Amrit

kavi Bachchan ki Punyatithi

2010-01-18T20:13:00.000-08:00

आदरणीय भाईसाहब

सादर चरण स्पर्श

अभी-अभी डाक्टर हरिवंश राय बच्चन मुझसे क्या कह रहे थे - आप भी सुनो -

कल जब मेरी कविता में

तुम मुझको पा जाओगे

नही मिले नश्वर शरीर से

अंतर्मन से मिल पाओगे ।

उठो पुत्र तुम धीर धरो

धरती के रण का वीर बनो

मैं चला गया जग से तो क्या

कविता में अपनी नही जीता क्या ?

सुनो ध्यान से एक बात

यह जग तो बस एक मेला है

अपनी बाजी मैं खेल चुका

अब नया यहां का खेला है ।

अभय शर्मा

19 जनवरी 2010 09.35 प्रातः

कविताई

2009-12-10T19:46:00.000-08:00

कविताई

सोच रहा था कई दिनों से
कविता लिख दूं इंग्लिश में
मन में भाव नही आते थे
नही आती भाषा भांति भली

रहने दो अब क्या बतलाउं
दिल की बातें गली-गली
माना अंग्रेजी है प्रचलित
समझे जिसको जॉन अली

मै तो पढ़ा-लिखा अनपढ़ हूं
बस हिंदी की हूं एक कली
नही मुझे अफसोस अचंभा
जब भाषाओं की बात चली

नही, नही मैं नही लिख सकता
कविता अंग्रेजी में भी
लिख सकता हूं सिर्फ़ अकेले
कविता बस हिंदी में ही

पढ़ लेता हूं अंग्रेजी मैं
समझ भी लेता कभी-कभी
जब भी लिखता हूं लेकिन मै
सूझी है हिंदी तभी-तभी

नही, नही मैं नही लिख सकता
कविता अंग्रेजी में भी

अभय शर्मा
मुंबई, 11 दिसंबर 2009 9.00 प्रातः प्रहर

आदरणीय भाईसाहब
सादर चरण स्पर्श

कुछ भाव यूं ही उमड़ रहे थे, कविवर बच्चन जी की बात याद आ गई कभी उन्होने कहा था कि कविताई हमेशा साथ नही देती जब भी भाव आयें उन्हे लिख ही लेना चाहिये, पता नही बाद में वे भाव कभी दोबारा दिमाग में आये या न आयें -

आप सबके लिए कुछ क्षण पहले लिखी कविता प्रस्तुत कर रहा हूं इस आशा के साथ कि बिना किसी आशय या राजनैतिक रंग के साथ ही इस कविता का आप सब आनंद उठा सकें - मै अपने विदेशी मित्रों से क्षमा चाहूंगा इस का अनुवाद किसी अन्य दिन कर सका तब अपने आपको धन्य समझूंगा -

In Praise of Paa!

2009-12-08T10:45:00.000-08:00

The Most Respected Brother
Have Gala Time in Dubai Bylanes!

I know or rather I understand how busy you must be on this earth after the release of the film PAA..

Well, I am not an Oracle I am not some one who can predict future.. I am not into forecasting nor am I a fortune teller..

If I am something on this earth.. I am my Paa's son and equally my Maa's son too.. and after that I am your bhaai.. the younger brother.. even if it is a one sided relation I have nothing to loose.. I have everything to gain in the success of Paa.. for long times I had been thinking loudly that Abhsishek has not been able to express those genetic elements which he should have definitely inherited not only from you and Jaya Ma'm but also from the more illustrious Dr. Bachchan and Mrs. Teji Bachchan.. though in Paa.. the effect was visible to a great degree.. I amsure as per my last post you would have given him some pats on his back..

Here I share a small work that was composed in the morning before leaving for work but is only being shared now.. and the poem is for you brother for the beautiful enchanting role of Auro that beats Vijay Verma of Deewaar and Jaydev of Sholay..

Here it goes ..

पॉ में जो अभिनय देखा तुम्हारा
लगता था फिर से मैं देखूं दोबारा
अभिनय नही एक जीवन जिया था
जीवन को तुमने नया रंग दिया था
नया रंग दिया था

देखा नही और सुना भी नही था
अभिनय अभी तक न देखा कहीं था
मुझे याद आते है सारे नज़ारे
जैसे गगन के हो तुम चांद तारे
तुम चांद तारे

पॉ में जो अभिनय था देखा तुम्हारा
लगता था फिर से मैं देखूं दोबारा

ऑरो के प्रति यह गीत इस गाने की धुन पर सजाने की कोशिश की है -

(जो प्यार तुमने मुझको दिया था .. )

अभय शर्मा

May I thank Alok Shrivastav, Devkishin, Zainab and Rupam to remember me even in the absence of my post over here for today.. why do you all love me.. it s not good.. I am not a good guy.. I am not Auro.. When I am not able to refer people I feel ashamed of being referred like this.. no, no, I do not say that loving is not a good sign of life.. it is the best thing.. but frankly I deny this love as I am not able to love you all as much.. God be kind to me and allow me to be able to reciprocate the love that is being poured upon me..

2009-12-04T20:08:00.000-08:00

Dear Auro

Sweet love,
I know you know english.. even if you make mistakes or make mistakes by your keyboard.. eh.. I make mistakes too.. everybody makes and mom shall not kill you after all..

I think Auro, I have to spemd more time with another auro at home.. like you he is just too playful.. every time you ask him for studies he would get sleepy and if left to himself he would immerse whole of his time in some computer game or watch TV.. does he not get bore with that.. it is all right.. only his name is Amrit and not Auro.. and he needs his Paa.. his Paa that is not Abhishek Bachchan but one Abhaya Sharma.. you see.. he is intelligent, creative and even loving but he has got carried away as if no one loves him in the school.. that people call him names he does not like.. even teachers take a pinch on him.. and that both his Paa and Maa are not finding enough time for him he is probably feeling neglected.. Auro.. would you like that kind of MaaPaa.. no, na..

I shall now take leave of you I have to make a beginning with Auro at home that he feels that he is loved.. that he is not all the time at the centre of being found to be at fault.. that he develops good eating habits.. if left to himself he would just survive on milk, kellogs, bournvita, Rice daal, and lots of potatoes and sometimes cabbage and now not even bhindi.. no, no, no eggs in this house.. his Maa can not tolerate that.. err.. tolerate the smell.. or the stink that is left in the house..

Bye Auro.. I would come to meet you as I promised mostly tonight at KStar fun cinemas.. I would bring along Auro at home and some of his friends too.. yes only if I could get tickets.. I hope to see you at the earliest and learn a few things of some value to help the other Auro.. the Amrit Auro you see.. will you make friends with him.. he is a good painter and plays casio too. and also badminton..

Brother, This may not be last post.. yet I do find that if I do not pay attention and do ni\ot play my role in Paa.. nobody would take care of the auro at home.. he may not be suffering from any projerio.. he suffers from computerio and TVio and casio to say it in short..

Love

Abhaya Sharma

Amrit Celebrates his eleventh Birthday

2009-11-25T23:25:00.000-08:00

It was on 16th November 1998 that Amrit was born to us a really pre-mature baby.. He was named Amrit for the fact that Dr. Amrita Misri was exceptionally responsible in his birth..

Here is a video clipping of the eleventh celebration.. My elder brother Mahendra Sharma was here for an official tour for conducting Civil Services Examination.. so it was a great event even if I do not have much photographs to support the video is quite lively.. Have a look

Happy Deepavali - Amrit

2009-10-16T09:44:00.000-07:00

Amitabh Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

Jaya Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Shweta Nanda

Nikhil Nanda

Navya & Agastya Nanda

Amar Singh ji (hope the charges of Kanpur man are false!)

Anil Ambani

Bigg Boss 3 Participants

....And of course the following very dear members of the FmXt.. Please do not associate any order.. there is none.. all are equally dear to me and I wish I had some way out to prove that too..
Dr. Aishwarya
Tumpa Bon
Kashmira Di
Sudhir
Renate
Archana
Sharmila

Mousumi
Rochelle Goldman
Anat Magen
Anashwar Chopra
Manoj Kumar Ojha
Shankar Narayan
Ravi Malhotra
Kishore Bhatt
Rose Cee (My Dear Sis.. don’t take me to court me lord..)
Reeham Hussein
Reshmi Philip
Rasha Zayed
Carla Flum
Zhenya Sannikova
Elena Seredkina
Deepak Taunk
Naresh Kapoor
Rupam (Assam)
Puneet (Jaipur)
Amitabh Ziibbu
Austere Seeker
Mithai Lal
Dr. Masud
Dr. Shashi Mohan Sharma
Jasmine Jaywant
Tehreem
Lakshmi Jag
Anu
Bharati Sharma
Jasmine Sheikh
Fatima M.
Manda Mistry (Ekta Bharadia)
Angel
Sanjith
Vijaya
Syed Kabeeruddin
Subhash Kaura
Preeti Kaur
M
Daisy M
Lily D’Penha
Pankaj Srivastav
Pettsy
Mondira
Saroj
Jyoti Chander
Mahadev
Monalisa
Neha Srivastav
Niti, Nikhil Dimpi (and others from the Lunch party)
Gisele Barbosa
Amit Sangani
Zainab

And those whom I have missed.. after all I have a right to err.. yet believe me.. I am not really too much interested in this naming business.. it is more because of the tradition.. I would be thankful to those who may have expected me to remember them too..

A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS DEEPAVALI TO EVERYONE. MAY THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT BRINGS JOY, SUCCESS, PEACE AND GOOD HEALTH TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS.

Abhaya, Amrit and Savita

Post Script : Brother, unlike me, Amrit is very keen on Bigg Boss.. and he is exactly thrilled after knowing that Akshay Kumar would be coming to the house of Bigg Boss.. He once told me he had dreamt that Akshay Kumar was training him on Karate.. He is probably more intrested in Blue.. Just on his behalf we wish Akshay Kumar too a very happy and prosperous Deepavali..

I know I am an old man of 50 if I did not find more attractive way to wish you on Deepavali.. I may be excused..

Hey aati rahengi bahaarein
Jaati rahengi baharein
dil ki nazar se
duniya ko dekho
duniya sada hi haseen hain …

Maine to bas
yahi maangi hain duaayen
phoolon ki tarah
ham sada muskarayen..
gaate rahen hum
khushiyon ke geet
yun hi jaaye beet zindagi

Ho ho aati rahengi bahaarein…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miEB8OyxdE8

2009-10-05T21:26:00.000-07:00

परम प्रिय एवं आदरणीय भाईसाहब
सादर चरण स्पर्श

आज मन अत्यंत प्रसन्न है, मात्र इसलिये नही कि आपने अपने चाहने वालों के प्रति अपने भाव स्पष्ट रूप से रखने का सफ़ल प्रयास किया है, इसलिये भी नही कि आपके प्रति हमारी भावनाओं को बल मिला है, या इसलिये भी नही कि आपके द्वारा आज पहली बार हम लोगों को इतना अच्छा वक्तव्य पढ़ने को मिला हो ।

आज विशेष प्रसन्नता का विषय यह है कि इन सब बातों से उपर उठकर आज आपने जो बातें यहां कही उनमें एक विशेष आत्मीयता की झलक साफ ही दृष्टिगोचर हो रही है ।

हम लोगों को इस बात का बहुत पहले से पता है कि आपके मन में इस विस्तारित परिवार के लिये कितना प्रेम-प्यार आपके दिल में बसा हुआ है, अच्छी बात तो यह है कि कुछ एकाध लोगों को अगर छोड़ दें तो हममें से भी अधिकांश लोगों ने इस प्रेम-प्यार को आगे बढ़ाने में समुचित योगदान दिया है, प्यार तो भाई बांटने से ही बढता है, अगर मै आप से प्यार करता हूं तो मेरा आपके प्रति प्यार शायद एक कलाकार के लिये ही नही वरन उस मानव-विशेष के लिये भी है जिसे अपनी सीमा में रहते हुये भी सबसे प्यार करना जताना बखूबी आता है । आप हमारे लिये प्रेरणा के एक ऎसे अक्षय स्त्रोत हो जिससे हमें दिन-प्रतिदिन नये भाव नया कुछ सीखने को मिलता है मिलता रहता है तथा भगवान से अभ्यर्थना है कि आगे भी मिलता रहे ।
वास्तव में पिछले दो दिनों से मैं अपने आपको सही प्रकार से व्यक्त करने में असमर्थ महसूस कर रहा था, आपके किसी भी निर्णय से मै बिल्कुल भी असहमत नही हूं तथापि मेरे कहे को कुछ लोगों ने या शायद स्वयं आपने भी अगर गलत समझा हो तो इसमें गलती आपकी या समझने वाले की नही मेरी ही अधिक है । मै जानता हूं कई बार पहले भी मेरे साथ ऎसा घटित हो चुका है मै कहना कुछ चाहता हूं पर कहते-कहते भाव इतनी तेजी पकड़ लेते हैं कि कुछ एक भाव लिखने से मै चूक जाता हूं । मै यह भी जानता हू कि मुझे किसी भी प्रकार की सफाई देने की विशेष आवश्यकता नही है, आप के अतिरिक्त यहां लिखने वाले सभी सदस्य या कहूं भाई-बहन तो ज्यादा ठीक रहेगा, इस बात से अपरिचित नही है कि अभय के मन में किसी के भी प्रति दुर्भावना तो नही ही है । सुधीर के प्रति प्रेमवश मै एकाध बार कुछ उग्रतापूर्ण बातें अगर कह भी गया हूं तो उसे यह अवश्य जान लेना चाहिये कि उसके यहां न लिखने से उससे अधिक कष्ट मुझे हो रहा हाय, अगर मेरे कारण वह ऎसा कर रहा है तो यह कहते हुये मुझे कोई सकोच नही है कि सुधीर को वास्तव में मै उतना ही प्यार करता हूं जितना अपने छोटे भाई अजय को, इस बात का कोई प्रमाण नही दे सकता अवसर आने पर उससे भी पीछे नही हटूंगा । अपने मन की बात मैने कह दी है हो सकता है उसके मन में कोई एसी बात हो ही न, मात्र व्यक्तिगत व्यस्तता के कारण ही वह यहां ना आ पा रहा हो ।

यहां आज मै अपने सभी मित्रों के प्रति कुछ चंद बातें कहना चाहूंगा, नाम लेकर लिखना चाहता था पर जानता हूं हिंदी में सब लोगों के सही नाम शायद मै लिख तो पाउंगा पर सही लिख पाउंगा इसमें मुझे संदेह है फिर कुछ एक क्षणों के लिये तो आप भी हम लोगों के मित्र बन जाते है ।

मेरे सभी मित्रगण, बंधु, सखा एवं भगिनियों

आप जितना प्यार मुझे देते हो या करते हो उसका मै सही उत्तराधिकारी ना होते हुये भी आप सभी के प्रति भी उतना ही प्यार आज व्यक्त करना चाहता हूं, अगर उससे अधिक कर सकता होता तब भगवान के प्रति मेरी श्रद्धा भावना अवश्य ही बढ़ जाती । मेरे द्वारा कही किसी बात से अगर कभी भी किसी को कुछ कष्ट पहुंचा हो तो मै अवश्य ही उन लोगों से क्षमा-याचना करता हूं कि वे मुझे अवश्य ही माफ़ कर दें । आप सभी को मै यकीन तो नही दिला सकता पर कह अवश्य सकता हूं कि किसी प्रकार का भेदभाव रख कर मैने आपसे प्यार नही किया है, यहां तक कि मैने अपने विदेशी मित्रों को भी उतना ही चाहा है जितना अपने भारतीय भाई-बहनों को, अगर किसी क्षण किसी का नाम नही लिया या किसी ने मेरा नाम नही लिया त मुझे अच्छा लगता है क्योंकि मै सदा ही सभी का नाम नही लिख सकता, यह उन सबके साथ मेरे द्वारा अन्याय होगा जिनका नाम लिखने से मै चूक जाता हूं , तथापि इस दिशा में एकाध बार प्रयास किया भी था जैसे कि ईद के मुबारक अवसर पर । उसमे भी कई त्रुटियां रह गईं थी यह बात कम लोग ही जान पायेंगें । आप सभी के प्रति मेरे मन में अपार स्नेह है यह किसी भी सूरत में कम होने वाला नही है । मतभेद की अपनी जगह है और स्नेह-प्रेम की अपनी अलग ।

आप सभी के प्रति मेरा स्नेह-प्रेम सदा ऎसे ही बना रहे प्रभु से बस इतनी सी विनती के सात यह पत्राचार यहीं समाप्त करने की आज्ञा चाहूंगा
- अभय शर्मा 6 अक्टूबर 2009, 9.50 प्रातः काल

राज्यश्री - जन्म-दिन मुबारक हो

2009-09-30T11:36:00.000-07:00

आदरणीय भाईसाहब
सादर प्रणाम
अभी कुछ ही देर पहले ऎसे ही कुछ लिख रहा था, सोचा सोने से पहले आप लोगों के साथ भी इसे शॆयर करता चलूं, भाषा कोशिश करके सीधी-सादी ही रखना पसंद करता हूं, आज के इस युग में लोग यही पढ लें वही काफी है, नही तो भाषा की जटिलता का बहाना करके इस एहसास को अछूत कन्या का जामा पहना कर तिरस्कृत करनें में किसी का क्या जाता है ?

एह्सास

उदासी है कैसी जो छाई हुई है
यहां रूह हर एक सताई हुई है

नही जलते दीपक यहा दिल है जलते
ये बुझते हुए मन नही अब संवरते

ये किस्से किसे कोई जाकर सुनाये
किसे आज फिए ये कहानी बतायें

क्या मरने के दुनिया में कम थे बहाने
चले आज फिर से बम एटम बनाने

कहां खो गये है जहां के सयाने
कहां सो गये है अमन के दीवाने

कहीं कोई गांधी क्यों पैदा ना होता
यहां बुद्ध-नानक का सौदा है होता

हे इंसा के दुश्मन जरा होश में आ
ओ हैवानियत तू न अब जोश में आ

चलो मिल के दुनिया को जन्नत बना दें
फिर अपने दिलों में मुहब्बत बसा लें ।

अभय शर्मा 30 सितंबर /1 अक्टूबर 2009

यह एहसास आज अपनी छोटी बहन राज्यश्री के जन्मदिन पर भेंट करता हूँ ।

Swami Vivekanad - Manoj Kumar Ojha's gift

2009-09-26T04:51:00.000-07:00

Navya-Agastya message

2009-09-21T20:29:00.001-07:00

Abhaya says:
September 22, 2009 at 8:41 am
The Most Respected and Highly Reverred Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh, Good Morning and a wonderful day ahead..

I know why I am here.. just to tell you about that my mobile is in place but Savita had searched the entire house over last two holidays scratching her head.. just to find that her reading lasses were not over her head either.. She finally got them hidden under an extension board which is not working.. only after she had almost finished all her reading and writing exercises..

Bhaai aap ko yah batate huye mujhe harsh ho raha hai aaj Savita ka Birthday hai.. and she shares her birthday with my brother-in-law Dr. Vijay Kumar Dubey.. husband of my closest buddy in the family Dr. Neerja ( Neeru..).. No, brother you don’t have to wish them separartely. they are happy even if it does not come across.. tha thye both know that I share some very personal moments with you and it may not always be possible for you to reciprocate.. My wishes to both.. In fact for the first time.. I have wished Savia through email.. I had sent her the song Tumko dekha to yeh khayal aaya.. from saath-saath.. Tumpa di so you see.. I do sing for her as well.. you and FmXt are not the only exceptions.. LOL

Bhaai.. I shall take an early leave from you.. I try to be short and without sincere effort it is not going to happen.. but should I say that I would hold you and the FmXt in my thoughts for the days, months and whole of the living days that I may have been assigned by the creator of this universe..

My love to Navya-Agastya..
Abhaya Sharma September 22 2009 8:40 AM IST
PS: A song for the the two kids..
ghoda thha ghamandi
pahuncha sabzi mandi
sabzi mandi baraf padi thee
baraf mei lag gai thandi..
Tak-Bak-Tak-bak

Abhaya says:
Your comment is awaiting moderation.

