Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Only in Darjeeling


Only in Darjeeling...

  • A statue was beheaded
  • A train gets caught in a traffic jam
  • Mann-mann mai love mann-mann mai break
  • You find a female beauty parlor named Gladiator Beauty Parlour
  • Mohammad Iqubal Khan and Ram Krishna Narayan are the best friends
  • Teacher recites Ramayan and Mahabharata stories during Maths period
  • People go to buy laangshyaa and end up watching carrom for hours
  • Beggars have the most amazing names: Shyam Thapa, Mandakini, Pele, Tyson, Anil Kapoor
  • You walk through the town once, and meet the same people ten times
  • The last place to find coolies is at the railway station
  • Can you jump off a train...take a leak… and catch the train again...
  • The prettiest girls always elope with a taxi or a truck driver
  • People prefer to play barefoot over wearing boot when playing soccer
  • Do you find distance in Kilometres and places in Miles....Cha mile, Dus mile, Baarah mile, Biis mile
  • People sit in dense fog and watch an entire soccer match, not knowing what the hell is going on in the field
  • The best dishes on the menu in any restaurant are thukpa and momo
  • Do you go to sleep with a bottle of hot water for warmth in winter....and wake up in the morning and 'daant moluus" with the same water
  • You can ask for a portion of newspaper from the fellow co-shitter who shit’s right beside you and share some Hum Jayega jokes during the entire performance
  • You ask for khaini from a person sitting next to you while enjoying a porno movie… only to realize that it’s your 7th grade teacher when the movie is done.
  • You are updated with every local news, local love stories, elopes and true loves, latest songs and gossips in a single trip from Darjeeling to Siliguri.

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