Watching the Malwan video reminded on of Marathi humor........first class and the variety to boot..sets et al!
Here is a great story teller/humorist Shireesh Kanekar who roamed the Shivaji Park/Prabadhevi-Mumbai maachi market in the mornings and recounted tales, mostly about the fisher women's mannerisms and raunchy talk....to his friends. I see he is on the tour circuit now. Incidentally, you may remember him as a journalist who famously wrote the story for the front page of the Expr*ss (I think on Sunday) in the late 70's that almost brought down the Indir^ Gandhi government (?). The story was of a couple returning home late night movie on their two-wheeler and the vehicle ran our of gas. So they were walking with the vehicle..when they were accosted and the woman raped (I think the report said the Mahim-Bandra bridge). When she returned home, on the pretax of bathing she drowsed herself with kerosene and killed herself. The story was never confirmed but resulted in stormy scenes in Parliament, trouble at the Express and shocked the nation. http://w.videowap.tv/video/FVB6VKmdd88/MAAZEE-FILLUMBAAZEE.html http://southasia.typepad.com/south_asia_daily/2009/03/indias-huge-book-advances.html uesh Bhatcar <sgbhat...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Machindra Kambli made those 'Malwani Konkani' dramas (nattok) very famous. > I too had watched at least a couple of those episodes, at the Kala Academy in > Panjim. > For the lovers of Malwani Konkani, here is a hilarious youtube video > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKoLkkEVMYk > > Then there are those famous improptu nattok from "Mochey Maadkar". Machindra > Kambli's dramas to a certain > extent, are derived from these 'Mochey Maadkar'. > > As regards the 'colourful' nature of Konkani, the height for me was to hear > my Goan neighbour and her son fight! > The 1st time I heard them fight, I just could not stop laughing, as the son > addressed the mother as a 'bitch' > and the mother in turn called him -- 'son of a bitch'! The impact is more > when you hear these words in Konkani > as "che.i" and "che.eychya" -- I will let you fill in the dot/blank!! > > For that matter the 'colourful' nature crosses all cultures and languages. > This morning as I walked to work, I saw/heard a few > workers using the "f" word once too often. Then I saw another worker on his > cellphone and he was talking rather loudly > and every second word in his conversation was the "f" word! > I could only shake my head and walk on! > > Naguesh Bhatcar > sgbhat...@hotmail.com > > > >> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:41:32 +0530 >> From: rcab...@bsnl.in >> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org >> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Unusual Proverb? Doxeo_Zonvop >> >> >> Once I had the opportunity of attending a nattok in “Malwani” Konkani. The >> nuances of the dialect had the audience in splits. >> During my childhood days I remember hearing the “kunnbis” scolding their >> children. There was not a single sentence without one, two or more >> “colourful” words in it. >> Konkani is a beautiful language. I’m glad more and more people are realizing >> that fact. Good. >> Shenttar mar pil’luk! >> Richard Cabral >> > > > * * * > * * * Was life in the *kudds* glamourised? Who said, "It appears that the Goanese (sic) are a roving people, prepared to go to any part of the world for well-paid employment"? How did Goans find their first toehold in the Gulf? Find your answers in Selma Carvalho's *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Buy from Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