September 22, 2009 at 8:54 am
Dear Navya and Agastya..

I know yu are fuming wih anger.. uncle aap baaki sab ke liye youtube links bhejate ho hamein chaar line suna ke tarka rahe ho.. yeh achchhi baat nahi hai.. hum aapki shikayat kar denge naanu se..

arre bhaai.. little lady don’t make a note of it in your diary.. I am posting a lnk for you of the song.. haan maine bahut gaay hai yeh gaana.. sab bachchon ke liye.. aur kaun sa gaana sunoge.. achchha.. baaki ke gaane baad mein.. here is the lakdi ki kaathi for both of you..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_JVZgdEIJY

Agastya congrats for making to the school football team.. what position do you play.. Amrit stands in the goal post.. and plays casio.. wiothout being trained.. He did the music for the song competition for his blue house on pukaar song.. (anil kapoor vaali..) I am sorry I don’t know the lyrics.. boss.. probably they are expecting first place for their house…

Champions trophy mei kya lagta hai tum logon ko.. India champion ban sakati hai kyaa.. let us hope so.. their first game is against arch-rivals Pakistan.. I was told that it was a sold out game even ahead of the semis and finals.. chalo phir kal milte hain.. ab uncle ko office ke liye taiyaar hona hai..
Bye and lots fo love
Abhaya Sharma September 22 2009 8:55 AM IST

दुर्गा-स्तुति

2009-09-20T12:45:00.000-07:00

दुर्गा-स्तुति

हे दुर्गे अंबे जगदम्बे
जग की काली माँ
शरण तुम्हारी आया है
एक भक्त अनोखा माँ ।

ना मांगे चांदी सोना पर
प्यार तुम्हारा माँ
कल्याणी कह दो जग से
हो तुम्हीं हमारी माँ ।

आओ भवानी शिवपटरानी
शेरोंवाली माँ
जग में संकट आन पड़ॆ
हो तुम्ही सहारा माँ ।

अस्त्र-शस्त्र अपने सब लाना
हे रुद्राणी माँ
धरती पर फिर प्रलय मची
नही आकर जाना माँ ।

वैष्नो देवी दिव्य कांति की
झलक दिखाओ माँ
जग में जय-जयकार
पहाड़ा ज्योतांवाली माँ ।

अभय शर्मा 20,21 सितम्बर 2009 1.10 रात्रि

Kavi Ki Vedana - AB day 510

2009-09-14T00:47:00.000-07:00

आदरणीय भाईसाहब
सादर चरण स्पर्श

आज मेरा अवकाश होने की स्थिति में आपको मुझे कुछ ज्यादा ही झेलन पड़ सकता है, पर यहां पिछले एक घंटे के श्रम के बाद जो कुछ भी मैने टाईप किया है उसके प्रत्युत्तर की आपसे अपेक्षा अवश्य है, इसलिये नह कि आज मेरे मन में पीत-रेखा प्राप्त करने की लालसा जाग उठी है वरन इसलिये कि यह प्रश्न मै नही कर रहा हूं - आप लोगों ने डाक्टर बच्चन को जितना कमजोर समझा वे उतने कमजोर नही थे - आपकॊ उनके सवलों के प्रति कुछ न कुछ तो अवश्य लिखना ही पड़ेगा, मेरे नाम की कॊई अवश्यकता नही है, पर हां यह भी मेरी तरफ़ से एक श्रद्धाजलि के रूप में महाकवि को स्वीकार्य हो एसी प्रभु से मेरी प्रार्थना अवश्य रहेगी । वैसे तो आप कहोगे कि मेरी चोट के समय जो कुछ भी हुआ उसका दोष तो मुझे नही दे सकते, फिर भी उनकी आत्मा की शांति के लिये दो शब्द आप इस बिषय मे अवश्य लिखें ऎसा मेरा अनुरोध है आदेश देने की क्षमता ना मै रखता हूं ना मुझे ऎसा करना प्रियकर ही लगता है –

‘दशद्वार से सोपान तक’ पृष्ठ 483-484

कवि की वेदना
तेजी के साथ अर्थ-चिन्ता से तो मुक्ति मिल गई थी, पर परिवार में सौ तरह की चिन्तायें होती हैं, समस्याएं उठती है जिन्हे दूर करने के लिए, जिनका समाधान खोजने के लिए ध्यान, समय, श्रम देना होता है । मेरा कवि स्वभाव, मेरी कवि प्रकृति, इससे कितनी उद्विग्न होगी और उससे मेरे कवि मर्म में कितना व्याघात उपस्थित होगा इसको तेजी ने जितना पहचाना उतना किसी और ने नही । अपने 42 वर्ष के संसर्ग में उन्होने मुझे गार्हस्थ जीवन के इस पक्ष से एक तरह से अछूता रखा – मैं कहना चाहूंगा दोष की सीमा तक । उनकी इस प्रव्रत्ति में कभी-कभी मुझे दुराव की आशंका हुई । अपने बेटों के सामने भी उन्होने मेरी यह तस्वीर रखी है मैं कवि हूं, कलाकार हूं, भावप्रवण हूं, थोड़ी सी अप्रिय स्थिति मुझे बहुत परेशान कर देती है – अब तो बहुत दिनों से अलसर का मरीज़ हूं – किसी भी अशुभ घटित या समाचार से मुझे अनभिज्ञ रखना चाहिये क्योंकि उससे मेरा मानसिक तनाव बढ़ेगा – एसिडिटी बढ़ेगी, मैं बीमार पड़ जाउंगा । नतीजा उसका यह हुआ है कि तेजी के जीवन में, मेरे बेटों के जीवन में बहुत कुछ कष्टकर चिन्ताजनक आया है, रहा है, और कानों-कान मुझे खबर नही दी गई । घर भर अभिनय-कला में दक्ष है, किसी ने अपने चेहरे-मोहरे से, बात से यह संकेत नही दिया कि अंदर-अंदर क्या हो रहा है, क्या बीत रह है । कभी-कभी तेजी और अपने बेटों के इस रवैये को मैने अपनी उपेक्षा समझी है, अपने प्रति अन्याय समझा है । मै परिवार का एक अंग हूं, और कोई छोटा अंग नही – मानो तो सबसे बड़ा – तो मुझे परिवार के सुख-दुख-दुरवस्था में साझीदार होना चाहिए । मुझे लगता है कि मेरे प्रति लगाव की अतिशयता में घर के लोगों ने मेरी गलत तस्वीर बना रखी है । माना कि मैं कवि हूं, कलाकार हूं, भावप्रवण हूं, पर छुई-मुई नही हूं । बहुत जगह कोमल होकर भी कहीं बहुत कठोर भी हूं – वज्रादपि कठोराणि मृदुनि कुसुमादपि, मुझमें बहुत कुछ सहने, बर्दाश्त करने, झेलने की शक्ति है, शायद घर भर में सबसे ज्यादा किसने इस घर में इतन दुख-दारिद्र्य, इतनी कष्ट-चिंताकर स्थितियां, इतनी मौत -बीमारियां देखी हैं जितनी मैंने । मेरे व्यक्तित्व के इस पक्ष को नही देखा-समझा गय तो मुझे गलत समझा गया है । इस पर सबसे ज्यादा झुंझलाहट मुझे उस समय हुई जब अमित को बंगलौर में चोट लगी, पर वह मुझसे छिपा रखी गई ।

अमिताभ को पेट में चोट शनिवार को अपराह्न में अगी थी । शायद उसे गंभीर नही समझा गय था ।

पर रात भर जिस पीड़ा, जिस कष्ट में वह तड़पता रह उससे जया को स्पष्ट हो गया था कि चोट समान्य नही है, जिसके कारण कोई बाह्य उपचार कारगर नही हो रहा है ।

इतवार को अजिताभ को फोन आ गया था कि वह फ़ौरन बंगलौर पहुंचे और साथ फैमिली डाॅक्टर शाह को लेकर। चोट की साधारणता का भ्रम तो अब नही रह गया था, अजिताभ डाॅक्टर को सथ लेकर गए, रमू, मां को बतकर । मुझे कोई भनक तक नही दी गई । मैने समझा इतवार छुट्टी का दिन है, अजिताभ योरोप से लौटकर भाई से नही मिला था, मिलने चला गया ।

Shraddhanajali to Dr. Bachchan

2009-09-10T00:29:00.000-07:00

मधुर भावनाओं की सुमधुर नित्य बनाता हूँ हाला,
भरता हूँ इस मधु से अपने अंतर का प्यासा प्याला,
उठा कल्पना के हाथों से स्वयं उसे पी जाता हूँ,
अपने ही में हूँ मैं साकी, पीनेवाला, मधुशाला।।५।

Here Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan the creator of these now very famous couplets probably had people like me in his mnd.. people who feel that to live this life is nothing more than having god thoughts because that alone can give birth to beautiful feelings.. for such people it is a daily routine to synthesise such thoughts to be promoted in the world.. that alone can satisfy his desires..To fill oneself with such original thoughts and embrace them in one’s life is the only important to such an individual..To be able to fill and fulfill oneself with such a wine is an ever compelling act in one’s life.. the wine that has been synthesised from the best ever thoughts for the world and also for oneself is an imaginary concept.. to be able to lift and fill oneself with it is no less than a dream accomplished..In such contexts the one who enjoys such a life is complete in all respect.. he is the sole representative of the saaki, the wine and the tavern.. Now I could not get a suitable word for saaki.. the barmaid does not fit too well in these beutiful thoughts of the poet.. it could be the provider.. though..

I know Dr. Bachchan would be thinking - Beta, achchhe jaa rahe ho.. kavita maine san 35 mein likhi thee tab tum paida bhi nahi huye thhe.. par apane aapko tumne iname dhoond hi liya.. mera madhushal likhana sarthak hua.. meri Kavita purn h gai.. ( Son, You are meaning well.. The verses were created by me in the year 1935 when you were not even born.. yet the way you have discovered yourself in these couplets.. My writing of Madhushala has got further substantiated.. it has achieved a sense of completion.. ( that it could represent thinking much much after its creation much after its creator has gone.. What more could I expect..)
I would share just one more verse without the translation or ascribing its relevance to me..

धर्मग्रन्थ सब जला चुकी है, जिसके अंतर की ज्वाला,
मंदिर, मसजिद, गिरिजे, सब को तोड़ चुका जो मतवाला,
पंडित, मोमिन, पादिरयों के फंदों को जो काट चुका,
कर सकती है आज उसी का स्वागत मेरी मधुशाला।।१७।

I would say that if we could understand this verse in a deeper sense than just the literal translational sense of the words we would probably be free of much malice for each other in the name of religion, temples, mosques and churches..He (Dr. Bachchan never preaches that one should not really be a believer what he probably refers is that one should not be a blind follower..)
Having said that I would not say anything I could not desist or rather resist the temptation of serving with my interpretations.. the beauty of poetry is that it can have several interpretations..

Every time I read Madhushala I enjoy it afresh becuase it does refresh..
Love and my shraddhanajali to Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan.. I wish I could create a few lines in his honour but I ain’t really capable .. some words that I had written with him in the mind are being reproduced here..

अपेक्षा

अपने इस जीवन-यापन में
कहीं ऎसा कुछ कर जाना है
जग याद रखे इस दुनिया में
एक ऎसा भी है इंसान हुआ
जिसे मोह जाल ना बांध सका
कर्मॊं और विचारॊं का
वह एक अनूठा संगम था
जग से मांगा ना कुछ भी कभी
देने को सब कुछ आतुर था

भाषा रंग और धर्म जाति के
बंधन कब के था काट चुका
मानव से मान को जोड़ रहा
नही शांति दूत था वह कॊई
और ना ही कोई मसीहा था
कहता था इतना ही जग से
ना पानी ने हमें जब बांटा है
ना भूख हमें है बांट सकी
ना किया हवा ने बंटवारा
फिर क्यों कर हम विद्रोह करें
हम अभय बने बस प्रेम करें
अमृत सी हमारी हॊ वाणी
कर्णों को प्रिय हम मधुर बनें

- अभय शर्मा

Post script: Read Manav se manav ko jod raha.. I have not got means to correct the missing letter in hindi font at the moment..

Amitabh Another Imaginary Interview!!

2009-09-08T03:55:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh
My apologies to you for not congratulating you on winning the national award for The Last Lear.. I have not seen the film.. I have not been able to lay my hands on DVD anywhere.. if you know which company has the rights for its DVDs or if it is available or not.. There has never been an iota of doubt about your performances.. I don't really undertand how you could still mesemerise people (me includd) with your performances as an actor.. You may look older in appearance but some of the finer qualities that were your trademark like your expression with eyes and face and especially your voice they do not age at all.. that's not exactly a question it is only expression of your amaing abilities.. One can say atleast we hae one actor who has defied the logic o ageing..

Here is a mocked up interview with you: (Don't laugh it off.. I had done such an interview in three parts on my website long long back..)

Abhaya: "Sir, I had been having this long standing dream project on small screen wit you involving interviewing celebrities like Kapil Dev, Sachin, Anil Ambani, maybe even AmarSingh ji and now Jaswant Singh sahab to just name a few.. " Do we expect such interactive sessio with these of similar pople at Big Boss?"

AB : " You see, Abhaya, I am not supposed to comment anything about the program. you won't have to wait for long to find out ".
Abhaya : "Here at this blog you have completed 50o days, hw does it feel? Did you think at te beginning that you would go thus far in this arena of blogging?"
AB: "It feels great, it really feels satisfying. There had been occasions when I did not want to continue with it.. but ten the good sense prevailed and here I am with all of you the Extended Family.. To the other part of your question If I have to be honest with you.. which I generally am most of the times.. I must say that I have come a long way from where I started off.. I did not expect that it would turn out to be such a lovable exercise to be able to share the views directly with so many admirers, fans and well-wishers.. you see what I mean.. I am now hooked.. if someone asks me to quit now.. I may really find myself at a great loss.. Every day has been special.. every day I have found someone or the other coming up with that motivating tonic to continue.. to sum up it has been one hell of a good experince.. you see not hellish in the real sense of the word.. I am happy being here on the blog...

Abhaya : " I know that you are enjoying it.. why haven't you thought up of setting up a website besides the blog.. " . Any particular reason ?

AB : You see, Abhaya, there are two types of people in this world.. the first type prefer to do things their own way.. and a second type that prefer to get things done by other professionals.. I think I found the blog would be more in my own control and thought rather than depending on experts in web-designing I shold first get a feel of something that is more close to me at the personal level.. I hope you get my point..

Abhaya : " I do, you are highly explicit in whatever you do, whatever you say and also in whatever way you act in your films.. I remember some couple of guys wrote obnoxiously about your role in he Last Lear .. I don;t exactly remember their names.. some guys who were out to undo your eforts.. Do you have something to say to them..?

AB: No, I do not have anyhin further to say to them.. they whould have got their answers a couple of days back.. I say I am not against criticism.. I am not here to be taken for granted.. I am open to every day scrutiny for what I do.. as long as people like what I do I will survive.. Every good thing has to come to an end one day.. I am going to enter 68th year of my existence on 11th October.. I am not going to get any younger from there.. I can not do certain things that I did in the mid-seventies.. atleast not as well now as I could do then..

Abhaya: " You are very modest.. why do you have to ndulge in self-deprecation when things are actually very bright for you at the moment..?

AB : Abhaya, one thing I must tell you that there is nothing of that sort you chose the word from my todays blog.. otherwise you would know that a self-assessment is not a bad trait in itself.. to be able to judge yourself from the perspective of others is difficult yet I have practiced that and practiced that to good use with some good results..

Abhaya :" When exactly do you think would be the time that you would call it a day ?" Are there any secret hidden desires ambitions still in store for the viewers.. Is there that one role that you have waited that should have come to you and it has not yet come to you?

AB: The multiple questions tha you have fired.. I do have to compose myself all over again.. maybe a glass of water would help me in getting focussed.. OK..

The time when I call it quits would not be decided by me.. it would be you and the others who would decide that.. as long as I am wanted I would continue to provide my services.. the day I am not wanted I would have no option but to leave the field for others.. its is as simple as that..

Coming to your second question of secret ambition or hidden desire.. It would be wrong if I say that I have no desires or ambitions.. yet I must say that nothing is secret or hidden from anyone.. I want to be able to perform to the best of my capabilities in whatever assignments or projects that come my way.. that must be true for anyone.. anyone who chooses any profession leave alone acting..

This last part of your question is a bit tricky.. no actor on earth would admit that he has already performed whatever roles he aspired.. that admission would kill im as an actor at that very moment.. so I don't know what should I say.. maybe if you wish to know if I am looking for some specific roles.. Let me admit that I have not doen many kind of roles which I would love to perform.. I have not been associated with sports related film.. I do feel that someday if I am to do one I would not mind playing the coach of a T20 team though Football is my first love.. other than that I have not had an opportunity to act in a period film.. If someone agrees to cast me in some historically important role I would not mind doing it..for example the role of Pandit Nehru or Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore ..

Abhaya: Thank you sir, thanks for your valuable time and we also expect that there are more opportunities that come your way to be able to provide us with more super entertainment tha you have provided us for last four decades.. Ten more years and you would turn a Golden actor of Hindi Cinema.. wishing you good health for next ten years..

AB: Thanks a lot Abhaya, to you too.

Ganesh Vandana

2009-08-23T12:29:00.000-07:00

This particular poem was composed last year around this festive occasion on 4th September 2008...

Sankat-Nashan Ganesh Stotram

2009-08-23T12:24:00.000-07:00

This one was created in the afternoon! yet I did not upload it for there were some missed out parts in fact a mixing up of the end of two lines.. and I did not have original word documnet saved.. typing Hindi is difficult.. working with Sanskrit is extremely so.. I devised a new method to type the end syanza all over again generate an image and fuse the old and the additional part and result is here for all of you..

May Lord Ganesha Bless you all ...

To AB day 483

2009-08-18T04:00:00.000-07:00

Chhupa lo yun dil mein pyaar mera
ki jaise mandir mein lau diye ki..
ye sach hai jeena thha paap tum bin
kiya hai ab tak yeh paap maine
magar hai man mein chhabi tumhaari
magar hai man mein chhabi tumhaari
ki jaise mandir mei lau diye ki..

phir aag viraha ki mat lagaana
ki jal ke main raakh ho chuka hoon
yeh raakh maathe pe rakh li maine
ki jaise mandir mei lau diye ki..

I know the song may not seem to fit as well to our knd of love affection or whatever name such bondage.. such great human bondage the world may decide to give or call.. yet it does fit well in essence.. it fits aptly for not me and you alone but for any pair of loving individuals.. who said one man can not love another man.. love after all is not a mere expression of opposite sexes.. I had been in love with Bhagat Singh.. with Swami Vivekanand with Gurudev (Rabindra Nath Tagore of National anthem of two countries fame nobel laureate).. in love with Socrates.. in love with that little man of India Lal Bahadur Shastri.. with severl frieds of mine over the years that recounting their names may belittle my love for them.. then why on earth can I not love someone I had actually been loving all these years more so during the times when I was a teenager, a growing adult.. the time when should have been loving some friends of opposite sex.. yet I loved you brother loved you more than any other human being alive.. loved you to the same levels as I had loved my mother.. now nothing else on this earth can beat my love or anyone else’s love for one’s mother.. to say it in short I lve you a lot.. and a lot that is noteasily quantifiable at all.. it is immeasurable.. innumerable and incomprehensible for me.. yet I love you and love you from my heart.. even if some of thse days I might not have shown up.. evn if I would have not used as kind words as I would have loved to use.. I know there was no need to expound upon these points.. there was not any need to be judged by others by my words when I know that no judgement is required from others when someone is truly in love with the other..
Let us make the moods light.. let us present a cheering up song for you brother..
Jaaiye aap kahan jaayenge
yeh nazar laut ke phir aayegi
door tak aapke peechhe peechhe
meri awaaz chali aayegi..

or still better
Thandi hawa yeh chandani suhaani
ae mere dil suna koi kahani..

