Feeling restless...

So much to do.. and soo little time.. still i aint runnign at the speed i want..
need to be kicked on the backside.. n gotta get moving.. before time flies...

Magical Songs :)

Music has a wonderful role to play in our lives. One of the beautiful forms of art which helps you express your feelings when you are unable to do so with your words.We have a song for every emotion or occassion which makes these things even more beautiful. These songs give more meaning to such moments that we cherish for lifetime.
Some songs touch your soul. Some leave you stirred. Below is the list of my favourite songs which leave an impact on me or I feel are the best to express certain emotions or feelings.

Song that explains the essence of life:
Ek din bik jaayega. Maati ke mol.. jag mein reh jaayenge pyaare tere bol. Duje ke hothonko dekar apne geet. Koi nishaani chhod…

Beautiful Song. Just the few beginning lines capture the basic essence of life. Its indeed only our words that we leave behind and nothing else. And we are casual about it. Often we don’t think before we say something. We don’t realize that words can hurt as much as they can love.

When you are extremely Happy and don’t knw what to do…
Aaj mai upar.. aasmaan neeche.. from the movie khamoshi…
Crazy and funky song .. to dance .. as if nobody is watching :)


The love songs :
Romantic Rain Song- Rimjhim gire sawaan.

When the hearts flutter,.. initial stages of love- Doob jaana re .. mujhko doob jaana re.. Tere paas aana re.. mujhko doob jaana re. From the movie Main Meri Patni aur Woh

Few years later… when u need to express your love. No other song can beat this one.

Tere bin Jeena nahi.. oo meri jaane wafa.. tere bin jeena nahi.. oo meri jaane wafa.. zindagi bhar saath rehkar… mujhe hona nahi hai juda.. tu mili toh mujhe mil gayi zindagi ki har khushiii…jism mai hun meri jaan hai tu.. bin tere main kuch nahi. Kahe kya.. sunn zaraa.. aati jaati saanso ki sadaa.. By Bali Brahmbhatt

Please Forgive me - By Bryan Adams is the best when you are really sorry.

And when one fine day you grow old – this is the perfect song to sing for your loved one- You Are Still the One by Shania Twain.

The song that motivates me.. allows me to dream
Roobaroooooo... Roshni... dhua utha.. khula gagan mera.. nayi subah... naya dagar mera...

And the song that makes me beleive in myself ( This song from the movie Lakshya gives me goose bumps everytime i listen to it.)

Haan yehi rasta hai tera.. tune ab jaana hai.. haan yehi sapna hai teraa.. tunee pehchana hai..
Roke tujhe aandhiyan.. kya zameen aur kya aasman...
paayega jo Lakshya hai tera..
Lakshya toh har haal mein paana hai..

Apart from the awesome music and motivating lyrics , the way this song is picturised is beautiful.. just love this song totally...


Finally the songs that brings tears to my eyes everytime:Heal the World and Chanda Suraj by AR Rehman and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan..

There is a place in your heart and I know that it is love
And If you Really try , you will find there is no need to cry.
There are ways to get there. If you care enough for the living.
Make a little space.. make a better place..

Heal the World..
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire Human race

Gurus of Peace- Chanda Suraj Laakhon Taarein Hai
hai jab tere liye hi saare
kis baat pe hoti hai fir takraare.
Kheenchi hai Lakeerein is zameen
par na kheecho Dekho beech mein do dilon ke deewarein

Ishq dawa hai har ek dard ki. Ishq saari haddon ko tod daale.
Ishq hai jo saare jahaan ko aman bhi de.
Raunak Ishq se hai saare alaam ki.

These two songs emote the feeling of love so strongly and so beautifully.. and make us beleive that through love we can some day think of peace .. maybe world peace..


Finally few lines from the song Mustafa Mustafa from Duniya Diwalon Ki,
This song has all what i beleive in life or follow to enjoy my life to the hilt.. A very beautiful song about friendship and life.

few of my fav lines
Yeh Aasman hai kya
Ek panchi ke aage
Saagar yeh kya hai yaara machli ke aage
Tu bas hanste hi Jaa
Har pal muskaate jaa
Fir Gham ki Hasti kya yaara tere aage

Jeevan toh Gaadi hai.. isko toh Chalna hai...
Raahon mein station toh aate hai jaate hai.. kab tera station hai..
isko toh jaana hai
chalta chal
khushiyon ka bhi station aana hai... :)

So true isnt it???

The To- Do Things in Life

I thought of listing 10 things that I want to do in life....But the list never stopped!!!!
Here it goes...

Things to do in life before I die or before people get me married which is anyways equivalent to death.

