Great sayings..!

By S Mukhtar "Uncle." "Yes son." "Which cabinet minister wrote the Urdu alphabet letter for 'Seen' on an important file?" "I don't know." "And which party leader read (convention) as (= near the ears)?" "God knows!" "You know Uncle but you don't want to name them! Both I know have been your friends." "But that.how come you to?" "Leave that.you know my old tutor?" "Yes, I've paid him." "He reads knowledge as kan-wal-dij!" "Why didn't you say that before? We would have changed him." "I thought he was right.You know my friend Rajinder?" "I do." "Ack now ledge (= one new cauldron; in Kashmiri) - that is how he reads acknowledge!" "Please don't be rude to your friends." "What rudeness there? He said it four times.in the class.

And the teacher said nothing!" "You must respect your teachers." "You know Fatir? He is an MA - a head clerk." "I know." "He was reading a route-board on a truck.

Listen to him: 'Delhi, Punjab, and Oop only.' Oop he read for UP (Uttar Pradesh)! "And.you know my Urdu teacher?" "I don't." "He holds a doctorate in Mathematics." "That is excellent!" "Excellent that might be.but he is put to teach us Urdu!" "What then?" "You say what then? Listen: (= dog's offspring) - that is how he reads (= pamphlet)! Why don't they award him a PhD in Urdu too?" "Please have your limits." "Limits spoiled me.I should have protested.You know Ram Nath Ji?" "You mean our neighbour?" "Yeah; someone asked him: 'How dear are your sons?' And he replied: 'As well dear as one could be without one's walidah (= mother).' Their mother I know is living and with them." "What did he mean then?" "Walidah he thinks is wife!" Dadimaan (Grandmother), all patient ears, now beamed a smile, as broke her silence: "Yeth ha gov gobra sarsei yei (Good son, everything here had a similar fate)!" About us | Advertise | Other Publications | Subscriptions | Weather | Letters | Send Mail Disclaimer: Information is being made available at this site purely as a measure of public facilitation.

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