I choose to reproduce from the net.. I goof up the songs.. so please bear with me.. here it goes..
Thandi Hawa Yeh Chandni Suhani
Ae Mere Dil Suna Koi Kahani
Lambi Si Ek Dagar Hai Zindagani
Ae Mere Dil Suna Koi Kahani

Saare Haseen Nazare
Sapno Main Kho Gaye
Sar Rakhkhe Aasmaan Pe
Parbat Bhi So Gaye
Mere Dil Tu Suna Koi Aisi Daastaan
Jisko Sunkar Milein Chaen Mujhe Meri Jaan
Manzil Hain Anjani Thandi Hawaâ€¦

Aise Main Chal Raha Hoon
Pedon Ki Chhaon Mein
Jaise Koi Sitara
Badal Ke Gaaon Mein
Mere Dil Tu Suna Koi Aisi Daastaan
Jisko Sunkar Milein Chaen Mujhe Meri Jaan
Manzil Hain Anjani Thandi Hawaâ€¦

Thodi Si Raat Beeti
Thodi Si Rah Gayee
Khamosh Rut Na Jaane
Kya Baat Kah Gayee
Mere Dil Tu Suna Koi Aisi Daastaan
Jisko Sunkar Milein Chaen Mujhe Meri Jaan
Manzil Hain Anjani Thandi Hawaâ€¦

I know Kishore da had helped a lot in shaping up your career as an actor that I rate him higher as an actor than a singer is something I did not want to disclose here.. it might hurt him out there as he did sing many many commendable songs in many many films.. yet his taleant as an actor is to be seen to be belived.. be it Jhumroo, Half Ticket, Chalti ka Naam Gaadi or even Padosan.. there are several others but then listing has never been my way of sharing thoughts I know..

I would not mind to know what you think of Kishore da in one of the posts as an actor as a singer and even as a person.. I know yo knew him quite well as a person as well.. when do we get to hear Amitabh on Kishore Da.. asap (as soon as possibble.. is that what you say.. we will wait.. )

Love and pure love
Abhaya Sharma August 18 2009 4:22 PM India

Amitabh - 4th June 2009

2009-06-03T21:24:00.000-07:00

“ People are made to be loved and things are made to be used. The confusion arises in the world when “people are used and things are loved”.

Oh Brother Dear Brother!

Sadar Charan Sparsh
Some elegant well noted points, some generalised some very specific, some for many some for few, some for new ones and still some for old associations, some well stated and some that need guess work.. some emanating love and some expressing concern..
And I am lost.. I am truly lost.. I do not know if I say too little for example.. i also do not know if I could learn to be short.. in that respect I am more like your father than like you.. who had love for greater details.. everything stated as explicitly as majestically as to express oneself inside out..

No complains brother.. not at all.. I also know what you think of me.. I am not travelling in the general compartment in my journey with you.. and not talking of my travel to Delhi, Bareilly and Nainital.. Yeah the last one is our this summer's destination.. and it has been selected as much for being a new point on my visited India List as much as for Sherwood.. My love for you shall never be measured is what would be my expectation.. love for human beings rather than things is beyond any measures.. is beyond comparsion.. is beyond perception.. it simply is the pure love.. and I know you know that too.. so love you all the more..

I apply for a leave from the blog from today i.e. 4th of June to 18th of June.. both days being marked by the two sweet girls in the family born in the same year.. Upasana celebrates her 21st birthday today and Nivrita on 18th June.. They probably are the closest pairs of cousins or siblings in the family a matter of just twoo weeks.. it is just a matter of two weeks that I would join you back here on the blog..

The game yesterday tested my capacity to watch cricket at night.. I was little tired and though I did see the warm up game yesterday between India and the archrival Pakistan.. I could not sustain my eyes to support me later in the Indian innings.. it was a masterful batting display by Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir..I did see in between of the innings and then I went to sleep when India needed 19 runs of 25 balls and the first wicket had fallen.. a strokeful 80 from the young Rohit Sharma.. Dhoni could well consider to continue with him at the top and drop Sehwag to one down or maybe even two down since one down should naturally belong to Suresh Raina.. Bowlers may not be judged in a warm up game or in anay game.. they do have to do their best but one can not always expect them to be able to succeed in controlling the flow of runs.. if a bowler concedes somewhere around 8 to 9 runs he is doing well anything in the range of 6 to 7 is a bonus and yes anything above 10 is poor display RP and Kumar may have to adjust themselves to come to the middle level..

Brother, I am sorry again to have said so much and having said too little..I would be saying a lot in the next fortnight by being absent.. (Haha, not a serious sense of humor.. just wanted to see a smile on your face..) India though in a difficult super eight group should manage to semis, hopefully, given the current form of Rohit and Raina in their all-round abilities they do need a couple of batsman and bowlers to help them once in a while.. Raina put the plugs on Pakistan rampage by the brilliant run out followed by the catch and from 45 for 1 to 45 for 4 in space of 5 balls Pakistan were halted in their plans of posting 200 plus.. There is no end to my discussions.. so I leave abruptly.. I do need to help savita in finalising the packing and planning for the journey which we take.. travelling AC chair car for want of 3rd AC tickets anywhere.. it is all right..
Love to you, Love to Jaya ji and love to every EF member.. ( I will miss all of you.. I shall try to get in touch if possible..)

Abhaya India June 4 2009 9:47 AM IST

Delhi Daredevils should win ..

2009-05-19T06:31:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

At the outset let me apologize for misusing your blog to promote T20 cricket in the hindsight though I know that you are indeed interested in the IPL whenever you do get time to be able to watch and follow ..

I wish that you enjoy the game between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers of Bangalore that is about to start in two hours time..

The game may not have much in it for Delhi.. yet all the other teams who are vying for a semi-final berth alongside Delhi would be keenly following the game.. A game holds as much in stock for the team that are not playing.. So much is at stake for others in a loss for Bangalore.. Kings XI, Chennai, Deccan and the team possibly having an outside chance in Rajasthan Royals..

What does one expect here.. Would Anil Kumble and his Bangalore mates script an unexpected win to continue to be counted in the hunt.. Would Virender Sehwag and his team go for the kill.. in reducing atleast some of the uncertainties in their own as well as the mind of other teams and viewers..

Is it that straight forward.. that one can possibly write the end of the challenge from the Mallya owned team.. I doubt.. Kumle would no feel that way.. he too would appear to be as aggressive as Kolkata Knight Riders did to get over the mighty Chennai some 24 hours back..

But does he have the ammo and ambo ( a new word for ambition.. if ammunition could shorten to ammo why not ambo for ambition..) .. yet they do have Jumbo on their side and we all know he is a great wizard of his own kind.. only he needs some support from his fellow bowlers and some of his batsman should be able to repeat the kind of cricketing shots they displayed in their last game against Kolkata Knight Riders..

What kind of team does one expect Kumble to form into a combo which could stop the Delhi Daredevils.. If I were by his side I would first find ways to include Dale Steyn, provided he is fit.. I would then find three other foreign players and think about retaining Boucher and Taylor straight away.. oops.. that leaves one choice to go with Kallis or Ryder.. I would not risk in including anyone ahead of these two.. not here.. and I maybe tempted to go for Ryder despite his ordinary time with both bat and ball.. not so much for his batting skills but for his wicket taking ability..

We then come to seven, or no six Indian players, Kumble has to be the seventh in any case.. Let me just be quick enough to pick the best team for my enemy so that the Delhi gets a fair practice of tough games lying ahead.. Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar and to some extent even Robin Uthappa make the spot immediately.. Leaving two more places Vinay Kumar nicely takes up one and the eleventh man could be one of Apanna or Akhil I would go with the former to assist me as a captain in case it turns around.. (Though I know that Kumble would retain Kallis ahead of Ryder for his vast experience and maybe even knowledge of conditions..)

Oh! Viru is not happy with me.. I have joined the enemy camp.. don’t worry boss.. I shall help you too.. You got to give some rest to some of the bowlers and also strike a balance at the same time.. you have to also support the young Tiwary who could be more electric in the field maybe in place of Manhas.. The other changes Andrew McDonald in place of Maharoof, Daniel Vettori or even McGrath (if he agrees to play in such an insignificant game.. ) for Nannes. I even suggest Warner ahead of Dilshan.. I know you would not listen to me on the case of Dilshan.. but he (Dilshan) is such an important player and some signs of fatigue are clearly visible on his face and body language.. Viru it is upto you to spend all your forces before the semi-finals.. discuss it with him.. if he does not mind to continue it is all right.. and Yes young Sangwan has to be brought back into the side.. he does need to be there to bolster the pace attack. So how does my DD team looks like..
Gambhir, Warner, de Villiers, Sehwag, Karthik, Tiwary, McDonald, Vettori, Mishra, Sangwan and Nehra..

I did think of providing some rest to the best of the batsman and bowlers in de Villiers and Nehra but decided against it seeing what happened to Chennai by resting their mainstay batsman..

On why Delhi should win this game.. A win shold provide momentum and spur up the energy levels of the team.. secondly if RCB loose here.. there will be much less uncertainty about which other teams are likely to be there and more importantly hennai would then not finish as fourth.. hopefully.. Dhoni’s men we must meet only in Finals if we must.. they have the strongest batting line up and capable of thrashing pace and spin alike.. so if one can take control in deciding the other semifinalsit.. this is the time.. this is the game.. win this game today and make sure that whatever else is to be done in the last encounter can be planned later.. Delhi under no conditions can come second even if they wish so at the end of league phase.. plan well and if required even drop Gambhir to one or two down sending Karthik alongwith Warner to open the innings.. I am very pleased for te transformation in Karthik’s batting compared to last edition.. he is also in the running for important player of the tournament alongside de Villiers and Nehra so give him that boost.. he just might solve the jigsaw puzzle for your batting order..

Oh it is too much of a story.. I am enjoying the tournament even if others are not enjoying my long posts.. I remember, last time my post must have been read by Gilchrist ad he did not use Rohit and Suman fearing your expected onslaught by you in particular.. play you natural game 2 runs from 8 balls it defies any logic to be believed as the score by you.. I would not mind even if you do not score runs but score two runs from eight balls and even I would become critical of your plans.. so it is better that you play lower down the order.. to accelerate the run rate in middle overs..

Just read these lines and comments and do something different so that Kumble does not have an upper hand ( assuming he too reads this post.. a bit unexpected.. though.. I know even you would not be reading it.. it is all right..

Have a great game Viru and rather play for winning than for loosing..

Abhaya India May 20 2009 6:57 PM IST

Amitabh Bachchan in a different mood!

2009-05-11T23:57:00.000-07:00

Genteleman. Scientist, Thinker, Philosopher and maybe even Magician!

Respected Brother,
Sadar Charan Sparsh

I mean you were all these in this post even if in dreams, even if in being languid and listless and also sometimes even in being idle..

You weave Magic Mr. Bachchan, oh sorry, Bhaisahab.. I am interested in being idle sometimes now that you said and idle mind could be the philosopher on the blog.. not so much.. I know one thing for sure.. human mind is never idle.. the way our heart never stops beating the brain too does not stops thinking.. not even in sleep.. true some grand discoveries owe themselves to the thoughts a person got in dreams.. he ring structure of Benzene occurred to Kekule in the dream and a coiled up snake in his dream suggested that he had hit upon the novel idea of benzene being the coiled up snake.. Oh sorry.. the chemical entity .. There in fact are many others but my mind does not recollect anymore..

That you speak of brain.. I always had a puzzle wringing my thoughts ever since the childhood.. and have not been satisfied satisfactorily.. which is more important to life the Heart or the Brain.. what is your say..

Listlessness.. I think that is the most infectious characteristics of our existence.. do we always appear ordered.. we should not.. the disorder is always on the increase in this world.. Entropy is always on increase.. though I do not know that I should bring thermodynamics and is it relevant.. A system always tends to a state of increasing entropy and entropy in general is assumed to be associated with lack or loss of orderliness.. I am not comfortable with thermodynamics I was never comfortable with it during my Chemistry Honours days.. a subject which was really responsible for my poor overall performance.. I cold not get a first division in the Honours degree.. and the culprit was this thermodynamics paper where I scored just 12 marks out of 50 in the second year..

Oh! I think I have been too vague too less appealing to the most of the fellow bloggers by way of bringing in inept thoughts on science.. I don't know if you got to read the Vigyaan je dharaatal poem I had submitted sometimes in the last week.. it is also on my abhayakavi blog.. if you would like to visit or see what it states.. When I say gyaan ki seema badhana he abhaya.. it necessarily means bring some disorder into the order of knowledge that already exists.. so much for being listless.. it could be confusing at times and confusion is what scientists always want to feed.. I for example would always try t disbeleive the best of the theories that have been put forward by the most eminent scientists.. that alone is the way to proceed further.. oh! not all f the theories, rules and laws of science are questionable in that sense..some of the knowledge the world scientists have assembled has been immensely useful even if it meant in the assembalage of an atom bomb.. it led to the possibility of the power within atoms..

I must take a break and IPL as it enters into its penultimate stage has been listless too if not languid as well.. I would like t believe that we do not know the order in which teams would run up in the next 18 matches of the league phase yet we know that probably three out of the four locus points have already been determined.. I feel Delhi, Chennai and to a great extent even Deccan have sealed the three of the available SF spots.. leaving one position to be filled by as many as four other teams.. I have no logic to support that KKR can still create some magic and make unbelievable happen.. they have gone beyond that stage.. feel sad for king Khan and also for Maharaja or the Bengal Tiger..

Ooops! Why can't write smaller posts.. what does it take to be able to write crisp and short scripts.. I have a lot to learn still..

Love raised to the power of infinity ( and infinity my friedn is an undefinable entity yet ask any calculus men his work depends a lot on it.. limit tending to infinity or integrating over infinity.. what rubbishh this mathematics is all about.. yet I liked Mathematics more than Chemistry.. I do not know how to apply brakes to stop the thought process.. I am surely to meet an accident someday because of writing too much than for writing too less.. hope it is not too fatal..

Abhaya India May 12 20009 12:15 AM IST

2009-05-07T03:12:00.000-07:00

Oh Brother! Dear Brother!!
How did I miss this description of the Scindia House, the Connaught Place, the wonderful Maharaja and above all the ducking away from the known face as one roamed around in the atmospherically rejuvenated connaught circus err Place.. I did not know that you like all of us enjoyed and remember the University days as vividly as we do.. you would not have forgotten of the UPSC chaat wala enroute the university specials.. Oh! you may not have been travelling to South Delhi or were you.. I mean whether you did come across that famous chaat wala.. it is all right.. The connaught place and Red Fort (we used to refer it as Lal quila..) and the famous Nai Sadak (enroute Chandni Chowk) that we visited several times in search of the second hand books.. yeah.. we could only afford second hand books by the foreign authors.. and in the Honours degree course we were subscribed only and only books by some of the most renowned Chemistry books of the world.. Oh the mention of books makes the scene little heavy.. I should drop the Delhi University right here.. (it was a very good account by you! nevertheless!)..

So you do sport a neck collar.. it is all right.. if it is the requirement it must be met.. it must be fulfilled.. it must be honoured.. and we all know how much respect and regard you have for others.. especially for the medical world.. why not.. they did what they could do best in the early eighties.. somewhere I read or was it by Dr. Bachchan.. that for sometime you were declared dead.. or was it some rumor that I read in Newspaper.. whatever.. in the matter of life and death our medical fraternity has almost always won respect from most of us.. that too deservingly..

also take this opportunity to take our discussion of IPL a little further.. not to talk and dishearten you from what yesterday was like.. but of the possibilities in the two games that are going to move the teams one more step forward in that race for the semi-finals.. I believe Kings XI have tougher opponents in Chennai Kings.. they are not so super though.. the first game however is a battle among more equals.. anyone of the royals can beat the other one without much faze in the face..

Yet I feel that Kings vs Kings holds more dramatic challenge for Punjab to be able to match the man in yellow would mean to gear up with all weaponry needed.. The Goel has not lived upto his promises.. Powar has not been utilized properly.. Abdulla has not had the best of the support from his fielders.. The King in the making Yuvraj has done little besides the hat-trick and his last two knocks as a batsman.. with so few runs against his name he still features in the race for most sixes ( he is third right now) that he has forgotten the skills of taking those cheeky singles that he used to do along side Mohammad Kaif.. I know boundaries matter a lot in this version.. but correct sincerity with the bat and enough respect for bowler are still prominent as in any other form of cricket.. fielding assumes an edge in this format and KKR fields atrociously reflects in their standing in the tables..

I expect Rajasthan Royals would score over Royal Challengers of Bangalore.. I really fail to understand what has really happened of Dale Steyn.. how could RCB think in terms of dropping Kumar aginst Delhi in one of their recent games.. who decides or picks the eleven for them.. I would expect not only Steyn but also Ross Taylor to return.. Don't ask me how or in whose place.. that is the most tricky thing.. I can only suggest not make the correct address to pick the final XI.

I think this has becoe too long a post.. must say quits for now.. especially knowing your physical condition.. take care and enjoy the night game..

Abhaya India May 7 2009 3:25 PM IST

Vigyaan Ke Dharatal - Day 362

2009-04-24T12:22:00.000-07:00

Oh Brother!
Love and regards,

I did finally find out about Sir David Frost.. No, I am not a running encyclopedia that should know or rather could know everything about everything.. I remember one of my Hindi poems ..

vigyaan ke dharatalon par ghoomata phira hoon mai..
( I have been wandering around on the various scientific worlds..)

There I did mention of the inabilities of a single human being to know everything of anything in the world of science..)

विज्ञान के धरातलों पर घूमता फिरा हूं मै
रसायनों के चक्करों में था कभी
कम्प्यूटरों की भूमि में भटका भी था
और कभी कैंसर ने घसीटा अपनी खोज में
भौतिकी यंत्रों का मै कायल रहा
और भी कितने ही विषय विज्ञान के
है आज भी मुझको निमंत्रण दे रहे
सोचता हूं और समझता भी हूं मै इस अपवाद को
हो नही सकता है कोई विश्व के विज्ञान में
भेद सारे जान पाये विश्व के विज्ञान के
है कठिन पथ खोज का सब जानते हैं
फिर भी जो इसमें रमें सब मानते हैं
इससे बढकर है नही आनंद कोई विश्व में
ज्ञान की सीमा बढाना हे अभय

अभय भारत 23 अप्रैल 2009 9.29 प्रातः

Post Script: Yes! The credentials of Sir David Frost do speak a great deal about his achievements.. That Was the Week That was (TW3) could also be the platform for you to start something like the programme celebrity that I have been requesting you over some time.. It could be named - Har Din Naya Din ..

Day 359 - on Return from Pune

2009-04-19T12:59:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Pranam

First thing first.. I am back to the blog after two days.. I did take part in the marriage of dear Meesha.. yet I regret.. yes I seldom use this word.. I regret my inability to meet Ravi Malhotra.. not that I just promised to meet him.. more because I missed opportunity to meet him on two occasions in too recent past.. I am Sorry Ravi Sir.. first for missing a call from you on 16th April as you were returning from Mumbai to Pune.. and then not able to find an opportunity ( time would be a misnomer..) on two days on trot in Pune on 18th and 19th April when I was in your town..

I would not be missing from the blog entirely but I can always say that I would be seen less often or atleast in much smaller Avtars.. some of you who were bored with my long posts would heave a sigh of great relief.. that I would be busy with IPL 2 and here is the link to my only second article on IPL2..
http://abhayaipl2.blogspot.com/2009/04/first-two-days-of-ipl-2.html

Now Deccan Chargers have done well enough to register an eight wicket win over KKR and thus telling all of us to not read too much from what they experienced from them in the first edition..

Yes I did get to see the PPT from BigB Yahoo Group.. It was OK.. not such extraordinary as you have tried to put it to us.. I have seen wonderful PPT presentations.. and with missing presentations and repeatability of few names it did not go too well with me.. I had myself compiled some of your unforgettable pictures and presented them directly through Slideshow zilla along with the songs from your movies.. I know my site does not work in India or maybe nowhere today.. for whatever reasons.. yet I can bet one could get far too imaginative with presentations even with PowerPoint..

Now, this is not condemnation of such illustrious compilations by FM (not Frequency Modulated but Fatima Mahmoud.. sister excuse me if i have spelt you wrongly..).. I am sorry I came to know Zain Hussain for the first time.. It was great to know that Kishore worked with you on Mohabbatein.. I wonder in what capacity..

