Coolness Redefined

So I have this lady boss at work.. let's call her G.. for that is what I call her. Now, there are two reasons why I call her G..
1. Her name starts with the alphabet and her name is pretty long. G is short, simple, sweet and happening.
2. The happening part! She is really cool. I mean she has a small kid who she dotes on completely and yet, i havent seen any frekle on her face. She is always smiling. It's not that she doesn't get angry, she does. She even fights valiantly when she has a reason to.

She is a team lead and it is usually her team that gets the most work and also the work that no one has a clue about. As in New work. She talks about the new business requirements as if they are so obvious. Like she would have known forever that those would come. And the best past is, she doesn't rely on anyone for this. Even after being a team lead, she would sit beside a fresher like me and share my workload. And the knowledge and dedication that she shows in the process is worth millions.

Then like I mentioned, she has a small kid (around 2 years of age). Now kids that age require constant companionship of their mothers and yet I haven't seen her say no or hesitate if she has to put in extra time. Instead, even from home, she constantly keeps on call her team members to make them assured that even if she is not present, she is with them.
Even when her son was sick, she came to office because that was required of her.
After all this, the way she mentions her son or her husband or plans something with them, is just too adorable.

You know, they say that like a person is at one place, he will be the same at all places... as in our behaviour or our characteristics remain constant. So, after seeing her work, I know she is an equally dedicated homemaker.

To add to all this, she is always the first one to plan a party!

You must be thinking why this post suddenly... no I am not gonna show her or not trying to impress her... but I wish, after a few years, I have a passion like hers... for my work as well as family.

I wish after a long day at work, I plan party with family.

And I wish, no matter what life gets, I could always smile!!!

So, this one ma'am, is dedicated to you!!

Planting a Tree

I planted two saplings today. We had a plantation drive in our office and it took not more than twenty minutes. All we had to do was, be there, pick a sapling, remove its plastic cover, dig a hole, place the sapling inside, cover the hole with mud and make sure the sapling is watered.
The saplings were already kept there and a few holes were even dug. The office gardeners were already present to water the plants. All that was left was a will.

I mean trees give us oxygen and these particular trees that we were planting were all medicinal plants. They give us a lot more than just oxygen. In return, it just took twenty minutes of my time to plant them. Probably for five minutes for the next couple of days, I would go and check on them. Give them some water in the morning. And its not like that they would complain if i forgot. They would never complain. Even if i ignored them, they would continue to give me life, selflessly.

When I asked a few colleagues of mine to come, they were all worried that it is very hot. They would get a sun stroke... their makeup would ruin, hair might whither... I mean it was just for ten minutes.
Aren't those plants out whole day? I don't see even one of them saying that it is hot today, so no oxygen. They take so much care of ours and we choose to ignore them. The sun that we are fearing, is the same sun whose energy they transform into the food that we eat. The heat that we want to avoid is the same heat which burns them every second of the day.
Sometimes I think the news people should also report how many plants burned due to the heat. Human count won't matter in front of that count.

We were to plant one sapling. They say that a little contribution from every person is sufficient... but I am a human. Someday, I too will be selfish and will forget about them. But then one sapling won't be alone. They will be there for each other. They will support each other. Unlike us humans, they won't do anything for a selfie or an image on instagram. They won't boost about it on Twitter or gather likes on Facebook. They both will stand there, stand high, no matter which season or how hard the circumstance and support each other and support me.

I am already proud of my two little babies.

29 states?

I don’t know if you heard the new joke on facebook but its "If Congress rules over for another 5 years, even Google will not be able to search India"…

I know that I myself called this as a joke, but like said by someone great "One's tragedy becomes other's comedy"… just in this case, the joke is also on the citizens of India and its also us that we be ignorant and laugh. But if I may take a moment and urge every Indian citizen to be a little more responsible and give the state of our country, a serious thought.

I have taken the 29 states - Telangana thing as just an opportunity for discussion but it is not the only topic of concern today. There are several of the same or higher intensity.

But first let's try to see how grave a situation the Telangana matter is.

I was browsing facebook and that is how I came to know that any such thing is happening. Right, I accept that its my fault to not read newspapers that I am never updated, but the thing of surprise was that my family or friends, who knew this, they never considered it important enough a news to even inform me. My mother would go on lengths discussing the family matters and my friends got all the time in the world to discuss which movie is better, but like there wasn’t a moment with either of them to even inform me this. And when I asked my mother, there wasn’t a single speck of worry in her tone. It sounded as if the most obvious thing to happen, was this.

I mean, seriously people? Is Chennai Express breaking all records of Salman's movies, a bigger deal than that? Don’t answer me, just ponder over it. And also on the ratio of the number of people who would have given the previous one a thought and the number of people who would have given the later one a thought.

Like every great citizen, even I blame the Government for displaying such lack of wisdom. But well, we all know, what they are displaying has nothing to do with wisdom and lots to do with 'continuing their rule without opposition'.

Don’t take me wrong people - I am NOT ANTI-CONGRESS. Yes, there was a time when I was pro-BJP but that was before former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, retired. As of now, I don’t even believe in Arvind Kejriwal. All these people are one and the same. Even in the long run, I suspect if Arvind Kejriwal will turn out any different. And I wont even blame him. Indian politics has just become a scheme to cash out. The fight is just who gets the ticket and the rank is based on who is able to suck more out.

Even writing this, I feel ashamed. It is not the case that people don’t realize what is happening, it is just that we all like to sit where we feel cozy and just discuss that the country is going to dogs.

