FAQ on Mumbaiya Slang
March 21, 2008 at 7:50 am | In Cools Stuff, Films | No CommentsA great thing about this language is that it’s spoken universally through the whole of Bombay. However for Uppities or the college crowd its referred to as Binglish (for Bombay_English). It’s, however, the same ! This list is perpetually incomplete since the evolution of this language can never possibly cease.
An FAQ about Bhindi / Binglish: Pronunciations are in brackets following the words.
Chava / Chavi - Actual meaning of a chava is a lion’s cub.However, in Bhindi it would mean a Boyfriend/GirlFriend (normally the one that’s steady). Chava, is also used to describe to a good looking chap or the normal stud in the locality. No, Chavi would still mean the steady one.
Chikna - Stands for any good looking fellow. Chikna actually means smooth. Chikni is the female version of the same word.
Dhapnya / Battery / double battery - Refers to a person wearing prescription glasses. Dhapnya is a marathi word. The Ghati way of saying this would be “bya-tree”.
Chaayla ! - The original meaning is quiet demeaning. The contemporary meaning is so flexible that “Chaayla” can be used anywhere in a casual conversation. Pragmatically speaking this word doesnt have any meaning.
Haila ! - This originated from “Hai Allah !” but I don’t think 99% of the users know about this. Haila would translate to “Oh God!”
Keeda / SulemaniKeeda - An absolute pest.
Jhakaas - Superb. Excellent.
Mandvali / Mandavli - Compromise.
Gangaram - For a barber. Gangaram is a guy’s name. I guess some Gangaram must have played an immortal role in some play or movie for his name to stick on.
Chagan / Dhating / Hajaam - Hajaam in its true sense would mean a barber. It refers to anyone with a moronic intellect. I think the meaning of the word “Chagan” better be left unsaid.
Atrangi - One meaning of this word is similar to Hajaam. Atrangi also mean something extraordinary.
ChappanTikkli / Punter / Tapori / Shana - Roadside loafer. Tapori is among the most commonly used words in Bhindi.
Charsi / Fookda / Soootya - A smoker. Charas is exactly marijuana. Charasi would mean any guy who smokes though.
Raanti / Saand - A boisterous or an exceeding brash guy.
Bevada / Gutter / Taankee / Batli / JohnnyWalker - A Drunk. JohnnyWalker comes from either the actor by the name or the whiskey brand.
Rappak ( stress on “pp” ) - means Slap. ( eg. Kaan kay neechay rappak lagaoonga. )
Tapri - A road side shop.
Chotay - For any kid working in a Tapri. If the shop has more than one kid … all would have to be Chotays.
Ramu - see “chotay”
Mava / (120 - 300) EkSauBees-TeenSau - This is a type of paan that you get here. 120 and 300 are the flavors of tabacco. Mava is everything that paan has without the betel-leaf. Terms also refer to the person who consumes it.
Manikchand - Manikchand is a famous brand of chewing tabacco. This term also stands for a person who consumes it.
Dhoop Chaav - Means Sun and Shade. Refers to the shops owned by the road side barbers who just have a rag for the Chaav and is obviously hole-ridden to let the Dhoop come in.
Chinese Gaadi - No ! this is not a Chinese make of an automobile!! Its the “Tapri” selling chinese food on the side of the road. You find one after every 10 meters. The best part is that all these Chinese Gaadis are red in color, have names like “Red Sun”, “Red Dragon”, “Fong’s”, or anything that sounds vaguely Chinese. The cook is normally a Nepali gurkha working as a night watchman in some nearby apartment complex. The only criteria to get a chef’s job at a Chinese Gaadi is to have slanted eyes.
Mahim - Matunga / Vasai - Virar - This is a term used for squints. M-M and V-V are neighbouring localities in Bombay. The origin of this term is unknown.
Ghungroo Salmaan - This term is very new but catching on fast. Ghungroo refers to a curly haired guy. Salmaan (Khan) comes in the picture since the “Ghunroo Salmaan” fellow is obviously mistaking himself to be a Hindi film hero. It’s used as a put-down.
