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rambabu replied to the topic It is very Punny!.
This Pun is not my creation I took it fro the Web.
Q ;: What would you say If your Mausi takes a dip in a river ?
A : Diplomacy
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
I wish you a Happy Durga puja to you and your family members.
I am well conversant with Bengal culture because most of my friends are Bengalis. Durga Puja cannot be celebrated with the same intensity by those Bengalis who live outside Bengal because of many reasons. The major reason is all the material required for the Puja especially the Murti or the idol and Dhak players. Owing to these reasons, Bengalis who live i Outside Bengal. Of course the devotion remains the same.
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic Any Contest in Boddunan.
Yes, I am also waiting for a competition to begin. It works as bonus which is highly appreciable.
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
@usha manohar and all the other forum members, kindly accept my greetings on Durga Puja. It is indeed a great time for Bengalis and the Bengalis like me who stay outside Bengal miss a lot. Though in Delhi, Bihar and other cities where Bengali community is in huge number, they do celebrate the festival quite pompously. The intensity of the festive spirit is undoubtedly less than Bengal but still it is worth visiting the puja pandals.
10 years ago
usha manohar created new topic The most corrupt CM of Karnataka ...
I cannot think of another Chief Minister as corrupt or self centered as the one who is ruling our state Karnataka. On the one hand farmers have been committing suicide because of drought and because they are unable to repay their loans and Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah periodically pays lip service, that too when he is reminded by the media and blames PM Modi for this state of affairs within his state . Many of the state government daily wage earners have not been paid for months , some for almost a year. And what does Siddaramaiah do ? sends his MLAs on foreign tours and along with other Minsisters and MLAs demand free club membership in all the private clubs, has plans of building a palace for himself costing 25 crore rupees..
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/PWD-Plans-to-Build-Designated-House-for-Karnataka-CM-at-Rs-25-Crore/2015/09/29/article3052997.ece
And as if that is not enough now the latest in his line of misadventures is a plan to allot nearly 2400 BDA house sites to politicians ...Do we really deserve such leaders ? If only we could leaders like him on a one way ticket to mars..
http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Early-Diwali-for-netas-as-huge-profit-clearly-in-site/articleshow/49315185.cms
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic Should popular personalities judge a person's credibility?.
Each and every piece of information is very disturbing. What and whom to believe has become a big question. The movie has thrown light on a different aspect and that is said to be based on research. God knows what's right!
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic It is very Punny!.
This one is not mine, but borrowed ..
I am reading a book on anti gravity and it is impossible to put down!
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic 4th death anniversary of Jagjit Singh.
anil wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Jagjit Singh is apparently the most googled Ghazal singer and some time back was caught up in a controversy when he criticised A R Rahman because he felt that he was only composing tapori music and replicating western tunes and not capable of composing Ghazals that had meaningful lyrics and tunes..
No doubt A. R. Rehman is one the best music composer. I don't much about his music but I listen songs of Rosa, Choti se Asha, very very nice one. Every music composer have their own style and flavor. No one should criticize. Jagjit shing is master of his style of music and Rehman is his own style.
Yes of course they are both good in their own fields but generally Ghazal singers do have e a superiority complex because the songs they sing are lyrically more beautiful and meaningful and they may consider others below their own standards . However, majority of people like the kind of songs that are fast paced and entertaining..
10 years ago
usha manohar liked a reply to the topic Writers returning their awards - what do they hope to achieve?.
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Writers returning their awards - what do they hope to achieve?.
chinmoymukherjee wrote:
The question is surely not one of one's fundamental right to protest which should be defended and protected at all costs and under circumstances especially in an environment which is being vitiated by elements who are out to endanger the rich mosaic of Indianness but the credentials of a duplicitous set of writers whose past conspiratorial silence is comparable to one being practiced by Modi. He is the most garrulous PM India has ever seen but remains mysteriously or deliberately not even monosyllabic in condemning activities of lunatic who are no longer on the fringe but right on the centerstage! I know law and order is a state subject and the least that Modi could have done is by making a bold statement that his government would not tolerate such intolerance. That would have conveyed the right signal.
I totally agree with that ..I hope he does not go the Manmohan way..
In the meantime there is a whole load of fun things being posted on the net some of which is truly hilarious like this one..
