Desicritics Comments on Adventures Of Mahasahasrapramardini Namboodiripad: A Confused Desi In Bombay

Comment by Swati

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:44:35 EDT

Aditi, write more posts on these lines, please! It is funny, entertaining and none of the newspapers have humor columns like this. I have american born cousins and while they are smart and quite well informed, they come off like they think they are somehow superior to me, just coz of the accent n coz they are more comfortable with the system than us when we are newbies. So twas kind funny to see it from the opposite perspective....an American Born Desi feeling lost and confused in India! The name is great, piqued my curiosity :D

Comment by Sandeep

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:08:10 EDT

Ok I had a following experience during my first semester here. I donno if I should tagg this as ignorance or plain stupidity. I did a project on factors influencing students decision to study overseas. So interviewed international students here. I presented my observations and finding in a class presentation. People asked some nice questions. Then there was this 2nd generation desi and his questions took the entire presentation to a toss DESI : Was it very difficult for you to collect the data from international students? I : No, they just had to fill the questionnaire. Desi : Wasn't that difficult for them? I : No it was simple,close structured questionnaire. Desi : did they had to use any translator? I : Why?? (where is he going with this...is there a question somewhere there).The questionnaire was in English. Desi : Yes I know that, but didnt they find it difficult because it was in English??? I was Zapped.... Apparently he thought only American, Canadian and Brits speak english and rest all of us were aliens to the language. I just couldnt figure out whether to laugh or pity his ignorance / stupidity.

Comment by Archi

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:03:32 EDT

Funny one Adi! Laughed my way thru the whole thing. A system for reacting to pinched bottoms in local trains, lol, now that would be the height of bureaucracy wudn it?! ;D

Comment by Aditi Nadkarni

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:45:05 EDT

Crunchy: Thank you, glad you liked it. I checked out your blog. Pretty neat! Hey guys (10, 11, 12, 13): glad you enjoyed it. Had a good laugh? Now get back to work! :D Hehe An update: MN's all happy to find out that people find her escapades so entertaining.

Comment by Jay

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:05:57 EDT

Aditi, Hilarious...just like MN herself! :D

Comment by You know who

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:31:31 EDT

Aditi,very funny! Its on the bookmark list on our lab computer now :D Give our regards to MN. Hehehe

Comment by Nandu Sabka Bandhu

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:55:39 EDT

Hey Aditi, we loved it! Hilarious. I can't get Shakti Kapoor's face outta my mind (Aau). HAHA. Like Pooja said, everybody at the Uni is getting this link in their inbox :D

Comment by Pooja

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:52:22 EDT

Aditi, this article is currently making the rounds within the university:D We are all hooting w/ laughter. Being from Bombay, the Shiv Sena one and the Gateway Of India mixup were my personal favs.

Comment by Divakar

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:32:18 EDT

This is the FUNNIEST, MOST HILARIOUS Stuff EVER :D HAHAHA. Terrific, Aditi! And how in the world did you come with that name???!!

Comment by Divakar

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:30:53 EDT

This is the FUNNIEST, MOST HILARIOUS Stuff EVER :D HAHAHA. Terrific, Aditi! And how in the world did you come with that name???!!

Comment by Aaman

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:30:17 EDT

Crunchnot, be a desicritic and write for us - mail me

Comment by Crunchy

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:27:18 EDT

This is way too funny. Good one. I wrote a counter-post on this here http://crunchnot.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-identify-abcd.html

Comment by Aditi Nadkarni

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:03:32 EDT

So glad you guys enjoyed this post! I was laughing while typing it up. I took a small diary with me on the trip and wrote things down whenever she asked me one of the above questions. Believe it or not I might have to make an Adventures of Mahasasrapramardini Naboodiripad Series :D Amrita: When the water-tap incident happened, I was quite amused but my mother was in all seriousness worried that the water deficit had taken a toll on MN's mental stability. Hehehe. amitscorpio: Yeah, that was pretty funny...and guess what, the taxi driver was so stunned she said that that he actually took us, usually they never budge when they've made up their mind notto go somewhere. kpowerinfinity: Bangalore, here we come! :D Deepa: Glad you liked it! Tanay: The lil ones make the cutest comments. My young neieces and nephews have the most adorable and funny questions :D

Comment by Tanay

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:12:32 EDT

He he he .... Aditi, I have a small cousin [she is 10 years old] born and brought up in the US, who comes to India during every summer to learn Odissi dance and meet others in the family and relatives. This summer, she goes out to a typical Indian market , sort of a sabji mandi with her grandpa and there they keep shouting, pau X, rupaiya. This cutie gets confused, I don't see any pau but why is the chap shouting that way. All she had in mind was pau/pav-bhaji.

Comment by Deepa Krishnan

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:36:11 EDT

he he he Madam, aap bologe to pura theila de doon? he he he

Comment by kpowerinfinity

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:36:31 EDT

I can't help control my laughter! Please send your friend to Bangalore on the next trip to India :)

Comment by amitscorpio

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:09:20 EDT

superbly hilarious!!! The last one mere ko jaana hai :))!!

Comment by Amrita

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:16:38 EDT

Hilarious! I especially liked the water tap one, hee hee hee!