Patel Point
The concept of Patel Point might not be new. It might not even be so old that its used often in a conversation. But it has a lot of meaning, when you are an Indian, or trying to be an Indian outside India, you know you are going to, or have heard of these words.
So, It all started long long time ago ( if one were to visualize time in seconds) when I was in Boston. My friend, Swaroop, nice kid a bit Whacky, never then less Nice. So, Swa (Swaroop) and some friends ( Last known and Identifiable geographical location of these people are unknown) and myself had this idea that every weekend or so to speak, even weekdays were to be spent having fun.
The fun was defined as follows. We get into to Swa's car and drive. Do not ask me where! We just used to drive, like those fresh of the market PU guys who have just got bikes, well yeah the same way. We used to drive all the way down to New Jersey ( Indian Hub) and return to Boston. While we used to do that, there would always be locations where you could stop and take a photo. Well, the photo was inclusive of the people on that specific trip. East coast is known for Indian tourists, at least that's what I assume.
So, When ever we used to get a snap done at a certain famous location we used to see a lot of Indians taking a photo at the same point. One example was the Bull in NY. Damn, To get a clean shot of you alone and the bull is just next to traveling to the moon in your own private vehicle. Anyways we got the shot and right after that we saw a lot more people who happened to be our "Distant" cousins swarming and settling around the bull to get shots. That's when my dear friend spoke the golden words, " Woah, This is a Patel point for sure dude". And so was the word "Patel Point" coined.
Disclaimer:No offense intended to any of the Patels. If it still seems offensive then redirect your comments .... http://likeicare.damn/var/comments.txt and after that please run this script to ensure that we read it. ./flushcomments.pl
So, It all started long long time ago ( if one were to visualize time in seconds) when I was in Boston. My friend, Swaroop, nice kid a bit Whacky, never then less Nice. So, Swa (Swaroop) and some friends ( Last known and Identifiable geographical location of these people are unknown) and myself had this idea that every weekend or so to speak, even weekdays were to be spent having fun.
The fun was defined as follows. We get into to Swa's car and drive. Do not ask me where! We just used to drive, like those fresh of the market PU guys who have just got bikes, well yeah the same way. We used to drive all the way down to New Jersey ( Indian Hub) and return to Boston. While we used to do that, there would always be locations where you could stop and take a photo. Well, the photo was inclusive of the people on that specific trip. East coast is known for Indian tourists, at least that's what I assume.
So, When ever we used to get a snap done at a certain famous location we used to see a lot of Indians taking a photo at the same point. One example was the Bull in NY. Damn, To get a clean shot of you alone and the bull is just next to traveling to the moon in your own private vehicle. Anyways we got the shot and right after that we saw a lot more people who happened to be our "Distant" cousins swarming and settling around the bull to get shots. That's when my dear friend spoke the golden words, " Woah, This is a Patel point for sure dude". And so was the word "Patel Point" coined.
Disclaimer:No offense intended to any of the Patels. If it still seems offensive then redirect your comments .... http://likeicare.damn/var/comments.txt and after that please run this script to ensure that we read it. ./flushcomments.pl
posted by Ashrith Barthur at
3:03 PM
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