'Ab Pawri Nahi Ho Rahi Hai,' Say Delhi Police While Seizing 24 Hookahs From Restaurant

The Delhi Police on Sunday seized 24 hookahs after it raided a restaurant-cum-bar here and then joined the “pawri ho rahi hai” meme fest on social media, saying “Yehe Hum hain..Yehe Hooke Hain.. Aur ab Pawri nahi ho rahi hai.”

The meme set the social media on fire after it surfaced online with Dananeer Mobeen, a Pakistan-based Instagram influencer, speaking in a heavily-accented tone as she stood partying with some friends with their car parked on a road.

“Ye humari car hai, ye hum hain aur ye humari pawri (party) ho rahi hai,” she says in the social media post, which has now transcended the country’s borders for its fun quotient.

From his official handle on Twitter, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Prashant Gautam said, “Yehe Hum hain..Yehe Hooke Hain.. Aur ab Pawri nahi ho rahi hai.

“PS- Some Pawris are not only injurious to health they are illegal too. Seized 24 Hooka from Rajouri Garden area,” he tweeted and tagged photos of the seized ‘hukkas’.

A senior police official said during patrolling duty, sub-inspector Prakash Kashyap along with head constable Suresh raided the restaurant-cum-bar in west Delhi’s Rajouri Garden area after receiving information that hookahs were being served to customers, they said.

“The police team found that COVID-19 protocols were also not being followed. There were no screening machines or sanitizers at the restaurant. The customers were also found to be smoking ‘hukkas’,” the senior police officer said.

A case has been registered under the IPC section 269 (Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and other relevant sections under COTPA prohibiting smoking in public places, he said.

Earlier, the army had also hopped onto the trend. A Twitter user posted a video of two Indian Army men who gave the ‘Pawri Ho Rahi Hai’ phrase their own twist. In the 5-second clip, two Army men can be seen in a snow-clad location when both of them say, “yeh hum hain,yeh humari gun hai,”and then pointing the camera towards the mountains to say, “aur yeh humari patrolling ho rahi hai.”

The initial trend started with 19-year-old influencer from Pakistan, Dananeerr Mobeen, put the world in a ‘pawri’ mood when she shared a video of her and friends on social media.

In the viral video, which has taken the netizens by storm, Mobeen is on a road somewhere in the hills when she points at her car saying, “Yeh hamari car hai”,then points at her friends dancing, “aur yeh hum hain, aur yeh hamari pawri ho rahi hai” in a different accent.

Yashraj Mukhate, the music composer behind iconic viral tracks like ‘Rasode mein kaun tha,’ ‘Biggini shoot’ and ‘Tuadda kutta Tommy’ has come up with one more hit, and this one’s about a party. As the track went viral, Pakistanis found a way to use the trend to highlight the education of women in Pakistan, specifically of Zara Naeem.

(With inputs from PTI)