Finally I downloaded some songs on my iPod after three long months of possession. Now you must be wondering what the heck was I doing with it for three months.. Long story cut short is that I didn’t get a hold of a system to download the songs.
Anyways, finally after a long struggle I downloaded some songs. There are fast disc types, some retro music, some sad songs, some philosophical songs, different kinds. The point is there was a song for all sorts of moods.
I was listening to this fast pace number and automatically my feet were tapping, my head shaking and I was totally having a feel like am in some pub. Well its none other that latest “Dhan Ta Nan” from “Kaminey”. And right next number was very introspective kind of song “Tujhse Naraaz Nahi Zindagi Hairaan Hoon Main” from Masoom. The song just shook me out of the blast mood and made me just sit up and relax and listen it with all my heart. It took me through memory lanes of my life and made me feel that the writer of the song has put words to my feelings and poured them in those lyrics.
Wow I mean, few minutes before I was shaking my head and tapping my feet to this amazing number and in the very next few minutes I was introspecting my life. I immediately sent a text of this incident to my friend, and he simply texted back saying that’s “The Power of Music”. Its really amazing.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Most difficult relation
Who decides what’s best for us?
When we are born into this big bad world, we are provided natural guardians in form of our parents. Right from feeding us to cleaning our poop, they do everything for us. And along with that they try their level best to instill good thoughts and manners. They teach us (or rather try to) what is good and bad. But ultimately what you do when you grow up is totally your will and wish.
No matter how much they try to tell us and teach us that fire will burn and send a sharp pain through you, you still wanna touch it and experience it before you actually believe, ya it really does hurt. (How many times have I tried to catch the burning candle wick. I can still hear my mom's scolding.)
Kids are like an investment parents make. But the profit and returns and risks associated are very different from your Reliance and TATA AIG investments. Here risks are very high. Their kid’s life is at risk if they do not take proper care of their investments. Whereas returns are almost negligible coz no matter how good they might have been we still manage to find faults with them somehow (amazing na). The only profit is seeing their kids live a happy and settled life.
Somehow the concept of "Parents be Child's best friend" doesn't convince me. A child's best friend should be one among his peer, with whom he can relate to easily. Whereas parents should be someone whom he looks upto while growing up and enriching his life with the anecdotes and learnings of life. Parents need to be at authority to make us understand at times the right from wrong. They love us unconditionally and make us feel special each and every moment of our life. We need their tough love and discipline at times to make us a better person. How else can life be transpired through an insignificant wood and make it a wonderful piece of art. And the best part is that even if this piece of art becomes a distorted figure they still love it as if there is nothing more beautiful than that distorted figure.
At the same time close relationship and open communication is most important for this relationship to stay connected life long. They should respect the child's individuality and help him make right choices but not force their choices on the kid. They should say "Enough is enough" at the same time let the kids follow their dreams and passions.
It sounds so tough, I wonder how our parents did it without even showing a strain to us.
How can such a relationship be defined.
When we are born into this big bad world, we are provided natural guardians in form of our parents. Right from feeding us to cleaning our poop, they do everything for us. And along with that they try their level best to instill good thoughts and manners. They teach us (or rather try to) what is good and bad. But ultimately what you do when you grow up is totally your will and wish.
No matter how much they try to tell us and teach us that fire will burn and send a sharp pain through you, you still wanna touch it and experience it before you actually believe, ya it really does hurt. (How many times have I tried to catch the burning candle wick. I can still hear my mom's scolding.)
Kids are like an investment parents make. But the profit and returns and risks associated are very different from your Reliance and TATA AIG investments. Here risks are very high. Their kid’s life is at risk if they do not take proper care of their investments. Whereas returns are almost negligible coz no matter how good they might have been we still manage to find faults with them somehow (amazing na). The only profit is seeing their kids live a happy and settled life.
Somehow the concept of "Parents be Child's best friend" doesn't convince me. A child's best friend should be one among his peer, with whom he can relate to easily. Whereas parents should be someone whom he looks upto while growing up and enriching his life with the anecdotes and learnings of life. Parents need to be at authority to make us understand at times the right from wrong. They love us unconditionally and make us feel special each and every moment of our life. We need their tough love and discipline at times to make us a better person. How else can life be transpired through an insignificant wood and make it a wonderful piece of art. And the best part is that even if this piece of art becomes a distorted figure they still love it as if there is nothing more beautiful than that distorted figure.
At the same time close relationship and open communication is most important for this relationship to stay connected life long. They should respect the child's individuality and help him make right choices but not force their choices on the kid. They should say "Enough is enough" at the same time let the kids follow their dreams and passions.
It sounds so tough, I wonder how our parents did it without even showing a strain to us.
How can such a relationship be defined.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Hue and cry over nothing....
