Rohini LakshanéThread:
Because I'm in #Pune, I'm sharing the most quintessential Pune joke I've ever heard.
पुणेरी wrong number:
"हॅलो, देशपांडे आहेत का?"
"घोडखिंड लढायला गेलेत. काही निरोप?"
"त्यांना सांगा महाराज गडावर पोचलेत. मेलात तरी चालेल."
It has all the elements. Conceit on both sides. Historical references. Unapologetic about mistakes. Lack of straightforwardness.
Speaking of the cult of vada pav, please recommend eatings and yourself for meetings. Yes, in that order.
Wikimedia Commons has a category on the signboards of Pune. Guess who started it?
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
#SignboardsofPune #PuneriPatya #पुणेरीपाट्या #पुणे #Pune
Category:पुणेरी पाट्या - Wikim...
Category:पुणेरी पाट्या - Wikim...
These signboards are a cultural motif. They also serve as an indicator of the effects of urban migration and gentrification. There are fewer signboards of this kind in newer settlements in Pune, migrant neighbourhoods or 'sophisticated' ones.
#Pune #SignboardsOfPune #PuneriPatya #पुणेरीपाट्या
One of my top 3 favourite signboards in Pune:
Outside a photo studio:
Translation: If you look ugly in the photo, question your father, not us.
Original: फोटो वाईट आल्यास आपल्या वडिलांना जाब विचारा, आम्हाला नाही.
#Pune #SignboardsofPune #PuneriPatya #पुणेरीपाट्या
The ISKCON temple in Pune has a cafe that delivers food on Swiggy. And serves pizza named "Harinam Chintamani".
It's hard to boycott China with names such as "Ananta Schezwan".
Is it pizza or is it prasad? That is the question.