Khirkeeyaan Episode 7 - A Lane Again
Director: Shaina Anand
Duration: 00:58:22; Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1; Hue: 77.927; Saturation: 0.020; Lightness: 0.391; Volume: 0.224; Cuts per Minute: 0.668; Words per Minute: 210.896
Summary: KhirkeeYaan is an exploration of an open-circuit tv system as a local area network communication, micro-media generation and feedback device.
It employed security apparatus,otherwise used for surveillance and 'secret' use. Television sets and cheap surveillance equipment, coupled with an RF modulator, mics, audio mixer and metres of coax cable were laid out to form collaborative conversation systems for the 'use' of the community-at-large. TV's and electricity, consent and participation were sourced on-site(s) often drawing from a multitude of sources.
Khirkeeyaan's seven episodes were generated through seven sets of installations in different neighbourhoods in and around Khirkee Extension, New Delhi over three weeks, during Shaina Anand's associate residency at Khoj studios in April 2006. For more on Khirkeeyaan project, see
http://chitrakarkhana.net/khirkeeyaan.htm
After five episodes, we had experimented with scripting part of the space. Anita Dube walked into the parlour in Khirkeeyaan 6 and Tanmoy Sarkar an actor from NSD, was going to appear in the Khoj lane in Khirkeeyaan 7.
We start early in the evening, so that alcohol doesn’t become the crutch for violence, verbal abuse or just foolery. DADA Chai (where Jameel works) KT’s hair saloon, Raju’s genrel store and Jha galli, where a lot of migrant, daily wage earners lived. We actually had wanted to revisit Mukhtar’s Bhai and his store, but his shop was shut and he was ill with fever.
Tanmoy, in
tehmat, banyan and gamcha (‘taken’ by Gambhir from a labourer who roomed in one of his rented quarters) hung around the Chai Stall for the first 20 minutes listening to the conversations. Subtlely he entered frame and after a while, began to speak in Bengali. Immediately, people began speaking back to him.
Posing as a labourer looking for work, Tanmoy slowly intervened and tugged at the contentious threads left behind from Khirkeeyaan 2. Over the next two hours the power dynamics slowly shifted away from Baby Uncle's position behind his shop counter to the chaiwalla and to the TV in Jha walli Galli where some workers reside. At about 9pm, the power went off in the lane and Khirkeeyaan exited from the space. For more on episode 7, see
http://chitrakarkhana.net/Khirkeeyan/K7.htm
- can't here the sound....
- is it coming....
- oh! come on!
Gaurav - hello?
(garble)
migrant
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The four screens, clockwise from the top left, show labourers' houses, Dada Chai shop, KT Saloon and Baby's corner shop respectively.
Aastha - hello? KT? OK, so the audio is coming through...this is a Sony TV remote....
Gaurav - hello?...Hello?
KT - abe Mohammed! say something!
Mohammed - yes yes i will, but the audio isn't coming....
KT - huh?
Mohammed - the audio isn't coming...how much more are you going to massage his cheeks?
KT - Huh? i m applying
safedi (whiteness) to his cheeks...
Mohammed - don't apply too much!
Bhaisaab is already shining so much!
- are you jealous?
Mohammed - huh?
- are you jealous?
Mohammed -
Bhaisaab we can see you are shining so much! and on top of that you are getting your face massaged!
-
Bhai (brother) Mohammed!
Mohammed - yes?
- come here!
Mohammed - i m coming!
- ?
jail mein surang bananewali hai ab?
Mohammed - where
Bhai(brother)?...Where?
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RajuBhai - hello? KT? how are you doing?
KT - i m fine...
RajuBhai - fine, without drinking(alcohol) or after drinking?
KT - abe, i will be drinking in the evening! you are a the number one drunkard...
Ashok - let it be you Fatso!
RajuBhai - Ashok! oh Ashok! ______
Ashok - don't talk too much, you C***, get lost!
RajuBhai - how are you!______
- Oh Raj-wa, ____....oh! Raj-wa!
RajuBhai - go get your beard shaved!! go shave!
- hello...?...RajuBhai?
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- Hello? RajuBhai?
Mohammed - it's me speaking...
RajuBhai - yes, speak...
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yaar(friend), send 15 Pepsi's here...
RajuBhai - isn't there someone close by? Take from Jha!
-
arre yaar to hell with Jha!
RajuBhai - yours has been pawned to Jha!
- no! there's nothing
Bhai!
RajuBhai - yours has been pawned to Jha! you know what is pawned right?
- no...
RajuBhai - arre! Don't lie!
- no really!
Kasam se (i swear)....i m not lying!
RajuBhai - i had told you earlier as well...what has been pawned...
- yes you had told me earlier...
RajuBahi - yes...! And who else is standing behind you?
- everything is fine
Bhai...
RajuBhai - let me talk to the others too...look! look at that paapi aadmi (evil man) KT....
- where is KT?
RajuBhai - there he is, hiding his face and sitting behind!
Mohammed - he can be seen behind...
- Oh KT Bhai!
RajuBhai - KT Bhai!
- KT Bhai!
RajuBhai - call him like a friend!
KT - what...
- why are you massaging his cheeks?
All the men are casually joking around, asking Rajubhai so send some refreshments. Rajubhai seems to be in charge of the conversation here.
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- RajuBhai!!
RajuBhai - yes speak, Muslim!
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Bhaiyya will we get 15-20 Rupees more tomorrow?
RajuBhai - yes you will!
- to put the ____
RajuBhai - for the one on top or the one below?
- huh?
RajuBhai - for the one on top or the one below?
- arre
yaar...
- say, for the one above!!!
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- hello
Bhai(brother)!!
- hello?
- which of the people here in the camera are Bengalis(people from West Bengal)?
RajuBhai - (in Bengali) what? Bengali? are you a Bengali?
- arre, who all are (Bengalis)here? Put up your hands!
- yes! (I am) speaking!
RajuBhai - eh Babu!
- arre
Bhai KT? are there any around you?
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- (Bengali) is everything fine?
- yes, i am talking
yaar(Friend)
Khan - who is this?
- RajuBhai!
RajuBhai - yes Muslim! speak!
- (Bengali) i m asking you if everything is fine?
RajuBhai - (Bengali) i m fine! are you fine?
- huh?
RajuBhai - (Bengali)are you fine?
- i m good!
RajuBhai - ask Suresh where he is talking from....from his mouth or somewhere else!
Khan - hello KT! what are you eating
Bhai?
Sameem Akhtar - who is Bengali? what is happening? how is everything?
Khan - arre! speak very well in Bengali
yaar!
Sameem Akhtar - what are you saying? you were looking out for a Bengali right?
Khan - where are you from
Bhai?
Sameem Akhtar - from West Bengal,
Bhai...from Malda!
Khan - what is your name?
Sameem Akhtar - Sameem Akhtar!
Khan - Sameem Akhtar, where in Malda are you from?
Sameem Akhtar - from Harishchandrapur.
Khan - Harishchandrapur?
Sameem Akhtar - yes...
Khan -
yaar Sameem Akhtar, where in Harishchandrapur, what is the name of your native place?!
Sameem Akhtar - it is Rashidpur...
Khan -
yaar you look like a new chap around here?
Sameem Akhtar - you are just feeling like that...you are like a relative!...what else?
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- huh?
Khan - yes,
Bhai, please speak.
Zakir - (Bengali)________
Khan - (Bengali) What is your name?
Zakir - _____ Zakir...
Khan - Zakir? you are not a Bengali, yaar!
Zakir - huh?
Khan - you are not a Bengali...
Zakir - no i m totally a Bengali...
Khan - he was one, for real...the one next to you is for real.
Zakir - the one next to me?...this is 'ladies'...
Khan - there is no lady,.. that person there...
Zakir - hello?
Khan - yes speak...
Zakir - ok now tell us what is your name...
Khan - whose?
Zakir - your...
Khan - my name is Khan...Khan.
Zakir - Khan, but there must be something more to it?
Khan - yes, S.K.Khan.
Zakir - like jungle ____ also have ?Khan?
Khan - it is Jungle Khan.
Zakir - yes, please speak....which Khan are you?
Khan - what is your name?
Zakir - mine? arre tell us your name!
Khan - you name is Zakir Khan?
Zakir - no....yes speak, you speak.
Khan - yes, what is your name? Zakir Khan right?
Zakir - yes.
Khan - where are you from?
Zakir - from ______
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Khan - (Bengali) ______
RajuBhai - (Bengali) arre, Bengali
Dada bhai(big brother)...
Zakir - (Bengali) give it to your _____
RajuBhai - (Bengali) mine is Hugli....
Zakir - huh?
Khan - Hugli district....
Zakir - (Bengali) who is this with the cap down here? RajuBhai?
Khan - Hugli district....
RajuBhai - ask him his father's name!
Zakir - (Bengali) who is that with the cap?
RajuBhai - oh Bengali(brother)....!
Khan -
haan bhai (yes, brother)?
Zakir - yes, speak.
Khan - Hugli District! Hugli...Hugli!
Zakir - (Bengali) you are (from there)...?
Khan - (Bengali) yes...Hugli...
Zakir - (Bengali)__________
Khan - (Bengali) __________
Zakir - (Bengali)________. Ok, alright. is all the news alright?
Khan - first class.
Hugli
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Sameem Akhtar, a laborer, who has migrated from West Bengal to Delhi, is keen on meeting more people from Bengal among all the ones gathered. he talks to them all in Bengali. When his neighbor Sajad comes to the camera at the tea stall, Akhtar recites a Hindi
sher(a couplet) for him.
Zakir - (Bengali) then _________
Khan - KT....
Zakir - (Bengali)____
Khan - .... has KT run away?
Sameem Akhtar - (Bengali) hello Bengali
dada (brother)....Bengali
dada?
Khan - (Bengali)yes
bhai (brother) tell me...______
Sameem Akhtar - (Bengali)____________
Khan - (Bengali)________
Sameem Akhtar - (Bengali) you will talk na? oh
bhai?
- Sameem
bhai?
Sameem Akhtar - (Bengali)give it to the Bengali
dada for a minute...
- Oh Sameem
bhai?
Sameem Akhtar - yes, tell me?
- this fellow is waiting for you for so long, he is dying for you!
Zakir - oh my god! look who it is!
Sameem Akhtar - arre, you give it to the Bengali...
- the Bengali is gone!
Sameem Akhtar - he is gone?
- but here Sajad is waiting for you, dying to meet you!
Sameem Akhtar - give him (the mic)...
- take this...
Sajad - hello?
Sameem Akhtar - yes? who is that?
Sajad - Sajad...
Sameem Akhtar - who Sajad
Bhai?
Sajad -
abe yaar (oh friend), your neighbor!
