Apr 09, 2005 11:55
LESSONS I LEARNT WHILE WATCHING 'KAL HO NA HO'(by kshah)
1. Studying for an MBA just involves meeting in the park every evening and walking to the institute.
2. You can study for an MBA all u want but you'll need a total stranger to waltz in and explain the concepts of 'differentiation' and 'core competencies' to your mom so she can get her restaurant back on track.
3. Amazing coincidences occur every minute - like when the guy who spills coffee on you at a metro station will actually become your neighbour, and consequently, the love of ur life. So the next time you get hot coffee spilled on you, be sure to memorise the face of the guy who made you spill it. (Conversely, the next time you spill hot coffee on some girl, make sure you introduce yourself then and there!)
4. Hindi movies have gone on to copying sitcoms now.
5. A woman will start loving the child she has hated all her life when u tell her that the child is her son's "paap".
6. People actually cross their fingers whenever they lie!
7. Using songs from blockbuster Aamir movies is cool.
8. Gay jokes are making strong inroads into Bollywood.
9. Double entendres too.
10. Its perfectly ok for a dad and son from a traditional gujju family to visit a strip club if the dad thinks that the son is gay.
11. Shakespeare style stories - where a lot of small plots are woven into the scheme of things - can be shoddily incorporated bindaas when u have a host of stars acting out the various roles.
12. In lawsuit-crazy USA, people can do the following without getting sued:
a) Serve a glass of wine with a wedding ring inside
b) Throw people out from a cafe
c) Sing everyday in a maniacal voice which carries over the neighbourhood
d) Break into song and dance in a neighbourhood (to which, incidently, you're new)
e) Spill hot coffee on someone
13. Any man, when he finds out that the girl he loves is in love with someone else, will swallow his ego and call and inform the other man of the situation.
14. The other guy, instead of taking advantage of the whole situation, will try to deflect the girl back onto the first guy.
15. All gujju communities have a cheerleader-type song to sing whenever a member from another community comes to visit them.
16. Clerks at a busy mall will actually remember the name of the girl for whom u were planning to buy a necklace a few weeks earlier.
17. At an American hospital, it is not a big deal that all the medical personnel (except for one doctor) are of subcontinental origin.
18. It would not be possible for a person to be loved if he/she cannot sing (in a voice which has the clarity of a playback singer's voice) and dance (in moves which, although spontaneous, combine beautifully with the moves of those around you).
19. New York discotheques actually tolerate 5 minute long hindi songs.
20. Any man who finds out that he is going to die in a short while will, instead of spending his last days in glee and freedom, become a poor-man's cupid cum philanthropist.
21. A person - who is never disturbed by rap-groups, choir practices and street basketball games - will be so deeply irked by the voice of one man shouting when all else is quiet that she will have to come to the window to investigate what "all the noise is about"