Dos n Donts

One of my very dearmost and extremely caring uncles sent me this Dos and Donts list. I thought I should share it here...
Answer the phone by LEFT ear.
Do not drink coffee TWICE a day.
Do not take pills with COOL water.
Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm.
Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume...
Drink more WATER in the morning, less at night.
Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS.
Do not use headphones/earphone for LONG period of time.
Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning.
Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping.
When battery is down to the LAST grid/bar, do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1000 times..

14th +15th

All the Pakis and Indis were respectively busy with their Independence Day celebrations last couple of days. Some were really feeling the 'jazba' of the celebration, some not knowing whats happening around, some just enjoying the holiday, some hoisting the flag and giving hour-long speeches not kowing about its impact, some singing the anthems with thousands of mistakes and someone like me, pondering on a question -
What if this partition would've had happened?
I've been actually thinking about this for a while now. 'have given lot of thought on the serious part. But here, I want to list down so 'good' things. Everyone is welcome to add on into it. But, there should be no Kashmir and no Terrorism....remember, good things. Here it is....
1. The Bollywood stars would've been so different. There would've been no SRK, no Bacchans, no Rani or Kajol as superstars. Hassan Choudary would've been one of the heartthrobs...hahaha.
2. 'Pakola' would've been so easy to reach out for :).
3. Our cricket team would've been the strongest. We would've had Sachin, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Sohaib Akhtar, Waqar Yonuis together....waah. I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it.
3. Shopping would've ben so easy.
4. Hunza Pass would've been my 'all summer' picnic spot.
Bas, I can just think of these as of now.....oh ya...one more...
5. My status would'nt have been 'single'....hehe.
Mmmm...people from the other side of the border are given the first preference to add up. I know about Taj Mahal and Mumbai. Add some new ones :).

Please, start adding up.

Can he be called a true human being?

I donno coz I've never come across people who are so so selfless. Well, I'm talking about India's ex Prez Prof. Abdul Kalam. During his time as President, I was too busy with my life and also because I have very less hopes with politics, I was not attentive over the kind of works he did during his term.
But since last few months, I've been following his website www.abdulkalam.com very religiously and get more and more inspired by the words he uses for the youth, the way he encourages, motivates....its so divine. This website has become like a 'booster' for me, it helps me a lot when I feel depressed.

Its said, she used to glide through the tunes....

More than Lata or Asha, I've always loved Geeta's voice. And she is a person whom I admire a lot, personally.
It was her death aniversary yesterday. Its said, this was the last song that she recorded. Its strange, but just yesterday, this one fell onto my ears and since then 've fallen in love with it.
Geeta Dutt could express the feelings through her voice which I think, no one could ever do, except Rafi Sa'ab.
Hats off!!!

Tribute to a Great Leader!

Two very historical events happened last week which were contradictory to each other.
One, was the 'Silver Jubilee' celebration of India's win in the cricket world cup and second was the very very sad demise of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. Though, we took notice of the first event vey enthusiastically but totally missed out on the second one. I feel pretty sad about it.
Frankly speaking, I had never heard this name before, just noticed a news flash about it and the defence minister paying his tribute. A couple of days back, I was having an informal chat with one of my uncles and this topic popped up.
My mouth hung up with great astonishment hearing about his great heroic deeds during his 94 year life span. He was one of the first cadets who passed out from the Indian Military Academy; he was sent to World War II where he almost died with severe injuries but his zeal pulled him back. He was destined to become the 8th Chief of Army Staff and do the undone and something that would never be done again. During partition (Indo-Pak), Jawaharlal Nehru used to make him sit to make strategies for Kashmir operation. Its said that during Indo-China war, Indian soldiers got very demotivated due to their defeats. It was Sam, who motivated them to get back lost Arunacha Pradesh. He was the one who many a times didnt agree to Indira Gandhi's decisions and stood against her and fought the 1971 battle his way.....I can go on and on talking about him coz I'm so so awestruck. Also, I feel pity of myself that I didnt know about him till the time he lived.

And ya, wikipedia has compiled his works and life at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Manekshaw.

I pay my tribute to him from the deepmost corner of my heart.
Hundereds of salute to Field Marshal, Padma Bhushan, Sam Manekshaw.
Jai Hind!

Aaj jaane ki zid na karo....

Seems as if, God is being kind to me since a couple of months. Seems as if, life is moving on and I'm a bit surprised with the pace its flowing.
At times, it fills my heart with grief just by the thought of sensing something damaging lying ahead. Many a times, it happens to me, that I'm shown a flash of light at the end of the tunnel and when I move towards it, I am pushed back with a very strong blow.
As of now, dont want to go deeper in these thoughts.
These days, I'm in love with Farida Khanum's jewel - aaj jaane ki zid na karo. I'm lost in it.

Feel rejuvinerated

I just got back from a week long vacation along the countryside of north Gujarat. I've always loved going back to my roots; but this time I travelled some centuries back. We went to Patan, Mehsana and Khambat; these are our pilgrim centres with hamlets of the saints who built the foundation of our community in India some 650 years ago.
Driving through the muddy roads, feeling the cool breeze of the green fields around, women with water pots, farmers ploughing fields, haystacks lying around, cowdung smell, small waterbodies, mud huts, camel rides............they make me feel very proud of being an Indian. I was so amazed that I just travelled around 100 kms away and the culture, the I managed to live each and every moment I spent as I really needed this trip at this phase of my life.
Visiting the hamlets made me feel so light headed (and hearted) as if, I was at some spa. I could feel positive energies around me, a sense of feeling that there is someone arond taking care of me. It gave a very strong feeling that 'things' are gonna be great from hereon, InshAllah. And ya, it has bought me closer to God and His messengers.
So, please dont feel shocked if you find me using more urdu words, or talking about Islam.
Oh, such a memorable trip! No spas, no pubs, no hillstations, no US......just in the midst of eternal peace.