Sameem Akhtar - Oh!
ah-sallam-aleykum!
Sajad -
waleh-kum-sallam!
ah-sallam-aleykum!
Sameem Akhtar -
waleh-kum...
Sajad - so tell me! what is this you are doing?
Sameem Akhtar - nothing much, just this time pass....
Sajad -
arre yaar (oh friend)....poor me has been standing here
yaar...since when
yaar...what is this drama happening?
Sameem Akhtar - really? just say, 'oh Lord, at your door, i make a request...let me meet the person , who, day and night, i think of...'
Sajad -
kya baat hai!(that was wonderful!)i like this a lot!
Sameem Akhtar - is that so?
Sajad - of course!
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Sameem Akhtar - what else?
Sajad -
arre bhai(oh brother), where are you ? at least tell me that much!
Sameem Akhtar -
arre yaar(oh friend), i m near the rooms.
Sajad -
arre yaar(oh friend), should i also come there?
Sameem Akhtar - come!
RajuBhai - arre! there is no one in KT's shop!
Sajad - oye! _______
Sammem Akhtar, a laborer, and his neighbor Sajad are having a conversation.
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Sajad - this
bhaiyya , is just....
Sameem Akhtar - what is it? what are you getting so hot about? what is the matter?
Sajad -
abe yaar (oh friend) i m good
bhai! take this.
Zakir - give it to that
chichora (young boy)there...
Sajad - which one?!
Zakir - that one there on your left hand side....
- oh this one?
Zakir - yes, that one...
Sajad - him?
Zakir - no...
- hey Zakir Khan!
Zakir -
abe saale (scoundrel)! have some manners!
- ok tell me!
Zakir -
sala (the scoundrel) takes my name! yes tell me!
- abe doctor!
Zakir - yes, tell me!
- how are you!
Zakir - do you want an injection?
- no i don't want an injection!
Zakir - then come here!
- i want to give an injection!
Zakir - RajuBhai! you seem to be observing very carefully
bhai!
- RajuBhai is actually looking there!
RajuBhai - Bengali Dada!
- there at the grocery shop
RajuBhai - eh Bengali Dada!
Zakir - yes speak!
RajuBhai - i m listening to your story!
Zakir - speak by mixing a bit of your Hindi into it!
- should i speak in Hindi?...should i speak in Hindi?
RajuBhai - yes, speak in Hindi.
- come to your ward no.5.
Zakir -
saala you move out!
- arre! we will have a party!!!
Zakir - ok, fine.
- yes, take this.
Zakir - when are you coming?
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Zakir - RajuBhaiyya, are all other news fine?
RajuBhai - arre! at least reply!! speak a bit!
Zakir - Ok fine...
RajuBhai -
bhenchod(sister fucker)you have made all the other people sit out on the road!
Zakir - hello?
KT - clear, clear!
Zakir - speak a little...move behind...
RajuBhai - look ___ji is drinking water...in your shop...
Akhtar - what are you saying
bhai(brother)? RajuBhai?
RajuBhai - nothing
bhai. what will i tell you...
Akhtar - yea, but you were saying something...
RajuBhai -
yaar (friend) how can i say anything, only Jha can say something.
Akhtar - what is KT bhai trying to say, let him speak...
RajuBhai - KT is just living in his loneliness.
Akhtar - exactly...what are you scratching, in your loneliness
bhaijaan (brother)?
RajuBhai - you should be grateful that, now on camera he his scratching on top...otherwise at night, where all he scratches!
Akhtar - exactly...ask him, what he is trying to say...
KT - Ashok is saying, it was like looking at a ?
gandu (asshole)?
Akhtar - is that so?
abuse
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- abe Bahadur!
Sajad - arre RajuBhai!
RajuBhai - yes Sajad, speak!
Sajad - ______ has it increased again?
RajuBhai - What? Speak...Tell me?
Sajad - how much more are you going to con? first you con for using the phone and now you have come down to conning (people)for ration as well?
RajuBhai - how? what has happened?
Sajad - ration _______
RajuBhai - no, what happened, tell me...
Sajad - heard you were __________
RajuBhai - but you have never come to my shop.
Sajad - huh?
RajuBhai - so that means _____...
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Sajad - .. bhai!
- tell him...
Sajad - what is this? you are always busy weighing the ration in the shop...________
- say, say? what are you ?digging? so much for
bhai (brother)?
Sajad - huh?
- why are you digging so much?
Sajad - ________
- it looks like you are ____ , digging ____
-
bhaiyya(brother) come on now!
Sajad - your
lullee must be having a bigger hole which is why you throw more _________
RajuBhai - arre, Sajad?
Sajad - huh?
RajuBhai - what is this
lullee?
Sajad - huh?
RajuBhai -
lullee?
Sajad -
lullee?
RajuBhai - yes...
Sajad - what is this
lullee?
RajuBhai - yes...
Sajad - ask that _______ there....
RajuBhai - __________!
- yes speak...
RajuBhai - what is a
lullee?
-
lullee is the one with which you insert(dick)....
KT - what is Ashok saying?
RajuBhai - what is it?
Sajad - KT
bhai (brother)!
KT - what is Ashok saying?
Sajad - Ashokbhai? give it (mic) to Ashokbhai.
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RajuBhai - arre tell me one thing, KT...KT?...
KT - yes?
RajuBhai - tell me one thing...
KT - speak.
RajuBhai - you,
yaar(friend), what are you so angry about,
bhai(brother)? tell us the reason for your sadness?
KT - huh?(what?)
RajuBhai - what is the reason for your sadness?
KT - arre no,
yaar!
RajuBhai - huh?
KT - here talk to Ashok.
Zakir - yes
bhai(brother)....how are you Ashokbhai?
Ashok - i m good...
Zakir - you are fine? your hair has been made (to look) very handsome
bhai!
Ashok - yea they just were set well.
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Tanmoy - arre
bhaiyya(brother)...
baniyaanwale bhaiyya (brother, wearing a vest)...
Sajad - yes...
Tanmoy - what is your name?
Sajad - my name is Mohammed Sajad
bhaisaab(bother).
Tanmoy - what do you do
bhaiyya?
Sajad - me?
yaar(friend) i do whatever work i get.
Tanmoy - you do whichever job you get?
Sajad - whichever job i get.
Tanmoy - what work did you get today?
Sajad - today?
Tanmoy - yes?
Sajad - i thought, first i will eat and then search for some work...
Tanmoy - then what did you eat?
Sajad - right now, i have just had a
roti(Indian bread) and have come here.
Tanmoy - you have just had a
roti and come?
Sajad - yes.
Tanmoy - no work today?
Sajad - no work today.
Tanmoy - so that is why ___?
Sajad - was thinking, i have got a holiday after a long time.
Tanmoy - where are you from?
Sajad - me?
Tanmoy - yes?
Sajad - i,
yaar(friend) have come from above.
Tanmoy - from above?
Sajad - yes..
Tanmoy - arre, everyone also have come from above!
Sajad - you should be asking which is your village, but you ask, where have i come from...
Tanmoy - no, no. where is home? which is your country(village)?
Sajad - my country (village) is Katihar,
bhai...
Tanmoy - Katihar!
kya baat hai (that is such a wonderful thing)!!!
This is the place where Tanmoy Sarkar an actor from NSD, as a laborer from West Bengal named Rakesh enters as we had experimented with scripting for this event and involves himself with the crowd. Here Sajad, another laborer, and him are having a conversation.
Kathihar
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Laborers who have come to Delhi from places like Bihar and West Bengal are seen eager to meet and talk to others from their homeland. Here they are seen introducing each other and are seen conversing in their language.
Malda
Murshidabad
Sajad - which is your hometown,
bhai(brother)?
- i am from Bengal!
Sajad - which place in Bengal?
- from Murshidabad!
Sameem Akhtar - oh
bhai(brother), Bengali!
- yes,
Bhaiyya!
Sameem Akhtar - (Bengali)which is your
bari(home)?
- (Bengali) my
bari is Murshidabad.
Sameem Akhtar - (Bengali)Murshidabad?
- (Bengali)yes!
Sameem Akhtar - (Bengali) so, is all good?
- (Bengali) all is good!
Sameem Akhtar - (Bengali)and tell me...
- (Bengali)you say, what is your name?
Sameem Akhtar - Sameem Akhtar...
- huh?
Sameem Akhtar - Sameem Akhatr.
- (Bengali)where is your
bari?
Sameem Akhtar - (Bengali)in Malda!
- Malda?
Sameem Akhtar - yes...
- (Bengali)
Uttar Banglo (North Bengal)?!
Sameem Akhtar - (Bengali)
Paschim Bengal(West Bengal)...
- (Bengali)West Bengal...how many days are you here from?
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Tanmoy- how many days are you here from?
Sameem Akhtar - here...from the past two-three months.
Tanmoy - two-three months?
Sameem Akhtar - yes...
Tanmoy - what are you working as?
Sameem Akhtar - work...just something ....
Tanmoy - what?
Sameem Akhtar - i manage the machines.
Tanmoy - which machines do you manage?
Sameem Akhtar - i manage the lift(lift-man)...
Tanmoy - lift?
Sameem Akhtar - yes...
Tanmoy - how much is the
rozgaar(salary)?
Sameem Akhtar - it comes upto 300 rupees.
Tanmoy - huh?
Sameem Akhtar - 300.
Tanmoy - it comes upto 300 rupees in a day?
Sameem Akhtar - yes.
Tanmoy - and
kharcha paani (other expenses)??
Sameem Akhtar - those are easily upto 50-100.
Tanmoy - but, everything is shutting down in Delhi.
Sameem Akhtar - no, there is still some work available.
Tanmoy - but where will the poor stay in Delhi?
Sameem Akhtar - the poor are packing up and leaving. there is a lot of work in our Bengal!
Tanmoy - Bengal has jobs?
Sameem Akhtar - then what!
Tanmoy - (people) are getting jobs now?
Sameem Akhtar - then what!
Tanmoy - how did you come to know?
Sameem Akhtar -
yaar(friend) over the phone, i spoke just today!
Tanmoy - where
yaar! There is nothing in Bengal!
Sameem Akhatr - arre,
yaar! what are you saying?
Tanmoy - there is nothing,
yaar!
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Tanmoy- and the Delhi government, it is not even on the poor man's side!
Sameem Akhtar - for us, there is still West Bengal!
Tanmoy - yes...there is
rozi(livelihood) out there?
Sameem Akhtar - yes! there is a lot of
rozi! there is
beedi(Indian cigarette with tobacco wrapped in a betel leaf)! Making and selling
beedi!
Tanmoy - so how do you like Delhi?
