Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Go Figure

A part of me has always been a little peeved as to the fact that all my (attempts at) prose have always been in English. I have always marveled at people who write beautifully in Hindi making full use of the nuances of the language. So for all those times when I have wondered WHY I cant pen down something in Hindi:

Kabhi Kabhi (Sometimes)
Yaadein Aati Rahein (Memories kept coming back to me)
Fir bhi
(Still)
Hum tum rahe (You and I remain)
Ajnabee
(Strangers)

Two things come out very clearly out of the above. Firstly at least now we all know WHY :) and secondly I wont die wondering. Sorry for subjecting one and all to my first and last pathetic attempt at it.

22 comments:

M (tread softly upon) said...

Hey....that was not pathetic. Not at all. In fact now you belong to the former category of people who CAN pen beautiful lines in Hindi. Congrats and please do not make this the last one.

totti said...

mebbe shiva and bulb will bulb on this one..but it is real good man! Wonder who come you refer to her as soon as it is time for poetry.Goes to show that there is really somone

Anonymous said...

that wasn't bad at all...

OnLY OnE..! said...

Rohan - that wasnt bad!
If you wanna know bad, you should see mine!! lol
I should try that too...but of course I wouldnt be as brave as you to put it up on my blog :P

Casablanca said...

Beautifully written! Modesty shouldnt be overdone, you know ;)

But on the other hand...

Kabhi kabhi
ajnabee is hoti hai mulakat
aur janamo ki yaadein
ban jaati hain ek pal mein...

Point 5 said...

I am sure Hindi allows one a better mastery of words to pen down thoughts..

Rohan Kumar said...

@M Thnx for being very generous with your praise

@totti Hate it when u talk in ur code language, who's bulb now? Hopefully its not Balls coz Chillar will be very angry if he found out Balls was discussing the nuances of Hindi with someone else

@aditi Ah I think ppl are just being polite ;)

@Shruti Oh lemme see a sampler then asap, if anything it might be some consolaton after my rotten effort ;)


@Casa Thnx and that was just the tip of my modesty iceberg trust me,
btw u havent done such a bad job with ur shot too

@Point 5 I think so too and thats what bugs me when one finds it so hard to pen something down in Hindi

Anonymous said...

'Tis the season to be nice, you know ;)

Swathi Sambhani aka Chimera said...

in other words u r fishing dude....

amazing first attempt

Swathi Sambhani aka Chimera said...

in other words u r fishing dude....

amazing first attempt

Anonymous said...

there are things worse than this...

like...hmmmmm....this one
Bakri charrh gayee pahar per (the goat climed up the mountain)
Bakri charrh gayee pahar per (the goat climed up the mountain)

Doosri taraf se utarr gayee (and came down from the other side)
:)

Shivangi Misra said...

HAHAHAHAHAAHa... I am in splits! But, not bad! Hahahahahahahaha... Sorry.... Just that, it doesn't go with your picture... :)

M (tread softly upon) said...

I don't think people are being just polite or generous and yes Rohan you are fishing for compliments :))
you know you write well and you know this was pretty good.....so stand up and accept it. Like casa mentions modesty shouldn't be overdone........

Casablanca said...

Hehehehe... people agree with me.
Thanks M!
Rohan - more shaayari... more.

Madame Mahima said...

i didn't even read the hindi bits coz my hindi stinks, so thanks for the translation! =D
i loved it!

stop being so modest you!

Rohan Kumar said...

@aditi Oh absolutely cant argue with that :)

@Swathi Even though you really went at it with 2 comments reinforcing your point :), no I was not and thank u

@Koi Pahailee So totally agree with u on that one, my attempt looks like a prize winning masterpiece in front of that one :)

@Shivangi Damn I knew I should have put up my paan spewing pic dressed in my white pajama kurtas or something ;)

@m No I wasnt fishing (its not the season anyways u know), I shall still stand up and acknowledge the pity applause nonetheless :)

@Casablanca No they dont they were just kidding you

@Mahima Oh cmon its basic Hindi, dont tell me you follow all those Bollywood flicks reading thru the subtitles now, thnx for the compliments :)

Anarkist said...

That was good, considering, what I call good Hindi shaayari starts with "Door se dekha...."
:P
0.5: Remember Dibbe pe Dibba??

OnLY OnE..! said...

hey rohan...btw how do u put music up on a blog?

RT said...

True.. My hindi has been rather pathetic thanks to my strong tam roots..! I did not realise its worth even while I lived 10 years in Delhi. More so because of the cat-eyed scary looking monster (read my hindi teacher) who was always on the prowl to discern my hindi speaking and scoring attempts..
But I came to appreciate the language much later in life. Specially living with ppl like my husband, who think "baarish girta hai" and "mummy bazaar gaya".. Total slander, I tell ya...!!
I feel like an elite pseud now when I watch literary plays in theaters and explaining the hindi- challenged husband, the nuances..:) (Monsters do teach you lessons in life..:) )

Rohan Kumar said...

@Anarkist I still thought it was bordering around the 'Door se dekhs' ballpark ;), can I get a sampler of Dibbe pe dibba plzzz

@Shruti Piece of cake I shall be posting the steps to the way I did it on ur blog up in ur comments section

@RT Nice to see u bac, that was a masterclass to how my southie friends have struggled and gone down fighting in their attempts to somehow speak the language (without murdering it i.e.) and also get out of the bottom rung in the Hindi classes at school :)
Monsters do indeed teach you some lessons in life (I am sure ur hubby will vouch for the same after losing his bachelor status to you ;) )

Nisha said...

lol...even I can't try my hand out with Hindi :)

At least u made an attempt, which I must say was really good... I wouldn't even get my spellings correct.. lol..

Hope to see more attempts.. Cya!

Rohan Kumar said...

@icyblue I guess at the end of the day its just the effort that counts, the end result is just incidental :)