Yes thats what India is all about. We just like jump to conclusions and start an argument without even thinking twice that there can be another view point. The world can be seen from a different pair of eyes apart from your own.
Yes I do agree that everybody has a right to his/her own opinion and we can say it out aloud but why should we condemn and belittle something just because we dont like it or agree with it.
Everyday "Slumdog Millionare" is there in news for good or for worse. Some are condemning it and some are praising it to the glory.
Traffic Signal also a tale of street children goes on to win National Award. Wasn't it showcasing a poor India? Just because it was made by an Indian and it was a more sanitized version, the director was praised to glory for making hard realistic movies. He is regarded as one of the best directors we have now.
May be being a westner Boyle depicts the story with harsh realities raher than a softer approach like Bhandarkar. But isn't this poverty and slum life a reality to be dealt with? Every couple of months the BMC demolishes those shacks. Those shacks which are home for thousands of people. They too have dreams to send their kids to good schools, to feed them 3 times a meal, to provide a strong shelter from rain and sun. But its just that they are born in wrong part of the world, where everyday of life is a struggle. Struggle to find food, to keep the children away from wrong path of drugs, underworld etc....
The biggest and best known slum in Mumbai is Dharavi. It spreads across 600 acres of land and has approximately 90,000 families living there. Isn't that a harsh reality that we have to deal with. There are public toilets and water taps but poor sanitation and open sewers. The director has shown all that about these slums without sanitizing it.
I am not trying to justify that the movie is perfect and it is the best made ever. But lets give it to the director for a well edited and fast moving film. Let the creative people bask in the glory of their hard work. Lets not try to politicize a movie, after all movies are just an extension of somebody's imagination and creativity.
Yes I do agree that everybody has a right to his/her own opinion and we can say it out aloud but why should we condemn and belittle something just because we dont like it or agree with it.
Everyday "Slumdog Millionare" is there in news for good or for worse. Some are condemning it and some are praising it to the glory.
Traffic Signal also a tale of street children goes on to win National Award. Wasn't it showcasing a poor India? Just because it was made by an Indian and it was a more sanitized version, the director was praised to glory for making hard realistic movies. He is regarded as one of the best directors we have now.
May be being a westner Boyle depicts the story with harsh realities raher than a softer approach like Bhandarkar. But isn't this poverty and slum life a reality to be dealt with? Every couple of months the BMC demolishes those shacks. Those shacks which are home for thousands of people. They too have dreams to send their kids to good schools, to feed them 3 times a meal, to provide a strong shelter from rain and sun. But its just that they are born in wrong part of the world, where everyday of life is a struggle. Struggle to find food, to keep the children away from wrong path of drugs, underworld etc....
The biggest and best known slum in Mumbai is Dharavi. It spreads across 600 acres of land and has approximately 90,000 families living there. Isn't that a harsh reality that we have to deal with. There are public toilets and water taps but poor sanitation and open sewers. The director has shown all that about these slums without sanitizing it.
I am not trying to justify that the movie is perfect and it is the best made ever. But lets give it to the director for a well edited and fast moving film. Let the creative people bask in the glory of their hard work. Lets not try to politicize a movie, after all movies are just an extension of somebody's imagination and creativity.
Monday, December 17, 2007
India my country...
Analysts predict that Indian economy will overtake US by 2050. Debates are on, with lot of pessimism and optimism in the air. It is definitely a good news that Indian economy is doing so well. But i wonder how much are we ready to take this daunting challenge.
Indian population is one sixth of the world's population. Close to 30% of the population is living below the poverty line. Thats more than 300 million people, almost the population of US.
The benefits of these economic rise is reaching only the few urban areas. Whereas the majority of the Indian population is in the villages. There are villages, where even the basic necessities like drinking water, electricity is not there. People walk 10-20 km and fetch water for their daily use.
There have been incidences when people out of sheer necessity come out of these villages for some livelihood. And some coldblooded people suck their blood out by paying them peanuts. There have been incidences when these labours are tied and kept in captivity.
We are currently concentrating only on one side of the coin, thats glorious future which the industrialists and politicians are showing. If we really want India to be a developed country and one of the super powers, I guess we need to do more than just geting more FDIs....
Indian population is one sixth of the world's population. Close to 30% of the population is living below the poverty line. Thats more than 300 million people, almost the population of US.
The benefits of these economic rise is reaching only the few urban areas. Whereas the majority of the Indian population is in the villages. There are villages, where even the basic necessities like drinking water, electricity is not there. People walk 10-20 km and fetch water for their daily use.
There have been incidences when people out of sheer necessity come out of these villages for some livelihood. And some coldblooded people suck their blood out by paying them peanuts. There have been incidences when these labours are tied and kept in captivity.
