26 Oct 2011
* KOTUDHU – is a Tamil word that translates to ‘IS POURING’
Yes, a new series….
“Why did you move back to India? Because you have two girls and you want them to get the Indian culture?” is a question I get asked many times.
So here is my observation of the Indian culture that the girls are getting, from the side lines.
Scribed by child1, dictated by child2.
18 Responses for "Culture Kotudhu 1"
Totally ROTFL :-))). Haaa….haaaa…shraddha used to sing that song too ..but not correctly and I would say “Phew…Thank God for that” !!
UTBT SAYS: Sheila gave attendance in your house also?!
Reminds me of the yahoo messenger voice thingy, “Unga intelligence-a paathu kannu koosudhu!”
UTBT SAYS: Your comment is alarming me! The reason being I am not able to connect what you are saying. I am drawing a blank. To think we used to complete each others sentence to this?!!!
*will come back to comment after i get off the floor after i finish rolling around after i finish laughing*
apologies if you expected any sympathies.
*goes back to where else, the floor!*
UTBT SAYS: Done? 😡
ROFL … the last line is hilarious …. is that a Tamil word??
UTBT SAYS: Errm… Hindi CA 😉 It is “Main tere haath na aani”, as she heard it.
Sorry, for some reason, I thought it was Chox’s comment!
totally lol!! my elder one also picked up this song (fortunately not the correct words) from her school, so i guess the “indian culture” is alive here too 🙂
UTBT SAYS: LOL! Sheila and her global appeal.
shouted with laughter…:-)
when culture rains, it pours.
UTBT SAYS: You said it.
OMG! Totally howlarious.
I used to get asked that question all the time too and my simple answer that now that India has progressed so much, we would like to be with our family while enjoying a good job doesn’t cut it. It has to be something more bigger and better of a reason 🙂
UTBT SAYS: People are just inquisitive and ultimately come up with an understanding of what they subconsciously believe in. To be frank, I find the culture here quite alarming and feel that the things the children are exposed to in US were limited and could be moderated by me. Here, some days there is total chaos.
ROFL 🙂 The last word is a blast !!!
UTBT SAYS: I went huh?! after I heard her sing it! The older one hasn’t heard the song. The younger one does not know what letter stands for what sound. It was rather funny to see how the one that cannot spell dictated the song to the one that does not know the song!
hahahahaha Hilarious Culture indeed KOTUTHU!! 😀
UTBT SAYS: 🙂
When we moved first, my 2 year old couldn’t stop singing ‘dhoom machale chale chale (don’t ask me abt the ‘chale’ part…that was how she heard it!) and my 5 year old danced for Om Shanti om (religious??;)…) From there to Sheela ki jawani in 5 years is hmmm….food (jilebi??) for thought! Why do you think I changed Sam’s second language to Sanskrit even before she grasped Hindi;)
UTBT SAYS: Om Shanthi Om! Ofcourse it is religious 🙂
Do you think changing the language has any effect on Sheila coming home or the children still sing it without understanding the meaning?
🙂 To get them “Indianized” would be more appropriate!
UTBT SAYS: Yes. Looks like not just the kids in India, Sheila seems to have a wide spread effect globally.
Muhahahaha
R sings it as “Sheila Bhagawani”.
UTBT SAYS: LOL! Sheila is now Bhagawan?!!
Still laughing – this Sheila woman is too much wonly!
And ‘r2i because of culture’ thing is such a myth! If only I could you all I know from the moms of high school kids here!
UTBT SAYS: No! don’t say a word! I will be forced to move back to preserve culture.
Joining Choxbox and all the others on the floor!
Thanks for a good laugh, UTBT!
UTBT SAYS: 🙂
Well, don’t be alarmed! Even I don’t know what I meant!! It used to in Yahoo messenger audibles toolbar. For whatever reason, seeing the M & C’s collaborative writing, made me think of that!! Blame it on hectic work schedule! No social interaction and get this not much TV. 🙁
HAHAHAHAHA!
Totally see your point or I will when I wipe the tears off my face! HAHAHA!
p.s.: Son’s stuck on ‘pani vizhum malar vanum’ – Tamil song, old Tamil song to some. Had to find him something else to replace the stuck song – was frantically trying to replace it with the FIFA song! Yenuhathunaani….HAHAHA!
UTBT SAYS: Is your son stuck on Kolaveri now? Mine are, thanks to the recent Mds trip!
bwahaahhaaa! The bean sings it exactly this way.
UTBT SAYS: Lol! May be they learnt it from the same school.
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