Thursday, September 17, 2009

Heights of Sights

There is in this part of the world a rich tradition of decorating vehicles, not just with the regular pictures of peacocks, cow and calf, or flowers of various kinds, but also with written matter. There is a lot of artistry that goes into writing even simple things like 'Horn Please' (in any of the numerous spelling variants including 'Horan Pelas', among others). Some people, of course, go beyond the mundane public-service messages like 'Use Dipper at Night'*, and there is every possibility that you will get to read a nice sher or two behind the most unlikely looking vehicles. Some messages are gems.

This one says 'Jinhe jaldi hai, ve chale gaye; hum to aise hi jayenge'
(those who were in a hurry have gone, we will go like this only)



*Incidentally, I always thought 'Dipper' was some kind of a mosquito repellant... like GoodKnight or something...

5 comments:

The New Age Superhero said...

i had once seen an auto with this message: chintu chutiya hai :)

heh? ok said...

@ abw
i trust you to notice these things

@ ninkita
well, if you live on the road, a little philosophy can't hurt :)

ninkita said...

haan, we totally depend on you for those pearlies!!

@sangee.. yes!! Road-Philo Forever! And not just 'Buri nazar wale tera muh kaala' either :P

Sim said...

I saw these on autos:
'chintu, chinti, monu, sonu, munni, munna ki gaddi. hum do humare do'
then there was something like yaar dost something, nahai ek saath par kacha apna apna.
Entertaining.

The Unpaid Analyst said...

Funny abt the dipper part though..I had once seen written behind a truck 'buri nazar waale tu sau saal jeeye aur tere bacche tera khoon peeye' :D