If I do not close this chapter here.. there would be far too many members of bigB group who would hurl all sorts of remarks and comments on my observations.. Fatima wrote to me once I had joined the group on introduction from none other than Gisele Barbosa.. may be that reminds I can try and provide the living legend for you folks there on her website.. which does work many a times in our country..

And Last but not the least.. Brother Heartiest Congratulations of completion of 1 year here.. may you continue to write as elaborately as you do and we too could extend it further with our views on the posts and sometimes off it too.. What follows below are my views and no one has to respect them or even debate.. I know I could be wrong in some cases.. yet I say..

The two most remarkable posts - one on Teji Bachchan's Birthday and another on reply to Jug Suraiya's TOI subverse.. (The post on Shobhit Kaushal was a close competitor to the second!)

The two most lovable female characters - Reeham and Rose (Reshmi Philip, Rochelle and Rasha Zayed, Kashmira Grewal, Preeti K. Carla Flum from Germany and Zhenya and Lena from Russia missed out very narrowly, Tumpa Ghosh and several others did make a competition)

The two most lovable male characters - Subhash Kaura and Ravi Malhotra (There were far fewer competitors – (Deepak T(aunk) and Deeapk B(hardwaj), Satyam bhai and Dr. SMS- Oh I should tell you that it means Dr. Shashi Mohan Sharma)

The two places described on the blog : Kanya Kumari and Kuala Lumpur (Paris and New York’s unforgettable tour!)

Two most lovable Quotes: Experience Speaks and Wisdom Listens and the other on Roses and Thorns ( There were far too many that I actually liked can’t recollect all!)

Two Characters I love most from your family- Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan (for his role in Delhi-6) Competition came from all immediate members of your family especially Smt. Teji Bachchan (Of course I leaned only enough of her after reading the autobiography of Dr. HRB and your account of her on this blog) and madam Jaya Bachchan for her role in Abhimaan)

More Later with usual love and affection

Abhaya India April 19/20 2009 12:42 PM IST

Alop Bhaisahab - I love you..

2009-04-11T00:54:00.000-07:00

.. What I’ve learned over the years is that learning to accept each other’s faults - and choosing to celebrate each other’s differences - is the one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.

Oh My dearest brother & friend !

Yeah, I get a feeling that I could once in a while break the jinx and address you as a friend too.. I know you would not mind..

In relationships they say when the shoe of father fits his son's feet .. he should consider him more as a friend than a son..

We are not related by blood.. but I ask myself whether only blood relations count in our existence and I answer back t myself.. not necessarily.. sometimes even if that sometimes have low probability.. some relationships can beat the best of blood relationships.. No, no, I am not saying that I have established such a relationship with you.. I am only trying to drive a point home that there are several such relationships that one develops as one grows up.. some do assume a greater significance.. some go ahead to become even more valuable than what a blood relationship could qualify..

To put some substance in my observation.. I recall a relationship with the two Mittal brothers that my family has been enjoying over more than maybe 50 years.. the Alop and Amogh Mittals.. These two brothers were initially a friend to some of my own brothers.. their house was opposite to the Baidyanath agency which my Nanaji had in Bijnor.. the two might have been known to my family since those days.. probably one or two of them might have also studied at some level with one or both of them .. most likely at school.. or even college level..

There has hardly been an important ceremony in my family that the two would have missed.. the Alop Mittal .. the one confined to a wheelchair for last twenty odd years still manages to do so.. is a perfect example of good relationship.. how the relationship grew so strong over the years is difficult to gauze for me now.. yet I can say without any iota of doubt that it indeed is very strong..

Alop Bhaisahab was in Bombay too before I made an entry to the city.. He served in various high positions in Toshniwal brothers, SIMCO international and today is the advisor at FICCI.. needless to emphasie his standing in the country as an intelligent and important constituent..

So what I was saying.. that the relationship with Mittals is one such example where blood relationships loose to friends to the family.. I salute Alop Bhiasahab who despite his severe bizarre accident in which he had lost his daughter Jhalak and he was destined to the wheelchair.. I did go to meet him at Bombay Hospital during those days.. and also went to see him at Khadakvasala where he did undergo some further treatment.. What is highly admirable of him that he continued his life with the same zest.. and continued to rise higher and higher in his list of achievements.. I wish Alop bhaishab the very best in life.. he is probably more dear to me than the brothers because of whom I know him.. Ours is not a blood relation yet he clearly stands much above those types of relationships.. Bhiasahab (Alop Mittal) my very sincere Charan Sparsh to you.. wherever you are.. I seek your blessings as always..

So much for him and his association with us.. I love him.. may be a shade more than I love you brother yet my love for you is also quite high for another reason.. that you are the son of Dr. Harivash Rai Bachchan..

I am thankful to my mother.. that she had sown the seeds of such high values and traditions into us to be always respecting our elders.. not in the family alone but elsewhere too.. to learn from their deeds as much as we could do.. Thank you mummy ji.. I was watching Raja aur Rank yesterday on DVD and it had such a wonderful song..

tu kitni achchhi hai
to kitani bholi hai
pyaari pyari hai o maa o maa
..

I know that was one of my favourite song and what a pleasant surprise that had to wait till April 10 2009 to see the movie first time to enjoy my relationship with my mother.. a gem of a person.. a too much of a scholar.. a mother in all its integral meaning.. I now do not miss her so much after 27 years as I felt during first few years after her death in 1981.. that I now know her best wishes are always with me.. always guiding me to become a good human being..

Usako nahi dekha hamne kabhi
par uski jaroorat kya hogi
ae maa teri surat se alag
bhagwaan ki surat kya hogi
kya hogi..

Abhaya Eartharian April 11 2009 1.00 PM IST

Nuclear Disarmament - I would Love it..

2009-04-10T12:36:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother - Amitabh Bachchan Sahab (ABS) and
President Barack Obama! ( A friend of Humanity!)

This is first time I am here on this blog belonging to my brother.. Amitabh Bachchan.. The Living legend of Indian Cinema.. I did mean to fuel a debate.. yes nuclear fuel was an issue a few months back for India.. and with US promising on possible and probable supply for us to be able to sustain our nuclear programmes.. oops.. even if it was Mr. Bush who under his presidency struck that kind of deal or should I use a better way of putting across my thoughts and preferably use the term arrangement for the kindness that America bestowed on us..

Now, friends.. I call Obama a friend.. not an ordinary friend.. yet a huge and important friend of humanity.. especially in the light of his subversion on the possibilities of making mother earth free of its nuclear weapons burden.. a load that carries destructive powers of unknown measures.. of a nuclear terror that could emerge the way those disruptive forces are fuelling their mindset with newer and more destructive ways of bringing peace to kneal before them.. I hate .. yes I hate these destructive powers.. irrespective of my fate at their hands.. yet I would not retract my this decision.. unlike my inability to continue here on the blog a few days back.. some human minds could revert my decision.. and I am happy for that..

I am happy that I can speak my mind.. I can use the words to describe the futility of nuclear weapons.. that I can endorse the views of the most powerful democracy.. the views of one man who is at the helm of affairs of managing his country in toughest times.. yet is able to decry the presence of nuclear arms in this world..

May I draw the attention of this august audience to the after-effects of a nuclear war.. to the grave situation that follows if one of us deployed the nuclear options to protect our interests.. to visualise the kind of events that it may trigger as a chain reaction.. that the life on earth may plead for its very existence.. May I question then the perpetrators of nuclear arms.. Is this what we want to leave as a legacy behind for the generations to follow.. to destroy and to decimate humanity from this good earth.. is this the only best possible way of exercising our supremacy over others.. I doubt.. I very much doubt if this is what should be the order of the day for the world.. we need to rethink our schemes and plans..

There are thousands who have written their scientifically assertive views on what happens if the world at large engages in a nuclear warfare.. I wish I could provide some links.. I wish I could quote some of them here directly.. yet I know my limitations.. I know I am an old man who is going to turn 50.. who scoffs at his inability to remember things when it matters most.. who is an ordinary mind who does not probably have a chance to be heard across.. forget influencing the minds who make and take decisions to propagate or profligate how the world should act in a given hour, minute or a moment..

May I ask my friends who may be small in numbers.. to come forward and make a sincere effort to free the world .. set good mother earth free of its nuclear threat.. if we could make a chain reaction of our thoughts soon the few may become large.. the large may become governing and the governing may turn into a peaceful solution.. a world free of its nuclear arms..

No, I would not continue beyond this point.. I am a nuclear scientist working in an organisation that has been explicitly involved in the peaceful uses of nuclear options.. I shall have the right to be heard.. I shall also be held responsible if our generations curse as the knowing people who did not oppose the threat..

Nuclear is unclear.. nuclear is an ulcer.. yet nuclear is also not only a cruel N option.. look up to it as real UN( United Nations) C(haracter).. yes.. I am not able to find much more fruitful positive emanations from nuclear to make it appear friendly.. I am not a word wizard.. I have not been trained to be one..

I am a trained nuclear scientist and I would only be able to say a yes to nuclear warfare only over my dead body.. of several many dead bodies.. of millions and billions of dead bodies.. of infinite number of dead bodies.. if we consider all life forms that may die.. Is this where we want to take the world.. if yes.. please leave me behind.. I am not going to follow such path.. never ever.. I am not in favour of Nuclear Arms.. Nuclear weapons or Nuclear War..

Abhaya Eartharian April 10/11 2009 12.44 AM IST

Day-344 two posts to AB!

2009-04-03T01:44:00.000-07:00

” We can either complain that roses have thorns, or we can rejoice that thorns have roses.”
Most Respected Brother - The Amitabh Bachchan of the Cinema World!

A very Good morning to you, Sir!

I would not mind my thorns to have roses though roses with thorns would also be acceptable gracefully!

I would wait for one more day to know and learn what exactly lies in store, the wait is all right.

For a change, I would halt my progress here, but not before thanking you for helping out a helping hand to Priety’s pretty team! Yes, April 18 is also being waited upon quite substantially, lot of our young cricketing heroes are going to display there talents in front of the South African crowds. What a boon in disguise for some of the youngsters - who would find it difficult to get a chance to represent their country to play in South Africa for the intense competition for earning a cap to represent India. I think their roses may have some thorns but it is acceptable to have the tournament - ON rather than putting it in OFF mode due to bizarre conditions at home! My best wishes to IPL season 2.

I would visit the blog again and pick up some more threads from your today’s saga of India 24/&, did you say it wasn’t a news channel! HaHaha ( my poor journos! they did not do their home work well!)

Love in good abundance
Abhaya India April 3 2009 8:48 AM IST

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.. So I shall keep this short and friendly as always, with the promise of a detailed discourse on matters that disturb me and coerce me to respond. That understanding is vital and significant, else I would not be here…

Respected Brother
Hi again!

Oh such stupid way of wishing you! me not made for such a style does not go well with my temperament at all. I see that as I write here again, that despite sincere efforts there do appear a couple of mistakes.. some mistakes the computer dictionary can not distinguish the use of there for their is one such case. and 24/& instead of 24/7 another. I think you will overlook and understand what the fellow is talking about and trying to say! Most of the times when in communication mode - it slips our mind that what we intended our fingers have failed to execute or the typewriter key being hard on some keys the letter does not find its way on to the monitor or computer’s memory. I am one who does not take so much of botheration to correct myself, not that I do not care.. for the correct version.. but somehow the nature of my posts being long and exhaustive I seldom find time and energy to go over it all over again..

Yet when I see that there are so many youngsters and yes, some foreigners.. who are weak in English.. if they do take interest in my posts should not make mistakes which I am committing unintentionally.. I should give it a sincere effort to make myself express in as correct in spellings and grammar as the time and constraints allow me ...

I see that you did mention about the new venture.. and the scorching heat even if it is bit exaggerated.. human mind does that to signify the intensity by using such figures as 40 degrees equal to 50 degrees.. I ain't finding fault.. I am supporting the cause.. yes the eat this tie around is a bit too much.. upar se elections ki garmi.. all add up to make 40 appear to be nearly 50 degrees.. and yes Bombay weather being sultry and humid as it is the pinch is all the more unbearable at times.. Yes.. I want to let the people know that what you were meaning by using the word 50 degrees is quite to express your point of extreme heat in a figurative manner and may not be true numerically.. (smiling!).. I did not know one could stretch a point so long.. like I did this on temperature..

As the last over of the first innings of the ongoing test is about to be bowled in the first essay of the Indian innings was the surprising knock of 60 runs by Harbhajan Singh.. India were 368 for 9 and with stalwarts of Indian batting not able to put up too much resistance in terms of wickets saved, they did amply well to amass a good and sound looking number of runs on the board.. I think in old days we would have never seen teams crossing 300 mark on day 1 in a test innings.. now almost every team gets thereabout .. 375 for 9 is better than 354 for 4 by New Zealand in the second test.. I personally believe that if Test cricket is to be made interesting something ought to be done to guarantee a result.. five days of cricket and it ends in a draw is not a healthy sig for a game.. Test cricket has to evolve too.. Again I did not want to say so much for the cricket people over here.. yet it happened that way..

Coming to your shoulder and back conditions.. It is up to you to decide how much you can go on taking with advancing age.. no one really wants to put lid on his earnings.. yet a wise man like you should take note of the body's ability to cope.. You have done wonderfully well in the Seventies to work in five shifts.. it does not mean that you should ignore your present pains and problems with temporary relief of pain killers.. I wish that the problem is not of serious nature and that you know well enough what it(body) can take..

Have a nice wonderful day.. and if you had picked me for chiding for my long posts..(for tomorrows Pandora’s box) I have tried to stay relevant and meaningful in my lengthy posts.. to suggest a change of mind on my inabilities to keep short and precise.. I am only joking.. I would never ever suggest to change your mind.. let it think in the ways it thinks.. as it is thinking in right directions..

My sincere advise to those who might dislike my calling you brother .. He is much older to me in age.. he is much more respectable for all his achievements.. he is loving and caring of his younger generations.. he does take up the causes and cases that we would like to find solutions to.. he considers us a member of his extended family.. now why can not I respect him as an elder brother.. he in fact deserves much more than just being called a brother..

I hope Reeham would read this piece of post and not worry about what others may think of her addressing you the way she does..

Love to you in no small measures
Abhaya India April 3 2009 11:20 IST

Post Script: Today is Ram Navami, and the last day of Navratri for us.. we hold a feast for girl children of the vicinity with Halua - Puri - Chhole and send them with some gifts.. I have to go home for a short while.. you may join me if you like these items too..

Day331- ISOMED story!

2009-03-20T20:47:00.000-07:00

.. And I was unable to find an occasion when I could have behaved like this within the last 50 years !!

Allahabad… ! Allahabad where I was born and brought up .. That’s when I had perhaps last featured with some degree of madness in the rain.

Oh! My rain drenched brother!!
Lots of love !!!

How much do I enjoy such very natural description from you to us. The rain drops! I feel are the best of times that come to our rescue from the scorching heat of May - June. I have never been able to enjoy the Bombay rains but yes back to my childhood and I remember Bijnor days! We were as carefree as you described in the post today, maybe slightly more, I would not mind simulating a fall into the muddy water on dirty roads and enjoyed it.. we would splash that same muddy water on each other unaware of the germs and health concerns our acts could bringforth.. it was unadulterated joy.. the childhood is such a thing.. for almost every human on earth and that you could relive it on the set of Paa in another country would definitely been an experience of a lifetime! Where are the pictures brother! or you are still annoyed.. err.. You never showed that feeling even if you were.. I aplogise and eat my these words.. HaHa

Oh the rain drenched song aaj rapat jaayen to hamen na uthaaiyo.. with Smita Patil what was that movie.. was it Namak Halaal.. or that Milan song of the yesteryears sawan ka mahina pawan kare shor.. or even barsaat mein tumse mile ham sajan hamse mile tum .. barsaat mein by that beautiful Raj Kapoor Nargis pair. There might have been more songs to rains but this old Abhaya is a hag does not seem to remember too much!

I liked the euphemism over loo. It was one great day to have learned something more of your Allahabad days. Some day we should also be allowed to hear that story of the Sherwood days when due to your fever you could not take part in the annual drama competition in which you had been acclaimed as the best actor the previous year! I read the account of Dr. Bachchan and I would love to hear your story too, no, not for any comparison with him but to hear it from horse's mouth! How did you feel when you missed yet another opportunity to display your talents at Sherwood event.

I hope to also explain to you some of the advances in some of the fields in science not by me alone but with the help of colleagues in normal layman's language. No, This is not like seeking permission, it is only for information! I do not think you could object to such sharing of thoughts, may I also extend other fellow bloggers to educate us of the most striking or important landmarks in their respective fields or even in life!

Here today, I share with you my association with ISOMED, Asia's first radiation processing facility for sterilization of medical products. We use a facility that houses Cobalt-60, a gamma emitter for its energy to the effect of inactivation of microorganisms that might be present in the products. The major advantages of gamma sterilization include its penetration to all the pockets and crevices in a product, its ability to sterilize the product in its final package and importantly enough control of only a single parameter - the time of irradiation. Given these advantages the number of more facilities were set up by SriRam Institute in Delhi and now several other have come up in various parts of the country including quite a few in Mumbai. Mango irradiation that you all would have heard of last year in the news was also done in a similar facility at Lasalgaon near Nashik. That it was a necessary condition for export of the king of fruits to US. I think this much is enough for today's science lecture- I am sorry if I am sounding like a professor, I am not qualified to give lectures, I ain't a Ph.D. !!

Love in usual sense of the word to you and to all the fellow bloggers! I mean the love in its non-physical form!!

Abhaya India March 21 2009 8.55 AM IST

Day 328 - Is Satyam Better than Subhash (Kaura) !

2009-03-18T04:05:00.000-07:00

Dearest Brother,
Sadar Charan Sparsh,

Today it seems is one day where confrontation than congratulations has set in more deeper in our conversation.

First I find great difficulty in getting across the message for misuse of my email id by some anu wije. Somehow the message finally appeared on 328(i).

The other reason for my today's yet another post is to question as to what makes you feel so high of Satyam. No doubt he writes good, but does he always writes always beautifully. Does he not on many occasions borrows from other minds like he posted such huge posts in favour or rather promotion of slumdog. I am referring to his some London daily reports.

There was yet another occasion where he had questioned the credibility of Dev Anand and had cast a doubt about what you had to say of the sadabahar Dev sahab. I distinctly remember his words as he said he does not remember any worthwhile movie post Johny Mera aam by Dev Sahab.

You have full rights to say what you wish to say of others but one can not digest that you base your opinion on the few posts and ignore other posts of Mr. Satyam which were objectionable atleast to me! I am sorry to say that someone who could doubt the contribution of Dev saab, Raj Kapoor ji and Mr. Dilip Kumar to the Hindi film industry - he is a naive, he is not scholarly enough, he is not well read atleast in that particular field. My apologies to you as well as to Satyam. He definitely has a good writing skill and in fact he probably pips me in sending the voluminous posts! what if they are containing other sources - that they carry not his but the views of the others! His usage of sending the two or three posts in support of SM had really put me off and I had remarked quite acerbically to him on one of these counts!

As a measure of my further reply to Satyam on the achievements of Dev Sahab - A list of his successful movies is included here for his perusal. CID, Jewel Thief, Asli Naqli, Kala Pani, Baazi, The Gambler, Prem Pujari, Hum Dono, Bambai Ka Babu, Teen Deviyan, Guide, Johny Mera Naam and his post Johny Mera naam includes Hare rama Hare Krishna, Warrant, Des Pardes, and Heera Panna . By any standards Dev sahab has been credited with the image of an evergreen hero. I hope I am able to help Mr. Satyam change his mind.

I think on another occasion I had requested him to say beautiful things about SM on his own blog even if he wanted to thrust upon us the views of some London tabloids and newspapers. And He did one day announce that he now has his own blog.

I have nothing against Mr. Satyam, other than these two incidences I do not really find anything objectionable in his posts. In fact some of the times I have rated his posts !

