29 May 2004, 2:21am
When I do not stoop as low
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Unlike a fellow blogger, I do not stoop so low that I start parodying a fellow-blogger's blog. Instead, I stoop lower. I parody Fritjof Capra's 'The Tao of Physics'.
'The Tao of the Hyderabadi Lifestyle'
Thus spake the Hyderabadi:
When you have learned to differentiate a 'Hau' from a 'How', it will be time for you to leave."
Something mysterious is formed, born in the silent void. Waiting alone and unmoving, it is at once still and yet in constant motion. It is the soul of the Hyderabadi Lifestyle. I do not know its name, so I will call it the Tao of the Hyderabadi Lifestyle. The Tao of Hyderabadi Lifestyle flows far away and returns on the wind of morning.
The Tao gave birth to Hyderabadi Hindi. This Hindi gave birth to a way of life. This way of life gave birth to the laid-back (no pun intended) attitude. Now there are lakhs of Hyderabadis. All Hyderabadis have their purpose, however humble. Each Hyderabadi has his/her place within the Tao. But do not go to Chennai if you can avoid it. In the beginning was the Tao. The Tao gave birth to Space and Time. Therefore Space and Time are the Old City and Cyberabad of Hyderabad. Hyderabadis that do not comprehend the Tao are always running out of time and space. Hyderabadis that comprehend the Tao always have enough time and space.
How could it be otherwise?
The wise Hyderabadi is told about Tao and follows it. The average Hyderabadi is told about Tao and searches for it. The naive Hyderabadi (not unlike a fellow blogger) is told about Tao and laughs at it. If it were not for laughter, there would be no Tao. The highest sounds are hardest to hear. Going forward is a way to retreat. Great talent shows itself late in life. Even a perfect Hyderabadi still has his/her flaws.
Thus Spake the Hyderabadi:
"After three days without Hyderabad, life becomes meaningless."
The Hyderabadis of yore were mysterious and profound. We cannot fathom their thoughts, so
all we do is describe their appearance. Slothful, like the python after a meal. Kind, like a hostess greeting her guests. Simple, like uncarved blocks of wood. Opaque, like black pools in darkened caves. Who can tell the secrets of their hearts and minds? The answer exists only in Tao.
Grand Hyderabadi A.B.C.D.
Current Mood: Gloomy
Current Music: Leaving on a Jet Plane
'The Tao of the Hyderabadi Lifestyle'
Thus spake the Hyderabadi:
When you have learned to differentiate a 'Hau' from a 'How', it will be time for you to leave."
Something mysterious is formed, born in the silent void. Waiting alone and unmoving, it is at once still and yet in constant motion. It is the soul of the Hyderabadi Lifestyle. I do not know its name, so I will call it the Tao of the Hyderabadi Lifestyle. The Tao of Hyderabadi Lifestyle flows far away and returns on the wind of morning.
The Tao gave birth to Hyderabadi Hindi. This Hindi gave birth to a way of life. This way of life gave birth to the laid-back (no pun intended) attitude. Now there are lakhs of Hyderabadis. All Hyderabadis have their purpose, however humble. Each Hyderabadi has his/her place within the Tao. But do not go to Chennai if you can avoid it. In the beginning was the Tao. The Tao gave birth to Space and Time. Therefore Space and Time are the Old City and Cyberabad of Hyderabad. Hyderabadis that do not comprehend the Tao are always running out of time and space. Hyderabadis that comprehend the Tao always have enough time and space.
How could it be otherwise?
The wise Hyderabadi is told about Tao and follows it. The average Hyderabadi is told about Tao and searches for it. The naive Hyderabadi (not unlike a fellow blogger) is told about Tao and laughs at it. If it were not for laughter, there would be no Tao. The highest sounds are hardest to hear. Going forward is a way to retreat. Great talent shows itself late in life. Even a perfect Hyderabadi still has his/her flaws.
Thus Spake the Hyderabadi:
"After three days without Hyderabad, life becomes meaningless."
The Hyderabadis of yore were mysterious and profound. We cannot fathom their thoughts, so
all we do is describe their appearance. Slothful, like the python after a meal. Kind, like a hostess greeting her guests. Simple, like uncarved blocks of wood. Opaque, like black pools in darkened caves. Who can tell the secrets of their hearts and minds? The answer exists only in Tao.
Grand Hyderabadi A.B.C.D.
Current Mood: Gloomy
Current Music: Leaving on a Jet Plane
29 May 2004, 12:51pm
Are you a Hyderabadii? Surely not. A Hyderabadi would never study other Hyderabadis and wouldn't have insights at 3:30 a.m. Caring about Tao and flows and balances and Mehboob ki Mehndi is not very Hyderabadi. Well, perhaps the latter... but you get my point.
ps. why are you always gloomy? It's not good for your health, you know.
29 May 2004, 1:29pm
Aran, please clarify what you were referring to when you said, "Perhaps the latter..." What is that latter?
PS: Someone has to be gloomy to balance out the happiness of others.
29 May 2004, 3:23pm
Err... no. We'll let it be. Falls flat when it's supposed to be explained. :(
Gloomy too.
29 May 2004, 3:39pm
Quote: "Caring about Tao and flows and balances and Mehboob ki Mehndi is not very Hyderabadi. Well, perhaps the latter... but you get my point."
Aran, being a strict grammarian, trust me when I say that your sentence construction is highly flawed. The correct usage of words like former and latter would be something like this:
Some are wise, while others are otherwise. Perhaps Aran is the latter.
You see the meaning is so clear because of impeccable grammar. Even a nimrod would get the drift. Does not the very essence of language lie in the ease with which you get your point across? And, if something falls flat for want of grammatical purity things are very wrong somewhere.
