The Indian Premier League was where cricket met Bollywood. With Pune getting its own team, IPL also meets Puneri Marathi. Pune is known for its sarcastic and most of the time, downright rude signboards. Puneri Patya has a great compilation of those. Pu. La. Deshpande put it best in his essay Mumbaikar, Punekar ki Nagpurkar when he said : Puneri Marathi is about maximizing insult in the minimum possible words. (As the blog FAQs say, I too owe much of my sharp tongue to Pune, where I was raised. Anyone I know can vouch for this.)
Today, I got an e-mail forward of IPL signboards and rules in Puneri Marathi. I wanted to translate it to English so everyone could enjoy it. Since the mail was fairly long, I crowd-sourced the translation via Twitter. The translators are Nikhil Apte, Fake Bal Thakre, Neeraj Sane and yours truly. We have tried to retain as much value as we could, while adding some. If you are not satisfied with the translation, in assal Puneri language : Do not bother the authors with your complaints. If you have any issues, please come up with your own translation and post it somewhere.
If you wrote the original e-mail, please write to me and take due credit.
Update : The original author of the Puneri Marathi list has been traced to a blogger who goes by the moniker Chota Don. His post is here. Thanks to commenter AD.
The jersey has been designed by Vedang Bagwe.
This is the only time I will be using a hideously large font (for better readability of Devnagari script).
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*ह्या पाट्या आहेत त्या’मैदानावरच्या’ …..
Signboards at the stadium
१. सामन्याची वेळ तुमच्या तिकिटावर छापलेली आहे, उगाच कधीही येऊन गर्दी करु नये.
The match timings are printed in bold letters on your ticket. Do not crowd this place by showing up whenever you please.
२. सामन्याच्या वेळेच्या आधी ३० मिनिटे मैदानात प्रवेश दिला जाईल, तुम्ही गडबड केल्याने सामना लवकर सुरु होणार नाही.
Entry begins 30 minutes before the match and not before that. Your haste will not ‘prepone’ the match.
३. खुर्चीचा वापर फक्त बसण्यासाठीच करावा… एका खुर्चीवर एकच !
Chairs are strictly meant for sitting ONLY. And only one person on each chair please.
४. मैदानात पिण्यासाठी (साध्या) पाण्याची व्यवस्था केली आहे, थंड तसेच फिल्टर्ड पाणी आपण दिलेल्या तिकिटाच्या पैशात मिळणार नाही, उगाचच आयोजकांकडे हट्ट धरु नये.
Only tap water will be provided inside. The price of chilled or filtered water is not included in your ticket. Do not bring such silly complaints to the organizers.
५. मैदानावरचे कॅमेरे हे सामन्याच्या हालचाली टिपण्यासाठी आहेत, उगाच हिडीस चाळे करुन त्यांचे लक्ष वेधण्याचा प्रयत्न करु नये.
The cameras in the stadium are only to record and telecast the match. Do not try to distract the cameraman with your silly gestures.
६. आपण पुण्यासारख्या एका सुसंस्कृत शहरात एका सार्वजनिक ठिकाणी सामना पहात आहोत ह्याचे भान ठेऊन चियरलिडर्सना खाणाखुणा करु नये किंवा त्यांच्याकडे डोळे फाडुन बघुन लाज आणु नये. अश्लील चाळे कराल तर नुसतीच पोलीस कारवाई नाही तर धिंड काढण्यात येईल.
Please remember that you are watching the match in a city that is the epitome of culture. Do not bring disgrace to Pune by making lewd gestures or ogling at the cheerleaders. Such acts will be met with not just police action, but also with public humiliation.
७. फुंके ( सिगारेट, बिड्या, चिलीम ), थुंके ( तंबाखु, गुटका, मावा, पान ) आणि शिंके ( तपकीर आणि स्वाईन फ्ल्युग्रस्त ) ह्यांना मैदानात मज्जाव.
