Love Was Never Mine...

भोजपुरी बिहार की और यूपी के पूर्वांचल की प्रमुख भाषा है...और बिहारी आदमी की पहचान का एक अति आवश्यक अंग भी है। पिछले कुछ बरसों में भोजपुरी में फूहड़ और द्विअर्थी गीतों का प्रचलन बढ़ा है। और इस आधार पर इस भाषा और इसके बोलने वालों पर फूहड़ता का एक टैग लगा...

Ever since my childhood, one thing which always remained the same is the perception of general public, towards Bhojpuri songs and Bhojpuri movies.
I always felt bad about it, was embarrassed about it - but till certain extent it was true.
I grew up listening to the cheap dual meaning bhojpuri songs sung by Guddu Rangeela, Pawan Singh, Manoj Tiwari, Khesari Lal Yadav, Vinay Bihari etc. on every Paan shop, every Saraswati Puja, at every marriage function. And to a certain extent, I almost...

It was 9.30 AM and the floor was yet to be full of mostly robotic and emotionless employees.
In one corner, there was a Bengali girl talking over the phone while constantly playing with her hair - "Haan baba! ami shotti bolchhi. Tumi chinta koro na. Mon thik achche". She was oblivious of her surrounding and cared little about the people around...

He took a sip from the cup of tea, and lit up the cigarette. The hands soon were constantly running over the smartphone keypad.
"As a responsible citizen of the Great Republic, I XYZ commit that I will not throw any garbage/ waste and will not spit on road, street or any other public place. I will throw them only in the dustbin"...