I know my views on him are not going to please you but having said so much for Satyam and so less for Subhash Kaura I beg to differ with you! Anyone may compile and collect the quotes and put them on FB or wherever but to be able to relate to the relevance of a topic nobody does it better than Subhash. I find Subhash praising Satyam and congratulating yet I would have picked him much ahead of Satyam for such a heap of praise. That is, If I were you, sad, it is not true, I can not be you in another seven births! I must add here than you definitely write much better than him but then it is not the matter of debate. Your acknowledging one so heavily and ignoring the real gem does cause some suspicion in my mind! I get a feeling that Satyam is more of a journalist whereas Subhash or Rose are mere admirers.

One of these days I was viewing Aamir Khan on Times Now. For all his good work he came noughts to me just because he took the names of almost every big man in the industry but gave your name a deliberate miss! How could he talk nice about SRK and Salman and not mention of you even in the passing. Let me assure you that - He has lost much of his credibility on that just one count of not mentioning your contribution- atleast to me! I never rated him as a big mass puller and though he may seem to be calling that he is not from mainstream cinema - who would call Sarfarosh, QTSQT, Jo jeeta.., Dil, Ghulam, Andaz apna apna or even Ghazini not from the mainstream. Who would rate his biggest Hit Raja Hindustani a work of art. Aleast not Abhaya Sharma. Other than Lagaan and a bit of Taare Zameen Par - he wanted to make money out of the latter by selling the DVD at an exorbitant price. I wanted to change my impressons of him after Taare but then after this Times now interview or whatever he is found caught at a silly point!

Sorry, if I have raised your blood pressure by these frank oipnions, I am not here to just dish out goodies alone, galat baat ka virodh kiya hi jayega, karna bhi chahiye, mai koi BK Usha ya Mahatma Gandhi to hun nahi ki sab kuchh undekha kar doon.

I rate you higher than any one in the Indian film industry and no one can change that opinion, not even Amitabh Bachchan, himself.

Abhaya Sharma, India March 18 2009

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Respected Brother,
Love and regards

I am reporting the misuse of my email id anusite@gmail.com by some anu wije who has used it for bigb fanclub for the contest and lunch as the blog turns One.

I may not be so desperate to have lunch with you as I feel do not deserve such an honor but someone using ny email id is sure an issue of great concern. Could you find who this anu wije is who has used my email id. Is there some way that she or he could be disallowed to use it any further. The profile does not contain any thing and profile id is anu2102221.

I wish you could do something in this regard in consultation with bigadda. I hope that the impersonating account is deactivated immediately so that I could use m email to register as the true person lunch or no lunch is secondary! (smiling!)

Abhaya Sharma India March 18 2009 12:46 AM

(This is the third time I sending such a request, earlier I had posted on day 328 with no effect!)

Respected Brother,
Sadar Charan Sparsh,

I wish to add here that some one with name anu wiiie the profile id anu2102221 has hijacked my email id at anusite@gmail.com, I could change the password but it seems the person is still able to log in there. This cyber crime gets on to my nerve. The correction at www.bigadda.com should get this user deactivated. I have not created this profile and it hurts to see that someone else did.

I may probably be also prompted to drop my this gmail account like the previous one abs31may@gmail.com which was hijacked by some cyber criminal! I am slightly disturbed with this. Why should someone use my email account to give a profile at bigadda.com I am not so optimistic to join you for lunch as the blog completes one year! But should someone else get this privilege to sign into using my email! It is sad!

I don't know if some others have also been affected by such crimes! If my emails are being read I would not know!

I can only warn others to be little careful and to find by registering at bigadda.com through a link on this blog lunch with Mr. Bachchan! to find out if they too have been victims!

Abhaya Sharma India March 18 2009 11:58 AM

Day 324 Kuala Lumpur - Fifth ODI Preview

2009-03-13T11:36:00.000-07:00

.. but what really took the cake was the Immigration officer at the desk breaking into our National Anthem the moment he saw our passport !!

“Jana Gana Mana, adhinayak jaya hay…” he recited. I was moved !..

Ah! Dear Brother!

Such is your nature that People world over identify you with India and the anthem in a way to greet you could only mean some respect for you and the country of your origin, the country of your birth, the country where you achieved so much, the country which respects you a lot, the country you most care about! Oh! There were other kind of experience that you had to undergo could only have heightened the sense of pride in you. The co-passenger and the immigration officers are tow sides of a coin, no, no, not the coin you used in Sholay! The real coin that we all define as life. In a way, I feel that the experience with the co-passenger actually he could only be called a co-traveller that he chose to seat himself away from you soon after! it must be a great move of the almighty to give you the taste of some pain! I understand the gains after the pains give us double the happiness, may be I remember the couplets I recited here few days back, I think recited would be wrong to use -

जिस जीवन में संघर्ष नही
उस जीवन के क्या मानी है
जो सुख दुख से न लिपटा हो
उस सुख से आनाकानी है ।

Who could better understand this than you, the one who was summarily rejected to begin with had covered a distance of 40 years with towering story of success in more than ten films. generally people are happy with one or two great performances in their career, you have more than 10 such movies which cast you into the super actor category- I am not the one who like to use the word superstar. As much as I do not like to call Hindi Cinema industry as Bollywood - that is an altered ego- that is a state of unoriginality - a term that is superfluous.

For me the sequence of events in your arrival and later should put you in right perspective of mind- that life too has two sides of a coin - A success without struggle and the happiness devoid of trouble is really unimaginable!

I am convinced that you would be able to concentrate far more better in such serene atmosphere to configure the foreword for Madhushala - Brother I have never asked you of any favours nor would i ask after this - If it could not mean asking for too much, I would rather love to have a signed copy of your foreword alone to the coffe table edition of Madhushala- I know the complete book would be priced too heavily for me to be able to buy and I would not be able to accept it as a gift. There are thousands of other who deserve such favours from you before me!

Oh! I must say that the moment I knew that you were going to be in KL I was anticpating some beautiful picture from the cameraman - Amitabh Bachchan, and you did ! Is there some connectivity between us, I do not discuss these things with anyone yet you are coming up with almost as per my expectations on quite a few occasion. Wonderful pictures - I would definitely use some of them ! Brother, I forgot to ask you whether these pictures have some sort of copyright by you or others! If I would have ever used any material belonging to you on the blog it is out of sheer love and not for making any money out of it!

I may or may not be able to contribute to your birthday book being planned by some of the family here on the blog, Do I need to contribute separately when you are always in my thoughts and when I have so many avenues to reach you. Our physical or personal proximity or even a face to face coexistence had never been my kind of attachment to you! yet I would make a sincere attempt to be part of such an exercise to express that I may not be a fan or a follower yet I love you a lot and also I admire you a lot! I have been blessed or rewarded amply in being a regular member here and having got a huge number of friends who contribute to this blog besides you! I do not want to belittle their contributions by naming a few individuals, that would be injustice to several others who would have been a victim of my poor memory skills!

It is cricket game tomorrow and I wish India does not play dilly-dallying approach like what they did in Sri Lanka after winning first four games! I wish Sehwag is not rested in tomorrow's game as we would all love to see him in action when he is in the form of a lifetime. I would not be surprised if he crafts his innings well and rains do not play a spoilsport- He could well turn out to be the first double centurion in a One day game in the world! he will need to maintain a good co-ordination between aggression and refrain from sending every ball to the or over the ropes. That task should this time be assigned to Yusuf Pathan who should also get his chance to bat higher up the order, may be at number three or a number four!

Virender Sehwag is known to prove everyone wrong after his dismal performances for a long time some one and half year back. When everyone had written him off I had charted a poem on him- that was more as a reaction to the comments of Bedi sahab and Mr. Sandeep Patil on Star news. the poem probably is available as a link on angelfire site. The link to the article may have been lost! He is really the Swashbuckling Sehwag - that could well be an apt title for some book on him or even a coverage on Celebrity- that I wished you could take up to anchor! I will not force anything upon you considering your extremely busy schedule! I do not know if you have the arrangements to watch tomorrow's game or probably you may not have time for a dead rubber game. For me cricket comes next to Cinema and though I particularly relish the T20 version, ODI's have got quite a positive impact of the T20s and become much more interesting than in past!

Here may I add for the foreign family members that India is deeply in love with the game of cricket and it was purely for the individual talents of first Sunil Gavaskar, then Kapil Dev and finally Sachin Tendulkar. There are also lot of other cricketers who have been around and have won the hearts of Indians especially the Chandra-Bedi Prasana trio of spin attack, Eknath Solkar at forward short leg, Viswantah, Vinoo Mankad and now Virender Sehwag with their exceptional talents. It would be a great loss if IPL suffers due to political or for security concerns. Cricket in India and Pakistan I had written somewhere is like a religion! I add that after the current form of team India its a big national achievement at the International level. I do not believe in rankings becuase india was nowhere in the ranking system when they first won the world cup in 1983 beatibg the mighty West Indies and later went on to win the first ever T20 world championship in South Africa under the newly appointed captain in Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

I am convinced India would not like to loose the momentum unlike in Sri Lanka they have to play thre test matches as well! Another win tomorrow could prove our ro be huge psychological advantage. I would not suggest any team combinations to MSD, he is doing pretty well as of now! Yes, I would watch the first half of the game and later follow it on net! We at BRIT work from Tuesdays to Saturday.

Have a wonderful time at Kuala lumpur and keep us posted with the news and views of KL and Paa..

Love you all the way !
I suffer with you as I also rejoice with you!

Abhaya Sharma, India March 13 2009 11:53 IST
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Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan's Madhushala

2009-03-09T11:53:00.000-07:00

Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s Madhushala

Madhushala – The tavern, is one of the most significant work of Dr. Harivansh rai Bachchan.

Composed in or around 1935 it had sort of created history on rendering of Hindi poetry in Kavi Sammelans during those times..

Dr. Bachchan used wine, the goblet, bar-maid and the tavern in such beautiful verses that it was instant hit with the general public. When it was first published it sold in huge numbers and Bachchan became a well known name amongst the literary circles.

Such is the intensity of Madhushala that after nearly 75 years it still puts its readers in ecstatic mood with the messages that have been conveyed so very naturally that one can not miss its meanigfulness even in today’s world.

This one work puts him in the class of Premchand and Sharat Chandra – the two men who are unquestionably the best amongst modern Indian writings.

Dr. Bachchan has been largely known for his poetic compositions yet in his four volume autobiographical account – Kya Bhoolun Kya Yaad Karun, Needd Ka Nirmaan phir, Basere Se door and Dashdwar se Sopaan Tak Dr. Bachchan has achieved equal heights in prose as well. I rate these four volumes of his in the same light as what he achieved with Madhushala. He was the first Indian to receive a doctorate in English Literature from Cambridge University for his thesis on William Butler Yeats.

एक बरस में, एक बार ही जगती होली की ज्वाला,
एक बार ही लगती बाज़ी, जलती दीपों की माला,
दुनियावालों, किन्तु, किसी दिन आ मदिरालय में देखो,
दिन को होली, रात दिवाली, रोज़ मनाती मधुशाला।।२६।

Abhaya Sharma, India March 9/10 2009 12:05 AM IST

Post Script: Today i.e. March 10 is the birthday of one nephew Dr. Shashank Sharma, who also did his higher studies in England before settling down in Australia a few years back. Last time when I met him at his sister’s marriage he agreed that Amitabh Bachchan could achieve so much in his profession as he was the son of Dr. Bachchan – that he had inherited a very good set of genes that were required to excel in his field. Well said Shashnk or Bins (Binseth!, Binnu). According to him Amitabh bachchan excelled in multi-starrer films and his performances in Deewar and Sholay are most outstanding! I I use this platform to wish a great Birthday to Dr. Shashank! If he had time he would have definitely written on this blog!

Happy Holi to all! Though I might just as well write something more worthwhile on the great festival of color later!

Day 319 of AB & 3rd ODI summary!

2009-03-08T20:22:00.000-07:00

.. I struggle with the foreword for Madhushala and still have not gone beyond the first few sentences. It is a daunting task but I shall prevail upon my will and shall indeed complete it.

Why brother!

We understand that you are a multitasker - then why should it be a struggle for you to be able to find time for doing it! if you say it is a daunting task, all task till they are truly accomplished appear daunting. I remember you have on this occasion used the correct form of the word foreword and also added a preface in the similar context. That I doubted your intentions of doing it deliberately - using wrong spellings for this word on two occasions from forwards you went to forewards before you actually came onto the foreword! It is OK, I realise you are older than me and have more right to be wrong with some such silly things as spellings- even if it is only once in a million times.

I find that you have been trying your level best to keep in touch with us and ever trying to identify newer ways to define still better means to be able to interact with us! ismein bhala kya koi chaal ho sakati hai! Who knows your adversaries in media still able to find something objectionable and report Amitabh goes on to spend more time with his Extended family than with his work! Ha Ha! let them and others derive any meanings of how your acts and objectives are supposed to be understood and interpreted by their conservative and constricted thinking. Let them have the pleasure of being able to pinch your bottoms if they so like - they would soon realise the futility of their acts.

I would not like to be longish today I know despite our sincere advise you are not going to slow down and relax - then atleast I can be shorter in my write ups so that you have less time to spend on it and carry on with more important things in life! especially the one mentioned at the beginning of this post!

Which language of Hindi and English have you chosen to write the initial foreword to Madhushala, if you permit, shall I not request the members of the EF to give their feedbacks so that it could help and accelerate your task to completion - though I also believe that a foreword is to be written as a singular effort than mixing it up with others! It could still act as an organiser of ideas and be of some momentary help to initiate the completion of the task!

I myself know so very little about the great poet that I find very few words to be of any help in this regard - still I probably feel that his struggle defined his life and he took it in his stride to prove to the world - did he say that jis din jeevan mei sangharsh nahi hoga us din is jeevan ka kuch arth hi nahi rahega! I will need to check the volumes of his AB (autobiography) to be of some help in this context.

Madhushala was first published in 1935 that is quite some time back by any imagination that it is still relevant today goes to the credit of Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan - great poets or rather authors are the ones who can think ahead of their times or think of things that are yet to come -

मुसलमान औ' हिन्दू है दो, एक, मगर, उनका प्याला,
एक, मगर, उनका मदिरालय, एक, मगर, उनकी हाला,
दोनों रहते एक न जब तक मस्जिद मन्दिर में जाते,
बैर बढ़ाते मस्जिद मन्दिर मेल कराती मधुशाला!।५०।

That the poet could link his poetry to be of social significance is clearly evident in this verse- he conceived the idea of tavern on the way (Madhushala) as an integrator!

Abhaya Sharma, India March 9 2009 8:39 AM IST

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Post Match Analysis of 3rd ODI!

Hi Brother!

I hope you got to see the match I had given Indian a slip as I had taken the anti-allergic tablet and was feeling quite sleepy and in between I also did write to your blog! There were some other reasons for not watching, I have seen that whenever I am watching a game involving India, they generally do not do so well! the effect was realised today! Sachin first with Yuvraj and then with Dhoni shaped a scroring pattern that went from high to higher to highest number of six in an innings – that were registered by the Indians in a ODI game - that incidentally is equal to the world record, had there been one more the record would have shifted to India. It is all right.

Man called Dhoni has got some ideas that are getting too restrictive in his approach, on such a run spree that NZL were almost on their course he did not ever think of handing the ball over to partnership breaker Sehwag- He like Amarnath has done it for India a good job in this respect. Dhoni probably would have his own set of reasons to choose the path or course that he chose but I could tell you if it were not the superb run out of McCullum with score at 166 India would have been sitting ducks despite having 393 runs on board!

Sachin Tendulkar must have played a great knock and early departure of Sehwag somehow helped it in the sense that He took the onus of setting a defendable target on himself. What a knock it must have been! I haven't even seen the highlights! At some stage I was contemplating that a score in excess of 300 may only be a distant possibility yet Sachin, Yuvraj, Dhoni and Raina all had different plans and with 18 sixes (collectively), they took the score to 392 for 3, Raina had only five sixes and no fours in his important 38 runs! His run out of McCullum was the turning point though ninth wicket pair in Mills and Southee did a lot more than one would have anticipated!

The umpiring was below par - The ball of Yuvraj singh was clearly drifting further down to the leg side. It is all right but when the technology is available and if a wicket could stand between a win and loss for a team, I feel there is no harm in asking for a referral! This is second time the umpiring has gone against the Kiwis in this ODI series! Why could that happen! and both times the unfortunate man was Martin Guptil - once to Harbhajan and now to Yuvraj! India must thank the NZL umpires if they have become unassailable with a 2-0 lead - with only two more games remaining for the ODI rubber! India can not lose the series from here!

More later

Abhaya Sharma, India March 8 2009 9:55 PM
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To Carla and Cora - Day 317 of AB

2009-03-07T10:50:00.000-08:00

Dear Carla (Germany) and Cora (Brazil)
I am one amongst the tiny offshoot of this powerful blog that bears the name Amitabh Bachchan. It wasn't until June 10 or so that I first got in the act of writing to someone whom I had liked, loved and admired for his acting skills and never dying charisma. That it is for him that I have got love and friendship of many in this world. Gisele one fine June day in 2007 had sent me a mail reading my angelfire website asuming that I must be a close associate of Mr. bachchan as my site mentioned a good deal on him. I wasn't physically close to him then and even today despite me being in Mumbai I have not made any attempts to have a meeting with someone I love so much! Not for any reason but for the reason that I generally would not like break into his privacy that I do not exalt my status by meeting him in person. Yes, the day I have some specific cause that should require me to meet him I shall not withdraw myself from such an opportunity.
Now, when I see people in England, USA and canada it made some sense as several Indians reside in these countries and could influence the locals there to get attracted to Amitabh Bachchan - the biggest icon of modern Hindi cinema. Yet I fail to understand that people from countries like Egypt, South Africa, Russia, Germany, Japan and now even Brazil not only look up to him but sincerely wish to convey and communicate with him through this blog. Oh brother! you are truly an integrator of mankind! I am more than impressed by your natural talents!
Coming back to you first Carla, I have had in past a great german friend in Michael Willig whom I had met in India and we exchnaged thoughts and life for nearly three years or more, for some reasons or the after his moving to USA I lost the password of my hotmail id and a great relationship has come to a halt for last seven eight years! It is all right, I wish him all the best wherever he is! That you had mentioned of such great regard for my post that you took all the trouble to read it despite its length and your uneasiness with English. I care a lot and respect your feelings towards me as one of the best gifts anyone can get for an oridnary write up. It si all right, I thank you a lot and would try to be short and little more simpler in my style of writing! I know long sentences and with all the typing errors it could still make life worse for non-english persons on the blog! I am proud of the fact that brother Amitabh has been responsible for so many wonderful unions with new set of people from so many different countries. Thanks a lot for your every effort to be here on the blog and expressing and sharing your thoughts!
Coming to Cora, It was my first stance of finding you on the blog and I may be excused if you were a regular, I take this opportunity to reply to some of your queries, though it would be important that brother himself addresses you someday. India was basically an agro economy to begin with and yet there are now advancements in several sectors to be able to say that despite being an agricultural based economy we have made inroads into Science and technology and lately into computers and IT sector. We have moved in leaps and bounds it is different that SM shows us in poor light. Yes indeed many indians are poor and live severely restrictive life styles. Some questions regarding India can only be understood by visiting and knowing Indians. If you wish to know some reflective movies on India I would suggest that you must see Upkar by Manoj Kumar, you must also see Mother India of Nargis and Awara of Raj kapoor from old days. However, India has changed and also its movies have changed too! The traditional movies that depicted India symbolically are a hand few. The new generation is all set to march ahead with good technically sound pictures. India's music that was the soul of its movies in the beginning is also replaced with the more westernised and echoes of a developed state. Still some of the movies where you can get to see a good life of india and indians - I would suggest the following -
Amitabh starrer - Anand, Namakharam, Abhimaan, kabhi-kabhi (wonderful songs and music), Deewar, Sholay, Zanjeer,Kala Patthar, Trishul, Don , Silsila, Satte pe Satta, Yaraana and Main Azad hoon, Amar Akbar Anthony.
Some other socail movies could include - Bawarchi, Ardh Satya, Satyakam, Bandini, Anupama, Sparsh, Bazaar, Kanoon (old), Anurag, Mughale Azam, Ram aur Shyam, Anpadh, Mamta, Ganaga Jamuna, Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Mere Apne, Pakeezah, Naya Daur, Boot Polish Shree 420, Pyasa, kagaz ke phool etc.
This list is not at all comprehensive and it does reflect only my perception of some good movies. I am afraid i am not very well aware of the new movies still I liked Delhi-6 it portrays the life in Delhi's chandni chowk area in quiet a miraculous way. I haven't seen Jodha Akbar but since it has a historical background and winner of many awards this year at Filmfare it may be good. I particularly liked some of these new movies - Aandhi, Dushman (Rajesh Khanna), Black, Pardes, Taal, Viruddh, A Wednesday, Mission Kashmir, Fiza, Veer Zara, Gadar ek Prem katha, Hero - A love story of spy (Sunny Deol), Dil To pagal hai, Bunty aur Babli. Tare zameen par and Bhootnath were good as well!
To begin with you must either pick up Delhi-6 or Abhimaan ( beautiful movie starring Jaya Bhaduri and Amitabh Bachchan) or even Mission Kashmir.
I think my list has been far too long and it may require several hours of viewing which may not be available to you! Best of luck. It will lot depend on what kind of movies you like i have picked very few from romantic or comedy.
Brother excuse me for taking up so much space to enlighten my new friend Cora from Brazil on Hindi movies and thanking Carla, chhota-mota super star to apke blog par likhate likhate main bhi ban hi jaaonga (LOL in rose terminology!!)
Bye for now, feel free to visit my two blogs http://abhayaamitabh.blogspot.com and http://abhayakavi.blogspot.com they contain several posts that I have submitted here! sometimes in edited form!
Abhaya Sharma India March 7/8 12:13 AM IST

... Addendum : Post in response to Day 318

I see no other way how this can be accomplished. It shall perforce be your desire and my absolute will. So help me God

My most respected brother!