Sameem Akhtar - Delhi, as of now, is fine.
Tanmoy - why 'as of now'?
Sameem Akhtar - _______
Tanmoy -
hame Delhi bahot 'Bhaya' hai (i quite like Delhi)
Sameem Akhtar - you like it? now you don't seem to be a Bengali...
Tanmoy - if i m not a Bengali, then how is it that i am able to speak in Bangla? I m in Delhi for quite some time now, na!
Sameem Akhtar - OK, that is why.
Tanmoy - that is why i can speak Hindi this well.
Sameem Akhtar - that is OK. so is there any other Bengali
bhai(brother) out there?
Tanmoy - is there any other Bengali? no one here. you will find some Bihari (people from Bihar)
bhai, or Delhi
bhai here.
Sameem Akhtar - that is OK. let us talk to some Bihari
bhai,
yaar(friend).
Tanmoy - which one of you is a Bihari
bhai,
bhaiyya(brother)? please speak....
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Laborers who have come to Delhi from places like Bihar and West Bengal are seen eager to meet and talk to others from their homeland. Here they are seen introducing each other.
Tanmoy- you speak...talk to them...
Ashok - all Biharis (people from Bihar) are standing!
(garble)
Mushtaq - hello! it is me!
Sameem Akhtar - yes,
bhai(brother)!
Mushtaq - From Katihar
jillah(district)!
Sameem Akhtar - Katihar
jillah?
Mushtaq - yes
Sameem Akhtar- what is your name?
Mushtaq - yes, everyone talk about yourself...
Sameem Akhtar - what is your name?
Mushtaq - i work as a _______
Sameem Akhtar - arre, what is your name!!!
Mushtaq - name?
Sameem Akhtar - yes!
Mushtaq - (my) name is Mushtaq Alam.
Sameem Akhtar - Mushtaq Alam?
Mushtaq - yes...
Sameem Akhtar - OK, Fine.
Mushtaq - yes...
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Sameem Akhtar - (Bengali) so is everything fine?
Mushtaq - everything is fine...
Tanmoy -
Bhaiyya, please bring the mic closer to your mouth...in front of it... your voice can't be heard...
Sameem Akhtar - oh, you couldn't hear me?
Mushtaq - your voice wasn't clear earlier...that is why...
Sameem Akhtar - now is my voice clear?
Mushtaq - yes now it is clear...
Sameem Akhtar - OK, alright.
RajuBhai - arre, shove the mic in your mouth tightly,
bhai(brother)!
Sameem Akhtar - yes RajuBhai?
RajuBhai - speak Sameem.
Sameem Akhtar - yes?
Tanmoy - RajuBhai!
Sameem Akhtar - Say what you were saying, RajuBhai...
Tanmoy - RajuBhai...
RajuBhai - your voice isn't coming through
yaar(friend)!
Tanmoy - RajuBhai!
RajuBhai - your voice can't be heard!
Tanmoy - Hello? RajuBhai!
RajuBhai - yes...speak... speak...
Tanmoy - i m saying, that the condition of the roads is very bad! Till when will it be fine?
RajuBhai - Lalu's government....i have informed about it to Lalu's government!
Tanmoy - what is Lalu's government going to do here? They will instead put up a rail line here!
RajuBhai - arre! considering there are all Biharis here, the government has to be that of Lalu's!
Tanmoy - arre
bhaiyya(brother) but here we have everyone from Bihari, Bengali, to even Oriya...
Bihar
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Orissa
Tanmoy, a student of NSD, placed with the group to play the role of a migrated worker from West Bengal asks RajuBhai about the deteriorating conditions of the roads in the area. To this RajuBhai conveniently replies that considering there are so many people from Bihar who have settled there, it is Lalu Prasad Yadav's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav responsibility to take care of his people.
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Tanmoy - RajuBhai! did you get offended?...arre, RajuBhai!
KT - this is the
chor(thief) who stole a cologne from here!
Tanmoy - what?
KT - look this is that
chor!
Tanmoy - that is a
chor? how do you know?
KT - his face looks like one!...show them your face!
Akhtar - his face can be seen!
- why are you irritating?
Tanmoy - what do you do
bhaiyya(brother)?
- i m thieving in Delhi!
Tanmoy - you are thieving?
Ashok - why are you standing at the side, Gambhir? ...laugh, laugh!
Sameem Akhtar - yes,
bhai(brother) Bengali...!
Tanmoy - yes,
Bhaiyya!
Sameem Akhtar - (Bengali)yes, speak..
Tanmoy - (Bengali) speak, speak...you speak!
Sameem Akhtar - ________
Tanmoy - are you married?
Sameem Akhtar - no i m not.
Tanmoy - then how old are you?
Sameem Akhtar - it must be around seventeen or eighteen...
Ashok - arre, you should get him married...
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Sameem Akhtar - what should i say,
yaar!
Ashok - Raju, ask him...
Tanmoy - so what is nice here?
- the Red Fort!
Zakir - here, the ?tomatoes?,
bhaiyya(brother)...
- ________ is the best thing here.
Zakir - what did you like,
bhaisaab(brother?
Tanmoy - huh?
Zakir - what do you like?
Tanmoy - i like all you people!
Zakir - what you are saying is completely wrong!
Tanmoy - then what should i like?
Zakir - no, if you would like us, then you would be near us!
Tanmoy - but you are near me!
Zakir - where,
bhaiyya (brother)? you are so...
Tanmoy - i m talking to you all, face to face!
Zakir -
aap thodi khadi ho jayen to achi dikhai do...(referring to him as a female)if you stand for a bit, then we will be able to see you clearly...
Tanmoy -
haan khadi ho gaye yes! i m standing now!
Zakir - you must say
khade ho gaye...
Tanmoy - ...when referring to females one says
khadi ho gayi....
Zakir - just wait...
Tanmoy - ok
bhaiyya (brother), i m sorry....
Zakir - so what did you say your name was?
Tanmoy - my name is Rakesh.
Zakir - Rakesh. is it only Rakesh or does the name have anything before or after it?
Tanmoy - it is Rakesh Rai.
Zakir - Rai? ok. where are you from?
Tanmoy - i m from Murshidabad.
Zakir - OK...Murshidabad! (Bengali) are you a Bengali
dada(brother)?
Tanmoy - (Bengali) yes Bengali!
Zakir - (Bengali)
oori baba!(oh my!)!!! ?why didn't you say so earlier?
Tanmoy - where are you from?
Zakir - i, too, am from near Malda!
Tanmoy - you are from around Malda? you are also a Bengali?
Zakir - yes, i m also a Bengali...
Tanmoy - ok, that is such a wonderful thing! what is your
shubh naam(good name)?
Zakir - my
shubh naam is Mohammed Zakir Alam.
Tanmoy - Mohammed.
Zakir - Zakir.
Tanmoy - Zakir? Zakir.
Zakir - yes.
Tanmoy - wonderful!
Tanmoy, a student of NSD, introduces himself as Rakesh, a laborer from Bengal.
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Tanmoy - Zakir
bhai(brother) , since when are you here?
Zakir - i m here from, lets say...consider around three to four months.
Tanmoy - ok ok...when did you leave home?
Zakir - it has been five months since i left home...
Tanmoy -
Zakir - it has been five months? you left (home) and came straight to Delhi or did you go elsewhere?
Zakir - huh?
Tanmoy - did you first come to Delhi or you came from else where?
Zakir - from elsewhere...i went to Punjab and came here.
Tanmoy - you came from Punjab?
Zakir - yes.
Tanmoy - what did you work there as?
Zakir - there i was just doing some 'time-pass'!
Tanmoy - time-pass?
Zakir - yes.
Tanmoy - and what about your
rozi-roti(here:livelihood)?
Zakir - huh
Tanmoy -
rozi-roti?
Zakir -
rozi-roti can be taken care of with time-pass too...
Tanmoy - OK, OK...
Zakir - so the rest is fine?
Tanmoy - the rest is fine.
Tanmoy, a student of NSD, who has introduced himself as Rakesh, a laborer from Bengal, is inquiring about Zakir's hometown, job and livelihood.
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Zakir - so speak, say something.
Tanmoy - you speak. say something...
Zakir - no, you say...
Tanmoy - you ask me something.
Zakir - you stand up. we want to hear (you sing) a song.
Tanmoy - you want me to sing?
Zakir - yes.
Tanmoy - what kind of a song do you want to hear?
Zakir - whichever you feel like, make us listen to it.
Tanmoy - you sing something first.
Zakir - i should sing first?
Tanmoy - yes.
Zakir - you stand up for a bit.
Tanmoy - it is OK, i m fine, seated or standing.
Zakir - OK...
Tanmoy - if i stand then the other
bhai-log(brothers)will not be able to see...
Akhtar - hello?
Zakir - as you wish...as you wish...sing a song...
Tanmoy - yes,
bhaiyya(brother)...
Zakir - yes, sing a song.
Tanmoy - i should sing?
Zakir - yes...
Tanmoy - before i sing something why don't you say something.
Zakir - no, you sing..sing that song '
oye, chal gori!'(come, oh fair one!)
Tanmoy - '
chal gori?'
Zakir - yes!
Tanmoy - i don't know that one...
Zakir - you do! you are a Bengali
dada(brother) then how do you not know it
bhai(brother)?
Tanmoy - arre! i don't know all the songs!
Zakir - this is an old song! it's not like i m asking you to sing all the songs!
- (garble)
Tanmoy - you sing us a song...
Zakir - ok, let it be. Sing one in Hindi!
- (garble)
Tanmoy - who is that kid talking,
bhaiyya(brother)?
Zakir - i don't know! he can't even be seen...
Tanmoy - is that so?
Here Zakir requests Tanmoy to sing a song in Bengali.
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Zakir - ok, speak, speak. you sing a song...one minute, let us hear him sing!
Tanmoy - arre, there are many people, they all want to talk...
Zakir - ok. give them...give them...
Tanmoy - here,
bhaiyya(brother), speak for a bit...
Mohammed - oh,
bhaisaab(brother)!
Zakir - yes, speak please,
bhaisaab
Mohammed - where do you live
bhaisaab?
Zakir - huh?
Mohammed - where did you live?
Zakir - i live on the earth...
Mohammed - ok...on the earth!
Zakir - yes...where do you live?
Mohammed - i...i live in the sky!
Zakir - in the sky?
Mohammed - yes...
Zakir - you are wrong! where are your feet standing?
Mohammed - my feet are on the ground.
Zakir - huh?
Mohammed - on the ground...
Zakir - then why were you lying?
Mohammed - ok enough of joking around...
Zakir - ok, what is your name?
Mohammed - my name is Mohammed Sakir Alam.
Zakir - Mohammed Sakir Alam?
