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 :)

Python Coding

Well guys, just trying a little hand at Python, one day I was getting rather bored with coding and so decided to make it a little interesting :P

and see what I created!

here is the code if you wanna try it yourself ;)

name = " SSSSSSS \t HH   HH \t RRRRRRR \t UU   UU \t TTTTTTT \t IIIIIII\n SSSSSSS \t HH   HH \t RRRRRRR \t UU   UU \t TTTTTTT \t IIIIIII\n SS      \t HH   HH \t RR   RR \t UU   UU \t   TTT  \t   III  \n SS      \t HH   HH \t RR   RR \t UU   UU \t   TTT  \t   III  \n SS      \t HH   HH \t RR  RR  \t UU   UU \t   TTT  \t   III  \n SSSSSSS \t HHHHHHH \t RR RR   \t UU   UU \t   TTT  \t   III  \n SSSSSSS \t HHHHHHH \t RRRR    \t UU   UU \t   TTT  \t   III  \n      SS \t HH   HH \t RRRR    \t UU   UU \t   TTT  \t   III  \n      SS \t HH   HH \t RR RR   \t UU   UU \t   TTT  \t   III  \n      SS \t HH   HH \t RR  RR  \t UU   UU \t   TTT  \t   III  \n SSSSSSS \t HH   HH \t RR   RR \t  UU UU  \t   TTT  \t IIIIIII\n SSSSSSS \t HH   HH \t RR   RR \t   UUU   \t   TTT  \t IIIIIII"
print(name)

Ps : It is nt gonna be that I post all posts of the Graphic Blog here as well... this is just one of the special posts :P

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If you know me, you might also know that I am an ardent fan of the image morphings :P and I used to spent quite a lot of time doing them....
I would always search for some place to publish my designs... maybe even take a request or two... so here I am posting all my designs and other things on my blog... :D

However, I think that one blog is not good enough for everything, therefore I have created a new blog (with same email address) and so you would definitely like to check it out

Or lets just say - I would like you to check it out :)

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To charm you in, I am posting the first post here as well ;)

Here are some avatars I just randomly created :

Ps : Feel free to use them anything, just remember to tell everyone where they can find more of such things ;) ... and if you like them - do comment :D

Dasvidaniya....................

Farewell.... As my entire batch are caught in d word with all the preparations and arrangements, let me take a moment off to express a few of my emotions attached with the same...

This farewell seems like bidding adieu to people we hav ever known in Birla.. Something like everyone who has been ever here for us... To guide us.. To help us.. To scold us.. To be angry with us.. To pamper us.. And many more will be gud and apparently they say for d greater good...
in no amount of tym we saw batches leave one after the another... Sad part iz that this one leaves us to be d resppnsible one...

my concern iz not if i cud taked responsibility or not.. Bt it iz that dont knw whr tym flew and thr are still words left unsaid...

I maynot hav been close to all seniors.. Maybe none.. I m not d type u see.. First tym wen i came here.. I jus thot seniors were elder bro n sis who will be thr fr us at all tyms... Here i learnt different..

i dont have a gud vocab but rite now specially i find myself at a loss of words to say all i hav to.. All i need to.. Vague.. Not emotional... Let me jus say that each one of u held a very speciLl n beautiful place ib my life... N i jus hope u best fr everythin in lyf... Stay blessed!!!!!!!!!

Saiyaara... Once upon a time...

Ab agar Salman ko hi nahi pata ke uski movies kyun chalti hain.. toh definitely mujhe to pata ho hi nahi sakta.. par haan.. Salman ki sab movies Blockbuster hits ke sath - sath, viewer's ke heart - chart (as I like to call it :P ) pe bhi top par rehti hain...

Yeap.. so coming to "Ek tha Tiger" ... [SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!] Honestly, If you are looking for a spy movie.. a MI-kinda one.. you are so at the wrong place! If I were to rate it as a spy movie, it would get a -1 from me!!
But yes, if you are looking for a love-story that would reside in your hearts forever.. you definitely cant miss this one!!

Movie ka plot itna bhi accha nahi hai.. but the locations are worth a lifetime!
Story aajkal aane wali movies se kaafi refreshing hai..

But the catch of the movie is definitely its SONGS!! kya gaane hain yaar... by God.. utar hi nahi rahe zubaan se!!
Sirf inn gaano ke liye 100 Crores is so well deserved!! Hats off!!

