The race to gain followers

Nov 06

Getting followed by someone might have been creepy a decade ago, but it’s the biggest trend this year. Every day the number of twitter users keeps rising, and more people are embracing the magnificent social world of twitter. It starts off with confusion, but once you find the joy in @replying people, and using hashtags there is no going back. Experts say 23%...

Read More

Desi Rishta Flowchart

Aug 29

Every desi girl has to, at some point in her life, go through a phase where she gets forcefully showcased in front of random people. Desi parents call it “rishta”. We call it “What the hell did I do wrong to deserve this?” We have to look the best, act the best, and often pretend to be a completely different person. Lonely, and sad scientists...

Read More

The facebook song

Aug 04

Twitter is where I let my imagination run wild.  A bit of boredom combined with the right kind of drink can produce twitter gold. This gold happened for me in the form the “#thishouldbeasong” hashtag. I posted numerous 140 character long tweets in Punjabi with this hashtag and they all got great response. I also received a few DMs with people suggesting...

Read More

The f**k is wrong with you?

Jul 25

Fuck is an extremely versatile word. But I personally prefer using it to vent out my frustration. So here are some common situations I encounter daily which leave me thinking “WHAT THE F**K IS WRONG WITH YOU?” Texting with k :-  Texting is an immensely powerful tool. If used properly it can save you from awkward face-to-face conversations. But it also...

Read More

Problems of being a brown girl

Jul 24

Problems of being a brown girl

Grades: I often hear desis brag about their intelligence in front of their white counterparts. But the secret is that us desis don’t really have a choice. When you know that anything less than a 95 means your ass will spend some one on one time with your dad’s boot, you automatically study like a maniac, We have to study to survive. “B” is...

Read More

Problems of going to India

Jul 16

Problems of going to India

Today, we have amongst ourselves another “Kudi Punjaban”. Her name is Niamat Sekhon. Her original and hilarious tweets caught my eye and thankfully she has agreed to share her work of brilliance with us. I welcome her to the KP family. Like any other Kudi Punjaban her life consists of large doses of bhangra, upbeat music, carefree attitude and trips to...

Read More

The war of languages: Punjabi vs Hindi

Jun 29

  Now this post isn’t about me yapping about how cool it is to have a white guy speak Punjabi. I am not going to go in a conceited Punjabi pride mode, I promise. It is about the argument that he makes in the video that people in Punjab consider Punjabi inferior to Hindi and English. Unfortunately, the white boy knows what he is talking about. Although,...

Read More