Hi there!!
the whales got better of me and instead turned me into their dietary habits!!alas stanley ,,,,, national G has shown me the door,,,,,and have waddled right back to the blog!!!
Sarita,,,well that is a beautifully hazy pic and the dil maange more!!!so pl can we have the real u????
dont know why,,,but after saritas fotu,,,,nargis too has joined the guess the fotu contest,,,,the hazier ,,the more covered,,,the partly showing fotus ,,the better!!!!!ok,ok,,,but sarita still wins hands down!!!!
well well well,,,,all the love stories,,,crushes,,,majnus r making their entry,,,,,,,henry can sing ------jis galee main tera ghar na ho balma,,us galee se hame aur karna kya,,,,,,,in longing of the fair damsel of giri rd!!!!!ha,ha,ha, and doesnt help much seeing the crush on aapro immy khan!!!!!!!!
hey,,,this blog is turning to be real real neat,,,what with the quizzes,,,the crushes,,,and more
why is there profound silence on the reunion????
henry,,,amidst all the gorging sessions u r indulging in,,,,can u pl post a good family fotu,,,,and that includes yr entire family,,,,,ask yr bros to help u out,,,,louis is gonna be beached in goa,,,,selling glasses to the firangis there!!!!!
sarita,,,,my q for the umpteenth time,,,,,,,where is lil chumki hiding,,,and why r u not getting her on the blog???????c u ashu
54 comments:
Unable to have a whale of a time without the comprehensive comments from our apro National G exhibit --glad to see u back full of energy ready to blog us over...
As u must have seen, aposcafrovima is agog with the Hazy photo of the season, and the sesnational disclosure of Ashokbhai, who almost matches Ashok Soni with his 70 mm photo /smile -- and Henry who is suddenly imagining his Giri road serenades....
Henryji Zara Dheere Chalo
Bijli Khadi Yahan Bijli Khadi
O Giri Giri Giri Giri Bijli Giri
Oh Ispe Giri Uspe Giri Lo Girpadi
Faiyaz/Ashu,
Henry suddenly realised that the smoke emanating from his sternum was not due to some inadvertent red hot kebab skewer left by nn absent-minded Sheikh but the glowing embers of his lost schooldays puppy love ... how disgustingly chweet
Henry says:
Ignore Big Brother comments. Ashu, you are creating quite a wave on this blogosphere, after having set the Koreans aflame! The little kid sister from Giri Road who was so quiet all the time and would flash a smile now and then has ultimately become a fashion model, beauty queen, Miss Ash with all that flash and dash. I thought this was a postcard from vimal - this is becoming a registered post for all schoolboy and schoolgirl crushes! The title should be changed to A Postcard for Hots! I am sure if we had a sting operation - a la Tehelka and NDTV - on who had the hots for whom, I am sure quite a few skeletons will come tumbling out of the Vincentian cupboard. Ashu, would you like to bell the cat?
Now there's some Breaking News -- Louis tells me he hardly spoke to you Ashu - you had a cold war with him, I believe, in the days of yore - and now you are the best of friends!
Cheerio!
Henry,,,,hi,,,yes,,louis was my SWORN ENEMY,,,,we fot in the 5th std,,,and never ever talked till this jan,,when all thanks to vimal,,we got back,,,and touche,,now we r frnds,,,and guess what?am i dying to see him!!!!!
u know what ,,nargis,,u really missed out all those crushes!!!!and talk abt not talking,,,,,,paul from my class and me,,never talked ,,,as we were paired,,and we wud die of hame even crossing each other in the class!!!!!!!!!!what a shame,,,not talking all those yrs!!!
by the way the one thing i shared with my sis is MY BIG CRUSH ON IMMY TOO!!!!!i was v open abt it,,,posting his pictures in my books etc,,,bleating abt him,,,sharing the same bday too!!!!also saw him in oberoi when i was working pre marriage,,,and was so so awed ,,,that cud only GAWK!!!!but appu's crush was a surprise,,ahem!!!!!
hey,,u know what??/we have a real block-buster in the making,,,,what with faiyyaz and nargis giving us the dialouges,,,,vimal the fotus,,,we shall ask him to remove the filters,,,,,,,stan adding the quizzical touch,,,,,,,and henry the mooning majnu!!!!!
not to mention the tragically aging beauty queen!!!!!i can sob out my once upon a time stories!!!!then not to mention the lost and found lot,,,,the jaani-dushman jodi!!!!!then of course the hazy professor,,,wonder what she wud do,,if her students wrote that way!!!!!!!!!!!!
and we can ask IMMY for E-SPECIAL GUEST APPEAREANCE
not to mention the prime location,,,the beaches of gopalpur!KONO KAHUCHI MO????