I see there were lot of things that could have been picked up from today's blog, I have just finished writing on the yesterday thanking Carla and Cora. I wish to be short for a while as I think Time is not on my side, even if it is a Sunday tomorrow, I have to catch up with the third ODI against NZL.

You remember, I some times mentioned that Lord Ganesh or rather the famous Siddhi Vinayak is a friend to me, That is where I shall send your application of seeking help! (smiling!), who can know him better than you, though! Still slow down the pace of your activity, he would help but if you go to abhayaamitabh.blogspot.com and see the picture of your facial skin that has been set to orginal from the scanned mint-5 that you submitted , you would see that there appears a sign of skin burn. Take it cool ! and follow the instructions of your team almost religiously a 4 days break should be 4 days break. Oh! I am ordering you, god forgive me! I never intended to be so harsh with you ever!

if thre superstars could all set up yourself in three different cities with Jaya ji already in Delhi four major residencies of USIS could each get a Bachchan to its credit! No I would not speak more of USIS, and I would also not speak of anything political either! Election times around I would only love that India undergoes peaceful and smooth elections!

More later

Abhaya Sharma, India March 7/8 2009 12:41 AM IST

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Pre-Match analysis to the 3rd ODI

Brother, if the rain does not become man of the match again, it would surely be a keener contest - first game was comprehensively won by Indians, Rains got a chance to take away the second, it now appears that vettori and Black Caps would make sincere efforts to stall the progress of Indians some of whom appear to be in great form - Viru with the bat and Harbhajan with the ball.

I foresee one change, if Ishant is fit he may walk in place of Patel. The rest of the team may remain same but for a change India should try to field first, I know it could be dicey with D/L system but having seen India bat in first two games NZL would be having a better understanding of India's game plan! I also expect that Sehwag should get to bowl as well! He is definitely a better bowling option than either Yuvraj or Pathan unless he himslef denies to take upon to bowl down few overs! And Kumar should be used in two spells not all the six overs togther - like in the first game. In the hindsight I would not mind including the other Pathan in place of Patel in case Ishant is not fully fit. Poor Ojha you go and So ja! ( I too go to sleep now!)

Abhaya Sharma, March 7/8 12:56 AM

Watching a ODI could be perfect relaxing! so give yourself some time with the Dabur friend Dhoni! He is a good captain, though not free of errors, no one can be! To err is human!

On belief, faith and New World ..

2009-03-06T19:29:00.000-08:00

Belief is vital. It can make you conquer the highest or force you to succumb to the lowest.

My dearest Brother!

Indeed a very true statement of a fact. The belief coupled with faith and entwined with respect, where it is due, could install the very idols and ideals for which human mind has ever evolved to love and live this life, to be able to define its greater existence on this earth. A mind devoid of belief, a thought without faith and respect without commitment - they all go on to make up very ordinary human beings - the ones like Abhaya Sharma - those who would only be counted for as also lived on this earth and nothing more!

Someone who is able to see logic and act according to the tide of the waves alone can cross this river of life successfully. The ones who keep drooling over the possibilities and not acting would not only fail to cross the river but may even drown if they do try to cross it sometime with negative thoughts and abject thinking that waves would take them to the shore.

My dear brother- you are a fine swimmer, you have scaled many a miles and have also helped the cause of what should constitute a lesson for several. The struggle is part of our life yet you have struggled to emerge what it takes to be an Amitabh Bachchan. If I appear to be trying to please you it still is with that great thought in the back of my mind that someday probably I too could learn to be a bit like you - successful and symbolic to the rest of the world. Alas, I do not have the qualities or rather I did not develop them at the most appropriate time - that I could not collectively put across to the world what was their in mind - that I did not have the courage to take the bull by horns and fight out for the fear of a defeat! It is all right, it is not that every one can be as big an achiever as one wishes to be! Regret is the last word in my dictionary and hope is the first. I live in the hope that a new dawn is still possible, that terrorism and destructive agencies would be eliminated with a collective effort of the inhabitants of the earth.

I think I have started crossing my limits and maybe Kashmira ji would again issue warning signals - to not to make casual statements on the blog, website or anywhere on the net. I ask - pornography is allowed - promotional activities in the form of advertisements are permissible - Pirated version of music movies and material is granted but pure mind expressing himself of his dream to unite the world through net is considered inappropriate - is castigated to be as random thought and to be dissuaded from being put across to the world! I would rather face the consequences than not express my mind!

Someday it should be possible for me to be able to be heard, to be noticed and acknowledged as a man of substance, someone who could see the light at the end of a dark tunnel - someone who could bring every brother into the arms of the other! If I sound emotional or sentimental for this world - it belongs to me as it belongs to anyone else - it is where I work and it is where I shall pray to enact a new world - ek nai duniya ki chah liye mai nikal pada apane ghar se...

Brother, before this conversation gets into an endless loop, I would rather wish to inform you that whatever I wish of this world can only be achieved by someone who is well recognized, is heard and believed upon by the rest. I have no hesitation in announcing that- that someone could be you- The Amitabh Bachchan of the world! Will you someday evolve into a role in the real life that could go miles to promote peace harmony and brotherhood! That it is possible is what you should not doubt – Even lord Hanuman was to be told of his possible strengths to conquer what he actually could! You are like a modern day Hanuman- who somehow does not know his real powers- the real charisma that has been bestowed upon you is not to be wasted in doling out one successful movie after another - it is to be capitalized to make this earth into a paradise or atleast take it somewhere towards such a possibility!

We have to work together on some project someday. This we here is not just me and you, there are host of men and women involved - a great number of actors, organizations and countries would need to come forward to rewrite the life on this earth. There are thousands of natural challenges that one has to live with why to create man made disasters and engage ourselves in disruptive acts!

I end abruptly! But with love in no small measures !!

Abhaya Sharma, India March 7 2009, 8:42 AM IST

Bachchanalia - The Final Answer

2009-03-06T08:33:00.001-08:00

Here is the quiz that was published in the Livemint article and was part of mint-5 picture submitted by the brother Amitabh! Just click on the image below, you may also save it on your PC by right clicking!

Abhaya Sharma, India march 6 2009 Time 10:06 PM

My Sympathy with Sri Lanka and Cricket !

2009-03-02T23:05:00.000-08:00

The Saddest day in the History of Cricket!

After the death of Bob Woolmer under spurious and dubious conditons cricket this time has got terrorists attack as the most stunning and disturbing news. It is further sad that both these news involved Pakistan.

We have to do something serious to bring back peace on earth and Pakistan has to set a different kind of example by helping World in being able to deal with the terrorists in no uncertain terms and stern action should follow immediately. The situation in the subcontinent is really getting from bad to worse to worst in 26/11 mumbai attacks, BDR going berserk and now Sri Lankan cricketers attack at Gaddafi Stadium is the most shocking news.

God be with Samarweera and Sri Lankans, I do not know of his conditions yet it is indeed the saddest hour of Cricket and I have suddenly lost interest in the ongoing India New Zealand first one dayer! May peace prevail on earth!

Abhaya Sharma, India March 3 2009 12:28 PM IST

Day 312 of AB - First ODI preview!

2009-03-02T10:27:00.000-08:00

Dear Brother
Roses all the way for you!

I envy the good faculties of Rose to list out so many people. BTW, these are some of the many people that I also do like to find their views as and read when time permits. So, Rose I could as well thank most of them w/out repeating the names all over again. What! are you maintaining some database for sorting, sorting the names other wise is one uphill task best left for computers to take care among many other mundane tasks. Yet Computers are there at our commands, the day when I wrote the vigyaan ki puja hogi way back in 1986, I never had an idea that my words were going to come so very true in another 8 to 9 years.

For those who would wish to read the poem in Hindi are directed to go to my angelfire site - in few words the poem said :

Oh Scince you gonna be worshipped
In the twenty first century
in the twenty first century science
you definitely are going to be worshipped
in the twenty first century

males or females or anyone in the whole world
everyone is going to pray to science!
In the twenty first century

Computers would turn to be the Gods
& Chemistry would be cast the goddess
The physical and biological elements
would surface almost every few moments

Oh Science you are going to be worshipped
in the twenty first century!
in the twenty first century science
you definitely are going to be worshipped
in the twenty first century

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Well folks this was somewhat that was the content of my first poem after 1973 effort at school, and that it was after 13 years in 1986 is not my fault. I ain'y any poet nor do I wish to be, I am an ordinary man who does not want to be tied down by the prose or poetry and more than that I want to be away from the difficult and decorated language, my expectations are not too many! mostly I sound repetitive if people like it here they deserve a lot of thanks from me!

If there are people who read these words and appear to be thanking me for being honest I would only request them to use simplicity in most of their actions, simple minds are the most liked ones and maybe are also the best ones for the society and the world at large. I love most of the guys who write so well over here that I pick up some names and not others hurts me! I probably would have loved to befriend Adnan Qureshi as much as I would have loved to befriend a Rose, Reeham or Rasha, that I would have loved Lena, Zhenya in the same vain as any of the Indians on the blog specifically Kashmiraji. Please everyone! I do not indulge in uttering of names like some of my dearest friends on the blog do, I ain't have any problems with them rather it gives me added pleasure to find myself being listed by some of them yet I would probably desist from such an exercise. More for the ageing concern, This may end I may end up to be fifty maybe!

Brother, I am finding that for last few days my posts have been off the track in that sense. It is bound to happen to anyone to lose the track once in a while, especially if he or she is too prolific in being around on almost every single day!

I would specifically like to ask you one thing about the Forwards, forewards and foreword. The last time I saw I tried to correct and also Rajesh gave a reference from net. I sometimes feel that you deliberately commit mistakes to test our attachment and judge us in some ways. I do remember the male-fide was totally unexpected to have come from your pen! It is all right, what ever be the logic or reason or even an error it does not really make so much of a difference.

There are no three ways about what you write, (good, better or best!), there is only one way to describe your writings - The writings from you are direct offshoots of your heart, from you to us as token of love and it is one of the biggest gift an actor could offer to his lovers, admirers and followers!

Love, Love and Unending Love..

Abhaya Sharma, India March 2 2009 11:31 PM

PS By mistake I had put wrong dates on the posts submitted by me earlier in the day! I am going to leave early tonight as I plan to get up early for the first ODI at 6:00 AM. and if my cricketing friend MSD is reading - All the best guys do well in the first game to wrest the initiative from NZL. I would not be surprised if the following XI are doing duty yeah my Praveen Kumar would easily make into the final eleven since Ishant is nursing a shoulder or some other injury - The team that I would have walked with to the ground after loosing the two T20 games would be something like this -

Sehwag, Sachin, Gambhir, Yuvraj, Raina, Dhoni, Yusuf, Praveen, Khan, Harbhajan and Ojha.

I salected Ojha ahead of paceman Munaf Patel or irfan Pathan that he is a bit unknown to the Kiwis and could surprise them a bit! Good luck boys for the first game, however I do not agree with Ravi Shastri that real cricket starts now. If T20 is not real enough why does BCCI launch an expansive and expensive IPL. Any answers to that and any doubts which is goping to be the real cricket! I love Ravi Shastri's commentaries but then he has to say what he feels and there is less to debate on cricket as it has more to be enjoyed on the field - the format does not matter so much though I personally am very much against the present Test cricket.

Oh! Oh! Ohhhh! I forgot that this was the post script. It could well have been another post! Bye folks good night and a good game on the morrow!

hindi message - Response to AB's Day 310

2009-02-27T19:23:00.000-08:00

आदरणीय भाईसाहब,

सादर चरण स्पर्श,

अत्र कुशलं तत्रस्तु । कई दिनॊं से मैं इस प्रयास में था कि आप को व अन्य सभी को हिंदी में संबोधित कर सकूं, समय या हालात ने ऎसा नही होने दिया । यहां सबसे पहले इस बात या विषय का उल्लेख अवश्य ही होना चाहिये कि आपके पत्र में जिस प्रकार आपने एक भारतीय परिवार का वर्णन किया है, जिस प्रकार आपने अपने माता-पिता के प्रति अपना अपार स्नेह व्यक्त किया है तथा जितना संभव है उतना अपने परिवार को समय देने की अपनी आशा की ओर संकेत दिया है, यह सब अत्यंत ही सराहनीय हैं ।

कल का मैच बेहद रोमांचक था, खेल में एक टीम की हार तो लगभग तय होती है वह टीम एक बार फिर भारत की थी इस बात का खेद हो सकता है खेल के प्रति दुर्भावना कभी भी नही हो सकती । अगर देखा जाये तब गप्टिल हरभजन की गेंद पर आउट नही थे फिर भी अंपायर से गल्ती हो गई थी, इस भूल को शायद ऊपर वाले ने नजरंदाज नही किया, जो मैच लग्भग भारत की झोली में आ गिरने को था अंतिम गेंद पर न्यूज़ीलैंड के खाते में पहुंच गया । वास्तव में बहुत ही उम्दा प्रदर्शन दोनॊ ही टीमॊ की तरफ़ से रहा इसमें कोई शक नही । आगे भी इसी तरह के खेल प्रदर्शन की आशा रखना बेमानी नही लगता छोट-मोटे प्रदर्शन भीड द्वारा आजकल हर मैदान पर होते है, अधिक रोष इस बात का नही होना चाहिये । खेल-भावना हार जीत से बढकर है, धोनी या हरभजन से मेरा यही अनुरोध जै कि अगली बार अगर किसी गप्टिल को आउट करार दिया जाये तो निश्चित ही उन्हे उसे वापस बुला कर खेलते रहने देना चाहिये । यहां मुझे इंग्लैंड के विरुद्ध कप्तान विश्वनाथ का या कई अवसर पर एडम गिल्क्रिस्ट का व्यवहार विशेष सरहनीय लगता है कपिल ने भी कुछ एक अवसर पर आगे निकलते हुये पाकिस्तानी को (नाम याद नही आ रहा) चेतावनी देने के बाद ही रन आउट किया था । हमें यह नही भूलना चाहिये कि हम खेल अपने अंदर खेल-भावना के विकास के लिय खेलते है मात्र जीत हार या परिणाम के लिये खेलेंगें तो निरा उद्देश्य जो खेलॊं में निहित है वही नष्ट हो जायेगा, टीम-भावना या अपने देश के लिये खेल पाना दूसरा महत्वपूर्ण मुद्दा है जिसे मै हार-जीत से उपर रखता हूं । हां हमारा प्रयास जीतने के लिये भी अवश्य होना ही चाहिये अन्यथा मनोरंजन मेम कमि आ सकती है ।

चलिये आज की वार्ता यहीं समाप्त करता हू, कल आप से फिर मिलने का वादा करते हुए यह पत्र यहीं समाप्त करता हूं, अभिषेक प्रभृति को सस्नेह प्यार एवं जया जी को मेरा सादर प्रणाम स्वीकार हॊ। अमृत तथा सविता की ओर से भी आप सबकॊ यथायोग्य अभिवादन ।

अभय शर्मा, भारत, 28 फरवरी 2009 8.38 प्रातः

The Curious Case of Praveen Kumar

2009-02-26T23:21:00.000-08:00

Dhoni- Why Praveen Kumar is being rubbed the wrong way!

If I have some interest in the game of cricket I see that undue keenness is shown in keeping Praveen Kumar from being given adequate opportunities to play for country in the T20 and ODI games that the boy actually gets. That he is good shoul become evident as yu read further.

If his performance is any yardstick- I find him a genius if not an outright outstanding bowler. Look at these figures which speak volume about his capabilities.

1. Commonwealth Bank Series Australia –
4 Matches 40 overs 5 maidens 175 runs and 10 wickets at 17.5 ave and an economy of 4.37.

2. Recent Sri Lanka Tour
3 Matches 24.2 Overs 1 maiden 101 runs and 5 wickets at an average of 20.20 and an economy of 4.15.

3. His overall career figures Bowling :
ODI Bowling: Matches 18 Balls 941 Runs 743 Wickets 26 Ave. 28.57 Econ. 4.73 4W 3 times.
T20 Intl. Matches -1 Balls -12 Runs -15 wicket -1
T20 (overall) Matches- 18 Balls- 372 Runs - 50 Wickets -7 Ave.-26.47 and an econ. 7.25

I do not have to tell the readers and Dhoni that his statistics would have been much better but for one poor series in the Asia cup on a true batsman friendly wickets, where in 4 games he was thrashed for 174 runs that he still maintains a good average and a healthy economy rate goes to his credit.

I see this as a move to promote only players who are belonging to the likability of the captain and selectors. I take strong objections. If he does not get to play every ODI in NZL it would only prove my point further that some conspiracy is definitely being hatched by BCCI-Dhoni nexus against him. Is there no one else other than Abhaya Sharma who could champion his cause for inclusion in the Indian side after such stupendous bowling figures.

Do not worry Praveen Kumar, IPL is coming up and you will have yet another chance to prove your worth to be a permanent member of the team India! Best of luck for inclusion in the complete ODI series and a good run with the ball and the bat! Don’t let this opportunity slip otherwise BCCI might prove me wrong! Jay Ho

Abhaya Sharma, India February 27 2009 12:04 PM IST

Madhushala - The music House!

2009-02-25T19:18:00.000-08:00

Dearest Brother

Heartiest morning greetings from Mumbai!

I am not here to open my mouth on slumdog or even Delhi-6. I think I am overdone trying to prove the similar contents about the two films, it is different that despite our similar views on the tale of two cities - one Indian and the other foreign in nature. One I have seen other I have pledged not to see. I have my own convictions and as i am not such a luminary figure like you I do not face the wrath of media and the press! That you do comes with your esteemed reputation and huge cult following in India, what if I am not a follower I still am a believer in you and your kind of thinking! The best of my opinion of course came from madam- Yes, it is not an Indian film, it may be of Indian subject but truly not an Indian film whereas Delhi-6 is!

I am happy for the recognition of Rahman, Resul and Gulzar ji yet they themselves would ask back - Is it their best work! I don't wish to feed further negatiivty- a recognition however late is still recognition. Rahman should celebrate it with his Vande mataram performance - his best over the years! I do not know much of Resul's field and Gulzar sahab has given not one or two great songs he has given in hundreds, so a recognition is acceptable to me that it has come from the world's best in terms of global acceptance. Oscar to these men do prove a point that Indians too are capable of stunning the world with their works, even if its below their own best! It is all right.

I do not think I will be able to do justice to the members of this blog if I do not submit a madhushala couplet and a possible interpretation. That people in the world love Dr. Bachchan's Madhushala is again a matter of sheer pleasure!

