IT Guys, Please Excuse!
Off-late I have been hearing about a lot of lay-offs and lots of IT professionals losing their jobs. In fact, the other day I received an email-forward which had a screen-shot of some girl’s profile in a matrimonial website. Her preference had this strange condition – IT guys, please excuse.
So, the downturn and recession has hit the matrimonial market too. Girls are no longer feeling secure enough about her guy having an IT job. These were the same people chasing IT guys because of their pay-packet and onsite offers to US and UK. An economic recession and IT guys have become the new untouchables. Money has become so big a matter, that no other virtue is considered. In fact, the IT guys in cities like Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad are asked by prospective in-laws if they were on bench.
This new and strange phenomenon reminded me of an old song from the movie Vidhata, directed by Subhash Ghai. The song was vulgar for those times, and a big hush-hush. When I watched this movie on video, 20 years back, I had to fast-forward the song. The song was a tale of 7 friends who discussed the cons of marrying guys of varied professions.
saat saheliya khadi khadi
fariyaad sunaye ghadi ghadi
The first profession that they talk about is that of a doctor. This is one of the most popular professions and usually never spoken about condescendingly.
ek saheli ka
miya tha doctor
……….
raat bhar muaa sone na de
injection lagaye ghadi ghadi
The crude lyrics point to the perception of how doctors love to poke an injection for just about anything, of course here the injection is suggestive for something else.
Next comes the rugged profession of driving. City driving has become quite a nuisance and honking is one of the ways of finding our way out through the dense traffic.
ek sahlei ka
miya tha driver
……….
raat bhar muaa sone na de
pho pho bajaye ghadi ghadi
The lyrics here again point to the excessive pushing at the horns, thereby producing a loud noise which can keep your partner on bed and co-passengers on road, totally awake.
Tailoring was always a popular summer-time course, but as a profession … well in times of recession, any job is good enough.
ek saheli ka
miya tha darzi
……….
raat bhar muaa sone na de
sooyi chubhaaye ghadi ghadi
We have another reference to the poking phenomenon here, just as the injection. And again, this is the cause for getting rejected as well.
I am sure we have all suffered because of a dancing neighbour who would put on the music at odd hours and start their practise.
ek saheli ka
miya tha dancer
……….
raat bhar muaa sone na de
ta ta thaiyya karawe ghadi ghadi
This is akin to dancing to somebody’s tune or dancing at the snap of a finger. But seriously speaking, dancing on bed can be injurious as we are prone to twisting a muscle or spraining ourself.
Something else thats injurious to health is drinking. But drinking is a socially relevant necessary evil, else you can’t have a decent party.
ek saheli ka
miya sharabi
……….
raat bhar maka sone na de
bottle dikhaya ghadi ghadi
Showing a bottle time and again, don’t know what crude sense to make out of it. But a drunk partner should be totally avoided, they may just pass-out while you are still interested in the act.
Delivering mails, how lucrative is that? But, at one point of time being a postman used to be a sought after job.
ek saheli ka miya
miya tha daakiya
……….
raat bhar maka sowan na de
thappo lagaye ghadi ghadi ghadi
Stamping someone all over, that must be some fun. But yet, that’s not what some girls look forward to.
I didn’t know hailing from Kolhapur could be such a bad thing.
ek saheli ka
miya kolhapuri
………
raat bhar malaa sone na de
chappal dikhaye ghadi ghadi
Yeah, being a Kolhapuri should not be correlated to excessive use of slippers. And still, we have someone complaining about being shown the slipper, probably a case of domestic abuse and/or wife beating.
The lives of IT guys can be marred by involvement in activities of more than one of the professions mentioned above. What if the IT guy happened to be a Kolhapuri, he should be avoided. What if the IT guy drives to work everyday and ends up with carpal tunnel syndrome because of inordinate honking, he should definitely be avoided. What if the IT guy gets drunk in a project party and returns home totally deflated, do not consider such a person. So, where does that leave the IT guys?
If the above song were to be written now, they would surely have included the IT related professionals as well. Its quite a grim situation, the IT guy is in danger of losing his job on account of slowdown and he could be rejected by prospective brides on account of his profession. We probably have to wait for the next IT boom, because this is as bad as IT gets.
Tags: IT, subhash ghai, vidhata
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awesome song lyrics and awesome post man
ah! now i get what the fuss was all about over this song!!
Hilarious take on the present situation
I am an IT professational.There is nothing wrong in this job even in the time of recession.Those who had said IT GUYs, PLEASE EXCUSE must be eroticised by money than any other thing.Life is like weather ,it changes with time.Ups and downs come in professional job.The song presented here is hilarious attempt on the situation.Office Space (1999) is good movie if you really want into look of our lifestyle.
I am an IT professational.There is nothing wrong in this job even in the time of recession.Those who think and had said IT GUYs, PLEASE EXCUSE must be eroticised by money than any other thing.Life is like weather ,it changes with time.Ups and downs come in professional job.The song presented here is hilarious attempt on the situation.Office Space (1999) is good movie if you really want into look of our lifestyle.
Hi ALL,
Once upon a time there was guy who completed his 12th class (year 2002) and wrote all competitive exams and searching for an nice engineering college. He was suggested to choose any engineering fields except COMPUTERS by his friends and his father’s friends. But the guy was not smart enough and could not get good marks in his exams and his options are very limited and the only option for him was to choose ‘COMPUTERS’. People around him friends relatives ‘huh’ lot of people why are you doing COMPUTER’S. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THAT FIELD?
That was him common question in early days of his Bachelor’s.
Year 2004 – 05. IT BOOM.
Same people appreciated him for doing good Bachelor’s in COMPUTERS and encouraged him to do Masters. He was very much pleased with every one’s advise and took a flight.
Year 2008 – 09. Recession
Same people asked him. Did you get any job yet. No,Not Yet takes time he answered. Poor guy what else he can say!! apart from that. Now, he is not getting married because of the same people.
WHO DID THE CRIME?
A good one…
hahahahaha
Funny!
to know more about the poking phenomenon hear bhojpuri superstar guddu Rangeela’s “injection”