HYDERABAD
As election campaigns cutting across party lines in Telangana heat up, the jibes have become blunter, the swipes harder, and verbal skirmishes sharper. But when all these blows are delivered in Dakhni, it adds an element of mirth and impishness. And what is more the crowds love it.
At a recent meeting, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao encouraged members of the public to put up with queues and cast their vote. In a jocular fashion he sought a show of hands of those who were from Hyderabad, and proceeded to pepper his Telugu with Dakhni. “Maloom Hyderabad ke logaan bhot busy rehte [I know that the people of Hyderabadi are busy],” he said. Then came the Dakhni clincher, “Khaali peeli baithke: ino kya hai, uno kya hai, ye baigan hai, woh hai? Em osthadi?”