Well, ye special mention mere Blog me isliye kyunki "Saiyaara" gaana hai ke dimaag se hat hi nahi raha...

Aasmaan.. tera mera hua
Khwaab ki tarah dhuaan dhuaan
Aasmaan.. tera mera hua
Saans ki tarah ruaan ruaan
Ho jaaye jahan tu jaaye
Paaye mujhe hi paaye
Saaye yeh mere
Hai tujh mein samaaye

Saiyaara main saiyaara
Saiyaara tu saiyaara
Sitaaron ke jahan mein
Milengey ab yaara
Saiyaara main saiyaara
Saiyaara tu saiyaara
Sitaaron ke jahan mein
Milengey ab yaara

Tu jo mila, toh yoon hua
Ho gayi puri adhoori si dua
Tu jo gaya, toh le gaya
Sang tere mere jeene ki har wajah
Ho jaaye jahan tu jaaye
Paaye mujhe hi paaye
Saaye yeh mere
Hai tujh mein samaaye

Saiyaara main saiyaara
Saiyara tu saiyara
Sitaaron ke jahan mein
Milengey ab yaara
Saiyaara main saiyaara
Saiyara tu saiyara
Sitaaron ke jahan mein
Milengey ab yaara

Tum pe miti, tum se bani
Tumse hua hai haan khud pe yakeen
Tu jo nahi, toh na sahi
Main hoon yahaan toh tu hai yahin kahin
Ho jaaye jahan tu jaaye
Paaye mujhe hi paaye
Saaye yeh mere
Hai tujh mein samaaye

Saiyaara main saiyaara
Saiyaara tu saiyaara
Sitaaron ke jahan mein
Milengey ab yaara
Saiyaara main saiyaara
Saiyara tu saiyara
Sitaaron ke jahan mein
Milengey ab yaara

Can you believe ke ye sad song hai?? :O :\ ... I mean it is so die hard romantic...
and like in the picturization of the song, there was moment when Katrina sits alone in her room, in one of the most beautiful suits I have seen (actually probably the first suit I saw Katrina wearing :P :P) and then the line 'tu jo nahi.. toh na sahi.. Main hoon yahan toh tu hai yahin kahin...' and I almost cried!

Bas so not making it so long.. everyone who hasnt seen this movie.. go out NOW and watch it..!! Salman Khan so roxx dude!! <3 br="br">

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!!

234 WAYS TO ANNOY VOLDEMORT

I am so not believing this.. the muggles are so growing mean... see what I found on the internet..

