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| M.P. |
Posted
on 27-Jan-03 01:44 AM
Weekend has passed. With Gunaraj’s stories, Sitara’s poems, and Nepe’s gazals, Sajha has once again gained momentum. Its good to see some of the faces back from hibernation. They must have “added”, as Suna would say. Sajha secretary—Oohi Ashu—and Sajha driver—Ex PM Bhagat—must be on their way back. Let’s hope they will be here soon. My column has finally gone away; thanks to San. Something seems to be missing from here though: where are protean, smr, Dilasha, and other prominent posters? Anyway, I think it is time for ‘compulsory humor’ (this is what my high school friends call my humor. We laugh because you expect us to laugh, they say. Once I had just finished telling a ‘joke’ when a friend of mine said, “Do we have to laugh or is it optional to do so?”).
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1) On Friday, a friend of mine had a birthday. I was expecting to see a cake. “Jaha guliyo; tehi bahun bhulyo” re. I have never celebrated my birthday party with a cake. So I didn’t miss much. They had beer and that was important. As we raised our cups for “cheers”, a friend of mine says, “cheers to friends, cheers to [name of my college], cheers to our parents.” Another guy interrupts him, “No no. No cheers for our parents. May be they were doing it just for fun.” A third guy says, “If it was for fun, my dad would not have done with my mum.” I have started understanding American ‘humor’ and I am happy about that.
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2) If you do not know the tenth wonder in this world, it is the telephone line in my village. Despite so much turmoil going on back home in Nepal, some things seem to be working well. I remember I delayed my trip to Kathmandu by a day two years ago because they were going to bring a tractor to my village for the first time the next day. I was very happy. And now there is telephone. I call my parents every alternate week. They usually have a new agenda each week. This weekend, my mother insisted that I should go home this summer. “You have to come home and do bratabandha this time,” she said. Now this is sad. My mother wants me to come home not because she loves me but because she wants me to do bratabandha. I told her I had eaten beef and so there was no point in doing bratabandha. I take shower everyday anyway. And that’s what people who have done bratabandha are supposed to do, at least from my understanding. I was surprised by what my mother said, “aile samma jhukkiyera khaai haalichhas, aba bratabandha gare pachhi nakhaaye bhai haalyo ni.”
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3) I used to be a big fan of CK Lal. I am no more his fan. I don’t understand his English. Seriously. There were days when I used to read his columns with a dictionary on my side. Later I realized that it wasn’t working well. I wasn’t learning much. I was fascinated by Samrat Upadhya’s Guru of Love. Not that I wanted to be ‘the Guru of Love’, but I really liked his English. Simple sentences, simple words—just like Paul Krugman’s writings in the New York Times. Is Lal running some English language classes in Kathmandu or what (next time I go to Nepal, I am going to do Bratabandha, meet CK Lal and take his classes)? Recently, I have been wondering how sweet it would be to have a slightly modified Neplish so that everyone who did not go to good schools in Kathmandu can understand easily. I am making a list of interesting phrases from Nepali that can be translated to English. I will give you just three. Copyright to these is owned by my high school mathematics teacher.
i)“You all are radish of the same plot” (Timi haru sappai uhi dyaang ko mulaa hou)
ii)“Don’t join your intestines” (Andrabhudi najoda)
iii)“Spice in Elephant’s mouth” (Haatti ko mukh maa jiraa)
4) Torpe earlier made fun of Nepalnews saying they had developed a template to make it easier to post Maoist-related news. Have Madan Krishna and Hari Bamsha started working in Nepalnews or what? Pardon me if I am being too cynical but I found the following news from January 22 quite funny. I quote:
“Prof. Tarapad Chaudhary of the Economics Department at the Tribhuvan University died overnight at the TU Teaching Hospital. He worked as head of the Economics Department. He was a bachelor. He was 92. He had been ailing for sometime.”
