Jhini re Jhini re Jhini..

If I had to think about one album that I could listen to over and over again, without thinking of forwarding the songs that has to be KANDISA, by Indian Ocean...

Needless to mention, I am in love with the way the music and the lyrics flow in every single song... and the vocals are fantastic... Another song that I love to love is the title song from the album Jhini... love the folk touch with the guitar and the percussion... for me music does not get better than this...

Nothing in my list of albums that I want to hear a million times beats Kandisa.

And I noticed something today... you can go to the official website of the band and download the MP3s from there itself...

कुछ ऐसा करने का dil करे

dil का अरमान के खुली हवा हो ...

और उसे सांस मे भर लेने का dil करे

आखों के आगे न ज़मीन हो न आस्मान ...

और चलते चले जाने का dil करे

ऊपर देखूं तो कुछ तारे मुझसे बात करने के लिए नीचे हो जाएँ ...

और मेरा sirf उनको niharne का dil करे ...

कहीं दूर पहाड़ के पीछे से बांसुरी की आवाज़ आये ...

और मेरा भी कुछ गाने गुनगुनाने का dil करे ...

कहीं दूर एक झरने से पानी के गिरने की आवाज़ आ रही हो ...

और उस आवाज़ मे खो जाने का dil करे ...

एक् रेलगाडी की सीटी सन्नाटे को चीरते हुए मेरे कानो तक पहुंचे ...

और फिर वापस घर जाने के dil करे ...

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Dil ka armaan ke khuli hawa ko...

aur Saans lene ka dil kare

aakhon ke aage na zameen ho na aasman...

aur chalte chale jaane ka dil kare

upar dekhoon to kuch taare mujhse baat karne ke liye neeche ho jayen...

aur mera sirf unko niharne ka dil kare...

Kahin door pahad ke peeche se baansuri ki aawaz aaye...

aur mera bhi kuch gaane gungunane ka dil kare...

kaheen door jharne se paani ke girne ki aawaz aa rahi ho...

aur us aawaz mein kho jaane ka dil kare...

ek railgaadi ki seeti sannate ko cheerte hue mere kaano tak pahunche...

aur phir wapas ghar jaane ke dil kare...

Parental Guidance Advised 'even' for Adults

I reached home pretty late last night almost around midnight...

It was a li'il strange sitting in the train coach all alone... no one in the entire coach that I was sitting in... but was kinda happy to see a lot of people get down at Horley, the town where I am staying these days...

A good 10 minute walk under the stars to home, and a warm room... nice...

Switched on the television, got the juice from the fridge.. and saw something on TV that almost shocked me...

A Girl's guide to 21st Century Sex..

Yes that was the name of the program on Channel 4, one of the 4 channels that i get on the TV in my room... and this program was about the to dos and the don'ts... i guess i joined the program in the last 20 minutes of the last episode of the season 1... hence a quick recap of what was there in the entire series was being shown, which included

~Discusions with sex experts about how to get the most out of your encounters
~People having sex on camera, with cameras stuck all over their bodies... and inside too ( if you know what I mean), so basically leaving nothing to imagination...
~Alternative Sex.. Gays, Lesbians, Groupies, Tantric Sex and all that...and
~Some utterly grose Surgeries...

And nothing about this program was even remotely erotic... While I had to appreciate the intention behind it, I still found myself asking if TV shows need to be this explicit about SEX... I am not sure...

and why is this program titled a Girl's Guide to...

The Itch to Drive...

18060007, originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ "FoTo-SoFiCaL" Bhardwaj.

A = Accelerator
B= Break
C = Clutch
D = Drive
E = Exciting
F = Fkking Exciting
G = God, when do I drive again?
H = Hoping to Drive soon
I = I want to drive
J : Jab I drive, tab I have fun
K : Kabhi na kabhi, I will drive from JK to Kanya Kumari
L : Long Drive
M : Mornings are the best time to drive
N : Nothing else but Palio
O : Ooops, i forgot one CD.. damn..
P : Phull Time Masti
Q : Questions on the rules here...
R : Raring to Go
S : Speed thrills, but kills...
T : total funn...
U : U turns to boring places not allowed
V : Very nice thoughts
W : Whole of India..
X : Xciting
Y: Y wait...
Z : ZZZZ never while driving.. but i like if the rest of the gang is sleeping and i am driving :)

and one song that I have to have to listen to when I am out on a drive is All Star by Smashmouth... check out the lyrics below... its been my favorite for ages now...

Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kinda dumb with her fingers and her
Thumb
And the shape of an "L" on her forehead

Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Back to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow

Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on, get paid
(And all that glitters is gold)
Only shooting stars break the mold

It's a cool place and they say it gets colder
You're bundled up now but wait 'til you get older
But the media men beg to differ
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture

The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
The waters getting warm so you might as well swim
My world's on fire how about yours
That's the way I like it and I never get bored

Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on, get paid
(And all that glitters is gold)
Only shooting stars break the mold

Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on, get paid
(And all that glitters is gold)
Only shooting stars...

Somebody once asked, "could you spare some change for gas
I need to get myself away from this place"
I said yep what a concept
I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change.

Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Back to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow

Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on, get paid
(And all that glitters is gold)
Only shooting stars break the mold

(And all that glitters is gold)
Only shooting stars break the mold

Sympathy for me...

How does it feel to open the shower one chilly winter morning, hoping that you will have some warm, if not hot water... and what pours on you is the cold water...

sounds like a funny situation !!! When that happens to me, which it does at times... i usually scream out loud!!! :D

what happens when something of this sort happens to emotions...

Something similar happened to me sometime back... Its not been a very interesting trip this time in UK... work pressure, being alone, not speaking a single word for the entire day, etc etc keeps me busy...

and to add to it one of my monday mornings, not today, started with bad rains and winds... and while I was trying to handle the umbrella and myself, there were cars on the road, which shamelessly kept splashing water on me everytime they passed by... for someone looking at me, that would have been a funny situation.. but there was li'il that I could do... if i stand under the only two shades around, the cars would ensure i was wet... and otherwise, the rains and the winds would... pretty neat consipiracy that was :D

last week... I was told that when I told about this incident to a friend, I was looking for sympathy for my condition in UK...

and I was stunned... why would a friend ask for Sympathies?
... friends don't need sympathies !!! do they?
was I looking for sympathy? NO...

strange...

That incident made me think about a few other people would have reacted to this situation of mine

Aro: He would have laughed his ass off.... and he will when i tell him this...
Deepu : Would give a quick practical advice on how i can manage the next time this happens...
Subbu : Would listen and not really react to it...
Bindiya: would just laugh and tell me that I am responsible and that I am an idiot to get out in the rain... to end it would ask if I managed a cup of tea or not when i reached office...
Tushar : Would have said," Chal koi na... wapas aaja chai piyenge".
Mom : Would have called, emailed to ensure that i was keeping myself warm and packed for atleast 5 days after that day... she did... though she does not know that I was running fever the entire week...

While I now smile thinking about how some people, I know, would extend their sympathies to this cry baby; I remind myself of being careful of how people look at you... its not a very good feeling when you are looked down upon and made to realise that you are not worth it... and I am going to not like it for a very long time....

Oh on a footnote, I am thinking of doing a roadtrip between London to Brussels via Paris sometime soon... any ideas or thoughts?

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Looks like with SaveBuckets you not only will save some money, but will also get the right products all the time.

Marriage there... Party here...

Gaurav Narang is getting married tomorrow... one of my dearest friends...

His marriage is one occasion that I really really wanted to be a part of.. its like my own brother getting married..

and I would be here in the UK missing out on one of the most important functions of my life...

Aseem is also getting married tomorrow... Another gem that I know... missing his great day too...

I think I should figure out a way to celebrate the weddings.... hmm.. lets see...

God bless them!!!

Outside myself...

I am here because someone has decided that i should be here, and I am...

Why am I crying, as one of my friends always says, or feeling bad about things and people who are not around me?

Instead why am I not loving and living what I should ?

There is more to life than I can see, there is something else which I don't realise, there is something that I am a part of but its a part of me too...

Too many thoughts flying around in random motion inside my head, but when I move out of my own body and see them from outside, they look in perfect symmetry...

Reminds me of the times, when as a kid, I used to think what if I have to travel to the end of the space... would i really find it?
Peace

Are you Single?

Do you think Singles have to work harder? Probably because they cannot say to the boss, that they have a wife, or a husband or a kid waiting back home?

:D

Firefox 3

Firefox 3 Beta 1 was made available for download yesterday to be tested...

What surprises me is that this is available in Gujrati as well, however only for Mac and Linux... Why did they choose only this language of all the languages in India, and why is it that its not there for Windows...


Are there many gujju users of firefox and who use it on Mac and Linux?

wondering...

anyway... THIS is where you click, in case you want to try it out...

And after many many days, i forgot to have my lunch... not that its anything great or to be proud of... but i like it when my mind is occupied with work... it does not wander around with things that would trouble me otherwise...

