Jul 25

Deja vu!!!

What is the first thing you do, when you get up in the morning? Somehow, it seems to have a bearing on all the day through, isn’t it? Well, like me for instance, I like to get up, bow to God! and then I go out of my apartment and take a deep breathe of the fresh morning air, looking up at the rising Sun!! And as the cold air, filters down to the lungs, can feel my whole body openin’ up flutterin’ itself off the weariness of sleep, just like a bird shakes off the water droplets on its feathers after a nice bath!! I do it almost everyday, giving myself quota of the fresh life, that every human being so much deserves!!
Have you ever had a feeling, when you look at a situation/a setting or a scene in your everday life, that you had indeed seen it before? A sudden occurrance, or a talk with someone, a unique scenery suddenly doesn’t seem so exclusive! The mind seems to have thrashed out some old remembrance and shoved it right out, startling you, as if this indeed had happened in the past! Subconscious registries open up, revealing the exact details and filling you with awe! When I mentioned this to Saumya today, she said, it was the deja-vu. I looked up the dictionary..and bingo..found the meaning! It is “The illusion of having already experienced something actually being experienced for the first time“.
Wonder if it would ever happen similarly with people! When you meet someone for the first time, and yet it seems as if you had known them for years together! And even strangers, strangely enough, don’t seem so! And what is that stranger was a girl! Someone, you feel you knew from a long time since, and lost her inbetween! What if shez returned.. and you don’t wanna lose her again?!What would I do? I dunno… but probably, when this happens, and when I do whatever it is that I shall do, I may probably feel, that I had done it already! Is this what lifetimes of Love means? (Or is it just that I am hopelessly romantic today!). So..my week has begun….

Jul 22

Imaginations!!!

Have you watched “Finding Neverland”? If you haven’t I do strongly suggest that you do. The story is all about how Barrie was inspired to write “Peter Pan“. The one aspect of the movie that is specifically intended to stand out is the power of imagination! “Believe in it strongly” – Barrie says, “and it will come to be true”. So what is the toughest part in this procedure? Imagining? Or believing? In our day to day lives, haven’t we ever dreamed of things? The magnitude of the cosmos, the creation, the life we live in our future, the girl we would want in our life! We dream, we imagine! It really doesn’t seem to be that hard. But believing!! Oh yeah! there the red flag goes up! We are bombarded with questions of “logic”, questions of “knowledge”, and before we know, we wake up from our dreams and laugh them out! The belief that is needed to buoy our imaginations crumble right infront of our eyes and we are left staring at the stark naked reality! A reality that we have resigned ourselves to! A reality that we have come to accept as ours, no matter how depressing it is, or how unwilling we are! Is this what being adult is all about? To be rid of our beliefs? To accept our shortcomings and learn to live with them, rather than out grow them? If one looks at the alter occupied by the achievers, one would tend to see an inherent child-like stubborness in each of ’em that just refused to accept the so called “reality” portrayed by “adulthood”. Peter Pan, represents that child-spirit which must not die in us! The quest to remain ever-young! The fountain of youth, is then inside us! It is our imaginations! And it is our belief in them! What am I doing?! I am imagining eternal youth residing in me! Do I believe in it? You are damn right I do!This is the sheer beauty of children! Time to get back to that blessedness!

Jul 20

My Tagged Resume…(for Kishan and er..others too)

Three names I go by:-
Praveen
Pavi
Pappu

Three screen I would like to have:-
Simba_the King
technoshocker
Aashiq

Three physical things I like about myself:-
My eyes
My lips (and the beauty spot near it)
My fingers

Three physical things I dont like about myself:-
My receding follicles in the cerebral cranium region 🙁
My Increasin’ girth in the thoracic area :((
My almost non-existent presence of the muscles in the bicep region :(((

Three parts of your heritage:-
Universal brotherhood and religious tolerance
Mythological Stories and Texts
A Divinity I most ardently trust in

Three things that scare me:-
Self Denial
Over confidence
Indiscipline

Three of my everyday essentials :-
A healthy Body
A healthy Mind
A healthy Attitude

Three things I badly want to do before I die :-
Write a great book
Make a world tour
Paint the best painting I ever cud do!!