Dear lil ashu,took me quite a while 2internalize d fact that u r A BIG GIRL now setting scenes frames shores & hearts ablaze ,quite a COMPLIMENT eh that!! How does it go down with Mils?? Chumki cannot b shaken out of her complacency ,try calling and cajoling her I've tried and failed maybe u'll be able 2 shake it off and prod her on.
Henry says:
Ashu, you are quite an innovator, I must say. And what is this? Mooning majnu, me? Ha ha. Boss, you are incorrigible.
Actually, you should direct the movie. Your imagination is just tailoremade for Bollywood. Suits the tone of the masala flick. Bodhiya hebo. We will call it Hum Hain Naa (Moo Ochchi Naa? -- Main Hoon Naa? -- is a boring title).
Man, the girls from my school will put those from Sophia College, Mumbai; Miranda House, Delhi; Loreto House, Kolkata; and Stella Maris, Chennai, in the shade.
Ashu Directorji, I am waiting for your movie release. Please tell me what my dialogues should be --no, no, skip the 'tera kya hoga kaliya' one!
Ciao!
Sorry for the typo. Please read tailormade, not tailoremade
Hen
Henry says:
By the way, why is Alpana keeping such a stoic silence? Has she gone into Maun Vrat mode?
I better keep quiet, otherwise some bloke will say "Unko yeh shikayat hai ke hum kuchch nahin kehte!"
Ashu,
Very soon you have become the most popular blogger -10 comments added and growing - aakhir iska rraz kya Ashu and Sarita ( gopo hele bhi kotha ti soto)
Hey, lets enact some really funky bollywoodish skits when we all meet --it will be real fun --and I suggest let all the then tonguetied mournful majnus do their real confessions at Gopalpur beach --akin to Love in the Time of Cholera (where two 80 year old flames confess their crushes during a cholera outbreak while quarantined on ses) --it will be a real mushy crushy tearjerker but hilarious bollywood grand finale in Aposcafrovima
Ouch!!!!!i am glad that Henry is Faaaaaar away,,,by the way do u know who spilled the beans to appu when she was in bangalore??take a wild guess!
well,,i am honoured ,,,from the National G'to our very own home grown movie,,,,well,well,well,,,what can i say,,,but......moo oochi na!!!!!!
as it is with mils away on a short stint,,,,he refused to cart me along!!and the boyz in hostel,,,,i have plenty time!!!
sarita,,,well,,,setting things ablaze is all old news,,,,yo baby this girl has grown up and grown horizontally too!!!!!so mils darling does not worry at all!!!!!!!!!
henry,,,how long have u been in dubai???in fact mils has q some frnds there,,,,and we all make grandoise plans of coming there....
Vimal is regretting the Fra''monster he created and like in all hindi serials has got amnesia,,,,by the way this can apply to whomever who wants to forget their crushes!!!!!!
appu darling ka season hai---aka---the baby boom,,,,so we will see her when she is free from deliveries!!!
well ,,shall try cajole her to go to b'lore in july via bbay,,,that way we catch up with as many as we can,,,,,i cant see the re happening v soon!!!or maybe just come to dubai???
henry,,,kon kahucho mon??
yo,,,sarita,,will get on chumkis case too!!!!
My one time enemy ...Moo Ochchi na ... the villan 's role shd b 4 me , the Don vita corleone...
