Is route ki sabhi liney vyasta hain...kripya koshish karna band kijiye...

"Look at my men! Their courage hangs by a thread! If this is to be our end, then I would have them make such an end, as to be worthy of remembrance!"

said Theoden to Aragon... Lets proceed to helm's deep... 

was watching LOTR for the nth time now... HBO around 23.11hrs-IST a thursday night... Left office relatively early(Kindly note this is rarest of an occurrence in life of an Ad-man{sounds grt but believe me its not adman = chaprasi sometimes}...)so got time to watch TV...and LOTR is like bring it on...Dil maange more... Will write about my passion for LOTR sometime later...let me steer yu back into something completely different...

Bas Theoden was getting ready to fight with Saruman's evil forces and i was battling wid my brother so that i could watch the movie... Managed to somehow win again this time... and was njoying the hot glass of milk(Maa ki Mamta ka daily doze!!!)

And my phone rings... thought may be its one of those frnds(read CHipku) with whom yu like to talk but yaar not now! fir socha may jiska phone aaj kal aana band ho gaya hai uska call hai... Chalo dekh lete hain...

Infact wat happened after that was completely unexpected, unthought and uninvited... My long lost college friend called up to invite me for her engagement over the weekend... i wished her asked her question like kab, kyu, kaha, kaise, kaun, etc the typical xcited friend in me was wanting all the answers(ab tak Theoden ko bhul gaya tha...Probably the elfs had joined Rohan to re-honour the alliances which the men had with elfs ages ago...)

Hung up... And was just thinking... 3 out of 8 such unexpected calls(Long lost frnd; mind you good frnd calling up suddenly to say i m getting engaged) now-a-days turn out to be about some one getting married soon or in near future...

Well wats d big thing or Nayi baat kya hai isme... to be written or discussed about... Actually it is not about badi baat or choti baat...

m trying to find the rationale and logic as to why people use the word "ENGAGED!"

matlab kya soch kar ye word use kiya... Lets try to think...

Went to Oxford dictionary for help: this is what it had to say

Engage: 1.Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

              2.Consume all of one's attention or time

              3.Get caught

              4.Engage for service under a term of contract

              5.Give in to marriage

Funnily if yu look at the above; assuming marriage context of engagement evolved and was adapted into the dictionary, the others are more to do with an activity, or a job, contract(All agreements are contracts, but all contracts are not agreements) and so on...

The third in the list above illustrates actually, 'Get caught'... Abhi pakde gaye hain to shaadi kar hi lete hain....

Lets not discuss under Service and term for contract

So now yu know that this is not helping>>>

My hypothesis is and unless otherwise proved i consider this in following logic:

Remember the good old MTNL days when probably whenever yu called someone and some aunty(IVRS) said "Is route ki sabhi liney vyasta hain...Kripya thodi der baad dobaara koshish kijiye". Quite irritating at times and you banged the phone receiver "Phone engage aa raha hai...Busy hoga...Kisike sath phone par"(Mind you tab tak Call wait nahi aaya tha)

Or as my nani used to do... Just flip the receiver and keep it on the table so that nobody could disturb her afternoon slumber...Again engage aa raha hai...

So what are people trying to tell others when they say i am getting engaged...

      - Mera ho gaya hai finally...Now i am on cloud 9...

      - I will be very very busy hence forth...Plz make note 

      - I am engaged = I am no more available for you...

      - Mujhe aaj se phone mat karna (i doubt this... but possible isn't it)

      - Listen you had time and chance till today, but since now i am gonna get engaged stop trying...Get a life

      - See i told you it won't work with you.... but hey i have found another bakra~workout kar lega jo!

      - or the best one ~ when your ex calls up with this reason she is saying - See i deserve someone better... i have found him...F*** u!(not uttered on phone but resounded in polite words)

As a last key sign off... Had it been another word what word could it be... What can we as a civilisation replace the word Engage with...

Some suggestions

~Booked(as in booking ho gayi hai possession on marriage(Male chauvinist in me is doing the talking here)

~Achievement 

~Obligation

~Ring-Ring

~Andha Kuaa(Don't blame me for this...)

~Mera Badla

                                        ... all said and done we resign to the fact ```pple will get engaged...will continue to call yu like this...Can we change it...Answer is no...Kyunki hume kya karna hai...Engaged huye to theek nahi to calls receive karte rahenge...```

:)