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He left this world on 30th September 2001…
This brings me to yet another coorelation … A large number of influential congress leaders did not die their natural death. Starting from Mahatma Gandhi to Bose to Mrs. Gandhi to Rajiv and Sanjay Gandhi to Pilot and Scindia …
ORIGIANALLY POSTED ON Friday, September 30, 2005
REPOSTED FROM ABOUT2EVOLVE TO SEPTEMBERTHE22ND
Ever since I have started reading books, novels, biographies … have come across a lot of interesting things and authors.
Sue Grafton is one of the few VERY interesting ones …
The protagonist is Kinsey Millhone and she is a detective. The series is about some serious issues but there is an added flavour of wit thrown in. Basically my kind of a person and may be thats why I kinda like her …
I have long long way to go, I have just read the following three books…
#H is for Homicide – Sue Grafton (2005 Nov 12)
#K is for Killer – Sue Grafton
#M is for Malice – Sue Grafton
The website is located here.
ORIGIANALLY POSTED ON Sunday, October 16, 2005
REPOSTED FROM ABOUT2EVOLVE TO SEPTEMBERTHE22ND
Being a business school student, I come across a huge number of ideas that promise a lot of potential in terms of getting popular and minting money. http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ is one fine example that I atleast could’nt have thought of in years.
Created by Alex Tew, it took 4 months for the Million Dollar Homepage to get to the magical figure of a million.
I talked about Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s poem Madhushala here. Yet another poem has caught my fancy. This time is Koshish.
It goes something like this …
Thanks to ;p:d for the poem … This really means a lot !
And I also making a dedicated webpage for Harivansh Rai Bachchan. The Alpha version is located here.
Gandhi – one word, one name, one person and finally one nation. Gandhi is one of the few leaders who gave direction to Indian people and were instrumental in India’s struggle for freedom.
Born on 2nd October 1869 in a trader’s home, Gandhi was a very shy person by nature and had great difficulties in standing in front of a crowd and deliver a five minutes speech.
Probably the best thing about him was the way he was able to communicate with the 40 odd million Indians at that time. In those times, media was underdeveloped; there was no internet, television or radio access to the masses of the vast Indian continent. The media was heavily regulated and controlled by the British Empire. Yet he was able to communicate effectively to the 40 odd million Indians spread sporadically over the Indian subcontinent. Even today without the help of modern telecommunication techniques, no world leader can expect to be as effective.
He was shot dead by Nathu Ram Godsey on 30th January 1948 in Birla Mandir at Delhi and an era came to an end.
There have been many accounts of Gandhi’s life but personally I think Freedom at Midnight by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins captures Gandhi the best. They analyze Gandhi very rationally in light of all the evidence they could collect after talking to lot of people including Lord Mountbatten. This book is a must read for anyone remotely interested in India and its struggle for freedom.
In the end, here is a quote from GandhiJi himself …
Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.
Yesterday we had the farewell party for our senoirs and like all the parties at MDI, this one was also excellent.
when the party ended, I was sitting in front of the mess and somehow the DJ played PAL. I had to run to the floor and I stood with my ears to the woofers and speakers. The song is SEXY, the speakers were EXCELLENT and the DJ was AMAZING. He knew where to stop to music and where to give effects. It was awesome to listen to that song with so much energy behind it. I would recommnd everyone and anyone to atleast try listening it to once at full volume. I sang along it on top of my voice and after that I hardly was able to speak.
