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July 23, 2007

Rice, rice baby...Photos

paddy fields.jpg

Said Vishal on our News Tab:

Not a story this, but…A farmer passes bunches of paddy to another to sow in a field at Kunwarpur village near Allahabad on Saturday, July 21, 2007. Beautiful. Courtesy : Hindustan Times.

Hey, it’s okay that it isn’t a “story”; it’s an evocative photograph and you know what THAT means— it’s time to play caption that picture! Have at it, Mutineers. :)

Previous editions of the game: onnu, randu, moonnu, naalu. (I’m always struck by how different those are from ek, do, teen, char…)

anna on July 23, 2007 12:15 PM in Photos · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post



63 comments

 1 · Jeet on July 23, 2007 12:27 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

mere desh ki dharti sona ugle, ugle heere moti
mere desh ki dharti...


 2 · Jeet on July 23, 2007 12:30 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
Previous editions of the game: onnu, randu, moonnu, naalu.
those sound like punjabi nick-names

 3 · KM on July 23, 2007 12:43 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
Previous editions of the game: onnu, randu, moonnu, naalu. (I’m always struck by how different those are from ek, do, teen, char…)

and they are very similar to okati, rendu, moodu, naalugu


 4 · A N N A on July 23, 2007 12:43 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
those sound like punjabi nick-names

:D

"nn" is pronounced "nth", not that I'm being helpful at all...I can't think of an example of an English (or other) word which approximates the sound. As for "naalu", same "nth" thing, so they sound different from how they look. You're right though, I think I knew those guys in college. ;)


 5 · A N N A on July 23, 2007 12:45 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
and they are very similar to okati, rendu, moodu, naalugu

What language is that? :)


 6 · gm on July 23, 2007 12:54 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

It sounds like Telegu. ( I am of Telegu and Kannada origin but born and raised in the US)


 7 · Suraj on July 23, 2007 12:55 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
and they are very similar to okati, rendu, moodu, naalugu

I guess they are in Telugu.

Now in Kannada it goes - ondu, eradu, mooru, nalku,aidu....


 8 · timepass on July 23, 2007 01:04 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Farmer: Damn weeds... grumble grumble
Farmer's wife (in the background): Are you drunk before noon again??


 9 · A N N A on July 23, 2007 01:10 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
Farmer: Damn weeds... grumble grumble
Farmer's wife (in the background): Are you drunk before noon again??

Yay! Someone's playing (not that I mind all the counting!).


 10 · Doug on July 23, 2007 01:10 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

"here's a little grass for my homeys who are not here anymore."
The plot for grass take over at rice paddy was soiled when the farmer heard their plan of attack on his new Iphone.


 11 · Krishnan on July 23, 2007 01:15 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

(In tamil)
Farm man: Vivasaayi, vivasaayi......
Farm woman 1: Vijayakanth eriya aarambichittanya
Farm woman 2: vottu vaakkuruthinnu ninaippu
Farm woman 3: Evan erinjathallam naama porakkikittu varanum


 12 · Amita on July 23, 2007 01:16 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Hey Potu, look what Hari Putter taught me!


 13 · Babu on July 23, 2007 01:17 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Let me change the location here and go to Tamilnadu since mutineers have started counting onnu,rendu.....Close your eyes and imagine the green rice fields in Thrinunalveli and I recommend you to sing Chinna Chinna Aasai. Then, we can caption this picture "Thirunalveli Seemayile" (In the land of Tirunalveli) or "Aatha Arisiya Pudi" (Gal, catch this rice). The travel guide in me is shouitng "where is that waterfall?" and it is
Courtallam/Kuttraalam


 14 · A N N A on July 23, 2007 01:21 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
Let me change the location here and go to Tamilnadu since mutineers have started counting onnu,rendu

Go to Kerala! That was Malayalam! :D


 15 · kurma on July 23, 2007 01:21 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
onnu, randu, moonnu, naalu
Your Tamil is getting better, Anna :)
and they are very similar to okati, rendu, moodu, naalugu
What language is that? :)
Telugu

 16 · A N N A on July 23, 2007 01:22 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
Your Tamil is getting better, Anna :)

DAMNIT! I can't do ANYTHING right. ;) I give up. Ende Malayalam theetum-a.


 17 · kurma on July 23, 2007 01:25 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

"These green birds keep flying straight into my hand not knowing they'll feed my family tonight. Easiest hunting ever! Can't they see the dead one in my other hand?"


 18 · timepass on July 23, 2007 01:30 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

And another one:

Farmer: Ladies, shake the hell out of these paddy bunches! We need the rice for dinner.
Womenfolk: Rice again? The hell with that, you're taking us to McDonald's tonight!


 19 · kurma on July 23, 2007 01:33 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
Ende Malayalam theetum-a.
Haha, as for me, ente malam theetum-a.

btw, is NYC going to be blessed with a meetup soon?


