Desi 70s show

...nice music too ;-)

Itnii Shakti ...

Itnii Shakti Hamen De Na Daataa
Manakaa Vishvaas Kamazor Ho Naa
Ham Chalen Nek Raaste Pe Hamase
Bhuulakar Bhii Koi Bhuul Ho Naa ...

Khamosh Raat

Khamosh Raat
Sehmi Hawaa
Tanha Tanha Dil Apna
Tanha Tanha Dil Apna
Aur Door Kahin, Roshan Hua Ek Chehra
Ek Chehra, Ek Chehra
Ye Sach Hai Ya Sapna

Ye Sach Hai Ya Sapna
Ye Sach Hai Ya Sapna

Khamosh Raat
Sehmi Hawaa
Tanha Tanha Dil Apna
Tanha Tanha Dil Apna
Aur Door Kahin, Roshan Hua Ek Chehraa
Ek Chehraa, Ek Chehraa

Ye Sach Hai Ya Sapna
Ye Sach Hai Ya Sapna

Jhuki Jhuki Palkein Jab Uthi
Nainon Mein Diye Madham Madham
Adh Khule Hothon Se Hansee
Jhaank Rahi Madham Madham

Kaise Kahan Phir Ho Gayee
Uski Charee Madham Madham
Pal Pal Uthti Hasratein
Hone Lagi Madham Madham

Aur Door Kahin, Roshan Hua Ek Chehraa
Ek Chehraa, Ek Chehraa

Sooraj Tha Pe Noor Sa
Uski Tanak Madham Madham
Chaand Bhi Sa Bujha Bujha
Taare Bhi The Madham Madham

Jugnu Dilasa Dene Lagey
Nanhi Si Jaan Madham Madham
Shamaa Bhi Thak Haar Ke
Hone Lagee Madham Madham

Aur Door Kahin, Roshan Hua Ek Chehraa
Ek Chehraa, Ek Chehraa...

Jeene Ka Tha Hum Mein Dam
Par Nahin Tha Koi Humdam
Khushiyoon Ki Thi Justajoo
Mil Rahe Thay Bas Gham Hi Gham

Shuru Mein Is Duniya Ke Bhi
Khamoshi Thi Aur Ek Thay Hum
Rahein Sabhi Thi Sooni Sooni
Uth Rahe Thay Kadam Tham Tham

Aur Door Kahin, Roshan Hua Ek Chehraa
Ek Chehraa, Ek Chehraa
Ye Sach Hai Ya Sapna
Ye Sach Hai Ya Sapna

Khamosh Raat
Sehmi Hawaa
Tanha Tanha Dil Apna
Tanha Tanha Dil Apna
Aur Door Kahin, Roshan Hua Ek Chehraa
Ek Chehraa, Ek Chehraa
Ye Sach Hai Ya Sapna
Ye Sach Hai Ya Sapna

[Movie: Thakshak (1999)]

Isnt it ironic? The more you use the telephone, email or chat to communicate, the more you realise that nothing can replace the feeling of actually being there

Thought for today.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Season 2.

After a pretty long hiatus, this blog is up again. Had been busy with work, and vacation and so other things ended up taking a back seat.

Season 1 had 44 episodes - some controversial, some interesting, some informative and a few 'plain ol'vanilla' boring. Heres hoping that I can live up to the same standard this time around.

Rudolph

You know Dasher and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen,

But do you recall The most famous reindeer of all?

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shiny nose,
And if you ever saw it,
You could even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names;
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games


Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say:
"Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee,
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,
You'll go down in history.

Tilting the scales.

Never mind how careful you are behind the wheel or how long you've been driving, the signs of the zodiac may be bigger factors behind your ability to avoid car crashes -- or why you have too many.

According to a study by InsuranceHotline.com, a Web site that quotes drivers on insurance rates, astrological signs are a significant factor in predicting car accidents.

