Farrukh Dhondy

Mar 31, 2010
DHONDY.JPG

Farrukh Dhondy

The desi jugaad

“Let the clown and con-man wear Their many-coloured coats;
Let the fool and charlatan speak From a dictionary of quotes...”
From The Quotations of Bachchoo

The Duke of Edinburgh, notorious for stirring up hornets’ nests, putting his foot in it and being something of a bull in a China shop, all at once, was on an occasion inspecting a new building somewhere in Britain. He and his hosts, who were showing him around, were confronted by an unfinished corner of the edifice through which a tangle of electrical wires hung out like that proverbial hornets’ nest.
“Th

A question of b-lansh

“Being afraid of the truth
You tolerate the lie,
Pick up so much garbage in your youth,
Stuff you can’t unlearn if you try...”
From The Curse of Bachchoo????????????????? ?

The 39p question

“The body crippled without
The fluidity of water —
The wine of the mind is metaphor
The Ocean is Dawn’s daughter...”
From Poemsutra by Bachchoo

Educating classes

“My mother sang “I’m in heaven...” celebrating her love..
And, aged 4, I thought she was celebrating death.”
From Yaadein by Bachchoo

Daanveer India?

“The dove doesn’t know it stand for peace It behaves as all birds do
Flame is energy set loose When carbon becomes CO2”
From Idle Thoughts in an Idle Season by Bachchoo

The rains have been merciless. The Indus is in spate spreading disease and displacing 14 million people. The land through which the Ganges flows, insulated from the floo

Bread and circuses

“Judging a person by their temperature is —
how shall I put it? — so uncool!”
From Oscarboli by Bachchoo

Moment of truth

“In 1905 Lenin asked ‘What Is To Be Done?’
Long before him, Bachchoo asked ‘How Can One Avoid Doing It?’”
From Biographia
Bachchoopedia 

Temporary gains

“No help your sermons now —
The one blue stretches.
No consequence the solemn vow —
The faces of the wretches...”
From Cadences by Bachchoo

Burqa & prejudice

“Dusassana and Bros.: Second-hand Saris”
From The Signboards of Despair by Bachchoo 
 

Freedom to ridicule

“Q: What’s on the drinks menu at Eklav’s Cafe?
A: Dhoka Cola and Thumbs Up.”
From Bachchoo’s
Ancient Quizzes

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.

Horoscope