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    Come rhyme our nation to progress…

    The rhyme now has a reason!!!

    I was thoroughly overjoyed to read recently that we have liberated our little little (nanhe munhe) children from the tyranny of western influence. Or at least the Madhya Pradesh government has. I hope this is just the beginning of a long series of reforms in our education system. The time is undoubtedly right; for too long we have stuck to the age old norms of reading writing and arithmetic. Today we know that this alone is insufficient to guarantee success in our society. In fact this is not even important in the larger scheme of things.

    I encourage each and every reader of this blog to applaud this move. But this alone is not enough. We Indians tend to give our MORAL support to each and every cause but actually do little to further the cause or even help the champions of the cause to make any money. This is abominable.

    I have decided to openly support this noble (Nobel?) initiative of the MP government by kick-starting the process of scripting nice, ek dum desi, and patriotic nursery rhymes. I encourage all readers of this blog to add to this short list with their own educative yet home-grown examples of nursery-ready lyric.

    Rhyme Number 1: (Baa baa black sheep)
    Aaa Aaa Arjun
    Have you any a seat?
    First you tell me
    Your community!

    22.5% for SC/ST
    27% for OBC
    And the rest for the forwards
    Who will soon live on the street.

    Rhyme Number 2: (Johnny Johnny)
    Mika Mika
    Yes papa
    Hosting party?
    No papa
    Kissing item girl?
    No papa!
    I saw it on TOI cover
    Ha ha ha

    Rhyme Number 3: (Rain rain)
    Rain, rain go away
    Come again another day
    Johnny Josesph wants to play

    Rhyme Number 4: (Mary had a little lamb)
    Rahul had a little coke
    A little speed, a little hash
    Rahul had a little coke, the stuff was white as snow
    And everywhere that Rahul went
    Rahul went, Rahul went
    And everywhere that Rahul went, Sahil was sure to blow

    Rhyme Number 5: (Row row row)
    Sing, sing, sing through your nose
    And wear a stupid cap
    All the autos play your stuff
    But you mostly sound like crap

    Rhyme Number 6: (Jack and Jill)
    My Chennai aunty always stood in line
    To fetch a pail of water
    She hoped things would change post-election
    Instead of water she got free television

    As you can see there is infinite potential to make nice bharateeya poetry for our young ones to learn in school. I encourage all of you readers to generously contribute to this just cause and help in the betterment of our education system. Please leave your nation-changing poetry in the comments… this is your chance to make a difference…

    The best contributions will be published in Hafta to much… er… fanfare…





    • Promoting da

      Knew of a Rhyme when i was in school!

      Jingle Bell Jingle Bell
      What the Bludy Hell
      Santa Claus Lost his Balls
      In the Bludy Well!!!

      I’ve done my contribution.. But will kids, in the generations to come, screw Santa Claus as well..?? Jus have to wait & c that..

      Ninnions

    • anantha

      Oh wait, I knew one rhyme when I was in school. This is how it goes -

      Open the door..
      darling, open the door..
      why are you angry so..

      (..repeat..)

      I will take you up the mountain,
      and show you..

      …errr…

      Ooops, this was when I was in undergrad! Sorry, wrong time, wrong place for this rhyme, lest your discerning readers revolt! ;)

    • anantha

      Btw, the above mentioned “rhyme” was to be sung in the tune of “Suraangani”! Aah, those days when poets reigned!

    • Connor’s Corner

      Nice ones… not bad… :-) )

    • silverine

      Hilarious!!! :) )

    • Neelu

      Based on Twinkle Twinkle

      Bujh gaya bujh gaya desh ka tara,
      Politicians ne to satya nash mara,
      SC/ST nahin hai hum to,
      Lena hoga janam dobara.

    • Rohit

      Enchanting :)

    • Anonymous

      Sidin, I was expecting a hilarious post like this one for a long time. Thanks for posting one. ROFL :-)

    • rachana

      Nice post….

    • Deppe

      toe, toe, toe the line
      say only things to please modi
      or merrily merrily merrily merrily
      he’s gonna ban your new movie

    • Deep

      How cud I let this pass! Ok this is as original as it gets, and what better inspiration than the world’s greatest joke-book himself :)

      George and Dick
      went up the oil creek
      to fetch WMD and nuclear reactor
      George fell down
      and made of himself a clown
      and Dick came gun-totting after.
      Up got George,
      and the clown deeply thought
      what made this plan a cropper
      He went to bed
      all mixed up in his thick head
      regretting his dumb faux pas.

