Broken English : Karsh Kale

Karsh Kale (pronounced Kursh Kah-lay), born of Indian parents, and brought up in the US, has long played Indian classical music on the tabla. Currently, he leads one of New York's coolest ensembles, and his monthly spins at Paisley and Joe's Pub are some of the hottest tickets on the New York scene.

Schooled in drums and a fiend for electronics, Kale has infused the worlds of East and West so well that separation seems impossible. With his trademark electronic tabla sound, Kale weaves strands of Indian ragas through one of the most distinctive albums of electonica, his first solo album Realize. Approaching the songs in the way an Indian musician would, Kale looks at them as a repertoire that can be reinterpreted. Many of his songs utilize traditional Indian folk material that has been rearranged into a contemporary genre.

Kale has played alongside and worked with some of the world's top artists including Sting, Zakir Hussain, Baaba Maal, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, and Ustad Sultan Khan (who is featured on Realize playing the sarangi and makes a rare vocal appearance on 'Satellite' and 'Light Up the Love'). Source Calabashmusic.com

Broken English
For his third full-length album, South Asian composer, drummer, dj and producer Karsh Kale balances his Indian heritage with rock, hip-hop and atmospheric pop. Broken English highlights Kale's work with a diverse cast of musicians including MC Napoleon and vocalists Trixie Reiss (The Crystal Method), film composer Salim Merchant (one half of the "it" Bollywood composer team, Salim-Sulaiman) and Dierdre (Ekova).

Karsh Kale and his band Realize Live will celebrate the CD release of Broken English in New York City at the new hot-spot the Canal Room on Tuesday, April 11, 2006.

Billboard Magazine says of the new record, "Broken English paints Kale's musical world in the most vivid colors. Rock, electronica, Southern Indian carnatic music, Bollywood strings and hip-hop are all factors here as is everything from tabla to guitar to electric santoor. ... it is some of the most creative music out there." Source calabashmusic.com

Krissh vs Superman

In the first thought, krissh vs superman seems such an absurd comparison. On one hand we have Superman, who has been in fantacy of children and adults throughout the world, while on other side we have our own Krissh. Last weekend Krissh was released in theaters worldwide and coming Friday superman will hit the silver screen.

So box office will see clash of the titans. Though I would personally love to see Superman winning the battle, but I expect that Krissh will the ultimate winner in Indian scene. Here are some of my thoughts about the same.

Indian hero
Krissh is hero from our own soil. We have seen him growing up and beating all the odds in last movie. We would like to see him again. Third world has many heroes but we dint have many super heroes. So we cheered ever shiity Shaktimaan and Aryamaan. Krissh is much better in look and appearance than others. Kids love to see Jaadu

More penetration
Krissh is released in all the cities and towns throughout the country. It will finally reach each and every small theater throughout the country. Superman will not be able to beat its penetration. I expect superman to do good business only in big and tier 2 cities. Most of the viewers in small cities will watch it on CDs only.

Publicity
We have seen poor Rohit in Koi Mil Gaya. Now he is the superhero for kids throughout the country. With krissh, the publicity is done at a larger scale. There are official merchandise available so is exclusive gifts and other promotions. And moreover these stuffs are cheaper than usual superman stuffs. It will be real tough for superman to beat it.

Emotions
We always loved movies with one hero, one heroin and songs. Superman can not offer this to us. Krrish is Hrithik and Priyanka. Both are today’s hottest cine face. Then there is somewhat popular music. Everything in favor of krissh.

What to say?
I am surely watching Superman
and not watching Krrish for sure.

WISE and otherWISE

Most of us know Sudha Murthy as Narayan Murthy’s wife. Actually for that matter we know Narayan Murthy just because he is founder of Infosys. We never knew that there are many more dimensions added to these two people.

Sudha Murthy has been a teacher throughout her life. From the vast experience she got by teaching year after year, she started writing in newspapers. She took the work of Infosys Foundation. Since then, she has ben traveling in and out of Karnataka. They have worked everywhere without much publicity. All these gave her a big insight into life. From those experiences she started writing novels in Kannada and then in English.