Fill it up... and don't ask how !!!

There is a way to talk to people who work with you...

either you simply blame them for making a point, writing an email, sending a note or speaking something.. and turn them off to whatever you are going to say next..

or you first put your point across, and understand theirs and then see what needs to be done...

thankfully, i don't get as irritated as I used to get if someone does the first one with me... but it still does not piss me off any less...

and thankfully, of all the 60-70 people who have reported to me at work at some time or the other, none of them complained about me being the first type of a person...

Who can fill a bloddy form right if they are not given the instructions, and specially when the form is also an older version, which is not to be used anymore? and no one bothers to tell that to you either !!! and what adds to the irritation is the fact, that you had asked about the instructions months ago, and thats when it was treated as the least priority item...

I Ain't Got no Left Feet !!!

Its amazing what one good song can do to you...

I have been pretty dull since morning... and winamp just now chose to play "Mauja hi Mauja" from Jab We Met...

first thing i did was pause it, put the headphones one, increase the volume and PLAY...

and i could do nothing but dance while sitting in couch... well too lazy to get up you see...

My eyes closed... and what flashed through my eyes were

1. The jam sessions at college
2. Spectramind parties
3. Hughes get-togethers where we used to dance our asses out on our favorite songs being played over and over again ( the sariska outing where we played Dhol Mix of Summer of 69 over 25 times; the rain dance party when Summer of 69 ruled, followed by Amar Arshi's Kala Chashma)
4. Mantas party when we danced almost all night;
5. IBM's new year parties;
6. A couple of outings at Capitol, Ashoka in Delhi

Not that I am a great dancer, but I don't dissapoint... not myself neither anyone who gives me company !!!

I am getting a kick out of thinking about those evenings...

And while I was writing this post, Winamp decided to play DJ with Hare Raama Hare Krishna from Bhool Bhulaiyya...

and now in true DJ ishtyle, a twisty song from Hey Baby...

O Meri Jaan, na le le meri jaan... teri adaa...

Gustaakhi Maaf Kardi.. Ab to insaaf karde...
Apna Dil Saaf Karde.. Kehna to Maan le..

Jaane bhi De.. Jo bhi hua Jaane Bhi de !!!


Hey... could someone send me a link where I can get the list which is published in the Delhi Times every week, for the last weeks best songs?

Happiness Re-Visited...

This is what I am missing...

loads of laughter...
hills...
India...

Thanks Subhadip for clicking a picture I would treasure till my last moments....

Bro, could you send me the large size of this one.. i stole this one from your blog !!!

And for the records, this is when we stopped for a break at Rohtang on our way to Leh...

The video that we made on this trip is one of the best things I have ever seen or heard... thank you Deepak, Subhadip, Ankur, and Anubhav for that rocking trip...

here are a few more pictures from the trip...

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You pay more... I pay less...

Imagine this...

You go to a monument somewhere in India and go to the ticket counter...

There are two windows there... which read

Indians : Rs. 20
Foreigners : Rs 250

I would not be very happy to read this... not that i don't want India to earn more money... not that I did not feel awkward when the foreigner had to pay in $s, but right now its going to be a oranges to oranges differences in the ticket prices... it feels a li'il more embarrasing somehow...

When I was showing a german friend around Delhi a few years back... it was kind hard answering the questions that she asked about why foreigners have to shell out more money than Indians at so many places? do you have an answer to that, something that I can give to people who ask me about travelling to India and visiting all the grand monuments that we have.

Also thing like these, also, in a way encourage the street shop owners to charge the tourists more that the actual price of the stuff they are selling? Something that most of the tourists label as cheating?

Indian authorities have now decided that tourists should now pay in INR instead of $s because the value of rupee is increasing against the $...

Read more about it here.

I wonder how it would be when I have to pay £20 for entry to a museum when someone in the UK pays £2... i guess I would never be able to visit anything...

Almost Lost

While eating my favorite Doritos and having Litchi Juice in a Pint Glass i write this post...

I almost lost him yesterday.. and why because of one simple reason.. i was not careful enough..

I am talking about a small plant with yellow flowers that i got for my room sometime back... the instructions said that i need to ensure that the soil is damp and moist and that it needs water once a week... i read the instructions and was happy to see the yellow flowers everyday in my room...


now what happens day before yesterday is that i come home and for some reason i had to change the place where i had kept this small plant... and i realised that it was dying... the stems were loose, the flowers dull, and leaves almost giving up...

i felt so bad about it and added some water quickly to it... maybe because the room is pretty warm the water had evaporated earlier than usual... but for whatever reasons, i was loosing my lovely yellow flower plant...

i checked it yesterday, and it was better... and today its looks as if its kinda improving... i hope it lives for some more time...

