Kajarare kajarare tere kare kare naina

Gosh! I have been away from India so long and so far- this I realised yesterday, when suddenly this hit song fell on my ears. It took one full minute to realise that it is the hit we had danced so many times on. Suddenly I felt very good and for the first time Ash generated so much warmth (not heat..... mind you!) in me. I think I am gonna buy a good music system soon and then will listen to bollywood music at full blast. Hope my bihari neighbour doesnt complain. He should rather not as I am subject to his wife's rantings from the kitchen. Am yet to meet these guys but can tell you most of the details of their family in chaste Bihari. What do you call the audio version of Peeping Tom. Hey! I cant help it and this is just during my half an hour per week spent in Kitchen doing the laundry. I am seriously thinking of doing full fledged cooking!

Coming back to Aish or rather the lack of Aish here! I see some Chinky has posted some weird comments which I would have ignored but what aroused my interest was a mention about OGLING at women. Well.... a thing of beauty always will call for appreciation but appreciation is to ogling as gourmet is to a glutton. I have never seen a women who does not like to be seen and appreciated.... the admiring glances when change to lewd ogling then ofcourse the scene changes. However
there isnt a distinct divison when apreciating nazar changes to ogling and a gentleman has to master this art.The fairer sex's need for appreciation makes half the world's economy go around so guys keep looking...... I will leave it open ended.

Coming back to the alien atmosphere here, I find it rather amusing and strange as well that hardly you can see couples hand in hand or even with a endearimg closeness in public places like parks, shopping complexes etc. Even when I see the couples together they are as far as AIG's requirements for distance between two risk blocks!

Dont be surprised if you see me in Veshti with thick moustache next time. I am transforming into a south indian. With so much of south indian food I am eating and so many south indians ( read Malloos) around here, I might well be in Kerala. And many of these shopwalla Malloos will not know any Hindi. One day my brother who is here from many years was conversing with a Malloo in Arabic as my bro doesnt know Malyalam and the guy did not know Hindi and this was observed by an Omani who was amazed and dazed seeing two Indians conversing in a foreign language. Any further proof required for Indian's adaptability factor...........

Interested in statistics..... 60% of expatriate population consists of Indians here with Pakistanis a far second.

Thanks Shilpi for posting your comments. Rest of the guys are too busy it seems or busy doing TT (tote tadna.... in the Delhi lingo)