WISE and otherWISE is one such brilliant attempt by her. It’s not some book which tries to give gyan. She has narrated 50 experiences from her life. In not even one she is trying to preach anything. But that does not mean that it is a storybook. You can relate to all of them. You can laugh, cry, get angry, feel sad, feel proud with her as she narrates different aspects of life through her life. You can learn from each one of them.

Sudha uses really simple language, no jugglery of words. And I am sure once you start the book; you will leave it only after finishing full. go and read it.

As I always say, you won’t regret. :-)

The Inscrutable Americans

I have one friend who is going to USA for higher studies. His dad suggested him to read The Inscrutable Americans by Anurag Mathur. Though my friend has not read it yet, but I finished the book few days back.

Let me give you some idea about the book.

The book narrates a story about Gopal, from small village from MP, who is going for higher studies to USA. This guy is from a well to do family, but has never been to a big city. He has his own ideas about America and American way of living, which of course he made after watching lots of English movies (mostly those cheap semi-porno movies) and reading English magazines.

What Gopal thinks about the life their, he write as a letter to his young brother in India. The narration starts with our hero writing a letter to his brother. Gopal tries to narrate each and every incident to his brother. Whatever he sees there, is totally new to him. There is a cultural shock for anyone who goes from India, especially someone like Gopal. The whole narration revolves around his experience in college and outside college.

What is so special about the book which makes it so popular?

Simplicity
The book is written in a very simple language. Unlike many of the Indian authors, who give more importance to playing with words rather than playing with emotions, Aunrag Mathur has tried to keep it as simple as possible. Nothing looks dramatic and everyone can relate to the narration.

A humorous account of the life
Humor and satire can explain almost each of the human emotion. Gopal’s letters to his brother will bring smile to your face. How one small town guy will react to such a cultural shock is shown very beautifully and is very humorous. Randy, with his one liner is an amazing character.

360 degree life
It touches many aspects of life as such. It’s not a story of just love or sex. It tells us how it feels to stay in one country among people who are really indifferent to you, thousands of km away from your home. It touches the American problems also. Problems of black, problems of insecurities of American, problems of Americans hating outsiders. The narration makes you live like Gopal.

Overall a good book. I found just one minor hitch in the book. It could have dealt more with Gopal’s surroundings. Many characters came and went; they should have been given more time to stay in the narrations. Anurag could have given of less of Gopal’s sex ventures and more of his experience about life. After all sex is not just the only thing which Indians do there when they go for higher studies J

If you are going to USA for studies, read this book once. You will not regret it.

a day well spent

We work minimum 5 days a week, throughout the year. Sometime we get so bored with work and usual life that wee look forward for even a small change in schedule. I was feeling the same way so I decided to spend a day in different way. Some of my friends joined me in the noble initiative of gaining my energy back.

Here is my recipe to spend a memorable day, with your friends and family.

Get up early
You get up early daily; you get up real late on weekends. So you are used to both of the available options. I suggest that you get up early in morning so that you get more time in the day to do lots of activities. We got up early in morning (8:00 am)

Make something special in your breakfast
Daily we are in such a hurry in morning that we never enjoy our breakfast. For some of us the usual bread-butter becomes breakfast. So make something which you like for the breakfast, prepare your own breakfast. We ate curd sandwich. I chose this dish for two reasons: first, I like it a lot so do my friends. And second, it’s very easy to prepare. Have a really good breakfast, and your day will be made. (9:00 am)

Watch a movie in morning show
We watch movies every weekend, but we watch it only in late night shows. Shopping malls and cinema halls are filled to such an extent that sometimes you feel that you are in some kind of fish market. So to make it easy, watch any movie in morning show. You will see that most of the theaters are empty, only young people who bunked colleges are around you. You will get cheap tickets easily. We watched Date Movie in PVR in 50 rs.(10:00 am) Really nice time pass.

