Few pictures from Kota Trip

March India Trip Month of the Year + Tashan

My last three trips to India happened in this month of the year, which explains the title. I came back from India last Friday and this time even more desperate to go back again. Maybe it is the fact that I went back after two years but even 24 days felt less on this trip. I am sure, I will be writing a lot more about this trip in days to come. I travelled SFO-->Delhi-->Kota-->Jaipur-->Kota-->Delhi-->Kota-->Delhi-->Amritsar-->Delhi-->Kota-->Delhi-->SFO, in that order last month.

In the mean time going back to my first love, music....the music of Tashan is nice!!! I think it is going to play all over and turn out to be a huge success. Vishal Shekar are definitely maestros at churning music which is for those young at heart.

Very funny Indian ad for Godrej DVD Player

Another proof of the quality of Indian ads.

Classically Milds

Amazing new album my Sonu Nigam...soulful is the word.

It has been a long time since I have blogged. A lot is happening on the personal front. Plan to watch Mithya, funny how I do not feel the same for Jodha Akbar. We celebrated our second anniversary yesterday...time flies....

I pity Raj Thackarey

I think leaders (or not) like Raj Thackarey should be publicly punished and sent to jail.

Papa Cj - World Stands Up

Pretty decent....

THROW shAron STONE

Recently when interviewed by a Headlines Today news reporter Sharon Stone expressed how much she loves Bollywood and how much she is waiting for the right call from Bollywood. The reporter too naive or probably too much impressed by her answer asked Sharon if she recalls any recent movies from Bollywood and here comes the best part. Sharon Stone's reply was "Hmmmmmm Ymmmmmm yeah I loved this movie.....Hmmmmmm Ymmmmm Goshhh...it has been like six years....it was this beautiful love story ....such a nice love story....it had this female director....yeah I loved that movie"

music meri jaan

Revisited the music of Chameli a few minutes ago, sounded as refreshing as it used to. A very good album indeed.

Another short story, Ishmeet and I were listening to the music of Aashiqui and she so religiously pointed out that how much she loved the tabla in the song "Mera Dil tere liye dhadakta hain". Reminded me of a an old friend very kameena I must say who used to play tabla on the trunk of politician Shukla.

my roommates

My roommates/ apartment mates were in the following order. I would write more about each one of them soon

Rishabh Mehreja 1997-1998 Room #55
Ajit Ashwalayan Shukla 1998-1999 Room #101

Vishvesh Shriram Sathe and Manavendra Nath Mahato 2001-2003 Apt #2014

Ajay Mulki Rao (2004-mid 2006) Apt #1110

On Sanjay Dutt getting bail

"Yeh public badi jaldi bhool jaati hain. Aap buss judge saahib ko ek baar saza sunaane do, sab ka judiciary par vishwash rahega. Baad mein ek-aad maheene mein bail karwa denge. Kyon theek hain na?"

sab theek hain...sab saaf saaf theek hain

holiday season spending

I find it hard to understand why everything is taken to the level of fakeness(not sure if that is a word) in US. The Black Friday sale is another perfect example of this. Items are sold with an additional 5-10% discount on their usual price but the whole gimmick is to market it was over 50% discount. Patrons unaware of the usual pricing of the items tend to think they are getting an awesome deal and therefore end up spending on stuff they never really wanted. Americans on an average spend $570 on holiday gifts alone during the months of November-December. This gift spending combined with spending on the family makes this entire holiday season a huge factor in setting the pace for the American economy in 2008.

National Anthem Of India - Jana Gana Mana (By A.R.Rahman)

A.R. Rehman is a good man.

soon

Yes it is going to happen, finally I feel the urge to do it.

Another one from Sidhu bhaji

Sidhu's take on different forms of cricket (source: rediff.com)
Comparing the various forms of cricket with music, Sidhu said, "Test cricket is like classical music which has survived since ancient ages. One-dayers are like film music that leaves people enthralled and T20 cricket is like disco and rap which provides occasional pleasure in short bursts."

gut feeling

I have a gut feeling that a lot of you would know about my daily life after watching "Jab We Met"....amen!

History repeats itself

Shailendra Singh, a struggling singer was given the break of his life to sing for the Rishi Kapoor in his debut movie Bobby. History has repeated itself after almost 25 years as another Shailendra is giving vocals for Rishi Kapoor's son Ranbir Kapoor in his debut movie Saanwariya.

I happen to know Shailendra Hada because he was my brother's classmate. I also remember him singing in every single event at School, be it bhajans or awesome ghazals. As a matter of fact, our respective Father's were also classmates. I feel happy for him, check his vocals on this youtube link

Khalish

I just love this word...

Tum kaho to mein rok lo,
Jo tum kaho to nahi
Seene mein hain kaise Khalish
Teri kashish to nahin...

Enjoy this song "Tere Sawalon ke woh jawab" from the movie Manorama six feet under. It has the same effect as "Khamosh Raat, Sahmi Hawa" from the movie Takshak.

Rang De Basanti Chola

Just felt like posting this video on my blog. Ishmeet will be singing this song tomorrow for her play on Gaddar movement.

uk asian women

I have always love the way UK Punjabi women speak. The way they mix their sweet English accents with some words of Punjabi..adds an extra oomph factor. But unfortunately a recent study shows that they have the highest rate of suicide rate. Almost 80% of suicides are committed by Punjabi women in the UK.

I find this is very unfortunate and an huge shame for Punjabi's/Sikhs men. It is a shame that our women who have for centuries given birth to martyrs have to resort to such extreme measures. I just pray things get better.

I yearn to be with you

I do not know what got into me but recently I have this strong desire to meet the river Ganga. I feel like spending some time at the ghats and maybe even take a doobki in the waters probably somewhere more towards the northern end of Ganga.

I have this feeling that I will learn something when I will be there. Maybe about my ancestors or maybe myself.