As I have said on this blog before, the 100.7 FM Gold channel can be a source of lot of interesting information about what’s happening in the far-flung areas of the country – only if you can put up with some of their RJs.

I was listening to one of their programs last week when there was a news item about a Vishvidyalaya in Merath that has undertaken a project to collect Hindi sayings and idioms used in nearby villages. When the anchorwoman asked the head of the project to tell us about few of idioms, he came up with 2 very succinct ones – ठाकुरों की बारात मै हुक्का कौन भरे and मै रानी, तू रानी, कौन भरेगा पानी (if everyone thinks of himself as someone important, who will do mundane work?). Are our politicians listening? :-)