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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Be Indian, Buy Indian, Fly Indian

This news here mentions that the Indian Airlines is going to be renamed as Indian.

Indian what?. Just Indian. Well, ok.. so how am I supposed to call it?. Indian. Hmm... Let's try that again:

Sir, How are you going to travel to Delhi?.

- I am flying Indian.

Sir, that is not allowed and is not possible too. It is extremely dangerous for a human to fly on his own.

- Nooo.. I am flying Indian!!.

Then I am asking Indian?. How are you going to Delhi?

- Indian.. *with tremedous hesitation* airlines..

A-haa.. apdi vaadi!..

Yet another attempt in renaming terms which have been well ingrained in our minds. It just wouldn't work!. As I say, Madras is for Men, Chennai is for Wimps.

PS: I noticed that the last 4 posts or so of mine were pretty long (well, long in my standards), so decided to write one which is shorter, one which really justifies my blog title!

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posted by tt_giant at 10:35 AM

16 Comments:

  • Indian - East Indian, West Indian, Native indian, American Indian,
    Indian American..

    Sure this new flight "naamkaran" would brew trouble during the initial phases of make over !!

    IA could regain their image unless they do away with this system !!

    By Blogger Adaengappa !!, at December 07, 2005 4:13 PM  

  • beedi factory run pannaravan ellam aviation minister-a potta eppidi dhaan aagum

    By Blogger ada-paavi!!!!, at December 07, 2005 7:30 PM  

  • antha article says "Passengers will be greeted by a transformed attitude which will reflect its new ethos" -- athu eppadi they change attitude/ethos by just changing the name :-)... anyways "Indian" for a airlines name is so weird!!!

    By Blogger NaiKutti, at December 07, 2005 7:50 PM  

  • hehehe good one but i like their new look ;)

    By Blogger Visithra, at December 08, 2005 6:52 AM  

  • Prabhu: LOL at the link you sent!

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    Vatsan: is it?? I was not aware of that..

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    Naikutti: adhaan magic!!

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    Visithra: yea, wrapper looks nice.. lets see if the chocolate tastes good and digests well!.

    By Blogger tt_giant, at December 08, 2005 7:08 AM  

  • LOL... Peyar mattum maathi enna prayojanam? Any news I read about a flight getting delayed/ground due to 'technicall problems'/baggage missing has always been about IA..

    mm.. I know why they changed.. In the movie Indian, remember the climax scene at the airport? The aviation minister could be a bigtime movie fan.. ;-)

    "I want to fly Indian"

    "You cant fly even if you wish to.. u dont have wings.. BTW, instead of calling me an Indian, u can call me by name 'X'"

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    "I want to block/book Indian"

    "Arent u ashamed to tell so?"

    By Blogger Raju, at December 08, 2005 7:33 AM  

  • 'Meesakaara topiwala'(still there, isn't it?) mascot poi, 'Indian thatha' mascot vannu!!!
    Sedhi keto, sedhi keto!

    By Blogger Me too, at December 08, 2005 1:03 PM  

  • Raju: LOL!!

    I have been on Indian airlines only once in my life.. From baghdogra (foothills of darjeeling) to calcutta. the entire flight journey was 1 hour, but the plane was delayed by 3 hours only!.

    adhula vera.. some kid was throwing up in the plane close to my seat... tholla thaangala...

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    Aparna: Air India oda mascot thaan maharaaja nu nanaikaren.. or maybe you are correct.. since they both are govt. owned??.

    By Blogger tt_giant, at December 08, 2005 1:07 PM  

  • Aparna and Deepak, AI and IA have similarities in terms of delays, lousy food and generallly bad service. I dont think their mascots are same. Maharaja is for AI only..

    By Blogger Raju, at December 08, 2005 2:26 PM  

  • yet another vitory of democracy isnt it???
    planes flown by the indians, for the indians (passengers), and the crew consisting of indians!!!
    only indians will travel by this junk...
    i remember the last time i flew IA, the airhostess decided to give me a wake up call by ramming the food trolley into my seat!!!! - and she wasn't even good looking!!!

    By Blogger ///slash\\\, at December 08, 2005 9:59 PM  

  • Raju: Some of my friends told me that Jet airways is much better. Maybe it is only a matter of time, they would be starting services to the US too!.

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    Slash: ha ha!!. thats a nice one. so, did you get to thank her for waking you up on time?? ;-)

    By Blogger tt_giant, at December 09, 2005 12:20 PM  

  • Deepak, I think this post was my inspiration for the weekend humor post :-)

    By Blogger Krish, at December 09, 2005 9:02 PM  

  • yeah there this big add in pondy (read pune) times which said "Indian buys Airbus A310"..Man, that was some catchy title!!

    By Blogger Maverick, at December 09, 2005 11:18 PM  

  • Dharam Singh is all set to change Bangalore to Bengaluru. Big thanks to political dickheads.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at December 11, 2005 7:18 PM  

  • Thennavan: I saw your post!. LOL!

    Maverick: MOre such confusions to come.. btw, what does pondy - pune signify?.

    Anon: atleast the americans would not be angry if their jobs no longer go to bangalore!!.

    By Blogger tt_giant, at December 12, 2005 8:40 AM  

  • do u have any other proposal to change any cities or villages with some of your favourite names?

    now is the chance...

    you can propose to some of the politicians, without an aajtak camera...

    By Blogger Ram C, at December 12, 2005 9:37 PM  

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