‘Chah’ in Punjabi and Haryanvi means tea—chai! M reminded of Raj Kapoor in Teesri Kasam when he says ‘chah’ time and again to Waheeda Rehman before he gets tea for her. Also, K. L. Sehgal’s number,”Chah barbad karegi humko maloom na tha”. I think he referred to tea only.
Punjabi has a saying—Ladaee halle di te chah thalle di( A loud war-cry for victory and the residual tea at the cup’s bottom –are sure to stay!”
A Haryanvi paid no price for the rusk to the vendor but only tea, saying, “Chah to yo rus pee gyaa (The tea was partaken of by the rusk and not meeee!”
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Reminded me of Satnam and LekhRaj kee chah during Uni days. Lo jee(in punjabi accent) isi baat parr eik third class shayri ho jae ....
Chah ne toh khair barbaad karr hee diyya hai ab,
chuskiyon kee awaaj bhi ab toh anjaani lagti hai.
chuskiyan!!!
I remember Satnam ke samose!
Sir ji, he died couple of years ago. His chai-samosey were the best in the world and relished those more sitting on the horizontally laid cement electric poles beside his shunty cafe.
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