Musings-I

'Life is a lesson,we learn it when we are through'. So true,for all the experiences it gives time to time. The happy ones make us remember the bygone days and the sad ones ,make us feel imprudent,the more older we get.

*Never allow somebody to be your priority when in fact you're just an option for them.

* It just feels so good to fall in love but be sure you're ready to shed tears because most of the times, it hurts.Cowardly manner it may seem,but for sometimes, no matter how much you love someone,it is still wiser not to have that person back again..

* There is no falling out of love.The person you love(d) changes so much that you can't find them any more.

* Bad mouthing about anything that you never experienced may one day happen to you when you'll have to contradict yourself.

* Well-timed silence is better than an over-timed argument.

* Every experience is good for life,the good ones are cherished.There will be a time when you would cherish the bad ones even more,as it will get you to something ever better than what you deserve.

* Happiness is like a butterfly,you try chasing it,the more it eludes you.

Occupied.

Been long,I haven't been checking my mails,visiting blogs,nor been doing any online browsing. Just keeping myself more preoccupied with stuffs other than anything there is to do with the computer or rather my level of resistance towards anything with this so called virtual world is getting higher.
Ah,what so ever it is,it feels good as long as it doesn't make me miss some of my fellow folks here in this world,which on the other way round,i would be yelled at :P
Anyway,happy blogging to those who are still sticking on to the art. :) will be back here with loads of stuffs soon.

Drinking = Yoga

Research confirms that drinking gives you the same benefits yoga does !!!

Savasana
Position of total relaxation.


Balasana
Position that brings the sensation of peace and calm.


Setu Bandha Sarvangasana
This position calms the brain and heals tired legs.


Marjayasana
Position stimulates the midirift area and the spinal comumn.


Halasana
Excelent for back pain and imsomnia.


Dolphin
Excelent for the shoulder area, thorax, legs, and arms.


Salambhasana
Great excersize to stimulate the lumbar area, legs, and arms.


Ananda Balasana
This position is great for masaging the hip area.

This position, for ankles and back muscles.

Pigeon
Tones the body, and builds flexibility and helps get rid of 'stress'.

So, lets start drinking............. CHEERS!

Judging a person

They say it takes years to build a persons character and of course its practically also true. But there are some people who lose the same within no time,coz of their indecent acts and immature talks too.
There are people i know who have lost their respect,their prestige,in others eyes. Their behavior or may be their naivety is the something that reflects. But there are some people who lose their respect by others misjudging them,where some are judged with their looks or the way they present themselves while some are judged as per their habits like drinking,smoking and sometimes the reserved nature too. But is it right to come to early conclusions about people before even approaching them and trying to know what kind of a person he/she may be?
A good old friend of mine who works for a corporate and also is doing some diploma course was sad,as she had not got a merit percentage in her exams while her classmates had all got 90% . Her problem was not the percentage of marks but the other people around her think she is weak and not at all good at the subjects. I adviced my frnd not to take those people so much to heart and that its certain for anybody who manage work and studies simultaneously,to get an 'ok' %. and moreover She being the youngest among the lot and the only person who is earning her own pocket money,the others might also envy her at the same.
According to me,a person who works besides the continuation of their studies obtaining a pretty decent percentage holds an upper hand than a person who just studies and boast about his/her high marks.
If anybody has any good advice or anything to share regarding the topic please feel free to comment.

Multithinking

Most people these days are so busy that they hardly have time to even think leisurely or may be they think about so many different things at a time that when it comes to talking,it would turn out to be utter crap,for instance lets take my friend,N who forgets things told to her in less than 24 hours and says one common answer,"i was thinking about something else".
A couple of days back i was also in the same situation,but it turned out to be the best joke in the recent past among friends. I was seriously narrating the story of 3 idiots to one of my friend who was listening to me with utmost interest during which i suddenly said 'aquarium' instead 'ambassador'. She was weirdly gaping at me with a "what are you talking???" expression. I realized the mess i had made in the whole situation i was narrating and laughed my gut out almost the whole day thinking of it. I was telling the scene when kareena's pregnant sister was made to sit in the ambassador car instead of which i said aquarium,probably i had also been thinking about feeding my fishes.
But atleast the whole thing turned out to be something thats laughable,whenever thought about.

On dialing the wrong number.

