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Rhymes Galore – Post 10

11 Friday Jun 2010

Posted by monikamanchanda in NaBloPoMo, This and that

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hindi, NaBloPoMo, punjabi, rhymes, telegu, tulika blog-a-thon

Thanks to Tulika’s Blog-a-thon the blog world is abuzz of rhymes of all languages… And I am loving it πŸ˜€

Now tulika says

Tulika is looking for rhythmic songs, playground rhymes, clapping chants and just-for-fun rhymes in your mother tongue.

And that brings me back to my question of life what is my mother tongue, ideally it should be Punjabi but we hardly spoke it while growing up… hindi is what comes to my mind when I think of mother tongue and that is the language in which I remember all my rhymes

So here we go… there were so many hindi rhymes that we use to sing as a child its going to be really difficult to jot down all but I will try and put down some favorites

Titli Rani Titli Rani itne sunder pankh kahan se layee ho

Kya tum koi shahzadi ho Parilok se aaye ho

Phool tumhe bhi ache lagte phool hamein bhi bhaate hain

Woh tumko kaise lagtein jo phool todne jaatein hain

Translation

Butterfly Queen Butterfly queen where did u get such lovely wings

Are you a princess? Have you come from the land of fairies

U like flowers and so do we

But what do you have to say about the people who pluck them

Another one on butterflies

Titlu udi bas main chadi

driver ne kaha aaja mere pass

titli kahe hat badmaash

Translation

butterfly started flying and went to a bus

Driver called and asked her to sit beside him

She told go away u naughty fellow

:rollseyes: this is for kids πŸ˜‰

Another one which is very common but I used to love it and still do

Chanda mamma door ke dahi pakore boor ke

aap khaye thaali main mune ko de pyaali main

pyaali gayee toot munna gaya rooth

munne ko manayenge nayee pyaali laayenge

Translation

Uncle moon you are far away, eating curd wada

You eat in a big plate where give to the baby in small cup

The cup is broken and the baby sad and angry

Lets buy a new cup to make the baby happy

There is however one punjabi rhyme which I clearly remember and sing to ojas too

Ghum ghum chaati cha meri ghaati

makhan mera patla khaan walla mera nonu ghapla

Translation broadly it means that the we are making butter from milk and the baby will eat it all

And then I used to love this song and luckily so does ojas

Naani teri morni ko mor le gaye

baaki jo bacha tha kaale chor le gaye

khaake peekhe mote hoke chor baithe rail me

choron waala dabaa kat ke pahunchaa seedha jail me

khaake peekhe mote hoke chor baithe rail me

choron waala dabaa kat ke pahunchaa seedha jail me

un choron ki khoob khabar li mote thaanedaar ne

moron ko bhi khoob nachaaya jungle ki sarkaar ne

un choron ki khoob khabar li mote thaanedaar ne

moron ko bhi khoob nachaaya jungle ki sarkaar ne

achchi naani pyaari naani roosa roosi chhod de

jaldi se ek paisa de de tu kanjoosi chhod de

achchi naani pyaari naani rootha roothi chhod de

jaldi se ek paisa de de tu kanjoosi chhod de

Translation

Oh granny the peacocks took away your peahen

And whatever was left was taken away by the black thives

after eating a lot and becoming fat the theives sat in the train

but the carraige in which they were sitting went directly to jail

The fat policeman gave them a nice lesson

And the king of jungle made the peacocks also dance a lot

Lovely granny, nice granny. Now dont be angry

Give me a penny and stop being miser

And then the one Ojas has been in love with since he was born and he now sings it fully…

Uper pankha chalta hai

neeche baby sota hai

sote sote bhook lagi

ek narangi tod liya

maali ke bete ne dhekh liya

phool jhadi se maar diya

Translation

The fan is running up

The baby is sleeping down

he got hungry while sleeping

and went and plucked an orange

The gardener’s son saw him

and hit him with a flower stick

And here is one in Telegu which N’s granny i.e Ojas’s great grand mom sings to him and he really enjoys

Chandamaama raave, jaabilli raave

Kondekki raave, koti poolu theve

Bandekki raave, banti poolu theve

Theru meeda raave, thene pattu theve

Pallaki lo raave paalu perugu theve

Parugetti raave, panasa pandu theve

Naa maata vinave, nattinta pettave

Annee theve abbayiki iyyave!