There was a time when my friend and I decided to write out a blog and press on the political issues of the country. Yes, we didn’t get much to write it but today I reckon that it would take a lot more than a few blog entries to awaken the nation. A lot more!

As in - we are living in a country where any so-called-terrorist can issue a warning to watch out during the Independence Day? Try doing that to the 4th of July and you will see how the USA literally slaps you. And this is not only USA but every country that got dignity - which will be every country but India.

Every day the Indian soldiers are killed on the border without any war… Its like the Pakistan Ministers have no longer any control over their army for at one place we are talking about making peace but on the other they are just killing the people.

I would really like a moment here - I am NOT ANTI-PAKISTAN. It's not Pakistan who is responsible for it but the country is again as unfortunate as ours and landed in the hands of the wrong kind. Sad part was that Pakistan was unfortunate right from the time of partition and so we can see that the politics in their country often even involves assassinations and what not? But don’t worry, we are definitely on the same path… and its just a matter of years where all the treacherous people will do their dirty work out in the open.

I really find the partition the most deplorable thing that has ever happened to India as well as Pakistan. The partition not only divided our lands, changed our identities and made us weak enough to seek shelter from our former rulers and their kind; but it also split one power which if had stood united, would have made wonders happen. And trust me people, I am not lying. The worst thing that really happened to us was partition and just to make matters worse, the Governments decided to break the unity among people based on religion. I have known a few people from the other side of the so-called-line and they are as humane as you can think. The people over there are also suffering, rather owning to their political conditions, they are definitely enduring worse than we could think; But isnt this how we all always have been?

Even before, the Indian sub-continent, when stood united, had endured a number of invasions from outside and never, let me just stress - NEVER did we even oppose. We were always the patient people who believed in hardwork and never in exploitation of any form. This is the sole reason that we survived and sailed out successfully from the years of attacks. And history witnesses it, never in India, there have been wars or depressions like in the rest of the world.

We are still the same, but now its just people have targeted us; used us to gain power; and chosen us to display their power as well. With all terrorism and Chinese crossing boundaries, I am scared of what future might reveal to me in a number of years.

As horrifying it is to deal with the forces from outside, there are chthonic monsters within who are constantly eating us from within making us hollow and leaving us weak.

Another example to cite the same would be the reaction our Government has to offer to the Nirbhaya-rape-case accused. I don’t recall the name, but there is another heart-shattering story of a girl whose face was ruined by acid by some guys who would tease her and then when she opposed, I just mentioned what noble thing they did.

Is the Government like blind? Or wait, here the target is definitely not the Government, but the judicial system - STOP COMING UNDER INFLUENCE OF THE POLITICIANS. Have brains? Use them… and if you don’t, trust me you are in the worst possible place!

These are just two cases and there are several more I am not writing about, and even more that I don’t know about and several others that don’t even get in the Police registers. Are we heading from a male-dominant country to a male-only country? For at the rate the crimes against women are increasing, have guys become such uncontrollable lot? There is no decorum left at all? And even the Policemen are committing are committing such crimes.

As a girl, I really want to ask everyone who keeps their ears open - just for I am born with a XY pair, am I to fall prey to such a fate in my own country?

"I am an Indian and all the countrymen are my brothers and sisters" - this is what they taught me at school but if a girl like me is pleading for justice, not a single brother or sister is there to help her. I mean total hats off to the Government and the judicial system that even after a nationwide protest about what happened to Nirbhaya, they have been very much successful to keep their ears shut and just count their money.

Let me just one small question - where are you going with all the money? I mean, I hate to break it out upon you but we come on this planet with a body but we leave behind even that when we depart. And with all such money you are never buying a safe future for your children, you are just buying them lots more hatred from the people you have so much squeezed the money out from.

I am not going to write about this topic, for being an Indian and a girl, I feel an anger building inside me whenever I think about it; think about what has become of the human species and what have they done to this beautiful creation of human - Earth and especially to India.

This article will never really end if I keep writing. There are endless issues if you see - the negligence of the Government on the Uttarakhand floods. Trust me guys and girls, they were floods. A number of villages have ceased to exist. And forget about the number of people dead AND ROTTING THEIR ON THE SO CALLED HOLY-GROUND INCREASING THE CHANCES OF A PLAGUE OR ANY OTHER DEADLY DISEASE TO KILL A FEW THOUSANDS MORE. After all, over-population is the major problem in India and it is so nice of our Government to give us a chance to fight it so effectively. [There should be a big GAALI here, but I want my blog to be neat enough… so..]

And yes, the falling of rupee. Let me just say - *speechless*.

Sorry people, I am not here to blame anyone. A small Government is never powerful enough to achieve all these just by itself. Its our lack of responsibility and ignorance that has made it powerful enough. This article is just to shake you up a little and let you see light. I really request you, if you are reading this, and even if there is a small thing that you can do right, I beg you, please do it right. Small rights will eventually make a good difference in all our lives. I beseech each and every individual to see the light and just for once, think not about Shahrukh-Salman but about what you owe to this country… the land that has been your identity, source of your food and everything you have known………….

Happy Birthday Wishes - Tom Hanks

I just cannot believe when an entire year has passed and actually where did it go?

I can never forget this scene...

And look how cute he looks?? aww....

Ain't that worth another look?

Anyways, well just look at this guy,
his eyes sparkle leaving you simply mesmerized, his words can enchant even the best of orators, his gait leaves no room for anyone else's persona in the room and his smile ?? Well, his smile, reassuring that there is nothing that can go wrong till he's around.

Ofcourse, I have written alot about why I am obsessed about him, so here, this time, its none of that; It's simply I AM OBSESSED post :P

Simply Classy

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director.

