Self-shot video using a Nokia C3-00. Captured the fireworks on a Calcutta street during the immersion procession of the idol of the Goddess Kali

Self-shot video using a Nokia C3-00. Captured the fireworks on a Calcutta street during the immersion procession of the idol of the Goddess Kali

English to Hindi Translations

Big B had said in "Namak Halal", "English is a very funny language." Well, the same can be said about Hindi too. Especially, "Shuddh" Hindi. There are some absolutely absurd words in Hindi, which although literally correct, are never used in real life situations. 

Below is a list of commonly used English words with their literal translation in Hindi. 

(Statutory Warning: I shall not be held responsible, in case any reader breaks her/his teeth while trying to pronounce or memorize a word!)

1. Cricket: Gol Guttam Lakad Battam De Danadan
2. Cricket Test Match: Pakad Dandu, Maar Mandu, De Danaadan Pratiyogita
3. Table Tennis: Lakdi Ke Phalak Kshetra Pe Le Takaatak De Takaatak or Chowpaiya Ke Upar Batti Ke Niche, De Fatafat Le Fatafat
4. Lawn Tennis: Harit Ghaas Par Le Tada Tad, De Tada Tad
5. Light Bulb: Vidyut Prakashak Kanch golak
6. Traffic Signal: Aavat Jaavat Suchak Jhandaa
7. Tea: Dugdh Jal Mishrit Sharkara Yukt Parvatiya (Pahaadi) Booti
8. Train: Louh Path Gaamini Sahasra Chakrawali Shakat
9. All Route Pass: Yatra Tatra Sarvatra Gaman Aagya Patra
10. Railway Signal: Loh Path Gamini (Agni Rath) Aawagaman Suchak Yantra
11. railway station : loh path gamini aawat javat vishram sthal
12. Mosquito: Gunjanhaari Manav Rakt Pipasu Jeev
13. Toilet Flush: Kiye Karaye Par Paani Fenk Dene Wala Yantra
14. Cigarette: Shweta Patra Mandit Dhumra Shalakha
15. Tie: Kanth Langoti
16. Match Box: Ragdampatti Agni Utpaadan Peti
17. Button: Ast Vyast Vastra Niyantrak

I will update this list as and when I can find out more such words. Meanwhile, have a smile on your lips. :)

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The Trial By Experience

A motorist was on trial for hitting a pedestrian.

The motorist's lawyer made this point: "Your honor, my client has been driving for over thirty years."

To which the lawyer for the plaintiff retorted, "Your honor, if we are going to judge this case by experience, may I remind you that my client has been walking for over fifty years."

Murphy's Laws for Frequent Flyers

Well ... err... by this time we know that sh!# happens and quite a good amount of money can be made out of it in the process. And, when it comes to talking about shit, I mean, SH!#, Murphy has the sole proprietorship for devising all those laws. Here is a look at Murphy's Laws for Frequent Flyers:

1. No flight ever leaves on time unless you are running late and need the delay to catch the flight.

2. If you are running late for a flight, it will depart from the farthest gate within the terminal.

3. If you arrive very early for a flight, it inevitably will be delayed.

4. Flights never leave from Gate #1 at any terminal in the world.

5. If you must work on your flight, you will experience turbulence as soon as you touch pen to paper or finger to keyboard.

6. If you are assigned a middle seat, you can determine who has the seats on the aisle and the window while you are still in the boarding area. Just look for the two biggest passengers.

7. Only passengers seated in window seats ever have to get up to go to the lavatory.

8. The crying baby on board your flight is always seated next to you.

9. The best-looking woman on your flight is never seated next to you.

10. The less carry-on luggage space available on an aircraft, the more carry-on luggage passengers will bring aboard.

I have experienced empirical proofs to most of these laws. In first person!

Appraisal Discussion

An awesome video on Human Resource practices. I simply love this one and thought of sharing with everyone who would care to view this. Simply awesome and hilarious! Enjoy madi!!

Top Rajnikanth Jokes .. err... Facts Part 2!

I have to agree that Rajnikanth jokes are much more popular than his movies. After all, an average person like me probably would have seen only a few Rajni movies (in my case, its 3 to be precise), but would have received hundreds, if not thousands, Rajnikanth Jokes through mail or sms. Here's the second installment of the top Rajnikanth jokes.

1. Rajnikanth can charge his charger with his mobile.

2. The missing piece of the Apple Inc.'s logo was eaten by Rajnikanth!

3. When Rajnikanth wants to go abroad, he jumps up from the terrace of his house and waits for the Earth to spin.

4. Intel's new tagline, "Rajnikanth inside!"

5. Once Dinosaurs borrowed money from Rajnikanth and refused to pay him back. That was the last time we heard about the Dinosaurs.

6. Once while having hookah, Rajnikanth made a smoke ring. It went in to the space and is now known as the *Ring of the Saturn*.

7. Rajnikanth's pulse is measured in the Richter Scale.

8. Rajnikanth can speak in Braille.

9. Rajnikanth was once practicing for a Spelling Bee contest. The rough sheets he used are today known as the Oxford dictionary.

10. Rajnikanth can draw a circle with a ruler.

11. Amma, "Beta Rajni, apne solar heater se garam pani nahi aa raha hain."

Rajnikanth, "Yanna Raskala. Ruko amma. Main abhi Suraj ko thik karke aata hoon."

12. Ek khaufnaak andheri raat ke 12 baaje ek Bhoot dusre Bhoot ko samjha raha tha, "Ghabra mat. Yeh sab tera dimaag ka vahem hain, koi Rajnikanth - vajnikanth nahi hota."

13. Rajnikanth's next project has been announced. Its going to be a remake of Titanic in Tamil. Only, the climax has been changed. Both the Hero and Heroine survive along with all the people on board. Rajni swims the Atlantic with the Heroine in one hand and Titanic in the other.

14. Galileo used lamp to study. Graham Bell used candles to study. Shakespeare & Vidyasagar studied under the street light. But Rajnikanth used only *Agarbatti* to study!

15. One day Rajnikanth got angry and kicked his sweeper boy. The boy went flying in the sky with his broom in the hand. We now know him as *Harry Potter*.

As and when I get hold of more such gems, I promise to compile and upload another list.