#6019 Hola amigos…we walked through many LSD confessions every day since years..so lets have a look on a different topic..we, the people of NE normally face many awkward moments during journeys towards other parts of India regarding our culture, language etc. Though our language (Assamese) is easily recognizable unlike other south and north Indian languages, we face so many awkward moments sometimes. Here I have sorted out some of those moments I have faced and tried to handle smartly and earned some respect. Hope the admins will post this without being bias…a bit long..so bear with it.. Incident 1: Journey from Kolkata to Ghy, August ‘12 Me and my friend were returning from Kolkata. Saraighat Express. A man in our compartment from MP recently joined a company in Ghy was giving lecture on our language like- Man: assam pe “CHA” ko “SA” bola jata hai..aur kabhi kabhi “KHA” bhi..sun ke bohot hasi aati hai jab yeh log “KACHARI” ko “KASARI” bolte hai aur “SHANKARDEV” ko “KHANKARDEV” . Me: Uncle “KHANKARDEV” nahi..unka naam “XANKARDEV” hai.. Man: kya bhai dono same he hai..kya difference hai?? Me: Uncle ji utna he difference hai jitna “CHOR” aur “SHOR” me hota hai…kyunki Chor kabhi Shor nahi machata…aur Shor ko Chor nahi bola jata…waishi Xankardev ko aap Khankardev nahi bol sakte..aur raha Kachari wala baat…yaha pe Cha pronounciation nahi hai sirf Sa hai…linguistic difference you know. :v Man: NUMB Incident 2: Journey from Agra to Howrah, September ‘11 We (my family) were in Tuffan express..name is Tuffan but i can assure you that this is the slowest train on this earth. We were busy in different task to kill the boringness. My baa (elder sister) was reading an assamese novel. Meanwhile a man from Kanpur towards me- Man: Ye kaunsa language hai bhai..matlab ye ladki jo padh rahi hai..?? Me: Assamese uncle ji Man: Oh assam wala language kya…kya ye recognized hai?? Matlab aisa akshar toh zindagi me nahi dekha.!! Me: Uncle aapke paas paise hai kya..?? Man: (With surprise) kyun beta paise kyun..?? Me: Uncle nikaliye na…ek magic dikhaunga.. He came out with Rs. 20 :D Me: Uncle ish note ke piche india ke 15 languages me iska denomination likha hua hai na aapne kabhi notice nahi kiya kya?? Ye pehla wala Assamese hai aur dusra wala Bengali. :v Man: Sorry and then numb. Incident 3: Bank Audit April ’10, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Baguihati, Kolkata We (me and my principal) were having a discussion with the Bank Manager regarding the plan and procedure of the audit. Since my principal was Bengali so they were having a good conversation. Meanwhile he asked me “Khida paisi?” (means Bhuk lagisene?? Tetia moi Bengali ekebare buji napaisilu..specialy Calcacian). I could not reply anything and asked him to translate. The manager gazed at me in the way as if I asked him both of his kidneys- Mgr.: You don’t understand benagali?? Strange baba.. Me: sir, do you know assamese?? Mgr: No..how can i..i live in Kolkata!! Me: Exactly sir…I live in Guwahati. Mgr.: Still u should know because there is a huge population of Bangla people. Me: Yeah I should..but sir do you know Nepali?? Mgr.: (with a strange look) how can i?? I am not in Nepal dear. Me: yeah sir...the same way I am not in Bangadesh..and you don’t know nepali even after whole north Bengal is proposed Gorkhaland i.e. full of Nepali people. As an Indian I need to know hindi first (apart from my mother tongue) and not other countries national language. But yeah it would be an advantage for me if I know Bengali..and I will try..but there is no compulsion. Mgr.: Ok ok..lets have lunch…. And we had a very pleasant lunch n Rupasi Bangla. Incident 4 : May ’14, Gunjan Sweets, Bhangagarh We (me and 2 guys from dibrugarh and one UP wale bhaiya) were having sweets and tea. The UP waale bhaiya was repeatedly saying “ye le chai kha le aur chai khane se pehle paani kha le” after 2-3 times I asked 1 of those dibrugarh waale bhaiya..”dada ei loratuye bare bare eketa line kiyo koise”..he replied “actualy ee UP r j ..so ami pani n sah khuatu insult di ase..tar mote ami sah-pani Peebo he lage..that Up waale bhaiya was smiling wickedly as if he won a cricket match..then I started again- Me: atcha ye batao bhaiya why we cant “EAT” tea-water while you can “DRINK” cigarette..?? Bhaiya: Matlab? Me: Matlab kya..aap log toh cigarette Peete ho na…joki woh toh liquid nahi hai…isiliye humlog chai aur pani khate hain.. :v Bhaiya: sahi hai boss…mein toh kabhi nahi socha iske bare me..!! and the story so far is going onn/…will share again if I remember something…. Regards.. @Bhasker#Hazarika
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 06:00:00 +0000
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