I am talking about a very common, stupid, useless and meaningless question :
"Kya chal raha hai ?"
I don't know why, But now-a-days, i get really irritated when I see :
1. Someone order Paneer Butter Masala in a hotel. (read my whole blog on it.)
2. Someone calls and asks "Where are you ? " on a working day and that too in the afternoon.
3. Someone calls and in the middle of a conversation says "Aur Batao " (This is called "Aur batao syndrome")
4. People who do not finish the food served in their plates.
5. And finally, people who chat by starting with this question : "Kya chal raha hai ? "
I first thought only some people say it casually, but now I pay special attention to who says it, how many times he says it, or to how many people he said it and found out some interesting points out of my research.
After some straight forward analysis, I found out that, this happens to :
1. People who are new to chat/messengers and get excited when they see someone online.
2. People who have Internet connection and messenger on, and still find themselves sitting idle.
3. People who want to talk to their friends, but don't have any topic to discuss.
4. People who are caught in a chat discussion (which they don't want to continue) and who don't want to talk much, simply make use of this question. (Passing the ball to the other side).
If you are a victim of such a question, what answer will you give ?
Q : Kya chal raha hai ?
A : "Kuch nahi"
A : "Kaam kar raha hoon"
A : "Tum batao"
I tried very hard, but could find a stupid answer to the stupid question. Apart from these 3 answers there are hardly any replies to the question. And the interesting part is, people ask the same question every time they start a conversation. Everybody wants to ask the question, but nobody wants to answer if asked to them. Even If they answer, I bet, the answer will be among the 3 given above.
Some very similar questions which we come across are :
Q : "Hi, Whats up ? "
A : Nothing Much.
Q : "Hi, How are you ? "
A : I am fine, How are you ?
Q: "Hi, Hows Life ? "
A: Cool ! what abt you ?
Q : "So what else ? "
A : Nothing.
Q : "Kaam kaisa chal raha hai ? "
A : Thik chal raha hai.
What answers do you expect to this questions ? If you ask these questions to your friend or a total stranger, the answers are the same.
Finally, I came to a conclusion that, Typing such questions is a sign of getting bored, no topic to chat, or as I said earlier, Putting the ball on the other side. If you are doing this, please think again, do such questions make any sense ? asking once or twice is fine, but everyday the same question ?
You know the answer what you will get, you will not be amazed if he says, nothing. You know there are much important things to ask, but still you spill the same question. You know that nobody will answer "Pankha chal raha hai" or TV chal raha hai" and still you ask the same question.
So should you ask me or should I ask you "Kya chal raha hai ?"
1. Someone order Paneer Butter Masala in a hotel. (read my whole blog on it.)
2. Someone calls and asks "Where are you ? " on a working day and that too in the afternoon.
3. Someone calls and in the middle of a conversation says "Aur Batao " (This is called "Aur batao syndrome")
4. People who do not finish the food served in their plates.
5. And finally, people who chat by starting with this question : "Kya chal raha hai ? "
I first thought only some people say it casually, but now I pay special attention to who says it, how many times he says it, or to how many people he said it and found out some interesting points out of my research.
After some straight forward analysis, I found out that, this happens to :
1. People who are new to chat/messengers and get excited when they see someone online.
2. People who have Internet connection and messenger on, and still find themselves sitting idle.
3. People who want to talk to their friends, but don't have any topic to discuss.
4. People who are caught in a chat discussion (which they don't want to continue) and who don't want to talk much, simply make use of this question. (Passing the ball to the other side).
If you are a victim of such a question, what answer will you give ?
Q : Kya chal raha hai ?
A : "Kuch nahi"
A : "Kaam kar raha hoon"
A : "Tum batao"
I tried very hard, but could find a stupid answer to the stupid question. Apart from these 3 answers there are hardly any replies to the question. And the interesting part is, people ask the same question every time they start a conversation. Everybody wants to ask the question, but nobody wants to answer if asked to them. Even If they answer, I bet, the answer will be among the 3 given above.
Some very similar questions which we come across are :
Q : "Hi, Whats up ? "
A : Nothing Much.
Q : "Hi, How are you ? "
A : I am fine, How are you ?
Q: "Hi, Hows Life ? "
A: Cool ! what abt you ?
Q : "So what else ? "
A : Nothing.
Q : "Kaam kaisa chal raha hai ? "
A : Thik chal raha hai.
What answers do you expect to this questions ? If you ask these questions to your friend or a total stranger, the answers are the same.
Finally, I came to a conclusion that, Typing such questions is a sign of getting bored, no topic to chat, or as I said earlier, Putting the ball on the other side. If you are doing this, please think again, do such questions make any sense ? asking once or twice is fine, but everyday the same question ?
You know the answer what you will get, you will not be amazed if he says, nothing. You know there are much important things to ask, but still you spill the same question. You know that nobody will answer "Pankha chal raha hai" or TV chal raha hai" and still you ask the same question.
So should you ask me or should I ask you "Kya chal raha hai ?"
6 comments:
Nice one ! you seem to do a lot of observations and analysis :)
hi nishad.. That was a very good article. Mujhe pata nahin tha ki you write such good blogs. Continue the good work. By the way, if you didnt recognize me, i am your classmate from NITK
sriram
hey the blog was too good man!!.. read the whole of ur blog.. :)
brilliant post nishad....
sums up everything i go through these days when someone talks to me...
Brilliant again...
Sathya
that thought has crossed my mind too many times n i have been past one research project on it already:-)
actually my research was prejudiced from the start. i had concluded even before starting that this question is foolish. it does not make sense to ask something for which there can be no different answer and honestly u don't even expect one. i promptly decided never to ask that question ever. n guess what... i found myself not chatting or talking on phone. because the truth is more often than not, one does not have new things to talk about. and just because u can't create real topics to talk about, u don't want to lose touch with the person altogether. what do u do then? u don't want to hear your friends cribbing "kya yar, aaj kal call hi nahi karta". the answer is simple. be a part of the non-sense n bindass ask "aur batao, kya chal raha hai":-)
It is really a foolish question
and your post is awesome.
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