Director Ashu, Producer Lohiya Bros,
masala mixer dialogue .. Faiyaz,
Imaginative story & screenplay .. Nargis & stanley,
swamy tailor editing .. Henry,
hazy photography .. vimal,
oinglish (oriya & english)dialogue .. sarita,
action.. kuldeep singh..
gossip.. balarama,
graphics.. Joe,
the rest you all add, gotcha catch up wid some work.
also, Hnery is buggering me to get onto to the blog, typical big bro bull.....
Henry says:
Ashu, why did you say I am glad Henry is Faaaar away! Me Frankenstein too?? Yalla, Khalaas kar diya meri zindagi ka maqsad ko! And pardon my ignorance, what is this National G stuff?
By the way, did you know that your notes are eliciting the maximum number of comments? Man, you are popular, too popular!
And you are most welcome to the Gulf. Will be waiting for you and Milind.
Hen
Here comes the sweet 16th comment:
Apparently Ashu's and Sarita's blogs attract the maximum number of comments for obvious reasons!
1) Chaudavin ka Chand - Appears once a fortnight!
2) Belong to the fair sex!
Faiyaz: Hamey Kale Hain Toh Kya Hua? Dilwale Hain!
Henry: Hum Tere Tere Tere Chahanewale Hain!
Hen adds:
Faiyaz, you bum. You put me in the Chahnewale Hain category. Ash, ignore him.
Looks like Ash's fans have triggered a war between Professorita and her. Eita kono mo? Ashu, kid sis of the Great Alps. Come on! You always make a fashion statement. What about an apt statement here? Kuade tomey? As Randhir Kapoor says in Jawani Diwani, 'Tum kahan'?
By the way, your blog will soon hit the 100-mark, at the rate that things are going on and comments are pouring in. Taste the thunder!
I think its a draw --both are joint winners of the "Humse Achha Blogger kaun hai" contest --hey guys and gals, can we afford to let anyone of these prolific comment getters to fade away like a hazy photograph ................
Lagey raho
hey u all,,,,,that not fair at all,,,u r like those paparazzi trying to wrench a fight for the top slot,,,,,,no 1,,,,,so on so forth,,,
no,no.no...me and sarita will jointly declare a war of silence,,,maun wrat,,,etc till u guys stop the slotting bit!!!!!
anf Fai,,,stop being so so jealous!!!!!!
u know what,,,the trick is the fotu,,,i thought u wud catch on by now!!!!!
no henry,,,u r not in the chahanewala cat,,,that is reserved strictly for one fairer damsel from giri rd!!!!!!!ha,ha,ha
btw,,that song is my fav,,esp when i sing it with my singing partner,,,,yeah i do belt out a FEW LIMITED NOS,,,,once in a while.....and my opening one is the evergreen jaana jaa!!!!!!
so louis u also have a play back singer,,,,limited edition though!!!!!
nargis ,,,thanks for the monster,,,,,,it is indeed F's monster and not the other way arnd!!
yo,,,louis,,,balarama can double up in another role too!!!!bitchy me!!!!!
we r all gonna be millionaires many times over,,,with this fantastic movie in the offing!!!
20th comment --and more to come--way to go
Maun vrat mat kijiye, aap dono --is per ek shair arz karna chahta hoon:
Hum "AAH" karten hain,
to ho jaate hain badnaam,
woh katl jo karten hain,
to charcha tak nahin hota
Hen adds:
Stanley can keep on AAHing like Tulsi in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi or that Meena Kumari-lookalike fat lump who is the leading star of Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki -- forgot her name, Louis tells me it is Parvati bhabhi -- . Bah. Wonder why people watch such dumb, cretinous serials? Ekta Kapoor should get the Dumb Belle of the Year award!
And Ashu, you just can't stop teasing me, eh. You and your fairer damsel from Giri Road lines. Bah, natkhat ladki.
You have become the Dhoni of the SVC bloggers. You are sending all of them for a six! Cheerio!
Bah yrself!!!!ok,,ok,,ok,,henry,,,u will have to khilao me some rishwat for keeping mum!!!!then not a squeak outta me!!!
ok,ok,this blog is over-exposed,,,sadly not of the beaches kind!!
so what say,,lets let it die a naturale death?????
23 comments -- now thats a APOSCAFROVIMA record, so far.
