My interview : I am famous!

Okay. So now that I have my own interview published, I am allowed to act all high class bad attitude scumbag. As you know, bad behaviour begins at home. So I tried my high class attitude with my sister first. She was talking on the phone and laughing loudly. I was watching TV and was getting disturbed(I take my TV seriously!), so I went to her and in my best English accent said -
"Could you please keep it down a little eh?"
She was probably surprised at my politeness or confused with my accent coz she only managed to say-
"What?"
"Oh.. you see sis, I was watching this exhilarating documentory on the Italian delicacies and the intricacies of wine tasti..."
She hit me with a pillow before I could complete my sentence and shoved me out of the room. I returned back to TV, I was watching Ben10 btw, not some wine tasting documentary!

The point being, I was brought back to earth by that pillow hit. Also, I lost my english accent. If you lesser mortals(some attitude is still left, one more pillow hit please) are wondering why I am acting like high class British pommie, well, that is coz I have a interview published on pakspectator.com. That is a real site! How cool am I!

You can read the full interview here.

Some excerpts from the Interview.


My name is Arshat Chaudhary. I am 23 years of age. I am a humour-romance blogger living in Mumbai. I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering. I worked for the German giant Siemens for a while. I will be starting my course in MBA the next month. Feel free to read my blog at http://thetimepassofindia.blogspot.com/
Kindly leave comments if you like something. Take care. Have fun.

Would you please tell us something about you and your site?

I am a Mechanical engineer from the prestigious(I have been paid to say that) SPCE in Mumbai.. I will be joining one of the top Bschools in a country the next month.
Though humour is one of the key ingredients of my blogposts, I dont have a specific theme for blogging.. My blogposts are pretty random just like everything else in my life..

Do you feel that you continue to grow in your writing the longer you write? Why is that important to you?

I feel I have improved as a writer over the years (I make it sound like I am Stephen King). I have been writing since 2 years. When I look at my older posts I think I have become more mature- I mean as a writer- as a person I am still as immature as I was 12 years ago.

I’m wondering what some of your memorable experiences are with blogging?

There are quite a few. From friends messaging me at 2 in the night to tell me how much they loved a certain post to complete strangers sending me emails about how much they love me.

What do you think sets Your site apart from others?

My booker prize winning writing skills!!- hehehe. I think my site looks snazzy and messy at the same time. I designed it myself, which explains the messy part. Since I write about random issues, every post is a surprise. The readers dont know what to expect. That surprise element keeps them hooked.


Is there one observation or column or post that has gotten the most powerful reaction from people?

I wrote this post - Raka Calling. It is by far the most loved post on my blog.


You have also got a blogging life, how has it directly affected both your personal and professional life?

Personally, friends start respecting you at a level. Note that I said at a level, that means they still pull your leg and crack jokes at your expense, but deep inside they know you are not the talentless, jobless, lazyass they thought you were.
On the professional front, your boss begins to feel you have a lot of free time, and starts giving you more work.



Pakspectator.com is a pakistani site which deals with the problems in Pakistan. Well, if you are wondering how come a paki site approached me for an interview, then let me tell you I am quite popular there. I am sort of minor celebrity there. I receive a dozen fan mails from pakistan everyday. I ll share a few with you.

One of my favourites is this one by Inzamam ul Haq. It is written in Punjabi English. I am reproducing it without any changes.











"Bismillah-e-Rehman-e-Rahim. Oojee Wahdhiya interview diyasi. The boys did very well. And Inshallah you will succeed. Aasi feeling very jealous ji. You getting calls at 2 am from friends? I get no calls. Sada Afridi bhi call nahi karda aajkal. Challo koi baat nahi ji. Tussi blog likhte rehna. Kabhi kavar urdu mein bhi likho yaar, samajhne ke liye aasani hogi. English blog read karte time hasne ki acting karni padti hai. Put in the big effort and deliver the results all the time."