Cutting - A little_more_than_half cup of Tea is a cutting. The Cutting concept would have been started by people who used to split a cup of tea between 2 people… and finally the tea vendor started selling half cup of tea and called it “cutting”. A little_more_than_half is given to increase the patrons.
AndhaDhuni / Aadva-Patta - These are a cricketing terms. AadvaPatta comes from Pune, means “Cross batted shot”. AndhaDhuni means “Blind shot”. But nowadays these refer to any guy who doesn’t bat well.
Mama / Maushi - Mama and Maushi translate to the maternal uncle and aunt. These words are thoroughly misused to get some work done. Normally used while speaking Marathi. Every other Marathi speaking street vendor would be a Mama or a Maushi.
Dada / Tai - Translate to elder brother or sister. Usage - see Mama / Maushi.
Uncle / Aunty - Usage similar to Mama/Maushi… just that this is used for the more sophisticated public. Normally with the Marathi ignorant.
Ghaati - Ghaatis are the residents of the hilly/rural regions of Maharashtra. In Bhindi, a Ghati would mean any person whose mother tongue is Marathi. It’s quiet demeaning….. and thus heard more frequently.
Gujju / Ganda-Gujratis. The money men of Mumbai. These guys are easily spotted on the road - either in colorful shirts, embroidered trousers, against the mirror of a parked vehicle combing their hair, or something equally funny. These guys are the second largest community in Bombay after the Marathi-speaking people. Ganda acutally means mad. No need to explain why.
Madrasi - Madras is a place in the southern part of India. Madrasi refers to any guy from a place to the south of Maharashtra. Doesn’t matter where he is from. If he is from Bangalore he is a Madrasi. If he is from Goa he is still a Madrasi. Doesn’t matter. And the best part of being a Madrasi is that you are supposed to eat idli sambar for breakfast, lunch, AND dinner. And rasam-chaval is supposed to be the favourite dish.
Gulti - This is a fairly new term. Used for people from Andhra Pradesh. I don’t have a clue about its origin or actual meaning.
According to a site visitor “well … it is telugu … say it Ulta .. anagram … and u get gulti”
Bhaiya / Pandit - Any guy from UP / Bihar / MP / Delhi / Northern states is called a Bhaiya. Pandit is also used interchangeably but is mostly used for the guys at the Lassi/Doodh shops or for Panwallas.
Paapay / Papajee - A Sikh. Dont know what a paapay means. I am sure its not insulting or anything.
Bawa / Pestonjee - The Parsees. The most harmless. Jovial and great company. Definitely the most teased people on the Hindi silver screen. Every movie has to have at least one funny character called “Rustom” or “Pestonjee” who has to have a fat and an overtly boisterious wife. Incidently Parsees also are the most affluent and among the richest in the Indian community. Bombay is also called “ParseeSthan” since this is the place where you find most of them.
Cheena / Chapata / Nepali / Shaab-babu ( ’sh’ as in ‘huSH’ )- Any slant-eyed guy is called Cheena or Nepali. Doesn’t matter if he is from Kerala and some genetic disorder messed up his eye. He would still be a Nepali. The best part is many of the north eastern states and even West Bengal have people with slant eyes. However, if they happen to land in Bombay, they would be from Nepal. The Chinese/Japs/Koreans all fall in the same category. Shaab-babu comes from the fact that these Nepali gurkhas call every other person they see “Shaab-babu”. I wouldn’t be too surprised to find out that they call their parents that too.
Sai ( Saa-eeen - the second part is increasingly nasal ) - The Sindhis. The Partition-time migrants from Pakistan. If a Hindi movie doesn’t have a Parsee… a Sindhi has to come at some point to lighten the spirits. These guys are known for all the Papads they consume.
Mia-bhai - The members of the Islamic faith.
Bong / Bonglababu / Babumoshai ( pronunciation should have maximum sounds of “O” as possible ) - for any Bangla.
