Cafe N v 17

Welcome to the 17th thread of the series.

About Us

Who we are
We are a group of fun-loving people interested in having unbridled fun and talking about the lighter side of life on Sajha.

We are unapologetic about what we say because we don't put too much thought into our words. We have come to learn after all these episodes that when your goal is unrestrained and harmless fun, you can only be so careful or thoughtful about what you say. We mean no harm towards anyone and welcome everyone to join the fun.

The Cafe series, as it has evolved over the weeks and months, is an effort to create a community of like minded people who want to have fun - or as SNDY likes to says - "be good and have fun". That is the only clause in our one-line constitution.
What do we do in the Cafe?
Meeting, greeting and sharing is what we do a lot of. As well as singing, dancing, needling (one another of course), opining, joking and anything else to kill time. Not to forget serving and partaking virtual lattes, biscottis, tea, coffee, samosas, jalebis and other tasty baked goods that we take out of the Google Images oven. We've also posted videos, dedicated songs, confessed our crushes, talked about weather, food, work, sports - anything that is fun.

History
History is never uncontroversial and ours too might not be free from it.This is version is subject to revision as members deem fit.

This whole thing was started by Hi Nanu and instigated by SNDY. Back in those days, SNDY had so many people to say hi to that she would go on each thread where her friends had posted, and say hi, regardless of what the topic was. It had a positive impact on the site, IMO, because it made conversations lighter and soon others started following that trend and we had several threads where the topic might have been something like the "Collapse of the European Monetary Union" but other than the first few posts, the conversation turned out to be about anything but that.

So one day Hi Dai opened a thread called "Thread for greeting each other". Little did he realize what he had created. That thread filled a vacuum in Sajha, as we saw it, for friendly conversation between people that was free of name calling, personal attacks and caste/creed/school/language prejudices. This was back in the dark days of the caste wars and turf struggles. That thread quickly filled up and reach it's maximum posts in a matter of days and another one was started. And then another and another ...

At that time someone jokingly (perhaps contemptuously) referred to us as the "Nautanki" group. We took on that joke and called our self the Nuatanki Briagade and fulfilled SNDY's long running desire to become a Brigadier. So there were several threads (or episodes as we called them) under the Nautanki banner. We got to a point where we ran the joke to the ground and thought it might be time for a name change. We figured a word like Nautanki can wear out after a while and we suspect it might have deterred some people, who would otherwise have posted, from posting on the thread .

We held a poll on whether or not we should change our name. We decided, by an overwhelming majority, to change the name. It was Juggy who came up with the name "Cafe N". The rest, as they say, is history.

Geography
As of last count, in alphabetical order of countries and US states: Alabama, Australia, Belgium, California, Canada, Connecticut, Denmark, Florida, Illinois, India, Iraq, Italy, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nepal, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, UK, Washington,Washington DC. Some of us haven't disclosed our locations and I might have missed some so the list is probably longer.



Languages
Languages heard in the Cafe: English, Nepali, Punjabi, Hindi, Newari, Sanskrit, French, German, Gujrati, Spanish, Esperanto and mixtures and derivatives thereof. The list is bound to grow as we plan to expand to all the corners of the world - although we haven't quite figured how.

Politics
Constitutional Assembly elections are slated for a some time the future, around NPL2US's recently announced wedding date. The Fun party and the Sun party are running neck to neck so we've figured we are in for some fun and sun regardless of the outcome.

But seriously we tend to leave our politics, class, caste, creed, schooling, religion, Indian idol preferences and anything that could affect the fun on the other side of our keyboards or for other threads. Thapap and Loote may battle it out like there is no tomorrow on other threads, but they've been good buddies here.

How do I join ?
Post something, anything, in the "be good and have fun" spirit and you are guaranteed to receive a warm welcome


Previous editions


(Folks, the above is just my interpretation of things done in the spirit of the Cafe and purely for fun. If there is anything you want changed, added or removed, please let me know)
 

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Ahemm... *Coughs* What a perfeto timing Av! ;-)

Afternoon Greetings Folks!

Where Avani goes, Flip follows (and vice versa) huh?

Hope all is well with you, Flips.

:)

Flips--k ho?! tyaso prompt reply! :-) looks like you can read my mind ...we must have some cognitive connection eh saathi..


Captain--LTNS to you as well...as for me...i've been to london to visit the queen re kya...hehe...school's keeping me busy bhannu parla...but I do skim through the cafe's contents...regular posting now, is another feat i need to work on...:-)

as for us following each other...u so nailed it...we are like each others shadow re kya ...hehehe

btw, where's my late? i think i could use some today :-)

Uncle L hasn't been here all day!! :O

UNCLE L, I MISS YOU

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Avani - kanchi ko sathi
How ya doing? Long long time no see!! It's like you flew to the remote town where there is no access to computers and such..
Good to c ya here again :D

Flip..
so so bz these days huh di? You hardly seem to have time to drop a few lines!!

Captain...
what's this about finding pictures? Are we supposed to find pictures for everyone in the brigade? :D

Rythm,
how goes your school?

have a good day yall.. cya later whenever later will be :D

Cerine sista...
School goes badly!! I have this huge killer exam tomorrow and Ughhhh.. I am hating it!!:(

so what's the new?
nice article from cap saab

School goes badly!!

really it does.

Greetings from the busier than the busiest world..
Hope you all had a great weekend..