Hanks was born in Concord, California. His father, Amos Mefford Hanks, was an itinerant cook. His mother, Janet Marylyn (née Frager), was a hospital worker. Hanks' mother is of Portuguese ancestry, while two of Hanks' paternal great-grandparents immigrated from Britain. Hanks' parents divorced in 1960. The family's three oldest children, Sandra (now Sandra Hanks Benoiton, a writer), Larry (Lawrence M. Hanks, PhD, an entomology professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Tom, went with their father, while the youngest, Jim, now an actor and filmmaker, remained with his mother in Red Bluff, California.

The Perfectionist

In addition to having a family history of Catholicism and Mormonism, Hanks was a "Bible-toting evangelical teenager" for several years. In school, Hanks was unpopular with students and teachers alike, later telling Rolling Stone magazine: "I was a geek, a spaz. I was horribly, painfully, terribly shy. At the same time, I was the guy who'd yell out funny captions during filmstrips. But I didn't get into trouble. I was always a real good kid and pretty responsible." In 1965, Amos Hanks married Frances Wong, a San Francisco native of Chinese descent. Frances had three children, two of whom lived with Tom during his high school years. Hanks acted in school plays, including South Pacific, while attending Skyline High School in Oakland, California.

Mesmerizing

Hanks studied theater at Chabot College in Hayward, California, and after two years, transferred to California State University, Sacramento. Hanks told New York magazine in 1986: "Acting classes looked like the best place for a guy who liked to make a lot of noise and be rather flamboyant ...I spent a lot of time going to plays. I wouldn't take dates with me. I'd just drive to a theater, buy myself a ticket, sit in the seat and read the program, and then get into the play completely. I spent a lot of time like that, seeing Brecht, Tennessee Williams, Ibsen, and all that."

 During his years studying theater, Hanks met Vincent Dowling, head of the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. At Dowling's suggestion, Hanks became an intern at the Festival. His internship stretched into a three-year experience that covered most aspects of theater production, including lighting, set design, and stage management, all of which caused Hanks to drop out of college. During the same time, Hanks won the Cleveland Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for his 1978 performance as Proteus in Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona, one of the few times he played a villain.

And common, you just gotta see him, and then honestly tell me; Okay dont tell me but think yourself - but HONESTLY!! Don't you also think this is one face, one person, one personality who really means what he says?
One person, who will never lead you to fakeness... one soul, who will be your mate through your thick and thins... one smile that will do all to just leave you smiling...

He is one friend, you got to have; He's the son, others wished they had; He's a father that would make sure his children got all they deserved and desired; He's one husband that you would wish was yours...
and definitely one person I wish I were and I look up to be!!

Honestly, if ever you read this post Mr. Hanks, I love you :P and I would be honored if I were a little as good as you are :)

So cute! :D

 In 1979, Hanks moved to New York City, where he made his film debut in the low-budget slasher film He Knows You're Alone (1980) and got a part in the television movie Mazes and Monsters. Early in 1979, Hanks was cast in the lead role of Callimaco in the Riverside Shakespeare Company's production of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Mandrake, directed by Daniel Southern. As a high profile Off Off Broadway showcase, the production helped Tom land an agent, Joe Ohla with the J. Michael Bloom Agency. The next year, Hanks landed a lead role on the ABC television pilot of Bosom Buddies, playing the role of Kip Wilson. Hanks moved to Los Angeles, where he and Peter Scolari played a pair of young advertising men forced to dress as women so they could live in an Hanks had previously partnered with Make Me Laugh. Bosom Buddies ran for two seasons, and, although the ratings were never strong, television critics gave the program high marks.

Adorable ;)

"The first day I saw him on the set," co-producer Ian Praiser told Rolling Stone, "I thought, 'Too bad he won't be in television for long.' I knew he'd be a movie star in two years." But if Praiser knew it, he was not able to convince Hanks. "The television show had come out of nowhere," best friend Tom Lizzio told Rolling Stone. "Then out of nowhere it got canceled. He figured he'd be back to pulling ropes and hanging lights in a theater."
Scolari in the 1970s game show
inexpensive all-female hotel.
Bosom Buddies and a guest appearance on a 1982 episode of Happy Days ("A Case of Revenge," where he played a disgruntled former classmate of The Fonz) prompted director Ron Howard to contact Hanks. Howard was working on Splash (1984), a romantic comedy fantasy about a mermaid who falls in love with a human. At first, Howard considered Hanks for the role of the main character's wisecracking brother, a role that eventually went to John Candy. Instead, Hanks got the lead role and a career boost from Splash, which went on to become a box office hit, grossing more than US$69 million. He also had a sizable hit with the sex comedy Bachelor Party, also in 1984.

In 1983–84, Hanks made three guest appearances on Family Ties as Elyse Keaton's alcoholic brother, Ned Donnelly.

Hanks climbed back to the top again with his portrayal of a washed-up baseball legend turned manager in A League of Their Own (1992). Hanks has admitted that his acting in earlier roles was not great and that he has improved. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Hanks noted his "modern era of moviemaking ... because enough self-discovery has gone on.... My work has become less pretentiously fake and over the top". This "modern era" began in 1993 for Hanks, first with Sleepless in Seattle and then with Philadelphia. The former was a blockbuster success about a widower who finds true love over the airwaves. Richard Schickel of TIME called his performance "charming," and most critics agreed that Hanks' portrayal ensured him a place among the premier romantic-comedy stars of his generation.
In Philadelphia, he played a gay lawyer with AIDS who sues his firm for discrimination. Hanks lost thirty-five pounds and thinned his hair in order to appear sickly for the role. In a review for People, Leah Rozen stated "Above all, credit for Philadelphia's success belongs to Hanks, who makes sure that he plays a character, not a saint. He is flat-out terrific, giving a deeply felt, carefully nuanced performance that deserves an Oscar." Hanks won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia. During his acceptance speech he revealed that his high school drama teacher Rawley Farnsworth and former classmate John Gilkerson, two people with whom he was close, were gay.

