37 PM
Deep dai, Nice to see u, the akkal jhukkal way - yestai akkal jhukkal aundai garam, ani akkal jhukkal lekhdai garam. Ma ni eso akkla jhukkal padhamla ni. Sabai le praise gari sake katha ko lagi, ma ta kehi bhandina... |
| Poonte | Posted
on 13-Oct-03 02:09 AM
eheheh...katti haasnu hau? Hijo padheko..aaja feri padhen...bholi ni padhchhu...kassam hola...Hanuman Chalisa jastai kanthai paardinchhu! ehehehh aba nindra ma ni haasna ber chhaina...baru...tyo Handigaon ma haandi ghoptae taruni haru thiyenan ra? kina chhutaako bichari harulai? :P |
| Deep | Posted
on 13-Oct-03 08:26 AM
Vadra mahila tatha purush gan, [be my guest and secure your position in you fall in between somewhere hai, please] Pokhiyeka sabdaharu prati aabhari chhu. Namari bache--kaal le saache feri bhet hune nai chha. [Marich dai Nepal ga re chhan---ek poko jati "parsad" lyaidinthe ki Bisworup--ram mandir tira bata--parsad nabhara kasto khallo lagi ra chha---] |
| najar | Posted
on 13-Oct-03 09:36 AM
I too had read it soon after it was posted but haven't had my act together to write a comment--in fact had also spread the good word re this to some kathmandu sajhaites as we could relate, talk and enjoy the humor of it. Aru ta ke bhanam, sabai le bhani sake....aru pani padhna paam chhitto chhitto. aaja ta sabai tira lekhna bhyae, phew! :) |
| Real_McCoy | Posted
on 13-Oct-03 11:21 AM
Deep bro.. nice job..! It was not just master piece but a "Head Mater Piece". BTW.. Bro....! The village in Sarlahi (Janakpur) you mentioned is not Harigram it's "Hariwon"(Green Village) which later was glamourized as "Green Witch Village" in many cities like London and NewYork. |
| MARICH | Posted
on 13-Oct-03 08:38 PM
hahahahaha!! manche tapai deep dai, manche chahi khuwa nai ho ke..lekhai ma ta ..bhetya chaina. bhetda yestai cha bhanna ali garho ke. Tapaiko handigauko nam Bhuteswari rakhya bhe tyo handigauma tetro ago lagera 22 wota ghar nai janle thiyena. Bhuteswori ko agadi indrako bau chandrako kyai lagdaina, tyo Suryako bau ago ko ke tagat. tin din samma lagya thiyo tyo ago..Ra** ka choraharule tesari phokatma ago nai na nibhai khashi matrai hoina Ranga pani hasurna paune thiyenan ni. Nam chahi Bhuteswari nai rakhnu parne thiyo, buddhi purayanan teti bela..ahile aba yestai cha.. mero kaushi bata dekhine handigau ta beglai po cha ta..tesko photo tasna aayena nabhaye ta tasdinthi ya ahile.. Hamro changa udaune dhan ropya dhobikholako phatma ya manko HIRA RATNA bhanne cinema hall phalya cha ahile ta.. bho ta aba Tapai yesari haraunu bhayena..pahila pahila kya padhna painthyo..maja aaunthyo..aba ta Gobardhan babako darshan jastai bha cha.. BTW Gobardhan baba banki rahenan aba, na nai tinko kuti banki cha.. jirna bha matrai hoina, tyo Bishworupko agadiko lamo taharo ra pati nai swaha..basnai nahune ..ani yespala prasad grahan pani garna pa chaina. Banki bhaka Rram Mandiraka INDIAN jogi harulai khaireko agadi Shirshan, Astabakrasan, Uttanasan, Ghopte asan, chadke asan, Shauchasan, Linga asan ra hat pachadi, khutta agadi aashan gardai thikka cha. Sab ka sab dollar kamauchan, hamilai ta terdai na terni, sarahi chadheka chan. Nepali paisa dekhayera magna ga ta jhannai tato chimtale dya thiyo. dollar nai chaine re. Tessyama!! nabhako dollar ka bata lyaune. tai pani Pashupati ko prasad alikati ta jasari bhaye pani lyauchu kya..dhanda namannush ..hunna.. yespala chahi uta aaye pachi tapailai maile jasari bhe pani samatera jira ra marich misako ghotta khuwane bichar cha, hosh garnush, maile asti u kaslai ni bhandya thi.."huncha garnu pacha " bhanne aagya bha cha..lau hai ..dherai dina chainan aba ta ..hehe :) bhandya cha maile. jaya shambho |
| Deep | Posted
on 14-Oct-03 08:49 AM