We are currently concentrating only on one side of the coin, thats glorious future which the industrialists and politicians are showing. If we really want India to be a developed country and one of the super powers, I guess we need to do more than just geting more FDIs....
Friday, December 14, 2007
Where art thou!!!!!
Falling in love is the easiest thing to do… You look into someone’s eyes and you feel some kind feeling rushing through you and you know you are in love…
But hey wait a second…. We are in the 21st century.. Who has time to look into someone’s eyes and all…
Here most of us don’t even get time to look at the mirror in the morning to dress up properly… Here we are in 21st century running around faster than a metro rail… Who has time for all these real world activities..
So our great innovators and creative people came up with weirdest of ideas and made an impossible come true… They create a virtual world of net… Where distance.. time.. place.. nothing can stop you from meeting anyone… You can meet anyone from any part of the world..
What can make life more simpler now than internet.. People even fall love via chatting and mailing.. Distant relationships are now the “In” thing…
But come to think of it is that real love? Or is it just a fantasy?
I don’t know. Am not an expert but somehow the warmth of a relationship like this should be experienced by being together. Yes you can definitely describe how beautiful the weather outside is to your loved one in a poetic way with most colourful words. But can that replace the warmth of his hand in yours and taking a walk in that beautiful weather.
No words can describe the emotions that pass through your loved ones face when you tell them about your greatest achievement of the day.
How can he describe the six that he hit or the catch that he missed while playing…. How to explain the experimental dish that she made.. The aroma of it or may be the burnt smell of it..
These might sound the silliest of things but these small and insignificant moments are what makes life worth living....And its these silly and funny moments that are the salt of the relationship.. though added just a little but without it, its absolutely tasteless........Saturday, December 8, 2007
Life faster than a Metro
Life is moving so fast now a days that its very difficult to even remember what date or day is today(Day's are quite simple to remember as we start our count down from Monday morning, hard to forget you see). There was a time when twenty fours of a days were too long for us. Coming back from school we had enough time to have our lunch at home... See some stupid serial called "Swabhimaan" and catch an hour's sleep. get up and quickly finish home work so that we can run out and play some sports or may be just do chit chat with friends. Had enough time even after all that play to come fight with your sibling when your father was watching news on the TV. Have peaceful dinner and watch some TV. Still enough time to check the time table and keep your books in bag accordingly. Polish your shoes (rarely done).
And here we are today running around saying 24hrs a day is just not enough. Our running starts right in the morning to cook food or boil milk or even to take bath and then get ready while running around the house searching this and that to be picked up before you set out for office.
Dont even get time to tie the watch peacefully ( I do that in the lift).
Where are we running to... Whats so much hurrying all about... God knows b'coz at the end of the day I dont feel I achieved anything great in the whole day. It was just another day doing the same old work. And does that work make a better person or the world a better place to live in... Well good question but better left unanswered...
Is this what i dreamt of doing when i was growing up? No definitely not. Well my dream profession used to change in every summer holidays (coz thats the time when we would be coming up with all there bizzare ideas of what to do).
Guess too melodramatic a thought to be written more... I better stop now....
And here we are today running around saying 24hrs a day is just not enough. Our running starts right in the morning to cook food or boil milk or even to take bath and then get ready while running around the house searching this and that to be picked up before you set out for office.
Dont even get time to tie the watch peacefully ( I do that in the lift).
Where are we running to... Whats so much hurrying all about... God knows b'coz at the end of the day I dont feel I achieved anything great in the whole day. It was just another day doing the same old work. And does that work make a better person or the world a better place to live in... Well good question but better left unanswered...
Is this what i dreamt of doing when i was growing up? No definitely not. Well my dream profession used to change in every summer holidays (coz thats the time when we would be coming up with all there bizzare ideas of what to do).
Guess too melodramatic a thought to be written more... I better stop now....
Beginner...
Finally I enter the world of blogging... I used to wonder how people could write so much on any given topic under the sky. I find it a huge task to even give words to my thoughts properly. I always run short of words. But here I am registering myself to one of the most happening virtual places of the world.
Now a days its not only the physical world that can be happening and hep. Even the virtual world of web has its own distinct place in our lives. My friends have their own proper blogs and their pages and here I was wondering what the heck do they have to write so much about.....
I thought, let me also give a try. So here I am writing my first blog on absolutely nothing... :) Hey this one was quite easy.... hmmm I think I can attempt one more. Lets see............
Now a days its not only the physical world that can be happening and hep. Even the virtual world of web has its own distinct place in our lives. My friends have their own proper blogs and their pages and here I was wondering what the heck do they have to write so much about.....
I thought, let me also give a try. So here I am writing my first blog on absolutely nothing... :) Hey this one was quite easy.... hmmm I think I can attempt one more. Lets see............
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)