Joy, tradition and business

Traditionally there are three major events in a person's life when community/ family comes together and money is spent as per the (perceived) status of the person/ family under consideration

1. Birth of a child and ensuing celebrations (so many social events)
2. Marriage, perhaps the biggest of the three, big fat indian wedding (perhaps because two families are involved)
3. Death; yes even death is such a good business proposition for many starting from Pandit to the halwaai

Rahat Indori @Mushaira

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XroXS-k_XOw

शाखों से टूट जाएँ वो पत्ते नही हैं हम
आंधी से कोई कह दे की औकात में रहे|

कभी महक की तरह हम गुलो से उड़ते हैं
कभी धुए की तरह पर्वतो से उड़ते हैं
ये कैंचियाँ हमें उड़ने से खाख रोकेगी
की हम परो से नही हौसलों से उड़ते हैं

मरहबा सलाम क्या कहने हैं

nice nazm by Rahat Indori Sahib

कितनी पी कैसे कटी रात मुझे होश नही
रात के साथ गई बात मुझे होश नही

मुझको ये भी नही मालुम की जाना है कहाँ
थाम ले कोई हाथ मुझे होश नही

आंसुओ और शराबो में गुज़र है अब तो
मैंने कब देखी थी बरसात मुझे होश नही

जाने क्या टुटा है पैमाना या की दिल मेरा
बिखरे बिखरे हैं ख्यालात मुझे होश नही


the last couplet is just awesome

http://www.urdupoetry.com/rindori03.html

funny shayari

where is the party tonight????? get the answer to this poignant question!!!!!

Ig Nobel awards for stupid science

The Ig Nobels, or Igs, are an annual exercise in irreverence that celebrate research that “cannot, or should not, be repeated”. They are given to scientists whose results first make people laugh, and then make them think.
The ceremony took place at Harvard University on Thursday, with the coveted prizes handed out by real Nobel laureates. This year’s recipients were allowed no more than 60 seconds to deliver their acceptance speech, a time limit enforced by an eight-year-old girl.

Mathematics prize: Awarded to Gideon Gono, governor of Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank, for giving people a simple way of dealing with a wide range of numbers. Mr. Gono ordered his bank to print notes with denominations ranging from one cent to one hundred trillion dollars.

http://beta.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article28106.ece

William Butler Yeats

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.

I had first heard these lines in a movie named Equilibrium....the last line is just so awesome

Shair by Late Munir Niazi Sahab

ख़याल जिसका था मुझे, ख्याल में मिला मुझे
सवाल का जबाब भी, सवाल में मिला मुझे|

किसी को अपनी अमल का हिसाब क्या देते
सवाल सारे ग़लत थे, जबाब क्या देते|

अमल = Actions

Just a thought

When you are seating in the middle row of an assembly your "area of view" is reduced accordingly as you can not see behind your back but if you sit in the back you can have a full view. My observation:

Backbenchers have the widest view and perspective :)

what to say!!!!!!!!!!!

Movie: Hum Dono (1961)
Lyricist: Sahir Ludhianvi

कभी ख़ुद पे, कभी हालात पे रोना आया
बात निकली, तो हर इक बात पे रोना आया

हम तो समझे थे कि हम भूल गए हैं उनको
क्या हुआ आज, ये किस बात पे रोना आया

किस लिये जीते हैं हम किसके लिये जीते हैं
बारहा ऐसे सवालात पे रोना आया

कौन रोता है किसी और की ख़ातिर ऐ दोस्त
सबको अपनी ही किसी बात पे रोना आया

http://smriti.com/hindi-songs/kabhii-khud-pe-kabhii-haalaat-pe-ronaa-aayaa

ek khayal

महफिल में गर बैठे हो तो बनो महफिल की जीनत
रोने को तो यूँ ज़माने वाले और भी मौके देंगे

हितेश कुमार "अनायास"

chalo ik baar phir se ajnabi ban jaayen hum dono

Movie: Gumrah (1963)
Lyricist: Sahir Ludhiyanavi.....the guy is simply great


चलो इक बार फिर से, अजनबी बन जाएं हम दोनों
चलो इक बार फिर से ...