वादक बन मधु का विक्रेता लाया सुर-सुमधुर-हाला,

रागिनियाँ बन साकी आई भरकर तारों का प्याला,

विक्रेता के संकेतों पर दौड़ लयों, आलापों में,

पान कराती श्रोतागण को, झंकृत वीणा मधुशाला।।४१।

Jay Ho, This couplet is dedicated to Rahman, resul and Gulzar sahab for their efoorts that won them the Oscars. Th epoet says that I(nstrumentalist brings around the best goblet filled with his own tunes, The ragas and its descent turned themselves into the bar-maid with star-studded goblet for us at the beshest of the composer the run of tunes, lyrics and music gives us great pleasure The strings of veena are available enroute to the taven on the way for us to enjoy!
In essence I think poet knows all encompassing beauty of music in all its attire to be the one that is the most divine feature of our life, that it helps us to compose ourselves and organise us into more useful human beings, that music indeed is very important to our existence(Madhushala). That he has said it using his wonderful style and powerful words - a poor me can not bring about to you in the same measure! Jay Ho ..

Abhaya Sharma, India February 26 2009 8:40 AM IST

7-8-6 of a T20 game at New Zealad!

2009-02-25T02:01:00.000-08:00

7-8-6 of the first T20 match against New Zealand

This was the situation when New Zealand were at 160 for 3 and Yusuf Pathan came into bowl his fifth ball of an unfinished third over to Jacob Oram –

7 wickets in Hand
8 balls to go
6 runs were scored by Jacob Oram off the fifth ball

New Zealand registered an easy victory over world beaters in this most entertaining format of the game. Thus having a 2-0 lead over India in T20 Internationals with the third game scheduled for Friday February 27 2009. It is all right. The team that played better cricket won. New Zealand captain after winning the toss put in India to bat who were struggling at 101 for 7 at one stage still managed to get 162 runs on the board in the allotted 20 overs. Daniel Vettori having those magical figures of 4-0-18-1. That India could not contain as Pathans gave away as many as those runs in single overs from them. It is difficult to find faults with them in this format of the game.

What does India plan to equalize the current series and avoid a clean sweep of 3-0 from NZL in T20 game could only be known after 11:00 AM on the coming Friday. Hopefully, Dhoni is able to or made to realize that his act of leaving out his best wicket taking option in Praveen Kumar was not a good move. I do not mind if India looses the other game as long as they go down fighting. Seven wickets and as many balls to spare was hardly a fighting T20 game! Maybe the Kiwis knew the ground conditions better, maybe in this format chasing always allows more calculations possible for crafting a win or maybe it was not just the Indian day – Sehwag and Pathan did get some huge sixes against their names but their aggregates together was less than 50 runs.

I would not like to raise my fingers at anyone in particular though I feel that Rohit Sharma and to some extent Irfan Pathan will probably have to ear the brunt of axe that is more likely to fall on them – If Dhoni is in a mood to do something better than what his men did today at Christchurch, he should make some room to accommodate Praveen Kumar as well as Ravindra Jadeja in the final XI. Not that their inclusion could really make a big difference – if T20 means anything it involves much more skills than one likes to presume it as a matter of luck. New Zealand had better understanding of the ground condition and executed their plans and shots quite naturally. They were not hoisting sixes alone as some Indians thought is the only way to win a T20 game!

And for the die hard Indian cricket fans – it definitely is not that the team India could play as one unit every time it takes the field – even if all the eleven players have a good understanding of each other they could still lose to a team that plays a more balanced game!

Abhaya Sharma, India February 25 2009 3:23 PM IST

Dhoni too could err!

2009-02-24T19:42:00.000-08:00

Respected brother,
Sadar Namaskar, hauu!

Aap sidhe raste ko jaa rahe ji, kya bolte!

That is all I can pick from Hyderabad's lovable dialect. I am bemused at this mind's activity, yesterday it told me to get enlightened by what it read of Kashmira ji, today, it appears that after all she too has thrown a stone in the water and waiting it to settle down. With due respect to the story and the beautiful intent of kashmira ji, life does not move like the way we wish it should, it is a plethora of experiences - good, bad and ugly- that we allow ourselves to remain calm or try to achieve calmness on its own is what is advisable yet that would be too meaningless existence, or so the mind tells me now!

I would rather try to set hundred things right if they are wrong in the first place even if I do not get time to set pace to take one good thing further! I may be wrong, man is almost always wrong in what he thinks of life - its situations and happenings around him yet he is in no control of even one event!

For example, I did want to comment on Dhoni's statement of having one team for Tests, ODIs and T20, that he is a genius of a captain is not my statement alone but for all of us to see and visualise. That he could err does matter. If his wishes were granted we would have the same 15 players doing duty over the three formats of the game- a very unwelcome situation given tha nature of the three different forms of the game.

If I do not speak for good of others, i would call myself a coward, yes If I speak to uplift myself or issue statements with hidden agenda for my own sake my own benefit that should be questionable and shoul draw flak!. Every statement in this world is up for grabs, understood, analysed and receive acceptance or rejection. If there is no feed how does the life move on! (I hope Kashmira ji, you are able to see the point!).

Now Dhoni bhaiya, you are the Amitabh bachchan of present Indian cricket- ( Though I had reserved that slot for kapil Dev!) all good results have come your way and you do err in your perception of the game, your exclusion of Praveen Kumar and Ojha instead of some non-performers in the fifth and final game against Lankans robbed India of a possible 5-0 drubbing. You may say India did not want to humiliate its neighbour with that kind of result - I have reservations about such statements, in sports one is not supposed to favour the opponents - it did took away the fizz from the final game before it started. Anyway- you were trying to inculcate few more new comers against your actual thinking that we should have same set of players theory!

I have great regards for Dhoni's leadership- yet he is also human an equally likely to err (though much less frequently!) - as i pointed just now- should we consider it as case of stone throwing into still waters or see it as a constructive effort to further improve his abilities to make the game of cricket more interesting! I think not only should more fit and young players be available for T20 but also only very experienced and seasoned players should play test cricket - the ODI fills the middle layer and a balance of youth and experience should be the key factor - that is speaking ideally!

I have a further suggestion that teams world over should earn points for introducing more and more new players in any format of the game - It is really disgusting to have situations that someone who did not find place in 30 actually ends up as the cricketer of the year- Do I have to name the player! Cricket connoisseurs would know him!

Now for these two T20 games I prefer the following combinations to work on the field to take India and Indians further in this very attractive format - Vurender Sehwag opens with Gambhir, followed up by Yuvraj or Rohit Sharma (to maintian left right combination!), then the captain should come ahead of Suresh Raina follwed by five Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma. In the second game he could make space for the new found talent of Ravindra Jadeja in place of Rohit Sharma or maybe even an Ishant Sharma.

I rate India very good or rather best in this format of T20, they had great benefit of playing in IPl to hone their skills sometimes during the same time last year! Dhoni bhaiya there are some strs waiting in the wings and if you choose to stick to same 15 to maintain camaraderie in the team - it is un-understandable, meri to samjh ke bahar ki baat hai. Player rotation alone can unearth new talents. We must decide how many games each top player gets in a year or over one cricketing season! I would say that Sehwag should get 20 ODIs, 10 T20 games and 3 test matches. You can decide for others depending upon their talents and abilities in the field. One should have atleast 5 top fielders in a game of T20 and a minimum of 3 in ODI team and possibly tets team could be selected with fielding as unimportant fro selection. What do you say Mahendra Singjh Dhoni. My top 5 for present game are - Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan and yourself (WK has to be agile and alert all the time!).

For sake of completeness I should name some players who are still waiting to be given Indian blue jersey - They are Cheteshwar Pujara, Dhaval Kulkarni, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Abhsihek Nayar, Swapnil Asnodkar. There exists atelast a pool of around 40 palyers who are capable of finding a place in one or the other format of the game who would be deprived of opportunity if we apy heed to Dhoni's call for one team theory! I throw open this matter for debate!

Brother, I took ample space to talk about Cricket here, more in the light of finding your interest in sports- I earlier thought you did not look beyond your domain but I now realsie that you are far bigger supporter of sports than me - your mention of Cricket, Football (Chelsea love - ishitha my small niece (5 year) in London favours that team for the reason of being in the vicinity of her home!), your Golf love Tennis and even shooting and Olympics! I love that aspect of your life - it goes to prove that besides being Amitabh bachchan you enjoy lot of things as most of us! jay Ho

Abhaya Sharma, India February 25 2009, 9:01 AM IST

Delhi-6 is a beautiful Indian film after a very long time!

2009-02-20T19:51:00.000-08:00

दिल्ली-6 – एक बेहतरीन फ़िल्म

राकेश ओमप्रकाश मेहरा कि दिल्ली-6 एक बेहतरीन फ़िल्म है, अब किसी को आस्कर की रेस अच्छी लगती हो किसी को फ़िल्मफ़ेयर या अन्य अवार्डस जीतने की धुन, सही मायनों में अगर देखा जाये तो दर्शकों में लोकप्रियता से बढकर कोई चीज़ नही । यहां यह बता देना उचित रहेगा कि दिल्ली-6 जल्दी ही अपनी पकड भारत के दर्शकों में बना पायेगी इसमें मुझे तो रत्ती भर भी संदेह नही है ।

सही मायनों में फ़िल्म भारत से जुडी एक भारतीय द्वारा बनाई गई फ़िल्म है जिसे यहां की खूबियों-कमियों क पूरा-पूरा इल्म है । बहुत खूब राकेश तुम्हारी फ़िल्म को मै 10 में से 8 अंक देने को तैयार हूं । सभी कुछ इतनी चतुराई से पेश किया है कि एक आम भारतीय के लिये फ़िल्म में वह सब कुछ है जो वह देखना चाहता है, जानने की इच्छा रखता है या फ़िर उम्मीद करता है कि एक हिंदी फ़िल्म में हो ।

दिल्ली-6 के सभी कलाकारों ने भी अभिनय के वो अंदाज दिखाये है कि मन बरबस कह उठता है कि क्या अभिनय इतनी ही सरल चिडिया है जैसा दिल्ली-6 में देखने को मिला । मेरे हिसाब से कुछ लोगों ने अभिनय नही खुद अपने आपको जिया है खासकर जमादारनी की भूमिका कर रही नायिका ने – जी नही, मैं उसका नाम नही जानता – क्या इस बात से कुछ फर्क पडता है – मेरे लिये यह बात खास मायने नही रखती ।
अभिषेक बच्चन से मै काफ़ी संतुष्ट हूं, सोनम भी ठीकठाक दिखीं उनका रोल ज्यादा था भी नही – ओम पुरी, जयगोपाल (नुक्कड), गोबर, पुलिस इंस्पैक्टर, रमा बुआ ने अपने अपने किरदारों से दिल्ली-6 में जान डाल दी, वहीदा जी एवं ऋषि कपूर के अभिनय के बारें में मै कुछ कहूंगा तो सूरज को दिया दिखाने वाला मुहावरा मेरे उपर चेप दिया जायेगा ।

दिल्ली-6 वह फ़िल्म है जिसे मै दो-तीन बार थियॆटर में देखना चाहूंगा । इसलिये नही कि अभिषेक की फ़िल्म है या राकेश ओमप्रकाश मेहरा की फ़िल्म है बल्कि इसलिये कि यह एक अच्छी फ़िल्म है ।

अभय शर्मा, भारत 21 फरवरी 2009 9.05 प्रातः

Delhi-6 - Rakeysh and Abhishek score high!

2009-02-20T08:17:00.000-08:00

Dearest Brother,
Sadar Namaskar,

I think I shall give a detailed version of my account of Delhi-6 a little later however I must add here that it is a must see movie for every Indian, I think Rakeysh has done a great job with Indian subjects dealt in the Indian way!

The flow of the movie, Abhishek Bachchan and storyline were all very effective and I could easily give an 8 out of 10 to this movie. Delhi-6 to me is abetter film than RDB - the solution suggetsed there was good but harsh and less practical. Here one is directed to look into oneself to find the solution!

I think it could turn out to be a very big hit over a period of time- such movies pick up slow but as more and more people watch the chain reaction builds up and I foresee that every one would be talking of Delhi-6 in another two to three weeks time! Abhishek looked a much improved lot - maybe more for the reason that his charatcer suited his English and Hindi combo to his liking yet he was quite effective and attractive! This is first time that have found him attractive (in acting!).

Rakeysh can peacefully walk away with some awards if not exactly oscars- the best of the awards for a director is that his movie finds a grip with its viewers it is discussed and thought upon- in these respects He has emerged a clear winner. It is his movie and he deserves the most credit than anyone else. True Abhishek has definitely made few jumps while crossing from one roof top to another - his performance has also taken jumps along with these!

Anyone who likes a movie on Indian subjects would find the movie to their greatest likings! Sonam was just good for her role so were all others. Maula mere maula and mashakakali were good, the concept of Kala Bandar was put to great effect by the director!

I wanted to be short but then I think I have almost said what could well be a complete first impression about Delhi-6. Let the movie do the rest to prove me right!

Abhaya Sharma, India February 20 2009 9:43 PM IST

Two unnamed poems - a gift to extended family

2009-02-19T18:51:00.000-08:00

Respected brother
Sadar pranam and great regards

I did realise that my last post was a bit crude if not exactly rude.You see, I came to know of your response after four days to the poetic justice to your post of day 296 feelings! I am amazed at my fortunes, that my extremely busy brother does find some time to read what I have to say! I am blessed! I am tense, I am flabbergasted, I am on seventh cloud, I think I have all the reasons to have lived a meaningful life. Someone I rate so high as much as next to God has responded to my words for a sure fifth time, If I have missed some more comments from you it has to be my mistake. It was the most caring Reeham who informed me that you had replied to my Hindi post. It took me some time to dig the comments and your extraordinary response!

Brother, I would make a simple request to you, please do not respond to my posts even if you like them! I say this as there are several people on this blog who probably care and respect you as much or maybe more than me, they deserve it more. I am also afraid that excessive joy does not lead me to an imbalance situation! If you are just reading my posts and not responding any one way would be not only fine but a welcome sign from me! I love you for not getting the responses from you but sharing this blog space with you like several others! It is the greatest moment of my life! That is more than enough for me!

I assume that you do love my poetry and few others have also pointed out that the better part of my posts lie in my poetic works - Here are two pieces of poem - unanmed- I do not know If I had posted them here - I know they are not listed anywhere on my blog or any of my websites! If it is a repeat over here - I hope you would forgive me -

मन के तार फिर एक बार
जुडते, करते पैदा झंकार
मानव के इस राग रूप में
भर देते सुर की टंकार
कहीं किसी के लिये कभी
दिल में है मची बसी हुंकार
किसका सपना था अपना सा
झंकृत करता वीणा के तार
फिर चलो कहीं हम आज चलें
थोडी खुशियां ले कर उधार
क्या करूं कहूं क्या सोच रहा
जीवन है फंसा बीच मझधार
आओ मेरे प्राण प्रिये
कुछ तुम्ही करो मेरा उद्धार ।

अभय भारती(य), 12 दिसंबर 2008 11.28 (रात्रि प्रहर)

रात के पहर निकल
चले बहुत ही दूर थे
हम हमीं थे यूं डटे थे
मोह में मद चूर थे
याद लेकर इस जहां की
नींद अपनी बेचकर
हर घडी बेसब्र होकर
दीन दुनिया छोडकर
हसरतें है क्या हमारी
इस जिंदगी के मोड पर
कुछ नही कुछ भी नही
हे स्वप्न मत जा तोड कर
जी उठेगा एक तन फिर
सांस की लय जोड कर

अभय भारती(य), 12 दिसंबर 2008 11.35 (रात्रि प्रहर)

Response from Brother Amitabh!

2009-02-19T03:35:00.000-08:00

The water of life beckons me.
I reach my destination. My footprints follow behind. Soon to be engulfed in the flow. The waters wash away the desire and pain. I rest in the belief of fulfillment, giving myself to the elements. The foot prints of life now washed away, never to be seen again.
What is my life ?
That which surrounds me now or that which got washed away…

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आदरणीय भाईसाहब,
सादर चरण स्पर्श,
आपके भावों को पद्यबद्ध करने का दुस्साहस किया है, जो अच्छा लगे तो अपना लो जो बुरा लगे तो जाने दो - (अर्थात किसी भी सूरत में आप गुस्सा न हों - अभय)

मैं अपने गंतव्य पर पहुंचा
पदचिन्हों ने मुझको खोजा
धारा में फिर बह जाने को
सुख-दुख भी थे धुल जाने को
मैं निश्चिंत भाव में खोया
तत्वों में फिर जा मैं सोया
पदचिन्ह भी है अब मिटते जाते

कहाँ कहीं अब दिखने पाते
क्या है कैसा मेरा जीवन ?
आसपास जो घटित हो रहा
या जो घटनाक्रम मे खो रहा ।

- अमिताभ बच्चन, 14 फ़रवरी 2009 कन्याकुमारी 1.30 प्रातः
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Kareena Kapoor - why were you door-door!

2009-02-18T11:16:00.000-08:00

What does one make out of Kareena Kapoor Behaviour!

She knows it pretty well what it means to be an Amitabh Bachchan! The best way to hog the lime light is either to be pro or be pitted aginst him! That she chose the more difficult option of playing against the tide and displaying her disinterest in the living legend is her choice.

Abhaya Sharma, India February 18/19 2009 12.22 AM

Post Script: I have removed the large unnecessary venomous remarks on her. It is all right, she does have a right to have her own way of looking and treating the world even if it is not acceptable to us!

Good luck Bebo!

Day 300 of Brother's Blog !

2009-02-17T19:54:00.000-08:00

Dearest Brother,
Sadar Pranaam,

I am taken up by the great writeup on multitasking! How much do you have in a days work, how well you cope with all that at not so sweet 67 or going to be! That you are Amitabh Bachchan of this world has not come to you at the cost of pennies! Every pint of the cup of glory has had its price, it has required you to behave in a particular style to accommodate many things and almost everything for forty long years!

What I like most about you is your humility the way you blush (if one can call it that!) at top man in the world Danny Glover has to say a few words to acknowledge your untiring efforts! I am also very enthusiastic about your calling up SRK that goes to prove how wrong are the notions in the mind of media that the top two stars of the country are at some sort of a war! How futile their thinking, how great you appear when you show and express concern for your siblings their well being and comforts! If we the EF love our Mr. Bachchan as much as we do what could be wrong with that! No, every one of us can not be living that kind of great multitasking life as is possible for you in 24 hours ( or God has granted you some extra hours! I doubt though!).

There can never be an iota of doubt that there is so much to be learned from one man in the film industry and that one man is all personified in Amitabh Bachchan. Your conduct, mannerism, action plans and above all the write ups that you dish out for this world at this blog they all point of your great involvement with the rest of the world. I only wish that people could have half as much energy as you, half as much dedication and even half of the ability to shoulder responsibilities world could be a different place!

That we have the Talibanisation of the Swat valley in the neighbouring state of Pakistan concerns me, that we have teenagers involved in killings worries me, that we have ever manipulating politicians disturbs me. Yet I continue to live in a hope as I have one Mr. Amitabh Bachchan to fall back upon. Who with his daily write up at his blog seems to be taking away every ill thought in our minds replacing it with frsh spirits and rejuvenating us to do as much good as is within our means!

Brother, I was about to be short and less frequent over here, I can not be short except that congratulatory notes is now pretty well confirmed, I can not do so is not due to my innate desire for being the one who loves the depths of details but for the fact that the man for whom I write all this does so much, writes such beautiful passages one after the other that if I deliberately cut short what is there in my heart it would be a great injustice.

There have been some unexpected credits against my name from some of the fellow bloggers, I do not want to refute their point of view I can only inform that if I am able to be here so often and present some of the thoughts and concerns it is possible only because of my great love for you brother. That I am after all an ordinary man and may be there are many more people who contribute much better posts than me but somehow they do not get mention for some unknown reasons, this human psyche is also a great leveller- we continue to read the ones that are coming in large quantities and sometimes ignore the quality. I am convinced that those who find my posts interesting are themselves finding some reflections of their own minds in what is scribbled (oops! Typed!).