Mohammed - yes...
Zakir - then you are my brother! my name, too, is Zakir!
Mohammed - OK! that is right!
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Zakir - so what is your job?
Mohammed - well i work for Mistry...Raj Mistry.
Zakir - Raj Mistry? what does the job involve? this one with Raj Mistry?
Mohammed - for Raj Mistry...baking bricks...
Zakir - Ok...
Mohammed - _______, fixing of roofs...
Zakir - ok Mistry-ji, tell me one thing....
(Himesh Reshamiya's song being played by RajuBhai)
ek baar aaja, aaja, aaja, aaja, aaaaja!
(just for once, please come, please come, please come!)
Zakir - oye! who is playing this
...aaja, aaja?
Mohammed - someone is playing it!
(Himesh Reshamiya's song being played by RajuBhai)
ek baar aaja, aaja, aaja, aaja, aaaaja!
just for once, please come, please come, please come!
for just one look, my eyes ache...
the days end, the nights don't pass...
give me one glance...
just for once, please come, please come, please come!
Zakir and Mohammed are discussing Mohammed's work when RajuBhai suddenly plays a Himesh Reshamiya song 'Jhalak Dikhlaja'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himesh_Reshamiya and disrupts the conversation. Zakir however enjoys the songs and sings a few lines too.
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RajuBhai - abe! At least don't play songs here!
Zakir - so SakirBhai, what were you saying? what all work do you do for Mistry?
(Himesh Reshamiya's song continues in the background)
Mohammed - forget that...what _________ is happening here right now,
bhaisaab(brother)?
Zakir - ?me...you must be aware of the petrol expenditure ______?
Mohammed - sorry, what?
Zakir - the petrol expenditure just keeps increasing. that is it.
Mohammed - arre, i can't your voice is not clear
bhai(brother)...
Zakir - my voice isn't clear?
Mohammed - yes...
Zakir - then listen now.
Mohammed - Ok speak.
Zakir - is it coming now?
Mohammed - yes it is coming now.
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Zakir - __________
Mohammed - yes...
Zakir -_________
Mohammed - yes...
Zakir - the work in Delhi is temporary.
Mohammed - ok...
Zakir - for the past two months i have been ________
Mohammed - ok...
Zakir - right now, here, i have only been roaming...
Mohammed - alright...
Zakir - if you have any work,
bhaiyya(brother), then come to me.
Mohammed - alright,
bhai(brother).
Zakir - do you want to?
Tanmoy - get me a job,
bhaiyya!
Zakir - what kind of a job do you do?
Tanmoy - no you get me any job...
Zakir - no what do you do, i have _________
Tanmoy - i do whatever i get...
RajuBhai -
bhenchod(sister fucker), hit him with a sword! strike him with a sword!
Zakir - ok, fine...
RajuBhai - he will die, he will get crushed under all the money!!! it has been thirty years that he has been in Delhi!
Tanmoy - arre RajuBhai! why are you getting angry?
RajuBhai - arre this KT simply got all the cameras put up! tell him _______
Tanmoy - oh...
RajuBhai - the whole day he will be immersed in sadness over his wife!
Zakir - ok, let it be...
RajuBhai - the wife,
bhenchod has become __________
Tanmoy - arre, RajuBhaiyya!Don't get angry...
RajuBhai - it is not like i m angry! he is doing things that make me angry! i will shake him completely!
Zakir - you are talking like Lalu(Lalu Prasad Yadav
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav)! 'i will shake your _______'
RajuBhai - even now, we can only see his head, not even his face!
Sameem Akhtar - Oh RajuBhai!
RajuBhai - yes tell me.
Sameem Akhtar - what happened to you?
RajuBhai - look at KT down there, how he is cutting!
Sameem Akhtar - why are you talking like Lalu?
RajuBhai - cut that neck below his head!
Sameem Akhtar - his?
RajuBhai - yes!
Gambhir - ______
RajuBhai - i know! He got the cameras put up! if you can't cut his neck, then cut his
lullee(dick).
Sameem Akhtar - i know! he has put the cameras, but he is not even saying anything!....
Kid -
bhaiyya, bhaiyya!(brother)...
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Sameem Akhtar - oh Bengali
dada(brother)!
Tanmoy - yes,
dada!
Sameem Akhtar - recite a
shayari(couplet) for us!
Tanmoy - now which one should i recite!
Sameem Akhtar - make our hearts happy! recite any poem in Bengali! in Bangla!
Tanmoy - arre, but people will not understand(its meaning)!
Sameem Akhtar - whoever wants to understand, will understand!
Tanmoy - arre, no no...you recite something.
Zakir - no, we will understand!
Sameem Akhtar - Bengal is also a part of India! then everyone will understand...
Tanmoy - yes, yes, but people speak different languages!...
Sameem Akhtar - yes...
Tanmoy - that is why...
RajuBhai - ok, is there any Pakistani seated behind you?
Sameem Akhtar - no, there is no Pakistani here.
Tanmoy - here,
bhaiyya(brother) are all the people who stay in Hindustan, all are Hindustani.
RajuBhai - yes, and it must remain exactly like that.
Sameem Akhtar - yes...
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Sameem Akhtar - yes...so say one
shayari(poem) atleast, in Bangla.
Tanmoy - what can i say in Bangla,
bhaiyya(brother)?
Sameem Akhtar - say. say. say...
Tanmoy - ok, here's one in Hindi.
Sameem Akhtar - ok, go ahead!
Tanmoy - people, in which condition, pray for death...
i, in the same conditions, have sworn to live!
Sameem Akhtar -
subhaan allah!(glorified be Allah!)that was nice! may i say one thing?
Tanmoy - yes, please do...
Sameem Akhtar - i, too, will recite a poem in Hindi now.
Tanmoy - Ok, please go ahead...
Sameem Akhtar - this is my
dard-e-dil(the pain of my heart).So the thing is, my name is Sameem, ok?
Rajubhai - arre, you must tell your father's name as well, a person is born because of his father.
Sameem Akhtar - arre, RajuBhai, what are you saying?!
RajuBhai - no see an individual's identity is his father.
Sameem Akhtar - yes..
RajuBhai - Always remember that. Wherever a person reads, writes, isn't his father's name always asked?
Sameem Akhtar - yes...
RajuBhai - like how when that Bengali
dada(brother) kept saying, (in Bengali) what is your name? is it good? (Hindi) but no one asked for the father's name! Arre, if there is no father, then where did the son come from!
Sameem Akhtar - that is also there...
Tanmoy - manners... manners...
Sameem Akhtar - you are right...
RajuBhai - go ahead, attach your father's name...
Sameem Akhtar - arre,
yaar(friend)...you do it first...
RajuBhai - arre, my name is Raju, my father's name is Suresh Chandra Gautam.
Sameem Akhtar - that is right.
RajuBhai - arre, i have just one father and not four, for me to not disclose my name! You also tell us your father's name!
Sameem Akhtar - (his)name is Shareef.
RajuBhai - Shareef? tell everyone around you also, loudly!
Sameem Akhtar - they have all heard, anyway....
God
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Sameem Akhtar - yes, Bengali
dada(brother)!
Tanmoy - yes,
dada!
Sameem Akhtar - recite for us one more
shayari(poem)!
Tanmoy - you do that...you recite one...
Sameem Akhtar - ok...i shall..my name is Sameem....'Sameem's ____ suffers as he waits for someone...yet, no
kafan(burial cloth) can be found, in Som Bazaar.'
Tanmoy -
subhaan Allah! subhaan Allah!(glorified be Allah!)...that was wonderful!
Sameem Akhtar - is that right?
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Sameem Akhtar - (Bengali)____________
Tanmoy - yes...
Sameem Akhtar - Bengali
dada(brother)! please listen!
Tanmoy - this madam-ji is saying something! there is a bit disturbance...and will continue after sometime ok?....our T.V. will be switched off...
Sameem Akhtar - that is alright...
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- i m saying...i too m going to recite a
shayari (poem)...and after this you will have t do the same! is that fine?
Sameem Akhtar - yes...go ahead.
- yes? may i?
Sameem Akhtar - yes...go ahead!
- 'blessed us, God, you and me with life...you blouse was soaked wet, with sweat last night!' after this, now is your turn!
Tanmoy - now you say something!
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RajuBhai -
bhai(brother), you know, today's world is very competitive. so if you want to say anything to your customers, this is your golden chance! Jha's
galli(lane), you know where Jha stays and drinks as well. Now if you want to live over him (be more successful than him)and want to give out a message, then you do it! what say, Sameem?
Sameem Akhtar - absolutely correct!
RajuBhai - look, if you do the cutting for four rupees, it will be your profit and your customers,too, will benefit!
Sameem Akhtar - absolutely correct, absolutely correct!
RajuBhai - i will bring customers for you! mine will be settled on its own.
Sameem Akhtar - oh, KT
bhai!
KT - yes?
Sameem Akhtar - if for four rupees...RajuBhai is absolutely correct...if for four rupees, you cut hair or give them a shave...
KT - (inaudible)
Tanmoy - KT
bhai(brother), please take a mic!
RajuBhai - arre Sameem! oh Sameem!
Sameem Akhtar - yes?
RajuBhai - once you get it cut, you can't get it cut again! ?no, no, this is wrong, you should not say that they 'cut' it...
bhaiwill you 'make' it? KT Bhai? arre KT! will you 'make' it?
KT - what is this happening? has anyone messed around with anything?
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RajuBhai - back to what we were talking about mustache and beard...after all the advice and all, will he shave a beard for four rupees?
Sajad - is KT ready to shave a beard for four rupees?
RajuBhai - ask KT that,
bhenchod(sister fucker), what have these cameras been put up for!
Sajad -
bhai(brother)KT! will you do that for four rupees?
KT - yes i will!
Sajad - huh?
KT - for eight, four, twelve...
Sajad - ok then, i will send all the customers to you now!
KT - huh?
Sajad - i will send all the customers to you!
Tanmoy - and RajuBhaiyya will sell rice for five rupees!
RajuBhai - no,
bhai(brother. rice cannot be sold for five rupees!
Sajad - RajuBhai is like...
Tanmoy - no, no! you too must sell rice only for four rupees!
RajuBhai - arre, i cannot do that at all,
bhai!
(garble)
RajuBhai - hello?
Tanmoy - yes! please speak!
RajuBhai - for a shave that costs five rupees, a blade worth fifty paise is used!
Tanmoy - yes..
Rajubhai - and cream worth 25 paise!
Tanmoy - but it is an artist's job!
RajuBhai - this artistry, if is made available for 1 rupee instead of two, it is fine! but how can i sell rice worth ten rupees for four instead
bhai(brother)?
