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Aani Jaani Hai Kahani,

Bulbule Si Zindagani

Banti Kabhi Bigadti,

Tez Hawa Se Ladhti Bhidti

Ha Reham Ha Reham Farmaaye Khuda

Ha Reham Ha Reham Farmaaye Khuda

Mehfuz Har Kadam Karna Eh Khuda Eh Khuda

Mehfuz Har Kadam Karna Eh Khuda....

(song from movie 'Aamir')

Whats at the END?

Life has got nothing at the end, except for the way it ends!
Every life has to come to an end...
Wish everybody gets a little time to know why it is ending then,
wish not a single life ends with a question unanswered for that soul...
wish the end is complete!
Because sentences left with a comma leave something to be added later!

Reflection

Water always attracts us! So much that 4 lazy people actually got up at 5 in the morning (sunday morning!) and went to the Thol Lake some 30Km away from NID.
Its a surreal place... Just take your eyes away from that camera screen, look at what you wanted to show 'others', pause for a minute, forgetting people around you.... the place will talk to you.... just listen... and you realize it's your own voice! the one which you couldn't hear in your daily routine noise... trying to say something, something about yourself.... or may be it is asking you the truth... which even you want to know... You start delving into your mind (or the scenery around? doesn't matter)... If you are lucky this conversation can go on and on... but I was not! This place is quite famous among youngsters and many of them manage to come there before sunrise. So you cant really keep talking to your reflection peacefully.
There is this tree on a tiny island in Thol Lake, bent on the edge and trying to converse with its reflection... endlessly.... I wish even I could do that!
May be I should go back there... alone.... on the other side of lake... cause I still don't know whats there (or within myself!)....

46

What else can I do except writing about the number '46' in reference to Valentino Rossi, in my 46th post? :)
He has always raced with the number 46 in his motorcycle grand prix career. Rossi has stated that the original inspiration for this choice of number was the Japanese "wild card" racer Norifumi Abe whom he saw on television speeding past much more seasoned riders in a wet race. He later found out that it was the number his (valentino's) father had raced with in the first of his 3 grand prix career wins, in 1979, in Yugoslavia, on a 250c Morbidelli. Typically, a World Championship winner (and also runner-up and third place) is awarded the #1 sticker for the next season. However, in a homage to Barry Sheene (who was the first rider of the modern era to keep the same number), Rossi has stayed with the now-famous #46 throughout his career. The text on his helmet refers to the name of his group of friends: "The Tribe of the Chihuahua", and the letters WLF on his leathers stand for "Viva La Figa", Italian for "Hooray for the Pussy". He has so far escaped any sanctions or ultimatums that he take the letters off because the "W" in "WLF" represents the two "V"s in "ViVa". Equally obvious is his success at escaping any disciplinary action from the FIM or Dorna for having the letters so brazenly on the front neck area of his leathers. He traditionally also incorporates his favorite color (fluorescent yellow) into his leather designs. Even though Rossi's won the MotoGP title 8 times he has never put the number 1 on his motorcycle representing the World Champion, instead staying with his famous "46". However, Rossi has worn the #1 reserved for the reigning World Champion on the shoulder of his racing leathers.

The Sexy Beast

Once again, I have no words to express!!! Long time after I saw the Ecosse Heretic bike, this is the one which has even more hypnotizing capability. Since last evening I am not able to stop looking at it! This is something I just WANT... at whatever cost... but sadly, it's just a concept bike. :( [ as if I have money to own it!!!]

Anyway, just to appreciate this beast machine I must mention some of the best features of it. Yes it's the stance which makes this huge single seater a deadly beast. It has this very good capability of boasting of beauty of its machinery and still successfully look like some wild animal. It looks as if the designer has carved out this from the skeleton of that beast! After its sexy proportions, it's the headlamp cluster which is the coolest feature (hope you haven't missed the front turn indicators... I personally haven't seen anything as sleek as this!). The simple thin cooling fins running all over the engine make the widespread engine look even bigger. The pearl blue calipers for the zig-zag disc brakes on both wheels too look cool!

In the rear view, those two massive but very simple exhaust pipes seem to be very eager to fire the bike like a rocket. A very nice detail touch is a set of yellow orange switches on handlebars and the monoshock spring in same colour. One more classic and cool thing is the black rubber padding for knees in the knee recess on fuel tank. There is so much to talk about this huge beast's beauty.... most of the time I just keep looking at it and forget to write it here... may be thats better way of appreciating the beauty... isn't it?

The price and what you actually pay!

"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money...that is all. When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the things it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot...it cannot be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder it is well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better. There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell for a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only, are this man's lawful prey"
John Ruskin(1819-1900), Economist

The art of saying 'NO'

Those who can say 'NO' without hurting the person and spoiling relations are just great people!!!!
Someone please teach me how to say 'NO'.

the doctor...

As per muzayun's request, here is the pic of 'the doctor' (as he is called), Valentino Rossi.