Smokers (cigarettes, bidis), Spitters (tobacco, gutkha, paan) and Sneezers (snuff inhalers and swine flu carriers) prohibited.
८. मैदानात दारु विक्री केली जात नाही, मैदानात दारु पिऊ दिली जात नाही, मैदानात बाहेरुन दारु पिऊन आल्यास प्रवेश मिळणार नाही.
Sale of alcohol is forbidden, bringing alcohol is forbidden and entry when drunk is forbidden.
९. मैदानात विकत मिळणार्या खाद्यपदार्थांची आवरणे, पिशव्या तसेच पाणी किंवा शितपेयाच्या बाटल्या मैदानात फेकु नयेत, बाटलीवरुन खेळाडु घसरुन पडुन जखमी होऊ शकतो ह्याची किमान जाण ठेवावी.
Do not throw any kind of waste (paper, plastic, cans) into the playing field. Be aware that players can slip and injure themselves.
१०. सामन्याच्या वेळी खेळाडुंना पाठिंबा देताना हळु आवाजात आरडाओरड करावी. हा क्रिकेटचा सामना आहे, तमाशाचा फड नव्हे !
During a match, keep your voice low when cheering for your team. This is a cricket stadium, not a fish market or a tamasha.
११. अनोळखी वस्तुंना स्पर्श करु नये … व्यक्तींसह !
Do not touch unknown objects… or people!
१२. मैदानातील मोठ्ठे पंखे फक्त दुपारी आणि गर्दी असलेल्या ठिकाणीच लावण्यात येतील. पंख्याखाली बसण्यासाठी मोठ्ठ्या आवाजात भांडण करुन आयोजकांना त्रास देऊ नये.
The stadium fans will be turned on in the afternoon, and in crowded stands only. Do not argue loudly with the organizers just because you want to sit under the nearest fan.
१३. स्त्रियांचे स्वच्छतागॄह, खेळाडूंचे पॅव्हेलियन, चियरलिडर्स पोडियम, व्हीआयपी गॅलरी, पत्रकार कक्ष इत्यादी ठिकाणी उगाच जास्त घुटमळु नये.
Do not loiter needlessly near the ladies restrooms, players’ pavilion, cheerleaders’ podium, VIP gallery, press box, etc.
14. सामन्यातील कसल्याही घटनेचा ( सामना हरणे, षटकार मारणे, धावबाद होणे, झेल टाकुन देणे वगैरे ) राग खुर्च्यांवर काढु नये.
Do not vent your anger at any incident (losing the match, run-out, sixer, dropped catch, etc.) on the stadium chairs.
15. सामना पहायला आलेल्या प्रेक्षकांचे खेडाळु, चियरलिडर्स, व्हीआयपी यांच्याबरोबर अथवा खेळपट्टी, पत्रकारकक्ष, समालोचन खोली, पॅव्हेलियन, व्हीआयपे बॉक्स इथे ‘फोटु काढुन मिळणार नाहीत’ किंवा त्याला परवानगी दिली जाणार नाही.
The audience is forbidden from snapping photos with players, cheerleaders, VIPs or at the pitch, press box, pavilion, VIP box, etc. Permission for the same will not be granted.
16. सामन्याच्या वेळेदरम्यान तुटलेल्या चपला, कापलेले खिसे, मोडलेला चष्मा, हरवलेली पर्स, गायब झालेला मोबाईल ह्यांची जबाबदारी आयोजकांकडे राहणार नाही. समोरच पोलीस स्टेशन आहे, तिकडे जाऊन तक्रार करावी.
Management cannot be held responsible for your stolen purses, lost mobiles or broken spectacles. There is a police station nearby. Take your complaints there.
17. हे पुणं आहे, शिमला नव्हे, उन्हाळ्यात गरम होणारच, पण म्हणुन मैदानात सामना पहायला शर्ट काढुन बसु नव्हे. अशा निर्लज्ज प्रेक्षकांना बाहेर काढले जाईल.
