René Seifert – Entrepreneur & Global Citizen

This weekend will be full of work, never mind, to follow-up on the outcome of last week’s India tour. Weather is hot as usually, and I am preparing myself again for a brief Germany trip, flying out the night from Sunday to Monday. Everyone in Germany I talk to or exchange e-mails is totally upbeat as the weather seems to have finally turned into spring with temperatures in the upper 20s. Looking forward to my Munich beergardens.

Thanks for all the comments, especially and for me rather unexpectedly, the “Tuscon Verve” aka “Bangalore Gansta Rapper Club” has created some attraction. First, to clarify, no it’s not dangerous to go there. All da fellas in da house are brodas on one world, yo. Second, very sharp obervation: Where are the girls on all the pics? Ok, I tell you how it goes in Bangalore: Usually clubs would not even let in guys without a female companion. The exact wording in Bangalore from the doorman for this: “Couples only, no stags allowed”. From the linguistic standpoint it is mandatory that the “only” stand behind the noun it refers to. “Only” especially in South India is used in way more contexts than in British or American English so that when you come to India first you think: “What the hell are these guys obsessed with ‘only’?” Other example: Instead of saying about someone e.g. “She has a lot of money” I heard already “She has money only.” Or you ask someone: “Where are you from” – “I am from the Bangalore only”. Or: Instead of “I just came in.” you hear “I came in only.” Hilarious, isn’t it.

Ok, but back to the topic: As we were Western “Stags” (what a hilarious expression “only” :-), we would enjoy some sort of positive discrimination, or would one call it even affirmative action. I don’t know – only. Anyway, so we where let it and headed straight for the dancefloor, but no way to enter: A guard standing at the entry repeated the phrase which Indian guys get to hear at the door: “Couples only, no stags allowed on the dancefloor.” No expection. No positive discrimination. No affirmative action. Damn. Only.

Well, and so the story goes, that all the chicks alone do gather on the dancefloor, some with their boyfriends or whatsoever which necessarly renders an area where all the guys would amass. Yo, yo, I wanna hear you say: “German stag-brodahood in da House – only!”