I have heard of and admired truck art of Pakistan. The denizens of our neighbour decorate their vehicles with lots of love and care. We do not decorate our vehicles but we wear our philosophy and our experiences – not on our sleeves, but on our wheels. Some lovely pics … not all of them taken by me, but taken off Google
PROFOUND PHILOSOPHY
PITHY WIT IN AN AUTOS
(Translation : Sitting with your boyfriend and calling him Bhaiyya is forbidden)
One can’t underestimate auto wallahs eh? Reminded me of a family joke. Once Kid#2 totalled his car, I refused to buy another. So poor chappie has to go to college by auto. Now his auto wallah has the unlikely name of “JAANU”. Kid#2 shares this auto with a young girl who studies in the same university. The enterprising autowallah had his cell no. emblazoned inside the auto, followed by his name JAANU. Kid#2 rings him up and the guy brings his auto to him … where ever Kid#2 is in the city. I am not kidding you. The boy has a full on city wide auto service to call his own. Auto wallah suggested similar service to this girl too.
Girl : Aap koi aur naam batao (Give another name please)
JAANU : Magar yeh humara naam hai (This is my name)
Girl : Merey Papa mera khoon kar denge, koi aur naam please. Yeh naam mai cell mein nahin daal sakti (My father will kill me, I can’t save this name on my cell)
Needless to say this conversation had us in splits.
INDIAN AUTOS AND CRICKET
I am sure he stayed home the day after India won the world cup!
SEEN ON A 2 WHEELER
NOW FOR SOME UNREALISTIC AMBITION
AND SOME MORE
I LOVE THE LOFTY TONE OF THIS ONE
(Translation : I dont live my life being unaware of my self (self worth?), I dont snatch someone else’s peg of whisky and drink, If you want to overtake me, go ahead, I don’t care, I dont waste my time pursuing others)
CURSE TO WARD OFF THE EVIL EYE
(Translation : For the one with evil eye, may your children live, drink in the mornings/through the day, and gamble in the evenings), and the one in red paint on white is a message for the driver …. If you treat me like a queen, I will make you a king) Hmmm, I feel this works as a message from all women to their men
NOW THIS ONE IS ORIGINAL
(Translation : Don’t get jealous on seeing me, I have been bought on bank loan)
EVERYONE HATES KNOW IT ALLS
Most of the truck messages I have seen or read are in Gurumukhi, and I am not too good at reading and translating them, though I wish I could share
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ROFL! Awesome collection Ritu! I love it! Made my day so much better 🙂
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Long time no see, Addy, Glad you stopped by and smiled
These had me in splits awesome collection 🙂
Oh I have more, but most in Gurmukhi
hahaha 😀 superb collection.
Loved the last one the most!!
Yeah, telling it as I see it … I share that sentiment totally
Jaanu was the funniest thing to read about … and dekh ke sada na kar….ha ha..
It seems i have missed many of your posts recently…have to check out.
Jaanu is too much. Imagine the brat getting up in the morning, reaching for his cell and saying sleepily “Jaanu kahan ho tum? Jaldi aa jao!” before getting out of bed too!
Jaanu is just too cute!!!!
LOL 😀
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That was hilarious!
I don’t blame the poor girl not wanting to call the auto wallah ‘Jaanu’ 🙂
Btw, I love your header!
Thanks Smitha. Yeah, LOL on the Jaanu scene. I tease Kid#2 about Jaanu being the main wheel in his life 😛
Amazing collection.. as always..
and how come you missed, “Dil Dariya. Samundar Dunga. Kaun dil di jaane”
I know reading Gurmukhi and I dont mind the translation part as well. 🙂
Wow, will take your help and post some more 😛
All of them are so damn good!! 😀
My neighbour’s name is Jaanu. Once she called when I was in office, I said, “Haan, Jaanu bolo” and there were amusing looks and laughter around! 😛
ROFL Some name to have 😛
~tears in my eyes~
its these idiosyncrasies that made me miss india,and now im proudly back here.
thanks.
ciao
Wow! Welcome home
Loved this collection 🙂 I take a picture whenever I see such lines – but haven’t seen anything this hilarious. 🙂
Glad you like them
the first one is my kind of guy.. daroooooooooooooooo 🙂 hic hic hic
I liked the Volvo tooo
and offcourse the bank loan one 🙂
lovely clicks made me laugh 🙂
Mine too! 😛
All of them are rib-tickling funny. Loved the Volvo as also the last one!
Jaanu does not have the same meaning in the south. All Janaki-s are called Jaanu by default. In fact a character in my story, a middle-aged woman is called Janu Aunty. OMG, this fact never struck me when I used the name! 😛 Of course I wouldn’t want to make a phone call and ask “Jaanu kaha ho tum, jaldi aa jao”! 😆
Wow! Can you imagine the irate parent’s reaction on overhearing such a question?
That was hilarious Ritu…Great collection…Do share more if you find any.
Sure, I’ll do another one. I have lots
Hilarious!! esp that “mai bada hoke truck banunga” 😀 That volvo one is from Panchgani.
I found the Volvo on google. Its lovely isnt it?
ROFL! Hilarious, Ritu! I’m still laughing like a loony at ‘mai bada hokar truck banoonga’ 😆
It is really ambitious, LOL I was in splits when I saw that
I have always loved reading these messages at the back of trucks…great stuff!
I can help to translate the Gurmukhi ones..LOL!
I’ll put up to Gurumukhi ones soon
oh we are on the highway my fav timepass is to read what is written on trucks and buses
really good ones these
I am always armed with my mobile or camera. They are simply too good
Wonderful collection of vehicular gyaan, Ritu! Keep ’em coming!
Yeah, let me go through my camera … there must be many more
Thanks for these wonderful messages especially “boyfriend ke saath baith ke bhaiya kehna mana hai”.I have sticked this message on my scooty!
Glad to be of service 😛