This is Pune, not Shimla. It is obvious that summers will be very hot. This does not mean you can take off your shirt. Such indecent spectators will be thrown out of the stadium.
18. पाऊस पडल्यास पैसे परत मिळणार नाहीत, कॄपया हवामानखात्याशी सल्लामसलत करुन मगच तिकिट काढावे.
The ticket price will not be refunded in case of rain. Please check with the meteorological department before you buy your tickets.
19. परदेशी खेळाडुंच्या अंगचटीला जाऊ नये तसेच त्यांना स्थानिक भाषेत गलिच्छ आणि अश्लील शिव्या देऊन वेडावुन दाखवु नयेत. ते आपले अतिथी आहेत, आपण घरात पाहुण्यांशी असे वागतो का ?
Do not needlessly rush to make bodily contact with the foreign players, or pass lewd remarks at them in the local language. They are our guests. Do we behave like this with guests in our own home?
20. राजकीय नेते, सरकारी अधिकारी, स्थानिक दादा ह्यांचा वशिला लाऊन फुकट पास मागु नये. परवडत नसल्यास झाडावर चढुन सामना पहावा.
Do not ask for ‘free passes’ just because you know a politician, government official or a local goon. If you can’t afford tickets, climb on nearby trees and enjoy the match.
21. खेळाडूंना गाढव, माकड असल्या कुठल्याही प्राण्यांच्या उपमा देऊन चिडवू नये. असे करताना आपणच त्या प्राण्यासारखे दिसतो.
Do not insult players by addressing them as a donkey, monkey or any other animal. You will look like one if you do.
22. स्वच्छतागृह स्वच्छ ठेवावे. स्वच्छतागृहातून घाण येते याची तक्रार खपवून घेतली जाणार नाही.
Keep the restrooms clean. Do not complain about foul odour from restrooms.
23. समोर नाचत असलेल्या चीयर लीडर्स जरी “मस्तानी” असल्या तरी आपण “बाजीराव” नाही. म्हणून कृपया सामना खाली बसून बघावा.
The cheerleaders are as attractive as Mastani, but you are not Bajirao. Therefore, please be seated during the match.
24. वरील सुचना ह्या चेष्टेचा विषय नव्हे ह्याची नोंद घ्यावी, ह्याची चेष्टा करणार्या प्रेक्षकांना संपुर्ण सामना संपोस्तोवर अंधार्या खोलीत बळजबरीने बसवुन ठेवले जाईल.
Please note that the above rules are not to be taken lightly. If you are caught poking fun at them, you will be kept in solitary confinement in a dark cell till the end of the tournament.
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***ह्या पाट्या आहेत त्या’आयपीएल-पुणे संघाच्या कार्यालयातल्या” ….
Signboards outside the IPL Pune team office :
१. फक्त दिवसाचे सामने खेळले जातील, त्यातही दुपारी १-३ असा विश्रांतीचा वेळ राखुन ठेवावा लागेल.
All matches will be played only during the day. Also, keep in mind that 1 p.m.-3 p.m. is our afternoon nap time and this will not be compromised at any cost.
२. रात्रीच्या सामन्याचा चार्ज वेगळा पडेल, कुठल्याही परिस्थीत रात्री ८ वाजता सामना संपवण्याची जबाबदारी आयोजकांची राहिल, सवड मिळाल्यास उरलेला सामना दुसर्या दिवशी खेळता येईल.
Matches played during the night will be charged extra. It will be the organizers’ responsibility to end the match by 8 p.m. The rest of the match may be played out the next day, at the sole discretion of the team management.
३. सोमवारी सुट्टी घेतली जाईल.
Monday will be a holiday.
4. सर्व लोकांना जाहीर निवेदन देण्यात येते की “आयपीएल-पुणे संघ ( पुण्याचा अभिमान, महाराष्ट्राची शान ) ” ही आमचा पुर्णपणे स्वतंत्र संघ असुन “मुंबई इंडियन्स, महाराष्ट्र” ह्या संघाशी आमचा कसलाही संबंध नाही. त्या संघाशी केलेल्या व्यवहाराची जबाबदारी केवळ तो मराठी आहे ह्या कारणाने घेतली जाणार नाही. तसेच त्या संघाच्याविषयी आमच्याकडे कसलीच चौकशी करु नये.
