What will Ajja Tweet About ?

Neha – "Ajja – Tumcha Khabar gotte ase ve ? Roopa Akka’s son Vishakale wife balanti javnu Ladki Kai ?" ( That was Neha Konkani – A Mix of Marathi and Hindi with a few Konkani words thrown in for the ‘good-bahu-trying-to-learn-husband’s-mother-tongue’ effect )  

Ajja - Vai Ve ?

Neha - "Haave kaali Tagele Facebookantu pallile"

 

Ajja - "Te Kasale go te Facebooke ? Itle voggi kassi photo poloyate ?

Ae Rohita - Tugele te Laptop ase nave – Tantu te photo kain asta ? Tittle saan dabentu titale paper kassi asta !?"

 

Conversation between my 90 Year Old Grandpa and my Wife and me.

I was amazed to notice how much Social networking has spilled over into ‘offline’ discussions and bridged the erstwhile generation gap !

My Dad saw the merits of facebook and the other day poked at me and then again smiled at me through facebook ! I hardly remember when was the last time he physically poked me !

Amma is raging to go and all set to Join Facebook as soon as she upskills herself from ‘one finger’ to ‘multiple finger’ Typing !

Then Came Ajja’s 88 year old Brother,Ganapati Ajja, in His TVS 50 ( Yes – He still drives his TVS 50 XL!).

Ganpati Ajja – Ugadike annane ashirvad ghevka monu Ram-mandirantu Pooja soronu ailo re.

Ganapati Ajja touched Ajja and Bapama’s feet and was visibly emotional – Something that I have rarely seen since the 30 Years I have known him. He is always known for his active as mercury ( Paadarasa) dedication to any activity he takes up and for always being on the move. The Conversations went on –

Rohit – "Ajja – Ram Navami divsu pulle varshe Shivrampeteche Ramale murthi ka bhari chand kornu shingarlele"

Ganapati Ajja – "Tu Kedana palaile re ? Tu Thai evnu mast kaal jalle nave ?"

Ajja – "Haave Flicker antu Palaile" and then showed him this from my Friend Chetan Hegde's flickr album.

Ajja1 , Ajja 2, Bapama and me closed our eyes looking at the beautifully decorated murthi of the lord and we all felt blessed !

Yesterday , I was going through my delicious bookmarks and chanced upon one on a Konkani wedding song and me and Neha heard our first Amchigele padya together !I even subscribed using the Link titled - 'twitter korya' !

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My Point - The net in general and social networking specifically is visibly helping us (Ajja included) go beyond the constraints of distance, time and space – at-least conversationally and emotionally if not physically…. Yet !