29 May 2004, 5:22pm
Ohhkayyyy... you're attacking my grammar now, so I really need to do something about it. Writing in this teeny window does make you lose your point before you're even somewhere near the end of your sentence. But anyway, "Caring about Tao and flows and balances and Mehboob ki Mehndi is not very Hyderabadi. Well, perhaps the latter... but you get my point." It's supposed to be 'perhaps the latter IS'. Explaining myself to a grammatarian now. What next?
29 May 2004, 7:27pm
Aran, I am deeply disappointed. I thought I had made it explicitly clear that words former and latter are only used when two things are in reference. For instance, you can say the former or the latter of the two, but not the former or the latter of the four!
Quote: "But anyway, "Caring about Tao and flows and balances and Mehboob ki Mehndi is not very Hyderabadi. Well, perhaps the latter... but you get my point." It's supposed to be 'perhaps the latter IS'."
Your sentence talks of four things - Tao, flows, balances, and Meheboob Ki Mehendi. In this case, which is the former and which is the latter? If by latter you were referring to Meheboob Ki Mehendi (something which I could conclude after hours of deliberation) then you should have stated, "perhaps the last is."
PS: The word is 'grammarian'.
PPS: To be taken with a grain of salt...
29 May 2004, 9:55pm
I thank you Script Writer. No one has ever, EVER tried to do this to my English. Except perhaps my 7th standard English teacher Mrs. Marien Oommen. (Thank you ma'm.) Poor thing would be so disappointed in me today. I know how you feel. But please, I want you to put this behind you and start life all over again. I know it's not as easy as that but then you have to. You can't just be this gloomy about something like this and let life pass you by. Perhaps if someone had cared enough about me and my English like this, I'd have been a different person today. A real different person. Or not. Well, mostly the former. As you can see here, I am trying to implement your teachings AND your hours of deliberation have not gone to waste, my friend. You will see the results. You will see me using former and latter as they should be used. In the correct context. In the correct situation. You live and learn. And then you die. Both the former and the latter.
ps. http://www.bartleby.com/68/9/2609.html
30 May 2004, 12:46pm
Aran, your comments this time were not disappointing. They were appalling. What did you mean by saying that no one had ever done this to your English? You mean to tell me that ever since class seven you have been getting away with sacrilege?
If that has been the case it only implies that the situation is worse than I had previously thought it would be. You have now gotten into a vicous cycle - you speak, no one corrects, you think you spoke impeccably correct English, you speak again with more confidence, your listener is overawed and makes the same errors, and you speak again! I guess you can be credited single-handedly for the many common errors in language that we see in our everyday lives (or may be I should say, that 'I' see considering you don't really see any).
And, you are right. It is not going to be easy for me to put this behind me and start again. It pains me greatly to see a fellow-being, more so a fellow-blogger, go through life without knowing the joys of good grammar. But, I won't let life pass me by. In fact, I think I will make this my 'one good deed you do for the day'. I shall take up the cause of people like you.
PS: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=grammatarian
30 May 2004, 1:22pm
Please, please, dear Script writer, please make it the good deed of your life, not just for the day. You can't just abandon poor grammarless me like this, after one day of corrections. Where will I go? What will I do? After being introduced to the pleasures of good grammar, I really do not want to go back to the dark and dreary place that I was in. You have made me see light. You made me see gramatarian is a wrong word. You have introduced me to the joys of former and latter. You cannot let me go now. I humbly ask you to reconsider the "one good deed for the day" comment.
Looking for more good deeds to come my way,
Pathetically and ungrammatically yours,
Aran.
30 May 2004, 11:37pm
Aran, I think you quite misunderstood when I said that I shall be making it my good deed for the day. But, then the fault probably lies with me this time around. I should have taken into account your comprehension of grammar, or perhaps the lack of it.
Well, it shall be 'my good deed for the day' done everyday. Each day I shall be your knight in shining armour and come to your rescue. In times of extreme need, please dial 666. There is no question of abandoning you. But, how could you even think I would do that? I am pained, Aran. Deeply pained.
Yours till you get some semblance of grammar into your system
Script Writer
31 May 2004, 12:25pm
I'm so very sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I just went berserk when I thought that you might be leaving me to my grammarless condition. That should tell you how much your efforts are appreciated. I can't even think what would happen if... sob sniff sniff.
31 May 2004, 5:55pm
*eyes fill up* Sniff... Sob... Ah, Aran! I am glad we sorted out our misunderstandings. *is overcome with emotions*
*cannot speak further*
2 Jun 2004, 3:40pm
Sheesh!
2 Jun 2004, 5:02pm
PMoW, don't you mean Shush???
2 Jun 2004, 10:08pm
I think he wants to get into the special grammar relationship we have. :p
3 Jun 2004, 12:18pm
Oh! What do we do?
30 Jun 2004, 10:22pm
more than the blog, the comments interested me. Maybe script writer can take grammar classes everyday for all of us grammarless people here at full hyd blogs
30 Jun 2004, 10:25pm
more than the blog, the comments interested me. Maybe script writer can take grammar classes everyday for all of us grammarless people here at full hyd blogs
9 Jul 2004, 9:44pm
Thank God! that all of you at least spell it correctly. The great Hyderabadi 'TUTION' Houses give lessons for 'GRAMMER'.
15 Jul 2004, 5:23pm
Name the place, martiandevil, and I will be more than glad to take grammar classes. And, You_know_who, it is sad that you are comparing the junta on fullhydblogs to the junta that takes tution classes. How could you?
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