aaj baazaar meN..

aaj baazaar meN paa-bajaulaaN chalo

(paa-bajaulaaN – shackles on feet like a prisoner)

chashm-e-nam, jaan-e-shoriidaa kaafii nahiiN
tohmat-e-ishq-e-poshiidaa baaqii nahiiN
aaj baazaar meN paa-bajaulaaN chalo

(chashm-e-nam : teary eyes; jaan-e-shoriidaa : distressed soul; poshiidaa : hidden)

dast-afshaaN chalo, mast-o-raqsaaN chalo
Khaak-bar-sar chalo, Khuun-baa-damaaN chalo
raah taktaa hai sab shah’r-e-janaaN chalo
aaj baazaar meN paa-bajaulaaN chalo

(dast-e-afshaaN : swinging hands; mast-o-raqsaaN : dancing in trance; Khaak-bar-sar : kicking the dust; khuun-baa-damaaN : blood on sleeves; shah’r-e-janaaN : city of the beloved)

haakim-e-shah’r bhii, majmaa-e-aam bhii
tiir-e-ilzaam bhii, sang-e-dushnaam bhii
subh-e-nashaad bhii, roz-e-nakaam bhii
aaj baazaar meN paa-bajaulaaN chalo

(haakim-e-shah’r : ruler of the city; majmaa-e-aam : the crowd of common people; tiir-e-ilzaam : arrow of accusation; sang-e-dushnam : the stones on road; subh-e-nashaad : the sad morning; roz-e-nakaam : the unsucessful day)

in kaa damsaaz apne sivaa kaun hai
shah’r-e-jaanaN meN ab baa-safaa kaun hai
dast-e-qaatil ke shaayaaN rahaa kaun hai

(damsaaz : friend; baa-safaa : sincere; dast-e-qaatil : hands of the murderer; shaayaaN : worthy)

rakht-e-dil baandh lo, dil figaaro chalo
phir hamiiN qatl ho aayeN yaaro chalo.
aaj baazaar meN paa-bajaulaaN chalo

(rakht-e-dil : heart beats; dil figaaro : broken hearted)
Faiz Ahmed Faiz

you can here this:  http://aligarians.com/2006/12/aaj-baazaar-men-paa-bajaulaan-chalo/

Aisa hi

Seene mein jalan, aankhon mein toofan sa kyon hai, Is shahar main har saqs pareshaan sa kyon hai?

Sirf ek kadam utha tha ghalat rahe shauq mein Manzil tamam umr hame dhundti rahi (Just one wrong step in the way of the quest and my destination looked for me all life long.

Friendship day muses

Simply happy that on the name of friendship day, i am all updated about friends happening or at least rejuvenated my lame social life in a way via phone/email/card/sms to n fro/chat from every nook n corner of the small world.

It feels the long crib+cack+arbit session are back with a bang, reminding of old insti days with fresh touches of so called mature talks, mostly on crib list new entry i.e. sucking jobs, high level relationship updates(*no silly details), Gyaan movie/books checklist and what not (But, Pappu can’t mention sala:D)

This Blog is simply to mark my belief to make the day’s presence as SPECIAL!!

(Courtecy : KUNGFu panda)

The secret ingredient of my secret ingredient soup is NOTHING.

There is no secret ingredient. Its just YOU.

“To make something special, You just have to believe it SPECIAL”

I am yours’

Jason Marz : I’m Yours lyrics

Well you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you’re so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
And now I’m trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I’ll be giving it my bestest
Nothing’s going to stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it’s again my turn to win some or learn some

I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I’m yours

Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you’re free
Look into your heart and you’ll find love love love
Listen to the music of the moment maybe sing with me
I like peaceful melodys
It’s your God-forsaken right to be loved love loved love love

So I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I’m sure
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours

I’ve been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed
I guess what I’m saying is there ain’t no better reason
To rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
It’s what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue

I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I’m sure
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours

Well no no, well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you’re free
Look into your heart and you’ll find love love love love
Listen to the music of the moment come and dance with me
I like one big family (2nd time: I like happy family)
It’s your God-forsaken right to be loved love love love

I won’t hesitate no more
Oh no more no more no more
It’s your God-forsaken right to be loved, I’m sure
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours

No I won’t hesitate no more, no more
This cannot wait I’m sure
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours, I’m yours 

PS:  I was basking in happy zOne thought for a while, feeling completely amazed by GOD acting of Heath Ledger in THE DARK KNIGHT n ya, finally i get hold of India since independence and of  rocking mumbai monsoon

Usual Status update:

Book: India Since Independence

Song: Aaj kal pao jameen

mode: Sleepy , damn sleepy’

Simply books

I dont know what but, sparing all possible time on books from last few days. Be it nightout or whatever..i m trying to complete them for the sake of completing like academics/todo work.

