Abusing in the name of...

This post contains some abusive and strong language. Continue reading if you are comfortable with it.You have been warned.

A couple of days back, the first thing my friend asked me after entering my college was, " Abey laude, tune Assignment kiya kya?". This was a casual and innocent question. But got me thinking. Has swearing become such a crucial factor to be integrated into my life that now,with which, i cannot live without?

The 'swear' words that we use to represent derogatory remarks, is by definition amusing.

On one hand, 'swear' means, to take oath,to declare a promise.On the other hand it means to utter obscenities.To promise is to utter obscenities!.So, next time any guy tells his girlfriend,"I swear to you..." It might mean that he is either promising something, or he is uttering profanities and is likely to break that oath.That is English language for you, contradictions in the meaning of the same word. 

I then started becoming conscious of the swearing going around me,"arre woh toh chutiya hai","arre ,call that Gandu".

"who the fuck does that madam think she is?".

These are casual remarks, but are derogatory. Derogatory in what sense?. In the sense that you compare that person, usually to a reproductive organ or a excretory organ or to a general reference to consummating.

Why is this derogatory?,Well it is, because since we were a kid, we were brought up to believe that sex and things related to sex were taboo, and any reference to something related to faeces was disgusting, eventhough because of these two factors alone, we are able to sustain our lives and continue our human species in this planet.

That is not bad per say, but that is how it is.

But now another question arises, Why do we swear?

Is it due to the western movie influence on the minds of teenagers, thinking it would enhance their 'cool' factor?

Well, maybe, but that is not always the case. I mean, i learnt my first abuse way back when I was in 4th standard(yes, I know i am disgusting), and it wasn't even english. Infact it was kannada,and that word 'Tikhlu' was the equivalent to 'Gandu' in Hindi.

Then, is it the society?

i don't believe this is a factor,but every now and then, when I walk on a busy road, and  there is an accident, you are bound to hear something abusive, which might be embedded on the minds of innocent passer-bys or little kids who don't know the meaning of '!d%*)^R'.Other than that, i can never imagine a Indian home filled with abuses,nor do i think that it is how it works.

Then, the simplest answer that dawned on me, was a word.

'Frustration'

Frustration regarding the system.

Frustration regarding the roads.

Frustration regarding exams.

Frustration on looking at extremely poor people, begging on the roads.

Frustration on getting extremely bad food for a lot of money in a Hotel.

Frustration of not finding a Hotel with affordable price.

Frustration with the rising college fees.

Frustration Frustration Frustration.

At these moments of life, some words do come out through our mouths. It will not solve the problem.It basically, is a sigh, which has vocabulary.

But does that make you a bad person?An indecent person?

Well, not necessarily.Cursing does not make you a bad person. It just means that, thats your way of dealing with the problem.

The pleasure of screaming 'fuck' in a empty room after a session of gruelling exams or lessons is unparalleled.The kind cursing that i am talking about is casual cursing. The ones that are spoken between friends in a conversation.Not during fights and arguments.

But should you do it?

Well, that depends from person to person and from situation to situation. It would be highly inapproriate to use that lingo,in business or in family surroundings, and sometimes, getting used to abusing may lead you to involuntarily utter stuff in front of people, who should be the last ones to hear you like that.

Cursing is an important characteristic in life, if you so choose adopt it. 

As for me, I better continue with completing my assignment, else my fucking teacher might put his snake in me.

In and out of the bus

I dont know how to start this post, I am actually not that great at wrting but being a part of this blog I have no choice but to write something and post it. I am writing somehting about my daily travel to my shitty college and the post is as follows...see i told you i am bad at writing you dont write 'as follows' and shit for a blog right....anyways its as follows...

I take a bus near my house and another near the COEP hostel and another near swargate and another near ok forget it and I believe in using public transport not because I dont have my own vehilce but out of my concern for the increasing pollution, and I am not being sarcastic. So why am I writng this post well the answer is written right at the beginning but on a serious note I actualy want to write something for the blog and hence this post.

Our very own PMPML BUS

It takes me more than an hour to reach my college on the way my eyes are either out of the window or on my cell phone(texting). There are many things that never change like the mad woman near the Shanivar Vada, she seems mad though I am not sure I might be the one, then the prostitutes standing at the brothel doors just ahead of the famous Dagdu Seth temple, the temple also doesnt change throughout the year except during the Ganeshotsav its suddenly a place everyone remembers and the bus route changes and i cant see the change. Bus is a pretty interesting place I am often accompanied by a labourer with the seductive smell of 'deshi daru' or by a fat lady or sometimes my brother who has started resembling Jimmy Hendrix and becomes the center of attention in the bus and I try to pretend this mad guy is not related to me. As the bus approaches swargate i find two shops with 'Deshi Darucha Dukan' written on the board and some daily wage labourers sleeeping with absolute calmness outside their doors. Sometimes it happens that a person gets caught without a ticket and shows temper on the ticket checker for not releasing him, its so funny to see a person hiding his mistake when everyone around him knows that he is the culprit. The habbit of texting that I have devloped for sometime now is compelling me to use some smileys but I will hold myself. Once a student got caught without a ticket and his excuse was 'leave me kaka i have exams' and the way he ran when the bus stopped was mind blowing the whole bus burst into laughter.

Now the B.R.T.S, well its the most amazingly misplanned and most beautifully misconstructed BRT though it has reduced time of travel it has narrowed down the road for other commutators(this might be my other reason for using the public transport) they have left no place for the people to cross the road. I everyday climb the wall like divider to cross the road, its not a problem for a 20 year old like me but the one with their back paining and knees aching its horrifying.

Last stop for me is Bharti Vidyapeeth whose red brick gate like the one during the era of Moughuls gives you a total misconception and I will not elaborate on the misconception. If I am lucky enough(which I am most of the days) I get a bus directly to my college and then I get down at the gate of my college whose name itself contains shit.

Now to end this painfull story with a happy note, I did not go to college today!!!

Mood Durga Pujo....

Pune as we know is a metropolitan. Therefore the population of Bengalis has significantly increased over the years .So Durga Puja is inevitable .Bengali associations organise Durga Puja in different parts of Pune. Durga Puja is one of most beautiful festivals I have ever seen.Being an atheist I only concentrate on the fun part of any festival not the "divine" part.Unlike any other festival Durga Puja offers  24 hours entertainment for five days.You can eat,drink,dance,watch girls(for men and vice versa).
The art which encapsulates the festival is truly admirable.When you go to the pandal and behold the beauty of the idol of "goddess" Durga you really start believing in her(I am sure of her absence though).
Now back to business, you get a lot to eat from Bengali mishti to rolls and kebabs and what not.Another
attraction are the girls. To finish it up I would say it's a fun festival and there's a lot to enjoy....I have given some address at the bottom...



Pujas in Pune:
1.Kali Bari Samiti, Kali Bari, Khadki,Near Khadki Station
2.Bangiya Sanskriti Samsad, Congress Bhavan ,Near Corporation
3.Bengalee Association, Modern College Ground
4.Punya Nagri Banga Samaj, Gagangiri Mangal Karyalay, Dhanowrie Road
5.Pune Camp Durga Puja Committee, Near Wanowrie Post Office
6.Pune Banga Sanmelani’s Purbo Poona Durgotsav, Hadapsar
7.NDA Sarbajanin Durga Puja, NDA Mandir
8.Banga Bharati, Pimpri,Near Tata Motors

 Dhaakis rolling with their Dhaaks

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