    • Anonymous

      Old One but a classic at that..

      Jack and Jill went up the hill,
      To fetch a pail of water;
      Heaven knows what they did,
      They came back with a daughter!

      Pradeep

    • The Chosen One

      there shud be a limerick contest on this page
      just to see how many in cyberspace need to be in a cage
      behind bars along with sahil zaroo
      let’s all count the nuts outside the zoo

    • Anonymous

      Budhia on a frantic run
      Come rain or shine
      Biranchi perched on a moped
      Screaming ‘fun fun fun!’

      What the hell! said NHRC
      We dont like this!
      Now runs like mad, Biranchi
      To get Budhia’s medicals done

      Pradeep

    • Happy-Go-Lucky

      Johnny Johnny (Mika Mika) was a real gem!

      Great Stuff!

    • Anonymous

      Hi sidin,
      its been a while since i last visited your blog. You still rock!

    • aparna k.

      Besides mockery, did you know that Nursery rhymes are totally valueless! “Ring-o Ring-o Roses…” was actually written as a means to convey the the meaning of Plague (black death). It is shameful and a little too sad that little children are taught these rhymes!

      I would rather teach my children Avvaiyar and Valluvar!

    • Anonymous

      22.5% for SC/ST
      27% for OBC
      And the rest for the forwards
      Who will soon live on the street.

      And the rest is not thoroughly for the FORWARDS Sir! Rest is OPEN quota which again includes SC/ST and OBC in it. :( I assume you people know the difference in using those 2 words Forward and Open quota.

      So, ungaL paattil poruL kutRam irukkirathu!!

    • Ekta

      hah!
      Hilarious piece!
      Loved the Mika one..think am actually gonna start singing it!;-)

    • Pearl

      :) ) (can’t stop laughing at these rhymes!!!)

    • Aslan

      u have non-desi nursery rhymes also. what the heck might as well add somethin arbit. herez a forward i got. its a corruption of hotel c for mals:

      On the road to Trivandrum
      Coconut oil in my hair
      Warm smell of avial
      Rising up through the air
      Up ahead in the distance
      I saw a bright pink tube-light
      My tummy rumbled, I felt weak and thin
      I had to stop for a bite
      There he stood in the doorway
      Flicked his mundu in style
      And I was thinking to myself
      I don’t like the look of his sinister smile
      Then he lit up a petromax
      Muttering “No power today”
      More Mallus down the corridor
      I thought I heard them say

      Welcome to the Hotel Kerala-fonia
      Such a lousy place,
      Such a lousy place (background)
      Such a sad disgrace,
      Plenty of bugs at the Hotel Kerala-fonia
      Any time of year
      Any time of year (background)
      It’s infested here
      It’s infested here

      His finger’s stuck up his nostril
      He’s got a big, thick mustache
      He makes an ugly, ugly noise
      But that’s just his laugh
      Buxom girls clad in pavada
      Eating banana chips
      Some roll their eyes, and
      Some roll their hips
      I said to the manager
      My room’s full of mice
      He said,
      Don’t worry, saar,I sending you
      meen karri, brandy and ice
      And still those voices were crying from far away
      Wake you up in the middle of the night
      Just to hear them pray

      Save us from the Hotel Kerala-fonia
      Such a lousy place,
      Such a lousy place (background)
      Such a sad disgrace
      Trying to live at the Hotel Kerala-fonia
      It is no surprise
      It is no surprise (background)
      That it swarms with flies

      The blind man was pouring
      Stale sambar on rice
      And he said
      We are all just actors here
      In Silk Smitha-disguise
      And in the dining chamber
      We gathered for the feast
      We stab it with our steely knives
      But we just can’t cut that beef
      Last thing I remember
      I was writhing on the floor
      That cockroach in my appam-stew was the culprit,
      I am sure
      Relax, said the watchman,
      This enema will make you well
      And his friends laughed as they held me down

      God’s Own Country? Oh, Hell!

      The Yeagles

    • Harsha

      Time and time again you beat your own best. Is your book out? Who’s the publisher and whats the name of the book? Cant wait to read…

      I totally watch this space. Those rhymes made my day.

    • Malvika

      Ok Here is one to the tune of
      Hickory, dickory, dock,…

      Hickory, dickory, snort,
      The trio sniffed up the coke.
      The coke struck one.
      The others came clean,
      Jittery, Jittery, thanking family, friends and Doc.

