मेरी मन्जिल

सीढिया उन्हे मुबारक हो,
जिन्हे छत तक ही जाना है
मेरी मन्जिल तो आसमान है
रास्ता खुद मुझे बनाना है!

देश में क्या हो नहीं सकता...

मिट्टी में मिला दे कि जुदा हो नहीं सकता,

अब इससे ज़्यादा मैं तेरा हो नहीं सकता।

दहलीज पर रख दी है किसी शख्स ने आखें,

रौशन कभी इतना तो दिया हो नहीं सकता।

पंख तो लगा ले अपने सपनो को एक बार,

इतना ऊँचा तो आसमान हो नहीं सकता।

ज़रा कदम तो बढ़ा अपनी मंज़िल की ओर,

इतना दूर तो कोई रास्ता हो नहीं सकता।

बस तू मेरी आवाज़ से आवाज़ मिला दे,

फ़िर देख कि इस देश में क्या हो नहीं सकता।

सुलग उठी है चिंगारी

सुलग उठी है चिंगारी ये बन के आग फ़ैलेगी,

ज़मी से आसमां तक सबको अपनी हद में ले लेगी।

हमें तिनके ना समझो जो उड़ जाएँ हवाओं से,

ये दीवानों की टोली अब तो हर तूफ़ान झेलेगी।

लड़ेगा देश का हर नौजवां हक की लड़ाई को,

ना अब गैरों के हाथों में कोई तक़दीर खेलेगी।

यकीन जिसने किया खुद पर सितारे की तरह चमका है,

तेरे ख्वाबों की दुनिया भी हकीक़त रूप ले लेगी। 

Sachin Tendulkar receives Bharat Ratna

Sachin Tendulkar notched up another prestigious first when he joined the list of the nation's Bharat Ratnas today. The President awarded him with India's highest civilian honour at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. 

Sachin is the first sportsman to be given the honour; he beat hockey legend Dhyan Chand to get the first Bharat Ratna. At 40, he is also the youngest. 

Sachin, also a Rajya Sabha member, is expected to attend Parliament when it convenes for a two-week session tomorrow.

A day after he retired from Test cricket last November, Tendulkar dedicated the Bharat Ratna "to all mothers of India."
 
"There are millions and millions of mothers in India who sacrifice many things for their children. I would like to share my award with them," he had said. 

HAPPY B"DAY TO THE GREATEST SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

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एक छुपी हुई पहचान रखता हूँ,
बाहर शांत हूँ, अंदर तूफान रखता हूँ,

रख के तराजू में अपने दोस्त की खुशियाँ,
दूसरे पलड़े में मैं अपनी जान रखता हूँ।

मुझे ना डालो हिंदू मुस्लिम के झगड़ों में,
बुत पूजता हूँ, मुसल्लम ईमान रखता हूँ।

बंदों से क्या, रब से भी कुछ नहीं माँगा
मैं मुफलिसी में भी नवाबी शान रखता हूँ।

मुर्दों की बस्ती में ज़मीर को ज़िंदा रख कर,
ए जिंदगी मैं तेरे उसूलों का मान रखता हूँ।

भाषा, कौम, प्रान्तों में बटे इस मुल्क में,
मैं फकत इक इंसान की पहचान रखता हूँ।

नफरत काट ना पाएगी मेरे हाथों को,
मैं इक में गीता तो इक में कुरान रखता हूँ।

5 Years... Still the Bad Memories

5 Years...26/11...!!!
RIP to the Innocent Souls who lost their lives that day...!!!

a Great Salute to Bombay Cops n NSG Guards for fighting for 60 Hours continuously to get rid off those 10 bastards...!!!

Respect to you and you will always remain Immortal in Our Hearts for your Brave Deed...!!!

Vijay_Salaskar
Hemant_karkare
Sandeep Unnikrishnan
Tukaram Omble

& All those who lost their lives that day saving and serving for our Mother land...!!!

Jai Hind.... _/\_

Dr. C.V. Raman's 125th Birthday

Happy Birthday to Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, it would be annoying if I give you his introduction. Wouldn't it be? :P Venkata Raman was born in Thiruvanaikaval, Trichinopoly, Madras Presidency, in British India. At an early age, Raman moved to the city of Visakhapatnam, Madras Presidency (now in Andhra Pradesh), and studied in St. Aloysius Anglo-Indian High School. Raman passed his matriculation examination at the age of 11 and he passed his F.A. examination (equivalent to today's Intermediate exam) with a scholarship at the age of 13.In 1902, Raman joined Presidency College in Madras which was the best of its kind that time, where his father now was a lecturer in mathematics and physics .[6] In 1904 he passed hisB.A. (Bachelor of Arts) examination - he stood first and won the gold medal in physics. In 1907 he gained his M.A. (Master of Arts) degree with the highest distinctions. Raman got all sorts of offers from various places all over the world & could have chose them as they would offer him lots of money, but he wanted to work for his country & joined  Indian Institute of Science. Brilliant from childhood, Raman did wonders at the Institute & did a lot of research there. Raman retired from the Indian Institute of Science in 1944 and established the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore, Karnataka a year later. He served as its director and remained active there until his death in 1970, in Bangalore, at the age of 82. Raman was honoured with a large number of honorary doctorates and memberships of scientific societies. But the most well known out of them was the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected light changes in wavelength. This phenomenon is now called Raman scattering and is the result of the Raman effect. Raman was the paternal uncle of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who later won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1983) for his discovery of the Chandrasekhar limit in 1931 and for his subsequent work on the nuclear reactions necessary for stellar evolution. His greatness doesn't need any proof & the fact that India celebrates National Science Day on 28 February of every year to commemorate the discovery of the Raman effect in 1928 tells the whole story. C.V. Raman was the greatest  Indian physicist whose work was influential in the growth of science. He was known as the Indian Einstein & is respected all over the world. Google has made a doodle today for his 125th birthday & he will be remembered till Science lasts.