Mom being a high school teacher handling tenth class,she had to contact one of her tenth class student for some information. She dialed the number that was saved in her mobile with the name Sheshank and when the call was answered from the other side,mom said she was his class teacher but the reply from the other side was not what mom expected it to be,but after sometime the person who din't happen to be the same Sheshank whom mom wanted to contact,said he remembered his Hindi teacher by the name and greeted her. Mom was surprised and cut the call saying it wasn't the same Sheshank she wanted to contact. Later in the evening when i was back home from college,mom told me the whole thing and asked me who that person was. I then realized that the person whom mom spoke to thinking it was her student was actually my cousin brother's friend from whom i had taken some guidance regarding the best management colleges in city and had eventually saved his number in mom's mobile which i had totally forgotten about.
Mom was a li'l embarrassed,though i had a hearty laughter at the end. :P

The kiss effect

When it comes to emotions,everybody knows most men in their 'jawani' ;) flirt with two women at a time. And most women envy each other if the young man gives extra attention and extra sweet gifts to the other woman ;) Now you can see a very young man exceptionally good at flirting and giving a sweet kiss to one of his girls while the other stares with discomfort. Nature you know :P

What will she pay?

Now that the France Government is strictly oppressing the Muslims in the country from wearing a burqa or covering their face by any means and anyone who offends the rule would have to pay a huge amount as a fine,then what would this li'l Siberian Husky in the burqa pay? ;)

Zzzzzzzzzz.....

Oh yeah,i sleep straight,i sleep human. ;)

Mile sur mera tumhara VS Phir mile sur mera tumhara

The National Integration music video "mile sur mera tumhara" first developed in the year 1988, intended to instill a sense of pride and promote unity amongst Indians, highlighting the different linguistic communities and societies that live in India was once again redone as "phir mile sur mera tumhara", after 22 years,and released on our 60th republic day. Both the videos have their own uniqueness though they mean the same. But according to me some parts in the song can be made a li'l better than what is shown. Let me first compare both the music videos

Mile sur mera tumhara . . .

The song starts picturing the sun rise,sea shore and water falls while Pandit Bhimsen Joshi sings the first verses मिले सुर मेरा तुम्हारा, तो सुर बने हमारा| सुर की नदियाँ हर दिशा से, बहते सागर में मिलें बादलों का रूप लेकर, बरसे हलके हलके| मिले सुर मेरा तुम्हारा, तो सुर बने हमारामिले सुर मेरा तुम्हारा| by the side of a water falls.
A group of kashmiris are shown having tea together and a scenic view of the sun set by a river,where a man rowing a kashmiri boat sings, चॉन्य् तरज़ तय म्यॉन्य् तरज़, इक॒वट॒ बनि यि सॉन्य् तरज़ (Chaain taraz tai myain taraz, ik watt baniye saayen taraz).
A punjabi family going on a tractor passing by a beautiful agricultural field, where a lady sings, ਤੇਰਾ ਸੁਰ ਮਿਲੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਸੁਰ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ, ਮਿਲਕੇ ਬਣੇ ਇੱਕ ਨਵਾਂ ਸੁਰ ਤਾਲ (tērā sur milē mērē sur dē nāl, milkē baṇē ikk navān̐ sur tāl).
An aerial view of The Taj mahal followed by Shabana Azmi shown singing, मिले सुर मेरा तुम्हारा, तो सुर बने हमारा|
A group of camels being pulled and Kapil dev walking by the sea shore sings in sindhi, मुंहिंजो सुर तुहिंजे सां पियारा मिले जड॒हिं, गीत असांजो मधुर तरानो बणे तड॒हिं (mun̐hin̐jō sur tun̐hin̐jē sān̐ piyārā milē jad̤ahin̐, gīt asān̐jō madhur tarānō baṇē tad̤ahin̐).
A group of Sikhs and Muslims (Om puri, Deepa sahi and Dina Pathak amongst) sit together and sing in urdu and panjabi respectively, مُنهِنجو سُر تُنهِنجي سان پِيارا مِلي جَڏَهِن، گِيت اَسانجو مَڍُر تَرانوبَڻي تَڏَهِ سر کی دریا بہتے ساگر میں مل ਬਾਦਲਾਂ ਦਾ ਰੂਪ ਲੈਕੇ, ਬਰਸਨ ਹੌਲੇ ਹੌਲੇ (sur kā daryā bahtē sāgar mēn̐ milē bādalān̐ dā rūp laikē, barsan haulē haulē).
Then going to the down south,starting with tamil,shown are actors like K.R.Vijaya, Revathi , Kamal Hassan and Dr. Balamuralikrishna sing, இசைந்தால் நம் இருவரின் ஸ்வரமும் நமதாகும் திசை வேறானாலும் ஆழி சேர் ஆறுகள் முகிலாய் மழையாய் பொழிவது போல் இசை நம் இசை (Isaindhal namm iruvarin suramum namadhakum Dhisai veru aanalum aazi ser aarugal Mugilai mazaiyai pozivadu pol isai Nam isai) followed by carnatic in the background,showing a herd of elephants.
Prakash padukone, ramanathan krishnan and two others sing in kannada ನನ್ನ ಧ್ವನಿಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಧ್ವನಿಯ, ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಧ್ವನಿಯ (nanna dhvanige ninna dhvaniya, sēridante namma dhvaniya).
A Telugu couple together sing,on a boat by the river నా స్వరము నీ స్వరము సంగమమై, మన స్వరంగా అవతరించే (nā svaramu nī svaramu sangamamayi, mana svaranḡa avatarincē). Shown are the rivers Krishna,Godavari.
A herd of elephants are shown and the herder sings in malayalam എന്റെ സ്വരവും നിങ്ങളുടെ സ്വരവും, ഒന്നുചേര്‍ന്നു നമ്മുടെ സ്വരമായ് (eṉṯe svaravum niṅṅkaḷoṭe svaravum, ottucērnnu namoṭe svaramāy) followed by the Bengali and asaami verses tōmār sūr mōdēr sūr, sriṣṭi karuk aikyasūr. sriṣṭi hauk aikyatān pictured with people like Suchitra Mitra, Mario Miranda (Cartoonist) Mrinal Sen (Filmmaker) Sunil Gangopadhayay, Annadashankar Ray (Authors), Arun lal, P.K Banerjee, Narendar hirwani, Leslie claudius, Gurbux Singh getting off a train and
a group of dancers from Nagaland.
A fisherman sings in oriya 'tuma āmara svarara miḷana, sriṣṭi kari chālu ekā tāna'.
Some of the sportspersons and early enterpreneurs are shown in random.
Mallika Sarabhai sings in Gujarathi મળે સૂર જો તારો મારો, બને આપણો સૂર નિરાળો (maḷē sur jō tārō mārō, banē āpṇō sur nirāḷō). Shown is the River Ganges.