न मैं तुमसे कोई उम्मीद रखूँ दिलनवाज़ी की
न तुम मेरी तरफ़ देखो गलत अंदाज़ नज़रों से
न मेरे दिल की धड़कन लड़खड़ाये मेरी बातों से
न ज़ाहिर हो तुम्हारी कश्म-कश का राज़ नज़रों से
चलो इक बार फिर से ...

तुम्हें भी कोई उलझन रोकती है पेशकदमी से
मुझे भी लोग कहते हैं कि ये जलवे पराए हैं
मेरे हमराह भी रुसवाइयां हैं मेरे माझी की - २
तुम्हारे साथ भी गुज़री हुई रातों के साये हैं
चलो इक बार फिर से ...

तार्रुफ़ रोग हो जाये तो उसको भूलना बेहतर
ताल्लुक बोझ बन जाये तो उसको तोड़ना अच्छा
वो अफ़साना जिसे अंजाम तक लाना ना हो मुमकिन - २
उसे एक खूबसूरत मोड़ देकर छोड़ना अच्छा
चलो इक बार फिर से ...

http://smriti.com/hindi-songs/chalo-ik-baar-phir-se-ajanabii-ban-jaayen-ham-donon-utf8

out of your comfort zone

निंदक नियरे राखिये, आँगन कुटी छवाई
बिन पानी साबुन बिना, निर्मल करे सुभाए

MIND GAME...worth trying believe me

Think of a number from 1 to 10

Multiply that number by 9

If the number is a 2-digit number, add the digits together

Now subtract 5

Determine which letter in the alphabet corresponds to the number you ended up with

(example: 1=a, 2=B, 3=c,etc.)

Think of a country that starts with that letter

Remember the last letter of the name of that country

Think of the name of an animal that starts with that letter

Remember the last letter in the name of that animal

Think of the name of a fruit that starts with that letter

when done, press Ctrl + A, and read the end of the post

! ; Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in Denmark eating an Orange ?

No matter which number you select from 1 to 9, the end number would be 4 and 4 = D.

For example,

1*9 = 9 -5 = 4

2*9= 18; 1+8=9 – 5 = 4

3*9 = 27; 2+7=9 -5 = 4, and so on

There are only 3 countries in the world whose name starts with D; Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti & Denmark. I believe this explains Denmark.

http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/c2k/c2knation.html

Now for the animals whose name starts with K;

Kaffir cat, Kafue flats lechwe, Kalahari scrub robin, Kangaroo, Kelp gull, Killer whale, Kingfisher, Kite, Klipspringer, etc.

http://lib.colostate.edu/wildlife/atoz.php?sortby=Common_Name&letter=K

This would explain kangaroo.

Now for the fruit with O, I believe this is easy.

Now to answer differently you should either be citizens of congo or Djibouti or a really freaked out mind.

The Counterfeiters

The plan was directed by, and named after, SS Sturmbannführer (Major) Bernhard Krüger, who set up a team of 142 counterfeiters from inmates at Sachsenhausen concentration camp at first, and then from other camps, especially Auschwitz। Beginning in 1942, the work of engraving the complex printing plates, developing the appropriate rag-based paper with the correct watermarks, and breaking the code to generate valid serial numbers was extremely difficult, but by the time Sachsenhausen was evacuated in April 1945 the printing press had produced 8,965,080 banknotes with a total value of £134,610,810. The notes are considered among the most perfect counterfeits ever produced, being almost impossible to distinguish from the real currency.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bernhard

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813547/

one of the first ghazals that I memorized, by Saleem Kaushar Sahib

मैं ख्याल हूँ किसी और का, मुझे सोचता कोई और है
सरे-आइना मेरा अक्स है, पसे-आइना कोई और है

