Har kise di koi shart si - they all had some condition

Replaying Tere Bin by Rabbi Shergill

tere bin { Besides You }

sanu sohnia { my love }

koi hor nahio labhna { i shan't find another }

jo deve { who'll give }

rooh nu sakoon { peace to my soul }

chukke jo nakhra mera { and indulge my idiosyncrasies/coquetry}

ve main sare ghumm ke vekhya { i went around and saw it all }

amrika , roos, malaysia { america, russia, malaysia }

kittey vi koi fark si { nowhere was any difference }

har kise di koi shart si { all had some condition }

koi mangda mera si sama { some asked for my time }

koi hunda surat te fida { some were fascinated with my face }

koi mangda meri si vafa { some demanded my fidelity }

na koi mangda merian bala { none wanted my demons }

tere bin { besides you }

hor na kise { no one else }

mangni merian bala { will want my demons }

tere bin { besides you }

hor na kise { no one else }

karni dhup vich chhan { shall shade me in the sun }

jiven rukya { (the) way you paused }

si tun zara { slightly }

nahion bhulna { i shan't forget }

main sari umar { all my life }

jiven akhia si akhan chura { you said, looking away }

"rovenga sanu yad kar" { "you shall weep in my memory" }

hasia si main hasa ajeeb { i laughed a strange laugh }

(par) tu nahi si hasia { but you didn't laugh}

dil vich tera jo raaz si { the secret you had in your heart }

mainu tu kyon ni dasia { why didn't you tell me }

tere bin { besides you }

sanu eh raz { none shall tell this }

kise hor nahion dasna { secret to me }

tere bin { besides you }

peerh da ilaaj { my pain's cure }

kis vaid kolon labhna { lies with which doctor }

milia si ajj mainu { i found today }

tera ik patra { a note of yours }

likhia si jis 'te { on which you had written }

tun shayr varey shah da { a waris shah couplet }

park ke si osnu { upon reading which }

hanjnu ik duliya { a teardrop fell }

akhan 'ch band si { what was locked in the eyes }

seh raaz ajj khulia { was revealed today }

ki tere bin { that other than you }

eh mere hanjnu { these tears of mine }

kise hor { anyone else }

nahio chumna { will not kiss }

ki tere bin { that other than you }

eh mere hanjnu { these tears of mine }

mitti vich rulnha { will wither in the dust }

Unconditional Love, anyone?

Transformation on the Streets: Footpathshaala

Shikha Khanna, a portrait photographer, specializes in Children Photography and loves working with street children including Photo presentations for social causes and would like to help society with her photography.

Debesh Banerjee reports (in Indian Express) that Shikha is launching an on-road campaign called "Footpathshaala" to teach basic life skills to street children using poetry and her photographs. 

The poetry support comes from Delhi Poetree, an association of poets who have provided simple verses on "everyday subjects ranging from brushing one’s teeth and taking a bath to the importance of the environment, the Indian Constitution and the national flag".

Footpathshaala is expected to launch a pliot with 20 children in a month’s time. Shikha is in the process of enrolling street children to participate in the programme - she has already identified a family with eight children who sell newspapers at the Lodhi Road traffic signal.

This on-road campaign will use vans "supplying shampoo and toothpaste and a water tanker for clean water—where volunteers from Delhi Poetree will read out the poems and Khanna will illustrate them with her photographs". 

She also plans to teach the children photography by hiring digital cameras! Khanna says:

It is simple. Every camera has an auto mode and they can pick up basic skills easily. Then they can paste their photos on Footpathshaala postcards and sell them. That will give them a respectable livelihood and stop them from begging.

How can we support her? People can donate digital cameras, volunteer to do the reading sessions, and, of course, donate money.

I would love to replicate this in the Dwarka sub-city of Delhi. What if people in every locality of Delhi conduct this programme?

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY for you to make a difference. Do you want to move beyond handing out coins or food from your car (or simply rolling up the windows) to street children?

Read the complete report here.

Bomb Blasts and Arithmetic Progression

After having a near-close encounter with September 13 Delhi Blasts, the least expected was the shocking November 26 Mumbai Blasts. 