Do you really need a gun to kill??

A person with such killer personality can click with just a blink of his eyes!!!

A supporter of NASA's manned space program, Hanks has said that he originally wanted to be an astronaut but "didn't have the math." Hanks is a member of the National Space Society, serving on the Board of Governors of the nonprofit educational space advocacy organization founded by Dr. Wernher Von Braun. HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon about the Apollo program to send astronauts to the moon. In addition, Hanks co-wrote and co-produced Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D, an IMAX film about the moon landings. Hanks also provided the voice over for the premiere of the show Passport to the Universe at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
He also produced the
In 2006, the Space Foundation awarded Hanks the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award. The award is given annually to an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to public awareness of space programs.

Still Adorable!!

In June 2006, Hanks was inducted as an honorary member of the United States Army Rangers Hall of Fame for his accurate portrayal of a Captain in the movie Saving Private Ryan; Hanks, who was unable to attend the induction ceremony, was the first actor to receive such an honor. In addition to his role in Saving Private Ryan, Hanks was cited for serving as the national spokesperson for the World War II Memorial Campaign, for being the honorary chairperson of the D-Day Museum Capital Campaign, and for his role in writing and helping to produce the Emmy Award-winning miniseries, Band of Brothers.
Hanks is one of several celebrities who frequently participates in planned comedy bits on Conan O'Brien's talk shows, including Late Night, The Tonight Show, and Conan while a guest. On one visit, Hanks asked O'Brien to join his run for president on the "Bad Haircut Party" ticket, with confetti and balloons and a hand held sign with the slogan "You'd be stupid to vote for us". On another episode, O'Brien, noting that Hanks was missing Christmas on his promotional tour, brought the season to him, including a gift (the skeleton of Hooch), and a mass of snow burying them both. On yet another episode, O'Brien gave Hanks a painting he had commissioned reflecting two of his interests: Astronauts landing on the beach at Normandy.
On March 10, 2008, Hanks was on hand at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to induct The Dave Clark Five.
Asteroid 12818 Tomhanks is named after him^.

 

Thank You for giving a face to Professor Robert Langdon

Okay, so this was just some little this and that about Tom Hanks's early life and little bits here and there that you might not have known!!
As ofcourse you can see, this is all from Wikipedia.. HOWEVER!! All the love is from me ;)

^{Once again - Happy Birthday Tom Hanks!! God Bless you}

ALWAYS!!

'Memories' - 'Yaadein' - the way the person up there tells us, we are blessed ;)

First of all, there are several times or phases when we insist on saying that "Life Sucks" or when you read the title, you will just wanna say "Blessed? This aint for me!".. but that is just a phase and the most beautiful thing about phases is that they tend to pass, no matter how long they might feel or seem, but yes, they will all pass! And in the end, we are left with some experiences that make us a better person for tomorrow and some memories, which remind us that we are blessed!! 

Imagine, you have just realized that one of your dear friends never considered you the same. Of-course, it hurts like hell! But it just makes us capable of analyzing people better and moreover, what I say often - 

No matter you are not talking to some person now; No matter how many distances have separated you; the moments that you spent together will be yours forever! It just takes a wink of the eye to relive all the happiness you felt in those moments.

And if you do that, I know it is hard, but it keeps you from ruining and replacing those good memories with the ill said words or the cold wars you might have switched over to!

But well, then again, it all depends on the person and how he or she decides to do with the course of life!!

Remember :

They say its destiny that is sure to come your way, but its never like that. Life is never a straight line from our birth to our destiny! It is always a graph that extends from the node that we tend to choose and only we can choose!!

Back to the memories - I believe, its the most beautiful thing that ever happened to mankind. I can remember all the good moments of my life forever and recall them whenever I want to.
I can always remember my bad moments or mistakes so that I make sure that I never repeat them again...

and then, speaking like a recently-crossed-the-teen-age :P
It makes me keep in mind about every special person, friend, acquaintance in my life!!

Anytime that I want to, I can close my eyes and wander off in my own La-La Land to remember the friends and the laughs we shared.

teri yaad yaad - 4
teri yaad yaad - 4
pade sang jeena hai jasbaad yaar
koi aaye na tere baad yaar
har waqt kambhakt tadpaaye
teri yaad yaad - 4
teri yaad yaad - 4
jahaan bhi gaya main sanam tujhko paya
mere sang hamesha raha tera saaya
aankhon mein khwaab seene mein dard
hothon pe sirf hai teri baat - 3
pade sang jeena hai jasbaad yaar
koi aaye na tere baad yaar  

It makes me remember every person who did good to me... people who molded me, who have bits here and there in making me who I am.

har waqt kambhakt tadpaaye
teri yaad yaad - 4
teri yaad yaad - 4
falak pe - 2 chaand jab aata hai
tera hi - 2 tasavvur lata hai
dil ki deewar pe tu hi tu
rag rag mein tu bahe mere saath - 3
pade sang jeena hai jasbaad yaar
koi aaye na tere baad yaar
har waqt kambhakt tadpaaye
teri yaad yaad - 4
teri yaad yaad - 4 

and if you notice a little to carefully, the best thing that ever happened on planet Earth is - to love and being loved! Think carefully, its all about memories!!