It forced me to think, as if it needs a trigger, but still, about people... don't we at times treat people like i treated this plant... they are good, we feel nice that they are there, we look at them feel good, they are around we feel happy... but miss out on that small attention that they need to stay that way... and also wonder when we loose people as to what went wrong...

I think that staying alone has made me more sensitive towards people that I care for, and at the same time makes me want more from people who I feel should take care of me... No, I am not looking for attention here, not at all... I can manage pretty well on my own... and am doing that too...

the crux of the post, that i wanted to write about, is that this incident just reminded me to do something, however small it may seem, for things that give me something... and not because i am returning a favor... but because I should...
And lights are coming up slowly all around... the one above are being put up on Lamp-posts in Horley, where I live...

keep walking..

Happiness...

is

Music

specially when you are walking

on a road

which has minimum traffic

in a weather

which is cold and wet but its not raining

and you are hit

by wind on your face... lets call it cold breeze for pleasure :)

and रफी साहब sings

गम और ख़ुशी मे फर्क न महसूस हो जहाँ
मैं dil को उस मुकाम पे लाता चला गया

(Gham aur Khushi Mein Fark Na Mehsoos ho Jahan
Main Dil ko Us Mukaam Pe Laata Chala Gaya)

I was smiling throughout my walk today i guess...

Thanks to

Manna डे who sung... आयो कहाँ से घनश्याम
Kishor दा who sung... एक हसीना थी एक दीवाना था
and a few other lovely singers who gave me company...

aaj maza aa gaya... sach !!!

ello... ek aur mast gaana...

jihal-e-masti mukun baranjish
Bahale hijraan bechaara dil hai...

sunai deti hai jiski dhadkan
tumhaara dil ya hamara dil hai...

wo aake pehlu mein aise beithe
ke shaam rangeeen ho gai hai...

zara zara si khili tabiyat
zara si gamgeen ho gai hai...

aisee evening ke liye clapping !!!!

God bless

Choti?

One of my friends calls her daughter Choti Mishi... no she is not the younger of the two or three... she is the only kid as of now... but still she is Choti Mishi..

Cute...

Maybe the mamma thinks she is the badi Mishi... :D :D

Choti Mishi is a darling.. God bless :)

Junk Food, and a story from Junks...

Junk food is tastier than the regular food... ever wondered why? well i feel because when you are eating junk, you are not really thinking but only enjoying :) not that you cannot enjoy while you think... but enjoying is more fun without thinking for sure :D

I had a nicey nice pizza today... what fun digging into that lovely vegetarian pizza full of brll peppers, jalapenos, olives, sweet corn, and yes.. the fattening cheese... but then i had it after long walk in the bloody 4 degs of cold...

i loved that walk... a few things kept coming back, no matter how hard i tried shooing them away... but then i managed to leave them somewhere on the horley town centre bus stand... what a relief...

talking of Pizzas it reminds me of a brilliant day that i had very long time back.. i guess in 2001.. i remember it because that time i was working in Global Groupware...

well, what happened was the I had to go to office... well not really.. i just made that story up because i wanted to meet my then girlfriend... and i offered mom dad a ride to RK Puram... my chacha's place... the plan was I would drop them there... pick up my girlfriend... come home... call some friends over, have a party and then drop her and go to chacha's place to pick mom dad up...

everything happened exactly like how we thought... except a blunder...

we had ordered pizzas for food... i had kept the pizza boxes to be thrown when we were moving out.. and asked her to pick them up... now in rush i forgot all about them... and when i reached chacha's place i suddenly was reminded of this.. i called her up, and asked where did she threw the boxes... and as luck wanted it.. the Pizza boxes were on the washing machine... bang in front of the door, waiting for mom dad to arrive with me...

now there was no way i could remove the boxes now.. and i was already on my way home with mom dad.. thinking about how on earth am I going to save myself from being killed !!!

well.. when we reached home.. i volunteered to open the doors.. took the keys... opened the door... picked up the pizza boxes... and put them behind the safe in my room... what a CLOSE SHAVE it was... i blasted her off for this... and then almost died laughing on what could have happened to me !!! oh boy...

i can still laugh at that day...

and today comes to an end...

May tomorrow bring peace and happiness to all.. Amen...

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Do you read what you see or what I wrote?