    • Malvika

      This is fun, Heres another one
      This time its Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall….

      BSE, NSE, Sat on a street wall
      BSE, NSE had a great fall.
      All the Dalal’s Blue chips and all the Dalal’s men
      couldn’t wipe out the RED altogether again!

    • Rohan

      Jack haur Jill
      Paadi uthe gaye
      Bharan Paani Di Baalti
      Jack neeche dig peya
      Maatha odda phat gaya
      Jill bhi ludakdi aa gaayi

    • Salil

      The wheels on the rickshaw go round and round,
      round and round, round and round,
      The wheels on the rickshaw go round and round…
      etcetera

      Hilarious stuff, Sidin.

    • Pritika Gupta

      like th jhonny-jhonny and malvikas BSE NSe..

    • Malvika

      This is addictive…
      Ok Last one pacca,heres a rendition of ‘An apple a day…

      A strike a day,
      Keeps the doctor away.
      Strike in the morning
      Ramadoss’s warning
      Anti Quota strikes, day and night
      starves the doctor outright
      Ramadoss’s anger in the red.
      Knock the doctor on the head
      Strike each day, seven days a week, no work, no reap…

    • inane_insane

      nice blog….

      me tooo a new blogger

      blog.360.yahoo.com/defonce_prep_vie

      tell me waat u thnk…

    • qwerty

      In college we used to sing this one rhyme

      Roses are red,
      Violets are blue,
      Your mum’s so pretty,
      What happened to you?

      It got everyone’s goat…

    • CuriousMoron

      Nice ones. :) )

    • Narayanan

      it is defnitely a nice way to carry the message to genaration next to get them to whats happening in the country.

      really a excellent post

    • Shobha

      Oh my god…Hilarious….HAHAHAHHAA

    • pavan kumar

      :) nice creativity..

    • Dilip Ahuja

      HaftaMag is not too bad. I enjoyed reading some of the articles, except Venkatesan’s! Why on Earth did you allow him to write in such bad language. It’s disgusting. And his gramaticcal errors, oh GOd!

      If you want the mag to do well, please invest time in reading thro articles before posting them up. As a publisher myself, take this as strong advice. Another advice – take people like Venkatesan out of the writer’s team!

    • Sandesh

      Here’s my contribution…

      Arjun Arjun Super Star
      Everyone wonders what you are
      You raised reservation all so high
      Puting meritocracy in the sty

    • Riggs

      ‘Rhyme Number 5: (Row row row)
      Sing, sing, sing through your nose
      And wear a stupid cap
      All the autos play your stuff
      But you mostly sound like crap’

      The best of the lot. How long did it take you to come up with this stuff?

      Laughed so hard, I got hungry again.

    • PSR Chaitanya

      Funky post. LOL.

    • maya varghese

      a LAMENT BY BOLLYWOOD’S BEST SELLING UPPER TORSO

      baa baa black buck
      oh i have been such a fool

      yes saar! yes saar! cry three bags full
      one for wriggling giggly Ash
      one for Cruising on pavement dwellers
      and one for shooting at our little buck who used to live down the lane

    • Arthur Quiller Couch

      Two consecutive posts in two very different styles, both very good indeed. I salute you, sir.

      But you really should have some castor oil on tap for readers like Aparna K. And maybe a few beers for Aslan.

    • IndianArchie

      By the way, did you know that even in England, ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ got into trouble with some politically correct types? They want the rhyme changed to ‘Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep’.

      More here.

      IndianArchie
      Musings that Amuse

    • IndianArchie

      Oh and one more report on the same.

      An excerpt:

      The children will be asked to sing “sad,” “blue,” “pink,” “black,” “white,” “happy,” “hopping,” and “bouncing” when describing the sheep to encourage the children to extend their vocabulary and use up energy.

      IndianArchie
      Musings that Amuse

    • rachana

      “chubby chicks——” goes like this–
      “casual dress and blue turban,
      lost words so keeps mum.
      An economist and humble man,
      By default he is in political lane.
      “—–” pet,who is that??
      PM,PM, PM..

    • shivangi

      mika mika was real good…i had also recently written about this mika-rakhi story on my blog..
      btw i am in ISB, disha rustogi’s friend..got to know your blog from her…
      have bee reading regularly..coool stuff !!