Three careers I am considering:-
Professor
Writer
Psychologist

Three places I want to go:-
Switzerland
Zurich
Scotland

Two truths and A lie :-
Girls Dig me!
I dont have a girlfriend!
I dumped Alyssa Milano for Katie Holmes!!

Jul 17

Yet Another Birthday!!!!

Ok! Before I sign-off for the day, Saturday was my another elder sis triveni’s birthday. A wonderful writer, who writes the column “Tulasivana” in thatskannada. The thing I like the most about her writing is the topics she chooses. They are so simple, day to day things, that we seem to take for granted. But yet, when we think of it, we do attach quite a great amount of importance to them. Her style is simple, humorous, and very touchy!
Well, I infact kinda forgot that it was her birthday and nevertheless ended up calling her first thing in the morning. Sweet old sis, she reminded me that it was her b’day! Well, I did wish her, sent an e-card and sang the ol’ birthday song. So anyways, today is her birthday! I wish her the best for all that is to come!
huTTu habbada haardika shubhaashayagaLu trivENi akka. 🙂

Jul 17

Not quite another weekend!!!

Ok!! So… know what? My weekend has been quite unlike my many others. Know why?! Well for one, I was among the millions who stood waitin’ with bated breathe for the moment when world over the 6th Harry Potter book got released!!! It was fun! Me and my friends went to this really kewl Mexican restaurant El Paisa..(where you see, I developed this cool idea that somehow the mexicans and Indians are related… look at the name of the restaurant!!!!). Hmmm! anyways..enough of idle musings!
So after that I went to Barnes and Noble! It was so much fun! Little kids dressed as witches, wizards, Potter, Professor Dumbledore, et.al, were running around. The whole environment was charged with excitement and expectation of something phenomenal. Well Barnes and Noble had this facility to reserve the book; and me, as lazy that I am, went over there just a few hours before the release and so was tagged with an orange band and asked to wait till the reserved copies were all distributed. Now, my excitement was too hard to be contained, and I took my friend and hurried over to the Walmart, just across B & N, and bingo! Right on 12 past one minute, I was walkin’ away jubiliantly, posessing a brand new copy of “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince”. Then we coolly strolled over the B & N and started sporting the book around like hundreds others who were gathered there!
I caught some glimpses of the book and its contents, and immediately realized who was dying in this part :(. And believe me, my heart wrenched :(. Anyways.. its been about 24 hrs and 10 mins since I am in possession of that book, and I have completed 10 chapters already!!! This one seems a lot better than the Order of Phoenix.
Anyways, the Saturday was just the usual stuff. In between of my reading managed to lazily watch an awful disney flick “The Princess Diary” – Gosh!!! Can’t believe they still think such “gurly” movies run!!!
And what a way to end the night…. than watching “Exorcist-The Beginning” at freakin’ 12:00 AM. ewwww….jibbers… shivers…. but nothing when compared to the sheer agony thinking of the week that is coming up!!!
Ah. well…..

Jul 14

Gulzar: lafzon ka khazaana!

Every day during the afternoon from 1:15 to 2:00 I guess, there used to be a radio program – “Aap ki farmaaish”. They used to play user requests on this program. Of all the hindi songs that used to play, some of the songs used to stand out! By their music, their tone, a certain mysteriousness that was imbibed in them! It was much later when I grew up, that I realized, all these songs were by Gulzar. He was the one who wove the magic of words so well, that it tethered itself deep in the minds of the listeners and haunted them endlessly.
His first lyrics is supposed to be for the movie bandini – “mora gora ang lei ley..mohe shaam rang dai de.. chup jaaongi raat hi mein”. Indeed…gulzar has travelled a long distance, as a lyricist, a writer, a director! Some of my favorites in gulzar’s lyrics are:-

1. Tujhse naaraaz nahin zindagi:- Just the other day I was talkin’ about this song with Sushma. (That is what inspired me to write about Gulzar saab). What a wonderful song! That explains the travails of a person – the joys and sorrows he is undergoing in recollection of his past, who’s fruits are right now in front of him.
Aankh agar bhar aaye toh
boonde chalak jaayengi
kal kyaa pata inke liye
aankhein taras jaayengi

jaane kahan gum hua kahaan khOya
Ek aansu chupa ke rakkhaa thaa!