If you get what I have said, I wanna just end it a little abruptly, so next time when i read, I feel the need to think ahead and so would you :)
Stay Blessed till then :)

Madhushala - Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Many of us know Amitabh Bachchan.. and why should one not? He is a living legend! We all know that for 15 years, he gave a hit movie each year.. he has worked in tens of movies and still he has a charm that is unparalleled...

Even today, the roles he does, can never be done or taken by any other hero.

The best example can be the remake of Agneepath. The movie though had the superstar cast and wonderful everything, yet when taken the name, people remember Amitabh's version of the same.

However, there is another man, who is as much related to Amitabh as to Agneepath - Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

Orginally only Harivansh Rai, was a poet. He has immense contribution to the hindi literature in terms of poetry. His poetry is sad, strengthening, and probably in the most versatile use of words, he has expressed each and every emotion of a human heart.

Indeed the poem Agneepath, in the movie, often recited by the hero's dad, was also written by Dr. Bachchan himself. And yes, lemme tell you all - BACHCHAN isNOT a surname. It's his pen name :P :P ... That brings down Amitabh Bachchan to Amitabh Rai ... Funny.. Bachchan sounds better..

Anyways, there is another poem of his - Madhushala. Its not that I listen to alot of poems or I am a very gud critic in this field, but yes, everytime I listen to it, my nerves sooth and altogether I am taken into a world of imagination and creativity...

Here I present,

Madhushala - (only the stanza sung by Manna Dey)

madira meiN jaane ko ghar se chaltaa hai peenewaala
kis path se jaaooN asmanjas meiN hai wo bhola bhaala
alag alag pathu batalaathi sab paR maiN ye bataata hooN
raah pakaD tu ek chalaa-chal paa jaayega madhushaala


sun kal-kal chal-chal madhu-ghaT se girti pyalOn meiN haala
sun run Jhun-Jhun chal witran karti madhusa ki baala
bas aa pahunche door nahiN kuch chaar kadam aur chalna hai
chahak rahe sun peene waale mehak rahi le madhushaala


naal sura kee dhaar lapaT see keh na dena ise jwaaLa
madira hai math isko keh dena uRR ka chaala
dard nasha hai is madira ka wigat smritiyaN saaqi haiN
peeDa meiN anand jise ho aaye meri madhushaala


dharm-grandh sab jala chuki hai jiske antar kee jwaala
mandir masjid girje sab ko toD chuka jo matwaala
panDit momin paadriyoN ke fandoN ko jo kaat chuka
kar sakti hai aaj usee ka swaagat meri madhushaala


laalayeet adhRoN se jisne haaye nahiN choomi haala
harshit kampit kar se jisne haay madhu ka chooaa pyaala
haath pakaD kar lajjit saaqi ko paas nahiN jisne kheencha
wyarth sukha Daali jeewan kee usne mahdumay madhushaala


bane pujaari premi saaqi ganga jal paawan haala
rahe ferta awirat gati se madhu ke pyaaloN kee maala
aur leeye jaa aur peeye jaa isi mantr ka jaap keeye jaa
maiN shiv ki pratima ban baiThooN mandir ho ye madhushaala


ek baras meiN ek baar hee jagti holi kee jwaala
ek baar hee lagti baaji jalti deepoN kee maala
duniya waaloN kintu kisi din aa madiraalay meiN dekho
din meiN holi raat diwaali roz manaati madhushaala





adharon par ho koee bhi ras jiwha par lagti haalaa
han jag ho koee haathon mein lagta rakkha hae pyaalaa
har surat saaqi ki surat mein parivartit ho jaati
aankhon ke aage ho kuchh bhi aankhon mein hae Madhushaalaa.


sumukhi tumhara sundar mukh hi mujh ko kanchan kaa pyaalaa
chhalak rahi hai jisme maNik roop madhur maadak haalaa
maiN hi saaqi banta maiN hi peene waala banta hoon
jahan kahin mil baithe hum tum wahiN gaee ho madhushaala


do din hee madhu muJhe pilaa kar oob uthi saaqi baalaa
bhar kar ab khiska detee hai woh mere aage pyaalaa
naaz-o-adaa andaazon se ab haaye pilaanaa door hua
ab to kar detee hai kewal farz-adaaee madhushaalaa


choTe se jeewaN meiN kitna pyaar karooN peelooN haala
aane ke hee saath jagat meiN kehlaaya jaane-waala
swaagat ke hee saath wida ki hothi dekhi tayyaari
band lagi hone khulte hee meri jeewan madhushaala


saant saki ho ab taq saaqi peekar kis uRR kee jwaala
aur aur ki raTan lagaata jaata har peene-waala
kitni iKsha ek har jaaNe-waala yahaN choD jaata
kitne aRmaanoN kee bankar qaBr khaDi hai madhushaala


yam aayega saaqi bankar saath liye kaali haala
pee na hosh meiN phir aayega sura wisudh yeh matwaala
yeh antim behoshi antim saaqi antim pyaala hai
pathiK pyaar se peena isko fir na milegee madhushaala


girti jaati hai din-pratidin pRanayani pRaanoN kee haala
maGn hua jaata din-pratidin deen subhge mera tan pyaala
rooth raha hai muJhse roop si din-din yauwan ka saaqi
sookh rahi hai din-din sundari meri jeewan madhushaala