Tanmoy - if he reduces his rates then you will have to do the same...
Rajubhai suggest KT, the owner of the salon, to reduce his prices so as to get more and more customers. to that, Tanmoy suggests Rajubhai to reduce price for a Kg of rice. Rajubhai argues back explaining why he thinks that it is easier for KT to reduce prices and him.
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Sajad - hello?
bhaisaab(brother)?
Shaina - ok, this Mosim
bhai(brother), who makes delicious
bhajiya and
pakoras...
Sajad - yes...
Shaina - he has sent onion
bhajis for everyone! so i will come to each camera and give it to you all.
Sajad - thank you! thank you!
Shania - thank you...
Sajad - Madam-ji, i would like to have a word with you...madam-ji, could you tell us, how by putting up all this and ________, you will benefit?....madam-ji...
Shaina - yes, please say...
Sajad - i m asking you...
Shaina - yes...
Sajad - these video cameras that you have put up in the ?blue boundary?, you must be benefiting from it, which is why you have put it up...
Shaina - no i m not benefiting in anyway through this.
Sajad - so can you in anyway help the Bihari(people from Bihar) here?
Shaina - no, i will explain you this project which i m doing. its name is Khirkeeyan. which means, as you can see on the screen it self, there are now four windows here...
Sajad - yes...
Shaina - with the help of which we are talking to each other.
Sajad - yes...
Shaina - when i had first visited this lane, i noticed that in this lane, there are Muslims, Bengalis, Biharis, Pandits...everyone stays here.
Sajad - yes...
Shaina - and like that i noticed quite a few other things here as well.
Sajad - yes...
Shaina - so we thought that with the help of this camera and these T.V.s , we will connect you all...so this becomes a mirror of sorts, to showcase what kind of people live here...everyone here has a right over this place...
Gambhir - hello? hello?
Shaina - ...like a few days back we did something like this but everyone started shouting and saying that only the people of Delhi should live here, people of Bengal...Bihar...get out of here. so we thought, why not use this medium to initiate talk among everyone. that is all..
Sajad - yes...
Shana Anand comes to the camera at the tea stall and announces that Mosim bhai, has sent free snacks for everyone. Sajad takes the opportunity to ask Shaina the purpose of this project Khirkeeyan.
Bihar
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Here, Sajad narrates an experience where the local police refused to help and mistreated the people who have migrated to Delhi.Tanmoy encourages Sajad to talk about the incident.
Sajad - now what happens here is that, if a Bihari goes to lodge a complaint with the police, what the policemen do,
bhenchod(sister fuckers), is that they just ask them to get the hell out of the there!
Tanmoy - yes, discuss all of this! discuss this!
Sajad - they say that the complaints of the Biharis (people of Bihar) aren't handled there!
Shaina - who...who is that? whose head popped up right now?
Sajad - yes?
Tanmoy - madam...it is me! me!
Shaina - then why don't you talk as well...
Tanmoy - no i m asking this
bhaisaab(brother)....
Shaina - you let yourself be seen on the camera, please...
Tanmoy - ...that if you tell us your problems and we tell you ours, if we have some questions and answers here, only then will this project be a success! are you understanding?
Sajad - yes...yes..
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Here, Sajad narrates an experience where the local police refused to help and mistreated the people who have migrated to Delhi. Tanmoy encourages Sajad to talk about the incident.
Sajad - yes...so madam-ji, i wanted to talk to you about this...
Tanmoy - yes...you please speak! what were you saying about the police? what do the police say?
Sajad - that if...today a Bihari(people from Bihar) has been beaten up...the Biharis have merely come here to do their hundred rupee labor...if someone rich happens to beat up one or two, and if they go and complain about it to the police...
Tanmoy - yes...
Sajad - ...and if they tell the police that some rich person had them beaten up, then the police just tell them to escape through a back lane!
Tanmoy - ok...
Sajad - ...they simply say that for you there is no magistrate appointed here for you...if asked as to why we are treated like this? they simply say i will explain it to you in your house!
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Here, Sajad narrates an experience where the local police refused to help and mistreated the people who have migrated to Delhi.Tanmoy encourages Sajad to talk about the incident.
KT - oye! you showed us and you left, now you are happy?
Sameem Akhtar - oh KT Bhai! what are you saying?!
Tanmoy - oh
bhaiyya(brother), have you had such an experience with the police?
Sajad - just recently _____ happened...i even approached Raju
bhaisaab(brother), to make a call to the police station...RajuBhai said that S.T.D. phone cannot be used to call the police station, because the policemen come back to irritate us...
Tanmoy - what exactly took place?
Sajad - what had happened was that there had been a fight with someone over ?water?...
Tanmoy - yes...
Sajad - so they _________ were talking amongst themselves...that's is when the owner of the rooms arrived there...so we told him that, uncle, we pay rent for the rooms here but there is shortage of water here, ________________
Lal - hello? KTBhai?
Lal - we just said that much and he started slapping.
Tanmoy - ok...then?
Lal - hello? KTbhai? is my voice reaching you?
Sajad - yes...yes..
KT - yes Lalubhai it is coming...
Tanmoy -
bhaiyya have some patience...this
bhaisaab is saying something!
Lal - i m not Lalu bhai...i m Lal-ji
KT - yes...yes...
Lal - i m not Bihar's ex chief minister(Lalu Prasad Yadav
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav).
Tanmoy - yes, Lal-ji...
Lal - yes?
Tanmoy - this
bhaisaab on top here, was saying something...
Lal - yes..yes...please continue...
Tanmoy - listen to him...yes please speak,
bhaiyya(brother)!
S.T.D.
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Here, Sajad narrates an experience where the local police refused to help and mistreated the people who have migrated to Delhi.Tanmoy encourages Sajad to talk about the incident.
Sajad - so, then he was kicked in the stomach...
Tanmoy - yes...
Sajad - and that made him lose consciousness...when he came back to consciousness, he went to the police station...the policeman asked him to go ahead and that he will be there in ten minutes. but people form the police station haven't reached here yet!
Tanmoy - ok...
Sajad - when about this we went to RajuBhai (requesting him to call the police), he said that from there, no calls can be made.
Tanmoy - ok...
Sajad - now, about this i wanted to ask madam-ji, if she could find a solution for this...if she can do anything for the Biharis.
Tanmoy - ok, ok...
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Tanmoy - tell me one thing...
Sajad - yes?
Gambhir - hello?
Tanmoy - are only the Biharis(people from Bihar) treated like this or does it happen to all the poor...?
Sajad - no, this happens to all the poor!
Gambhir - i will tell you...no, i m telling you,
bhai(brother)...
Sajad - yes?
Gambhir - in your 'boundary'(area), there must be atleast 50 mobile phones and from there you could have dialed the number 100, and also you don't get charged to dial 100.
Sajad - that is very good, Gambhir
bhai...there are a lot of mobiles, but you know all the men here are from the labor department....
Gambhir - yes...
Sajad - at that time no one was carrying a mobile...
Gabmhir - arre, what are you saying, Sajad! you, yourself, own a mobile phone! don't talk like that...
Sajad - i swear, i did not have a mobile phone then. if i did have one, then why would i have the problem in the first place...
Gambhir - no,
yaar(friend), no...
Tanmoy - you know about the number 100, don't you?
Sajad - yes, i do...
Tanmoy - then you should have dialed that number, Gambhir-ji is correct...
Sajad - Gambhir-ji is correct but....
Gambhir - fifty people have mobile phones...(garble)...
Tanmoy - arre! you don't need S.T.D.! it is toll free!...
Gambhir - you don't get charged for it!...
Tanmoy - you don't need money for it...
Gambhir - if you dial from your mobile....
Sajad - i can only do that if i own a mobile phone...
Gambhir - you could have used Jha-ji's mobile to dial the number...
Sajad - why should i go to Jha-ji, when there are so many S.T.D.'s installed in Delhi!
Here, Sajad narrates an experience where the local police refused to help and mistreated the people who have migrated to Delhi.Tanmoy encourages Sajad to talk about the incident. Sajad complains that Rajubhai did not allow them to use his S.T.D. booth to call the police to which Gambhir twists the argument saying that Sajad should have used his mobile phone instead.
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Tanmoy - yes...please speak.
Sajad - give it to this one here, the one wearing the vest...yes...this one with the vest at the side...yes...give it to him for a bit...
RajuBhai - take it...listen to what he has to say...
Sajad - hey, listen!
RajuBhai - yea he is taking...listen to him...
Sajad - listen...
- yes, this Mullah-ji(male preacher)...
Sajad - yes, please speak...
- who has come here would like to say something...
Sajad - yes, give it to him...
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Sajad - please speak,
bhaisaab(brother), please speak...
-
Mullah-ji(male preacher)...say something about the condition of Delhi...
Sajad - yes...
- say something about the condition of Delhi...
Sajad -
ah-salaam-aleikum (peace be upon you)...
Mullah -
wa-aleikum-salaam(peace be upon you too)...
Sajad - and say what you have to, Maulvi sahib...your voice is not coming through...please speak clearly...
Mullah - if the sound is not coming through then how can you hear me?
Sajad - now it is better...
Mullah - huh?
Sajad - now it is better...
Mullah - now it is clear?
Sajad - now it is clear...
Rajubhai - Maulvi Sahib?...
Sajad - yes, please speak...
Rajubhai - oh Maulvi sahib!
Mullah - yes tell me!
RajuBhai - now say what you wanted to...
Mullah - nothing much i simply wanted to ask regarding Delhi's condition.
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A Maulvi or preacher of Islam, is invited to the conversation and encouraged to discuss about Delhi. He mistakes the project to be one of the news channels or the 'media' and demands an explanation of their role in helping the people fight terrorism. (Delhi Terrorist Attacks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4388292.stm).
Sajad - yes...go ahead...
Mullah - i wanted to ask you about the terrorism that is spreading in Delhi of late....i wanted to ask you what are you doing about it!
Sajad - no sound can be heard,
yaar(friend)...
Mullah - how are explaining it all to the public?
RajuBhai -
Maulvi ji(male preacher)!
Sajad - how is it that only Raju's voice can be heard?
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A Maulvi or preacher of Islam, is invited to the conversation and encouraged to discuss about Delhi. He mistakes the project to be a part of one of the Indian News channels or the 'media', and that RajuBhai, too, is a media person, and demands an explanation of their role in helping the people fight terrorism. (Delhi Terrorist Attacks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4388292.stm). That is when RajuBhai butts in and asks him 'who is a terrorist...' implying further by saying 'all of their names are always something like Raj Murad' - that is all the terrorists are only Muslims and that no one has ever heard of a Hindu terrorist. Maulvi's and RajuBhai's discussion on the religion of terrorists gets heated up. this is where the direction of the debate on terrorism shifts towards religion.