Here is my favorite song from my favorite singer…
Pyar kay Pal – KK
Hum, rahe ya na rahe kal,
Kal, yaad aayenge yeh pal,
Pal, yeh hain pyaar ke pal,
Chal, aa mere sang chal,
Chal, soche kya,
Chhoti si hai zindagi,
Kal mil jaaye,
to hogi khushnaseebi,
Hum, rahe ya na rahe, yaad aayenge yeh pal…
Hum, rahe ya na rahe kal,
Kal, yaad aayenge yeh pal,
Pal, yeh hain pyaar ke pal,
Chal, aa mere sang chal,
Chal, soche kya,
Chhoti si hai zindagi,
Kal mil jaaye,
to hogi khushnaseebi,
Hum, rahe ya na rahe, yaad aayenge yeh pal…
Shaam ka aanchal odhke aayi,
Dekho voh raat suhaani,
Aa likh de hum donon milke,
Apni yeh prem kahaani,
Hum rahe ya na rahe yaad aayenge yeh pal,
Aane waali subha jaane,
Rang kya laaye deewaani,
Meri chaahat ko rakh lena,
Jaise koi nishaani,
Hum rahe ya na rahe, yaad aayenge yeh pal,
Hum rahe ya na rahe kal,
Kal, yaad aayenge yeh pal,
Pal, yeh hain pyaar ke pal,
Chal, aa mere sang chal,
Chal, soche kya,
Chhoti si hai zindagi,
Kal mil jaaye to hogi khushnaseebi,
Hum rahe ya na rahe, yaad aayenge yeh pal
Hum rahe ya na rahe, yaad aayenge yeh pal
Awesome song…
If you want to listen to the song online, here is the link on Raaga.com at the URL http://www.raaga.com/channels/hindi/movie/V000234.html
Since m talking about my favorite singer, here is a link that talks in detail about KK… http://www.hindilyrix.com/singers/singer-k-k.html.
I want to write so much about KK here in this post but right now its 1:11 AM and I havent slept for last two days and have a class at 8:30 in the morning tom. Will try to add stuff later…
I saw her on television after a long time. More to come soon.
Jeevan Main Ek Sitara Tha
Maana Vah Behad Pyara Tha
Vah Doob Gaya To Doob Gaya
Ambar Kay Aanan Ko Dekho
Kitne Iskay Taare Toote
Kitne Iskay Pyare Choote
Jo Choot Gaye Fir Kahan Mile
Par Bolo Toote Taaron Par
Kab Ambar Shok Manata Hai
Jo Beet Gayi So Baat GayiJeevan Main Vah Tha Ek Kusum
They Us Par Nitya Nichavar Tum
Vah Sookh Gaya TO Sookh Gaya
Madhuvan Ki Chaati Ko Dekho
Sookhi Kitni Iski Kaliyan
Murjhaayi Kitni ballriyan
Jo Murjhayi Woh Fir Kahan Khili
Par Bolo Sookhe Phoolon Par
Kab Madhuban Shor Machata hai
Jo Beet Gayi So Bat Gayijeevan Main Madhu Ka Pyala Tha
Tumnay Tan Man De Daala Tha
Wah Toot Gaya To Toot Gaya
Madiralya Kay Aangan Ko Dekho
Kitne Pyale Hil Jaate Hain
Gir Mitti Main Mil Jaate Hain
Jo Girte Hain Kab Uthte Hain
Par Bolo Toote Pyalo Par
Kab Madiralaya Pachtata Hai
Jo Beet Gayi So Baat GayiMridu Mitti Kay Hain Bane Hue
Madhu Ghoot Phoota Hi Kartay Hain
Laghu Jeevan Lekar Aaye Hain
Pyale Toota Hi Karte Hain
Fir Bhi Madiralaya Kay Andar
Madhu Kay Ghat Hai Madhu Pyale Hain
Jo Madakta Kay Maare Hain
Vey Madhu Loota Hi Kartay Hain
Va Kachcha Peene Wala Hai
Jiski Mamta Ghat Pyalon Par
Jo Sachchey Madhu Sey Jala Hua
Kab Rota Hai Chillata Hai
Jo Beet Gayi So Baat Gayi
I have been told that Harivansh Rai Bachchan wrote this poem when his wife expired. I am supposed to confirm this and am not sure where I can find details about this, but the fact of the matter is, this is a piece of gem and I am sure that this would be on top of my mind for a long long time to come. And since I tend to recommend very fwe things, I would say if anyone is feeling down at any point of time, PLEASE PLEASE go and read Jo Beet Gayi.
P.S.: The same thing is available in Hindi at the link http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/gauravgram/bachchan/beetgayi.htm
MadhuShala and Jo Beet Gayi So Baat Gayi are the two of the best literary works I have ever come across.
Harivansh Rai Bachchan, father of the legendry Amitabh Bachchan is one of the best Hindi poets of all time.
More to come on Mr. Bachchan
Finally a post after almost a year. So amny things have happened, so much to talk about and yet not time to log them on the BLOG. Things are looking good and I believe I would be able to post on a regular basis from now on (I have my fingers crossed when I say this.. ;))
Today I had an oppurtunity to interact with Mr. Sanjay Verma, JMD @ Cushman and Wakefield India. He is an MDI alumunus and he was invited today for a session on the Real Estate Industry. He specifically asked us (the students at a B School) to read more and more magazines like everyone else. Inspired I went in to library and thought about reading a few magazines. I happened to get my hands on one issue of the Fortune Magazine.
