And the Music Plays!

Birthdays. New Beginnings. New Blog!

Hop over. A post is already waiting for you!

… just to capture the date!

All the quotes are here and here…

The necessity for struggle is one of the clever devices through which nature forces individuals to expand, develop, progress, and become strong through resistance.

(Read this quote a while ago)

Song on my Mind

I believe in happy endings
Starry skies and dreams come true
I’ve believed it since I first met you

I believe in new beginnings
Extra innings, brand new starts
Loving hearts that care the way I do
All these things and happy endings too

Sad songs bring me right down with the blues
Glad songs take me wherever I choose
And I choose to be there
So that I
Can declare why

I believe in happy endings
You’re the reason, love’s the way
And I’ll believe it till my dying day

I know the cost of tears and trouble
Some get lost, some make it through
Me, I made it, ’cause I always knew
That you believed in happy endings too

Sad songs bring me right down with the blues
Glad songs take me wherever I choose
And I choose to be there
So that I
Can declare

I know the cost of tears and trouble
I got lost, but I got through
And I made it, ’cause I always knew
That you believed in happy endings too
You and me and happy endings too

(Neil Diamond – I Believe In Happy Endings)

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… And I wish for happy beginnings and happy endings!

Like a flower it bloomed

Like a flower it withered…

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This has been lying in my drafts for quite some time… thought its time to just publish it and get it out of my system!

I so very much want 2009 to be a blessed year for me … someone up there… I hope you listening!

The Doob Jaana Re song can be heard online here

Enjoy!

Love mera hit hit
To phir kaise khit pit
Tu baby badi fit fit
Na kar aise khit pit khit pit

Some lyrics are just plain shitty. But still they manage to catch up. I would any day prefer Khudaya khair from the same movie if given a choice. But anyways its an SRK movie, so jaane do! I am his fan!

Oh by the way, this song is sung by Tulsi Kumar – the same babe who wears shiny tattooed body suits under a Tee. Yeah! Right! Check out High Heel Confidential! 

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PS – Yeh lyrics badi shit shit

To phir kaise hit hit

Tu Shahrukh bada fit fit

To hoja jaldi se theek theek

Let me see if this comes up on the blog!

Its 2.46 in the night and I am still awake – coz I wanted to download this thing and get over with it!

Thanks Deeps!

Strangely while it was getting configured, Live Writer gives a message that it is detecting my blog’s character(?!) and then will proceed further. It took more than a few minutes to detect my ‘blog’s character’…

Why can’t Google have such a thing – I know they have an email thingy for Blog spot but not for WP…

And strangely, my iTunes is playing the saddest song on earth at this unearthly hour!

So the birthday month started a while ago…
And the birthday week has just started!
19th Feb – here I come!
Happy Birthmonth to me!
Happy Birthweek to me!

A tag after a really really long time. And I literally pestered Bluemist to tag me for this one

Yippee!

Its called ‘Me in 50 Qs’

1. Were you named after anyone?
Yes. I was named after ‘love’. Lolz.

2. When was the last time you cried?
Yesterday. I guess. Or was it the day before that…

3. Do you like your handwriting?
Yep. Very much. Have won numerous first prizes for the best handwriting during school days.Thats a different issue that it is getting screwed up as I grow old.

4. What is your favorite lunch meat?
I guess some typo here… must be lunch meal. Chapati, bhaaji, raita etc etc etc.

5. Do you have kids?
Nahi yaar! So far, I haven’t convinced myself to be an unwed mother.

6. If you were another person, would you be friends with you?
I am usually friends with all personality types… even akdu people like me! lolz

7. Do you use sarcasm?
Yes yes yes. I am learning to. Would be the sarcasm queen in a couple of months. Anyone willing to give me a few tips is most welcome.

8. Do you still have your tonsils?
Nope

9. Would you bungee jump?
Yes. Very much. Would love to. Infact I am dying to bungee jump. People who are willing to be morale boosters are invited. You never know… I might just run away a minute before jumping!

10. What is your favorite cereal
Anything… as long it is chatpata!

11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
I prefer shoes without such strings…. although my favorite pair has such laces/strings – whatever that is called. I sometimes slid it out without untying it – just sometimes!

12. If you were to pick your own first name, what would it be?
I can’t relate to any other name – officially. Otherwise, all my friends call me by different names…

13. What is your favorite ice cream?
Tender Coconut, Badam Thandai, Litchi, Kesar Pista, Vanilla, Roasted Almond…

14. What is the first thing you notice about people?
Clothes, shoes, nails, hygiene, mood

15. Red or pink?
Both. But not the jazzy types!

16. What is your least favorite thing about yourself
I just can’t hate some people as much as I want to – this is something that I absolutely dislike about myself.

17. Whom do you miss the most?
Someone

18. Do you want everyone to complete this list?
Yep. What a silly question!

19. What color pants and shoes are you wearing?
I am wearing T-Shirt and shorts. And I don’t wear shoes when I am at home. Silly!

