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Punjabiyaan Da Teshion !

One thing that I have always admired about Punjabis is their sense of humor.
No matter how much good or bad times they are going through, they always have a smile to share or a joke to crack.
Being in Punjabi heartland these days, I came across the following couplets in an Auto If you can understand it, I am sure you would know why when it come to Punjus, they love to laugh it off :)

Tu Tur gi ni England Kude
Etthe yaara de wajj ge band kude

Tu sochya c yaar tabahh ho gaye
Etthe Yaara de do viah ho gaye

Tu sochya c ae gallan majaak ne
Etthe yaara de 4 jawaak ne

Tinku, Chinku Minku te chhote da naa Zinki ae
Sunya teri v kudi da naa Pinky ae

Chal humsafar na sahi Kudam-Kudmani ban javange
Teri Pinki naal apna Zinki Viahwange

PS : I am not translating it …..It takes the charm away from the original lines. Catch hold of your Punju friend and ask him to explain it. I am sure you would get a heart full laugh and a big treat from him :)
BTW , I really liked this name Zinki . I am seriously considering naming someone from Sethi Sahib’s future generations as Zinki. For sure, it sounds more hep and present-day than Shoki, Bunty, Happy or Monty :)

CORRIGENDUM: Keeping in mind , the populist sentiments, given below is my hopless attempt at English Translation of the punjabi couplets above. Hope you are able to enjoy it.

You found a rich guy and left for England,
I was left alone beaten like a torn drum in a band.

You thought I would for sure end my life,
But instead, I found myself wedded to two wives.

You thought that this word love is a joke,
But instead, I produced 4 kids with my master strokes.

Tinku , Chinku, Minku and the youngest one is named Zinki,
I also hear even your daughter is named Pinki.

My Zinki should now marry your Pinki and this is what it would cause,
If not life partners, we would surely become "in-laws".

I AM BACK!!!

Hi Guys ,

Long Time … Yesssssss!!!. I am still alive …Yet to die from seeing a movie starring Tushar kappor in a double role and then face the horror of seeing another set of TKs gettting reincarted again post interval… :))

Well its just that life has been busy changing places …..left Chicago and came back to Swadesh.. A La SRK ….. Only Difference ….There is no Gayatri Joshi waiting for me to come and repair her Bijli ki motor on the hilltop

Well somethings never change …. Whether It’s the “my-mouth-is- wide open –please -spit-in here” acting style of Aftab Shifdasnai or a constant absence of the just the right women of some kind in Sethi Sahib’s life.

If you ever hear Shilpa Shetty singing Jawaani Ka Aalam Bada Bekhabar HaiDupatte Ka Palloo Kidhar Ka Kidhar Hai .. well then rember she is dedicating this song to Sethi Sahib’s last 5 nomadic years of oscilating from One city to another….. From Pune ki Chai Tapri to Chicago's Giardanos pizaa and now Chadigarh mein kake ka dhaba ……I have been running around the world like Mithun Chakrwarti searching for his Khoya hua Bhai across The world.

Lets see where life lands up from here :)

A new year , a new place , a new phase of life …..Just wanted to end this with Sethi Sahibs and Manjith’s Fvaorite Ghalibs Sher

"dekhiye paate haiN ushshaaq butoN se kya faiZ ik barhaman ne kaha hai ke yeh saal Accha hain"

For my friends with urdu mein tight haath here is the English translation.

"Lets see what all we get from our beloved this year .. One Brahmin has predicted that this year should be good ."

Amen !