marichdai, I know-at least used to-how hadigau looks from bulbule. I have watched hadigau from that side number of times. Acharya baje/bajai haru ta afnai ho ni! tyo sattenaranthan bata dhobikhola tarera tyasai tyasai faat bata halka ukalo lagdai tapaiko gharai chheubata mitraparak hudai paspati-bhasmeswor, rammandir, bisworup sabai tira charera ghar aainthyo-- parsad chai paspati ko pujari le dine jasto thussa ganaune "srikhanda" haina sakkali lyaunu parne ho tara yaha bhansarko haldar le jakdela feri chhidima--- marichdai lai tya sifal ma samjhera sattenaran than, changa udaune faat, sukya dhobikholo matrai haina kaalo pool muntira bhaisika haad ra fohor samet sappai jhal jhali aai ra chha aankha ma. |
| SITARA | Posted
on 14-Oct-03 10:35 AM
Deep ji: It is never too late to read a piece written by the master writer. Got a full-blast of "the nostalgia strikes" again! Very timely, Dashain, Tihar ko bela ma, aati yaadh le sathayo! Wonderful as always! |
| KaLaNkIsThAn | Posted
on 14-Oct-03 12:14 PM
Tyasko baaje ko khappar, asti dekhun Deep bro ko lekh padhna napayera utttpaaat thiyo... aaja fursat paa chaina, padhna basdyaa -- kura ta bhawana ko lyaayo, tyasko tauko yet another love story by Deep bro bhanya ta -- tyasko khappar Hadigau po ghumaayo!!! Tara Deep bro le je lekhe ni seusi -- "Tyo haat malai de thaakur" eh..!! Dayummmm, Ma ta Deep bro ko updated fan bhai.. eh!! Agra ko guff gagra ma puryaaera pani guff gahakilo banauna uha lai kolle jitne... !! eh... Tyasko khappar hamro kalanki ma ni ek choti transformer padkyaa, people ran to collect transformer ko tel... eh... dhaad saad sadkyaa belaama kaam laagcha bhanera... ! Afno dhaad was workin' fine, thats why I didn't run to collect some tel... tyasko khappar, bachaunu parne raicha... ahile khoob kaam laagthyo.. aiiiyaaaa!!!! La aba Bhawana ko gufff sunaam bro -- Mann ma kuro lukaaunu hunnna, fararararararara pokhi haalnu parcha!!! ;) |
| KaLaNkIsThAn | Posted
on 14-Oct-03 01:01 PM
Deep bru says - http://www.gbnc.org/sajha/html/openThread.cfm?forum=2&ThreadID=12667#42829 >>>oota la tya heram ta kalankibro---kata herya?---tyata ke---dekhyaho? sauniki chhori ta kalanki ko pani tyanki mathi chadera dharmendra style ma "kalanki walon.....bhandai chhe" .... tyai sanga ni hola ali ali tel ta! kassam! Ke yeta uta uta yeta garya Deep bro le? Purano GF ko new found choro ko anuhaar afu sanga milera 'hat-fail' huna laa jasto garera? Khurukkana basera Bhawana ka lahar haru pokhnu, khaali yeta uta uta yeta tyata kata ho kata garya cha basya cha... Bekooof samjhyaa ki kyaa ho? jhukkyauna khojne Meri aamai ko tyasto rahar laagdo choro lai? Arka ko kaam nai nabhaa jasto, sink bhari tanna bhaada cha... eh! Khaali arkaako thread ma gaa cha halla garya cha, simple girl le ke bhanla? Alikati izzat-sizzat cha ki chaina??? ;) Sauni ki chori ko guff nai chodum Deep bro, mori le jhukkyai ni... eh.. tyahi transformer ko tel laaki thi jasto cha -- jyaaan bhari, samauna khojda khojdai suluttttta chipli haali ni... Tyesko mukh ma arkai ko naam cha Tai pani Deep bro merai aalo ghau chaamcha!! kyaaa -- Ek din sunaam la haat ma butweiser samatera Sauni ki chori ko gufff... Lutyo ni malai, Lalupaate oonth ko nishthuri bachan le!! :( |
| marich | Posted
on 14-Oct-03 10:38 PM
Deep dai, Testo used to ko handi gaun ko photo ko kura garya hoina maile. maile ta ahile ko handi gauko photo ko kura garya , taja taja photo.. dhand ma malish garne transformeko tel ko barema ta maile pani sunya thi..aafno ta jhan gharai agadi..pahila pahila barha bajeko top dudhikhelama handa rangashalako swimming pool ma thararara kapdai pani ma hamphalthi .tesstati gari rati rati hamro pani padkinthyo. ani sabaile " masiterni batiko khappar! mari jawash bidut bibhagko Engineer " bhandai sarapdai tuki khojdai hinthe..tyo belama tetti candle balne chalan bhai sakya thiyena ..gaaath nabhera ..guff ta yo kalanki jyu pani garne manche ho..tesai saunile khedcha.guff dya bharma chori udauna lagyo bhanera...hehe:) kohi malai photo tasna sikai deu..pahila aaunthyo ahile birshi.. Guhar guhar guhar.. |