Bambaiyya - Anything that relates to anything that even vaugely relates to Bombay. Bambaiyaa is something that every resident of Bombay would love to be called !
New Additions by Sunil Agrawal:
All toothpaste are called Colgate
All Tofee are called Choclate
All Choclates are called Cadbury
Interesting facts on Bill Gates
March 21, 2008 at 7:49 am | In Cools Stuff, Facts (Plz comment) | No CommentsOn July 7, 1998 Bill Gates, the richest man on the planet, was worth _56.8 billion (Rs.2.39 lakh crore) This is 15.9 per cent of India’s 1996 gross national product (GNP) of _357.8 billion (Rs.15 lakh crore), or more than 60 per cent of India’s total external debt (_93 billion). Singlehandedly, Gates could wipe out India’s Rs.86,350 crore fiscal deficit- and still have 64 per cent of his wealth intact.
His wealth is more than the GNPs of 85 nations, which is nearly half the number of countries in the world. In fact, it is more than the combined GNP of the 29 poorest nations, of which the three richest are zambia(GNP _3.4 billion, Cambodia (_3.1 billion), and Angola (_3 billion).
There are 5.93 billion people on the planet. If all of Gates’ wealth was distributed equally to the citizens on th earth, each person - including Bill Gates - would get Rs.402.29. If the money was divided among Indians only, every Indian would be righer by Rs.2,511.16, which is approximately twice India’s per capita monthly income.
If Gates gave away Rs.1 crore every day, he would have to live for another 653 years to give it all away.
If the money was distributed over every gram of Gates’ body (assuming Gates weighs 80 kg), each gram would be worth Rs.2.98 crore - enough to buy 6,000 sq.ft. of property in New Delhi’s posh Vasant Vihar area, with Rs.34 lakh left over to furnish it. A pound of Gates’ flesh is worth Rs.1,355 crore - 73 per cent of the A-group shares on the Bombay Stock Exchange, and 98 per cent of the 4,799 companies traded there, have a lower market capitalisation.
He could buy 4786 listed companies with his _56.8 billion. Starting from the top, he would be able to buy all the shares of the 33 most capitalised companies in India - Hindustan Lever, ONGC, Indian Oil, ITC and Reliance included - but would find it difficult to buy the 34th company; for that he would have to shell out another Rs.1083 crore - or gain 364 grams! Assuming, of course, that prices remain stable when Gates starts buying up the shares.
One of the most expensive properties available in India today is a 6,000 sq.ft. apartment at Kemp’s Corner in Mumbai on offer for Rs.10.5 crore. Gates could buy 22,720 such apartments - if they existed.
The source of Gates’ wealth, we all know, is his 21.9 per cent holding in Microsoft, a company which contributes 60 per cent to the market capitalisation of the world’s software companies. Since Microsoft went public on March 13, 1986 at _21 a share te stock has split seven times. Had it not done so, the value of each share would have been _7798.50 (Rs.3.2 lakh), instead of the current _108 (Rs.4,536). Since Microsoft went public, Gates has been increasing his
wealth at the rate of 61.65 per cent per annum. That is _388,001 (Rs.1.63 crore) per minute, or _145.77 (Rs.6122) per second. If he maintains this rate of growth, he will become a trillionaire (1 followed by 12 zeros) on June 26, 2004.
If all of Gates’ money were in Re.1 notes, and if they were placed end to end, they would stretch for 229,017,600 km. That means 298 round trips to the moon. Or enough to go to Mars, plus a return trip to the moon, plus Rs.3.5 lakh to spare. If you could travel on these notes at the speed of sound, it would take you more than 21 years to reach the end; at the speed of light, it would take you almost 13 minutes (it takes eight minutes for light to travel from the sun to the earth). If you spread the notes out instead of laying them end to end, they would cover 400,806 sq.km or about 12.2 per cent of the area of India.
If Gates liked making expensive movies, he could make Titanic - the most expensive film ever made - 284 time.
source: Inteligent Investor
Amazing, isn’t it?