HAPPY DIWALI

                                                                                                  

Sorry... I know I am really late but you guys know Family is always there... So first of all a very Happy Diwali to all of you. This is a poem written by me. I observed the whole day and this is what I thought. I know its festival time & this poem will be a bit serious but please bear with me. Though its a Hindi poem but I am writing it here in English so that you all can understand. Here you go....

Diwali ki dhoom machi hai,                                                                                                               Hum sabne ek kahani rachi hai,

Diwali hinduo ka tyohar hai,                                                                                                             Ye hum sab ka kaisa vyavhar hai?

Sochiye agar koi khane-peene ki dukan,                                                                                         Ya fir naya-purana makan,                                                                                                                 Kisi jaati ya dharm ka ho jayega?                                                                                                     To kya aapko ye bhayega?

Agar koi relgadi (train) ka naam kisi jaati ke naam par kar diya jayega,                                         To desh me sampradayikta ( Even I don't know the translation!!) ke alava aur reh hi kya jayega?

Humare adhikaro (Rights) par to hum bohot gaur karte hai,                                                         To fir dharm aur tyoharo ke naam par kyu bat te (separate) hai?

Tyoharo se desh ki ekta (not Kapoor!! :P) badti hai,                                                                         Varna janta aapas me jhagadti hai

Aur hum nahi jhagadenge, hai na?

Ye shayad thoda zyada ho gaya na? :P 

Shubh Deepawali everyone, have a safe & mast festival, once again sorry for being late!! 

WE'LL MISS THE LEGEND

                                                                         Prabodh Chandra Dey, better known by his stage name Manna Dey was one of the best playback singers of our country.  A man who sang in more than 4000 songs between 1942-2013. He gave his voice for many of the evergreens of Indian Cinema.  He became nationally famous after release of Do Bigha Zamin in 1953 where two of the songs sung by him and composed by Salil Choudhury became hits. Salil Choudhury worked with Dey right from 1953 to 1992 in Hindi films and made Dey sing even in Bengali and Malayalam films right from late 1950s to early 1990s. His association with Shankar-Jaikishan and producer Raj Kapoor had begun while working for Awara, but their combination became famous while working together for Boot Polish in 1954 and the trio worked in many films together from 1954-1971 whose musical scores were appreciated, irrespective of its box-office fate, like Shree 420, Chori Chori, Mera Naam Joker. Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey had recorded only 6 songs together till 1968 and all proved to be hits, some of them being Tubhi Piya Chikara Hoon and Tu Jaam Liye Jaa from Bewakoof (1960), Babu Samjho Ishaare from Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958) all 3 composed by S.D.Burman and Baheta Pani Baheta Jaye from Dhaake Ke Malamaal composed by C.Ramachandra, Joyo Joyo Mere Lal composed by S.K.Pal in 1952 and their frist duet together - Subaho Ki Paheli Kiran in 1951 from Anadholan . In1968 R.D.Burman brought them together for Ek Chatur Naar song in Padosan. Reportedly the song 'Ek Chatur Naar' (a duet by Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey) from Padosan(1965) was partly improvised by Kishore Kumar at the time of recording and Manna Dey, determined to show Kishore Kumar how he would sing the duet better (since Kishore had not been trained classically), got into the mood of the song and immortalised 'Ek Chatur Naar' and though Manna Dey was disappointed that he looses to Kishore on-screen for the song at the time of film’s release but soon they became good friends again by 1970 and later in an interview in 1987 said with the kind of variety of songs – folk, pop, western and classical based songs sung by Kishore Kumar from 1968 to 1987, he was definitely greater than Dey himself and at par with Rafi and Mukesh. In the days of M. Rafi & Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey made his own fame & became the first choice of music directors. . The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1971, the Padma Bhushan in 2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007. 

On 24 October 2013, he was admitted to the ICU in a Bengaluru hospital after a chest infection gave rise to other complications. On 9 June 2013, there were reports of his death, but the doctors put the rumours to rest by confirming that he was still alive and his situation was stable but critical, as the infection had led to other complications. On 9 July 2013, it was reported that his health was recovering and that doctors took him off ventilator support on the afternoon of 5 July. He died of a cardiac arrest at 3:50 AM on 24 October 2013 at Narayana Hrudayalaya. At the age of 94, he seemed to be still young and was as energetic has his young days. He was a true legend & I cannot say anything else about him. But, one thing is definitely sure that he was one of the best singers our country has produced & there won't be any other singer like him in future as well. Though, we all belong to the new generation yet, we know him & his songs & really liked his voice alot. This was his popularity & respect. We'll miss him & whenever classic music maestros of Indian music will be talked about, this one name will be taken with due respect. His songs will be remembered till our memories last & he'll have a special place in our hearts. R.I.P Manna Dey Sir....