Time Target- 5 Years.
1. Travel to various places.
List includes:2. Bike trip to leh- Ladakh.
3. North East- Shillong, Darjeeling
4. North- Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal
5. Andaman and nicobar island, lakshwadeep.
6. Go Trekking in the Himalayas
7. Visit Manasarover
8. Cross country road trip longitudinal and latitudinal. i.e. watch the sunrise from the eastern coast of India. Travel across by road to the western coast to see the sun set.
9. Visit all historic places in india- Temples- the Sun temple of Konark, Temples of Madurai, Khajurao, Hampi, Various Forts and Caves. Study more about history, the various civilizations and culture of India.
10. Join a Library. Read more.
11. Float in the middle of the sea. Yuva style- like Kareena kapoor and Vivek oberoi.
12. Do some adventure sports. River rafting and bungee jumping. River rafting is the top priority.
13. Visit a wildlife sanctuary. If possible get into wildlife photography.
14. Learn photography.
15. Buy an awesome camera. Click beautiful picture which satisfy the artistic soul. So that all my above travel expeditions are crystallized into beautiful pictures.
16. Ride a Royal Enfield
17. Buy a bike.
18. Join a NGO. Do something worthwhile for the society.
19. Buy a house. A farm house infact and have all kinds of animals out there.
20. Study further and get one more degree.
21. Read the holy books or about their teachings of various religions. Priority list- Bhagvad Gita, The Quran, and the Holy Bible.
22. Learn Karate or some martial Arts.
23. Learn some dance form. Achieved this to some extent- learnt Salsa ;).
24. Learn Yoga and practice meditation
25. Learn new languages. Indian as well as one Foreign Language.
26. Improve Writing skills and be able to write better.


Soo much to dooo. and soo li'l time!!!!... Better be going :)...

The Jodi'es :P

Wooahhh... finally we went on our long due bike trip.. though it was a short one.. but it was good start and we hope to keep the momentum going. Hope we go on longer trips in near future....

The long pending plans were finally turned into reality on 4th of April 2009.We ( I and Dan) had decided no matter what happens We ARE going on the bike Ride this time... :)and We DID!!!

We decided to have an early start to the day. We were up by 5: 30.
Raring to go by 6.30.

At the onset we decided to name ourselves the Jodi'es. ( aka Roadies ishtyle ) .. Check out our sexy companions.

Dan and anu on the pulsar.... I and veenu on my Blaze.. :)

Oopppsss where is my Babe???
Aah here she is... My darling veenu :)

The destination was decided. Aarey Milk Colony. There is something magical about this place. It is a heaven within Mumbai. Totally unlike the the crazy city it is situtated in. It has a calm and peaceful environment which relaxes you. All I do when I m here is Smile.. I feel sooo happy just being here that I cant stop smiling... (especially during the winters the weather out here is simply amazing ).

Objective: To explore the arterial roads in aarey milk colony..

The excitement of going on our first bike ride was thrilling.. Though it as bit warm the ride was exhilarating. We reached the Aarey Milk Colony in perfect time to watch the sun rise through the hills. The beautiful scene made us stop and just experience the beautiful moment.

We moved on exploring the arterial roads. most lead to small villages inside. We felt as if we have reached a totaly different place. It didnt seem like mumbai at all.

Going off Road :)...

One of the beautiful shots taken by our photographer in the making- Dr Anupama Kotian...

Dan's School Friends :)








Our sexy bikes together relaxing as we enjoyed our cutting chai... adrak wali...

So long.... Till our next biking Expedition.. :)...

The Journey

I have always felt that there is lot of parallelism between the journey of life and a train journey. Its like an event.:) If you would have travelled by Indian Railways you would definately agree. The train signifies the world moving at its own pace irrespective of whats happening within just like the earth revolves and rotates creating the time and space as the life of the scores of its inhabitants just moves on.People just join in and leave at various junctions.
We all board the train of life alone and keep meeting new people as we move along.However there are some people who are with you at the outset. The ones who were already aboard the train of life and the first set of people you meet is your immediate family. As the train progresses life moves ahead, new people join in, some leave. You share a different relationship with each of them as the span of association also varies. Some remain mere acquaintances while some leave you with life changing experiences.
The different stations denote the various phases in life. Its a cycle of various stages of happiness, pleasure, sadness, tragedy, esctasy, adventure, etc. Every station has something new to offer. Its not necessary that the ones you began your journey with will stay till the end. There is no end to life. Just an end to your journey but life moves on irrespective of what happens. Life moves on and its very essential that we move on too... no matter how much we would want to stay back with the memories or stages we want to hold onto forever :) Life doesnt give much choices afterall :) You either move with it or alight to start a different journey altogether.
Life has no destination. Its perpetual, moving towards infinity.
Its only the people who leave the the train of life at their respective destinations when their journey ends and the train drifts away from you as it disappears over the horizon as a little speck in the wide universe. You are not together anymore but there are string attached in the form of memories held on both sides.
There is much more common to both but guess need to stop somewhere. :) I think its better to quote the lyrics from a song.

