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Think or sink!

Some Interesting English words with Indian origin!

Buck = boastful talk
origin Hindi word
buk = prattle

Dinghy = a small boat.
origin Hindi word
dingi = boat

tomtom = a tall bazzdrum
origin Hindi word
tamtam = a percussion instrument

Blighty = an army slang for home
origin Hindi word
bilayati = foreign country

pug = a foot mark
origin Hindi word
pag = foot mark of an animal.
 
The latest(?) wonderful food for shedding extra weight!

The wheat grass has come here to stay!!!!


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We have stolen the oats from the horses and the grass from the cattle.
I bet the animal kingdom is very displeased with us!
I heard of a funny incident from my sister who had toured the North India extensively.
She has watched a cow snort disapprovingly at our famous south Indian dish curds rice and move on displeased... looking for its favorite chappaatis.
Apparently it would eat nothing else! :rolleyes:
 
Dear VR ji,

Some few weeks ago I had a patient who was complaining that he feels old.Actually he is only in his early 40's and he said he feels old and asked me how can he feel better about himself and feel young again.

So I told him "Physical aging is inevitable..but aging of the mind is optional...if you do not identify yourself with your aging physical body..you become ageless..so why do you even want to feel young when you can become ageless?"

Somehow he loved my answer..He thanked me so much for it.

Actually frankly speaking I was also wondering if what I told him actually made any sense!LOL
 
Dear Renu,
It must have made sense or at least he must have thought that he could think it over at leisure and understand the wonderful concept.

I think Ageless is the right word to explain the beauty of some people whose age can't be guessed correctly.

As for me I believe we can remain young in heart by keeping alive the healthy curiosity we had as small children.
 
Here is a portion of the introduction to one of my blogs!

The world we live in, is filled with marvelous things, both God-made and man-made. If we retain our childlike curiosity, we can still wonder at hundreds of things around us.

I try to admire these and want you too to do so. So this is just an attempt to impress you with what impressed me in the first place.

http://visalakshiramani.weebly.com/the-wonderful-world-we-live-in.html
 
Attending the Global Meet of an Alameter is fun

(even if it is not your own but is your spouse's).

The college has produced 30,000 engineers in

the seven decades os its existence.

First it was just 2 girls among hundreds of boys in 1977.

Today the ratio is 2 girls for every 3 boys in the instituition.

Naari Shakti is becoming irrefutable! :thumb:
 
The pretty, pencil thin young girls welcomed the guests.
They assisted the old and the infirm - who were the majority! :)
They had made beautiful and colorful flower kolams.
They offered kumkum, chandan rose flowers and
misri mixed with colorful Cadbury's gems for the guests.
The speeches were long and loud.
The food was mild and simple.
I will skip the cultural show in the evening.
My concept of cultural show is 5 decades old and
does not match with the present concept of
loud music and dances with lewd movements.
 
The gents accepted their shining domes and belging midriffs gracefully and normally.
The ladies on the other hand would rather grow bald than grow grey.
The recurring use of chemical hair dyes had made made their scanty hair look like a thin net spread over the dome but still it HAD to be jet black!
The iris showed concentric grey rings like Newtons rings-
but the hair was jet black!
I will rather have grey hair and black eyes than black hair and grey eyes.
Well it is their personal choice which underlined the use of dye!
 
I met a very old lecturer of my own wavelength and
I was surprised when he gave me a pocket calander
for the year 2015 with Sri Satya Saibaba's image on it.
Something in us sets us apart from the others.
inam inaththaik kandu koLLum allavaa???
 
That reminded me of my decision to create a new blog on
The ancient Saints and Sanths of India.
I must launch it on an auspicious day as promised long ago!
First I got the silver coin with Shirdi Baba's image the very next day I though of this project - giving me permission!
The second Baba has come to remind me of the commission!
 
Old boy joke!

MY NAME IS ALICE , AND I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW DENTIST.

I NOTICED HIS DDS DIPLOMA ON THE WALL, WHICH BORE HIS FULL NAME. SUDDENLY, I REMEMBERED A TALL, HANDSOME, DARK-HAIRED BOY WITH THE SAME NAME HAD BEEN IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SOME 30-ODD YEARS AGO.

COULD HE BE THE SAME GUY THAT I HAD A SECRET CRUSH ON, WAY BACK THEN?
UPON SEEING HIM, HOWEVER, I QUICKLY DISCARDED ANY SUCH THOUGHT.

