na tv evaham jatu nasam
na tvam neme janadhipah
na caiva na bhavisyamah
sarve vayam atah param
- Bhagvad Gita(2.12)

Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings;
nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.

Haven't you always wondered how "Americanisms" would sound like if they were translated literally to an average Indian on, say, the streets of New Delhi (or elsewhere)?

Have a nice day!
* Achcha din lo!

What's up?
*Uppar kya hai?

You're kidding!
*Tum bachcha bana rahe ho!

Don't kid me!
* Mera bachcha mut banaao!

Yo, baby! What's up?
* Beti Yo, uppar kya hai?

Cool man!
* Thandaa aadmi!

Don't mess with me, dude.
* Mere saath gandagee mat karo, ek hustee.

Check this out, man!
* Iskee chaanbeen karo, aadmi!

She's so fine!
* Woh itnee bedaag hai!

Listen buddy, that chick's mine, okay!?
* Suno dost, woh choozaa mera hai, theek?

Hey good looking; what's cooking?
* Arree sundarta ki devi; kyaa pakaa rahee ho?

Are you nuts?
* Kya aap akhrot hain?

Son of a gun.
* Bachcha bandook ka.

And the best one is.....

How do you do?
* Kaise karte ho?

'Champions aren't made in the gyms.
Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.'
-- Muhammad Ali

Queen Elizabeth, Bush & Musharraf died & went straight to hell.

Queen Elizabeth said "I miss England, I want to call England and see how everybody is doing there.

She called and talked for about 5 minutes, then she asked "Well, devil how much do I owe you????

The devil says "Five million dollars"

She wrote him a cheque and went to sit back on her chair.

Bush was soo jealous, he starts screaming, "My turn! I wanna call the United States, I want to see how everybody is doing there too"

He called and talked for about 2 minutes, then he asked "Well, devil how much do I owe you????

The devil says "Ten million dollars"

With a smug look on his face, he made a cheque and went to sit back on his chair.

Musharraf was even more jealous & starts screaming, "I want to call Pakistan too, I wanna talk to the ministers, to the deputy, I wanna talk to everybody of my Parliment".....

He called Pakistan and he talked for about twenty hours, he talked & talked & talked, then he asked "Well, devil how much do I owe you????

The devil says "Twenty dollars".

Musharraf is stunned & says "Twenty dollars??? Only ??"

The devil says "Well if you make a call from one hell to another hell, it's local".

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A New York city policeman watches demonstators from a ledge on Madison Square Garden during a protest organized by the group United for Peace and Justice in New York, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004. The Republican National Convention begins Monday, Aug. 30, in Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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People retrieve drinking water from the village well in Jaspar, 150 km west of Ahmedabad, in this June 13, 2003 file photo. More than one billion people drink unsafe water and over 2.6 billion, around 40 percent of the world's population, have no access to basic sanitation, U.N. agencies said on Thursday. REUTERS/Amit Dave/Files

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Unidentified people lie in a river of tomato juice at the end of the 'Tomatina' tomato throwing festival in Bunol, eastern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2004. Some 20,000 people turned 132 tons of tomatoes into pulp during the annual festival. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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The world's most pierced woman, Elaine Davidson from Brazil, a resident in the Scottish city of Edinburgh, poses for a photographer during the 6th Ti-Tattoo Convention in Lugano, Switzerland, late Friday, Aug. 27, 2004. Davidson claims to have upwards of 1,900 piercings, and has an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. (AP Photo/Keystone, TiPress/Samuel Golay)