We hereby declare that ‘IPL Pune team’ has no affiliation to ‘Mumbai Indians’. Any transactions done with Mumbai Indians will not be honoured by us just because they are Marathi too. Likewise, do not inquire about Mumbai Indians here.
5. हा क्रिकेटचा संघ आहे. उगाच गाण्याच्या स्पर्धा, नाचकामाचे कार्यक्रम, पाणपोईचे उद्घाटन, नव्या दुकानाची चित्रफीत कापणे ह्या आणि अशाच इतर कामांसाठी खेळाडुंची चौकशी अथवा मागणी करु नये.
Please note that this is a cricket team. Do not needlessly make inquiries or demands for our players to make appearances at singing competitions, water-fountain inaugurations, ribbon-cutting ceremonies or other similar activities.
6. क्रिकेट हा एक खेळ आहे ह्याचे भान ठेवावे, आम्ही मॅचफिक्सींग करत नसल्याने जिंकण्याची कसलीच गॅरेंटी देता येणार नाही.
Please note that cricket is a sport. Since we do not fix matches, there is no guarantee that we will win.
7. देणग्या मागणारे, गौरवनिधी सामने आयोजीत करणारे, सर्व्हे करणारे, फुकटात जाहीरातीसाठी कार्यक्रमाला हजरी लावण्याची विनंती करण्याची शिष्ठमंडळे आदी तत्सम व्यक्ती किंवा संस्था ह्यांना सक्त प्रवेश बंदी आहे, ह्यात कोणत्याही कारणास्तव बदल होणार नाही.
Donation seekers, benefit-match organizers, survey-takers or representatives of any organization seeking ‘free passes’ for publicity and similar persons or entities are strictly prohibited. No concessions shall be made on this policy for any reason.
8. आमचे प्रतिस्पर्धी संघ कमी किमतीत खेळत असल्याच्या बढाया आमच्यासमोर मानु नये. आमचे इथे क्वालिटीला प्राधान्य असल्याने कमी किमतीत सामना खेळवण्याचा विचार केला जाणार नाही.
We are aware that competing IPL teams play for a lower price — you do not have to inform us. Such teams know what their performance is worth. Quality is of utmost importance to us, so we will not consider lowering our price.
9. आपण आमच्या खेळाबद्दल समाधानी असताल तर इतरांना सांगा, नसाल तर योग्य आणि सभ्य शब्दात आम्हाला सांगा, योग्य दखल घेतली जाईल.
If you are satisfied with the team’s performance, kindly let us know. If not, write to us in civil language. We shall look into it.
10. आमचेकडे शाळकरी संघांना ट्रेनिंग दिले जात नाही
We do not train school teams.
11. आमच्याशी ठरलेल्या करारानुसार सामना झाल्यावर आमच्याकडुन सदिच्छा म्हणुन खेळाडुंचे टी-शर्ट्स, ट्रॅक सुट्स, टोप्या, बॅटी, चेंडु अथवा तत्सम कुठलेही किमती सामान भेट मिळणार नाही. उगाच हावरटपणा करु नये.
Under the terms and conditions agreed upon, you will not receive any t-shirts, track pants, caps, bats, balls, etc. as memorabilia after the tournament. Do not display your obscene greed here. Tantrums won’t work.
Team jersey : (saffron)
Link via Sujay P.
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March 23, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Ratnadeep
A very nice collection of punery patya… team pune jersey rocksss……..
