A list of things every desi would be amazed about but I guess, is a bit hesistant to admit, he/she felt when in a firang land-
1. So much for automation - Lights go on and off depending upon the usage and presence. Its so dramatic, you know,like Shaakal's secret place, you enter a room n lights come up.
2. High and dry - You dont have a clothline in here.So, all the dryin for washed clothes take place in the dryer. And if u still have to get it crisp dry, you iron them. I had quite an amusing time ironing my undies here.
3. Eating on the streets - When as kids we had been taught, that eating away in a public place was so much of a anti-ettiquete. My dad had been particulalrly specific about it. Even, things like eating up biscuits directly from the packet was such an offence;i t was supposed to be taken in plate/bowls,taken to the table,get seated and then think about eating. I wonder how disapointed he would be here. People have just about enough time not to waste on being seated and eating, so they eat on the move, it seems.
4. Graveyard shifts - I was to come to office last Saturday;working on weekends had been no big deal, so I was not very particular about it, only as long as, I stepped out of my appartment. The streets were so deserted, I had begun to doubt that I had stepped out during a curfew. Not a single soul to be seen on the streets, shops closed, footpaths dumped with beer bottles, cans and other rubbish.Not unusual on the streets of Bhandup or Koregaon park..but Melbourne,I found it hard to digest :(
5. Nothing to hide - While back home, the most personal,private,secluded space one can find is the bathroom. its one palce you can just about do anything(DISCLAIMER - the aforementioned words are meant to mean only what they mean. Anyting else concurred is left to the sole dicretion of the reader and is purely unintentional and coincidental).But here, appartment bathroomms just dont have latches;its just a sliding door you shut and hope that all others outside respect your privacy.
6. NEWSance- I had been watching the early morning news one morning. And the news had this to show, a baby elephant trying to get a bath in a kids bathtub, with added recorded-laughter in the background. It was so much relief that our desi news channels are actually inspired in their bit of stupidity and not innovative.
I think I'll have to write a part-2 and part-3 and so on..of this post...but its this for now.
1. So much for automation - Lights go on and off depending upon the usage and presence. Its so dramatic, you know,like Shaakal's secret place, you enter a room n lights come up.
2. High and dry - You dont have a clothline in here.So, all the dryin for washed clothes take place in the dryer. And if u still have to get it crisp dry, you iron them. I had quite an amusing time ironing my undies here.
3. Eating on the streets - When as kids we had been taught, that eating away in a public place was so much of a anti-ettiquete. My dad had been particulalrly specific about it. Even, things like eating up biscuits directly from the packet was such an offence;i t was supposed to be taken in plate/bowls,taken to the table,get seated and then think about eating. I wonder how disapointed he would be here. People have just about enough time not to waste on being seated and eating, so they eat on the move, it seems.
4. Graveyard shifts - I was to come to office last Saturday;working on weekends had been no big deal, so I was not very particular about it, only as long as, I stepped out of my appartment. The streets were so deserted, I had begun to doubt that I had stepped out during a curfew. Not a single soul to be seen on the streets, shops closed, footpaths dumped with beer bottles, cans and other rubbish.Not unusual on the streets of Bhandup or Koregaon park..but Melbourne,I found it hard to digest :(
5. Nothing to hide - While back home, the most personal,private,secluded space one can find is the bathroom. its one palce you can just about do anything(DISCLAIMER - the aforementioned words are meant to mean only what they mean. Anyting else concurred is left to the sole dicretion of the reader and is purely unintentional and coincidental).But here, appartment bathroomms just dont have latches;its just a sliding door you shut and hope that all others outside respect your privacy.
6. NEWSance- I had been watching the early morning news one morning. And the news had this to show, a baby elephant trying to get a bath in a kids bathtub, with added recorded-laughter in the background. It was so much relief that our desi news channels are actually inspired in their bit of stupidity and not innovative.
I think I'll have to write a part-2 and part-3 and so on..of this post...but its this for now.
1 comment:
That's true, everyone experiences it but only some can pen it down like U...
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