Few words from one of my favourite songs perhaps encapsulates my thoughts in better words.

Jeevan toh gadi hai, Isko toh chalna hai,
Raahon mein station toh aate hai jaate hai
Kab tera station haim tujhko toh chalna hai
Chalta chal khushiyon ka bhi station aana hai :)

A story from Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul

Hariya
As is my habit, that morning too I stepped out onto our veranda to take in some air. Looking around, my glance fell on a bundle of green in a corner of the veranda. It was a parrot; its awkward twitching indicated that it was alive. Even as I approached it the parrot made no effort to move fly away. Parrots are intermittent visitors to our veranda but always skitter away if you get too near them. It was obviously wounded in some way. I picked it up.
By then I had been joined by my wife and children. Much was made of the unexpected visitor. My wife got her first-aid kit. It seemed to have some minor bruises but nothing of a serious nature. It allowed us to apply a gentle salve to its wounds.
The parrot ate some channa and drank some water. And made no effort to fly away.
I expect because of its bright green plumage we named it Hariya and it became a family pet. A cage was bought more to protect Hariya from predators than to keep him imprisoned. In fact, we often let him out of his cage, so he could fly away if he wanted. Hariya just didn't seem to want to. It was only after many days that we realised that he had never shown an urge to fly.
One day I took Hariya in my hands and gently examined him more thoroughly than we had ever done. To my horror I found that his wings had been stitched up with very fine plastic thread that was almost invisible to the naked eye. Someone had obviously taken great pains to ensure that Hariya couldn't fly.
Removing those threads was a very difficult task -- it took me a whole week because it had to be done gently and slowly. It was only Hariya's faith and confidence in me that allowed it to happen. As I removed the last dastardly thread, Hariya squawked and fluffed his suddenly freed wings. Then his neck swivelled around and he just stared at me. Hariya's eyes seemed to be shining.
That day Hariya made no effort to fly. He flexed his wings often, but that was about it.
The next day we released Hariya from his cage. For a few minutes he just strolled around the veranda. Then suddenly he squawked the loudest we had ever heard him do, and as we watched, his wings flared and he was flying. Hariya soared into the air.
A few days later, when I walked out into the veranda for my morning stroll, I found Hariya perched on the railing. Seeing me, he flew up, squatted on my shoulder and rubbed his head on my cheek.
Hariya is now an intermittent visitor to our house, going and coming as and when he pleases. He often brings along a friend or two.
My wife says it is a relationship of a previous birth. My smallest child, just four years old, says it is love.

Aaj Mai Upar!!!!

Aaj mai upar.... aasmaan neeche!! aaj mai aage.... Zamana hai peecheee!!!!! :)

Yun hi bin baat ke.. jhalki jaaye hasi...
Dole jab hawaa...laage gudgudiiiii....(hehehe)

Me is feelign very very happy today... exactly as the song above describes...n there isnt any particular reason to feel so.. maybe its the rains!!!! they usually have that effect... cant stop smiling.. n feel like dancing to all the songs dat r being played on the radio..:) well I did.. lil bit.. sitting on the window...while it rained heavily.. n i put my hand outside.. trying to grab as much of my share of the rain :)....giggling all alone.. dancing :P.. singing out loud the songs being played at the highest volume my speakers can :P....fully drenched due to the heavy rain that was lashing into my room... n simply Smiling as if I have gone crazyyyyy...

strange isnt it....we have become so occupied with the fast life that even such instances of happiness we experience seem unusual to us..I mean I was kinda surprised about why am I feeling so happy. I had no reason to be so...then I thought to myself..I have to be happy all the time and I dont need a reason to be happy..there isnt anything unusual about it... after all everything that we do in life...we do so just because we can be HAPPY at the end of day ..isnt it???..so whatever we do.. we should be happy...anyways...me is happy happy...

khidki par baithe hue...baarish ki ek suhaani shaam....with the chai and pakodas!!! ahaaan!!!! aur kya chahiye yaar life mein... bole toh ekdum majaaa ni life :P

so me is all giggly n smiling!!!! :)...

Keep Smiling Alwayzzzzz.... (Someone asked me Why????)
Bcozzz.... As I once said...:P
Life is too Short to Cry... :)