234 WAYS TO ANNOY VOLDEMORT 

1. Ask him why he 'doesn't have such a cool scar?'
2. Laugh at him.
3. Wake him up by singing Beach Boys songs in his ear. 'Round, round, get around, I get around...'
4. Knit him things. Really hideous things.
5. Give him kangaroo-ears for a month.
6. Smile during Death-Eater meetings and say you taught him everything he knows.
7. Chew bubblegum all the time. Should he address you, your only response will be a series of huge bubbles in quick succession, the last of which will burst everywhere and make a mess.
8. Dance the Funky Chicken.
9. Ask him when was the last time he took a bath.
10. Pat him on the head and give him flowers when his plans are foiled yet again.
11. If you ever need to say 'Like taking candy from a baby', be sure to add 'Of course, SOME of us might find that harder than others.' Stare pointedly at him.
12. Play 'knock-&-run' at his bedchamber door late at night.
13. Call him 'The-man-who-let-the-boy-live'
14. Ask why the Dark Mark couldn't look like something 'more socially acceptable?'
15. Insist that you have met chunks of cheese with more cunning plans than his.
16. Pinch him. Make sure he squeals.
17. Be cheerful.
18. When he tries to impress you with his powers say 'Awwwww, look it. Voldie's got a twiggle!'
19. Try to teach him to play a mouth organ.
20. Roll your eyes during plotting sessions and say things under your breath like 'You're the boss, boss' or 'It's your funeral.'
21. Greet him in the mornings with a sarcastic 'My sir, you look particularly menacing today.'
22. Taunt him about his middle name. 'Marvolo? What's that, a washing detergent?'
23. Keep a 'good-behavior chart'. Award points and give out gold stars.
24. Magic-marker Potter-style glasses on him while he sleeps.
25. Apparate into and out of his room rapidly. Do this non-stop for an hour. *poof* there *poof* gone *poof* there....
26. Play cards with him. Tell him he has no poker-face and how does he expect to rule supreme without one?
27. Let off party-poppers in his face whenever the urge strikes you.
28. 'Did you even HAVE a girlfriend? Like, ever?'
29. Get a pair of finger puppets closely resembling himself and Harry Potter. Re-enact all of Harry's victories over him in a spectacularly childish way. Be sure to give them both squeaky voices.
30. Anytime he enters any room, insist on entering first and announcing him grandly.
31. In these announcements, fake a trumpet noise and give him an equally fake drum roll.
32. Exclaim sarcastically 'You're breakin' my little heart here, o dark one' whenever he starts to talk of what has caused to become who he is.
33. Encourage him to 'think happy thoughts!'
34. Ask him to give you written summaries of his sinister plots for revenge and war. Correct his spelling.
35. Mock his choice of Quirrel as a 'host'.
36. Tell you think a yoga class could 'cure him of his wicked ways'
37. Get the song 'Mr. Tambourine Man' stuck in his head.
38. If he's having evil-plotter's-block in one of his scheming sessions 'Wingardium Leviosa' a light bulb to float above his head. Turn it on. Look offended when he gets angry and say you 'thought you were helping!'
39. Tell him constantly to stop repressing his anger.
40. Buy him a stress ball.
41. Hint that he is only a character in a book and will never triumph.
42. Call him Tommy-boy.
43. If you're feeling gutsy, call him Voldie-poo.
44. Whack him in the arm and say 'mosquito' - every few minutes.
45. Say he 'looked better under the turban'
46. Eat his pet snake. Offer him some.
47. Endeavor to teach him to steeple his fingers, lean back and say 'Eeeexcellent'.
48. Start drawing outlandish parallels between his life story and 'Star Wars'. Talk at great length.
49. Be generally in awe of him and never look away.
50. 'Imperius' his Death Eaters into a rousing chorus of 'All Things Bright And Beautiful'
51. Shower him with confetti and rice, anytime you think he needs to make a 'grand entry'.
52. Paint all the Death-Eater masks with bright colours and glitter.
53. Throw him a 'care-bears' themed birthday party.
54. Tell him what Snape's really up to.
55. Politely exclaim now and again that you 'don't know how he can be so afraid of dear old Dumbles'
56. Sing 'California Dreamin' at the top of your lungs when he's trying to have an 'evil moment'
57. Should you ever be eating with him - drum tunes with your cutlery, play with your food and blow bubbles in your chocolate milk.
58. Ask him to dance a polka with you.
59. Work cutesy phrases like 'pushing-up-daisies' and 'smooth-as-a-baby's-bottom' into conversation as much as possible.
60. Ask him if he's sure 'the whole evil-maniac-out-for-power-and-revenge thing isn't getting a bit old?'
61. Get him to play 'Twister' with you.
62. Tell him you know this great therapist in London....
63. Throw Tupperware parties. Insist he sit through them.
64. Tell him you've met plenty of people more evil than he.
65. Hide his teddy bear. That ALWAYS makes him cry.
66. Get him a plant. Act mortally offended when he doesn't water it and it dies.
67. Steal, snap and bury his wand.
68. Tell him Lucius did it.
69. Give Rita Skeeter full knowledge of his whereabouts and contact details.
70. Remind him that he isn't even really alive.
71. Write him a theme song. Start singing it whenever he is about to do or say something particularly clever and nasty.
72. Offer to sacrifice Draco Malfoy 'to the cause'
73. Insist on reading him bedtime stories. Include 'The Ugly Duckling'
74. Make vague allusions to Harry Potter being his son.
75. When he's done something particularly nasty - cross your arms, waggle a finger and say 'Now now, do you really think Salazar would have approved of that?'
76. Ask him how he can possibly wish to harm a single hair on the head of 'that sweet, innocent, cute little boy.'
77. Tell him Wormtail has a crush on him.
78. Lecture him at great length on why he shouldn't use the unforgivables.
79. Leave disgusting and rotting dead things near him. Insist that it is 'Aromatherapy'
80. Begin any question you ask him with 'Riddle me this!' Emphasis on Riddle.