2. Tere bina zindagi se koyi:- From the movie Aandhi ! Gosh! What a movie! What songs!! I mean..each one of the songs have a tale of its own! I could just write blogs together on each song and the emotions in them. In this particular song, Lata and Kishore Kumar have given such a startling performance! The opening lines itself are so magnificient!
Tere bina zindagi se koyi shikwa toh nahin
tere bina zindagi bhi lekin zindagi toh nahin… zindagi nahin.. *deep sighs*

3. Yaara sili sili birha ki:- Lata Mangeshkar couldn’t have been more haunting! Gosh.. the distant sounding song.. as if beckonin’ to someone unknown, a deep agony, so well rendered! And the words, just pierce like arrows deep into the fathoms of the heart. This won him the film fare award for best lyrics.. .any wonder?
pairon mein na saaya koi sar pe na saayi rE!
mere saath jaaye na meri parchaayi rE!
baahar ujaaDaa hai.. andar veeraana …!!

4. Aanewala pal jaanewala hai:- A Classic movie! A Classic song! Need say more! Nobody could remain oblivious to this song from the wonderful movie Golmaal. As much as the movie has me in splits each time I watch it, so also does this song makes me lose myself!
Ek baar waqt se lamha gira kahin
wahan daastaan mili lamha kahin nahin
thoda sa hasaan ke thoda sa rulaake
pal ye bhi jaane wala hai Oho!!!

5. Qatra Qatra milti hai:- Another classic movie! Each song of the movie is a gem! Qatra Qatra milti hai, Mera kuchh saamaan, Khaali haath shaam aayi hai khaali haath jaayegi!!! Am speechless!!! Asha Bhonsle has done magic in these songs! A sheer brillance of words and vocals!

6. Sili hawa chu gayi:- From libaas! Everytime I listened to this song, I keep wondering at the multitude meanings it has vested in its depths.

Jitne bhi tai karte gaye, badhte gaye yeh faasle
Milon se din chhod aaye, saalon se raat leke chale

7. Dil hum hum kare:- Rudaali!! Wonderful! Glorious! Haunting! Magical! Absolutely Great!!!

Jis tan ko chua tu ne us tan koh chupaaun
Jis man ko lage raina woh kisko dikhaaon!!
O! mori chandramaa teri chandani ang jalaaye
teri unchi ataari maine pankh liye katwaaye

8. Pani Pani re:- Maachis! A movie in his direction, that won him the filmfare award for best story! Each song is lilting and dipped in his vast repertoire of words! Apart from the song that I have quote now, the other song of my liking is “chod aaye hum woh galiyan” – raft with the thoughts of a long left love!!
jahaan teri edi se dhoop uda karti thi
suna hai us chaukhat pe ab shaam raha karti hai

Well some of my other all time favos by gulzar.. are :
woh shaam kucch ajeeb thi – Khamoshi by KK
becaara dil kya kare – Khushboo by Asha Bhonsle
Musaafir hoon yaaron – Parichay by KK
Maine tere liye hi – Anand sung by Mukesh
Hum ko man ki shakti – Guddi by Vani Jayaram
Chadi re Chadi and Dil dhoondta hai phir wohi – Mausam by Mohd. Rafi, lata, Bhupinder
Thoda hai thode ki zaroorat hai – Khatta meetha sung by Lata and KK
Naam gum jaayega – Kinaara by Lata and Bhupinder (A song probably written for Lata)
sun sun sun didi – Superb singing and wonderful song! movie:- Khoobsurat and sung by Asha
Surmayi ankhiyon mein – There was a time when I wudn’t sleep without listening to this song! from the wonderful Sadma! by K J Yesudas!

The list is really long… but its time to stop…