My Journey...

Birth --> Assimilation --> Adventure --> Ego --> Patience --> Virtue --> Death

The companions - Love and loved ones.

Eddie Vedder -

I'm falling harder than I've
ever fell before
I'm falling fast while hoping
I'll land in your arms
'cause all my time is spent here
longing to belong
to you

I dream of circles perfect
eyes within your face
my heart's an open wound that
only you'd replace
and though the moon is rising
can't put your picture down
love can be frightening when you fall

And when the time is right, I
hope that you'll respond
like when the wind gets tired
the ocean becomes calm
I may be dreaming but I'm
longing to belong
to you

Celtic Woman - Sing Me A Song

Take the wave now and know that you're free

Turn your back the land, face the sea

Face the wind now, so wild and so strong

When you think of me, wave to me and send me song

Don't look back when you reach the new shore

Don't forget what you're leaving me for

Don't forget when you're missing me so

Love must never hold, never hold tight, but let go

Oh, the nights will be long when I'm not in your arms

But I'll be in this song that you sing to me

Across the sea, somehow, someday

You will be far away, so far from me

And maybe someday I will follow you in all you do

'Til then, send me a song

When the sun sets the water on fire

When the wind swells the sails of your hire

Let the call of the bird on the wind

Calm your sadness and lonliness

And then start to sing to me

I will sing to you

If you promise to send me a song

I walk by the shore and I hear

Hear your song come so faint and so clear

And I catch it, a breath on the wind

And I smile and I sing you a song

I will send you a song

I will sing you a song

I will sing to you

If you promise to send me a song

My Imperfect Dad...

Rock on! - Phir Dekhiye

Aankhon Mein Jis Ke Koi To Khwaaab Hai
Khush Tha Wahin Jo Thoda Betaaab Hai
Zindagi Mein Koi Arzooo Kijiye
Phir Dekhiye ……

Hoton Pe Jis Ke Koi To Geeet Hai
Woh Haare Bhi To Us Ki Hi Jeeet Hai
Dil Mein Jo.. Geet Hai Gun Guna.. Lijiye
Phir Dekhiye……

Yaadon Mein Jis Ke Kisi Ka Naaam Hai
Sapno Ke Jaise Us Ki Har Shaaam Hai
Koi To.. Aaj Se Apna Dil.. Dijiye
Phir Dekhiye…

Khwab Bhun.. Yeh Zara Geet Sun.. Yeh Zara
Phool Chun.. Yeh Zara... 
Phir Dekhiye…

Satinder Sartaj - Sai

The sheer simplicity of the song blew my mind.

Road to Sangam

Finally caught the movie.

Its a simple enough plot - a mechanic has undertaken to repair a vehicle's engine within a stipulated time period, which task attains a semblance of significance once he is informed about what the engine would be used for. The story is woven around how he inquires into his faith and the ideals of his community (largely from the prism of Gandhian values), which brings to the fore some significant issues for him (and some of the people he interacts with) to consider. [And to remind the audience about Gandhi's 'secular' ideals, the movie plays out in the backdrop of the homage being paid to an urn containing Gandhi's ashes by people across faiths.]

The line that stood out for me - "Pyaar se sab kuch mumkin ho jaata hain, Doctor-saab."

I absolutely loved the laid back feel to the plot and the characters. It was the perfect movie to watch on a lazy Friday afternoon, just after some of Mary's yummm! chicken biryani and smoked raita. :) Life is good!

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana

The piece, composed in the 1930s, is incredibly powerful and has been used as a theme in several iconic movies, including Star War and Lord of the Rings.

O Fortunavelut luna statu variabilis, semper crescis aut decrescis; vita detestabilis nunc obdurate et tunc curat ludo mentis aciem, egestatem, potestatem dissolvit ut glaciem. Sors immanis et inanis, rota tu volubilis, status malus, vana salus semper dissolubilis, obumbrata et velata michi quoque niteris; nunc per ludum dorsum nudum fero tui sceleris. Sors salutis et virtutis michi nunc contraria, est affectus et defectus semper in angaria. Hac in hora sine mora corde pulsum tangite; quod per sortem sternit fortem, mecum omnes plangite!

O Fortune,  like the moon  you are changeable,  ever waxing  and waning;  hateful life  first oppresses  and then soothes  as fancy takes it;  poverty  and power  it melts them like ice.  Fate – monstrous  and empty,  you whirling wheel,  you are malevolent,  well-being is vain  and always fades to nothing,  shadowed  and veiled  you plague me too;  now through the game  I bring my bare back  to your villainy.  Fate is against me  in health  and virtue,  driven on  and weighted down,  always enslaved.  So at this hour  without delay  pluck the vibrating strings;  since Fate  strikes down the strong man,  everyone weep with me!

The composition has several, several fans and there is even a website dedicated to it. :)

Olivia Newton John - I Honestly Love You

Maybe I hang around here
A little more than I should
We both know I got somewhere else to go
But I got something to tell you
That I never thought I would
But I believe you really ought to know

I love you
I honestly love you

You don't have to answer
I see it in your eyes
Maybe it was better left unsaid
This is pure and simple
And you should realize
That it's coming from my heart and not my head

I love you
I honestly love you

I'm not trying to make you feel uncomfortable
I'm not trying to make you anything at all
But this feeling doesn't come along everyday
And you shouldn't blow the chance
When you've got the chance to say

I love you
I honestly love you

If we both were born
In anoother place and time
This moment might be ending in a kiss
But there you are with yours
And here I am with mine
So I guess we'll just be leaving it at this

I love you
I honestly love you
I honestly love you

Johnny Clegg & Savuka - Great Heart

 



The world is full of strange behaviour
Every man has to be his own saviour
I know I can make it on my own if I try
But I'm searching for a Great Heart to stand me by
Underneath the African sky
A Great Heart to stand me by

I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart
To hold and keep me by
I'm searching for the spirit of the Great Heart
Under African sky
Sometimes I feel that you really know me
Sometimes there's so much you can show me

There's a highway of stars across the heavens
The whispering song of the wind in the grass
There's the rolling thunder across the savanna
A hope and dream at the edge of the sky
And your life is a story like the wind
Your life is a story like the wind

(Chorus:)
Guga 'mzimba (body grow old)
Sala 'nhliziyo (but heart remain behind)