Do some window shopping
As you are out of the cinema hall very early (11:30 am or so), you have got lots of time left in morning. Do some window shopping. It’s a nice fun, especially when there is not much of crowd in your favorite shop. We saw each and every corner of Landmark in Forum. I have been to this shop many time but never saw it full. Yesterday we searched the length and breadth of it, even the toys section. (12:30 pm)

Have a quick burger
You will not be very hungry after the heavy breakfast in morning, thus having a good lunch out is not a great idea. Instead have a quick bite at your favorite fast-food outlet. We went ot KFC and had a burger and cold drink. Fast, cheap and efficient.(1:30 pm)

Meet friends
Meeting friends is one thing you can do any day. To make the day memorable meet someone whom you can not meet normally, or meet someone such that it becomes special. We met Anshu, he is leaving Bangalore the next day. So in one way, it was good for us.
In the mean time, we did some shopping for the home and also did preparation for the grand dinner for the night. (3:00 pm)

Go bowling
Go to bowling or go-carting. These places are usually very crowded on weekends, thus it will be a good idea to go for them. Two hours nicely spent. We went to amoeba and played one game of bowling. (5:15 pm)

One more quick bite
By now you will be hungry as you have not had any lunch, so go and grab some nice chat. Tangy and spicy, which will tickle all your taste buds. Again fast, efficient and cheap. Kaati Zone on church street. (6:00 pm)

Prepare your own dinner
To make it more memorable, make your dinner yourself. And make something which you like a lot. You may not get the best of taste but you will surely get the best of experience. We prepared Paav Bhaaji for dinner. A very strange choice, but again the same two reasons. It tasted ok but I felt so good to eat it that we finished it in real hurry. (9:30 pm)

End the day with nice show on TV
End the day with watching something nice on TV. We watched football matches. You can also do some easy reading. Some relaxation after the busy day.

I enjoyed it a lot, and I hope even my friends also felt the same way the best part of it is that we all took a leave from work to do it. A leave well spent indeed, a Monday well spent.

[ This is my personal experience and I am posting them here so that I can revisit it in future]

So what if our PM is coming to town?

Our beloved Prime Minister is in town for inauguration of Namma Metro (much-awaited, long-delayed Metro Train in Bangalore). Even if you don’t read the newspaper, you could have known about his arrival. Here is how it happens.

One: In evening when you are traveling back from work, you realize that traffic is not moving at all. Knowing the Bangalore traffic pattern, you can easily distinguish between traffic at snail pace (which is the usual traffic here) and traffic not moving at all (which happens when one or the other VVIP comes to town). Especially if you travel through roads in central part of city (MG, or Rajbhavan road), you will know it better.

Two: You see that all the roadsides are flooded with political party flags. Today it is congress, some other day it will be other political party. There are poster welcoming the PM, and there are more posters praising Sonia Gandhi. What did she do for the metro is really a million dollar question. Still, when you see, poster put up by every chota-mota wannabe neta, you know some big political joker is in town.

Why can’t these VVIP people understand that their security arrangements create lot of discomfort for normal public? They come to town and they visit the central part of the town. There are some visits which cant be avoided. So why not make some route which makes it easy for the common man.
Sometimes ago there were talks about creating helipads in important parts of the city so that all the VVIP could be airlifted to these places. But those plans could not see light of the day. It can slove the traffic block problem easily. Seeing that city like Bangalore sees a VVIP guests every alternate day, it can be a economical viable solution also.

Second issue is the waste of money and resource by party workers in putting up these posters. When will the expenditure of the political parties regulated? Government wants taxpayers to mention all their expenditure in the tax return forms but political parties have no responsibilities at all.
When we have a policy which bans and regulates commercial hordings along the roads, how come these small posters come and go without any botheration. The businessman pay hefty money to put those holdings while netas and parties just put it on their wish. No control over the usage of public property whatsoever.

Does anyone care about it?

show me money (and work) and blah blah

Today in my office we had some presentation about Employee Assistance Program. From name it looks like some kind of incentive program. I had same kind of hopes when I went to attend that. But it turned out to be totally different (crap). Its about counseling service that today’s corporate world is projecting as employee beneficiary program.

