Sasural Genda Phool How?

[surjit singh]

Hi RMIMers:

I found a bunch of answers on the web:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090221081327AANoGAB

Any ideas what it really means?

PS: Is Gulzar involved somehow ? :)

[vrk]

no this is prasun joshi the adman who is the new gulzar on the block.

the reference is of course to marigold which is the standard flower
for all garlands - but strangely does not have any strong fragrance.
it also has a lot of petals which need to be juxtaposed to make a good
marigold. unlike a rose which has fragrance and probably fewer petals
(8-10). marigold can have over 100 petals.

so the flower marigold is likened to a joint family where petals of
different sizes are juxtaposed and have to look their best to create
the pretense of a beautiful thing :)

[surjit singh]

OK, then what is Maaykaa?, poppy :)

[Deepak]

Why, that would be Mom's Genda :-) No? Of course, I do not speak for
Poppy :-)

[surjit singh]

If Sasural is Genda then what kind of phool is maayakaa?

[vrk]

rose for the girl and belladonna for the boy :(

[surjit singh]

I think Maayka would not be a flower, perhaps a place where flowers
grow and then have to leave, such as nursery.

QUIZ:

Name a few words/phrases that are used for the place where girls grow
before they leave, with examples, e.g. baabul moraa maaykaa.

[Pavan Jha]

On Dec 7, 10:59 am, surjit singh <surjitsi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Its old folk song and term.. cant blame or Prasoon Joshi (credited in
D6) for the origin!

[vrk]

naihar, nanihaal, saasra,