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Humour-5-more-things-to-be-retunred-in-protest-against-rising-intolerance-in-india/listshow/49324832.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=TOI
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Swetha Shenoy wrote:
Hello Usha gaaru, thanks for the post, Happy Navratri to you
Here in the newly formed Telangana, we do something called as 'Bathukamma' where a pot or vessal or plate is adorned with various flowers (known as saddula)and ladies (young, old, married, unmarried) form circles and dance with clap to Bathukamma
It is the newly recognized festival of Telangana
Beautiful!! Your post reminded me of a long forgotten tradition of Maharashtrians during Navratri. It is called Bhondla in which a decorated statue of an elephant is kept or an elephant is drawn in rangoli and decorated with flowers. Around this, women and girls make circles and go around with hands held singling traditional songs. When I was in school, we enjoyed it almost every year because after all the songs were sung, we would get a treat of lots of sweets and savouries, but first we had to guess what was in the covered dishes. If we got it right, we got double the share. But now hardly any one celebrates it for the Garba and Ras Dandiya fever has caught on to every one.
10 years ago
suni51 replied to the topic It is very Punny!.
First one is wrong
if you wish to give hi5 to a snake he will refuse- he will not take 5 or dus dega but wo tumhe Lega DAS
10 years ago
usha manohar said thank you to chinmoymukherjee for his/her reply to the topic Writers returning their awards - what do they hope to achieve?.
The question is surely not one of one's fundamental right to protest which should be defended and protected at all costs and under circumstances especially in an environment which is being vitiated by elements who are out to endanger the rich mosaic of Indianness but the credentials of a duplicitous set of writers whose past conspiratorial silence is comparable to one being practiced by Modi. He is the most garrulous PM India has ever seen but remains mysteriously or deliberately not even monosyllabic in condemning activities of lunatic who are no longer on the fringe but right on the centerstage! I know law and order is a state subject and the least that Modi could have done is by making a bold statement that his government would not tolerate such intolerance. That would have conveyed the right signal.
10 years ago
Swetha Shenoy created new topic It is very Punny!.
Hello friends!
I want to share with you some English Puns, which are quite funny. I request you all to keep adding if you find some, let us build a dictionary of puns!
Rambabu, Chinmoy, Usha, Kalyani, Sunil......lets exploit our brains for Puns!
Pun: meaning -The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
Pun 1
Donot give a hi-5 to a snake, woh tumhe dus dega!
Pun 2
Employee to Boss: Boss, I need hike
Boss: ok download from google play
Pun 3
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to usha manohar for his/her reply to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
Hi Usha, Navratri greetings to you and all the members of boddunan. In Maharashtra, we have Ghat Sthapana in our homes which basically celebrates the nurturing and sustaining nature of the the feminine power of Mother Earth and the Godesses Durga, Kali, Amba, parvati, Saraswati, Mahalaxmi etc. all of whom are manifestations of this divine, feminine power. Ghat is basically nothing but an earthern pot which is placed over a basket filled with earth in which seeds of nine grains are planted. The water from ghat permeates the soil and in nine days the grain grows into healthy saplings. It is a kind of tribute to earth that produces food and sustains us. On tenth day, the saplings are offered to god. It is a belief of the farmers that the healthier the saplings are, the better the rabi crops will be.
Kalyani, here in Karnataka too they have this custom, not in Mangalore though..In north Karnataka they arrange dolls with the statues of Goddesses and also have a tray or matki filled with saplings kept along with it.
@ vijay
In Gujarat, Navratri is celebrated with great fervour and Garbas and Dandiya Ras are performed to beautiful music beats. Girls are dressed in colorful lehnga choli and spectators throng to these venues in large numbers. TheGarbas of Vadodara are especially famous. however there are no holidays in educational institutes which looks a biy odd as it is the young who dance late into the night.
Here in mangalore we have a sizeable Gujarat community mostly into business, who have been living here since many decades and they organise Dandia and Garba dancing , which I too attend. It is a lot of fun and ladies of all ages and sizes , not just Gujaratis and the youngsters have a blast for 9 days ..
10 years ago
anil replied to the topic Writers returning their awards - what do they hope to achieve?.
rambabu wrote:anil wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
The so called symbolism is nothing but their irrationality because these people never protested when Sikh riots took place nor when many such events took place , which goes to show their double standards and that they cater to the interest of one political party ..
http://indiafacts.co.in/where-was-nayantara-sahgal-when-india-actually-needed-her/
Yes today also one person return awards. What happen with it. I don't know but it may possible that some cash also attached with these rewards. Are they refunding cash? It is only to come in to lime light.
Cash attached to the reward will not be refunded. That cash is meant for the rewardee's pocket .
Just I read one tweet that out of 10 person who return awards only two person refund cash. Today one person return Padamshree. Situation is not good, government should be resolve issue.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Any Contest in Boddunan.
At the moment there are no contests going on, but keep checking the announcements.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic It is very Punny!.