Mullah - i want to know, that this terrorism that is spreading in Delhi...
RajuBhai - tell me one thing, who is a terrorist?
Mullah - who is a terrorist?
RajuBhai - yes...
Mullah - you are the people from the media, you tell us!
RajuBhai - no, should i say who is a terrorist?
Mullah - a terrorist could be anyone...
Sajad - RajuBhai.....RajuBhai...
RajuBhai - all of their names are always something like Raj Murad, isn't it?
Mullah - whose?
RajuBhai - i mean, have you heard of any terrorist's name, who belongs to the Hindu religion?
Mullah - you want to hear the name of a terrorist belonging to the Hindu religion?
RajuBhai - yes, tell me!
- Rajubhai?...RajuBhai?
RajuBhai - arre, don't look on top! look at me and talk!
Mullah - i am talking to you!
RajuBhai - what is the name...who was it who stole the real papers of the parliament and sold them?
Sajad - i don't know...
Rajubhai - tell me, to whom....
Mullah - who was it? what was his name?
Rajubhai - no, who did is give the stolen papers to?
Mullah - you are the people from the media! what is it that you are telling the people! who it is that gives the news? me or you?
RajuBhai - Maulvi Sahib! tell me one thing...a Hindu stole papers from the Parliament...ok? but who finally got them?
Mullah - they could be with anyone! they could even be with you!
RajuBhai - no, see, you know the details but you are hiding them!
Mullah - look, i spoke from what i have read earlier and from what i know! now you are the people from the media, you tell us!
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A Maulvi or preacher of Islam, is invited to the conversation and encouraged to discuss about Delhi. He mistakes the project to be a part of one of the Indian News channels or the 'media', and that RajuBhai, too, is a media person, and demands an explanation of their role in helping the people fight terrorism. (Delhi Terrorist Attacks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4388292.stm). That is when RajuBhai butts in and asks him 'who is a terrorist...' implying further by saying 'all of their names are always something like Raj Murad' - that is all the terrorists are only Muslims and that no one has ever heard of a Hindu terrorist. Maulvi's and RajuBhai's discussion on the religion of terrorists gets heated up. this is where the direction of the debate on terrorism shifts towards religion.
RajuBhai - your voice can barely be heard here...
Mullah - why is that? do you use a machine to hear properly?
Gaurav -
Maulvi(male preacher) sahib, the person you are talking to is not from the media...who you are talking to also resides here....
Sajad - what can i say! i cannot understand what Mullah-ji is saying...
Mullah - oh, so that is the thing?
Gaurav - yes...so...
Mullah - then what is the use of talking to them! i m going back!
Gaurav - no, no...this is of use to all of you...the media only...
Mullah - no use...this is of no use!
Gaurav -
Maulvi sahib!...
Maulvi sahib? what i m trying to say is that, the media might say anything, but all the problems begin as a result of all the misunderstandings that people have amongst each other...
Mullah - yes, misunderstandings give rise to all the problems...i m of the opinion that our brothers, then may they be Hindus or Muslims, they must destroy terrorism...
- RajuBhai?...
Mullah - must destroy terrorism and...
RajuBhai -
Maulvi-ji...what you are saying.....
Mullah - yes?
RajuBhai -....is absolutely true...you can't live in Hindustan and call yourself a Pakistani...you are a Hindustani...
Mullah - of course, i m a Hindustani and i can even give my life for Hindustan!
RajuBhai - that is all! this is what i wanted to hear from you.
Mullah - and i also want our brothers from all religions should together end and should want to live and must live together in harmony...
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A Maulvi or preacher of Islam, is invited to the conversation and encouraged to discuss about Delhi. He begins to talk about the terrorism in Delhi. But Rajubhai butts in and makes comments implying that all terrorists are Muslims thereby shifting the discussion from terrorism to religion. Here, the discussion now is about the real meaning of the word '
kafir'. Aastha, another member of the project, then comes to one of the '
khirkees' (windows) and talks about a Hindu terrorist.
RajuBhai -
Maulvi(male preacher)sahib...tell us one thing, in the
madrasa(religious school,)who is called a
kafir(non believer) ?
Mullah -
kafir is one who is not connected to Islam...
RajuBhai - ok...so that means we people(Hindus and others)...
Mullah - not only in the
madrasa this (word) is also commonly used in the world.
RajuBhai - ok, so the one who is separate from Islam is a
kafir?
Mullah - what?
- the one who doesn't read the
namaaz(daily prayer), the one who looks at girls and '
line marta hai'(harasses women), he is said to be a <>kafir.
Mullah - he, who is wrong...it is not necessary....
RajuBhai - it's correct meaning...
Mullah - ...it is not necessary that a only Hindu...
- RajuBhai?....oh Rajubhai?
Mullah - or only a Muslim, harasses women...a lot of people do that...how many will you keep a count of...
Aastha - Hello? Raju?....Baby Uncle?
RajuBhai - yes, Madam, please speak...
Aastha -the comment that you had just made for
Maulvi-ji, i, too, would like to comment on that...actually i m not supposed to move from the control room...
RajuBhai - Madam, you have complete authority, you can do what you want...
Aastha - you said, all the terrorists are Muslims...
RajuBhai - yes.
Aastha - the biggest act of terrorism, i think, the biggest attack of all in the last ten years, was carried out by Narendra Modi, who is one hundred percent Hindu.
RajuBhai - ok...ok...
Mullah - Madam, you have made a great point!
Aastha - that is why your comment is completely baseless...
RajuBhai - why
bhai(brother)? why did you like it so much? just because there is a Hindu involved u liked it so much?
Mullah - there is nothing wrong in speaking the truth!
RajuBhai - listen to me
Maulvi-ji....
Tanmoy -
bhaiyya(brother) listen to me!
bhaiyya(brother) listen to me! this is not about the Hindus or the Muslims!
RajuBhai - this is not about a fight...
Tanmoy - this is about those politicians who benefit as we fight amongst each other as Hindus and Muslims! RajuBhaiyya! Please speak!
Mullah - Please speak,
bhai(brother)! don't turn away!
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RajuBhai - i m not turning away,. i have to look after my shop as well, otherwise i speak upfront.
Sajad- then come on..._________
RajuBhai - Aastha madam?
Mullah - _______
Tanmoy - if we talk about this upfront, you, probably, might even beat us up!
RajuBhai - no
yaar(friend)! we will sit comfortably and discuss it!
Tanmoy - then we can even talk right now,
bhaiyya(brother), talk to us..
RajuBhai - no
yaar, i will show you my shop...see this...can you see how many people are here?....
Sajad - no, ____, every one is listening.
RajuBhai - ...and just one person to handle it all.
Tanmoy - ok...ok...
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Sajad - chalo, it is OK.
RajuBhai - no...OK, Maulvi-ji...please speak...
Sajad - give it to Maulvi-ji...
Mullah - now there is nothing more left to be said. Whatever had to be said, she said it, who you had given the authority to, she has said it all, now the matter is closed. what more can be said?
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The conversation between the four windows is on a hold. KT is seen encouraging someone offscreen to come forward and speak while the others look on.
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One of the Bihari workers living in the area asks Gambhir how the relocation will affect the others living in Delhi. Gambhir explains the purpose of the demolition drive.
- yes...
gaadiwale bhaisaab(brother with a car)
- Gambhir Bhai?
Gambhir - yes
bhai(brother)?
- all the factories that are here are being removed...
Gambhir - yes..
- all the people who are here from Bihar, are anyway at some time going to run away as they have so many hardships to face here.
Gambhir - yes..
- OK? So how is all this going to affect the people of Delhi? they too might have to face problems...or won't they?
Gambhir - they will, they will,
yaar(friend),everyone will have to face these problems.
- they will?
Gambhir - yes.
- then why are these problems creeping up in the first place?
Gambhir - it is the Government...a stadium in 2010...Delhi is going to be hosting the Olympics(he is actually referring to the Commonwealth Games
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/08/sport.india ), so for that this is a Master Plan to renovate again...
- OK...
Gambhir - so for that purpose, all the slums and hutments...the demolition drive is taking place for that reason...
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Tanmoy asks the worker what he plans to do when he is relocated or banished from Delhi. Like all the others who had discussed this question earlier, he too answers saying he will go back to his homeland.
- yes...please speak...
Gambhir - it is like,
gareebi mat hatao, gareeb ko hatao(don't banish poverty, banish the poor instead)...here in Delhi, only those will stay...
Tanmoy - arre
bhaiyya(brother)...
Gambhir - yes?
Tanmoy - you, who is asking about Delhi...you tell us first, what will you do about this? if tomorrow you are asked to get out from Delhi, where will you go?
- no, i will go back to the place where i was born, where else can i go?
Tanmoy - but you have come here from there to earn a livelihood...there you won't be able to...
- no, it is not like that....
Tanmoy - bring the mic in front of you! bring the mic in front of you!
- arre why won't we? we will manage our livelihood by working on the farms...
- listen to me..it is not like, if i return back to Bihar, i will not be able to earn my daily bread...
Tanmoy - then why did you come in the first place!
- see, now that is the thing, every person thinks of securing his future...that is what every person wants, right?
Gambhir - arre, he has come here looking for love!
- no, no! i came to start a steady business here...
- not every person leaves his place in order to feed himself. people think that...
Gambhir - not for his stomach, he is here because of his heart!
- listen to me...people leave home thinking that they will get to earn money and travel at the same time. for his own enjoyment, he steps out. otherwise, a man can take care of his livelihood just anywhere.
- yes...he is also correct...
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Gambhir - now, on that, recite a
shayari(couplet)...
- how am i supposed to know how to recite one?
- he is also trying to speak...
- for all the people living in Delhi, i m reciting one
sher(poem)...is that ok?
Sameem Akhtar - yes, go ahead.
- Salim bhai?
- 'may, in your life, there never be anything amiss...'
Sameem Akhtar - wait first listen to him...
- 'may, in your life, there never be anything amiss, and never any sorrow in your heart...,may the people of Delhi receive all the happiness in the world...even if , to share this happiness i m not around...'. what about me? i will go back to Bihar. Anyway, Lalloo keeps calling us back.
Sameem Akhtar - that is true,
yaar(friend)...
- is that OK?
Sameem Akhtar - yes
Sameem Akhtar recites a couplet.
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- ok i m going to make you listen to another
sher(couplet)...listen very carefully.
Sameem Akhtar - yes, mullah-ji, tell us.
- 'why remember my country when another land is my fate...why hope at all, where a heartless leader exists?'
Sameem Akhtar - good...that is correct...
