Thursday, May 29, 2008

Chumma, Just Like That

If you speak the language that is native to the South Indian state of Tamilnadu, you know what I am talking about (correcta?) Back home, we call this Tongue-lish (it must have been Tam-glish, illai?)

Incidentally, the Tonge-lish language has a lot of oxymorons (just like this title maadhiri). It starts with the funny professor who says, "Yen Pa, Why"? And goes on to the rickshawala who asks you to sit in the Nadoo center, just so he can maintain a balance. There are lot more such oxymorons. But aana, I am not able to remember them right now. Seri OK, let us come to the point.

There are these people who say, "Chumma, Just Like That". They will call you at your home and if you ask them what the matter is, they will say, "Nothing. I called Chumma, Just Like That". There are children who will doodle on pristine white walls with their jumbo crayons and when you ask them why they did it, will innocently say, "Chumma, Just Like That".

There are people who go for a walk Chumma, Just Like That. And then there is the proverbial wife who returns from an entire day of shopping with the most meaningless stuff spilling out of her bags and when you ask her why she bought all that stuff, she will say, "Chumma, Just Like That". Your blood pressure will rise Chumma, Just Like That!!!

The problem is one can't take all this Chumma, Just Like That. Becuase the caller who calls Chumma, Just Like That will invariably call on a Sunday afternoon when you are trying to get that much desired cat nap. The landlord of your rented house will not spare you Chumma, Just Like That when he comes in for his quarterly inspection. When you finally vacate the house because you are moving into your own new flat, you will find that the house advance you paid him would have reduced by half Chumma, Just Like that.

The one who took a walk Chumma, Just Like That would be the one person you dint want to run into and good luck if you resent your wife's purchase sense, she will return to the same set of shops the next day and will exchange everything she bought for something more expensive. It will only want to make you say, "Aiyo. Not Like That".

To those of you who managed to stay with me until this, I want to say, "Romba Thanks", becuase when I started writing this article, I did not even believe i could write this far, forget it getting published or you clicking on this.

In fact, I wrote it Chumma, Just Like That.

P.S. This is an original post published on msn.co.in on May 29, 2008

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