Aye Hip Hopper

“Hey bro”, “Nah bro, I ain’t comin.”, “Wassup with ya man”

No No!!! I have not turned gay or black. I am still the same old fashioned guy who speaks traditional English. Just that I have noticed some deshwaasi frequently using this form of English in various places. You can easily spot them in restaurants, coffee shops, chat and even orkut. Not sure what goes in their mind when they use these words or what influenced them. But they do it with pride. None of my business I know, but I can’t help me ignore this.

I have tried to give it a lot of thinking but still not sure why would a normal Indian guy talk like a hip hopper. Does being an African American (I will refrain myself from using the other word) is so in thing now that a usually good looking Indian male wants to epitomize them? Or is it just ignorance? Yes, ignorance it is. The reason being no sensible man on earth would like to be a black Bappi Lahiri. No offence!!!

Being an Indian I know what a typical Indian youth mentality is. And I think the same applies not only to Indian but youngsters in any geography. They just want to own a thing which they see is in. Be it cloths, accessories, music or accent. Most of the Indian youth have not been to this side of the globe and whatever cultural impression they have about America is inherited from Hollywood movies or song. What they don’t realize is that, a movie is just a glamorous package, made in a way that sells the most. It doesn’t reflect reality. Not all of them at least. The same way as not every Indian is named as Raj and not every garden in India has hidden orchestra and groups dancers, who appear just when the hero falls in love with heroine. The same goes with music too. Not every Indian sings a song when he wants to ‘pataao’ a girl and not all the Americans talk in the distorted form of English like those glossy hip hoppers who wear (be)low waist jeans and a hoody.

I personally know many guys and girls in my country, who proudly address each other as “hey dude”. When they talk, they keep two fingers (index and middle, to be precise) intentionally popping out and their body shaking in a rhythm. They think it looks cool. What they don’t realize is how idiotic they appear when they try to fake it.

Another disease, which is no less contagious, is their accent. I have seen people who were onsite for three months (by onsite I mean in US), and when they came back they have somehow picked up a fake US accent. Come on, how can you pick US accent in just three months? Unless you had gone through a call centre training.

I know how mean I sound when I talk like this. But this is how I feel.

Bhagwaan inhe sadbuddhi de!!!

At the end, here is a nice song for you to checkout -