Abraham Lincoln Didn’t quit
March 21, 2008 at 7:48 am | In Cools Stuff, Facts (Plz comment) | No CommentsProbably the greatest example of persistence is Abraham Lincoln. If you want to learn about somebody who didn’t quit, look no further.
Born into poverty, Lincoln was faced with defeat throughout his life. He lost eight elections, twice failed in business and suffered a nervous breakdown.
He could have quit many times - but he didn’t and because he didn’t quit, he became one of the greatest presidents in the history of our country.
Lincoln was a champion and he never gave up. Here is a sketch of Lincoln’s road to the White House:
1816 His family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them.
1818 His mother died.
1831 Failed in business.
1832 Ran for state legislature - lost.
l832 Also lost his job - wanted to go to law school but couldn’t get in.
1833 Borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. He spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt.
1834 Ran for state legislature again - won.
1835 Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died and his heart was broken.
1836 Had a total nervous breakdown and was in bed for six months.
1838 Sought to become speaker of the state legislature - defeated.
1840 Sought to become elector - defeated.
1843 Ran for Congress - lost.
1846 Ran for Congress again - this time he won - went to Washington and did a good job.
1848 Ran for re-election to Congress - lost.
1849 Sought the job of land officer in his home state - rejected.
1854 Ran for Senate of the United States - lost.
1856 Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party’s national convention - get less than 100 votes.
1858 Ran for U.S. Senate again - again he lost.
1860 Elected president of the United States.
About Dad
March 21, 2008 at 7:48 am | In Cools Stuff, Just can't get it why, Thoughts, Writing by Me | No CommentsWhat we feel ‘n’ think about our DAD as we grow by….
When we R :
4 yrs: My daddy can do anything.
5 yrs: My daddy knows a whole lot.
6 yrs: My dad is smarter than your dad.
8 yrs: My dad doesn’t know exactly everything.
10yrs: In the olden days when my dad grew up, things were different.
12yrs: Oh, well, naturally, Father doesn’t know anything about that. He is too old to remember his childhood.
14yrs: Don’t pay any attention to my father. He is so old-fashioned!
21yrs: Him? My Lord, he is hopelessly out-of-date.
25yrs: Dad knows a little bit about it, but then he should because he has been around so long.
30yrs: May be we should ask Dad what he thinks.
35yrs: I am not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad.
40yrs: I wonder how Dad would have handled it. He was so wise and had a world of experience.
50yrs: I’d give anything if Dad were here now so I could talk this over with him. Too bad I didn’t appreciate how smart he was. I could have learned a lot from him???
What Does ABCD… stand for
March 21, 2008 at 7:47 am | In Cools Stuff, On the Ground.That's me | No CommentsAmerica
Based
Confused
Desi
Escaped
From
Gujarat;
Housed
In
Jersey;
Keeping
Lotsa’
Motels
Named
Omkarnath
Patel;
Quickly
Reached
Success
Through
Underhanded
Vicious
Ways;
Xenophobic
Yet
Zealous
Food for Thought
March 21, 2008 at 7:46 am | In Cools Stuff | No CommentsHave you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
If you got into a taxi and he started driving backwards, would the taxi driver end up owing you money?
If it’s Zero degrees outside today and it’s supposed to be Twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?
Why do ballet dancers always dance on their toes?
Wouldn’t it be easier to just hire taller dancers?
Why do scientists call it “re”search when looking for something new?
Why is it called a building when it is already built?
If pro is the opposite of con, then is progress the opposite of congress?
Why is it when someone eats something that tastes bad they say “Aw, this tastes gross!” and turn to you and say “Try it!”
Why would I want to try it, If they already told me what it tastes like?
How do you know when invisible ink pens run out of ink?
If you drop a chameleon in water, will it turn clear?
If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make fog horns out of?
Why is hamburger called hamburger, when it is made out of beef not ham?
If vegetable oil’s made of vegetables, and olive oil’s made of olives…what’s baby oil made of?
