What man Santa! (The 'Bestestest' Christmas song ever)

3M loved the song that has a distinct 'Paowalla' flavour with Sandras from Bandra sprinkled over it... with awesome Vasai-meets-Goa-at-Bandra-via-Mangalore syntax! Hats off to Daniel B George for coming up with this 'Kolaveri of Christmas'... 

Merry Christmas to all the readers of this blog!

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Lyrics of the song:

Ae Peter what happen man?

40 years I have removed

Waiting for the fat man in red hood

England to Poland he will roam’

But Santa he don’t come my home? (REPEAT STANZA)

What man santa why you do this?

Why don’t you come peter home?

Ask the Padre, Ask the postman

I invite him every season

But Santa won’t come no rhyme no reason

Give one kanfad man

What man Santa what you up to?

Why don’t you come Peter home?

What man Santa why you do this?

Why don’t you come Peter home?

All my hair has become grey

Waiting for the sound of the sleigh

Every Xmas I miss mass

But Santa he never come paas

What man Santa why you do this?

Why don’t you come Peter home?

Ask the Padre, Ask the postman

I invite him every season

But Santa won’t come no rhyme no reason

Give one kanfad man

What man Santa why you do this?

Why don’t you come Peter home?

Are What man Santa... What man Santa?

Why don’t you come Peter home?

What man Santa... What man Santa?

Why don’t you come to Jimmy’s home?

What man Santa... What man Santa?

Why don’t you come to Johnny’s home?

Now I will stop... I have no hope

Next Christmas I am going to invite the Pope!

Merry Christmas!

Royal Maharashtrian Bride

Amazing Snap of a Marathi Bride

Minglish at its best!

3M spotted this amazing hoarding @ Chakala in Andheri (E)

Indian Language Quiz

An office colleague was miffed that people on streets of Vile Parle (E) refused to speak to her in Hindi... her logic was that all Indians should know the "National Language"! So 3M devised an "Indian Language Quiz" for her... and I am sure it will be an eyeopener for the readers of this blog too!

All readers are supposed to answer this quiz without Googling! The answers will be posted tomorrow...



SO HERE WE GO.....


1] Which is the National Language of India?
a) Hindi b) English c) Tamil d) None of these

2] After Hindi, which language has the most number of newspaper readers in India?
a) Malayalam b) Marathi c) Tamil d) English

3] Of the languages given below, which one has more native speakers than French in 2012?
a) Tamil b) Gujarati c) Kannada d) Marathi

4] Which of these languages has lesser number of native speakers than those of Tamil in India?
a) Bengali b) Telugu c) Marathi d) None of the above

5] Which of these Indo-Aryan languages has the oldest literary tradition?
a) Hindi b) Bengali c) Marathi d) Gujarati

6] In which Indian language was the first non-English newspaper published?
a) Hindi b) Tamil c) Marathi d) Gujarati

7] Which of these Indian languages was not included in the Voyager Golden Record sent in outer space for Extraterrestrials?
a) Hindi b) Marathi c) Malayalam d) Oriya

8] Which of these languages has the oldest modern theatre tradition?
a) Hindi b) Telugu c) Marathi d) Bengali

9] What was the mother toungue of the first man (Raghunath D) to propose in Indian Parliament that Hindi should be our national language?
a) Hindi b) Bengali c) Punjabi d) Marathi

10] Most coins of Maratha Empire were stuck in which language
a) Marathi b) Sanskrit c) Hindi d) Persian

Tall tall claim!

Image Courtesy: Hindi & Marathi Jokes

Shivaji... just a Maharashtrian Hero???

3M gets irritated when Chhatrapati Shivaji is referred to as “Marathi/ Mahrashtrian Hero”. We have to realise that his impact was far wider and that his embryonic Maratha Empire went on to dismantle the centuries old Mughal Empire in less than half a century from his death.

But it is interesting to know that even at its peak, Shivaji's kingdom covered less that 20% of current day state of Maharashtra... essentially hugging the Sahyadri mountain range! Post coronation, he realised that his fledgling kingdom will require strategic depth in case of an all out Mughal attack. So he embarked on a southern conquest which is popularly known as “Dakshin Digvijay”. This foresighted action ensured that the Maratha capital was shifted to Gingee in Tamil Nadu by his son Rajaram during Aurangzeb’s ‘War of 27 Years’!

The above map shows that Shivaji’s kingdom (Hindavi Swaraj) was spread in current day states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu... and you still look upon Shivaji as "just a Maharashtrian Hero”???