(to know the reason behind the name 'The Doctor', read comments to this post.)

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's latest

Zindagi ye safar mein hai,

kat raha hai raasataa.

Humsafar to hai magar,

manzilein hai judaa judaa!

wah.. wah...

pyar ke liye,

char pal kam nahi the,

kabhi tum nahi the,

kabhi hum nahi the!

pyar ke hasin,

kab ye mausam nahi the,

kabhi tum nahi the,
kabhi hum nahi the!

Ruling the LORD...

"Remember remember the 5th november!!!..." :)
Finally, today was my first morning ride to office on my new Yamaha FZ16..
If I have to describe her in just one word, it will be 'EFFORTLESS'.. you think left and she turns left, you just wring the throttle little and it touches 50 before you notice, just after 7km of my ride and at her age of 14hours I feel as if I am using her for ages... yes... thats what I mean.. effortless!!!
Though I couldn't enjoy the ride fully because of my physical condition today, it did assured me of the joy of riding to come in future. She is called 'The lord of the streets...' And what can make one more proud than ruling the lord?...
(more later)

Interesting...

Mumbai v/s Australia

in 2008,
Mumbai's population is 13 millions ( total land area including suburbs approx. 600 SQ Km)
Australia's population is 21 millions (total land area 7,617,930 SQ Km)
So there is still enough scope for Mumbai's infrastructure and Municipal Corporation to compete with Australia's infrastructure!!!
So lets go to Mumbai, we have the right to do it!!!

Shobha De on Mumbai v/s Bombay

Thank you maithili for the link. A bit lengthy but worth reading interview.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/devils-advocate-shobhaa-de-on-mumbai-vs-bombay/76806-3-single.html

The other side of Rahul...

This is the opinion of a newspaper reader (Bipin Rokade) published in that newspaper (http://www.esakal.com/esakal/10312008/SPECIALNEWS285BDC9A36.htm). The reason to post it here is that, like my earlier post (about media), this also talks about one more powerful aspect of the whole issue (government responsibility, industrial development etc). It is necessary to understand the issue in more wholistic and proactive manner than whats actually happening. Here is what Mr. Bipin Rokade has to say,
"Goli ka javab Goli se......this is the irresponsible statement from Aaba(R.R. Patil) and sending out wrong message. He is standing by the police....that is right, police took the action according to the situation then they are right.....but the statement from Aaba ‘Goli Ka Javab Goli se’, is wrong. This statement will not solve the actual problem. First, We have to think why Rahul took the gun in his hand? Why he wanted to kill Raj Thakare? Why Raj Thakare is fighting? Raj Thakare is fighting by considering Mumbai’s current situation (unemployed Marathi)...then he is right. Bihari’s are coming to Mumbai to find the job then they are right. Then who is wrong? Lalu and central Govt are responsible for this situation. Lalu is responsible because he didn’t develop Bihar and Govt. is wrong because they failed to develop other states in India. The difference between two states economy is huge. As long as the development is not spreading equally in other states of India then this kind of problems will never end.
Indian is killing Indian.....certainly this not a good sign to Indians who are willing to be seen as a superpower by 2020 and if we keep fighting with each other then we will never achieve our target in time. Central Govt. has to be intervening in this matter by saying they will develop Bihar and try to implement law and orders by education and employment. If Lalu is unble to provide the jobs to Bihari’s then only Mumbai certainly is not able to give the jobs to all Indians. We have to develop other parts of India.
Just for the moment forget about Bihar’s development issues and let’s consider Maharashtra’s developed areas, if I start to enlist Maharashtra’s developed areas then Mumbai, Pune, Nasik, Aurangabad and Nagpur(?) and that’s it.....the list ends here and it shows unequal development of Maharashtra and this is the same happened with our nation! Politicians are responsible for this situation. Politicians are misguiding Indian youth. I would like to ask the question. Aabasaheb (R.R. Patil), are you happy by seeing that one Indian, who came to kill another Indian, has been shot dead? Who will stop this misguiding? That bullet killed one person but not the problem. Why we, as an Indian, hate another Indian? Certainly there is a solution. If Bihar is developed as Industrial area then there will be a probable solution. This situation is not good for India’s unity. Already, terrorism is succeeding in disturbing the harmony between Hindu and Muslims, Hindu and Christian. History shows foreigners divide Indians and rule the India. Let’s stand together to avoid playing dirty politics and repeating same history to see bright future. Long live India’s 61st Independence. Is it possible to play the politics without the issues based on region, religion, caste (Brahmin, Maratha, OBC etc.)? I do support you are standing by police, I do support police action but I do not support your statement ‘Goli ka Javab Goli se."
-Bipin Rokade
Since this is someone's personal opinion, not necessarily everything is acceptable to everyone. But certainly it shows it is possible to find out the root cause of this situation and try to find out a more proactive solution instead of just fighting over it for short time benefits.