The study, which looked at 100,000 North American drivers' records from the past six years, puts Libras (born between Sept. 23 and Oct. 22) followed by Aquarians (born between Jan. 20 and Feb. 18) as the worst offenders for tickets and accidents.

Leos (July 23-Aug. 22) and then Geminis (May 21-June 20) were found to be the best overall.

[source msn.com]

why, when, who, how...

for all that i have,
i crave for more
its not what it seems
if you care to see

dunno what will happen
or if it ever will
maybe to let it go
would be worth the wait

but still i must try
else i am living a lie
it aint about me
or maybe it is

ignore the why
and wait for the when
to know about the who
just work on the how

Chaand taare ...

Jo Bhi Chaahoon Vo Main Paoon
Zindagi Mein Jeet Jaoon
Chaand Taare Tod Laoon
Saari Duniya Par Main Chhaoon
Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai
Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai...

Risks

(from an article on time.com)

Why We Worry About The Things We Shouldn't... ...And Ignore The Things We Should

It would be a lot easier to enjoy your life if there weren't so many things trying to kill you every day. The problems start even before you're fully awake. There's the fall out of bed that kills 600 Americans each year. There's the early-morning heart attack, which is 40% more common than those that strike later in the day. There's the fatal plunge down the stairs, the bite of sausage that gets lodged in your throat, the tumble on the slippery sidewalk as you leave the house, the high-speed automotive pinball game that is your daily commute.

Other dangers stalk you all day long. Will a cabbie's brakes fail when you're in the crosswalk? Will you have a violent reaction to bad food? And what about the risks you carry with you all your life? The father and grandfather who died of coronaries in their 50s probably passed the same cardiac weakness on to you. The tendency to take chances on the highway that has twice landed you in traffic court could just as easily land you in the morgue.

Shadowed by peril as we are, you would think we'd get pretty good at distinguishing the risks likeliest to do us in from the ones that are statistical long shots. But you would be wrong. We agonize over avian flu, which to date has killed precisely no one in the U.S., but have to be cajoled into getting vaccinated for the common flu, which contributes to the deaths of 36,000 Americans each year. We wring our hands over the mad cow pathogen that might be (but almost certainly isn't) in our hamburger and worry far less about the cholesterol that contributes to the heart disease that kills 700,000 of us annually.

We pride ourselves on being the only species that understands the concept of risk, yet we have a confounding habit of worrying about mere possibilities while ignoring probabilities, building barricades against perceived dangers while leaving ourselves exposed to real ones. Six Muslims traveling from a religious conference were thrown off a plane last week in Minneapolis, Minn., even as unscreened cargo continues to stream into ports on both coasts. Shoppers still look askance at a bag of spinach for fear of E. coli bacteria while filling their carts with fat-sodden French fries and salt-crusted nachos. We put filters on faucets, install air ionizers in our homes and lather ourselves with antibacterial soap. "We used to measure contaminants down to the parts per million," says Dan McGinn, a former Capitol Hill staff member and now a private risk consultant. "Now it's parts per billion."

At the same time, 20% of all adults still smoke; nearly 20% of drivers and more than 30% of backseat passengers don't use seat belts; two-thirds of us are overweight or obese. We dash across the street against the light and build our homes in hurricane-prone areas--and when they're demolished by a storm, we rebuild in the same spot. Sensible calculation of real-world risks is a multidimensional math problem that sometimes seems entirely beyond us. And while it may be true that it's something we'll never do exceptionally well, it's almost certainly something we can learn to do better.

read the whole article here

It ain't over till its over.

"Its not about how hard you can hit, its about how hard you can get hit .. and still keep moving forward"

How to save a life - Fray

Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

How to save a life
How to save a life

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Surviving Mother Nature.

(A recount of how events unfolded on October 12 & 13, 2006)

Thursday, October 12, 2pm, UB North: The first flurries of the season. Normally this is the time to rejoice, admire the beauty of the snow, and a nice time to get your winter stuff out of the basement. But this year, it came so early, that no one had really prepared themselves for the snowfall, let alone the events that followed.