There is this other one by Maulana Radio from the beautiful Talibanised valley of swat. This post is in Pashto. If any one knows that language, kindly translate.

"Al habibi mukhta yelak pathan, yaari hai emaan mera yaar meri zindagi, Al rahman, jai ho, laden ah, hussien ah, kabhiz ka baccha, off with your head, ak-47 killing machine, al mazar coca cola nikhtar band coldplay, stop free press, panjar shiktah wab minsulaa, your interview sucks, ya habibi, kaho na kaho, yeh aanken bolti hai, o sanam o sanam, al sahitya neh buzkashi tel ka kuaon behrak muret sijalbuddin zakir shahid afridi shohaib akhtar moin khan javed miandad."

Read the above lines very carefully. I would say read it aloud. I think they liked my "interview" and want to make me the "head" of their organisations. But that is my interpretetion. What do you guys think? My interview : I am famous!SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend

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19 letters to the editor:

    LOL!!!
    I LOVED IT..AM SURE THEY WANT U TO BE D HEAD..SO GET UR HEAD OUTTA D PILLOW AND GO BECOME D TALIBAN HEAD AND BEHEAD A FEW BUMBLEHEADS....
    :)

    On May 16, 2009 at 2:06 PM     
    Thoorika said...

    Lolz !!! Nice.. Congratulations !!!

    On May 16, 2009 at 3:21 PM     
    s4n705h said...

    Congrates on your interview. its fun to give interview. and true you are celebrity. The mail in written pastho surely make you a celebrity as its a hate and threat mail. You are going way above the limits for them :P.

    Congrates once more.

    On May 16, 2009 at 3:23 PM     
    ambareen said...

    Oh, hahaha! How modest are we! ;) the e-mails part was a riot. I hv ur link on my blog pg, btw. Gr8 work. Im hookd.

    On May 16, 2009 at 5:02 PM     
    Nupur said...

    Congrats for the interview!

    nice ans to ur last qn!!:D...[witty]

    Hi Arshat
    Its funny as usual.sp. loved the Inzi bit.keep writing.

    On May 16, 2009 at 9:20 PM     
    Anya said...

    hehe.. pak spectator.. thats good... they r on a roll.. and u too

    chriz

    On May 16, 2009 at 10:30 PM     
    PULKIT said...

    visited ur blog and liked it a lot so becoming a follower :)
    tc god bless!

    regards
    PULKIT
    (http://19goes20.blogspot.com)

    all the best . You will surely need all the wishes if you become the head.

    On May 17, 2009 at 12:24 AM     
    Vinod said...

    super!!!
    the pashto comment says it all.. it means u r fabulous.... hehehe

    On May 17, 2009 at 11:22 AM     
    NG said...

    whohoooo...congratsss!!!

    On May 17, 2009 at 11:40 AM     
    NG said...

    i had skipped the arabic thingy and now that i read ur interpretation...i cant stop smiling...u r amazing :)

    On May 17, 2009 at 12:21 PM     
    Sam said...

    Did you too get a mail from Ghazala Khan? I did too.. But the Ms. Doubtfire in me deleted the comment and the invite.. Psst psst..

    On May 17, 2009 at 12:49 PM     
    Anonymous said...

    Inzy's stuff was awesome. Nice blog. dropped here through swetha's blog. Chance into mine if you find it interesting.

    On May 18, 2009 at 11:11 AM     
    Shanu said...

    Ohh no..I now regret listenin to my stupid bro who asked me to ignore the invite from Ghazala Khan...thikh hai..koi nahi..next time sahi.

    Btw glad to kno that u are plannin to write a novel...I am sure there are quite a few ppl who will b waiting to lay thr hands on the first copy :) :) :)

    Hillarious...

    When do we start asking for autograph ?

    On May 26, 2009 at 12:08 PM     
    Aman said...

    Rofl...didn't know u were that famous in Pak :P

    P.S - btw which MBA college r u joining?