 20 · A N N A on July 23, 2007 01:37 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
btw, is NYC going to be blessed with a meetup soon?
Not sure. In addition to the fact that I am now slower than a tortoise, which is always appreciated on New York streets, there's this bit of awesomeness. I'm trying to come up with something, though...

 21 · rudie_c on July 23, 2007 01:44 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

did he chuck all them bunches with one hand?? man is magic!!


 22 · Cliff on July 23, 2007 01:45 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Ende Malayalam theetum-a.

If you're sayin' - my malayalam is crap, that sounds really nasty and doesn't make any sense. You should say what the other ABCD malayalees say- " malayalan korachu- korachu bharayum".


 23 · Babu on July 23, 2007 01:46 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
Go to Kerala! That was Malayalam! :D

we count onnu,rendu,moonu,naalu in Tamil as well :P

Anna, I hope you know how close we two are related..I mean our languages :D Tamil and Malayalam

From the link

Its affinity to Tamil is most striking. Proto-Tamil Malayalam, the common stock of Tamil and Malayalam apparently diverged over a period of four or five centuries from the ninth century on, resulting in the emergence of Malayalam as a language distinct from Tamil. As the language of scholarship and administration Tamil greatly influenced the early development of Malayalam.


 24 · Huey on July 23, 2007 01:48 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

"Hey ladies, meet me and my Yankee friend Uncle Ben at the Kroger store, okay?"


 25 · rudie_c on July 23, 2007 01:50 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

ANNA, London Meet up!! take a break! enjoy the english weather, the india team is!!


 26 · A N N A on July 23, 2007 01:53 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
If you're sayin' - my malayalam is crap, that sounds really nasty and doesn't make any sense.

...which was kind of my point.

You should say what the other ABCD malayalees say- " malayalan korachu- korachu bharayum".

If I knew how to say and spell that, my Malayalam wouldn't be CRAP. I say "ichiru" instead of "korachu" anyway, so there's no hope for me to measure up to your standard/phrasing.

I also think at some point, the entire blog (meaning commenters) decided we were going to use "ABD", in case anyone cares. "ABCD" is very theetum-y.


 27 · ak on July 23, 2007 01:54 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

this looks like the desi version of ring toss! but bhaiyya needs to remember that low and straight is better than high and arched.

if anybody is interested in a brown meet-up of any kind (not sure it will rival SM's, in number, at least), but manish vij at ultrabrown is having one tonight, after a screening of a film about tagore.


 28 · A N N A on July 23, 2007 01:56 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
Anna, I hope you know how close we two are related..I mean our languages :D Tamil and Malayalam

I do! I'm delighted by it. My father always said that Malayalam was Tamil's little sister. :)

I torment my Tamil-speaking friends regularly by making them say stuff verrrry slowly, because I can catch about 60% of it on a bad day, more on a good. :D


 29 · PS on July 23, 2007 02:00 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)


Women talking - "There he is - he's the stud of rice paddy I was telling you about...didn't I tell you he's got the hottest chicken legs west of the Indus"


 30 · GujuDude on July 23, 2007 02:05 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

In a new ad campaign for the subcontinent, Levitra has replaced the 'throwing a football through a hoop' piece with tossing the paddy through the air, unfortunately they are regretting their decision now thinking the batsman hitting a sixer would have been more appropriate.


 31 · Camille on July 23, 2007 02:07 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
those sound like punjabi nick-names
Naw, Jeet, then they would be Bubbly, Baby, Dimple, Lovely, Biloo, etc. ;)

 32 · gulti girl on July 23, 2007 02:16 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

"I can do a wandless Wingardium Leviosa, see?"


 33 · chachaji on July 23, 2007 02:26 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

With a mere wrist-flick, chucking each member of the paddy bunch forward with a slightly different velocity, this Indian farmer demonstrates his intuitive mastery of the Coriolis Effect, ensuring that each arrives at its intended location among a group of women planters, and demonstrating the real effects of what in academic Classical Mechanics is called a 'fictitious' force!


 34 · Neil on July 23, 2007 02:56 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Damn...are those hotties checking me out? Imma show off!


 35 · dingchak on July 23, 2007 03:19 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Raghuram Singh plans on taking the domestic chinese market head on by planting instant flied rice.


 36 · A N N A on July 23, 2007 03:40 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
Raghuram Singh plans on taking the domestic chinese market head on by planting instant flied rice.

HA! That's funny. :)


 37 · louiecypher on July 23, 2007 03:53 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

"I smite you with my basmati of rage, you 1st World guvmt subsidy gettin' bastages !"


 38 · The Guy in the Photo on July 23, 2007 03:54 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

"Where does all this rice come from? Every week I keep finding more and more rice growing in my precious milk garden."


