Tuesday, May 29, 2007

You are a bong if....

You are a bong (bengali) if:
  • You think that Bengali culture is the only cultured culture in the entire world (courtesy Proleta Datta); that all other cultures bow down to Bengali culture
  • You think that to win a Nobel Prize you have to be associated to Bengalis somehow or the other; either be a Bengali, or live in Calcutta(Kolkata), or go to a college which is also in Calcutta(courtesy: in unison by Proleta Datta and Shreyasee Das)
  • You think that without having touched the writing part of the literature world, you have lessened your existence- you have to know every single book that has ever been written and have had read it too!
  • You think that your kids have to learn all the possible cultural activities, especially debatin!
  • You have mastered the art of eating atleast 4 rasagollas at once and even then you can go on eating
  • Adda maara (as in talking nonsense) is the favorite past time- no questions asked! (courtesy: Proleta Datta and Shreyasee Das in the 2001 Corolla- damn that Corolla sparks ideas)
  • While addaing- you have atleast 6 cups of chaa(tea) in 40 mins. Damn bengalis have a little too much chaa paisa(money)
  • You go home and if there isn't any moosuri dal, you are pissed- and if there isn't any tomato chutney you are going nuts.
  • You hate to admit that West Bengal is going down the drain because of-- aah forget it!
Ok there are a lot more, but since I am a Bengali (a hyderabadi one) and my parents fit the definition above, I am going to stop, plus my defining skills are running out

~Shreya

4 comments:

kaustuv said...

How long does it take to make a cup of tea? Prolly 10mins. So, if you are making tea(1 cup/person) non stop, it takes at least an hour to make 6 times, not even counting the time it takes to drink that many cups of tea, sorry, that many cups of 'chaa'!!! That's why I could not get that '6 cups of tea' part :(

shreybomb said...

@kaustuv,

the road side chai er dokans...all people do is eat pauruti and chaa :D

thats what I meant!

kaustuv said...

pauruti n chaa, worst possible combo, sunei acidity hoye gelo :(

Rajeev Turlapati said...

:-| u need to tell me more ...