- 'this Lalu (Lalu Prasad Yadav, ex-chief minister of the state of Bihar)has looted us, showing us a
bhaloo (lit:bear, but means that Lalu has cheated us with his false promises)...and abandoned us in the jungle, after turning us into puppets.'
Sameem Akhtar - that is true....
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Gaurav - which Lalu(Lalu Prasad Yadav, ex-chief minister of the state of Bihar) were you talking about?
- that Lalu whose government has left us bankrupt and broke and used this power to become the Railway Minister.
Gaurav - but right now, his government is no longer in power.
- it might not be right now! but he has still ruined us all! _____, your mothers and sisters ?ache for us(to return)? why? what has he given us? ____?
Gaurav - do you think that you are much better off coming here and living here?
- yes sir...whatever we are earning here in Delhi, we are able to feed our children, look after them and live comfortably.
Gaurav - but right now some problems are coming up where the government is planning to move everyone, what happens then?
- if we move from here when the government moves us, then the government will die (will suffer). __________
Gaurav - do you people register your votes (during elections) here?
- yes we do, sahib.
Gaurav - ok, that means you own a ration card, etc. here?
- ration cards have all expired. we will have to make them again.
Gaurav - ok...
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Gaurav - so then, if you do have a ration card, then how can they move you from here? that makes yo a pukka resident of this place.
- that does make us a legal resident of this place, but sometimes the government says this the other times that which is what scares us.
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Tanmoy - for you the government means something but for the government you are a nobody....
- Gambhir
bhaisaab (brother)?
Tanmoy - because of you the government exists.
- Gambhir?
Gambhir - yes,
bhaiyya( brother), yes?
- do you want this?
Gambhir - bring, bring it here...
- huh?
Gambhir - bring it here?
- we will start a
theka(a country liquor bar) right here.
Gambhir - no problem...
- come here.
Gambhir - ___________
Akhtar - oh Gambhir
bhai(brother)?
Gambhir - yes?
Akhtar - you were talking about a
theka...but has the
theka managed to come here instead?
Gambhir - we will arrange for it to be opened here,
yaar(friend)...
Akhtar - then get it started quickly!
Gambhir - for that everyone will have to appeal for it.
Akhtar - ok...
Gaurav - but if a
theka is opened here and everyone goes away from here, then who will buy from the
theka?
Akhtar - where will we go(we will be here only)! after a year or two years we will come back here only! this is India!
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Gaurav - yes, then the issue is that this is India, and everyone has a right here!
Sameem Akhtar - everyone has a right here, yes. even if we might be from Bengal, that too is a part of India! we can still come back here!
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Aastha - how many of you give your votes(during the elections)?
Tanmoy - no the thing is....it is like our legs are being broken to stop us from uniting (against the government)...we are so scared that we can't speak up...it is the question of our livelihood after all, isn't it? We are threatened...
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Aastha - yes, please speak...
- Madam-ji, i wanted to ask you, that what information do you want to get out of recording all of this?
Aastha - it is not that i want to get any sort of information out of this, we just want to get some medium to you ...
- where did Salim go?
Aastha - ...this is a medium for you people, so that you all can discuss important issues together.
- no, no...i wanted to know are you getting some kind of a profit by doing all this?
Aastha - not everything is weighed on the basis of loss and profit...somethings are done merely for satisfaction,...
- no...
Aastha - ...and some things are so that you people get a voice...we are not doing this for ourselves, we are doing this for you.
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- no, Madam-ji, that is not what i m trying to say, what i mean is that what everyone is discussing here...
Aastha - yes...
- ...what do you get out of just listening to it all....
RajuBhai - ________...??how can you talk to Madam like this??
Aastha - no no, this is not to just hear you speak. this is for all the people in the four window to be able to talk to each other.
RajuBhai - ??should I skin him??
Gambhir - one minute!
Aastha - not for me, but it is for all of you who want to communicate with each other...
- i was thinking you were recording this to show it in the court and to make fun of us poor people...
Aastha - if you think like that...
Tanmoy - ok,
bhaiyya(brother)
- yes?
Tanmoy - everyone knows that some things work while some don't...and even though somethings work, some won't...so this (debate) will always continue, so let us talk about something else, which we can discuss.
- yes, yes, of course...may i?
Tanmoy - talk...talk about something else...
- hello? hello? can you hear me?
Tanmoy - yes speak, please speak
bhaiyya(brother)...
- no,
bhaiyya was asking KT bhai, whether hair first or a pair of scissors. i wanted to know if he will be able to answer an important question...
Tanmoy - go ahead, ask...
- i would similarly want to ask him, which came first, the egg or chicken?
- no, now the matter is stuck there again, which is first, hair or scissors!!!
Tanmoy - listen, listen, listen. these kind of discussions have no end.
- yes, that is true...
Tanmoy - isn't it? this jokes and fun will always continue...
- yes, this is just a joke...
Tanmoy - but when after a few days when there will no longer remain a roof over our heads, it will be a big problem, then.
- let us talk about something more important...fooling around is not going to help us in any way...
- yes, that is true...
- discuss something more useful...about any problems anywhere....something like that...
Tanmoy - yes...about about something more useful
yaar(friend)...
- what is the use of talking about a pair of scissors or some egg?
Tanmoy - yes...we fool around even at home or on the roads...everywhere...
- no problem...
- _________
Akhtar - can i say something? nothing works without some casual fun...
- no, no, no...this is not (a place to) fool around.
Tanmoy - no, a little bit of it is fine, there should be some fun and games, but...
- this place is to talk and discuss our problems...
Tamnoy - these
khirkeeyan(windows)which have been put up before you, they will not com again...are you getting my point?
- yes.
Tanmoy - this is just for sometime...so say whatever you can when you have the time ...
- yes, yes...exactly...talk about something worthwhile.
- _________, again i would like to tell you something...
Tanmoy - yes, please ask...
- if you don't like this type of a get together...why i m talking about this is that, if this togetherness and friendliness is maintained, then only in this way can personal issues be properly solved.
Tanmoy - you are absolutely right! absolutely!
- if this togetherness and love is maintained, then a lot can be carefully maintained.
Tanmoy - yes, completely...love is very important...
- for that, i would like to recite a
sher(poem) now...
Tanmoy - yes...go ahead...
- 'As i embrace sadness, blessed will i be...For i m not like long tresses, which scatter when let loose...'
Tanmoy -
irshad!
-' ...if only for two steps, someone joins me in this journey of love, i will fill...i will scatter like flowers in her every way ...'
Tanmoy - that is wonderful...wonderful...
- with this i would like to narrate another
sher...
Tanmoy - yes, go ahead...
- i m that ______, misunderstood to be a ______, but the world thinks i m crazy...Don't ask me what relationship i have with her...For her i can give my life, but to her i m still nothing but a stranger...
Tanmoy - that is wonderful...wonderful...
Akhtar - hello
bhaijaan(brother)?
- yes?
Akhtar - oh
bhaiyya(brother)?
- yes, please speak...
Akhtar - i too would like to say something...
- yes, go ahead...
Akhtar - i have loved someone...
- ok...
Akhtar - i have loved someone...but...she turned out to be unfaithful...first of all i m very young...
- so, because of that i would like to say something to you...
Akhtar - yes, speak please...
- if you bow down...even a stone can be converted into God...but never love someone too much, or else they will turn out to be unfaithful.
Akhtar - that is correct...
-
- ok, i would like to ask you the question again...what i was saying earlier...did you people like that?
Akhtar - yes we did...
- you did right?
Tanmoy - yes, we did...
- do you have any complaints?
Tanmoy - no.. no complaints at all...
- i will pray that this togetherness and love grows among all of us...and may it never diminish. if you try to maintain this, from your heart, then definitely this love will grow.
Akhtar - alright.
- ______ hall was screening the film Sholay
So there were these two dogs, one from ______ and the other from Karol Bagh. Both were best friends. So one day, both decide to go watch a movie, and they both headed to the ____ Hall to watch the movie(Sholay). But when they reached there...half of the film was over...one of them stealthily entered the place, while the other decided to wait out. at that time, what dialogue was going on? Gabbar Singh (a character played by Amjad Khanhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451166/) was saying,
'Eh Basanti (played by Hema MaliniNaach Ke Dikha! Jab tak tere paire chalenge, tab tak tere yaar ki saanse chalengi!'(Eh Basanti! start dancing! the longer you dance the longer your lover will live!). and that's when Dharmendrahttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004429/ replied and what did he say?
'Basanti! iss Kutte ke saamne mat nachna!' (Basanti! don't dance in front of this dog!). that is when the first dog says, "
yaar, i had come with so much enthusiasm to watch the film and this man is saying 'don't dance in front of this dog!'! fine! i will leave!". and he ran away! then the second one, entered as soon as he got an opportunity. And what dialogue was on at that moment? '
Eh Samba (character played by Mac Mohan[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0595909/)lagao nishana iss kutte par!' (Eh Samba! aim the gun at this dog!). the second dog said,'
yaar! i came to watch this movie with so much of enthusiasm and he is asking the gun to be aimed at me!'. and as soon as he saw the barrel of the gun, he ran away! now when they both met outside, one asked the other, '
bhai(brother) what did you see?' to which the other replied, 'don't ask! ??asking this question will bring upon death!?? and both of them ran away!
- ________________
RajuBhai - __________
- __________
Rajubhai - wait, your brothers here, i will ask them what you meant by that!
Akhtar - oh RajuBhai! did you understand any of that?
RajuBhai - did you understand?
Akhtar - yes, i did!
Rajubhai - then tell us what it meant in Hindi.
Akhtar - what it means in Hindi is that...
Rajubhai - what?
Akhtar - what he was saying was that, enough of fun and fooling around. now something good (useful) should be talked about...your 'photo' (image) has completely disappeared...now it is back...
Tanmoy - RajuBhai? RajuBhai?
Rajubhai - yes? speak?
Tanmoy - you have got a lot of chances to speak...behind you there are so many people standing...give a few of them some chance to speak...
Rajubhai - so whose do you want to hold?
Tanmoy - behind you, behind you...give it (to the people) behind you...
Rajubhai - here...talk to him.
Tanmoy -
bhai(brother) say what you have to say...
Rajubhai - tell us your name and that of your father.
Rajubhai - ok listen to his name...Talk.
Jahannum - my name is Jahannum(hell)...
Akhtar - what is your name?
Jahannum!?
Jahannum - Jahannum!
Rajubhai - father's name?
Jahannum - father's name - Madrasi.
Rajubhai - Madrasi.
Kid - Madrasi...
Jahannum - if you too want to go, them come with me!
Rajubhai - do you want to send across any message here?
KT - what?
Rajubhai - message?
KT - what message?
Rajubhai - give out a message! the entire common public is out here.
