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Dove : Mumma, what is this nonsense about Shashi Tharoor? All your recent blogs are filled with his praise.And you keep reading about him?
Me : (aghast) Come on baby. He is a public figure and there are many people who like him. It's like so many people are crazy after John Abraham and Salma Hayek and Zeta Jones. I am sure their family members have no issues with that.And you have yourself collected a hundred pictures of Daniel Radcliffe.
Dove : Aha! Like that ! Now I understand. What John is to cool gals like me, Shashi Tharoor is to nerds like you.
Me : Ahem…well…
So much for Gen X….
Octet
Thank you Ganga for the tag. I was tagged at a time when the only thing I wanted was to coil up in my cocoon, and couldn't think of anything to talk about myself. But then I saw Shankari’s Fine Tunes and thought maybe I could. So here comes my octet
Aapki nazron ne samajha pyaar ke kabil mujhe…
(Movie: Anpad Singer: Lata Mangeshkar)Normally I am the typical nagging, cribbing wife who at times has the I_have_been_wronged_at_the_cruel_hands_of_destiny attitude. Blah blah. But somewhere deep, somewhere, there always lurks a feeling. A feeling of gratitude for everyone I have got.
Payo ji maine Ram ratan dhan payo…
(Meera Bhajan, Singer: Lata Mangeshkar)I envy the faith of Meera. Pursuit of a figure unseen but deeply felt. Have always lived in the quagmire of doubt and question. Still trying to fathom that Unknown, Almighty, Omnipresent and Omnipotent.
Madhuban khushboo deta hai sagar jivan deta hai…
(Movie: Saajan Bina Suhagan Singer: Yesudas)
Earning your own bread and butter is no doubt the best way of leading your life. But wonder, what if we were not to enjoy the fruits of hard work put in by Edison, Pasteur, Bell and all those innumerable people whose sole purpose was to make everyone’s life better. From the beginning of history if we were to be ruled by the doctrines of Ayn Rand where would we be, today?
Gaata rahe mera dil tu hi meri manzil…
(Movie: Guide Singer: Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar)
Music Music … that’s the way aha aha …I like it….aha aha
Terebina zindagi se koi shikva nahi…
(Movie: Aandhi, Singer: Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar)My all time favourite…the song and the singers.
Ee mere vatan ke logo zara aankh bhar lo paani...
( Singer: Lata Mangeshkar)Is it too weird to be a diehard Indian in the buzzing times of globalisation? Shameful? No. No. No. I don’t think there’s a conflict between being a proud Indian and proud global human being. Being a proud Indian is just a precursor of being proud of all the diversity that this universe offers.
Woh shaam kuch ajeeb thi yeh sham bhi ajeeb hai…
((Movie: Khamoshi Singer: Kishore Kumar)
At times get engulfed by deep sadness - unexplained and unfathomed.
Aaj phir jeene ki tamana hai, aaj phir marne ka iraada hai…
(Movie: Guide Singer: Lata Mangeshkar)Times pass and moods pass. Every day I want to sing this song because it spells a deep affection for life.
Everyone who reads this is welcome to take this tag.
PS : And lest Dove label me a “Bygone Era Freak” let me declare that I love Shakira and her songs, Celine Dion’s Titanic song and the beats of Vengaboys besides “One Love “ and “Waiting for tonight”.