Sunday, April 22, 2007

Leave it yaar--'Ab kya title doon'




I finally decided to choose 'Meswak' over 'colgate'.1st reason being it's lot cheaper and the shopkeeper told me it tastes good.Even today,my concept of a good toothpaste is--it has good taste and very often, I quite stupidly ask shopkeepers,'iska taste kaisa hein?'.Actually I do not want to start off my day rubbing something on my teeth that tastes like a mixture of curd and 'bengan'.So I always preferred 'tasty' toothpastes.Infact bachpan mein I used to add 'toothpasts' in my favourite food items list.Coming back to Meswak-vs-Colgate saga,it's not that I do not like the taste of 'Colgate', but it's costly and even after using it for 24 years,I have stains on my lower jaw.And that's 1 reason why I deliberately hide my lower jaw while smiling.It took me 7 years to master the art.Whatever....


Toh the bottomline is I use a desi brand, called 'Meswak' these days.Aur kabhi kabhi agar office ke liye late hota hoon, toh I use it in breakfast also.They say isme kuch jadibooti hein that not just help u in the 'teeth department',but also help in keeping a fresh mind.[Please visit www.ishopindian.com/shop/catalog/Meswak-Toothpaste-p-22573.html for details].Mind se yaad aya--my girl thinks ki mujhe 'Black' movie mein Amitabh ko jo 'bhool ne ki' beemari lagi thi,woh lag gayi hein.'Alzeimer's desease'--thatz how they named it.Bechara Alzeimar,I don't think bachpan mein usne kabhi bhi socha hoga ki his name will be associated with a 'bhoolne ki beemari'--jaroor usne kisi interview mein 'what's ur father's name?' question ke time wall ki taraf dekh kar nakhoon chabaya hoga.And the interviewers would have declared,'aaj se bhool ne ki beemari ko log tere naam je janenge'.Toh my girl thinks that this desease has caught me too.And she has her reasons to think so.I don't forget the anniversaries or birthdays--come on yaar!aaj kal mobile phone ke jamane mein koi yeh sab bhoolta hein kya?--but I do struggle to figure out who Tuku dada is when she says,'tuku dada's bhabi came today.she was asking about u.'I immediately pray god 2 flash a photograph in front of my eyes where Tuku dada is happily holding his wife and both telling me 'hum tere hone wale yeh hein-woh hein'.But miracles happen very rarely, and more so with students who were 'less than average' in History.Very often,despite my greatest acting skills,I get caught and this results in a abrupt disconnection of the phone line.My tongue does release some special words of gratitude for Tuku dada and his wife,but koi fayda nahin....And not just in personal life,I think Alzeimer's ghost(assuming he is dead) is around me all the while.Very often I come out of shops without making payments,only to hear a Ravana look alike shouting from behind,'hei!hei...o sahab!mere paise'...as if I have just robbed him.Yes! it's quite embarassing for many,but not 4 me--coz I am quite used to it.yes!I am used to such a stupid thing.And it happens the other way around as well.Matlab paise deke, sanyashi type--jisko sansar ke moh maya mein koi interest nahin-- I come out without bothering to pick the 'saman' I paid for.And again the 'Ravana' shouts,'Oh sahab! aap ka bag...sahab!'...as if I intentionally left a bag,containing 'RDX' in his shop....'RDX' se yaad aya...I need to buy 'good night'--'mosquito party' is having a ball out there in my house these days..err...nights...toh m leaving....

16 comments:

Prashant said...

Hmm,
To wo tu tha jo mera toothpaste khake next din bola chuha toothpaste saaf kar diya.

Good one keep it up.

Ira Mishra said...

Good one Rishiji!!Waise aap ke breakfast ke paise toh bach hi jatey honge that means as u must have replaced it with ur Meswak for cost cutting...toh ab jo paise bache hain uska uttam utilization ke liye patta hai na kya karna hai...toh ho jaye aaj biryani at Paradise :)!!

Rishi_blogger said...

Haan...mujhe kal 2 lakh ka lottery laga hein...soch raha hoon kaise kharch karoon...Paradise kyun?Taj hi chal....

And Prashant...haan yaar...sach hein ki I used 2 eat ur toothpaste...lekin aur ek baat tujhe pata nahin...I used ur toothbrush 2 clean my shoes:):)

Lalit said...

ye Tuku dada kaun hai pata chala kya??

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jayat said...

Great words from the great man himself......... Any disease of any sort is always a cause for much concern in anybody. And when the ailment happens to be something like Alzheimer's, the worries are that much more.....But not for our friend - Hrishikesh Misra.

The greatest virtue in this person is that he has this fascinating ability to mould situations to his advantage.And thats precidely what he is attempting through this smokescreen of Alzheimer's that he has created.There are a lot of things that are happening in hyderabad that Misra would like to forget(or more precisely wont want others to know and remember)...the more he remembers the more trouble it is for him.If he doesnt remember something there is no way he will ever be telling someone what happened.Thats one of the basic underlying philosophy of spy agencies like CIA and KGB - "U cannot tell something that u dont know".And thats just why Misra has beautifully programmed his memory to act like a RAM - random access memory,i.e as long as the program runs, the memory is used and as soon as the fun is over, the computer is shutdown and there is no trace of anything that happened.......how convinient.

Its this wonderful quality in Misra that has made him acknowledged worldwide as "Solution Baba"

Rishi_blogger said...

@Lalit...haan yaar...pata toh laga hein...lekin kab tak 'yaad' rehta hein woh pata nahin...

@Jayat: No comments sir.I know I would be in further trouble if I try 2 protest...whatever ur holy tongue unleashes has to be true and devine....

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Rishi_blogger said...

@Nagaratna...hei I know u r a big fan of chirubhai...infact 4 the last 1 and a half years I have been drining 'thumbs up' from bottles where Chiru ka smiling photo is there...whereas my friends in Delhi r still drinking looking at the same old Akshay Kumar's face...m a proud 'thumbs up' drinker these days...aur I just compared his looks 2 Irfan Khan's...uss mein kya problem hein:):):)???

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Rishi_blogger said...

Hei thanks Ramya...seems like I will have to edit the 'Chiranjeevi' part...I picked the wrong man it seems...have already got 19 warnings to leave Hyderabad b4 the end of the month and 6 life threatening call....soch raha hoon kya karoon...

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polash said...

u seem to have developed some eloquent writting skills....amazing quality to light up a pety point to an interesting read..thoroughly enjoyed!!
if possible try enlightning some old memories of jrt...college days n stuff....wud b exciting i guess...and yes u can also write about PRONOB!!!!

Prashant said...

wo tera hi tooth brush tha main to haat se manjan karta tha.

KBD said...

it's a enjoyable read. keep it up.

Sujana M said...

Hi Rishi,

I was just reading Ellora's blogs n found urs in that and I switched to your blog. Its very funny yaar.
Had a gud timepass reading it.
I hope u remember me ;)