Why do they call it a Leap Year if you ADD another day, rather than subtracting one?
Is it possible to be totally partial?
If a book about failures doesn’t sell, is it a success?
What do you do when you see an endangered animal that eats only endangered plants?
Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do “practice”?
Why does your feet smell, and your nose run?
If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
If work is so terrific, how come they have to pay you to do it?
If you’re not supposed to drink and drive, then why do bars have parking lots?
Indian Languages State Wise
March 21, 2008 at 7:45 am | In Facts (Plz comment), India's is the Best | No CommentsHere is a list of Indian states/UTs with predominant languages:
1. Jammu & Kashmir (Dogri, Kashmiri, Ladakhi, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Baltistani, Dardi)
2. Himanchal Pradesh (Hindi, Pahadi)
3. Punjab (Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu)
4. Haryana (Hindi, Haryanvi, Predominantly Muslim - Urdu)
5. Rajasthan (Hindi, Rajasthani, Marwadi, Predominantly Muslim - Urdu)
6. Uttar Pradesh (Hindi, Brijbhasha, Pahadi, Avadhi, Bhojpuri, numerous others, Pred. Musl. - Urdu)
7. Madhya Pradesh (Hindi, Marathi, numerous others, pred. Muslim - Urdu)
8. Gujarat (Gujarati)
9. Maharashtra (Marathi, Vidarbha region - Hindi and Marathi, Konkan region - Konkani and Malwani)
10. Karnataka (Kannada, Tulu, Konkani)
11. Goa (Konkani)
12. Kerala (Malayalam)
13. Tamil Nadu (Tamil)
14. Lakshadweep (small chain of islands - Malayalam (?) )
15. Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Andamanese)
16. Andhra Pradesh (Telugu, Hyderabad city - Telugu plus Urdu)
17. Orissa (Oriya)
18. Bihar (Hindi, Bhojpuri, Maithini, Santhali, Angika, numerous others, Bengali, Pred. Muslim - Urdu)
19. West Bengal (Bengali)
20. Sikkim (Nepali, Lepcha, Bhutia)
21. Assam (Assamese, others)
22. Meghalaya (Garo, Khasi)
23. Arunanchal Pradesh (I plead ignorance!)
24. Mizoram (Mizo)
25. Nagaland (Naga)
26. Tripura (Tripuri, Bengali, Kuki)
27. Delhi (Capital City and sorrounding area - given quasi-statehood recently)
Other languages - Sindhi, SanskritOther Indian languages which are not represented in the “leftover” India -Baluchi, Pashto (in Pakistan now)
Can you Guess Whos is This Great Person
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About India
March 21, 2008 at 7:53 am | In Facts (Plz comment), India's is the Best | No CommentsThe facts below were recently published in one of the German magazines which deals with World History:
India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history.
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
The World’s first university was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century CE was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
Sanskrit is the mother of all higher languages. Sanskrit is the most precise and therefore suitable language for the computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization. It is the only system which takes the holistic view of the person being treated.
Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by her wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered American continent by mistake.
The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit ‘Nou’.
Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days. The value of “pi” was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians.
Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were propounded by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10**53(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera: 10**12(10 to the power of 12).
According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra. According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake aptly called ‘Sudarshana’ was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya’s time.
Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipments were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.
When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley Civilization)
The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
Quotes about India
Albert Einstein said:
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Mark Twain said:
India is,
the cradle of the human race,
the birthplace of human speech,
the mother of history,
the grandmother of legend,
and the great grand mother of tradition.
our most valuable and most instructive materials in the
history of man are treasured up in India only.
French scholar Romain Rolland said:
If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said:
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
New Facts about Indinas in America!
There are 3.22 Million Indians in America
38% of Doctors in America are Indians.
12% of Scientists in America are Indians.
36% of NASA employees are Indians.
34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians
28% of IBM employees are Indians
17% of INTEL employees are Indians
13% of XEROX employees are Indians
23% of Indian Community in America is having Green-Card