अर्ज किया है......

देखे करीबसे तो अच्छा दिखाई दे
एक आदमी तो शहरमे ऐसा दिखाई दे
-- जफ़र गोरखपुरी

Have a nice weekend, folks!

Logging into this site to post has become a pain these days. Patience is not one of my virtues and I am not sure that the keyboard of my laptop will take the abuse of my impatient fingers for long :-(

Now that I have managed to log in after repeated attempts, tell me one thing - is it just me or you too felt that this week has moved in a rather fast-forward fashion? Suddenly, it's the EOD on Friday! I ain't complaining though. :-)

So the tamasha called World Cup starts tomorrow. The other day I worried about my hearing ability for a moment when I heard "One Day Mataram" instead of "Vande Mataram". Turns out I heard it right!

Oh well, let's see how it pans out for Team India this time :-)

अर्ज किया है.....

सर झुकाओगे तो पत्थरभी देवता हो जाएगा
इतनाभी न चाहो उसे, वो बेवफा हो जाएगा

(Forwarded)

If you type the words "Sudan Separation" you will find that about 99% of Sudan's population voted for the separation in January of this year. Yet, I came to know about it 2 days back. Oh, I am not saying I should have been informed about the same by the Sudan government. I am wondering whether the newspapers I read didn't carry the news in eye-catching fonts or I was just too blind to see it.

Be that as it may. I am not fully conversant with the political or social reasons behind this separation but I suspect that the multi-ethnicity of the country has something to do with it. The partition of any country in itself is a sad affair but when one of its reasons is the conflict between different ethnic groups, it is even more lamentable. Makes one wonder whether enough attempts were made to bridge the gaps.

And every time a country erupts in violence or breaks apart somewhere in this world because of its ethnic conflict, I worry over the future of my own country. Sadly, the only 2 events that have the power to bring the Indian populace together are cricket and war - and not necessarily in that order. :-(

I find myself getting more and more addicted to the "Food Food Channel" these days. My favorite programs are Chaai Nashta (hosted by Chef Rakesh Sethi), Sanjeev Kapoor's Kitchen, Southern Spice and Firang Tadaka. :-)

"Travel India" hosted by Harsha Bhogale (Travel & Living Channel) is a good one too. A few days back Harsha was in Rajasthan. You should have seen him sitting in the desert in the night, eating simple daal and roti cooked by the person manning his camel. I really, really envied him. These are the moments that life should be filled with and yet, almost all of us seem to be having so few of them :-( At one point Harsha commented that he knows almost next-to-nothing about the camelman's life though the camelman is his (and yours and mine as well!) fellow countryman. How true it is!

I just hope that I get to visit the width and breadth of this country before I die!

Ordinary people, Extra-ordinary Acts

I have decided that henceforth I will be publishing such links here under the heading "Ordinary people, Extra-ordinary Acts". Who knows, some of you who are reading this might want to join in.

Teacher sets up a meal centre with VRS money

जलदिंडी!

अर्ज किया है...

आखोंमे रहा, दिलमे उतरकर न देखा
कश्तिके मुसाफिरने समंदर नहीं देखा

(Forwarded)