Actress Tanuja sings in Marathi, माझ्या तुमच्या जुळता तारा, मधुर सुरांच्या बरसती धारा (mājhyā tumchyā juḷtā tārā, madhur surānchyā barastī dhārā) as some fisherwomen walk behind her.

Actress Wahida Rehman, Hema Malini, Sharmila Tagore and Lata mangeshkar(Who has given the female voice in the song) are shown singing the Hindi lines 'mile sur...' followed by Amitabh bachchan,Mithun Chakraborthy and Jeetendra sing in chorus

The music video ends with all the artists shown in the from the start forming the India map shown aerially,followed by many children dressed in the tri coloured costume come together forming the India Flag. Duration : 6min 9sec.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gstRrEmTcBc



Phir mile sur mera tumhara . . .

The song starts with a scene of the waves of a sea, cranes during sunset. A.R. Rehman shown playing the tune on the continuum fingerboard.

Amitabh bachchan from The Taj hotel,Mumbai,shown singing the first lines of the song or rather uttering the verse 'Mile sur mera tumharaa, To sur bane hamaraa…. sur kee nadhiyaan har disha se behkee saagar mein milee. Baadalon ka roop leiker bharse halke halke.. Followed by The music and singing by Shankar-Eshaan-Loy on a deserty kind of a place (Is that India or some other country?).

Glimpses of some famous south Indian Temples,some mosques and churches followed by Anushka Ravishanker playing the sitar.

The south Indian superstars from the tamil industry, Vikram and Surya sing the tamil verses
Isaindhal namm iruvarin suramum namadhakum.. Dhisai veru aanalum aazi ser aarugal Mugilai mazaiyai pozivadu pol isai …Namm isssaiii

Shreya Ghosal sings, 'sur kee nadhiyaan har disha se behkee saagar mein milee.

