tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post3850186990175986946..comments2024-03-12T17:38:31.180+05:30Comments on Calcutta Chromosome: Hum Toh Aise Hain: From the Ghats of BenaresDiptakirti Chaudhurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296396674255584499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-11879910638749862932007-11-27T22:35:00.000+05:302007-11-27T22:35:00.000+05:30these Bongs, I tell you... people after my own sto...these Bongs, I tell you... people after my own stomach...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-15334914674757438762007-11-27T12:58:00.000+05:302007-11-27T12:58:00.000+05:30There is no mistranslation. Dipta has captured th...There is no mistranslation. Dipta has captured the word right in spirit and subtext. In fact, this word is not considered offensive in these parts of North India whereas the alluded meaning does. Though, I must add, it must sound harsh to ears not accustomed to hindi language in its original wayThe Line of Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575728694262097588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-17200109575088444952007-11-25T19:00:00.000+05:302007-11-25T19:00:00.000+05:30@rimi,thanks. now the hindi for widower makes a lo...@rimi,<BR/>thanks. now the hindi for widower makes a lot of sense.<BR/><BR/>@dipta,<BR/>sorry, my lord.Puranjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849771816218820334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-40307929554839278122007-11-25T03:01:00.000+05:302007-11-25T03:01:00.000+05:30Thankee kindly. And I noted the mistranslation too...Thankee kindly. <BR/><BR/>And I noted the mistranslation too, although of course, "widow" IS the earliest/ original meaning of the word. The other developed due to, er, associations.<BR/><BR/>Oh, by the way, I would like to know anonymous visitor from Boston is, who came here via my blog. Anonymous readers make a cat of me.Rimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344200811838569151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-5928672717104884802007-11-24T19:26:00.000+05:302007-11-24T19:26:00.000+05:30Erm. Was that mistranslation willful to preserve t...Erm. Was that mistranslation willful to preserve the G ratings of this blog?Puranjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849771816218820334noreply@blogger.com