81. Do not EVER act in the slightest way intimidated by him. Treat him as you would an eccentric acquaintance.
82. Cuddle him at random moments.
83. Sign him up for Little-League.
84. Ask him why he's afraid of a frail old man with a beard the size of a beehive and can't fight babies.
85. Throw biscuits at him. Constantly.
86. Tell him you think evil master plans of world domination are 'kind of girlie'
87. Quote Argus Filch. Insist HE will one day rule the wizarding world.
88. Wonder aloud whether the name Voldemort commands as much respect as, say, Potter or Dumbledore.
89. Mimic everything he says in a sing-song voice.
90. Mimic everything he does with exaggerated limb-movements.
91. Write sonnets for him.
92. Insist he help you with the newspaper crossword every morning.
93. Offer him ice cream cake.
94. Tell people he's 'really just a big softie'
95. Psychoanalyze him. Conclude that he is 'mildly depressed' and 'a bit of a control-freak'.
96. Mock his baldness.
97. Smile and say loudly 'Who loves you, Volders?' at inopportune moments. (Ie: another of his attempted 'evil moments')
98. Get him drunk.
99. Drag out a banjo at Death Eater revels and start playing 'Kumbayah'
100. Let him catch you trying on Death-Eater robes.
101. Be Harry Potter. Be alive.
102. When he is eating tell him to mind his manners, sit up straight, set the table properly and to keep his elbows off the table.
103. Whenever he is plotting to do something bad, say Voldy, that isn't nice.
104. Remind him it's been over ten years and he still hasn't killed Harry.
105. Sit him down and force him to go through Harry's photo album with all the pictures of Harry alive and happy.
106. Ask him which one of his ancestors married a snake. Act disgusted.
107. Stare around at the other death eaters during meetings. Lean over to him and ask him why he chose them. Ask him why he could not manage to get more volunteers so that he could actually have some good choices.
108. Ask him if it hurt him when Bellatrix left him for Rudolphus.
109. At death eater meetings, get everyone to be quiet. Use the Sonorus spell. Then say..."Did you know that Lord Voldemort's father was actually a muggle named Tom Riddle? Did you know that our Lord who strives for pureblood is actually a half-blood himself."
110. Stand behind him and mock everything that he says.
111. Ask him if he can help you pass your NEWT in Muggle Studies. Then ask him if he got a NEWT in the subject.
112. Ask him if he's met Darth Vader.
113. Try to teach him the dance moves.
114. Put a "Kick Me" sign on the back of his robes with a permanent sticking charm.
115. Give him a Wal-Mart smiley face sticker and say "Enjoy shopping with our Roll-Back prices."
116. Force him into a McDonald's playpen.
117. Whenever he enters the room, sing him his new theme song: "Voldemort, Voldemort, Voldemort, Voldemort. He who should not be naaaamed. Voldemort, Voldemort, Voldemort, Voldemort. He's playing a dirty game!"
118. Address him as m'am instead of sir by "accident."
119. Every so often, punch him in the arm and say "muscle spasm!"
120. During meal time, throw stuffed animals at his head.
121. Tell him it is a message from above.
122. Give him a gift certificate to Starbucks on his Birthday.
123. On Father's Day, tell him that he is like a father to you and give him a big hug. And flowers too.
124. Cover the floor of his shower with axle grease.
125. Buy him a pink fur coat.
126. Write "I love you! -From your secret admirer." on his mirror with bright red lipstick.
127. T.P. his room with scented toilet paper.
128. Buy him a little fluffy kitten named Fru-fru.
129. Tell him he would look more manly if he shaved his legs and chest.
130. Put itching powder in his "evil" shoes.
131. Take him on a double date.
132. Make that a blind double date.
133. Tell his date he naturally has green scaly feet.
134. Buy him a subscription of Nick Jr. Magazine.
135. Sign him up for the Care Bear mailing list.
136.Take him to Six Flags and make him ride the Boomerang and buy pictures of him on it.
137. He has to ride the Rainbow ride too.
138. Redecorate his room with Bob the Builder wallpaper and a pink canopy and bed sheets.
139. Block the Evil Channel on his T.V. and tell him that to much evil will give him nightmares.
140. Get his sister to fall in love with you.
141. Marry her so that you can become his half brother.
142. Tie him up and make him watch a 30 hour marathon of Lizzie McGuire.
143. Then make him eat nothing but brain food for 3 months.
145. After the 3 months of torture is over, tell him his complexion has really improved.
146. Make him eat spinach. Tell him it's good for his colon.
147. On his Birthday, make him wear a Burger King crown. And when you have cake, tell him that a candle for every year wouldn't fit on the cake. Remind him that he's 65 years old at every possible moment.
148. When he is sick, feed him chicken soup and read him the parts in the Harry Potter books where Harry defeats him. Tell what he could have done better.
149. Put a sign on his door that says "Enter at your own risk. Evil Warlord inside." Put stickers on it.
150. Buy him the Candyland computer game.
151. Buy him Harry Potter video games and tell him that if he plays it, he will know what Harry will do next.
152. Take away his scissors and make him use plastic ones.
153. Tell him his cat would look more like him if he shaved it.
154.Take him to a party and make him sing "Take Good Care of my Baby on the karaoke.
155. Throw him a birthday party invite all his Death Eaters and show parts of the Harry Potter movies.
156. Send him a large, rotten fruitcake for Christmas. Include a large, hideous pair of knitted socks and a book on "Learning to Not Be Evil".
157. While he is sleeping, take all his robes and die them pretty, bright colors, such as pink and purple.
158. Put some Iron-ons on his robes that say something cute and nice and have things like butterflies on them.
159. Don't let him drink anything but a special fruit energy drink that you made yourself for two weeks (the drink is made out so orange juice, strawberry frozen yogurt, and fish).