Vimal, suggestion is that the record breaker's NH (non hazy)photo must be published with a personal interview a la Coffee with Karan, say, Wine with Vimal --and we must get some insight into what makes them blog, sorry, tick.
Hen adds:
Before I khilao you some rishwat, a query. You said, after the rishwat, then not a squeak outta me! Are you sure you were keeping mum all the while? This whole theory of the kid sis keeping quiet -- like what they show in some Hindi movies baba -- does it really work? Methinks the natkhat one has given away quite a bit! Ho ho. Just pulling your leg.
P.S: Ashu, just name the place where you want your treat: Taj Man Singh Hotel, Delhi; the Leela Palace, Bangalore; Madinat Jumeirah hotel in Dubai or, best, there's a new restaurant that's come up in front of your old house on Giri Road -- that's what my news antenna tells me! Are you game? Come on, speak up!
PS 2 to Ash: Happy Baisakhi to you and big Sis! Completely forgot. Actually, should greet Vimalbhai and all the SVC Bloggers too! Great Basant! That picture was of Basant Soni's younger brother, Sonik. Right?
P.S. 3: The hotels mentioned in the treat are of Hen's, not anyone else's! Thank you
P.S. 4: Ash, the Happy Baisakhi greeting was from Hen, just in case you were wondering.
Happy baisakhi,,,happy vishu,,,happy Easter,,,,so sorry ,,,really dumb of me to forget,,,,,,alas i was dreaming of the Madinat Dubai,,,,u have dangled the carrot in front of this gadhi!!!!!!
what giri rd???i know nothing!!!!but what with the restaurent thing,,,,thats interesting,,,,,u know guys,,,all this talk and i am getting all nostalgic and mushy,,,its ages since i have been to bam,,,and really dying to go,,,,lets see i hope i can hit it ,,,sonmewhere after june,,,once all the men in my life r back to their respective haunts!!!!
yo henry,,,the natkhat one got the news from where else,,,,but two obliging siblings of one henry of dubai!!!!!!!
Louis ,,,dont panic,,,,all the treats,,,wishes r from henry,,,ok,ok,ok,,got it....he is using only yr blog!!!
but my wishes r for all!!!
Hey dear , this Johnny Bro of mine languished all his life and even now he is using my blog to shoot his fee(l)ings...
It 's time I shd tell my bros to lay off my Ashu .. ha ahha , typical gonjamia !!!
Stan did the same when I was a kid, he used to lure me for a cycle ride and get dropped off and go behind Nargis' house to some fee-male's house for tution,and blames Faiyaz for introducing.; today Hen is using me blog to shoot at giri rd... by the way what's happening? Yesterday he literally pushed me off from the comp to blog...
Hen adds:
Ash, for Mario Puzo dreams die first, but globetrotters like you might just be able to realise your dreams. So are you going to eat the Madinat carrot finally? Watch this space.
You said you were beginning to feel nostalgic and mushy -- gosh, I did not know my snippets would have such an effect! -- but tell me you, weren't you always nostalgic and mushy? You always had that oneiric vision I must say. (In case you want to know what oneiric means, check up the Oxford dictionary -- or any solid dictionary -- you just talked about it! Ha ha).
P.S. Clue for Nargis: don't crack your skull so much. The female who lived behind your house was a tall good-looking South Indian student of economics who was also a good singer, one of the few Madrasis to sing a song in flawless Hindi.
Also, Nargis, silly the comments may be, but you got to agree, they are witty! What do you say?
Hen adds: P.S. 2. Hey Ash, what is all this about the blog getting steamy and the Buddhas and their X factors -- as Nargis says? Ha ha.
Come on, defend. Izzat ka mamla hai! Hamari izzat ka mamla!! Bachao!!! Koi hai!!??
Henry,,another silly one from me,,,btw nargis,,this blog seems to be just between the david bros and me,,,one dangling the carrot,,,the other spilling the beans and the third pretending to be busy,,,so that he can take a breather from this one!!!
henry,,,make sure that the Madinat offer is not just --castles in the air kind,,,,u can count on me to trot to dubai v soon,,,,btw when r u leaving?i can tag along!!!!!
of buddhas and buddhas,,nargis,,,,just imagine,,,the whole lot of us r in the total time pass state!!!bet henry never wud have thought of spending his vacations like this!!! i mean imagine yr vacation on one hand,,,lovey dovey poses etc,,,what say henry?btw,,,henry wud like to see u too,,,so puhlease a fotu!!!!!