Overall not so interesting session for me (I am no more used to listen to all those shitty lectures form some not-so-interesting old guy). But itl raised some interesting questions. During the start we were asked to think about three situations. Let me discuss them one by one.

SITUATION: You are working for an big company. You work honestly and sincerely. You come one time and go on time, and submit all your assignments on time. Overall you are one good guy (finding such guy is too difficult, if you find him tell me, I will open my company in his partnership)

Case 1: One day your senior manager comes and tells you that from now on you will receive half the salary you were getting. He does not give any reason for such a harsh decision. What are the chances that you will stay in the company?
My answer : 0%. Its all about the ethics (if I talk in corporate terms)Everyone ought to be reasonable. There can not be any reason today for anyone to stay there. money is the biggest incentive for most of the people today, and without it there is no fun in working. If we get our salary from the company, company also gets big dollars because of our work. Its strictly business, nothing emotional. It’s an open market. DotCom burst is a history now. It’s a boom time. If you don’t gain from it today then anyone else will. If you do it prperly, you deserve every penny of your share.

Case 2: One day your boss comes and tells you that from now on you don’t need to work. You can come and go. You will get your paycheck on time. Will you stay in that company?
My answer : 0% It looks a really good proposition thinking life will be without any tension of work. But at the end of the day you will be the biggest loser. You need to think about your resume. You cannot grow by not doing any work. Akarmnyata cannot take you anywhere. It’s the biggest curse you can get.

Case 3: One day a guy from some other company gives and offers you same money and work in his company. What are the changes of you staying with the old company?
My answer : 50% Work and money are two most important aspect of a job. But there are many other associated factors. Culture and growth are the most important of them all. In one way, stability is a cancer for your carrier. Especially in early stage in life.
Today job is about four factors: Work, money, growth and culture. So whoever can churn out the best mix should be your first choice.

And for god sake, don’t give me fundas about ethics and loyalty.
More about these some other time.

It’s not about the bike

How it feels like to be diagnosed cancer in your early twenties, when you are in your best form in cycling, beating it in one year and win the Tour de France the coming year?

This is the main outline of the autobiography of legendry cyclist Lance Armstrong – It’s not about the bike: my journey back to life.

What do you do when one fine day, your doctor says that you are suffering from cancer? The first thought that will come to your mind is that I am going to die.
Lance faced same kind of situation, but what he did was not any ordinary man would generally do. He decided to fight with it. He went for all out treatment, which could have meant that he would no longer be able to ride bike or be a father. What happens after this is a history.

Saga of courage
After four deadly rounds of chemo therapy plus many surgeries, if someone thinks about riding in the Tour de France, he needs to have lot of courage and unlimited inner will. Getting up from deathbed and then riding cycle in Pyrenees is not a game a normal human can play. Every ounc of your body should be filled with determination and courage to even think about taking such a challenge.

Hardships make you a true fighter
It’s about the life of Lance, who overcome all the hardships and proved to the world that he truly is a champion. He could have surrendered to cancer and died without anyone even knowing about it. But he decided to fight for his life. And after getting it back form the jaws of cancer; he decided to make good use of the life. He could have enjoyed a peaceful life post-cancer but he decided to do what he was meant to – show the world that nothing is impossible. You have got life, make good use of it.

Respect your life
Lance says –“death is not a cocktail part conversation”. Respect your life as its very precious. He believes that for him winning against cancer was more important that winning Tour de France. He learnt the true value of life when he saw the death knocking on his door. He could not have won the Tour if he had not got the inner strength after fighting with cancer.