160. If you ever take Voldemort to a party, make him sing, "take good care of my baby" on the karaoke.
161. Buy him fuzzy-bunny slippers for his birthday.
162. Tackle him and yell "DOGPILE!"
163. Give him an all expense paid month living with a therapist document for his birthday.
164. Look at him with an all-knowing smirk and when he threatens you just reply in a sweet sing-song voice, "I know something you don't know!"
165. Teach him the electric slide and say he can't leave his room until he can do it perfectly.
166. Frequently ask him the question "guess what?" and when he says "what" say "your dad was a muggle."
167. Point to his robes while asking one of his death eaters if they are missing any rather ugly curtains.
168. On his birthday get him a balloon that says "get well soon."
169. Tell him that you blew your nose on his robes.
170. When he is plotting an evil plan start singing "What if God was one of us?"
171. Take him to a Quidditch match. Point out the best Seeker on the field and tell him that's what Harry Potter could become if he stopped bugging him so much.
172. Throw him a CareBears Birthday Party.
173. "Oh Voldie you're SO SO HOT let me give a big, wet KISS"....
174. "C'mon Voldie, Powerpuff Girls are on TV!"
175. Tell him: "J.K's going to kill you on her last book you know."
176. When he's out make the theme for his room with pink flowers and butterflies.
177. Walk up to him, put your arms around him and start singing, "I know you I've walked with you once upon a dream..."
178. Make him a knitted sweater and stitch on the back "Slap me."
179. Buy him a home waxing kit for his unibrow.
180. Make him ride the play horses that sit infront of grocery stores.
181. When you run out of quarters, force him to stand on the street with you begging for more.
182. When he smiles, ask him if they believe in toothbrushes at wherever he came from
183. Record everything he says and play the recordings back to him in his sleep.
184. Ask him if he likes the Weird Sisters.
185. "Hey,Voldie, come on with that popcorns! Harry Potter and a Goblet of Fire is on TV!"
186. "Hey Voldie.....I found your diary" (Tom Riddle's diary).
187. Ask him if he's ever looked at himself in the mirror.
188. Take him shopping and go straight to the day care station and tell him that you will be back in a couple of minutes.
189. Get him one of the Harry Potter action figure for his birthday.
190. Get him to watch Lilo and Stitch the movie with the Death Eaters so that they will know how to be good like Stitch.
191. Stick some Harry Potter posters in his room while he's out.
192. Sing him a lullaby every time he sleeps.
193. Tell him that he must be a good boy so that Santa Claus will give him a pair of underwear with Harry on it.
194. Get him one of Mozart's baby CD and play it while he sleeps.
195. Mock one of Harry Potter's lines in the book that involves his greatness.
196. Change his reading glasses to a glasses exactly like Harry's.
197. Ask him if he wears color contact lenses.
198. Ask him if when he was rearranging the letters in his name why he couldn't have come up with something more threatening than Voldemort? "I mean Voldemort what kind of name is that? ooh I'm scared now! Voldemort ahhh!
199. Submit him for The Bachelor.
200. Use spray paint to write on his walls and write 'Snape was here'.
201. Make up "yo mama" jokes to everything he says.
202. Stick his hand in a glass of warm water while he's sleeping.
203. Get him a Harry Potter computer game and tell him that only in the game he can kill Harry.
204. Get some friends together, sneak into a Death Eaters' meeting, and bring lots of confetti and pink streamers.
205. Tell him that he must be crazy to think that his death eaters will listen to his orders when he is almost dead.
206. Tell him that he's too short and that he needs platform shoes.
207. Buy him pink robes and explain that pink is the new black.
208. When he's sleeping, draw a scar on his forehead.
209. Secretly design his room with Harry Potter posters and with black marker write 'Don't You LOVE him?'
210. Remind him how good looking he used to be.
211. Laugh when he's trying to say something serious.
212. Pat his head.
213. Buy him a wig that looks like Harry Potter's hair for Christmas.
214. Call him 'Hottie' or 'Sugar'.
215. Insist on calling him Moldy Voldy
216. Say, "Well! Somebody needs a little sunshine up his jumper today, would you say?" when he threatens you with any one or more of the unforgivables.
217. Write theme music for him and start playing it every time he enters the room.
218. Offer to give him his first kiss in front of at least five Death Eaters.
219. Offer to get him into Hogwarts by dressing him up as a first year girl.
220. Get him an apron that says "kiss the evil cook."
221. Ask him what happened to give him that high pitched voice. Giggle as though you have an idea what happened.
222. Ask about the one-eyed snake. Insist you were talking about his pet.
223. Give him lace panties for his birthday.
224. Sing the infamous "darth vader" theme when he enters a room.
225. Force him to go to muggle garage sales with you EVERY weekend.
226. Ask him to watch an episode of 'Care Bears' with you, and insist he watch it fully, even the credits. Then after, ask him which bear he thinks you are, then tell him which you think he is.
227. Insist that he goes to the Yule Ball with you, then make him slow dance in the middle of the crowd with you. Don't forget, everyone wants that special kiss on their special evening, and so does Voldemort!
228. Buy him Good Charlotte CDs for his birthday.
229. Tell his Death Eaters it was his orders that they all wear pink tutus.
230. Offer to let him borrow your strawberry lip gloss.
231. Do some y-ya-him-a-shelabba magic on him beleive me that wil trick him!!
232. Call him "Moldy shorts" and when he gets mad, tell him that he should wash them at least once in awhile!
233. Bring a whole bunch of muggles and let them play around with them and a bunch of them will sing!
234. Cook him 'evil' chicken soup when he gets a cold and mother him half to death. 