March 23, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Tushar
“Hidis” “mazzavv” “challey” have no substitute in English 😛 the effect / punch cannot be recreated :)… Puneri Patyas should be the name of the team, considering sagle players (in general punekar) patya takaychech kaam karnar ahet 😉
March 24, 2010 at 12:00 am
aditya
bhannat ahe he sarv
mi ek punekar aslyane niyam hey todnyasathich banlele astat so hey sarv niyam amhi palnar nahi!
March 24, 2010 at 12:42 am
Komal
“Stadium will remain closed from 1p.m to 4p.m” is missing on the Tee! 🙂
March 24, 2010 at 1:52 am
satish
awesomeness, great compilation and translation guys 🙂
March 24, 2010 at 2:10 am
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March 24, 2010 at 2:59 am
Kalyan Ram Vempati
phew! are Pune ppl really so sarcastic?
Anyway – it made a great read!
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March 24, 2010 at 9:01 am
Navat Kay Ahe
awesome dude …mast ahet …
March 24, 2010 at 9:40 am
xyz
Unfortunately, the sarcasm is lost in translation. Signboards are at best ordinary in English. Or, maybe I am just missing the marathi punch 😦
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March 24, 2010 at 12:52 pm
AD
I don’t know about the team jersey, but this blog seems to be the original source for the ‘patya’: http://chhota-don.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-post_22.html
You might want to contact the blog author to verify.
March 24, 2010 at 9:18 pm
anurag
marathi he marathich ahe tyache engrajit translate karun vat lao nayet
March 24, 2010 at 9:19 pm
anurag
marathitle punch marathit ach changle vatat =)
March 24, 2010 at 11:37 pm
dreamcatcher
good one!
March 25, 2010 at 3:41 am
maverickshree
hahaha..hey you know Marathi as well? You translated it so well.. 🙂 Puneri Sarcasism rocks 😛
March 25, 2010 at 6:21 am
Deepak Iyer
@Ratnadeep : Thanks.
@Tushar : I know it cannot be recreated, but if you could suggest a better way of sharing the same with people who don’t understand Marathi [:)].
@Aditya : That is true.
@Komal : Not sure I got what you mean.
@Kalyan : Yes, they are. And I still think the list is mild [:)]
@Anonymous : Thanks.
@xyz : Are you from Pune ?
@AD : I have contacted him for verification. I’ll credit him duly if he is the one who wrote it. Thanks for letting me know.
@Anurag : You too, Puneri ? [:)]
@Shree : We tried our best. Thanks.
March 25, 2010 at 6:32 am
छोटा डॉन
Hi,
As said by AD this article was originally written & posed by me 22nd March on my blog http://chhota-don.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-post_22.html and on http://www.yuvaadda.com/mimarathi/node/949
Within 30 hrs of posting it got circulated by chain mails in bulk amount. I for 2 copies of chain mail on next day ( 23rd March ).
Anyways, I am NOT objecting the use of this material on ANY FORUM but just expecting some CREDIT for my ORGINAL CREATION.
Thanks.
– Chhota Don
March 25, 2010 at 6:33 am
छोटा डॉन
Hey,
Thanks for Translating it into english so many people won’t miss fun of PUNERI humour.
Thanks a lot.
– Chhota Don
March 25, 2010 at 6:34 am
छोटा डॉन
Hey,
Thanks for Translating it into english so many people won’t miss fun of PUNERI humour.
Thanks a lot for the effort
– Chhota Don
March 25, 2010 at 6:49 am
vedang
Hey..Read your blog in The Pune mirror (25th March 2010) edition…Page 4…Also seen there is the Jersey of the Pune Team in the IPL..I would appreciate it if you could give the credit to the designer of that too..I had uploaded the pic on my Facebook account…here’s a link to the album…U’l also find my name in the bottom right corner of the Jersey..No issues regarding the credits..’cos i know the design’s spread surprisingly fast…Thanks and regards. -Vedang Bagwe.
March 25, 2010 at 6:50 am
vedang
Oops…here’s the link to my FB account..
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=196253&id=694496476&ref=mf
😛 Thanks again.