He had been ailing for SOMETIME?? What kind of information is this? Dr Chaudhary must be an important person (otherwise his death would not have made to the national media). If he was important, can’t someone do a little research, or call his family, and find the duration of his ailing? And HE WAS A BACHELOR! Wow! As if there were people dying to marry him. This must be someone who has made a huge contribution to the educational sector in Nepal, and the most important thing about him is that he was a bachelor! Hmm….
Torpe, do they have a template for professor-related news too? “Prof…………[name] of …….. [a subject] department at ……..[name of the university] died ……….[get the date. Otherwise, just put ‘overnight’] at ……[name of a hospital]. He worked as the …..[head/ assistant head] of …….[name of the department]. He was ……..[married/bachelor]. He was…..[age]. He had been ailing for sometime.”
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M.P.
January 27, 2003
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| PremPujari |
Posted
on 27-Jan-03 04:24 AM
Haha MP jyu,
Kyaa bihana bihana uthna napaai MORNING khuraak paai ra.
You cracked me up "kaag le ___ nakhaadai" :)
Made my day... !! Day by day, I am becoming your Fan yaar, now don't disappoint your fan, ani aru ni jaawosh!!!
:)
Nicely written ni!!!
pRem
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| The Grocer's Wife |
Posted
on 27-Jan-03 05:41 AM
Funny snippets from M.P. Quite original!
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| forget-me-not |
Posted
on 27-Jan-03 12:34 PM
good one m p jiu..
yestai yestai nirantar jawas la...
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| M.P. |
Posted
on 27-Jan-03 11:33 PM
Thanks PremPujari. I posted this thing in the morning at around 2, so it was not "Kaag le ___ nakhaadai." The kaag must have been snoring at that time--forget about having its breakfast, unless it is a really busy kaag :). By the way, original nepali ukhaan "KUKURLE ___ nakhaadai" ho, KAAGLE hoina :).
Pasale ko Srimati,
I have a suspicion you might be someone I know. That "Quite" gives me an inkling, but I will remain quiet until I find "da truth", as Rastaman would say. You are definitely not one of "dem" :) [because you got that "M.P." right].
Forget-me-not,
Hajur ni mero "black list" mai parnuhunchha :). Tyo pasale ko srimati ra tapaiko khoji ekai choti hunchha. Pattaa lagaaye pachhi M.P. le ek round hallaa chhai garchha, be prepared :)
Aaja chhai ma Kaagle ___ nakhaadai sutchhu. Baanki guff arko anka maa.
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 28-Jan-03 12:37 AM
M.P.ji,
I agree with the way you deplored nepalnews.com's news about Professor Tarapad Chaudhary. Chaudhary, a PhD from London School of Economics in early fifties, was one of the most respected professors of TU. He served TU in the most selfless way[didn't receive salary either, I think], and he should be remembered with 'more' respect. May be econ department hall should be named after him!
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 28-Jan-03 12:14 PM
M.P. ji
Thank you, once again you have struck us with your humor pieces.
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| lonely |
Posted
on 28-Jan-03 05:11 PM
M.P. JI
ke ho prasamsa garne lai ni tesari khedne..that's bad haina ra...
Tapai ko lehai le nirantarata pawas hai...I am afraid to write to you in Nepal..SLC ma highest lako ni hai...bisuda Nepali aauchha hajur lai ta..
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| Nepe |
Posted
on 28-Jan-03 05:11 PM
M.P. ji,
Ma tapain ko ghanaghor fyan bhanera ta dherai choti bhani sakeko chuu, taipani doharyaera bhanna man laagyo. Tapainko yo ra aru purana sabai- A Day in Real World, New Year Special Edition of TSN aadi eetyadi jibro padkaai pdkaaia padheko chhu, chwassa piro, amilo, guliyo misiyeko saandheko achaar khaye jastai swaadaley. Nirantarataa natutos, haj… (I stop. Sitara le gijyayo bhnthanlin..)
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