Hen adds: GCPTM sounds like Gheesa Peeta Maal! Nargis, is that what this Budda has come down to? Yalla, what is this? Ha ha.
BTW Ash, u asked for my photu. Bahut bechein hain aap meri tasveer dekhne ke liye. Look, I got cameraphobia. I look terrible in front of the lens, but if you insist there is one from the bygone days when there was one taken of me with someone you know very well. Will ask my secretary Louis to put it on the blog -- he is tech savvy, not me Buddha.
I will take you to the Madinat only if you come to Dubai (despite the traffic hassles)! These are not just empty promises. Promise!
Ok cheerio. Take care.
P.S. 1. By the way, you asked me when I was leaving for Dubai. You wanted to tag along -- you mean, you want to be in the same flight? Sweetheart, mera gardan ka kya hoga when Mr Milind Soman, I mean MrInamdar, comes to know of this desire of yours? Time to launch a Gardan Bachao Andolan!!
P.S 2: Ash, Aaj ek haadsaa hua. Tees saal baad, yani iktees saal baad, ek aisi ladki se baat hui jiske baare mein sirf suna tha, aur haan, ek jhalak bhi mili, woh bhi is blog mein! I am talking of the Professorita. It was nice talking to u Sarita. After so many years!
Ash, u r a runaway hit with the Buddhas on the blog, so r other people a trifle J? With due apologies to Shakespeare, the quality of jealousy is not strain'd!!
P.S.3. Ash, I hail from the DTD (Dirty Tricks Department). You know what the Professor told me? She said she was going to give you a run for your -- no, not money -- your blog !! You are getting too much feedback! Sorry Professorita, for behaving like Iago!!
Ashu, This is Louis here. Henry is forcibly making it 50, this is not fair for my fair lady.
Watch out henry if Sarita posts her clear photo it will be all clear .Then these david and Jacob will turn their phocas (focus) from giri giri giri to near rail line giri ( where Sarita lived)
Hen says: The die is cast. Let the Battle of the Beauts begin. It is the Professorita versus the Senorita! Ole Ole!! It's time for the Buddha Bandidos to do the Salsa!! Ash, you better post your best picture on the web, maybe one of your Miss Indore days. That will silence the critics!!
These comments are on the increase - Remind me none other than a Nana Patekar Film called 'Ab Tak Chappan'
HEY U buddha paparrazi!!!!!!!STOP HOUNDING !!!as i siad before ,,,sarita and me r not falling for yr tricks,,ok,,,,and NO MORE FOTUS OF MINE,,,,,once i get a clear pic of whom i am addressing my blogs to,,,,shall the beauty queen surface!!!!!
ya,,,Fai,,,what to do,,,henrys vacation mission is to score a half century,,,so be it!!!!
AND GUYS THERE R NO J GALS HERE,,,ok,,,so STOP imagining imaginary fites etc!!
Louis ,,,u shud now just get henry to open up his own blog,,,instead of free-loading
btw,,,today is henrys day!!!!i shall not be surprised if he is still reeling from the early mrng blog!!!!!!!!!and cant blog today!!!!ha,ha,ha,,,,henry soon we shall have to launch a henry bachao andolan!!!!
when i said tag along,,,soman...oops mils too tags along!!!!!!!well i wud not mind soman tagging along too!!!!
talking abt dogs,,,,i think its in to post yr pooches on line than self!!so i shall too post one of my mad dog pepsi,,,she is real cute and abs mad
btw guys what news of the rest of the gang?nigar,,niloufer,,,naaz,,,nafeez etc?wud like to see them too
This one is for Henry----chup chup baithe ho ,,zaroor koi baat hai.........or as predicted too tongue -tied at the moment!!!!