** But yes, "You maynt like it minister.. but you cant deny... THESE ARE HILARIOUS!!!" <3

PoTTeRmoRe : The more to everything!

When I said 'more' to everything.. I even meant the number of fans, the madness displayed by each of them, the wait for the next one and lots MORE!!

These words have been the very chant we are hearing from mouths of people all around the world. Even people who have not been part of the magical journey from the beginning know that the final movie of the Harry Potter series released worldwide on Friday, July 15. Most of those people, made it a point to see it. Till now, all my friends who have seen the movie find it great but they are quite taken with the ‘Post – Potter – Depression’ or what they are calling it. Yes definitely, it is heartbreaking to think that no more of the Potter movies… no visits to Hogwarts… no classes… no magic!

But only a true PotterManiac knows that the ‘Harry Potter – magic’ can never vanish. The characters, the stories, the magic within… will never die! Neither can it end.
With the release of the first novel, J.K.Rowling presented everyone with a world, an entire new world or you can just call it – a Parallel Universe. Since then, there have been people who keep joining the race but there hasn’t been a single person to know where this will end.





 

[Image courtesy : Dhruv Khurana] 

Its my own WELCOME - ME - BACK post...

I had been thinking so much about to return... when to return.. ... how to return... ...

There has been so much I want to write about.. blog.. so many times I had to view my blogs to check something and in between the process when I saw my older posts.. that was a true delight.. <3
So I am so lovin it bein back... :D