In one of the articles, they talked about a guy called John “Winter” Smith who is 32 years old and is a computer programmer by profession. He is like every other software professional in US of A. Only thing that makes him different and Fortune having a article on him is his love for StarBucks. The article is located here.
Starbucks, the name won’t sound very familiar to lot of Indians but as I found out, happens to be a chain of Coffee Bars (if I may take the liberty of calling it a bar). So our hero for the post, Mr. Winter is a huge fan of Starbucks and is on a mission to visit every Starbucks outlet in the World. According to the last update on 19th July made on his website, Winter had visited 4064 North American stores, 114 British stores, and 53 Japanese stores, making it a total of 4231 stores (please ignore the addition errors if any). So this man is really really passionate to Starbucks and hats off to the creative genius.
There are’nt many people around who do something different and are creative, Winter sure is one of them. I would recommend a visit to the website at http://starbuckseverywhere.net and find out more about the man.
Now getting to the Business aspects of the story (since I am a Busniess Student now), the amount of money that Starbucks makes would be huge, a detailed company analysis would be done as and when I get time 😉
I would also want to do something like that some day … (The Day Dreamer) 😉
If someone asks me who is the best speaker right now, I would say it is Navjot Singh Sidhu. Actually its a tie bewtween Sidhu and Ashutosh Rana 😉
Navjot Singh Sidhu – The man has done it all. Just 41 years old. Born on 20 October 1963. Has been topper all his academic life. Has been a lawyer. Married the girl he loved. Played Cricket for India. Won the World Cup, Now a MP (Member of Parliament) from Amritsar, Punjab on a BJP Ticket. WOW.
Would love to talk about him in detail but am kinda short of time right now. Just saw him on Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai on ZEE TV.
Biography of Navjot Singh Sidhu
Father’s Name: Sardar Bhagwant Singh
Birthdate: 20 October 1963
Cricketing History: Sidhu first represented the country in England with the under-19 Indian team led by Ravi Shasti. His performance was satisfactory. But Navjot Sidhu showed his real class during the West Indies tour of India. Playing for the North Zone Sidhu first cricket a century against the West Indies. Later he was included in the Board President’s XI when he scored 70 odd runs. This ensured him a place in the Indian team. Thus Sidhu made his Test debut against the West Indies led by Clive Llyod in 1983.
Test Debut: India v West Indies at Ahmedabad, 3rd Test, 1983/84
ODI Debut: India v Australia at Madras, World Cup, 1987/88
Sidhuisms
Ever since the StrokeLess Wonder starting Cricket Commentating, he has transformed the ART of commentating in something enjoyable and as exciting as the game itself.
Few of his selected Sidhusims include…
In the midst of a verbal duel with Martin Crowe: “Wickets are like wives – you never know which way they will turn! ”
Commenting on Ganguly after he was out for a low score in the 2nd Test against Zimbabwe: “..Looks like a brooding hen over a china egg”
In the midst of a verbal duel with Tony Greig: “If ifs and buts were pots and pans, there would be no tinkers!”
When Ganguly took a catch that had gone very high in the air: “That ball went so high it could have got an air hostess down with it !!”
“Statistics are like miniskirts, they reveal more than what they hide.”
In India’s last match against New Zealand: “New Zealanders are like bicycles in a cycle stand – one falls down and the complete row will be down!
“Sri Lankan score is running like an Indian taxi meter.”
“Taking the cake with a red cherry on top. ”
For Sri Lankan batsman Kaluwitharna, when he was wasting many balls: “He is like Indian three-wheeler which will suck a lot of diesel but cannot go beyond 30! ”
To Martin Crowe: “The Indians are going to beat the Kiwis! Let me tell you, my friend, that the Kiwi is the only bird in the whole world which does not have wings!”
Muralitharan bowling to the last Indian pair: “The wily fox is back. Its an ill omen when a fox licks its lambs.”
Applauding Reetinder Singh Sodhi’s fighting spirit: “Young Ricky will fight a rattlesnake and give him the first two bites! ”
“The gap between bat and pad is so much that I would have driven a car through it… !! “
More can be found online at www.Sidhuisms.com.