Dhalak rahee ho tan ke ghaT se sangini jab jeewanhaala
paaTr garal ka le ab antiM saaqi ho aanewaala
haath paras bhoole pyaale ka swaad sura jiWha bhoole
kaanoN meiN tum kehti rehna madhuKaNN pyaala madhushaala


mere aDharoN par ho na antiM wastu na tulsi-jal pyaala
mere JiWha par ho antiM wastu na ganga-jal haala
mere shaV ke peeche chalne-waaloN yaad ise rakhna
ram-naam hai satya na kehna kehna sachchi madhushaala


mere shaV par wah roYe ho jiske aaNsoo meiN haala
aaH bhare wah jo ho surbhit madeera peekar matwaala
de muJhko wo kaandha jinke pad-mad dag-mag hoNte ho
aur jalooN uss Thaur jahaN par kabhi rahee ho madhushaala


aur chitha par jaaye unDela paatR na ghRith ka par pyaala
GhanT bandhe angoor latha meiN madhya na jal ho par haala
praan-priye yadi SHraadH karO tum mera to aise karna
peene-waaloN ko bulwa kar khulwa dena madhushaala


naam agar pooche koi to kehna bas peene-waala
kaam garal na aur dhaalna sab ke madiroN ka pyaala
jaati priYe pooche yadi koi keh dena deewanoN kee
dharM batana pyaaloN ki le maala japna madhushaala


pitR paKsh meiN putR uThana araGYan na kar meiN par pyaala
baiTh kahiN par jaana ganga sagar meiN bharkar haala
kisi jagaH kee miTTi bheege tRipti muJhe mil jaaYegee
darpan arpan karna muJhko paDh paDh karke "madhushaala"  

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And just I want to say - hats of sir!! To Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan and to the music legend - Manna Dey. I am so proud and honored to be born on the land you both walked on.

Happy Birthday Professor Langdon...

 

The date 9th has always held a great significance in my life. Some of the best people in the world are born on the 9th - Me (for the best instance :P).. Severus Snape (the sweetheart!).. Akanksha Khansili (my roomie LOLzz) and now today, today the dawn brought the end of another year in the life of Tom Hanks or rather marked the beginning of a beautiful year ahead...

It's

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

                          TOM HANKS

 Its not been long since I have known this guy. Not known him actually
ever :P, just seen or known his existence since I saw DaVinci Code
(movie) in 2004 (I guess... 2004 has been a really good year for me and
most of the landmarks in my life date back to 2004).

 I knew him and something just made me NOT forget him. I read and read
more about him. Then I discovered the grey shades in his life. Having
not read or understood enough, I found him to be another cheating
husband who leaves his wife for his co-star (now wife) Rita Wilson.
Later on being guided by a friend (coincidently whose birthday is 

tomorrow i.e. 10th July) told me that his wife had been cheating on him
and spending HIS money holidaying with her boyfriend. Yet, this guy just
 divorces her taking the entire responsibility of his kids.

 I dont think anyone anywhere on this planet would find his act wrong now.
Since then, I have found this guy to be the total sweetheart and has perfectly fit as my idol.

So today, its a great day when its his birthday and all I pray today is - God, bless him as you have for all these years. Guide him towards the right path of life. Shower all your happiness on him. And if you just can manage, create many more people, so talented, so human and so adorable like him (though I personally believe he cant be replaced... but yet :P)...

Happy Birthday Professor!!

RIP - Nirmal Pandey

One thing that I know about myself is that though I say I want to be a forensic doctor but I cannot see someone I had seen growing up, turn into a corpse. It hurts hell lot!

Nirmal Pandey is an actor or a better way will be that he was an actor. He lives no longer now but everytime I look at anything that reminds me of him, I realise its been a serious big loss.

I heard that his 'name to fame' chance was through 'Bandit Queen' (If that's the name of the movie I am correctly recalling).. I have never seen the movie but I saw this guy in a couple of movies. He was in 'Hadh Kar di Aapne' with Govinda and he was very much noticed. That's one movie I love seeing him in. Who can forget that classic comedy fan repair scene with Govinda potraying many roles.
But this guy reached my heart with his role of Dajjal in Hatim. He was so good with it. I already love the bad people.. (that story sometime else) but the thing is that in between when Dajjal's face was covered for few episodes... I used to miss Nirmal Pandey so much for those days I am sure he wasnt playing Dajjal...

Well.. all in all.. I know he's a great actor (I dont use was for great people).. and certainly every mention of his will bring a tear to the eye but also a smile to the face!
RIP Nirmal Pandey!

Dockie

Okie.. well this is a very special message... Mehran.. sachi likhun toh there arent words enough to tell how great friend he has been in such little time. He listens to all my words though pretends not to and he does care... but yes its his special way of showing - by helping you out!!

I remember I had to drag him into Hogs.. and now he is the Head Boy.. the hogs thing makes me proud!

More than that.. he certainly is the kind of friend I think everyone needs to have.. he is the perfect friend material... outgoing.. wild.. musical.. studious.. funny... and the best part is he got no girlfriend and so he is always free for his friends!

In this very little time that we have been on facebook... Mehran has known me alot and same here... I love it when he teases me and trust me life seems dull and boring when he is away from net.. He teases me and stimulates others to do so too!! The perfect mischievous person!

And to him.. if I were to say.. I would just say.. keep making my life 'funnier' each day as it passes by.. I am so glad to have known you!! Be as you are - ALWAYS (I know I didnt need to tell this for you are in no mood to change!) ... keep Smiling.. Be Happy and Healthy and Safe!!

And yea.. try to know those giggling girls.. they arenot as irritating as you find them! Lolzz...