Aishwarya rai and Abhishek Bhachchan seen singing, 'Baadalon ka roop leiker bharse halke halke…Mile sur mera tumharaa.. to… sur bane hamaara.. Mile sur mera tumhara'

Tollywood actor is seen with some senior citizens,singing in Telugu 'Naa swaramu nee swaramu sangammamai, mana swaram ga avatarinchey'

Shivakumar Sharma and Rahul Sharma shown playing the instrument santoor with qutub minar in the rear view. Rohit bal,fashion designer seen with children on kashmiri boats

Gurdas mann,panjabi singer sings 'Tera sur mile mere sur de naal milke bane ek nava surtaal'

Juhi Chawla seen singing 'Sur ka dariya bahte saagar me mile badlaan da roop leike barasan holle haule. Golden temple in the background.

Zakir Hussain,the tabla player, thetakudi harihara vinayakam seen playing on the instruments.

Prosenjhit chatterjee,Shaan,Rituparna sengupta singing in bengali, 'Tomaar shoor moder shoor srishti koroor koi ekshoor… Sriishti karoon woi katha'.

Bupen Hazirika singing in asaami, 'Toma mora swarer milan srishti kare chalbochatano'

Shilpa shetty seen with some women labourers singing, 'Mile Sur mera tumhara tho sur bane hamara tho sur bane hamara tho sur bane hamara'

Salman Khan,the macho man as usual seen showing off his baaniyann playing with some physically handicapped children.

Shivamani, the famous drummist from south seen drumming the water too,apart from his drums.

Dr. Subramaniam-the violinist,Kavitha Krishnamurthy and two other knnada singers seen singing,'Nanna dhwanige ninna dhwani-ya, seridante namma dhwaniya..'

Deepika padukone in a yellow mini frock stands in the waters,getting drenched in the artificial rains, singing 'Mile sur mera tumharaa, Thoo sur bane hamaraa…. sur kee nadhiyaan har disha se behkee saagar mein milee. Baadalon ka roop leiker bharse halke halke…

Priyanka Chopra seen with a group of schoolgirls,pretty decent presentation.. hums 'Oh…Mile sur mera tumhara tho….sur bane hamara…'

Sudarshan patnaik shown with his sand art. Amjad Ali khan,Amaan Ali Khan,Ayaan Ali Khan are seen playing on their sarod.

K.J Yesudas and his son,and Malayalam actor,Mamoothy seen singing the malayalam verse, 'Ente swaravum ningalude swaravum otthuchernnhu Namudeya swaramai….'. Glimpses of kerala's famous valamkalis, some elephants and colorful rangolis shown.

Atul kulkarni and Sonali Kulkarni sing in Marathi ,'majhya tumchya julta tara madhur suranchya barasti dhara'.

Louis Banks shown playing on his keyboard

Shobana Chandrashekar and Shiamak davar perform a fusion with classical dance baratnatyam.
At the background is the Mahabalipuram temple.

Aamir Khan seen again with the 'tare zameen par' look,sing with li'l children.

Sonu Nigam amidst the public,sings 'sur kee nadhiyaan har disha se behkee saagar mein milee. Baadalon ka roop leiker bharse halke halke…'.

Shahid kapoor ,ranbir Kapoor,Shah Rukh khan,Karan Johar,Abhinav bindra,Bhaichang Bhutia,Vijender singh,Pullela GopiChand,Saina newal shown singing the chorus.

The video ends showing some faces of the airforce officers and the national flag. Duration: 16min 16 sec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9WMr7FQfHE


Now,the new version is 3 times longer than the original one but where are the famous citizens other than those from the film industries? There was None of those entrepreneurs,the cricketers,our beloved politicians,scientists?
There was no Ratan Tata nor Abdul Kalam nor our Sachin Tendulkar or Leander Peas. They haven't even featured any of those classical dances other than the barathanatyam.
None of the veteran actors were too featured other than Big B ... Dev Anand,Rishi kapoor.. none of them..
They could have featured the famous journalists like Pranoy Roy or Rajeep Sardesai too.

My overall rating for the new version would be 3.5 out of 5 while the original of course gets a 4.5
I liked the first one better.

The Lizard attack

HEAD lines - A lizard fell on a man's head when he opened the door of his own office at around 7.00PM on 13.2.2010 at Coimbatore. He was born on 7.10.1968 at 6:01AM.

DEAD lines - *The astrologers say this is the most fatal experiences the man could have had and counting from now anytime before 00:00 on 21.12.2012 he might die.

- *The books call it an affect of the bad deeds and would certainly bring bad luck.

The man is overwhelmed while the lizard enjoys the scenario,warming its couch. ;) lol