Must not have ever heard this like this…
“Machli jal ki raani hai, haath lagao darjaati hai, bahar nikalo…Govindaa”
My bhanji (sister’s daughter) Amrutha, just 2 years old, sang this when my sister called. All that I could do was roll with laughter. It did not stop there. There are several such instances where she uses “Govinda”. Ask her to recite any devotional song (Gayatri mantra or Hanuman Chalisa), she fills her forgotten lines with a Govinda namam with all the innocence that God gifted her and ends her rhyme or song.
At times one can hear “Om NamaShivaya” to replace Govinda and the forgotten lines. While she picks up rhymes, devotional songs and classics fast, she is not to be left behind when it comes to item numbers either. Ask and she will sing – Sheila ki jawani or Kolaveri di as a kid of her age would be expected to say a rhyme.
There was something which made me ROFL… she is afraid of high pitch sounds and also of the sounds of heavy vehicles honking and it so happened once that while out on a walk with her parents, a truck passed them in a distance. The monstrous look of the truck and its engine sounds were enough to make Amrutha clasp her mother’s Saree with all the might she can and to convince that she was not afraid at all, in her broken cute telugu and English words she picked up from her parents conveyed to her mother the following lines: “don’t worry, am not afraid…daddy unnaru (father is with me)…” with closed eyes and head resting on her mother’s shoulder- time to understand that she is totally afraid.
Well…woh Kisi ke haath na aane waali hai…
Kids are always special. These tiny tots are said to bring happiness to everyone with whom they are associated and lighten away the tensions that burden the elderly. Be it my bhanji or any kid, their innocence and their fearless attitude makes them cutest of them all and an apple of every eye. However there is always a difference in the way a boy and a girl would behave I think. Child or grown up, the qualities are always reflected in their behavior and approach.
Take the case of my colleague’s son. His preferences change frequently. There was a time when he was Chulbul Pandey of Dabbang and used to do dhinka chika or run pants down to his mother for a dhinka chika pant (trouser with pockets) the moment the song played. Then after that spider man spun a web around him- every red shirt or a jacket that he wore became spider man dress for him and the enthusiasm would creep up his veins to an extent that he would try to climb the walls of his bedroom. While his parents have given him a beautiful name, he feels that in school everyone is ignorant of the fact that his real name is Spiderman – as he would confess to his father with the same air as would a detective or a whistleblower lay the facts bare. Baaji Rao Singham creeps up his steel nerves in the thin frame with spiked hair and with the same daringness he declares that he would finish off his opponents with clenched fists which he imitates with clenching sound –khat khat khat (thanks to the sound effects as borrowed from Tollywood, there is a sound for every action and reaction), verbally while clenching and swinging his arm as if hitting the bad guys.
“Kolaveri di”was on his lips for sometime till “Chikini chameli” dominated our screens and his head…
Hope so these kids are not so “Oh la la…” about the dirty item song that still rules some music files of androids and mobiles.
Well as of now it’s just Govindaa Singham Pandey ruling sir!
“Machli jal ki raani hai, haath lagao darjaati hai, bahar nikalo…Govindaa”
My bhanji (sister’s daughter) Amrutha, just 2 years old, sang this when my sister called. All that I could do was roll with laughter. It did not stop there. There are several such instances where she uses “Govinda”. Ask her to recite any devotional song (Gayatri mantra or Hanuman Chalisa), she fills her forgotten lines with a Govinda namam with all the innocence that God gifted her and ends her rhyme or song.
At times one can hear “Om NamaShivaya” to replace Govinda and the forgotten lines. While she picks up rhymes, devotional songs and classics fast, she is not to be left behind when it comes to item numbers either. Ask and she will sing – Sheila ki jawani or Kolaveri di as a kid of her age would be expected to say a rhyme.
There was something which made me ROFL… she is afraid of high pitch sounds and also of the sounds of heavy vehicles honking and it so happened once that while out on a walk with her parents, a truck passed them in a distance. The monstrous look of the truck and its engine sounds were enough to make Amrutha clasp her mother’s Saree with all the might she can and to convince that she was not afraid at all, in her broken cute telugu and English words she picked up from her parents conveyed to her mother the following lines: “don’t worry, am not afraid…daddy unnaru (father is with me)…” with closed eyes and head resting on her mother’s shoulder- time to understand that she is totally afraid.
Well…woh Kisi ke haath na aane waali hai…
Kids are always special. These tiny tots are said to bring happiness to everyone with whom they are associated and lighten away the tensions that burden the elderly. Be it my bhanji or any kid, their innocence and their fearless attitude makes them cutest of them all and an apple of every eye. However there is always a difference in the way a boy and a girl would behave I think. Child or grown up, the qualities are always reflected in their behavior and approach.
Take the case of my colleague’s son. His preferences change frequently. There was a time when he was Chulbul Pandey of Dabbang and used to do dhinka chika or run pants down to his mother for a dhinka chika pant (trouser with pockets) the moment the song played. Then after that spider man spun a web around him- every red shirt or a jacket that he wore became spider man dress for him and the enthusiasm would creep up his veins to an extent that he would try to climb the walls of his bedroom. While his parents have given him a beautiful name, he feels that in school everyone is ignorant of the fact that his real name is Spiderman – as he would confess to his father with the same air as would a detective or a whistleblower lay the facts bare. Baaji Rao Singham creeps up his steel nerves in the thin frame with spiked hair and with the same daringness he declares that he would finish off his opponents with clenched fists which he imitates with clenching sound –khat khat khat (thanks to the sound effects as borrowed from Tollywood, there is a sound for every action and reaction), verbally while clenching and swinging his arm as if hitting the bad guys.
“Kolaveri di”was on his lips for sometime till “Chikini chameli” dominated our screens and his head…
Hope so these kids are not so “Oh la la…” about the dirty item song that still rules some music files of androids and mobiles.
Well as of now it’s just Govindaa Singham Pandey ruling sir!
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