This is about him.. for the 'special message' label!

Now for people.. well trust me.. He is one of his kind.. I know people who are happy go lucky.. and others who can help you sort anything.. but no one who is both! He is a gem of a person.. just with little craziness for NOT LIKING ANY GIGGLING GIRL :P and MATHEMATICS :D :D

But honestly.. talking to him.. makes your day.. you forget your worries and see while I write I just feel - isnt he the perfect doctor thing?? :O The dockie who reads Twilight :D :D

And as far is the sci log part is there.. it is the biggest reason for the blog entry - Dockie.. trust me.. without you in my friend list lately.. I wouldnot have thought of science especially mathematics as much as I did.. so thank you for that! You always bring me things to work out and I love doing that... so thank you for the challenges and ofcourse all you have to tell which I dont know.. they just help me get better!!

And ofcourse.. sorry for stealing ur pic without telling u.. bt I had to do this... and mind u.. its takes too much to get into my blog.. you are LUCKY!

Totally Weird!!

I dont know where but I either read it or heard it somewhere... A person ISNOT bad... its the personality he or she possess towards you... I really liked this and so I read the entire article or heard the whole thing.. but I would really want it to share with you all...

Just today I noticed that there are some people in my life.. especially friends - whom I know and no one else know them the same way... strange! (Fish.. when all things come down to real life experiencing... I feel I am copying Satinder :P ) Like one of my really good friend (wont tell her name).. tells that I never need to point her weaknesses when she is with me or I am with her... and its true.. I like her for what she is... why do I need to tell her she's bad? I just need to warn her if she is doing something bad... and I do that... (Do I sound like SRK makes Kajol sound in MNIK :S ).. no people not bragging about my own self.. but trust me.. I have not asked anyone to change... I have just told my besties that they have changed but never even asked them to change... and told no one else that he / she has changed.. and its simply because I wanna know you... like you and respect you for what you are with all your flaws and short-comings.

I really dont get it... if she is friend.. why do I need to change her? and what is so hard about this... I mean what is so hard to accept a person the way he / she is...

And then... there is another person... people say this person never smiles... but I havent seen this person without 'SMILE'.... whenever we talk.. the smile is always there.. it may turn to laughter.. bt always there...

So all in all.. m seriously confused!!

random...

donno why... but a pair of eyes (lets say two..) left something in my heart and came out this poem.. so here it is :P
tere cehhre ko taqte hain
shaamo savere
kya inmein wohh noor hai
ya rab hai samaya
teri baatein mishri lage
tere har gham ko apnaya
in aankhoin mein hai kuch baat
ki inmein doobne ko dil toh chahe
par jab ye take
jism paani sa simat jaaye
voh alphaz jo tere labo se nikle
aur wohh jo hai aaj talak ankaha
ruk gayi poor kayanat
tham gaya sama
jab tere chehre par dikha
gham koi ghana

bahut yaadein hain jo aankhoin ko nam kar deti hain
saari baatein hai dil mein goonjti hui
ye doori na hone degi poori...
hamari kahaani adhoori reh gaye...



Ya Khuda...
in aankhoin mein meri jannat basti hai...
inko kabhi nam mat rakhna
in labo se abhi bahut si baatein karni hai...
inhe kabhi hasi se door mat rakhna!

Shiamak Picture Mania...

Okie I know one pic is repeated over and over again but thats because I am in love with this pic totally....

Luv ya Shiamak!!

DIK the DEVIL

Okie... so I see I mentioned 'Dik' in my one blog entries... now it would be unfair not to tell about her... but there is a slight problem... the more I write about her.. the lesser it seems...

Dik is a totally comedy movie vamp... you cant help hate her at times.. but while the others.. you love to sit with her.. listen to her and laugh... :P

and the best part was.. she was our Reserve Bank... she actually used to take her assignment file.. open it.. search it and find 1000 bucks in there.. amazing!! and super-cool and super-sweet!

Dik I knw we fought like cats bt I wanna let you know that I love u and I shall always remember u!...


And here is something... I wrote about her years back...

She is the queen of all evils
the most popular, none other than
Dik the Devil
She's always ready to fight
whenever I come in sight
She sometimes steal...
our classmate's meals
She's so funny
and is very fond of white bunnies
She is just like a coal from outside
and really has a hidden diamond inside
Whatever she is
She's my good friend!


There is one more by Shin.. I had found it.. bt I seem to have lost it again.. and as soon as I find it again.. I will put it...

About Dik.. trust me people.. she's one person you would definitely wanna knw.. so just watch out for her!!

Happy Birthday Brother

Well.. you know one thing?? We meet so many people in this life.. some stay with you.. some go... some go and come again and so on.. but there are a few people who are with you for a small time but you cant help remember them forever... and well here is telling you all about one such person...

I can still bet.. when you enter the room.. he will stand out from everyone else and yet he is so much a part of everyone..

I donno how I met this person.. or the first time I talked to him.. but I know that he was one person who hardly asked me who I was... where I was from... he is so much into today... I have never seen him talk of past or future (except in jokes ofcourse :P )

I remember.. one day we were putting up a chart in the corridor and he asks me what do I want to do? Silly question when asked unexpectedly.. and well before I could answer.. he had to speak :P :P... he says he wants to be a Scientist.. and then he asks me 'Do you know what I will do as a Scientist?'... When people say you.. its courtesy you ask them the same question.. but before I can ask this guy.. he tells it himself... he wanted to be a scientist and increase the size of atoms to an extent that a man can life the earth on his palm...