Now, the mathematically inclined have 'discovered' an Arithmetic Progression of these blasts:

13 May 2008: Jaipur  (nine blasts within a span of 15 minutes)

June 2008: ---

26 July 2008: Ahemdabad (21 blasts within a span of 70 minutes)

August 2008: ---

13 September 2008: Delhi (5 blasts within a span of 31 minutes, and a few more)

October 2008: ---

26 November 2008: Mumbai Mayhem 

Indians seem to have FINALLY woken up:

• Mumbai terrorist attacks are a wake-up call for India
• Mumbai Terror: Last Wake up Call For The Country
• Zero tolerance only answer to terrorism
  
• Mumbai Terror: Citizens against inaction against Pakistan Petition
  
• Citizens target politicians post Mumbai terror attacks
  
• Mumbai terror: Angry citizens protest
  

 Hopefully, INDIA WOULD NOT GO BACK TO SLEEP.

HOPEFULLY, NOTHING HAPPENS ON 13 January 2008.

Serial Bomb Blasts in Delhi

5 Serial Bomb Blasts in Delhi; one of them 500 meters away from an Auditorium where I was watching a musical program performed by children associated with an NGO - Nritya Sangeet Natraj Kala Kendra.

I walked out and saw ambulances racing by. Decided to drive back home, and heard news of live bombs being diffused, 20 people getting killed, 90 injured....

So, that is what we have...a few people whose job, business and career is to plant bombs! Is it insanity? Do you think you and I are any better? Insanely, we rush through our lives, while these guys hold everyone at ransom....If we think that THEY are bad, them how has OUR BEING GOOD made situation any better?

Wanna be a writer?

How to be a prolific writer?

Leo Babauta, shares in Learn from the Greats: 7 Writing Habits of Amazing Writers:

Stephen King is most prolific -writing 10 pages a day. Ernest Hemingway competes with 500 words a day.

Hard working writers are Vladimir Nabokov & Philip Roth.

Vladimir Nabokov wrote standing up, and all on index cards (to re-arrange later). Philip Roth works standing up, pacing around as he thinks and writes in an isolated studio.

Hardly working Truman Capote wrote lying down, in bed or on a couch.

James Joyce displays amazing freedom - A friend asked him if he’d had a good day writing. Yes, Joyce replied happily. How much had he written? Three sentences, Joyce told him.

My vote goes to James Joyce, though Truman Capote is close!

What would you vote for?

But, what will you REALLY TEACH & IMPART?

Teach India | News and Features :You must be familiar with the street children who stare at you blankly (mostly, hopelessly, but, a few rare ones, mischievously!) at traffic signals, while you comfortably wait for the light to turn green! There was an interesting Hindi Movie on these 'special' children of our society: Traffic Signal (2007).

Now, you have a chance to contribute - Times of India has launched a social initiative that invites you to take out a few hours from your leisure to teach underprivileged children. Initially, this is only for the metros, but TOI assures us "that once the programme is up and running in the four metros, we will extend it to our other editions as well".

Over sixty NGOs, corporates, schools and social organizations have committed to this cause to target "a population of over 287 million illiterate Indians".

More that 10,00 have joined up - Delhi has shown the largest response, followed Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.

So, we have all happily signed-up and WAITING for that CALL from Teach India Cell!

NOW, imagine you are in presence of, say, 20 underprivileged children, and you have started teaching a SUBJECT to them.

BUT, ARE YOU REALLY AWARE OF THEIR WORLD? WHAT ARE THEIR REAL ISSUES? Back home OR back on the streets WHAT ARE THEY UP AGAINST? A hostile world? Scared Parents (or, worse, abusive parents) ? How can they experience freedom from such severe conditioning?

WHAT DO THEY REALLY NEED?

Self Esteem? A glimpse towards a world of exciting possibilities? A concrete evidence that that they can CREATE an enriching life for themselves?

PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS!

LET US GIVE OUR BEST TO THESE KIDS!
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Anyone interested in participating can visit the Teach India website at www.teach.timesofindia.com. Alternatively you can also fill out the Volunteer Registration form submit it to The Times of India office in your city. To receive the form on email, SMS TEACH to 58888.

Thank God It is Sunday!

Today is Sunday.

I can't enjoy it TOTALLY, because I am scared to wake up EARLY MORNING tomorrow!

Society allows us to rest today, so that we can run tomorrow.

If you are in a similar space, try the following tomorrow!
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Once, a colleague reached very late to our office on a Monday morning.

Someone taunted him, "You were expected here at 9 AM!"

He replied, "Why? What happened at 9 AM?"
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But, you may disagree and say that you have to RUN and complete a ton of things!

In that case, try the following!
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I was astonished to see a stream people RUNNING running on a SUNDAY.

I asked a volunteer, "What are these people up to?"

He said, "This a marathon."

I said, "So, what will they ACHIEVE from this marathon?"

He said, "The one who comes FIRST will be REWARDED".

I said, "But, why are the OTHERS running?
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Let me know how it turned out:-)