A toZ of bengali who have B for V

This is ABCD definitions of Bengalis. I believe other provinces could also have some. I am giving it for pure fun, although I am a bengali. It is like Sardars telling a sardar joke.

Kolkakattan goes and spends a day hard(ly) at work. And if he works for the "West Bengal Gawrment" he will arrive at 10, wipe his forehead till 11, have a tea break at 12, throw around a few files at 12.30,break for lunch at 1, smoke an unfiltered cigarette at 2, break fortea at 3, sleep sitting down at 4 and go home at 4:30. It's a hard life!

B is for Bhision. For some reason many Bengalis don't have good
bhision. In fact in Kolkata most people are wearing spectacles all
the time.

C is for Chappell. Currently, this is the Bengali word for the Devil,
for the worst form of evil. In the night mothers put their kids to
sleep saying, æNa ghumaley Chappell eshey dhorey niye jabeö

D is for Debashish or any other name starting with Deb-. By an
ancient law every fourth Bengali Child has to be named Debashish. So you have a Debashish everywhere and trying to get creative they are also called Deb, Debu, Deba with variations like Debanik, Deboprotim,Debojyoti, etc. thrown in at times.

E is for Eeesh. This is a very common Bengali exclamation made famous by Aishwarya Rai in the movie Devdas. It is estimated that on an
average a Bengali, especially Bengali women, use eeesh 10,089 times
every year. "Ei Morechhey" is a close second to Eeesh.

F is for Feeesh. These are creatures that swim in rivers and seas and are a favourite food of the Bengalis. Despite the fact that a fish market has such strong smells, with one sniff a Bengali knows if afish is all right. If not he will say 'eeesh what feeesh is theesh!'

G is for Good name. Every Bengali boy will have a good name like
Debashish or Deboprotim and a pet name like Montu, Bablu, etc. While every Bengali girls will have pet names like Tia, Tuktuki, Mishti,Khuku, etc.

H is for Harmonium. This the Bengali equivalent of a rock guitar. Take four Bengalis and a Harmonium and you have the successors to The Bheatles!

I is for lleesh. This is a feeesh with 10,000 bones which would kill
any ordinary person, but which the Bengalis eat with releeesh!

J is for Jhola. No self respecting Bengali is complete without his
Jhola. It is a shapeless cloth bag where he keeps all his belongings
and he fits an amazing number of things in. Even as you read this
there are 2 million jholas bobbling around Kolkata- and they all look
exactly the same! Note that 'Jhol' as in Maachher Jhol is a close second

K is for Kee Kaando !. It used to be the favourite Bengali exclamationtill eeesh took over because of Aishwarya Rai (now Kee Kando's agent is trying to hire Bipasha Basu).

L is for Lungi - the dress for all occasions. People in Kolkata
manage to play football and cricket wearing it not to mention the
daily trip in the morning to the local bajaar. Now there is talk of a
lungi expedition to Mt. Everest .

M is for Minibus. These are dangerous half buses whose antics wouldeffortlessly frighten the living daylights out of all James Bondstuntmen as well as Formula 1 race car drivers.

N is for N ishchoi. This is the Bengali word for Obvious . It is the
most interesting word in any expression !

O is for Oil. The Bengalis believe that a touch of mustard oil will
cure anything from cold (oil in the nose), to earache (oil in the
ear), to cough (oil on the throat) .

P is for Phootball. This is always a phavourite phassion of the
Kolkattan. Every Bengali is born an expert in this game. The two
biggest clubs there are Mohunbagan and East Bengal and when they playthe city comes to a stop.

Q is for Queen. This really has nothing to do with the Bengalis or
Kolkata, but it's the only Q word I could think of at this moment.
There's also Quilt but they never use them in Kolkata.

R is for Robi Thakur. Many nany years ago Rabindranath got the NobelPrize. This has given the right to all Bengalis no matter where theyare to frame their acceptance speeches as if they were directly
related to the great poet and walk with their head held high. This
also gives Bengalis the birthright to look down at Delhi and Mumbai
and of course 'all non-Bengawlees' ! Note that 'Rawshogolla' comes a close second.
S is for Shourav. Now that they finally produced a genuine cricketerand a captain, Bengalis think that he should be allowed to play until he is 70 years old. Of course they will see to it that he stays ingood form by doing a little bit of "joggo" and "maanot".

T is for Trams. Hundred years later there are still trams in Kolkata.Of course if you are in a hurry it's faster to walk.

U is for Aambrela. When a Bengali baby is born they are handed one.

V is for Bhaayolence. Bengalis are the most non-violent violent
people around. When an accident happens they will fold up their
sleeves, shout and scream and curse and abuse,
but the last time someone actually hit someone was in 1979.

W is for Woter. For three months of the year the city is underwater
and every year for the last 200 years the authorities are taken by
surprise by this!

X is for Xmas. It's very big in Kolkata, with Park Street fully lit
up and all Bengalis agreeing that they must eat cake that day.

Y is for Yesshtaarday. Which is always better than today for a Bengali(see R for Robi Thakur).

Z is for Jebra, Joo, Jipper and Jylophone.

Dear Sunkan !
That was bheri bheri funny ! Eeeeeeeeeesh ! I almost collapsed laughing , imagining a bhisionless Debashish in lungi, jhola and ambrela going to Mt.Everest looking for maccher-jol !
Mishti as roshgolla post !

Manjula

had a hearty laugh.....thanx for posting..
my bengali friend call me biji & my hubby vaascor kumar....

When I was working,I had a number of Bengali colleagues and this post of yours brought back some really funny memories.

I enjoyed reading this post...

Dear Sunkan,

Eeesh...Theesh is one Phunny post. I really enjoyed it.

thanks,
Jothi.

Ha ha ha, it is enjoyable to read. I remembered the time when I visited Kolkatta. Two things I clearly remember. One is Bengali babus are always chewing pan and you can't much converse with them. Number two is in any tea stall you may not get samosa, but rosagulla defenitely. I was amzed to see how Bengalis hop in restaurants, gobble rosagullas and keep going.