This Pun is not my creation I took it fro the Web.
Q ;: What would you say If your Mausi takes a dip in a river ?
A : Diplomacy
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
I wish you a Happy Durga puja to you and your family members.
I am well conversant with Bengal culture because most of my friends are Bengalis. Durga Puja cannot be celebrated with the same intensity by those Bengalis who live outside Bengal because of many reasons. The major reason is all the material required for the Puja especially the Murti or the idol and Dhak players. Owing to these reasons, Bengalis who live i Outside Bengal. Of course the devotion remains the same.
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic Any Contest in Boddunan.
Yes, I am also waiting for a competition to begin. It works as bonus which is highly appreciable.
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
@usha manohar and all the other forum members, kindly accept my greetings on Durga Puja. It is indeed a great time for Bengalis and the Bengalis like me who stay outside Bengal miss a lot. Though in Delhi, Bihar and other cities where Bengali community is in huge number, they do celebrate the festival quite pompously. The intensity of the festive spirit is undoubtedly less than Bengal but still it is worth visiting the puja pandals.
10 years ago
usha manohar created new topic The most corrupt CM of Karnataka ...
I cannot think of another Chief Minister as corrupt or self centered as the one who is ruling our state Karnataka. On the one hand farmers have been committing suicide because of drought and because they are unable to repay their loans and Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah periodically pays lip service, that too when he is reminded by the media and blames PM Modi for this state of affairs within his state . Many of the state government daily wage earners have not been paid for months , some for almost a year. And what does Siddaramaiah do ? sends his MLAs on foreign tours and along with other Minsisters and MLAs demand free club membership in all the private clubs, has plans of building a palace for himself costing 25 crore rupees..
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/PWD-Plans-to-Build-Designated-House-for-Karnataka-CM-at-Rs-25-Crore/2015/09/29/article3052997.ece
And as if that is not enough now the latest in his line of misadventures is a plan to allot nearly 2400 BDA house sites to politicians ...Do we really deserve such leaders ? If only we could leaders like him on a one way ticket to mars..
http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Early-Diwali-for-netas-as-huge-profit-clearly-in-site/articleshow/49315185.cms
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic Should popular personalities judge a person's credibility?.
Each and every piece of information is very disturbing. What and whom to believe has become a big question. The movie has thrown light on a different aspect and that is said to be based on research. God knows what's right!
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic It is very Punny!.
This one is not mine, but borrowed ..
I am reading a book on anti gravity and it is impossible to put down!
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic 4th death anniversary of Jagjit Singh.
anil wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Jagjit Singh is apparently the most googled Ghazal singer and some time back was caught up in a controversy when he criticised A R Rahman because he felt that he was only composing tapori music and replicating western tunes and not capable of composing Ghazals that had meaningful lyrics and tunes..
No doubt A. R. Rehman is one the best music composer. I don't much about his music but I listen songs of Rosa, Choti se Asha, very very nice one. Every music composer have their own style and flavor. No one should criticize. Jagjit shing is master of his style of music and Rehman is his own style.
Yes of course they are both good in their own fields but generally Ghazal singers do have e a superiority complex because the songs they sing are lyrically more beautiful and meaningful and they may consider others below their own standards . However, majority of people like the kind of songs that are fast paced and entertaining..
10 years ago
usha manohar liked a reply to the topic Writers returning their awards - what do they hope to achieve?.
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Writers returning their awards - what do they hope to achieve?.
chinmoymukherjee wrote:
The question is surely not one of one's fundamental right to protest which should be defended and protected at all costs and under circumstances especially in an environment which is being vitiated by elements who are out to endanger the rich mosaic of Indianness but the credentials of a duplicitous set of writers whose past conspiratorial silence is comparable to one being practiced by Modi. He is the most garrulous PM India has ever seen but remains mysteriously or deliberately not even monosyllabic in condemning activities of lunatic who are no longer on the fringe but right on the centerstage! I know law and order is a state subject and the least that Modi could have done is by making a bold statement that his government would not tolerate such intolerance. That would have conveyed the right signal.
I totally agree with that ..I hope he does not go the Manmohan way..
In the meantime there is a whole load of fun things being posted on the net some of which is truly hilarious like this one..
