Chuck-De-Phatte its over 10 years since I first wrote on this blog. I chose the name because I quite liked the play on my nick name- Chuck and for what I believed at the time the phrase meant- "Just Max It".
I didn't realise at the time how closely the phrase was connected to another phase of my life- a trucking phase is what I call it. That though is a story for another day. The phrase in its completeness does- "Chak De Phatte, Nap De Gilli, Sawere Jalandhar Raati Dilli".
Now, for understanding the phrase "Chak De Phatte" you need to have some seriously intimate knowledge of trucking in India and the Punjabi connect to trucking. After a truck is loaded around five wooden planks are slid into channels that help close the rear of the vehicle. These planks are called "Phattas". So when a driver tells his cleaner/helper right after a truck is loaded
Chak De Phatte- Come On! the loading is done close the rear of the truck with the Phattas
Naap De Gilli- Step on the accelerator
Sawere Jalandhar Raati Dilli- We are in Jaladhar this morning we will be in Delhi tonight
So Chuck-De-Phatte!