It's really an inspiring saga. A really easy read for anyone. Please go and read whenever you get time, you will not regret.

joga bonito

By now you must be totally gripped by football fever. Football is everywhere, onTV, in newspaper, on radio. Like the famous Hutch dog, wherever you go it comes following you. You go to a movie in a good multiplex, and there you see a bunch of guys doing lots of jugglery with football. The ad is based on a theme called joga bonito.
Wikipedia gives following description for Joga Bonito:

Joga Bonito (which means "play beautifully" in Portuguese) is a fictional association created for a Nike ad campaign of the same name. Joga TV commercial advertisements are shown on the nikefootball.com website and appear on television. Eric Cantona appears as the lead spokesman for the Joga Bonito organization. Joga TV is portrayed as an underground broadcast channel that taps into other television stations' live feeds, filmed "live from the heart of Germany"[1]. The Joga Bonito movement is dedicated to eliminating unfair and unsportsmanlike play from football. Joga Bonito promotes fair and creative play as well as honesty and team spirit. It shows the true and beautiful side of football by having a motto of "play from the heart".

For the football addicts, they have also come up with a internet community called joga.com. It is same as orkut.com or myspace from msn. It is a joint venture of Nike Football and Google. you can meet all the people in world who have same football taste as yours. Talk to them, make them friends.

Various joga bonito videos can be found on the its official page on nike football.

I am waiting...

Its 9: 00 a.m. and I stand here in the bus stop waiting for the office bus to arrive. I stand here in the same manner as I did a few years back waiting for my college bus. Little did I know then that things would change so much in 2 years; the sky under which I am standing seems to be looking at me and smiling... It is perhaps the only thing that has acted as a witness... Watching the transformation of a loud and bubbly person into a quiet professional.I wouldn't blame the professionalism for the change though. It is destiny, or may be you could call it life. Yes Life, esoteric in the true sense, for one does not understand why you meet hundreds of people everyday, work with so many, and still remain lonely.

I am now in one of the corner seats in the bus, looking out of the window watching people trying to catch up with "life" . It's an hour's journey and the only company that I generally have is the chatter of the RJ. I seldom notice the person sitting next to me, for its going to be yet another stranger or may be you could say another acquaintance. It is annoying at times when the radio is switched off, not because I am cut off from the melody but because I would now be thrust with thoughts of the solitary journey ahead.

I can't help thinking about the short bus journeys to college ... well it's a paradox to call a distance of 13 KMs "short", but that is how it always seemed. A typical college day always begins in the bus with all the familiar faces; you look forward for all your friends to get in from the various stops, the reasonless giggles, the loud laughter that were stifled to avert the eyes of the lecturers and professors who would watch on us as if we were their prospective prey for the day ... well as I said it was a different life then. The pleasant memories of college are in itself good enough to save me from the misery of the bus journey. I notice that it is time for me to get down and flash my smile of acknowledgement to all the known strangers that I see as I approach my cubicle. A few of my colleagues greet me with their morning wishes and as always, we exchange our pleasantries. Discussions jump to the weekend plans and I wonder what I'd do over the weekend.

It would be just another day staring at the mobile, wishing it would ring and bring back some wonderful moments that are now missing in life or maybe the safer option would be to come to office, for it's my new founded asylum these days. A few years back, weekends or weekdays didn't matter to me, I was always busy. I always stood doubting the authenticity of the wall clock that seemed to be in running too fast to perceive its movement. Alas, now it seems as though my clock is suffering from some kind of paralytic attack.

There is a time in life, where one needs to go ahead, leaving behind your friends and carrying along only memories. You do make new friends, but then you never get the old close ones ... you do meet people who'd be so good to you that you could tell them anything and everything, but you do not find a person to whom you needn't say things .... Friends who just know you. Occasional calls from such friends, have been the only thing that I seem to look forward to ....However, I cant help but notice the uneasy pause that lingers around the conversation...A pause not because of the relationship,but because it is too short duration to say everything, and of course you cannot completely rule out the paucity of words!

As I sip coffee from the ubiquitous coffee mug, watching the drops of rain, trickling down the tinted glass panes, veiling the scenic beauty outside, I tell myself, may be there will be a day when things will change, when life will offer a rewind, a recap of all the events and I just have to wait.

Capricious are the ways of life, for I know there would be many who'd be able to empathize with me, ironically, even the dear ones that I miss this moment, waiting perhaps...!!

