some specialities u'll find nowhere in the world....
1. ardhu(half cup of tea). A craze in jamnagar. U'll find couples hanging out at chai ki kitlis to have there cuppa tea at mid night. Jamnagar loves Tea.. Round the clock.
Tea, i guess is the only reason why people keep roaming around till 2-3 am in a no pub, no disc Jamnagar. Ardhu leta aao bhai..!
2. mithi sadu pan(Green leaf bangla Pan). No where in the world u'll find airconditioned pan ka gallas(stalls). It appears to be the main industry here.. I wonder if Jamnagar could hold a world record for no. of pan ka gallas per capita..!
3. Bopaharia(afternoo nap). U have to see it to believe it. People will do anything, even if it means closing shop and going home, or maybe leaving it unattended, to go for there bopaharia. Its a curfew here in jamnagar from 2 to 4.30 pm virtually everyday.
4. Satam Aatham(janamashtmi). How many days will u think these guys can celeberate Lord Krishna's b day?? one day.. may be two..?? NO.. Its one full week. Everyone closes shop, and heads out of state, insearch of greener(and more alchoholic) pastures.7 days of zero activity.
5. Bapu(rajputs). Now there are Rajputs, and there are rajputs. Here anyone with any distant link, real or imaginary link with the earstwhile royal family, is a bapu(king). I wonder how come there are so many royals. And they are morally, and physically still thought to be lone species to fight for anything under the sun.. Literally.
Jamnagar is a strange place.. but I love being here.
Friday, 7 September 2007
Cutting chai
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4 comments:
it seems an interesting place
sure is.. exilir... watch out for more interesting things...
Well, Jam Nagar in nutshell.It was very enlightening.But it is more or less same with all the Indian cities in the matters of Chai,Paan,Siesta,Mata ka Jagran or Harkirtan spanning two days and ofcourse the Rajputs and the debate on which is better,Suryavanshis or the Chandravanshis.
One thing I was a bit curious/confused about is whether it is a typo error Bopaharia or should it have been Dophahria derived from dophahar.
Viv,why half cup??How big the size of the cup or the Kulhar is?How is it prepared?Brewed or cooked with masalas etc.I personally am a tea buff and I'd very much like to know about it.
Good blog.
gujju way of saying two is Be(pronounced bae) so bopaharia.
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