But how Bombayites identify a Bhaiyya?? Well here are some..
- When the person has a nasty oil (probably Chameli ka Tel) applied on his hairs and boards a jam-packed local train. Then the person drops something, bends down to get it and in process rubs off his oily head on our trousers. Believe me no Ariel/Surf Excel can get that stink off your pant. You have for sure encountered a Bhaiyya that day.
- A road-side panipuriwallah who mixed the paani with his left hand (also used frequently by him to scratch his underarms, pick nose etc..). The KantaBens, Geetaben who like their paanipuri extra spicy can be overheard saying to bhaiyya with a puri in their mouth.. "Aur theeka chahiyee"(I want it more spicy). God bless their poor husbands. ;-)
- The pot-bellied panwala who wears a white trouser and a over-sized shirt with all but 2 buttons open flaunting his family pack.
- Scores of channawallah (peanut vendors) who rule the roost in local trains and platforms in Mumbai suburbs. no one can make better cones of paper than them.
- etc..
Well, coming to point, I happened to ask the Bhaiyya his opinion on Raj Thackeray. His curt reply was that he endorses Raj Thackeray Maharashtra Navnirman sena (Manse as ppl call it). I asked him the reason as Bhaiyyas hate him the most for his No-Bhaiyya-in-Bombay agenda. I was pleasantly surprised by his answer.
He said, 'Saab, joh jyada kaanoon thodtha hain, uske haat mein kaanoon sambhalneko deneka. Sudhar jaayenga' (Giving the responsibility to the bully to maintain law who frequently tends to break it)
It made perfect sense. Make the rowdy guy in class as the monitor, He will come in line automatically. Hats off to that Bhaiyya for his thinking.
A brilliant Bhaiyya mind!
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