Mere Paas MAA hai - on a tatoo behind my ear!!

Once upon a time... in a land not so far away there was a tall angry man who said "Pura naam, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, baap ka naam, Dinanath Chauhan, Maa ka naam, Suhasini Chauhan, Gaon Mandwa. Umar Chatiis saal....".... no relevance, just like the dialogue!! heheh... :D

So.. Once upon a time... in a land not so far away there was a man who answered".....Tumhare paas kya hai... Mere Paas Maa Hai"

12th Oct 2008 marked the day when i was DAAGED for life.. As a smallest tribute to my mom - my anchor, my soul, my inner voice.. i engraved myself with the "Mother and Daughter" words in Chinese behind my left ear. (Ref - the chinky photo on the left)

Supposedly the most painful place to get a tatoo is on a bone and this was my Skull.. thankfully really solid.. :)

Why that place.. my mom's my soul, couldnt get it tatooed on my brain and the heart didnt seem the right place so inner voice translated to the ear and hence behind it was the apt location.




Along with me, my partner in IPL crime Khusbu joined in to get her tatoo done and thanx to her, got a step by step process of my tatoo making..

Step 1: The bleeding Ear - with anesthesia liquid - 4% to reduce the pain


Step 2: WAIT - 5 mins to get the numbness!! - nopes it not like u wont feel anything.. u still do!!

Step 3: Positioning (sounds like the 4Ps of Marketing) - very important stage - like they say "Get your fundamentals right"

3.1 Paper positioning - that is my hand!! looks nice doesnt it!! :)


3.2 Paper placing - apparently paper sticks to behind my ear!! adhesive place!! :)



3.3 Tracing - been a while i had seen the blue carbon paper used in sarkari offices to make duplicate copies!! he used the same to trace on my body! Apparently i knew very little abt the process of tatooing!! now me the expert!! (not exactly but no challengers as yet!! :D)


Step 4: The actual process starts!! it was Sandeep - the tatoo artist's 1st time doing what he did best in that position... he was kicked abt the whole idea and all geared up for the job!! thats what i loved abt him.. his attitude and of course his skill to paint so brilliantly.. not one moment of doubt or discomfort to complete my madness and my convoluted thoughts to be put into a tatoo onto my body!!


Who knew this cute small nice looking kid is a complete stock of talent and art

Quote from the process:
As u can see he had a task at hand to keep the ear away from the place where the tatoo was being done to give himself a canvas so he was holding my ear... me the nice person i am (hehe) and wanting to be an active part in the process asked him "Kaan pakdun kya"... both of us burst out laughing after that!! :D

Step 5: 25 long minutes... the process is still on!!

Disclaimer: pls note this is another photo (not the prev one), the stage of tatooing is way ahead.. if u could see my face (hidden in the shadow of the hallo at the back), i was closing my eyes trying to bear the pain!!

Step 6: Final Cleaning and revealing the tatoo to the world!!


after 25 mins of buzzzzzzzzzzzzing tatoo machine sound... finally it is over!! Sandeep is also happy and i was just waiting to see it!! wait for 2 more mins and the head is held high!! right then - sheer exhaustion and at breaking point of pain bearing... phew!!
(P.S. a bit of exaggeration allowed.. after all i got a tatoo on the hardest bone)

First pictures of the tatoo


If the lighting was good and the skin showed, the place is red!! blood red.. atleast i know there is blood circulation to my brain and the blood has the red colour!! :) but looks awesome doesnt it!! (the redness visible in the 2nd photo on the blog of the tatoo)

Step 7: Ready to GO!!!


The tatoo getting packed and sealed and ready to go!! actually there was no place to pack it up like they generally do..
the tatoo is covered with cling film and around the tatoo it is tapped... now ek to mera chota kaan.. uske upar uske kaan ke peeche bahut hi kam jagah and then the tatoo... so he had another task on his hand to put this together!! hehehe....

So there is my tatoo...

More to come!! tribute, thank u speech.. for later!!