More details to come sooon.
To Be Contd… (Last edited on 21st June 2004, 1246 Hrs IST)
Keywords for Search Engines: Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sidhuisms, Cricketer, India, Indian Cricketer, Amritsar MP, BJP, Congress, Saurabh.
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Lucky Ali has just finished a new album Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai and it will be releasing soon on T-Series. The songs in the album have been sung and composed by Lucky Ali the song that is currently on air is titled Kabhi Aisa Lagta hai.
The lyrics has have been penned down by Sameer. The album is composed by Lucky Ali himself. The video has been shot by Rahul L. Sood at Epitome.
Incomplete Lyrics go like
kya aisa hi hota hai pyar
mere kuda mujhe itna bata
kya aisa hi hota hai pyarek pal to mil jaaye dil ko, chala jaaye door kahin
is duniya main is dil kay jaisa koi mazboor nahinaisa ehsaas hai koi to pass hai
mehki lage saari fiza kya aisa hi hota hai pyar
kabhi aisa lagta dil main ek raaz hai
jise kehna chaoon par main kah paaon naaakahnohi aakhnon main kah jaye jo
kahmoshi ki yeh kaise zubanamaine suna jo na usne kaha kya
aisa hi hota hai pyarmere khuda mujhe itna bata
kya aisa hi hota hai pyarek pal jo mil ko chal jaaye door kahin
duniya main eis dil kay jaise koi mazboor nahin
The music for the album is set to release on 16th June 2004. There is no website dedicated to the song as yet and you can not download the song right now from the internet but I have’nt tried file sharing tools like kazza, emule, edonkey and win mx etc. Lyircs would be available here on the Saurabh Garg weBLOG as soon as I get the album.
Lately a lot of visitors have been coming to the weBLOG through the search engines and searching about the new album. I hope I have presented everything one would want to know about Lucky Ali and his new album. If Lucky Ali fans find this insufficient, they can check out http://geocities.com/clicklucky for more details about him.
Lucky Ali – Ixsui: Lucky Ali is currently working on his new album called Ixsui – ONE DIRECTION.
There are also reports that Lucky Ali is planning to direct his own film. Details are not available right now 🙁 According to ClickLucky, he has worked with Shyam Benegal before and direction thus comes naturally to him. That film should be one to look out for.
Singing, Composing, Acting, Directing… The man’s done it all.
Previous Post…
Lucky Ali the king of pop is back with his new album. The name of the album… I am not sure, the title track, I am not sure.
EDIT: The new latest Lucky Ali album is called Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai. The new latest Lucky Ali song is also called Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai. The song is about a boy falling in love with a Girl, usual mushy romantic story with soothing voice and guitaring of Lucky Ali. The song lyrics, song audio and song video are not available for free download anywhere on the internet.
EDIT: The song is titled “Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai” and the new Lucky Ali album is also called Kabhie Aisa Lagta Hai.
I havent heard the song as yet, saw his face for the last three seconds on MTV when the song ends.
An “intelligent” google search on the Internet does not shows any results :((
Can someone please DONATE me his new album or link…
YIPEEEE Lucky is back 🙂
The new video came as a surprise to me. For the first time, he is not “in” the video. The video is about a girl and a boy and Lucky is in the backdrop. All his previous videos, HE was the hero of the video. But who is complaining as long as he is out with great music.
Hmmm this post is about Lucky Ali, posting a link to the website http://geocities.com/clicklucky won’t do any harm. I would be updating the website and updating this post as soon as I get more informtion. I made this website about three fours years back when I was even more crazy about him. Lets hope this album is as good as his previous ones.
One thing good about Lucky is that he comes out with the music after a while. That is the beauty of it. The music is so good that you listen to it again and again and in about two years you start craving for more and there he is, with his new album.
Another thing of note would be that even after he sang for, acted in, produced music for movies, he is back to creating his own work. And there are very very few people who get back to what they were doing before they entered movies. Three Cheers !
If you have any information about it with you, PLEASE let me know about it ASAP. You know how to contact me 😀
Am I too excited? 🙂
End (Last edited on 15th June 2004, 1500 Hrs IST)
Keywords for Search Engines: Lucky Ali, Mehmood Ali, New Album, Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai, Ixsui, Sauarbh.
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