5:15pm, UB Commons: The first sign that things were going wrong. Power gets cut off at the Commons. Not an uncommon occurrance, but it has rarely stayed off for more than an hour. Headed off home.

9pm, 122 Sundridge: Just finished dinner. Watching a movie based on 9/11, when the lights go out. Had spoken to Dell Customer Service earlier (another blog on that experience will follow soon) for some problem on my laptop, and thus had just charged the computer and the phone. Really needed all that battery now.

10:30pm, Sundridge: Heard that 88,000 homes dont have power. Expected back by 2am. Went off to sleep.

Friday, October 13, 4am, Sundridge: Woke up. No sign of electricity. By now, even the house had started to get a little cold. Back to sleep.

8am, Sundridge: Mayank came back. Had left for work, but there was a travel ban and they werent allowing any cars. Nothing to do, no where to go...might as well catch up on some reading. Managed to find an old radio and tuned in for latest updates.

10am, Sundridge: Seeing more cars going out of the parking lot than coming back, we decided to give it a try. Took a while to get his car out of the parking lot, got stuck at times, but once we were on the road, it was much better. First halt at Tops to get some food.

12:30 am, Delta Sonic, Maple and Niagara Falls blvd.: An hr and a half wait for gas, made a bit easier by watching the antics of the chaptas ahead of us figuring out how to use the gas pump. Headed off to school to access the net, and back to Tops to get some candles. By now it was around 380,000 households without electricity, and a travel ban across neighboring counties. Even the I90 was closed a 100 miles, and backed up for 7 hours. Power expected back sometime Monday, maybe later.

3:30pm, Sundridge: No way the electric stove was going to work, so made a meal the american way - using the grill. A bean burger lunch would have tasted good even otherwise, but this time it was even better.

5pm, 143 Callodine: Somehow this house had power. Must ask Sharvari, Apoorva and Manjari how they managed to patao the bijli company into giving them electricity. But that was good for us, managed to get news and charge the phones.

6pm: Left for Rochester, to meet Candice. Roads were clear, and could easily reach there in just over an hr.

10:30pm, Rustic Village, Rochester: A nice dinner at PF Changs, but that can only keep you awake for so long. Shut eye!

The Ig Nobel Awards - 2006

A list of the 2006 Ig Nobel winners, awarded Thursday (These awards are given for wierd, wacky, and sometimes worthless scientific research):

ORNITHOLOGY -- The late Philip R.A. May and Ivan R. Schwab, for exploring and explaining why woodpeckers don't get headaches.

NUTRITION -- Wasmia Al-Houty and Faten Al-Mussalam, for showing that dung beetles are finicky about dung.

PEACE -- Howard Stapleton, for inventing a teenager repellent, an electronic device that makes an annoying noise audible to teenagers but not adults.

ACOUSTICS -- D. Lynn Halpern, Randolph Blake and James Hillenbrand, for their experiments on why people dislike the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard.

MATHEMATICS -- Nic Svenson and Piers Barnes, for calculating the number of photographs you must take to ensure nobody in a group photo has their eyes closed.

LITERATURE -- Daniel Oppenheimer, for his report "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly."

MEDICINE -- Francis M. Fesmire, for his medical case report "Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage"; and Majed Odeh, Harry Bassan and Arie Oliven for their subsequent medical case report.

PHYSICS -- Basile Audoly and Sebastien Neukirch, for their insights into why dry spaghetti often breaks into more than two pieces when bent.

CHEMISTRY -- Antonio Mulet, Jose Javier Benedito, Jose Bon and
Carmen Rossello, for their study "Ultrasonic Velocity in Cheddar Cheese as Affected by Temperature."

BIOLOGY -- Bart Knols and Ruurd de Jong, for showing that female malaria mosquitoes are attracted equally to the smell of Limburger cheese and to the smell of human feet.