March 25, 2010 at 6:58 am
vedang
And if you’r NOT a Facebook user, then this link will work for you…
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=196253&id=694496476&l=ef4093db57
Thanks.
March 25, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Deepak Iyer
@Chota Don, Vedang : All credits in place. Don’t sue me.
March 25, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Aditya
Brilliant. I’m circulating this amongst my family!
March 25, 2010 at 9:02 pm
dadstaxi
I loved this posting.. I’m sharing this with my readers in the US.. Thanks for the great sense of humor!
March 25, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Puneri Attitude – Indian Premier League (IPL) fan rules « Dad's Taxi
[…] a courtesy to the blogger (Deepak Iyer), I have extracted in it’s entirety (including the Marathi font of devangi) for your viewing […]
March 26, 2010 at 12:10 am
vasudha
Well,I read the Pune Mirror & loved it -your translation that is !
I think, the main benefit of being able to read Marathi is enjoying Puneri patya.I hope our political parties take a cue from this !
March 26, 2010 at 1:41 am
Sanhita Joshi
Thanks for the translation dude! Am going to send the link of this blog post to a few friends now!!
Sanhita
March 26, 2010 at 1:46 am
Deepak Iyer
@Aditya : Thanks, I hope you have a large and extensive family [:D]
@Dadstaxi : and I hope you have tons of readers in the US too. Thanks.
@vasudha : Thank you. True, what you say is.
@Sanhita : Thanks.
March 28, 2010 at 5:47 am
Abhishek Chogle
vizeche bhav vadvilya karnane maidanat Shitpey milnar nahi yachi kalji ghyavi .
March 28, 2010 at 7:28 pm
ARUNAA ERANDE
loved and appreciated both the originals and the translations..True, the english ones lose out on the punch sometimes, still they are good as can be!
just wonder, what the bong owners will have to say about it!!!!!!
March 28, 2010 at 9:23 pm
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[…] As you know, Pune Mirror ran a two-part series of the post Pune IPL team rules. Here is part one and […]
March 29, 2010 at 9:08 pm
N.N.Menon
Though some of them may sound ‘School teacher- dictates’ , are we, the spectators, far away from some of the behavioral aspects mentioned here.
Should we not tone down some aspects mentioned here a bit ?
April 2, 2010 at 1:17 am
Kale Ravindra
excellent colection of Pune culture
April 16, 2010 at 4:57 am
mansing chavan
laeiiiiii bhaari vaatala vaachun. masta rules aahet. I LIKE IT.
April 24, 2010 at 5:48 am
The IPL, some hubbub and a humored welcome!
[…] There is an image going around on what could be the jersey for the Pune team, poking fun at Pune brands Chitale Bandu and Joshi Vadewale being co-sponsors of the team. Blogger Deepak Iyer has written down a superbly hilarious list of the rules and regulations of the new team on his blog: https://iyerdeepak.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/ipl-pune-team-rules/. […]
May 6, 2010 at 10:43 am
Piyush
SIMPLY AWESOME LOL…COULDN’T STOP LAUGHING..WELCOME TO PUNE!!
June 11, 2010 at 4:32 am
suhit jadhav
i love marathi veri much.
September 1, 2010 at 12:55 pm
kapil
this is not sport jersey,please change jersey d sing,pune is riches all ipl team in season 4 ipl,so change d sing ,i love pune,pune my city but i don’t like this d sing,,,,,,,,i am sorry
November 26, 2010 at 4:10 am
sujit
rocking
March 31, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Pune’s Tech Industry to decline 40% by 2020, Negligible startup activity – Vivek Wadhwa | punetech.com
[…] However, with its large student population, much better quality of life than Mumbai, and the famous Puneri attitude, it was perfectly positioned to take advantage of the IT revolution, and had done so admirably. […]
October 1, 2012 at 9:47 pm
pune
It’s nearly impossible to find educated people for this subject, but you sound like you know what you’re talking about! Thanks
October 2, 2013 at 4:06 am
Prakash Kadam
very nice