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Humour-5-more-things-to-be-retunred-in-protest-against-rising-intolerance-in-india/listshow/49324832.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=TOI
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Swetha Shenoy wrote:
Hello Usha gaaru, thanks for the post, Happy Navratri to you
Here in the newly formed Telangana, we do something called as 'Bathukamma' where a pot or vessal or plate is adorned with various flowers (known as saddula)and ladies (young, old, married, unmarried) form circles and dance with clap to Bathukamma
It is the newly recognized festival of Telangana
Beautiful!! Your post reminded me of a long forgotten tradition of Maharashtrians during Navratri. It is called Bhondla in which a decorated statue of an elephant is kept or an elephant is drawn in rangoli and decorated with flowers. Around this, women and girls make circles and go around with hands held singling traditional songs. When I was in school, we enjoyed it almost every year because after all the songs were sung, we would get a treat of lots of sweets and savouries, but first we had to guess what was in the covered dishes. If we got it right, we got double the share. But now hardly any one celebrates it for the Garba and Ras Dandiya fever has caught on to every one.
10 years ago
suni51 replied to the topic It is very Punny!.
First one is wrong
if you wish to give hi5 to a snake he will refuse- he will not take 5 or dus dega but wo tumhe Lega DAS
10 years ago
usha manohar said thank you to chinmoymukherjee for his/her reply to the topic Writers returning their awards - what do they hope to achieve?.
The question is surely not one of one's fundamental right to protest which should be defended and protected at all costs and under circumstances especially in an environment which is being vitiated by elements who are out to endanger the rich mosaic of Indianness but the credentials of a duplicitous set of writers whose past conspiratorial silence is comparable to one being practiced by Modi. He is the most garrulous PM India has ever seen but remains mysteriously or deliberately not even monosyllabic in condemning activities of lunatic who are no longer on the fringe but right on the centerstage! I know law and order is a state subject and the least that Modi could have done is by making a bold statement that his government would not tolerate such intolerance. That would have conveyed the right signal.
10 years ago
Swetha Shenoy created new topic It is very Punny!.
Hello friends!
I want to share with you some English Puns, which are quite funny. I request you all to keep adding if you find some, let us build a dictionary of puns!
Rambabu, Chinmoy, Usha, Kalyani, Sunil......lets exploit our brains for Puns!
Pun: meaning -The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
Pun 1
Donot give a hi-5 to a snake, woh tumhe dus dega!
Pun 2
Employee to Boss: Boss, I need hike
Boss: ok download from google play
Pun 3
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to usha manohar for his/her reply to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
Hi Usha, Navratri greetings to you and all the members of boddunan. In Maharashtra, we have Ghat Sthapana in our homes which basically celebrates the nurturing and sustaining nature of the the feminine power of Mother Earth and the Godesses Durga, Kali, Amba, parvati, Saraswati, Mahalaxmi etc. all of whom are manifestations of this divine, feminine power. Ghat is basically nothing but an earthern pot which is placed over a basket filled with earth in which seeds of nine grains are planted. The water from ghat permeates the soil and in nine days the grain grows into healthy saplings. It is a kind of tribute to earth that produces food and sustains us. On tenth day, the saplings are offered to god. It is a belief of the farmers that the healthier the saplings are, the better the rabi crops will be.
Kalyani, here in Karnataka too they have this custom, not in Mangalore though..In north Karnataka they arrange dolls with the statues of Goddesses and also have a tray or matki filled with saplings kept along with it.
@ vijay
In Gujarat, Navratri is celebrated with great fervour and Garbas and Dandiya Ras are performed to beautiful music beats. Girls are dressed in colorful lehnga choli and spectators throng to these venues in large numbers. TheGarbas of Vadodara are especially famous. however there are no holidays in educational institutes which looks a biy odd as it is the young who dance late into the night.
Here in mangalore we have a sizeable Gujarat community mostly into business, who have been living here since many decades and they organise Dandia and Garba dancing , which I too attend. It is a lot of fun and ladies of all ages and sizes , not just Gujaratis and the youngsters have a blast for 9 days ..
10 years ago
anil replied to the topic Writers returning their awards - what do they hope to achieve?.
rambabu wrote:anil wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
The so called symbolism is nothing but their irrationality because these people never protested when Sikh riots took place nor when many such events took place , which goes to show their double standards and that they cater to the interest of one political party ..
http://indiafacts.co.in/where-was-nayantara-sahgal-when-india-actually-needed-her/
Yes today also one person return awards. What happen with it. I don't know but it may possible that some cash also attached with these rewards. Are they refunding cash? It is only to come in to lime light.
Cash attached to the reward will not be refunded. That cash is meant for the rewardee's pocket .
Just I read one tweet that out of 10 person who return awards only two person refund cash. Today one person return Padamshree. Situation is not good, government should be resolve issue.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Any Contest in Boddunan.
At the moment there are no contests going on, but keep checking the announcements.
10 years ago