THIS BALDING, GRAY-HAIRED MAN WITH THE DEEPLY LINED FACE WAS WAY TOO OLD TO HAVE BEEN MY CLASSMATE.

AFTER HE EXAMINED MY TEETH, I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ATTENDED MORGAN PARK HIGH SCHOOL ..

'YES. YES, I DID. I'M A MUSTANG,' HE GLEAMED WITH PRIDE..

WHEN DID YOU GRADUATE?' I ASKED.

HE ANSWERED, 'IN 1975. WHY DO YOU ASK?'
YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!', I EXCLAIMED.

HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY.

THEN, THAT UGLY, OLD, BALD, WRINKLED FACED, FAT-A**ED, GRAY-HAIRED, DECREPIT SON-OF-A-B… ASKED,

'WHAT DID YOU TEACH???
 
sarang said:
Old boy joke!

MY NAME IS ALICE , AND I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW DENTIST.

I NOTICED HIS DDS DIPLOMA ON THE WALL, WHICH BORE HIS FULL NAME. SUDDENLY, I REMEMBERED A TALL, HANDSOME, DARK-HAIRED BOY WITH THE SAME NAME HAD BEEN IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SOME 30-ODD YEARS AGO.

COULD HE BE THE SAME GUY THAT I HAD A SECRET CRUSH ON, WAY BACK THEN?
UPON SEEING HIM, HOWEVER, I QUICKLY DISCARDED ANY SUCH THOUGHT.

THIS BALDING, GRAY-HAIRED MAN WITH THE DEEPLY LINED FACE WAS WAY TOO OLD TO HAVE BEEN MY CLASSMATE.

AFTER HE EXAMINED MY TEETH, I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ATTENDED MORGAN PARK HIGH SCHOOL ..

'YES. YES, I DID. I'M A MUSTANG,' HE GLEAMED WITH PRIDE..

WHEN DID YOU GRADUATE?' I ASKED.

HE ANSWERED, 'IN 1975. WHY DO YOU ASK?'
YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!', I EXCLAIMED.

HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY.

THEN, THAT UGLY, OLD, BALD, WRINKLED FACED, FAT-A**ED, GRAY-HAIRED, DECREPIT SON-OF-A-B… ASKED,

'WHAT DID YOU TEACH???
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We do not register the way we change over the years - may be because we see ourselves in the mirror everyday and the gradual change does not leave any deep impact.
But meet a person after a long time gap. The change in him /her hits you like a wet towel thrown on the face!
 
Mobiles phones can play hide and seek. We all know this.
But they can also remain silent and make you get vexed
if they want to punish you for your carelessness and indifference!
That is what is happening in my house right now.
His mobile played possum and put him off the right track.
He has gone to his ancestral house looking for it.
But I found it just after he left.
The main point is tha it remained silent when I tried to trace t by giving a ring.
 
Inglish words = English words with Indian origin.

6. mulligatawny = seasoned soup.
Origin Tamil word Milaguth thanneer
meaning pepper water.

7. chintz = printed cotton fabric
origin the Sanskrit word
Chitra meaning spotted/ colorful/ variegated.

8. Jodhpurs = long breeches suitable for horse riding
The city Jodhpur is famous for its horsemen.

9. chop = stamp
origin Hindi word
chaap meaning imprint.

10. gunny = a coarse sack
origin Sanskrit word
goNi meaning a sack.
 
sarang said:
THEN, THAT UGLY, OLD, BALD, WRINKLED FACED, FAT-A**ED, GRAY-HAIRED, DECREPIT SON-OF-A-B… ASKED,

'WHAT DID YOU TEACH???
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LOL! Good one.

When I was reading the joke I thought to myself that this female was describing her fellow classmate as aged./bald etc..I was wondering "what the hell? is she all that young still? when she is the same age as him..surely she too would be some aunty now"

Then came the best part that he asked her 'what did you teach?"

Ha Ha Ha!
 
sarang said:
.......... 'WHAT DID YOU TEACH???
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:lol: ..... What a way to :brick: !!

When we attended a dinner, one elderly gentleman was praising an old looking lady, "What a surprise, Ma'am! You look just as you

were, when we met twenty years back!" My ten year old son whispered in my ears, ''ayyO, pAvam! appavE indha mAmi kizhaviyA?'' ;)
 

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