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@ 2006-08-15 21:04:00
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Six Oddities About Me - from Diffdrummer
I got this from [info]diffdrummer and thought it would be fun to list my oddities ( six is a small number for that)

UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF HAIR: By the time I was in 8th Std. I was full blown hirsute person with hair over my hands and feet but for some strange reason, I still dont have a full beard growth. The most I can grow is a French beard. The patch between my side burns and lower jaw is virtually hairless.

FEW MEDALLIONS FOR ME TOO: I am supposed to have won 2 silver medals in a sport at national level when I was 13 only to be completely removed from the sport now. I sometimes wonder myself why I gave it up. Maybe I was harboring some dreams of getting my photo published in the newspaper by getting a rank in the board exams - sadly that didnt happen.

MY TRYST WITH LAW: Unlike diffdrummer I have never been to a police station but my mother has gone twice in regard to my disappearance. Yes, she has lodged 2 complaints in the local thana reporting that I had gone missing.

AFRAID OF GETTING MY HANDS DIRTY: Although I was brought up in a Gujju family where everyone dips the chappati nicely in the sabzi and in the process getting their fingers dirty, I use a spoon to get the sabzi and make a cone out of a piece of chappati and place the sabzi in it and carefully put it in my mouth.

PERPENDICULAR SOUTH PAW: I write with my left hand and hold the book at right angle to the table so that you would find me writing from top to bottom instead of left to right.

STRANGE DISTASTE: To the disbelief of all my friends and Gujju relatives, I hate Undhiu. I cannot taste even a morsel of it and I cant stand the smell of the revered dish.




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[info]diffdrummer
2006-08-16 08:48 pm UTC (link)
Thanks man.

I am curious, which sport? Ever thought of taking it up again?

You know a strange thing about Gujarat or Gujjus (I lived there for 3 years, I don't know you whether you lived there or is just an NRG)is the number of lefties(wonder whether it has something to do with the genes of that particular population?) and lots of them write the way you describe. It seemed strange to me because Gujjuland is more "Hindu-ish" than the "progressive" Kerala and I was corrected of my leftiness stating Hindu traditions, so were some of other children of my age.

Ha ha Undhiu is not that bad, but then it is all personal taste, right. I cannot stand anything cooked in coconut oil despite being a pure Mallu.

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[info]sat_chit_anand
2006-08-17 01:20 pm UTC (link)
Well the sport was actually a martial art - karate. And I am scared of taking it up. The amount of energy required in the sport is something which I am not confident of conjuring up. I did try taekwondo for a few months in the US and it made me realize how old I have become.
I have made the same observation about lefties in Gujarat although I am a NRG brought up in Bombay. I have a theory about it, Gujju women wear their sari pallu on the other side so they naturally start using their left side and hence the behavioural pattern passes on to their kids!!!! I know it sounds wierd but I actually considered this theory very genuine.
I think Gujarat also in a lot ways is progressive. Just like in Kerala you would find a lot of women who work, in Saurastra you will find a lot of women who run businesses. Infact in my native place I knew of a lady who used to run a pan shop. Also I think it is one of the safest states for women although I feel now its going down with the state ranked among the top ones for female foeticide. On the note of being forced to not use left hand, I was never asked by my parents to change. My maternal grandpa was left handed and he said that even he was never asked to change the hand he used for writing.

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[info]diffdrummer
2006-08-18 07:25 am UTC (link)
Wow! Karate - that's quite something, so did you do break the bricks in half and all? I had enrolled in a free evening class of karate while I was in the first year at high school, six months in to it the teacher eloped :) that ended our karate. Btw the shout - is it "khia"? Or is it something else?

That's an interesting observation about Gujju-sari-wearing-practise. Yes, I think Gujarat is way more progressive than Kerala, because Kerala is all talk and no action, Gujarat is the opposite. IMO, Ahmedabad is one of the safest Indian cities for women. Although Gujju women in general marry earlier than their Mallu counterparts I think Gujju women have a stronger position in the household and more mobility. These are all my opinions derived on personal experience, could be wrong.

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[info]sat_chit_anand
2006-08-18 04:44 pm UTC (link)
Actually the style of Karate I practised was the most orthodox school and hence we didnt have any "show-baazi" thing like breaking bricks. And the shout is actually not "Khia"..its more a call by the master to the students to give their best shot on the next move with full enthusiasm and the shout is supposed to come from the bottom of your stomach. six months in to it the teacher eloped With who did he elope :-)
I think both Gujarat and Kerala are progressive in their own way and each one needs to learn stuff from the other. Thats the best thing about India..so many different ways to bring about social progress and all of them gain acceptability.

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[info]diffdrummer
2006-08-22 02:30 pm UTC (link)
Was meaning to post a reply.

Ok, our teacher taught us to say khia, later on I found that people produced different sounds which I attributed to different schools of karate - anyway thanks for the clarification.

Our teacher was a she, eloped with her bf I s'pose, never saw her again to catch up with the juicy details :)

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(Anonymous)
2006-11-13 07:17 pm UTC (link)
post something new!!!!!

Bharat

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