"Hor Batao"

Have you ever been on a long chat with someone on phone or messenger or anywhere where it's free or you have those Airtel to Airtel minutes? Then i can bet that the most frequently and annoying thing you will hear them say is " Hor Batao" English translation being "What else, or whats up?".

I mean what the heck yaar , Hor kya bataoon?

Meri chaddian gandi padi hai, kaise dhoun yeh bataoon?

Ya bathroom mein paani ki naali choke ho gaya hai yeh bataoon?

Hamesha main hi kyun batoon?

Kabhi khud bhi batao yaar, kya sab kuch mere saath hi hota hai?

Ya meri life public property hai ke main bas batata hi rahoon?

Well when I talk to someone and they say "Hor Batao" then there are a lot many things which I interpret from it:

1: They think that they have the right to pass their time with me at my expense.

I mean if you call up, then you must have had something in mind na? Just to pass time, or to share something or to discuss something.

But once u start saying "Hor Batao" more than 3 times, it means that whatever purpose that you wanted to serve from this interaction has either been achieved or that you have lost hope that it will be achieved, then u keep on saying "Hor Batao, Hor Batao" so that it should be me who would say good bye and then you can be the person who will someday complain to me that "You don't want to talk to me  anymore".

2: They are more keen to just sit back and "Hmmm" and absent minded nod their head while I tap away at my keyboard like some crazy dickhead.

It sometimes annoys me that I'm typing away at my keyboard trying to have a healthy two way conversation and all i get from other side is  "hhhmmmm"  and the dreaded  "yeah". I mean come on yaar I'm not used to typing. I had used pen and paper for the better part of my school  life so if u don't even appreciate my effort then say catch u later or anything, but please don't do this.

3: They really don't wanna get into a conversation

Sometimes a person might be getting bored and would say "Hi" or call up just to avoid dozing off, but soon it happens that they are texted by someone else or remember that you have to do something better with your time and then you think what the fish am i doing with this looser;  So you start saying "Hor Batao" and "Hor Batao".

The other person out of courtesy keeps on saying things and tries to keep the conversation alive but as they say gareeb and shareef  hamesha dabtey hain.

But on the other side it also might mean that the other person is feeling lonely and wants to just hear someone speak, and they chose you because your voice or words bring them comfort.

Well it angers me when I hear "Hor Batao" for more than two times, but when you think of it like this, that the other person chose you of all the world to spend time with, then It just makes me smile - from the inside.