I didnt dare ask what / when or how.. but till date I am wondering.. the man shall do so while standing on Earth?? or somewhere else? like if on moon.. then can the moon take that much mass.. lolzz...

And then.. he was and I am sure he still is one of those popular dudes around... who can attract any girl... and I am damn sure he knows every girl in his school... and the worst part was.. he talks to anyone.. and he was paired to them... it was big time trouble for you cant even talk to him... :P :P ... but well then relief.. he decided to make a few girls his sister and I was one of lucky ones... :P... and one friend had then told me that he actually announced to strangers that he made sisters... aaa....

There were always girls around him.. so many that I actually called him 'magnet'... and he was.. with such a sweet baby smile and those cute eyes.. he was the Mr Irrestible :P ... I wouldnt have dared tell him this on face!!

He was a total foodie.. he ate everything... totally everything... and he was so sweet and well mannered in front of elders... that you shouldnt ask!! My mum still loves him :D

I remember.. once there was a misunderstanding.. and we 3 girls were in problem and we feared if he would speak against us.. somehow we managed his number and then.. how to call him.. I donno why but my friends chose me to do the good work.. and I remember.. I did so on a Saturday morning... I was out from a bath.. quickly changed and took his number the first thing in the morning and dialled and very scared I dialled his number... and talked to him...
He hardly talked about the problem for a minute or two and rest of the time.. he spoke utter nonsense... when I put back the phone... I was - phew!!

If you have seen High School Musical 1.. Gabriella says that she doesnt need to be anyone else in front of Troy... like in Kindergarten.. you can be yourself all the time.. same was with this dude... you never need to be anyone else... he if not likes.. but doesnt show that he hates you the way you are!!

and yes... how can I forget.. his legendary fights on tiffin boxes... every other day we would see him do so...

And yeap... what I used to call him was KBI - Kangal Bank of India... he never had money.. and all his sisters had to keep getting him things...

Something I will always remember about him is.. on my birthday.. I used to distribute Makintosh chocolates... and for all the years I celebrated my birthday.. I was allowed just to give one sweet to the kids... to the teachers.. and rest.. he would take charge of the box and jump on seats.. like a monkey.. throwing toffees here and there.. and eating so many himself!!

Best memory that I have is he and Dik d Devil... (sorry I wont reveal any names... I am not feeling like doing so.. but if you know either of the two.. you are sure to guess the things)... I still know the day... when he sat with me for he didnt have his English book... and I felt Dik staring at me through the entire class... OMG... that was scary.. the first english lecture where I was physically present but just wanting to vanish.. and then after the class I told him.. IF YOU DONT GET YOUR BOOK.. TAKE MINE BUT NEVER SIT WITH ME.....

OMG... now that I am looking back.. I am sure he is one of the best memories I have of my old school... Like an English Quote says... 'King of none but Jack of All'... he was so... he never knew anything to the ultimate limit.. but he almost excelled in everything.. touchwood...

He is also one of the things (people) I missed the most when I joined the new school... I donno... you know something... what I know of him now is that he kinda hates me... I dont know why such things happen.. I mean if not hate.. but for sure he doesnt remember me... but you see I cant help forget him.. yaar mera itna cute bhai hai :D

Here on your birthday bro... wishing you a very happy Birthday.. I think you are 18 today!! Have a great day.. enjoy your life... and I dont know what you have to say.. but what I have to say is that I have had a great time with you around.. and just hoping great for you...!!

Take Care!!




Ps - EVERYONE WHO KNOW WHO THIS BROTHER OR DIK D DEVIL ARE.... DO WHATEVER DONT TELL THEM THAT I HAVE A BLOG ENTRY ABOUT THEM!! I AM SURE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WILL REACT TO THIS.. AND I WANNA LIVE LONGER!!

AND WISH BRO FROM MY SIDE!

Shiamak Davar

You see this guy here... Shiamak Davar... OMG!! I am just totally crazy about him.. he's got such a sweet smile.. and so deep eyes.. how can one not love him ?? <3<3<3 onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.timescontent.com/tss/photos/preview/153187/Shiamak%20Davar.jpg">


About Shiamak.. I must say there is truth that I see in his eyes.. he's just as simple as anything can be.. so organised and loving.. he knows his job and he knows how to do it effectively... and thats what matters... he's simple.. sweet yet a fashion statement.. actually a style statement...

I heard his instructors in an interview.. that Shiamak is no longer a name.. it is a style.. a dance form.. he's unique and he built himself this!!




Today all I want is... I want to dance WITH Shiamak Davar... Its not going to be easy.. I need to be even better than perfect... but I know this dude.. one day inshallah I am going to dance with you.. not from some contact or something.. for I will dance matching your feet... I promise you that!

I am literally nuts about everything about Shiamak.. his eyes.. his smile... He's just angel like :P

I often wonder that God has created some of the finest people to be around... Shiamak's definitely one of them.. SDIPA is not only a place to dance.. its a place for your talent.. all kinds of it and above all its for oneness... it makes friends for life and also heels.. heels your soul.. completes you spritually and emotionally (well thats what I have heard... I havent been lucky enough to get in till date)

Not wanting to end it but I will have to.. else I will go on and on when it comes to Shiamak...
I will always have one complain... just one with God.. that why did you create so great people and create them as humans.. and that to elder to me.. till date I know 3 people.. without whom I cannot.. just CANT imagine any life on this Earth and the unfortunate thing is all three of them are humans.. they will die one day and (not wanting to sound depressed or anything ) I hate to think what then...

Please God.. Shiamak's one of those special children of yours.. take care of him and let him be thou messenger of love and goodness..

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