Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Nirma

Another story about my colleague AR. Today as we were working with great focus on our individual projects, a colleague of ours K ventured into our area. She was wearing this cute dress over a pair of  jeans.

K happens to be on the healthier side. In our country, most ignorant fools simply call that "FAT". She stood behind AR  and began to behave like a little girl by spreading her dress and going round in circles. While she kept spinning, she sang the age old song from the Nirma advert which is embedded in the head of every Indian that grew up in the 90's.

For those who don't know, Nirma happens to be one of our very first detergents that came into the market years ago. It's just an inherent part of our culture. It was famous for its jingle and the spinning little girl in a white dress who became part of their identity. So, this is how it went.

K (singing like a little girl): "Nirma..Nirma...Nirma detergent tikiya, iske jhaaaaag ne jadoo kar diya"
AR: Bade pack waala. ( On a large pack, that is.)
 Then very meekly and discreetly he mumbles:
"K aur jhoot. Yeh dooni cheez kabhi nahin chupti." (K and lies are two things that just can't hide)

2 comments:

  1. K happens to be on the healthier side. In our country, most ignorant fools simply call that "FAT".

    So true!

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