For all my bengali friends For my Bong family and friends! 28 Reasons Why Growing Up Bong Was The Best Thing Ever 1. As a kid, you were maniacal for half marks in your test papers. 2.You are well trained in detecting uninvited foreign bodies like mosha & tik-tiki. 3. You were conditioned to believe that you could survive the Apocalypse armed with a file of Gelusil and a tube of Boroline. 4. You have grown up worshipping nolen gur. 5. Onek hoyeche, ebar porte bosho was your childhood anthem. 6. As a mischievous kid, you have faced some real lovable words like bandor & bandraami. 7. You have a serious, committed relationship with botaam & septi-pin. 8. Only you know the magic of the afternoon nap. 9. Winters are not complete unless you have overloaded on 55 sweaters. (No monkey cap jokes, people.) 10. Your Sundays were & are all about maangsho-bhaat (mutton rice). 11. Kemon aacho will always be greeted by ei cholche. 12. The gift always comes first. Then comes bhai-phota. 13. You have been bred to appreciate, acknowledge, love, drink & believe in Horlicks. And in some cases, Ovaltine. 14. You have been reminded time & again, how a day has chhobish ghonta and what all can be & has not been achieved in that. 15. You have learned never to respond to your old uncle asking you chinte parcho. Because once you act squeaky & say yes, youll be counter-asked the most deadly question, aami ke bolo toh? & your life will fall like a pack of cards. 16. Youve been forever scarred, since childhood, because you were called Poltu. 17. Distance is never kilometres. Its always in minutes. 18. You need a kol baalish for a peaceful sleep. 19. Family get-togethers are incomplete without gorment, politics, sports & entertainment debates and each person is somehow right without agreeing with one another. 20. No matter how much you study, you will always hear the golden words aamar chhele toh porei na. 21. Even if you are almost dead after a heavy meal, you should be ready for the worlds most innocent question: Pet bhore kheyechis toh? 22. Every Bong faces the Spondylosis attack at some point in his or her life. 23. Poshto, begun bhaaja, khichudi & paapad are gods food on a rainy day. 24. Luchi makes you dance with joy. 25. Your non-bong friends dont follow your bong humour. 26. You take immense pride in the fact that the Bong concept of neykamo can never be translated in any other language. 27. Every discussion for you is of national importance (probably why Arnab begins every question with The nation wants to know ...!) 28. And lastly, all of these made your childhood awesome.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:36:36 +0000