I know that over the weekend SNDY ate all the swaditha mithai didn’t bother to send a pinch of prasad for me ..:-(.. KATTI!

Cerine: ICE ..nice, thanx

Flipsy: pheri bhetau la!

Avani:good to see you ..

TM: timi kaha bata ni? Song dedicate garna lai euta thread lay pugay na? j/k..welcome to Café..

Sum_Off: drop by.. who would want to miss SNDY’s full moon face every now and then.. 

Thapap:chu kha chu kha ni..yaha manchay ranthaning ni.. kaam lay!tell me you narrated your sf visit to nepte..kasam khayay ra hai..

Cleomaharani: jawaf nahi, aap kaha kho jatay ho?

Jug Bahadur: do you ever sleep? Ullu sangha mit laau..

Captaan: asking me if I am related to Prashant? Hehee..first I got to know his surname .. we tamang don’t have to be related by blood…we figure out if we are brother-sister or solta soltee by surnames..complex huh? Don’t even ask me about my work pressure...i am as flat as stamp these days.. somehow I managed to make someone spill the tea during the meeting.. wink wink..

LooTeKumar: any luck with caretaker? Lol

JS: what are u up to these days.. where is nanu bhai? Any idea? Timi ta guff garcheu hola ni time time ma..

NKC: you ok?

Nepte: TL couldn’t make it to dinner at SNDY ray? Ho nahi sakta.. 100% jhuut!

Rhythm: ahem..full swing ma cheu ni..any story coming up?

Lemoney: I got to catch up with you seriously kya.. kunai din is killing me and my curiosity:-)

Camo:forward mail aauna chodyo ki kya ho? Chup chaap cheu ni..did u vote prashant?

Mav & Parbatya: Hello..

Nanu Bhai: don’t tell me you are not peeping NTL ..I know I know :- )

nice addressing
Hello from myside too.

TL, he he..I'm like a flat stamp today..he he..uff, not used to working so hard anymore..heart attack hola bhanera darr lagyo.. Prashad re? What prashad r u talking about r kya..he he..euta apple payo jamma..he he..

Hey Parbatya..how r u?

me fine thanks sndy n you?
school kaam and and ...............
try to relax after a hard work. but it gives you real satisfaction.

No time to relax today Parbatya..

Hello People...
A quick study break for me!! Phew.. Dogs are such lobhi animals. I brought some food out for my dog and he did not move a muscle... and then I acted like I was eating his food.... and he tried his best get to it. He tried to reach it from under me... and when that did not work.. he tried coming from the both sides to his food bowl... and then finally I got scared that he might start wanting to have ME for dinner.... so I got away from his food... and THEN instead of actually eating he just sniffs his food and follows me!! :O
LOL... anyway I found that pretty hillarious. See you people later.. I need to go back to my studies... UGH!!

Goodluck on your exam Rythm...

To the great Tuesday Mornings!! :-)

Hi All -

A very good morning !

Cerine - Hey, that's some mouth watering stuff you got there. What a way to start the day!

BTW, about the picture for the video, if you want me to, I'll find one for you but I am unsure what picture would best depict you or some of the other members. So if you have any in mind, please post them here :)

Hope all is well with you.

Have a good day everyone.

by video did ya mean that one you put up long time ago introducing everyone on the brigade? :-)

that was awesome !!
you did a great job on this one too with history and such ... learned a lot re kya:D

Cerine -

He he ... thanks. Yeah, since that video is a bit old and we have so many new people, I was thinking up either updating it or creating a new one to better reflect the present times and people. Haven't gotten around to doing it yet ...he he

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Morning Greetings!

Cerine - Been in the rehab for about a month or so and hence that's the sole reason of my countable presence re kya!;-) Hope all is well.

Captain - I'm doing wonderfully well and hope you are too. What's new with you, care to share? :-)

Rythm - G'luck girly.

sndy, TL - How are my lovely ladies doing?

Av - Yeah, read your mind re kya!;-)

npl2us, Camo, Lemoney, Loote, Cleo maicha, Rocky, Jugs, Sparrow and to everyone - Have a good Tuesday!

Hi everyone!!! Happy September the 18th to ya'll!!!!

Hi Flipty how are you?

Hi Capty bro!!! Man you have set a huge task for me. I know I cannot make cafe more attractive like you have done here.

Cerine how are you?

Rythm, dhatt fattai testo ni garnu hunchha ta? how ya doing?

SNDYm, how are you?

Camo how are you?

Thapap how are you?

Nails where at?

TL how are you?

Cleo, kata bepatta?

Loots how's it going?

Juggy, kina bepatta? Feri pooja lagaunu?

Avani, why akkal jhukkaal matrai?

Rocky haven't seen you lately! where at?

Mavs how's it going there?

Rest of the gang how are ya'll?

Will catch ya'll later! keep on rocking!

Happy Tuesday to all and happy september 18th to Nepte..

Flips, I'm fine..a little busy but fine...how r u? Long time no see..seems like u've been busy too..

Nepte, me good and u? U good too?

Cerine, that looks yummy..fasting ko din ma..hare..

Rythm..where r u?

Capt. saab, helloooooooooooooooo, howdy?

Rest of the gang..k cha?

Camo bhaijaan....k bho? Kata? Haven't seen u for a while..

Loote, better get back here..khurukka..