 39 · Meher on July 23, 2007 03:57 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Koyi Kahe Kehta Rahe
Kitna Bhi Humko Deewana


 40 · Karthik on July 23, 2007 04:18 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

The lost art of making flying carpets has seen a recent resurgence. In the picture above, you see the trainer training small batches of grass just before they are dried and woven together.

The Indian companies are awaiting FAA clearance before making product available to the American Public.


 41 · Salil Maniktahla on July 23, 2007 04:46 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

You bitches will never make fun of my lungi again.


 42 · Salil Maniktahla on July 23, 2007 04:48 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Confounded image hosting!

Let's try that again.


 43 · MG on July 23, 2007 05:41 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

women: ayyo rama, he's drunk again. You plant the paddy and toss the fertilizer, not the other way around dumbo!!


 44 · Seahawks fan on July 23, 2007 05:43 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

1. "Hey, they don't call me the Brett Favre of India for nothing."

2. "I've got such a strong arm, I was offered a football scholarship in America. Yes, Rice University."


 45 · Seahawks fan on July 23, 2007 05:52 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

"Please focus on your work, ladies. When I said 'Paddy's doing well,' I didn't want you to start discussing the British Open."


 46 · Maitri on July 23, 2007 05:56 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Accio Paddy! (Sorry, just got HP7 and suffer from a bad case of Potter-limited vocabulary)

"Hey, they don't call me the Brett Favre of India for nothing."

Notice how the field is green and gold!


 47 · Girish on July 23, 2007 05:58 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Sivaji was awsome..That Rajini bhai did so much magix and stylz..

Here..Swish Swish See my Rice on the fly..i will follow up with some spices and shoot the goddamn thing and you will get fresh pongal...nandri vanakkam

Sega fighta, Sivaji righta…
Salute...Varta!!


 48 · Brij on July 23, 2007 07:34 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

On a serious note - the picture on the blog is a "signpost" of one the most contentious trade battles between the developed countries and developing countries


 49 · sagar on July 23, 2007 08:38 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

"Who says Sallu is the only one throwing Paddy around?"


 50 · chachaji on July 23, 2007 09:53 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Anna, I can't believe I missed this earlier, but 'anna' in Kannada means 'rice', so that your title, if in Kannada, would be transliterated in English as 'Anna, anna, baby' :) In fact, there's a children's rhyme which goes 'ondu eradu baal ele haradu', 'mooru naalku, anna haaku' etc.

e.g. Bisi bele huli anna or Chitranna (lemon rice - did you say you liked it?) :)


 51 · BalleBalleBoys on July 23, 2007 10:05 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Are..dekho Paru,Basanti,Indu ..koi hamra photo kichh raha hai...idhar dekho to sahi...

Anna..you are mallu gal ?


 52 · BalleBalleBoys on July 23, 2007 10:09 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Chachaji...'Annapurneshwari' godess temple is famous in Horanadu,Karnataka...Rice godess...


 53 · Amitabh on July 23, 2007 10:19 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

'Anna' (pronounced like 'fun') I think means grain or food in Sanskrit. Hence Annadaata (giver of food) as a name for God.


 54 · Kurma on July 23, 2007 11:00 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
Not sure. In addition to the fact that I am now slower than a tortoise, which is always appreciated on New York streets, there's this bit of awesomeness. I'm trying to come up with something, though...
Wow, didn't know you leg's in a cast. I hope it heals quickly. Good luck!

 55 · Pavan on July 24, 2007 12:05 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

"I make it rain on these hoes"


 56 · Green Party on July 24, 2007 01:15 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
"here's a little grass for my homeys who are not here anymore."

Hilarious, man.


 57 · malathi on July 24, 2007 12:35 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Hmmm...An open invitation to write a caption for this picture, and Rahul, our king of phrases, is missing? He must not be feeling well.

P.S. And 'Puliogre' in da USA? How can one talk about rice without him?


 58 · malathi on July 24, 2007 12:38 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Monsanto does not get this rice--not for that low price.
Ready or not, here comes paddy.


 59 · Lord of the Dings on July 24, 2007 08:09 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Basanti meets Basmati


 60 · FearlessRahul on July 24, 2007 10:19 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Man: "Tiny women, I CRUSH YOU!"

Women: "Giant rice! RUN!!!"


 61 · Ennis on July 26, 2007 09:14 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Accio rice!


 62 · LMF on July 26, 2007 01:39 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Caption for the photograph - here's my submission:

'Got Rice?'


 63 · zeest on November 6, 2007 02:34 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Hi all!

i just want to know da meaning of word poodi plz.

plz teach me malayalam bhasha also.do inform me meaning of POODIin my id.

id is zeest20@yahoo.com plz

tc all of u,

zeest


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