And here is the translation(as explained by mil)

Come moon, come sweet moon

Come over the hill, bring a million flowers

Come on a chariot, bring a bunch of Marigolds

Come over the brook, bring a comb of honey

Come on a palanquin, bring milk and curd

Come on running, bring a Jackfruit

Now listen to me and keep them here right

Bring them all for baby’s joy

Phew this translation business is tough… Also I am wondering if Ojas does this 30 yrs from now, what will be the rhymes… Chai Chai Coffee Coffee πŸ˜‰

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And threw him down the stairs

29 Thursday Apr 2010

Posted by monikamanchanda in This and that

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kids, parenting, rhymes

Dont know that rhyme, here is it for u

Goosey Goosey Gander

Where shall I wander

Upstairs and downstairs

and in my lady’s chamber

Where I met an old man

Who would not say his prayers

I took him by the left leg

and threw him down the stairs

And those who still don’t know it its a nursery rhyme, supposed to be for KIDS… what the fuck hell? I mean whatever anyone does you can’t take an old man, infact you cant take any man and throw him down the stairs…. And what was the old man doing in the lady’s chambers is left to your imagination….

What kind of rhyme is this? We all agree that TV has all kinds of things and spoils kids etc etc but these are the rhymes which are made for kids… Do we scan them? Frankly I did not till about some months back someone gifted me a nursery rhymes CD and I heard this one. I was shocked is to underplay it. Then I sat on a mission with my laptop and his CD’s and what I saw even shocked me… I am not sure I would want him to hear quite a lot of the rhymes that I saw…

See this for example…

Teaching eve teasing right from childhood are we?

and there is I had a little Pony which goes like

I had a little ponyhis name was Dapple Gray

I lent him to a lady to ride a mile away

She whipped him, she slashed him

she rode him through the mire

I would not lend my pony now

For all the lady’s hire

anyone heard of gender equality here?

and then there is three blind mice, so much cruelty for three blind animals??????

and this one, I thought we are supposed to respect our elders

Hindi Rhymes are not behind BTW… this one for example

and there are many more like this……..I thought we were supposed to take care of our pets and not beat them with a danda

Ofcourse I am not saying that all rhyme are bad they are the joy of childhood…Β  but what fails me is the reason why people even try and make rhymes which are supposed to be for kids with such horrible messages. What our children supposed to learn from them?

Do u let your child watch all the rhymes because they are rhymes or u censor them? So how do u deal with this considering one gets rhymes in CD’s usually and how much ever I have tried I haven’t found even one CD in which I approve of all the rhymes..

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My Name is Madhavi

01 Monday Mar 2010

Posted by monikamanchanda in review

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karadi rhymes, kids, Ojas, review, rhymes

and I from allepy, I speak Mallayali but I am just like u…

My name is jaswinder and I am from Chandigarh, I speak Punjabi but I am just like u…

This is how it begins and continues to introduce all Indian states and their languages… think I am out of my mind no no I am talking about Karadi Rhymes that I have Ojas has fallen in love with…

Ojas has been reading some Karadi Tales from quite sometime now and the other day when showing Ojas the standard Old MacDonald on YouTube I stumbled on this rhyme

and Ojas started merrily dancing to it, monkeys being his current favorite animals to be honest even I felt like dancing on the brilliant catchy tune…I explored a little more and found the rhymes to be awesome

The best thing I like about these rhymes is their Indian-ness… I mean its great to hear Old Macdonald but I want Ojas to grow up on something more Indian… Tulika books was the starting of and Karadi has taken it a step forward… and me likes it specially now when the granny are not always around to carry the tales forward I think its so much more important for these things to be there

To qoute them directly

At Karadi, we believe in Indian rhymes for Indian kids. We create rhymes that every Indian kid can relate to – our rhymes are about mangoes, not daffodils; bhelpuris, not apple pies; kites, not surfboards. Most importantly, these rhymes are not just for children – they’re for adults as well.
These rhymes are set to simple Indian ragas and make for easy and fun learning. Sung magnificently by Usha Uthup, these rhymes are for you to sing along with and dance to.

And I can vouch for the fact that they are for adults as well… whenever its playing me and N keep stealing glances on the TV πŸ™‚

Their are rhymes about Kites, colors, mangoes, rivers, monkeys, tea, sambhar, train, cricket… everything that a child enjoys and at the same time there are rhymes about Indian culture, festivals, religion…. And the run time of one CD is about 25 mins so even if Ojas watches them twice a day it doesnt get me too worried πŸ™‚

One of my favorite is this one

listen to the rhyme the simplest fact of life… we all celebrate alike…

Eid is here on the cresent moon night

Friends we greet, Relatives we meet

Sweets we share ,New clothes we wear

Diwali is here with lamps and lights so bright

Friends we greet, Relatives we meet

Sweets we share, New clothes we wear

Xmas is here on bright december night

Friends we greet, Relatives we meet

Sweets we share, New clothes we wear

All religions one way of celebrating…simple yet profound a feeling that I would surely like to imbibe in Ojas…

My only complain I wasnt able to find the CD’s in any store 😦 and then I ordered them online and bingo it was delivered in 3 days…

Surely a set of rhymes that I would recommend

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