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subtitle: rui maachch: rohu fish,
which we ate everyday when we were young.



subtitle: maachch-wala: fish seller


subtitle: didi – elder sister

32 Comments

    • jedi
    • Posted September 12, 2007 at 10:19 am
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    :| first thing in the morning. hunger attacking now.
    i want that mustard fish, hmm ok. just the mustard will do :D

    • MONIKA
    • Posted September 12, 2007 at 10:36 am
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    U forgot the benagli’s first luv in maach..the Ilish maach…only if someone could teach me the trick to debone it

    • T
    • Posted September 12, 2007 at 10:54 am
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    uff darun!
    eke phel, shob golpogulo eke phel.

    [subtitles:
    uff awesome!
    draw them, draw out all your stories]

    oh, and fish fish beeootifool fish
    come come i want you on my dish
    rui katla bhetki papda ilish

    • Tinky Toinkers
    • Posted September 12, 2007 at 10:58 am
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    genius indeed :D
    the girl who loved fish…
    but not enough to get into a new relationshif
    :D :D:D:D:D:D

    • blogerazzi
    • Posted September 12, 2007 at 11:02 am
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    Bherry funny :-) . Incidentally i went fish shopping at CR Park and realised. It is a complicated exercise :D

    • Aditi Tuteja
    • Posted September 12, 2007 at 11:36 am
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    Always listen to the experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done and why.

    • Prashant
    • Posted September 12, 2007 at 11:45 am
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    i feel like having some nicely cooked Pamfret,Trout and Tuna :P

    btw while you are in Bangalore make sure you check this
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/themadman/55589531/

    • rajAT
    • Posted September 12, 2007 at 12:42 pm
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    he he .. nice one ..
    can’t help you on picking fish myself ..

    as i am a veggie :D

    • ~ | | OM | | ~
    • Posted September 12, 2007 at 12:58 pm
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    and you are the best !!!!

    • whackonondo
    • Posted September 13, 2007 at 12:54 pm
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    waaah! and i am the one not getting the fish at the end of the day!!! :(

    • blogerazzi
    • Posted September 13, 2007 at 5:10 pm
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    hey. added you to my blogroll :D send notification if you want the publicity turned off.

    • Soo
    • Posted September 14, 2007 at 4:30 pm
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    monika > if you look carefully, there are lots of ilish maach strewn around in all the drawings :) I love ilish maach, it’s the only fish i like!
    t > good one! did you make it yourself?
    bloggerazzi > that’s what happened to me – that would have been page 6! but i was too lazy (as usual) and left it out!
    prashant > this time i will!
    Whackonondo > maybe you should have a relationship with the maachchwala!!
    bloggerazzi > thanks! awesome! :)

    • tups
    • Posted September 14, 2007 at 7:02 pm
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    abbe oye. don’t make fun of my fish frenzy… I still fondly remember the parshe maach bhaja at buti’s wedding. I want a maachhwala to have a relationship with… waaaa

    • onkar
    • Posted September 14, 2007 at 7:07 pm
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    very good one of the best.. although im a bit miffed abt throwing rui mach out of the window.. i was always arnd wasnt i? why couldnt you throw out some other fish.. like tangra mach

    • onkar
    • Posted September 14, 2007 at 7:10 pm
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    or parshe mach for that matter

    • Meenakshi
    • Posted September 19, 2007 at 10:31 am
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    really coolll……

    • whackonondo
    • Posted September 21, 2007 at 9:54 am
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    any maach-WALLaS reading this blog?
    I’m open for a one sided relationship! u cook i eat!

    • kookiejar
    • Posted October 1, 2007 at 6:42 pm
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    Wonderful storytelling! Vivek’s expression in the last frame is priceless!!

    • Manu Sharma
    • Posted October 4, 2007 at 10:19 pm
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    One of the most delightful of your ‘strips’ (if I can call it that). =)

    keep drawing!

    • Meenakshi
    • Posted October 5, 2007 at 10:22 am
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    wonderful Blog..

    i keep coming back for more..

    its a long time since u have updated…
    not really a loooong time,but tiime seems to strech over when one is waiting for something..

    keep drawing…njoy life..

    best wishes!

    • PRASHANT SINGH
    • Posted October 15, 2007 at 11:51 pm
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    why you are not updating your blog . is some one holding a AK47 on your head?

    • Alexiev
    • Posted October 20, 2007 at 8:58 pm
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    A long time ago it did not happen to me through here that good work. and ecological.

    Best wishes from Buenos Aires…

    http://www.alexiev.com.ar
    Alexiev Store

    • Mattias
    • Posted October 29, 2007 at 3:24 pm
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    Soo, what happened to the thing?

    • SunnyBlueSky
    • Posted November 2, 2007 at 12:02 pm
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    hey su….y arent u updating your blog? wherefore art thou????

    • Ruchita
    • Posted November 3, 2007 at 4:31 pm
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    hey soo

    u do’t know me but i keep checkin out ur blog(s) every now n again.

    thought u might like this site http://www.1001journals.com about travelling journals that ppl keep filling up

    kee bloggin! :)

    ~ruchita

    (i’m a 2002 batch exhibition designer frm nid in case u were wonderin)

    • moimystique
    • Posted November 4, 2007 at 8:55 am
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    Your blog is jusht oly awesome!!loved the drawings..will be back for more :)

    • Atul Joshi
    • Posted December 4, 2007 at 8:58 am
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    Please educate. Whats Bethki, Ilish?

    • David Airey
    • Posted January 9, 2008 at 7:43 pm
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    Hi Soo,

    Dropping by to say hello, and to applaud you on your drawings.

    I hope all’s well over there.

    • Shivoham
    • Posted March 12, 2008 at 2:27 pm
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    Your fishes have dried… since sept… pls. remove these dried fishes and post some nice and new illustrations.

    Chief Brutus!
    http://www.U2B.in

    • Pips
    • Posted March 26, 2008 at 12:10 pm
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    See what a smart son I raised and what a smart girl he’s married

  1. thank you, pips :)

    • Xu yaomin
    • Posted December 10, 2011 at 8:21 pm
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    baangaalir praan maach maach ar maach chobi dekhe anondo holo

    Xu Yaomin
    (Ex resident of Bentick street now in Bangalore)


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