Hen says: Ashu, humne sahi kaha tha. Unko yeh shikayat hai ke hum kuchh nahin kehte. I was a bit tongue-tied by the combined onslaught of the Gadgil sisters, with their "freeloading" and "parasitic" charges. Don't worry, pretty soon I will be independent.
Actually, I was busy doing some domestic chores (read: shopping with folks at home). We went shopping yesterday to Commercial Street (the so-called high street of fashion in Bangalore), ending up in 'desi' shops like Weekenders and Westside. The shopping spree (including the khaana peena -- menu included dahi chaat, the Gujarat dish dhokla, ice cream, masala corn, ras malai, gulab jamun, etc etc) lasted for more than five hours: result: I was totally pooped out.
Today, being Easter Sunday, we got up in the wee hours of the morning to go to church. You know, I can be goody-goody too at times. Then came back from church, and hit the sack. Slept, I mean. Then lunch with folks, and then sleep again. Then out for dinner again. So you see, I had a busy weekend.
It's past 11pm, and Louis wants to get up early, so I better log out. Will reply to Alpana's 'charge' tomorrow.
Ciao.
Hen adds: The invite was meant for both you and Mr Milind Soman, lady! How could I ignore him? You thought it was meant for you only? How flattering!
Hen adds: I made a reference to you in my reply to Big Sis's epistolary revelations. Have a look. Let me know what you think!!
And, you are better than Dhoni, you garnered 50 comments in no time!!!
Ahemmmmmmm,,,,what can i say,,,,this dhoni is too ffflllaabbeerrrgggaasstteedd!!!!!!!i mean this tacky thing actually crossed half a century!!!!!
yo nargis i prefer the gentle waves to the mad tsunami effect!!imagine we have to let henry stagger back to du,,,,after all that hogging as in pigging he has been indulging in in the name of easter!!!!!
hey do me a fav,,,,ask stan/family,,,,if they recd that GENOME bk,,,,which i had sent day before........
yes nargis,,we shall have a re with all our pooches too!!!!!!!!!
when is stan reappearing?
Hi Ashu,
Congrats for reaching a historic milestone of 52 comments --so far -- I am sure Bhopal Times must have your Visual splashed all over the headlines, and you may be deluged with invites to address the Bhopal Bored Housewives Society to address them on " Creative ways to spend your afternoons".
And very soon we may see you on the next edition of "Wine with Vimal"
By the way, thank you (and Alpana) for the Genome book, ( And the graphologist in me noticed your neat and floral handwriting, which reveals your bindaas,carefree and goodhearted nature).
Ashu,
I agree with Sarita,in the almost sensual visual imagery you have conjured to evoke the Get-together Do at some time in the distant,oops , near future.
And finally if and when it happens, we all will sense a deja vu feeling, considering that you have already made us enjoy the mood right in these pages..
What wordsmiths we have in our midst --
what a feast of ideas....
All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind..........from my v v fav ,,khalil,,,,,his words tease,,caress,,and open up endless vistas for the mind......
so that Nargis and Sarita,,,is my inspiration!!
55th on the Sands of Time
(With apologies to Khalil Gibran)
Ashu, the Aposcafrovima-ite,
Speak to us of yon beaches on the shores of timelessness,
and let your words cascade on us like mellifluos notes of pure poetry,
as the bonfires of our vanities fade away in the night, so that we shall welcome the dawn of our new found freedom in ----
(To be sung in chorus)
APOSCAFROVIMA
Ab Tak Chappan!!
A pack of Playing Cards contains 52 (Taash key Baavan patey hotey hain) You include the Jokers it adds up to 56!
No one wonder it had to be me or Henry as Stan rightly suggested...
If you are wondering - 56 ?? Contemporary decks compose of 52 and the two Jokers - Don't forget to add up the Middle East representation!
Nargis - The Idli woman was de pretty woman, which made Stan a woe man. NIRMAL SUBRAMaNIAM alias GAYEE.
Ashu what's happening ? 57, 58, 59 ..... .
Watch out for the next fotu.
Talking abt cards,,,we can include a propah card session,,,a la ali style,,,where all our resp parents were like total addicts!!!!remember that table?????
Apparently, Big brothers are scared of crazy younger brothers who act senselessly at times.
May Pramod recover soon!
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