    • Vikas.Y.V

      Hilarious!! Mika Mika and Aa Aa Arjun was awesome!!
      well, I cant think of a rhyme but I have a song..

      Sambhar of 69

      I had my first real six rupees,
      stole it from my father’s pants.
      went to a madrasi hotel,
      to eat the sambhar of 69.
      Me and some kadke dost,

      had it all and we caught bukhaar,
      jimy puked, joey got ulcers,
      and Bagga ne maari dakar.

      Oh when I went back there now,
      the food was as stale as ever,
      and though it was 1999,
      still the sambhar was being served over there,

      that was the worst food of my life.

      Therez no use in complaining,
      when you got no other place to eat,
      rushed in the evening to the doctors clinic, but he too was at the toilet seat, yeah

      standing there waiting outside,
      nurse told me I will wait forever,
      oh and when I held my breath,
      I knew that I had to use that loo there
      That was the worst food of my life.

      Back to the sambhar of 69.

      Man I was getting killed,
      I was full and restless,
      I needed to unwind,
      I guess nothing can wait forever – FOREVER… NO!!!!

      And now the dhabas are changing,
      new dishes have come and gone,
      sometimes when I pass that old madrasi lane, I still smell it, I can’t be wrong.

      Standing in those unwashed clothes,
      the waiters still call me in there,
      oh the way my nostrils burn,
      I know that it will be served forever,
      what was the worst food of my life.

      yeah it was the sambhar of 69,

      the sambhar, the sambhar, the sambhar of 69

    • mental baba

      That was an amazing post.

      How about this take on Solomon Grundy?

      insert average_lok_sabha_mp
      Extorted on a Monday,
      Raped on Tuesday,
      Assaulted on Wednesday,
      Murdered on Thursday,
      Rigged polls on Friday,
      Elected on Saturday,
      Buried the Lok Sabha on Sunday.
      That was the end of
      Indian Democracy.

      The variable average_lok_sabha_mp may be assigned any one of the constants from the following set of elements:

      {Pappu Yadav, Md Shahabuddin, Raja Babu, Shibu Soren….}

    • Anonymous

      After 3 issues, you have finally proved that you can’t run a good magazine, and have no clue as to what on Earth you are doing!

    • mathew

      nice one dude!!..maybe u can be a consultant for the MP govt!!

    • Anonymous

      Hahahaha!!Been rollin on the floor laughin for the past half hour!

      —-Big fan of this blog;not a big fan of haftamag!!

    • Sameera

      sidin

      lolllllll

      awesome post
      u got most of the current affairs all down to one post fulla nursery rhymes

      wah wah

    • Maya Cassis

      hahah that was too good.have to teach them kids some new stuff from here.;)

    • Rose

      ROFTL.. :D DD

      Psssst.. (Jst b/w u and me).. I almost peed in my pants laughing..

      ;)

      ..Me

    • Jaycee

      u shud be put under study..
      how on earth do u get these ideas..
      hilarous

    • Jaya

      LOL…that was too much fun dude! Laughed till I cried.. Loved the one on himesh, and the one on the reservations!and Mika and chennai aunty were too hilarious as well! And since u were kind enuff to provide the rhyme references, I actually sang along as I read..and got the complete experience..Haha..(Sounds like Phoebe’s songs in friends!!)u ROCK re.. made my day!

    • Gulam Hasan

      LMAO…awesome stuff man…
      “Aaa Aaa Arjun” ROTFL

    • dharmu

      made my day!!! its a good collection,

      cheers to all the contributors!!!

    • Dh@v@!

      good one yar…
      MiKa wali too good….

    • Sujay Sukumar

      lovely!!!

    • Aslan

      XML Parse Error sir.. your feed does not load. So I dunno when you’re upd8d which is baaad. France going strong. You must be happy. Viva Zizu.

    • chill

      Hey Sidin
      this one was great fun to read..this is my first comment on ur blog,.. its been a great reading – saving me during those endless days at work..

      meanwhile, heres a desperately conjured up piece from me..

      that ronaldo tries to dive in air
      dive in air dive in air
      that ronaldo tries to dive in air
      and gets an oscar for his fall

    • Anonymous

      Here is it for mulberry bush…

      Here we go round george bush,
      george bush,george bush,
      Here we go round george bush..im stuck here someone help

    • Di

      too gud… [applause..]

    • Ektz

      Himesh reshmia one was the coolest! damn! love those all!

      But himesh reshmia one still makes me laugh!:D

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