मैं किसी के दस्ते-तलब में हूँ, किसी के हर्फे-दुआ में हूँ
मैं नसीब हूँ किसी और का, मुझे मांगता कोई और है

अजब ऐतबार-ओ-बे ऐतबारी के दरम्यान है जिन्दगी
मैं करीब हूँ किसी और के मुहे जानता कोई और है

मेरी रौशनी तेरी खद्दो-खाल से मुख्तलिफ तो नही मगर
तू करीब आ तुझे देख लूँ तू वही है या कोई और है

तुझे दुश्मनों की ख़बर न थी मुझे दोस्तों का पता नही
तेरी दास्ताँ कोई और थी मेरा वाक्या कोई और है

वही मुन्सिफों की रिवायते वही फैसलों की इबारतें
मेरा जुर्म तो कोई और था पर मेरी सज़ा कोई और है

कभी लौट आयें तो पूछना नही देखना उन्हें गौर से
जिन्हें रास्ते में ख़बर हुई की ये रास्ता कोई और है

जो मेरी रियाज़ते-नीम-शब् को "सलीम" सुबह न मिल सकी
तो इसके मानी तो ये हुए की यहाँ खुदा कोई और है

http://aligarians.com/2006/02/main-khayaal-huun-kisii-aur-kaa-mujhe-sochataa-koii-aur-hai/

rat race

a samll ghazal by Nida Fazli Sahib

हर तरफ़ हर जगह बेशुमार आदमी
फिर भी तन्हाईयों का शिकार आदमी

सुबह से शाम तक बोझ ढोता हुआ
अपनी ही लाश का ख़ुद मजार आदमी

हर तरफ़ भागते दौड़ते रास्ते
हर तरफ़ आदमी का शिकार आदमी

रोज़ जीता हुआ रोज़ मरता हुआ
हर नए दिन नया इंतज़ार आदमी

ज़िन्दगी का मुकद्दर सफर दर सफर
आखिरी साँस तक बेकरार आदमी

Into The Wild (movie quote)

Seas only gifts are hard blows and occasionally the chance to feel strong. Now, I don't know much about the sea, but I do know that that's the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions facing the blind deaf stone alone with nothing to help you but your hands and your own head.

Raj's goons target 26/11 heroes

Raj's goons target 26/11 heroes

Ketki Angre

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 10:07 PM (Nashik)

On Monday, those who were martyred in the Mumbai attacks on November 26, 2008 were honoured a grateful nation on Republic Day in New Delhi.

But in Nashik, the workers of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) went on a rampage in a civic school, burning and tearing apart the posters of those heroes.

The reason -- locals were celebrating their martyrdom by singing Bhojpuri songs. The incident has left locals shaken and insecure.

For 11-year-old Sunita Yadav, who was at school when the mob came, it was a nightmare.

"My brother and I called for help. We hid under the staircase. My foot was hurt and I could not go to school the next day. When I returned, my mother was crying," Sunita said.

Last February, Raj Thackeray's hate campaign had forced an exodus from this MNS stronghold.

About 50 per cent have returned but these incidents will make them insecure once again.

"Anything can happen anytime. Where will we go?" a villager said.

Raj Thackeray has been arrested four times over the last year but he remains undeterred. And by arresting 18 MNS workers in this attack, the state claims enough has been done.

"We want to send a strong message. All those indulged in violence have been arrested. Strict sections have been applied to them," Maharashtra Home Minister Jayant Patil said.

It is not just Raj Thackeray's party but also the Shiv Sena that is on a rampage. Sena MP Sanjay Raut was briefly arrested and released on bail on Tuesday, a week after leading a brazen attack on a five star hotel in the city.

But it's clear that the Shiv Sena too doesn't fear tough action from the government.

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20090081600&type=News