On The Road
Just a few more places that I have now travelled to. Nothing exceptional here, but jotting it down for records sake.
Kagarole - a small ‘kasba‘ some 20 kilometers from Agra. The drive is quite bad, but compared to the horrifying Agra-Aligarh road, it’s still better
Jagner - Near the U.P.-Rajasthan border, it’s yet another ‘kasba‘. The road from Kagarole is bad in patches, but overall pretty neat one. The landscape, as you reach Jagner, changes to incorporate a Rajasthani tinge. A few solitary hills, part of the Aravallis, are visible.
Kirawali - A tehsil on the Bharatpur-Agra road; advisable to travel by this awesome highway. Unfortunately, we went from Kagarole to Kirawali and the drive is extremely bumpy. My car is yet to recover from this ordeal!
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September 11th, 2006 at 7:59 am
hailah me first again!!!!!! wooohooo
September 11th, 2006 at 8:00 am
first off..what kind of names are these??? and whats a kasba and tehsil anyway???? throw some light to the ones in dark puhleeese..but good to know you are getting your share of “bumps” while travelling
September 11th, 2006 at 9:38 am
TO KAUSH…
Arre firangi..kasba aur tehsir bhi nahin pata!
Deepak..Pack her and send her to Kagarole, Jagner and Kirawali…for an year at each place!!
September 11th, 2006 at 9:52 am
LOL GAURAV!!!! first offf… “firangi” is the word for goras from england to be precise! and comon!!! “kasba” and “tehsir” what in the world!?!?!?!?! Abhi mujhe aap jaisi shudh hindi toh nahi…and I am NOT going to these places by myself - only if you join me
( i need an interpreter there yaaaar!)
September 11th, 2006 at 9:53 am
and wherever these places are…! I think Deepak just made these up..aisi bhi koi naam hote hai
September 11th, 2006 at 9:53 am
Bumpy, non-bumpy, I am looking forward to any kind of ride in the north. Been quite sometime that I went for a holiday to the north other than to Delhi.
September 11th, 2006 at 9:58 am
Kaushi - Actually my first reaction was similar to Gaurav’s
U firangan 
Maybe u wud know ‘tehsil’ more as ‘taluka’ probably… by the way these are real places, not invented, and sure Gaurav Will pack her off there ha ha ha
Arunima - Arre nahi , not to these bumpy places… north can mean the greens of Uttranchal and HP too
September 11th, 2006 at 10:00 am
Kaushi -
Read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehsil
September 11th, 2006 at 10:06 am
ok Kaush, you need a visit to India to refresh your vocabulary. Aavu na chale, kasba and tehsil are common names yaar.
sirji, what kind of work is taking you to all these places??? you sure have an eventful life. first seeing the interior of Nepal and now that of UP. but then in all these places are you making notes for your real calling? With all this experience you shd be able to generate a first class script na. gaav ki chhori sheher ka chhora, bairi zamana aur pyar ki jeet?
September 11th, 2006 at 11:15 am
kasbas and tehsils??? what are you into these days - rural marketing or documentary filming?
September 11th, 2006 at 11:30 am
the great traveller is visiting kasbas n tehsils…
Agreeing with Priyangini’s comment….we need a story now.
September 11th, 2006 at 12:31 pm
Tehsil is Urdu for Taluka. Kasba is Urdu for a town!
September 11th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
Kirawali I think is pronounced Kurawali! Though I am not sure!
September 11th, 2006 at 2:35 pm
Hey, Kagarole pad ke ghar ka woh gulzar wala gana yaad aa gaya. Botal se ek baat chali hai Kag(cork) uda ke raat chali hai…. hai na!
September 11th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
aaaaahhhh..thanks GAURAV, DJ, PRIYANGINI AND MANISH for throwing some light on these words!….I think I really need to get back to India to refresh my vocab and take a course in Hindi!! you know now that I think about it…if i had to talk about teeth and any oral conditions a person might have in Hindi……I ..errr..I wouldnt know waht to say without using english words in between…..sigh!
September 12th, 2006 at 6:44 pm
Priyangini - LOL, ab kya kahun… i always get these kinda jobs… on the story, ok i give in … but it will be a very short story (no not 55er but at least two-three pages) … the story and climax are all there in my mind, i typed out some two pages already, a small bit is left so that will be done as soon as i find a cyber cafe that doesnt have Himesh whining in my ears! And yeah get ready for the editing job coz i aint gonna get time to reread it even
Anks - Neither! I m in a very routine job!
Mehak - Well, replied on that to Pri…
Manish - Cant say with confidence myself on the pronunciation. But next time i m there, i will carefully read the hindi text to ensure it
Dhoop - Bilkul!
Kaush - He he he , i wonder what u will do if u hv to go talking about ‘jaws’ as ‘jabda’ LOL … and with that accent of urs! But it will be easy for u , the patient will be laughing out so loud, u can do whatever u wanna do to his teeth
* Ok, me ducking now permanently *
September 13th, 2006 at 5:04 pm
Actually, I know someone from that place, and keeps on pronouncing it Kurawali!
September 14th, 2006 at 6:40 pm
Manish - There is a Kurawali in Mainpuri distt. Prob ur friend refers to that one… will be visiting there also sometime …