A little knowledge of Hindi is a dangerous thing

Mallus and Hindi are as similar as Roti and Puttu. And every other day some mallu or the other rams home that point with vehemence, just in case you have been lulled into an artificial sense of security that mallus have mastered Hindi. Today, one on my mallu colleagues reached the zenith of Hindi blooperism.

Mallu and couple of colleagues were discussing something very animatedly but in hush tones. It was obvious that they were gossiping. Another colleague walks past, glances at them and asks "Kya ho rah hai!"

A perfectly innocent rhetorical question that Mallu should have left alone.

But Mallu looks up and says "Gupt gyan* ho raha hai!"

Don’t judge him too harshly folks. The word "confidential information" is not easy to translate into Hindi. Anyone could have made that mistake.

Now let me go and continue rolling on the floor laughing my a**e off. I took a small break from LMAO’ing to blog this. Ciao.

p.s. Mallu was overheard saying "The word is 'gopneeya'! Dammit."

* loosely translated it means... s** education