Tuesday, December 8, 2009

What do you mean life?

Hello readers,

Many times, when I was travelling in Mumbai tahnee height lift, I’ve thought of asking the below questions to the lift boy there. I asked some of those to them and their answers were shocking to me. Many of them are not aware of what’s happening in the outside world. Sometimes, I gathered my courage to tell them to leave the lift operating job. But I couldn’t do it. Every now and then, I think about the life of these guys. I couldn’t resist writing about them. I’ve written what I have learned from them as a narration differently. Surely, you guys might also have seen similar people in your office lift. If you have guts, ask them once about their life.

I’ve used many hindi words in between; but its easy to understand.

Here goes...

Hello Dada

Is lift-2 not working?
am sure this filty rich people will be angry on you? sahi na?
lift bandh hogaya thoo, lift man ko baandu baachthae hai, yae loag. ha na? aur naam kya hai? Rakesh kya?
how long are you working here? 10 years? really 10 years?
what the hell are you doing here for 10 years?
you work for 7 days a week? all day in lift? moving from -1 to 33 floors?
how many shifts/day? Oh 2 shift/day? every week you should work in alternate shift? day and night?

Doosth, Aek baath bathow.. roaj masti ladukiyaan thaekthae haai na, lift mae? why are you shy then? tk,
What have you seen around in mumbai? nothing?
Are you married or not? bachelor?
Kithnaa baar Bihar gaya, ither aanae kae baath? once?
Have you ever tried other jobs?

Hello buthuu!!! Can you hear me?
Sala, sunthaa nahi? Lift mae byte byt kae, kaan karab hogaya kya??
Have you ever read the White Tiger? You know the Bihari balraam in white tiger?
Salae, Mahabaratha balraam nahi? thum thoo aek tham pagal hai, kuthae.
thus saal ither bytkae kya kiyaa?

Why are you looking at me? Don’t know the reason? Kaminey, you should lead your life on your own. No one will help you. Don’t stare at me, you idiot.

Do you see the guys who roam with four or five dogs at a time on the Napeansea road? These guys earn about Rs.5000/dog.
This is the first time I’ve come to know about servants for dogs. Have you ever seen this in Patna? No?

Arae buthu, you know, the people who are taking care of the dogs in the apartment earn handsome money. Why don’t you try that? What? Owners won’t trust you? Y? Are they say Biharis cheat? Kya bhakwaas hai.
Do you know Buddha? Dont know? Do you know Pataliputra? Nalandha university? Kuch patha hae kyaa? Salae boalnaa.. Do u know what life means? lifeeeee?
How many jobs have you tried in Mumbai? Many? No one trusts you?

How much you earn daily? 100 Rs with tea? That’s too low for a Mumbai life na? Is that enough for Bihar? More than enough?

Thujae patha kya, What is life? Tk, Chodthoo yaar.. mujae bee nahi patha.. Thum koyee laduki koa pakaada kya pahelae? Nahi? Kya kosish kar raha hai? Will bhagawan help you? This is your life, you dump. Search for new jobs. Kuch thoo padoo, you pimp. Think about it… Even if u become gigolo, you can earn enough to lead a life…Aek baar chinthagi kaisa chalenaekaa soochuloo. Don’t waste your life in this lift. Future mae lift ko operator nahi chaayeyae. People will operate lift on their own. Learn something else sooner.

Aur soonoo, mujae bhi life kaa meaning nahi patha.. Milaa thoo, thojae pakka pathaavoongaa.. Chal.. Phir milengae..

Thanks to Barath (He reviews most of my english writings) who helped me in eliminating some english grammatical mistakes.

2 comments:

Arun prasath said...

It's true da.. Not only u see them as lift operators but those who work as chai walas are much more worse..
And one more thing, while i was reading ur blog, i can visualize it as though I'm seeing ashok chatting with an operator...good one.. Ithe namma ooru kaarana iruntha mokka podathaa ponga sir!! nu solli irupaan. :P
U know what, government pays around 500 to 1000 euros those who have dogs in their house in germany.. :P

Giri said...

good narration da..