Something definitely wrong this days. Still in insomniac state that too on any book i just lay my hands on and just keeping other booked books as it is.

• Nicholas taleb “Black Swan”
• Herman hesse “Siddhartha”
• Paulo Coelho “Brida”
• Paulo Coelho “The devil & miss Prym”
• Sudha Murty “How to teach a grandmother”

Visited Landmark last friday to get some history books….i am desparately looking for Bipin Chandra’s “India after independece”

MP’s get CREATIVE

I simply can’t resist the temptation to put a comment on Indian Parliamentary League. The so called political hullabaloos of trust vote, which will be deciding the fate of UPA govt. 

While, there is enough to read everywhere on how & why of Trust Vote. I am interested in putting the creativity of MP’s in such rustle. It’s commendable of them, that in such a crisis zone, they are able to grind their creative juices

NDA: Non Delivering Agent

UPA: United Poacher Association

BSP: Buying Samajwadi Party

CPM: Cross Party Morcha

Well, further update on same. Now, Media gets creative with using songs like ” SINGH IS KING” and all possible flashy n catchy oneliners.

Usual status update

Book: Paulo Coelho “The devil & miss Prym”

Music: AR Rahman “Lukkha chupi n Kahin to hogi wo “

Mood: Irritating n Pricky

State of mind: Zombie (technically speaking Out of STATE )

Independence day reads

I know i have been pretty late in posting it, it was in my outbox and simply forgot to post on The Day, anyways as said in old cliché its better late than never. So far i ve completed only one. Hey, do not forget to lend me one, if you have any of them

A collection of titles to remember the sixty years gone by… (Courtesy: THE HINDU)

The 60th year celebration of Indian independence is an occasion to browse through tomes that takes you back in time. Penguin India celebrates the spirit of freedom through a collection of titles. The list has more than 30 titles that have already been published; some of them will be released as revised editions.

Here are some of the titles:

* Vishnu’s crowded temple: India since the great rebellion by Maria Misra

* The Great Partition: The making of India and Pakistan by Yasmin Khan

* India since 1947: The independent years by Gopa Sabharwal

* The Penguin book of modern Indian speeches by Rakesh Batabyal

* The ultimate India quiz book by Derek O’Brien

* The great Indian middle class by Pavan K. Varma

* India 2020: A vision for the new millennium by A.P.J. Abdul kalam

* India unbound by Gurcharan Das

* The argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen

* India: From the midnight to the millennium and beyond by Shashi Tharoor

* The Elephant, the tiger and the cellphone: Reflections on India in the 21st century by Shashi Tharoor

* India after independence by Bipin Chandra

* Being Indian: The truth about why the 21st century will be India’s by Pavan K. Varma

* India in slow motion by mark Tully

* The idea of India by Sunil Khilnani

* Out of God’s oven: Trav a fractured land by Dom Moraes and Sarayu Srivasta

* Holy warriors: A journey into the heart of Indian fundamentalism by Edna Fernandes

* Everybody loves a good drought by P. Sainath

* No full stops in India by Mark Tully : Through it Its Introduction simply rocks .Ummm

* The other side of silence: Voices from the partition of India by Urvashi Butalia

* The discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru

* Mohandas: A true story of a man, his people and his empire by Rajmohan Gandhi

* The Indians, portrait of a people by Sudhir Kakar and Katharina Kakar

* India’s struggle for independence by Bipin Chandra

* Brushing up the years: A cartoonist’s history of India by R.K. Laxman

* The age of Kali by William Dalyrymple

Enjoy doing nothing

From last few days, i am simply lazing around (Obviously not talking about Official work) in Amchi Mumbai. Actually speaking, when i was in Hyd did everythign but not enjoyed as such. Now, as such havent done anything special still njoying the nothingness.

but, from last few days…life is on rocking mode from all parameters. Inspite of all this my cribu parameter is still indicating constant green light.

