Monday, November 28, 2005

"extra-gregatory"

(From a Mouthshut review on Bombay Hospital on the net...my comments in blue.)

"When a greater bombay was under british rule, mughal empire was on death bed...(that has to be one empire-sized bed !!!) ...so starts his review on his college, ending "my college is heart foe for medical aspirants and home to many huge personalities".

The 'foe' is a typo, obviously, but comic anyway, and the second brings a sense of large (huge?) planetary bodies orbiting the campus. Huge and big can be used interchangeably when referring to size of an object, but not for people.

His views on Imran Khan in another essay get even better.."It will b extraagregatory to say Imran Khan as cricket jewel" - he begins. 'Extraagregatory' ???? what was the word he was thinking of when he came up with this? exaggerating? derogatory?

Reading further ahead, you may blink a bit when you hear Imran had "to take a blind eye from sarfaraz nawaz". But don't worry yet about poor Imran being blinded because he continues "Imran showed all his rivals the get-out way".

Yes, Imran appears to have had a hard life, according to Asif, what with Jewish girls "coming from backdoor" and "stealing him from the jaws of his female admirers". (Jaws reference #1).

Apparently, Imran was "on the verge of popularity" (yeah, not popular, just on the verge) before his marriage, but unfortunately, didnt use it to fight elections. Still, Asif says "there is no end for Imran" (he's good looking and also immortal?! Too much.)

Bad as the writer might sound, his readers go much further. I looked at the comments for this review, and one petulant reader had written in anger "This review lacks everything except hooliganism".

His review on Mufti Mohammed, of the "terror torned state" of Kashmir, evokes interest. This is a state where the voters "dejected" the concept of dynastic rule. (Dejected - what a word. Rejected wasn't strong enough for Asif). Besides, PDP clinched a massive win "from the jaws of Abdullahs". (Jaws reference #2 - he has a thing for this creature)

He ends with a wish for Mufti. "I hope he must be knowing how to deal with this situation. May God help him." ( I am not knowing if you are doing the understanding? - as I read somewhere - why do Indians use the present continuous tense so much?)