Friday, January 8, 2010

IDENTITY NON-CRISIS

A friend of mine sent me a forward which goes like this-
' in U.P. or .bihar, kids surnames are decided as follows
agar 1 ka hua to EKNATH
do se hua to DUBEY
3 SE HUA TO TRIVEDI
4 se hua to CHATURVEDI
5 se hua to PANDEY
agar sab ka hua to MISHRA
and agar baap pata na ho to GUPTA..'

my reaction? 'oh ha ha..ERASE..because as it is my cell phone from maurya period is always choking from FULL MEMORY.
i walk back to class and meet her on the way up. she stops for me and i give her a smile and start walking with her when she asks me
"Message mila?"
"oh ya ..your new docomo right? (do doo do ..do dodododo..sorry couldn't resist..
)
"ya i hope you didn't feel offended.."
i gave her a quizzical look and wondered stupidly how does she know I'm from the CHATURVEDI clan..and said " about the CHATURVEDIS being mentioned? no no of course not..!"
"no i mean the joke as a whole.. i mean you know its about people from UP and BIHAR.. "
I paused.. smiled at her..a little too sweetly , fighting back the urge to slap her and said" but why should i feel bad about all that? I've been born and brought up in this city.. I belong to this state as much as you do.."
"ha ha wo to hai ..but..you see..you're still..from north in terms of culture..and er..language."
"No ..my hindi is as bad as yours..its not very fluent and i understand every word of marathi u speak because i have studied it my entire school life..and why would i feel offensive? would you if i sent you a joke making a mockery of maharashtrians? Obviously not! because YOU and I are well educated and citizens of a broad-minded Indian society..don't we make fun of sardars all the time! and we have one of them as our P.M...CHAL its already 1 'o clock."
and i took 2 stairs at a time and rose above. LITERALLY.
and BTW HAPPY NEW YEAR! STAY SAFE , STAY HEALTHY. :)

6 comments:

  1. Love it. Keep the same attitude lady. Us educated must be able to keep our sanity in midst of such people.

    Btw...never told u but I like the way the blogs you follow are shown on ur blog with the latest update.

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  2. :) yes education and exercising our grey cells from time to time keeps us sane..! and the blog list has many features..particularly read twisted dna..thw whole day can be spent reading his blogs!

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  3. well said.
    The things are getting tensed and people are getting more sensitive. Sometimes people say Jlt, and sometimes intentionaly. But us, the targets, are being hit.

    With new year, wish people should really rise up above religionalism, casteism, regionalism chaturvedism,dubeism bla bla bla.. People should welcome broad-mindedness in every sector!!

    Happy twenty ten to you darling!

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  4. I totally agree , its high time we shift our focus from such narrrow minded things to more constuctive aspects of life..

    there is so much in this world to learn n experience.. its weird why young people even spend a second on such things.. anyways.. hope sensibility previals .. with ever1 :)

    happy new year to every1

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  5. Well, see the brighter side, u shud feel gud to be in limelight :) many crave for importance nd u r getting it muft..muft..muft !! just kiddin..

    Frankly speakin, I feel pride being called a Chaturvedi, a north Indian and an Indian(in global arena).But ppl who try to spread hatred using such cards shud b discouraged, so well done(I know u dont need certificates, but still..) Well, there is lot to write, but let it be ur blog :D

    And though, late..wish same to u all :)

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  6. @sheshai- definitely and hope fully!

    @rahul- ya hope sensibility prevails ANYWAY!!

    @relentless seeker- :) muft ka bhav nah..
    ya we all are proud of our roots.. but not fanatic about it.. and its never too late! happy new year!

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