Chak de ChennaI
Alright, Me ? yet another bug in the IT industry, thats what I say to myself…(*wink*)
We had some clients from France visiting our offshore centre a few days ago.
And we are very good at heart, always, to not let them leave our country without grinding some chillies on their head…in the name of teamlunch !
Came this guy mike a good friend of mine, who said wassup with yo
bike !
oh ?!! do you have one in France ?
He said yeah, its a new one – 990 Cc.
(cm’on my car is jus’ 800 cc)
The ride got kicked n before I could get into 3rd gear !?!!?
** sudden brake **
Mike: wassup ?
Me: Nothin ! Breaks are instantly invoked, whenever a vehicle crosses an
idol of worship.
As a mark of respect, prayers have to be offered, even if the temple is
2-3/4 sq ft in the the focal centre of the road.
(and prayers indeed have to be offered, for all innocent souls coming
behind !)
Mike: guess ppl are very religious
Me: ye…aa…hhh
n I crossed exactly 300 metres (come on am a math graduate)
** sudden brake **
Mike: wassup ?
Me: wait … oh the guy riding before has jus’ got a call on his mobile,
and he ….grrrr… doesn’t mind frying peanuts in the middle of the road…
Mike: Frying peanuts ? what does that mean ? oh I guess ppl are strangely romantic
Me: ahem !!
and as we crossed there was a yellow coloured object quickly approaching
us on the opposite side on our side of the road
Mike:
Hey, it is keep left in India right ?
Me:
Who said so ?
generally ppl drive on left of the road, but mostly we drive on whatever
is “left on the road” !
And !! there was almost a head on collision and some vigorous verbal
exchanges (yeh ! me .. Puratchi Programmer) for which I promised mike that I would arrange for english sub titles soon …
Me:
ok Mike, I gotta tell you about this,
Well this is called an AUTO …
and all chennai roads are theme parks, and all rides are roller coaster
ones…
last but not the least all auto drivers are inborn with inconsistent
insanity with 3 different licenses..
License to Kill, Thrill and Bill !
** sudden brake**
Mike:
phew..! wassup now ?
I see so many ppl running fast in a pyramid fashion…
Me:
(I wondered for a moment)
Oh ! Pls care to see a lil bit deeper…
(*grin*) this is a bigger version of Auto : a Share Auto.
It can approximately accomodate 17.5 persons(yeah yeah am a Math
Graduate), at times the vehicle carrying them becomes invisible.
and as I drove, I introduced Mike to so many other interesting
conditions of Chennai traffic with jerks and jolts loosening his mind’s
nuts and bolts.
gosh ! I made the second biggest blunder in my life (first was ofcourse
watching Ram Gopal vermas’s “Baag” oops sorry “Aag” last month, which I tend to forget with 10 most worst things to happen to India in the year 2007) ok comin’ to this one, I dared to enter tNagar, in a peak hour..!
Guts man…real guts !
Mike:
Wats this place ? why are so many ppl rushing in and out…
Me:
well, ppl either shop for a season or a reason, but I dunno ppl shop
here for anything, you can even get a brand new chip of 512 MB DDR RAM at
a diwali discount !
Mike:
ok, I wanna tell u something ..
Me:
what ?
Mike:
bloody fish’er am hungry !!!
(The blog is categorized under PG, so certain words might be in disguise)
** sudden brake **
Mike:
whos this man ?
Me:
well raise your sight, and see above the tummy…
Chennai traffic police remind me of my childhood days, as they play
“running and catching” to get hold of vehicles, u know its really funny
and thilling too…(*grin*)
and I saw someone running really fast…
“hey mike..stop…! wait am comin…”
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about 2 years ago
awesome…
but seems to be small. could have pulled in few more info..abt chennai city.. like ECR.. Satyam Cineplex.. Bessy Beach.. etc etc..
about 2 years ago
Bharath!!! Very very well written!! You have expressed everything .. but yeah bangalore is lil advanced.. there is a service lane which people take at their will. buses climb over platforms to shift to service lane.. bike drivers drive on platform on roads.. people have no sense of what is called an “indicator”. they turn at will.. suddenly u will see a guy driving bike with a kindoff awkwardly tilted head.. gosh some disorder u will think but its actually one of the stupendous multitasking abilities of people to talk over mobile..
Ultimately chennai is far more desciplined!!!!!!
about 2 years ago
Hi
enjoyed your post very much. Maybe you are one of a kind. Going with a smile on your lips while on roads! I thought that the line ‘what is left on road’ should read as ‘what is left of road’ what with haphazard parking.
about 2 years ago
hey bharath
first of all congratulations on the successful staging of phantom paraody!!!!! quite an amazing play…..
i have been following the rebelz shows….through the first play i thought you guys had set a very high standard in terms of humour, number of characters, movement amongst the same and the works …..
but this time around i thought probably more number of
characters would have lifted your play a little more…
anyways hope to see you guys next time around with this super duper comedy may be a spoof on one night at a call centre or something!!!
ps: REBELZ ROCK!!!!!!!!;)
psps: your blog’s like real cool try making a story line out of that then your play will be noor naal success sure!!!
about 2 years ago
Guys,
At Chennai atleast people know that its going to hard while your driving. I never knew that people (at bahrain)park on the footpaths or on the 2 lane of the freeway(connecting saudi and bahrain).IF at all there is police fine …its just 10 BHD .. pay it and repeat it 5 times a day … ah what fun! ! !
At chennai, we are worried about car paint, Here they hit your b*m (sorry back of car, whatever u call it! !)if you stand in red signal … then get down shake hands – wait for police to register a case and claim insurance… nice process !!!
Hope i could get back soon… Deepak GD