• Firstly- Sumeet off to S’pore today(Just for memory sake:P)..cudnt go to see him off
• Gsearch of House is on..yet no success. Trust me, its real pain in ass to get the House/Home.
• Mumbai is rocking all time, with early monsoon, house search, local train travel, IIT stay..Literaly, met so many new people in short span than in entire tenure of HYD. My lukkha stint is almost back.
• Work so far so good. Getting to know Old Govt Legacy system….one must see it:D
• May 22 HYD(AP)–>B’lore(Karnataka)–> Mysore(Karnataka)–>Wynard(Kerala)–>B’lore(karnataka)–>Mumbai(Maharastra)–> Indore(MP)–> June 17 Mumbai(Maharastra) All i can say travelled 5 states in last 25 days and in coming next 2 weeks i ll be again in my travelling mode of HYD, Mumbai, Chennai….n dunno know where. So, in short quite adventurous.
• May 18: Did hazaar shopping, hair cut…Thank God, this time i dint buy any new pair of shoe. Took an onerous work…results awaiting

Well, i got to rush home now. Signing off for while, i will get back with full bang on all about my last weekend fultu TP on terrific mix of genres of movies ranging from tollywood to hollywood to korean. Starting from Korean movie (MY LITTLE BRIDE) than Gult (BOMERELU) , bollywood (AMIR) leading to British movie( PS I LOVE YOU) and finally ending my weekend with Hollywood movie ( INTO THE WILD).

Usual Status update:
Book: “Catcher in the rye”
Music: Eddie Vedder( Into the Wild)

ADs, an artistic touch…

AAA: All About Ads.
The mundane has a habit of catching up with You occupying your psyche and making you believe you actually love selling/buying toothpastes or shampoos.

Usually rush/avalanche of ads during important 1day or some big cine buster..But for me, it is now naturally coming these days….. I am really into ads as far as televisions are concerned, other than Mtv, NDTV Profit or Goodtimes for leisure or just passing time.

Little bit of flashback. NO PARAMPARA/tradition…Yeh Sab bakwaas hain. Certainly, background helps us to scratch the underlying layers and create a better understanding of each other as far as context is concerned.

Well, I started analyzing ads or actually noticing & appreciating the nitty gitty behind an add very recently. Thanks to ads elective in SOM. (Will add more detail analysis later….i dont want to digress anymore on the name of MAKING..)

In really short span of a min it tells you the whole story…the creativity What amazes me is usually a very simple funda… much of which based on

KISS principle: Keep it simple n stupid . Basically general junta ko chamke..how true it applies in all matters of life;) Stick to basics…it usually speak ur heart and gives u genuinine feel without even a glimpse of attitude or so called showoff. BASICS rocks !!!! Whenever i tried to get immune to traditional values ..i simply cant’ they are so basic too me that even if i try to turn it off..it continues to turn me on !!(Courtecy: Samsung)

B4 going in details, I m gonna rate my current fav which holds me from shuffling the remote.

1. Asian paints: “Kamal ho gaya Tau, banglo to abhi bhi chamak riya hian tau”/ Kya sunil babu, BADHIYA Hain”
2. MOtorazer : Hey little boys, little gal’s with hot hunk and sexy babe…with amazing catchy music.. Comon’
3. Moods: My man…yeh kya hua, kaise hua…such a revelation through the song which do not fit in main theme category
4. Cadbury ads: Kya baat hain Jindagai main..the very old one on cricket pitch..MY FAV…Kuch Mitha ho jaye is also Kadak one liner.
5. Vodafone/Hutch : Girls singing Pahla Nasha..or Guy waiting in Lift for a soulmate..n the Classic dogy one…YOU N I in this beautiful world..Wherever you go our Network follows(Completely false fact..though it saved many in HYD Blast and no blame on me if my phone is unreachable.
6. Naukri.com: Hari Sadu..H for hitler, A for arrogant, I for idiot…n S for stupid..MAAshaallah.
7. Recent Canara bank adds: ham badle apno ke liye…Nicely presented

 Some one liners which are too too catchy: Bada hain to behtar hian, Zor ka zatka dhire se lage, Wah Sunil “Babu Badhiya hian”, Yaara Da TASHAN, You n I in this beautiful world..

Some worst one , irritating one thought catchy: Mind n body heart n soul mujme shakti hian anmol, Mera ashirvad hian tumhare saath, Yeh under ki baat hian wagerah wagerah…

Many more to come…And you all please feel free to add ad to this list!!! AAJ ke liye itna ki bai khabren phir kabhi:D

Weird Laws..but quite true

Murphy’s Original Law
If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.

Murphy’s Law
If anything can go wrong — it will.

Murphy’s First Corollary
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.

Murphy’s Second Corollary
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

Quantized Revision of Murphy’s Law
Everything goes wrong all at once.

Murphy’s Constant
Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value.

The Murphy Philosophy
Smile… tomorrow will be worse.