And I keep on waiting......

[A forward I got today. I dont know who wrote these really touching words, but hats off to him/her]

politics is a game

When we were kids, in our civic science (yes they called it science, I don’t understand how it could ever be called a science?) course we were taught that democracy is where you have government of people, for the people and by the people. We would cram the definition up and puke it in our answer sheets in exam. Everyone would get good marks and thus we all would become happy.

What they never taught us is the definition of politics. Actually they don’t teach it anywhere. Politics is a game and you are never taught a game. You have to learn it.

Over the course of life, we see lots of politics in every walk of life and then we understand the true meaning of the term politics. Politics is a game, a game of power, a game of opportunities.

Recently former Prime Minister Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee said that the Bharatiya Janata Party should learn from the communists the art of getting re-elected. So now we know what politics is for BJP. Nobody would have expected a senior and respected leader like Vajpayee to make such a observation.

Is politics only about being in power?
BJP was in power for one complete term. Today politics is indeed about being in power. In his recent interview with Karan Thapar, Mr Rahul bajaj tried hard to defend hisstance of not being in politics. He tried hard not to accpet the fact that he was in politics by entering RS. He said he was there just to serve the country and he was not part of any political party. Mr. Bajaj could have been true in the pre-independence era, but today politics is the oil which runs the machine called Democrac

Did India really shine?
BJP lost all its base after the ruling term. Did it ever try to learn what went wrong? A country can not be fooled by false hype of development created by India Shining campaign. We did develop in the leadership of NDA government, but that happened in all the previous terms also. Development will always happen, at a different pace though. India shining showed as if our country made leaps and bounds of development but that was a total illusion. It cost BJP dearly. Even at the state level, same thing happened in most of the BJP ruling states. Taste of power made them realize their basic duties.

Where are the real issues?
Coalition politics is the bitter truth for India. It did not help us anyway. Its just a compromise for the mistakes of the leaders. They never really served the country and for their selfish ends, broke the political parties. No principles exist today. There is no left or right, its just power. You show me money, I am with you. Everyone wants to play their own trumpets and fulfil their own (right or wrong) demands. Nobody wants to work for real issues of poverty and development.

Young brigade?
When every other party was giving way for young enthusiastic leaders, BJP pushed its young leaders like Mr. Pramod Mahajan and Shushma Swaraj, Incidnetly these leaders are elder to my father. For others also, most of the young leaders came on the scene coz of their family. Mr. Rahul mahajan was about to enter into Rajya Sabha, juts coz he was son of late Mr. Pramod Mahajan. We are still living in the age of family politics. Sonia Gandhi is the GOD for the government now. Nobody knows when we will try to incorporate new things in politics. Change is the ultimate solution but we dont want to use it.

Learn from the mistakes
Left is changing at a greater speed than any other group (at least in the Bengal). Coz they have realized that if they don’t change, they will die. Development will be the only source of their existence. So it’s good for BJP that they learn from Left in this matter. For over two years in opposition BJP has never been constructive. Their leaders kept fighting amongst themselves. They could never raise a real issue. And thus they made congress government more powerful.

It’s really time they learn from their mistakes. And give a proper meaning to politics.

fix you

When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

When the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

High up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
If you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I...

Tears stream down your face
I promise you I have learned from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I...

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

[Lyrics of the song "Fix you" by Coldplay]
[photo taken from flickr.com]

9 parts of desire.

Life is all about exploring new avenues, quenching your thirst to know more, and to fulfill your dreams. Some of the desires and wishes turn into realities; sometime they are just forgotten like broken hearts.

Let me list out some of my desires in life.

Sunrise and sunset on Narmada Ghat
Narmada river is the life line of central India, the place where I belong. It has something really mystique attached with it. I want to sit on the ghats of Narmada (in Maheshwar, coz its where I live). I want to feel the calmness of the deep water of narmada. I want to see the shades of red while sun is rising. I want to see how holy water changes the colour of reflections of Ahilya palace as the day progresses.