21. What are you listening to right now?
Doob jaana re

22. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Light Blue or Light Pink

23. Favorite smells?
Good food, Mehendi, Flowers, Perfumes, Johnson’s baby powder, Dettol, Mirchi Pakoda, Gulab Jaamun, Mitti ki khusboo the first time it rains

24. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
Some crazy telemarketing chap – he said ‘namaskar’ and I said ‘what sanskaar’

25. How do you know the person who sent this to you
She is an old blog buddy

26. Favorite sports to watch?
Cricket, Rugby

27. Hair color?
Brownish black

28. Eye color?
Brownish black

29. Do you wear contacts?
Yes. How do I see otherwise…

30. Favorite foods?
Countless…

31. Scary movies or happy endings?
Happy endings! Scary movies scare the shit out of me!

32. Last movie you watched?
I don’t remember… I keep watching movies on and off.

33. What color shirt are you wearing?
A white T-shirt

34. Summer or winter
Both. But not in extremes.

35. Hugs or kisses
Both.

37. Describe your pencil cup
One is some antique wooden one and the other one is a ‘best out of waste’ types – its made from a perfume bottle.

38. Favorite artist(s)?
God! Who else!

39. What book are you reading now?
I am in between books now. Finished reading a Mary Greer book a few days ago.

40. What is on your mouse pad?
Mouse! Duh!

41. What did you watch on tv last night?
Some movie.

42. Favorite sound(s).
Sparrows chirping, good music, pleasant laughter, rain, kids talking

43. Rolling stones or Beatles?
Neither

44. What is the farthest you have been from home?
A couple of places in India – for not more than a few days

45. Do you have a special talent?
Handicrafts, painting

46. Where were u born?
Bombay – Bandra – Holy Family Hospital to be precise.

47. Favorite piece of jewelry?
All the pieces of jewellery that I have… especially the spiral earrings and paayal.

48. How did you meet your spouse/significant other?
Hehe

49. Favorite song?
Ay Hairathe

50. Favorite musical?
Is Dirty Dancing a musical… if so, count that in.

Song: Doob Jaana Re
Movie: Main Meri Patni Aur Woh
Singers: Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal

aaj maine dilse
baadlo se milke
sapno ki baarish se kaliya sajake
mahki umango se khushbu churake
halki si boondo mein
lahro ki goonjo mein
gum ho jana re
doob jaana re
mujhko doob jaana re
tere paas aana re
mujhko doob jaana re

chalte chalte maine yun hi
jaane mere dil se aisa kya keh diya
kyun ye mausam bhi hai lagta ab suhana re
dhadkane bhi saath mere gungunati re
khamosh aanho ke simte irade
masum palko pe sapne sajake
halki si boondo mein
lahro ki goonjo mein
gum ho jaana re
doob jaana re
mujhko doob jaana re
tere paas aana re
mujhko doob jaana re

badlo se dil ka rishta hai purana re
hai safar anjaan lekin aazmaana re
maine na socha na samjha na jaana
rukte kadam phir bhi aise kyun chaahe
halki si boondo mein
lehro ki goonjo mein
gum ho jaana re
doob jaana re
mujhko doob jaana re
tere paas aana re
mujhko doob jaana re

aaj maine dilse
baadlo se milke
sapno ki baarish se kaliya sajake
mahki umango se khushbu churake

halki si boondo mein
lehro ki goonjo mein
gum ho jaana re

doob jaana re
mujhko doob jaana re
tere paas aana re
mujhko doob jaana re

I have been trying to get my hands on more information about Multani culture for the last many months. It is said to be a dialect without any formal written literature.

A bit of trivia – My grandparents were predominantly from Multan and Karachi respectively.

My maternal as well as paternal grandparents had to come down to India during partition. I’ve heard stories of how they were forced out of their palatial homes back then. I guess that was the case with most migrants. As newly married couples, they set up a home in India – the paternal side in Bombay (now Mumbai) and the maternal side in Delhi. A lot was lost during this transition. What remained was just the language, a few cuisines and a couple of religious rituals. A minority soon became a minor minority in India.

Both my parents were born in India much later. For my parents, whatever little they know about Multani culture, is through their respective parents and the traditions that were followed at home. My grandparents, during their growing up days, had seen a lot of Multan, Karachi and Multani culture as well. By the time I realized the true essence of Multani culture and wanted to know more, it was more or less too late – my grandparents had already left us.

What still stays with us – are the daily conversations between Mom and Dad – in Multani ofcourse! A couple of delicious Multani recipes and a few customs, traditions and religious rituals. And my on and off probing about Multani culture – where my parents try to answer whatever they can by recalling their childhood conversations with their respective parents. They sometimes wish to visit the house where their parents had grown up – even I would love to see it – someday when peace restores. Sometimes I go high on emotions thinking of what my grandparents must have gone through – how they must have felt to pack their bag and baggage, leave their homes behind and come here. But now this is home to us – just like a home to lakhs of people who had to go through a similar thing back then.

Although I do wish to see our ancestral house in the nearby country, for me Bombay is home. My dad was born here; I was born here. More often than not, people think that I am originally from Punjab! A lot of people I know, think that most Bombay-ites are either first generation Bombay-ites or have moved to Bombay during their growing up years. They look at me with a bewildered surprise when I tell them that I have no ‘gaon’. It’s Bombay all the way! That’s the city that flows in my blood. Although my roots are in a nearby country which seems far away.

It’s important for Multanis worldwide to come together and help in reviving the beautiful culture they are a part of. Don’t let it become non-existent.

Be proud that you are a Multani!

P.S. I am trying to collate more information on Multani culture, language, customs, traditions, cuisine and just about anything Multani. Write in – with whatever information you have – big or small – what matters is the effort.

Edited to add: Check out our dedicated space on Multanis Worldwide!

Check out Fever 104′s Calendar 2009 on Vineeta’s blog… Go now… Not to be missed at all