Akhtar - oh Rajubhai?
Rajubhai - yes?
Akhtar - in front of you are so many guests,
yaar(friend) welcome them all with some Pepsi...
Rajubhai - how many are there behind you? ______
Akhtar - at my place food is being cooled right now, i will be giving food to all now...
Rajubhai - then let them have the food first, Pepsi can be distributed later.
Kid - _______
- ___________, Rajubhai! oh Rajubhai!
(garble)
- send some fifty Pepsi (bottles)! ??we will later put in some money from the Bankrupt Bank for you?? Have you seen a Bankrupt Bank?
Rajubhai - where is that?
- have you seen the Bankrupt Bank in Delhi?
Rajubhai - first come out holding the mic and show your face.
Kid - ??the stadium should also be seen....??
KT - it is behind the Red Fort!
- Behind the Red Fort?
KT - ________
- then Raju...what is his name? his name is Raju right?...Rajubhai? it is too hot here! send some Pepsi!
Rajubhai - no Pepsi now. see everyone will remain where they are, and everyone will get food and drinks right there.
Kid - it is very cold here...
Rajubhai - what is cold?
Kid - it is very cold here...
- hello?
Rajubhai - it is becoming cold?
Kid - yes.
Rajubhai - where! are you standing in Nainital!?
Kin - no! at the
paanhttp://www.answers.com/topic/betel-nut?cat=technologyshop!
- hello! Rajubhai!
Rajubhai - this is not Nainital! you are standing in Delhi! where is the cold here?
Kid - it is hot
yaar(friend)...it is hot!
Rajubhai -
beta(son), speak a little clearly, what do you want to say?
Kid - it is hot here!
Rajubhai - oh? hot? there are so many men around you, it is bound to become hot. every man has some heat within him...
- ...so i will send the money...
Rajubhai - honestly tell us, for whom were you laying the wires?
- huh?
Rajubhai - for whom were you laying the wires?
- who i was laying the wires for?
Rajubhai - you were connecting the wires, isn't it?
- yes...
Rajubhai - then ask him for the Pepsi (bottles) and send them here...
- i will just do that...
Rajubhai - yes. order it from there and send it here.
- ok...
Rajubhai - go order it and come fast.
- but he will have to be told!
Rajubhai - who?
- the Madam...
Rajubhai - that you people will have to tell her, why should i!
(garble)
Rajubhai - arre, Kalaam! you have completely become a
chikna(a smooth, good looking fellow) after going to KT's!
- who is Kalaam?
- the one who is becoming a
chikna...
Rajubhai - that one there at KT's shop...the one combing his hair like a hero!
- arre no Rajubhai!
Rajubhai - Oh KT! oh KT!
Akhtar - _________! oh KT!
- he has gone outside now. he is not here...
Gambhir - hello? hello?
Akhtar - yes?
Gambhir - who is that in KT's shop whose face is being whitened?
- ________
- Rajubhai!
- Rajubhai! hello?
- Kalaam bhai! where have you been!
Kalaam - i was right here! at KT bhai's shop!
-
bhai(brother) one minute, you quickly come here!
Kalaam - i m trying to speak to Rajubhai.
Rajubhai - speak! speak!
Kalaam - Rajubhai...
aap kaunsi chakki ka atta khate hai?(lit:which quern is your wheat ground at)
Rajubhai - of Shakti Bhog.
- Shakti Bhog?
Rajubhai - yes. but what will you get by eating the same?
- huh?
Rajubhai - but what will you get by eating the same?
Akhtar - ok Rajubhai, explain a bit about the flour...
- one minute! Kalaam Bhai! Kalaam Bhai!
Kalaam - yes!
- you quickly run and come here!
Kalaam - i m going now.
- come fast, there is some work...
Rajubhai - arre that Kalaam...
- be here in a second!
Rajubhai - Kalaam?
- yes?
Rajubhai - now i will talk and you keep listening.
- yes...
Rajubhai - what did you ask me? which grinding mill my wheat is ground at?
- yes...
Rajubhai - which mill's flour have you been eating till now?
- me?
Rajubhai - yes...for how many years you have been living in Delhi now?
- me? five years...
Rajubhai - you are having Jha's flour isn't it?
- no!
Rajubhai - then?
- i m having the flour from the mill.
Rajubhai - but it comes from Jha's mill,
bhai!
- no. the flour comes from wheat, which is ground in a
chakki(quern)...
Rajubhai - what? please repeat again!
- no. when i asked where does your flour come from, what did you say?
Rajubhai - Shakti Bhog.
- of Shakti Bhog?
Rajubhai - yes...
- but flour always comes form wheat, isn't it?
Rajubhai - then what is Shakti Bhog?
- huh?
Rajubhai - what is Shakti Bhog?
- Shakti Bhog?
Choudhary - Rajubhai?
Unlce - hello?
Choudhary - hello Uncle-ji, did you know who I am?
Uncle - do i know you/
Choudhary - yes?
Uncle - yes i do know you.
Kid - we know you very well.
Choudhary - you recognize me?
Uncle - yes, very well.
Choudhary - what is my name?
Uncle - name?
Choudhary - yes.
Uncle - i don't know your name, but i know you by face.
Choudhary - where had you seen me the last time?
Uncle - last time?
- your name is Vittho!
Vittho - yes, the last time?
Kid - the last time you were seen at _______
Uncle - son, i don't remember right now, i have had some alcohol otherwise i would remember very well...
Choudhary - that anyone can.
Uncle - isn't it?
Choudhary - yes.
Uncle - _____
Choudhary - ok now tell us one thing, Uncle-ji...this KT, who is standing next to you...
Uncle - huh?
Choudhary - KT...he is just _____ for the past one hour!
Uncle - KT?
Choudhary - give him the phone...i mean the mic...
Uncle - I should give the phone to KT?
Choudhary - yes.
Uncle - here, KT...
Rajubhai - ______
- Rajubhai? Rajubhai?
Rajubhai - Choudhary? oh Choudhary? i can here you voice but can't see your 'photo'(image)
- Rajubhai? hello? hello?
Rajubhai - now, _______ who all would like to ask KT some questions? oh Sammem?
Akhtar - yes, tell me!
Rajubhai - you don't have to sit like a _________. Ask him whatever you want, openly!
Akhtar - yes, tell...what should i say...
Rajubhai- say whatever you want...
Akhtar - what are you saying Rajubhai?
- Does anyone want to ask any questions?
Akhtar - yes i want to...
- what do you want to ask?
Akhtar - i want to ask...
Rajubhai - will you allow him to shave for four rupees?
Akhtar - yes i will.
Rajubhai - or should cut his?
Akhtar - well he has no time right now, there are two more people waiting and he is unable to make it.
Rajubhai - look at this!
Akhtar- what are you showing Rajubhai?!
Rajubhai - i will make KT's halal...
Akhtar - what? you will get your's shaved?
Rajubhai - no i will make KT's halal if he refuses.
Akhtar - ok...
- Rajubhai?
Rajubhai - the salon near you...have you seen the shop?
Akhtar - yes i have...
- hello?
Akhtar - oh Rajubhai, bring the mic a little higher, what you are saying cannot be heard clearly...
- is Rajubhai there?
Rajubhai - i m just trying to see how many people are standing at my shop...
- is Rajubhai there?
Rajubhai - yes, tell me.
- there is a boy who wants to you, do you not want to talk?
Rajubhai - you speak as well.
- huh?
Rajubhai - you speak as well!
- then why you are not talking? why are you getting angry?
Rajubhai - ok, bring him ahead.
- yes, come in the front...
- Rajubhai your voice is not coming through...
Rajubhai - _____ only then will you be able to hear...
Rajubhai - speak <i<bhai(brother) speak! who was speaking earlier?
Kid -
pehchan kaun?(guess who this is?)
Rajubhai - what son?
Kid -
pehchan kaun?
Rajubhai - say, say what you wanted to say.
Kid - first you have to prove it.
Rajubhai - what??
Kid - you prove it and show!
Rajubhai - what (should i prove)?
- hello? this is the first gate to Rajubhai's shop, i want...
Rajubhai - but what should i prove?
- hello? Rajubahi?
Rajubhai - yes?
- if someone is trying to recite a
sher(poem) for you, why do you always back off?
Rajubhai - arre, but i cannot understand(what he is saying)!
- now listen carefully, understand?
Rajubhai - ok, fine. son, please speak...
- of Rajubhai's shop, this is the first gate.
for all who want to have a look, 10 paise is the rate,
and all the people...huh?
Rajubhai - hello?
- yes?
Rajubhai - yes, say, what you wanted him to say...
- of Rajubhai's shop, this is the first gate.....
mannu - Rajubhai?
Rajubhai - yes, Mannu-ji!
Mannu - Raju? don't forget! this evening!
Rajubhai - definitely _______!
- for all who want to have a look, 10 paise is the rate,
and all the people here are his candidates...
Rajubhai - i will reply to him...what was he asking me?...yes, son, speak!
- you are not even listening to the
sher,/i>(poem)
Rajubhai -yaar(friend) i cannot hear your voice at all!
Gambhir - arre, bhai(brother) take the mic in your hand and then speak!
- i m speaking with the mic in my hand...i m not just talking!
Rajubhai - yes, speak, speak, now speak...
- now what to say! the story is over!
Rajubhai - what did you want to ask, son?
- say...come in the front and speak..
- hello?
Rajubhai - yes, speak...give it to this boy...
Gambhir - dost(friend) come in front of the camera and speak...
- i m standing in the front bhai...Raju...
Rajubhai - arre bhair, listen...
- of Rajubhai's shop, this is the first gate.
for all who want to have a look, 10 paise is the rate,
and all the people here are his candidates...
Rajubhai - ok now give it to this boy, what was he trying to say? son, say what you were saying...?
Kid - has it been proved?
Rajubhai - what has been proved?
Kid - of 'guess who this is'?
Rajubhai - who was to be recognized?
Kid - me!
Rajubhai - how?
Kid - the way it should be done...
Rajubhai - take the camera down, lower your belt then i will know...
Rajubhai - you spoke something about being a Hindu or a Muslim, didn't you? why are these things always brought in the middle (of a conversation),
yaar(friend)?
Kid - when did i say that! you are bringing up the topic!
Rajubhai - was i talking about this for so long?
Kid - of course!
Rajubhai - _________
Kid - like Raju Shrivastav
http://www.rajusrivastav.com/, you just come and say 'brother, what is the matter?'. you are nothing less than Raju Shrivastav!
Rajubhai - tell me one thing
chotu (a small kid), why did you bring up the topic of 'recognizing' someone?
Kid - of recognizing?
Rajubhai - did we not talk about that?....
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