White water rafting
Adventure defines the fine line between foolishness and bravery. I want to walk on the line. And there can not be any better way then whiter water rafting. I want to make my blood rush into my veins while I am over those dangerously flowing water of Cauvery (in Dandeli) or Ganga (Hrishikesh)

Silence of Yercaud
Silence can speak a lot. Most importantly it gives you time to think about yourself. Yercaud is one place where you can listen to your heartbeats. A calm and serine place in the green hills near Salem. I have my best memories attached with this place. I want to explore the nature again there.

Sensual Goa
No doubt Goa is the most romantic place in India. Its beaches, its churches, it clubs – they all are speaking volumes of love. They make us feel in heaven. I want to go to Goa (again) to live those moments. I will surely go there with my love. There is nothing romantic that sitting on sand in a beach at midnight and see the water splashing beneath your feet.

Green routes
South India has some of the best trekking trails in India. Those green routes make you capture your wildest notions about natural beauty. I want to follow all those paths and explore all the hills

Hogging chat in Indore
I being an Indorian know what the true experience of eating chat is. There can not be a place better than Indore to eat. Eat at any cart, eat till your stomach is overfilled, and still try to stuff it more. Eat anytime fo the day, cuisine from any part of India. I miss it a lot.

Body Tattoo
This is little tricky. I want to get a body tattoo done. My family will always oppose it so it’s going to be a tough dream to persuade. But why not dream it at least, after all this is what dreams meant for.

Music of my soul
Music is the best way to get peace and recollect your energy. I want to learn to play at least one musical instruments. Right now I am not sure which one so delaying it.

Live life
Last but the most important. I want to live my life my own way.

Too much...

ma reva...

ma rewa taro paani nirmal....
ma rewa tharo paani nirmal
khal khal behto jaaye

amarkanth se nikli O rewa
jann jann kari rayo thaari sewa
sewa se sab pawe mewa,
aso ved puran batayo re...

When Indian Ocean sings "ma rewa", it truly makes you feel the spirit of Central India, river Narmada. Rewa is name for the famous river in local dialect. I belong to a land where every drop of water comes from Narmada, someway or other. She has been our lifeline.

Narmada has some of the most beautiful temples on its shore. Omkareshwar, Maheshwar and many more like these are the Mekka Madina of central India.

She is one of the biggest tourism attraction in MP (may be second to Khjurao). Bhedaghat and amarkantak are regular destinitions for tourists visiting MP.

NarmadaNagar, Bargi and many such big dams are the source of electricity for the central India. We live coz Narmada powers them.

You will feel like heaven sitting on Narmada Ghats, enjoying different shades of red and orange at dawn and dusk. Some of the best moments, you can capture through your lens.

To end with, just three words to show our respect to her -

"Maa Narmade Namah"

life in a mousetrap

They say, in big cities, people don’t even know who their next door neighbor is? I don’t know about others, but yes I don’t know about my neighbors. We never needed to talk to them, and even they dint initiate any conversation. Life has been kind enough that we have been living in this house for over a year now. So jo jaisa hai use vaisa hi rahne do.

I work in Software Company. There also, you face this kind of situation. Your life is spread only in your 4x4 cubicle and within your team. most of us dont know about others who are sitting around us. By knowing I don’t mean knowing name and project he is working on. For me knowing means knowing someone as a person.

Why this happens?
Why we have made our world so small?

We are too busy in our own life. Most of the time yahaan jeene ki ladai me hi life nikal jaati hai. We get what we want, or sometimes we want what we got. To keep ourselves happy, we narrow down our life. Why to poke into someone else's life when it will only give us jealously and inferiority.

We are so wrong in thinking this way. We like to live in a mousetrap where we live and we die, nobody is going to care.

Grow up man, learn the advantages of knowing people, see life from someone else's eyes, learn from his experiences, laugh and cry with him. IN the end, you will not be giving something; you will be just taking from him.

I still don’t know if We will contact our neighbors, but I will try to know my colleagues for sure.