There are 25 things that will make sure whether you are a Nagpurian!
Go ahead and check for yourself - Are you a true Nagpuri ?!
1. You always look for any smallest chance when you can ask your friend for a PARTY, and your party will at least have a group dance and a dinner. For dinner, veg means a chicken dish while non-veg means the same along with a Bottle .
2. You are always ready to celebrate and for you celebration means dance and for you dance means waving your hands and legs in full josh in front of a Sandal.
3. You have a special breed of chicken dish called "Saoji" which has equal volumes of chicken and chili.
4. You run to the spot wherever you see a fight, not to help but enjoy it.
5.You think 'Nag nala' & 'Ambazari 'as nature.
6.You say "Town", and expects everyone to know that this means "sita-buldi".
7.You speak in dialect of hindi called 'Nagpuri Hindi', which only Nagpurians can understand. You always begin in Hindi when talking to strangers no matter if he is also a Maharashtrian or marathi linguist.
8.You say "How" if you want to say "Yes" [Hau na bawa :D]
9.You spend more time each month ,chatting on "Tapris" or "Pan Thellas", than you spend at home.
10.You have the following sets of friend: school friends, college friends, office friends and "Tapri friends", a species unique only in Nagpur. Your "Tapri Friends" is always your first choice than any other group.
11.You use "Mahol" & "Sahi" & Ek Number as your pet words.
12.Only in Nagpur you would find people going to Hanuman temple for "Telangkhedi Samosa & Bread pakoda".
13.You call old people as "Bawaji" and expect out-of-towners to understand that.
14.You compare "Dharampeth", to New York's Manhattan instead of any other place.
15.You eat "Imported Santras(oranges)" as yours are exported.
16.The most frequently used part of your car is the"Brake".
17.'Temperature quotes' (especially in summer) are the only things besides cricket which you follow passionately.
18.You dont drive car on roads ,rather you are driven by the roads.
19.Blowing horn is absolute useless as pedestrians are the "King" of roads.
20.What you wear is Fashion
21.You have M.I.D.C.,..with ' I ' being silent. ...... no industries you see.
22.You have huge Fly-Overs ,..which opens twice a day: once for Morning walk & then for Evening walk.
23.You have 'Animal park'(Maharaj Bagh),.but the animals are 'Two - legged'.
24.You have ponds like.. "Ambazari talao" for specific purpose like.. "Suicide".
25.You have the only university named after a person.."Kohchade university" (Kohchade is one who did blunders of fake degree certificate)
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