My sincere thanks to you for providing such a wonderful platform for some beautiful minded people- there are atleast a couple of them who are too gooood in their attitudes towards life! I wish I could also be counted amongst them but I know the truth. It would only be inappropriate if I do not mention a couple of them here, not simply because they have been good to me but since they are really good! Reeham, Rose, Rasha, Rochelle, Reshmi (in the past), Subhash Kaura, Ravi Malhotra, Dr. Shashi Mohan, Kashmira ji and many others have excellent perceptions of being good human beings! May they continue to be as human as they have been all along! I also find that there is a growing population of Europeans on the blog! You have really been phenomenal brother to attract minds of every class, every hue and almost every race on this earth! Kuchh to baat hai apke chehare mein jo barabas apani ore kheenche liye jaati hai! ( There is definitely some element in you that compels us to be attracted to you!).

I think I should now take leave of you! I share a verse from Madhushala!

मृदु भावों के अंगूरों की आज बना लाया हाला,
प्रियतम, अपने ही हाथों से आज पिलाऊँगा प्याला,
पहले भोग लगा लूँ तेरा फिर प्रसाद जग पाएगा,
सबसे पहले तेरा स्वागत करती मेरी मधुशाला।।१।

The poet says that he has extracted the wine from the most appropriately sweet grapes, that he wants to offer it to his beloved by his own hands, that you should initiate then only the gift shall be distributed to the rest, the tavern on the way wants to welcome you first, oh my beloved!

In essence probably Dr. Bachchan wants to drive home the point that our best acts, our best deeds and our best offerings should begin with those whom we love the most - that according to him has to be the person/s who are dear to us. If we are not close enough to the ones who are in our immediate vicinity how can we love the God, or what is the fun of making an offering to him if we can not offer love to our loved ones!

With untiring love, affection and attachment

Abhaya Sharma, India February 18, 2009 9:11 AM IST

Congratulations for the coveted 300 days on the blog!

Dev Anand on brothers blog ...

2009-02-16T19:51:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,

Sadar Pranaam,
I see a lot of efforts in your post to keep up yourself to the best of your abilities. Indeed I did like the write up on Dev saab. I for one openly admit that I have voted down Satyam's post, not because I do not like his frankness, and not to hurt him at all, but to inform him that dear friend it is very simple to find fault in others (however illustrious!), it is very difficult to acknowledge the good efforts of others.

Eevn if Devanand after Johny Mera Naam was not so acceptable to people like him I ask if Hare rama Hare Krishna where Zeenat Aman was introduced not much after Johny, was Des-Pardes where he launched the beautifully faced Tina Munim not a run away success, was Amir Garib not an entetainer. If a Devanand exists in this industry with the sense of belonging and a great loving for his field and working constantly that itself is a great enough achievement! One can not pass judgement on any of the top three pillars of Hindi (commercial) cinema - Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand and Dilip Kumar. It would amount to dishonesty to their contributions, it will appear an act of belying their capabilities and constructive approach that the trio mastered! I am afraid brother that you are not ahead of them in that sense, though you are inching to that post steadily and certainly.

In 40 years you have definitely given us the biggest supersatr the most charming and well behaved actor of Indian screen maybe even the most talented yet the contribution of the said trio is far too important as it came at times when India was down into doldrums as a country, means and material were far and few, economic situation of the country was grim and people really scoffed at those who worked in films rather than making them superstars and idols.

You deserve all the respect for the way you have conducted yourself in your films more so in Kaun banega crorepati and now on this blog! One can not fail to love someone as dedicated as you, as talented and full of calibre as one could get to be! You have carried your image far too deep on the time scale because of your sincere efforts and the discipline that you practice. I wish you continue in the same vein for another 10 more years.

कभी निराशा का तम घिरता,

छिप जाता मधु का प्याला,

छिप जाती मदिरा की आभा,

छिप जाती साकीबाला,

कभी उजाला आशा करके

प्याला फिर चमका जाती,

आँखिमचौली खेल रही है

मुझसे मेरी मधुशाला।।९२।

The poet addresses how hopelessness or darkneess sometimes crouches upon us - the goblet appears disappeared, vanishes the beauty of the wine and absconds from the scene the bar-maid, then a sudden glint of hope shows up the goblet with a shine in our eyes! as if the Tavern on the way (Madhushala) is playing the game of hide and seek!

Symbolically- the poet probably meant that life is after all a game of hide and seek, sometimes we are able to see the light in the midst of darkness just to be able to propagate ourselves ahead, and that is important, one must not stop one must continue to move forward under all circumstances in all conditions. I consider the tavern on the way (Madhushala) is the very life itself, the wine, the goblet, barmaid and wine connoisseurs are all acts and parts of our very existence! One should not take these words for their literal meanings!

More later
Abhaya Sharma, India February 17 2009 9:10 AM IST

More songs for valentine's day!

2009-02-14T21:56:00.000-08:00

This list is extended and I did not want to replace my earlier selection so it goes to a new post! and the top song is given a direct embedding here, enjoy it here itself!

Respected Brother,

Love and more love!

As promised I compile some favourite songs from Hindi miovies on youtube to mark the Valentine’s day.

Har dil jo pyar karega – Sangam Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1n-D0XeQuA

Tere mere milan ki yeh raina – Abhimaan Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8IVa-7-2_w

Chhookar mere man ko – Yaraana Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLmzRgjZwO4

O saathi re tere bina bhi kya jeena – Muqaddar ka Sikandar Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OssRAVZhsRk

Aaye tum yaad mujhe gaane lagi – Mili Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ubpz7ErEJg

Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwa to nahi – Aandhi Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aPtjImR5RA

Hum jab simat ke aapki bahon mein – Waqt Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDK167ZthR0

Phoolon ke dere hain – Zameer link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0hPRIVSdJo

Phoolon ke rang se dil ki kalam se – Prem Pujari Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdPuOGazWZg

Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein – Kabhi- kabhie Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKMPf737pp0

Tum saath ho jab apane –Kaalia Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YlDBAl24hs

Dekh ke tumko dil dola hai – Amar Akbar Anthony Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbppZgMUZ4c

Rimjhim gire sawan – Manzil Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VzUxxa0c2I

Pyaar hua ikraar hua – Shree 420 Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HijuQ_ZpfXE

Jaane kaise kab kahan – Shakti Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZIZymWPgeo

Yeh Kahan aa gaye hum – Silsila Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWKXpC2JTVU

Teri bindiya re – Abhimaan Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWKXpC2JTVU

Tera mera saath rahe – Saudagar (actually I was trying to find Har haseen cheez ka mai talabgaar hoon, could not find that ! sad) : Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKRHhVY6kQw

Lootey koi man ka nagar ban ke mera – Abhimaan Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZXFhAs3AyM

Do lafzon ki hai dil ki kahani –Great Gambler Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTh1P2oRK0c

These are some songs that came to mind for wishing you all a great Valentine’s day! again the order in which I might have assembled them does not really follow a sequence of my liking or some sort of ranking. So please don’t ascribe any meanings! If you try to observe brother got 15 out of 20 songs that is a perfect distinction! Isn’t it! And that Abhimaan has 3 out of those 15 (one fifth!).

It is sad that these wonderful songs may not be understood by lot of non-Hindi friends but they may still listen and if they insist I might be able to give them the essence of the song! If they wish!

Abhaya Sharma, February 15 2009 11:03 AM

PS if I must choose one as the best song- it has to be - Lootey koi man ka nagar banke mera from Abhimaan both Amitabh and Jaya look simple but extraordinary at the same time!

Valentine's collection from youtube

2009-02-14T12:51:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,
Love and more love!

As promised I compile some favourite songs from Hindi miovies on youtube to mark the Valentine’s day.

Har dil jo pyar karega – Sangam Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1n-D0XeQuA

Tere mere milan ki yeh raina – Abhimaan Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8IVa-7-2_w

Chhookar mere man ko – Yaraana Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLmzRgjZwO4

O saathi re tere bina bhi kya jeena – Muqaddar ka Sikandar Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OssRAVZhsRk

Aaye tum yaad mujhe gaane lagi – Mili Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ubpz7ErEJg

Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwa to nahi – Aandhi Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aPtjImR5RA

Hum jab simat ke aapki bahon mein – Waqt Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDK167ZthR0

Phoolon ke dere hain – Zameer link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0hPRIVSdJo

Phoolon ke rang se dil ki kalam se – Prem Pujari Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdPuOGazWZg

Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein – Kabhi- kabhie Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKMPf737pp0

Tum saath ho jab apane –Kaalia Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YlDBAl24hs

Dekh ke tumko dil dola hai – Amar Akbar Anthony Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbppZgMUZ4c

Rimjhim gire sawan – Manzil Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VzUxxa0c2I

Pyaar hua ikraar hua – Shree 420 Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HijuQ_ZpfXE

Do lafzon ki hai dil ki kahani –Great Gambler Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTh1P2oRK0c

These are some songs that came to mind for wishing you all a great Valentine’s day! again the order in which I might have assembled them does not really follow a sequence of my liking or some sort of ranking. So please don’t ascribe any meanings!

It is sad that these wonderful songs may not be understood by lot of non-Hindi friends but they may still listen and if they insist I might be able to give them the essence of the song! If they wish!

Abhaya Sharma, February 14/15 2009 2:15 AM

PS I must now get some sleep!

Valentine's Day Gift from Dr. Bachchan!

2009-02-14T06:38:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,

Fellow bloggers, readers of this blog and

Rest of the World!
Today I present a gift from Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan on the valentine's day. especially listen to the Nisha Nimantran and Mele mei khoi gujariya though the page also contains brother ia very deifnitive mood enunciating (it is higher than reciting, or so I feel, even if it mean something else!) the best verses from Madhushala
http://www.angelfire.com/ab/abhayasharma/htmldocs/bachchan_youtube.htm

My love goes to every living soul on this earth and I pray that peace gets its chance, Harmony engulfs us like never before and brotherhood finds its own most deserved place in the world. That we have people like Dr. Bachchan and his son Amitabh Bachchan among many great persons who loved the world with no pretence but with just pure love- then and only then could Dr. Bachchan write Madhushala and our brother - the owner of this blog could act and write so well that he is a living legend himself!

The way in which Amitabh Bachchan has presented his some other work had also been compiled by me elsewhere but that site abhayasharma.net is not working, atleast not in India. some other day I would present some more collection which I had gathered of brother from YouTube.

A GREAT VALENTINE'S DAY TO EVERYONE ON THIS EARTH AND PARTICULARLY TO MY FIRST VALENTINE -MY COUSIN NEERU WHO WAS BORN ONLY ONE AND HALF MONTH AFTER ME!

Abhaya Sharma, India February 14 2009 20:04 Hrs IST

Post Script: Today the three members of my small family are all in different places - Savita is in Mahabaleswar on her school tour, Amrit is at Nerul with his cousins - Vinita et al. It is all right. My great love to both of them!

Namrata - Mdhushala - Foreword by AB

2009-02-12T22:23:00.001-08:00

Respected Anna (Elder Brother),
Vanakkam,

For a second I could not believe that the actor turned writer had switched the profession again to be a photographer! True every one of us sort of loves photography, especially with digital cameras doing round in our hands! What was earlier important to photography still remains true till today - you need to have a good eye and a good sense of shot selection, your focus depicts your imagination, and the basics of photography have to be followed almost like a habit to bring such results as are evident in the pictures taken over last couple of days by you! That is really commendable, almost!

Well, here I add that sometimes we register wrong spellings of some words and they take a deep seat at the back of our mind. I do not intend to hurt you but that it does happen to the most talented is actually nothing but the truth. I am convinced that when you are saying forwards you actually mean the foreword or preface that some like to call it.

That Namrata is a poet goes to be believed yet it would definitely have helped EF to have the title of her publication or the collection of her works, not that I can not track her down on google, amazon.com or some such site where one can really find a reference to her work. I was aware of her art and painting - that she has also took up to writing poems is indeed a matter of joy - being a descendant of that great poet who besides being your father and her grandfather is popularly known as the creator of Madhushala - That folks is Dr. Harivanshrai Bachchan for you! I deliberately used is- The poets like him do not die with their physical death- they become immortals in this world and live eternally in their beautiful words (works!).

Brother, excuse me, if I have sounded a bit different in my last two posts and harked upon some suggestions/advises. I love you so much that I can not keep myself away from telling what my heart asks me to do! If we do meet someday, somewhere sometimes, and if you had not liked some of my views here or even did not like me as a person just feel free to say so! I would rather consider myself fortunate to be addressed by you in any one way!

With unabated and undiluted love as ever
Yours Thambi (younger brother!)

Abhaya Sharma, India February 13 2009, 11:17 AM IST

Have a Website Designed!

2009-02-12T19:14:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,
Sadar Charan Sparsh,

I am bowled over by your photographic abilities, it was first with your acting then with your writings and now your skills with the camera prove that one who is good at one art has the ability to excel in other forms too! The last photograph appears to be taken from somewhere other than earth ( I was trying to rephrase out of this world experience!) , I have never seen such a beautiful skyline and a peaceful coastline! A great effort!

Now yesterday night around 2.00 AM I had posted some comments after a late return from the family marriage in Bhandup, I spent sometime with you on the blog and was unable to get my posts along. I remember in some post or rather a reply to one post you did mention - that there actually is no moderator... and another time to another post .. this time it did (on someone trying to know why his post was not getting uploaded!). That technically these maybe correct and frank views of the blog owner- it could be little harsh on someone who does not save his comments/posts. I myself do not save every tit-bit that I submit.

I also observed that the filter on comments does not work on the first apply, I thought it was a glitch but when it re-occurred every time - It takes the second attempt to get to your posts that you wish to filter - though it may help those who might not have tried for second time, I have less choice but in agreeing with Subhash, Rose, Rochelle, Reeham and few others - that blog has got into some difficulties with these new added features. Maybe the test run of blog with the new features should be attempted from another machine than the server! What you might be seeing on the server may not always exactly get across to the rest in similar fashion!

These were mere suggestions that I feel could help the EF. I know you have good intentions of making the blog as attractive and responsive as possible. Also the use of additional pages for displaying comments is little awkward, someone who uses the edit and find on this feature to locate the members or himself has to make quite an extra effort to switch to these pages and submit the request for each page.

Please do look into these aspects and please do find out the possibility of erecting a website as early as possible, the pictures presentations over here do appear little cluttered at times. Though the pictures themselves are quite great it would be worthwhile to use some slideshow software to include them on your website. A website is far too more serious thing than blogs, it could have videos audios, poetry, quizzes and even your multiple language based pages. The posts could all be sorted out in much more planned manner in addition to the original blog. Give it a thought or maybe give it a serious consideration.

I do not know of others - I would be deeply interested in knowing several facets of your life in an indexed manner that only a website can provide. Once the initial design and features are in place on the website- it actually is fairly simple and straightforward to maintain and update!
I remember the link I gave on day 290 to my unpaid website was having a glitch in it - the missing m for com.

http://www.angelfire.com/ab/abhayasharma

I must warn the visitors that all links may not be working as I havetaken up this angelfire site after nearly more than a year only after great struggle with the fate of my paid site abhayasharma.net.

With my regards to Jaya ji and love to Abhishek and Aishwarya I wish you a great day ahead with your schedules in Kanya Kumari.

Abhaya Sharma, India February 13 2009, 08:31 AM IST

Edited on Febraury 13 2009 7:08 PM IST

Translation into Indian Languages!!

2009-02-12T18:31:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,
Namaskaram,
I am convinced of the fact that one photo speaks a thousand words. These pics shall definitely attract few of us to be driven to Kanyakumari. Your discussions and observations on windmills, your commitment to help the country in time of needs, and support to spread education to the needy and deserving, all these point to a great philanthropic side of Amitabh Bachchan that few would have known before. One can contribute to development by setting such good examples as you described in this and previous post. And the first and the last pictures were really awesome!
Have great time and also possible support to get your extreme willingness to help take forward this country that most know as India, some call Bharat and a few others like to refer to as Hindustan. I do not mind your hiring translators to provide your posts in several Indian languages. If it could help India unite I would definitely not mind such a step. Once again I take objection that it is not the right step. Though I must instantly add that this is your blog I actually can not have or rather should not expect you to listen and give a thought to such thinking!
India is a diverse country large number of its people speak too many different languages and if you appease one group you might displease the other and if you decide to translate in all the 15 national language it is going to be an ominous task and may even lose credibilty. I may be wrong on this but I seriously oppose the formula to have multiple language system.

This does not necessarily mean that I do not respect the other languages. However, when some Hindi newspaper read and commented completely wrongly of your story about 5 dollar meals - one can only expect that too many translations in too many languages could result in more confusion and could lead to unwanted discussions. Some of it could leave you in an inability to know what was conveyed in the translations. I understand that you are quite good at number of Indian languages but definitely not all the 15.

Just think over it before going too far on such thoughts. Maybe people in Russia, France and now even quite a sizable fraction of people in Germany might also wish that they are provided the translations in those languages as well. If there is an end to all this language barrier I feel English adequately handles your blog perfectly. I would not even put pressure on you to adopt Hindi though that is one language that Dr. Bachchan did want to promote for this country and the one that you have amply promoted the world over through your movies. I sometimes look at my old Hindi comments on your blog and find them converted to something worse than Greek and Latin. Still you decide if it is wise to adopt to additional languages and lose some authenticity.

I am sad that I have been little rude in my today's post, I should not have been. I again repeat that my head only follows my heart - and my heart goes for Hindi alone if you need to provide translations in other languages! Presently there are billions of people who understand Hindi in the world by courtesy of Hindi Cinema. I am not a statistician but I can confirm the fact that those who use internet - the medium of this blog - they naturally understand English very well, if you really intend to propagate the base of your readers on the net - you or anyone else need not look beyond English - the most prolific International language in the world! If it has cut and put kind of made up controversies those who are trained in English do know and are able to handle such issues.

I would probably be getting a -2 for these comments in the light of 2 for the best comments and 3.2 for my ordinary comments. The rating system is acceptable to me with all its flaws, I have nothing to fear of how others rate my posts, no two man are supposed to agree on every aspect of the views on a subject!

I think I have been too longish yet I also wish to submit atleast one stanza of Dr. Bachchan's Madhushala in Hindi - I am really sorry for my dear friends in Reeham, Rose and several others who do love English interpretations even if it may not be exactly similar to what the poet would have said! There lies a chance of being erroneous in any translation effort, how can I be an exception!!

ध्यान मान का, अपमानों का छोड़ दिया जब पी हाला,
गौरव भूला, आया कर में जब से मिट्टी का प्याला,
साकी की अंदाज़ भरी झिड़की में क्या अपमान धरा,
दुनिया भर की ठोकर खाकर पाई मैंने मधुशाला।।७२।

I would now take a leave as it is getting quite late in the night and I am feeling little sleepy as well!
With Love and regards as usual
Abhaya Sharma, India February 12/13 2009 2:46 AM IST

In response to Amitabh Bachchan - Day 293

2009-02-11T10:35:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,
Sadar Charan Sparsh,
I am indeed moved by your thoughts about Dr. Bachchan, the senior most to assume the name Bachchan, it is a different matter that the name Bachchan became official with you entering school as Amitabh Bachchan, how blissful to initiate a new surname! No, I do not envy you I admire the fact that you were born as a son of the great poet Dr. Harivanshrai Bachchan, I am half his son, no not the step son, the real half-son! I rate and treat you as my brother even if you do not accept this philosophy of my assumption or presumption, I do not stand to be a loser, it is me who likes to treat you as my elder brother irrespective of your assertiveness about it! I live to be known as your younger brother in my heart and my mind! I bet you or anyone else can not denude me of the fact that I hold you in such high esteem! In fact it should be a matter of your greatness that I am willing to confront the whole world to deny me this right (you included! smiling!). come on brother, don't say you don't like an additional younger brother to Bunty! I know you are nodding in affirmative, thanks for anyone way you feel about this issue!

छोटे-से जीवन में कितना प्यार करुँ, पी लूँ हाला,
आने के ही साथ जगत में कहलाया 'जानेवाला',
स्वागत के ही साथ विदा की होती देखी तैयारी,
बंद लगी होने खुलते ही मेरी जीवन-मधुशाला।।६६।

In this short and finite life, how much can I love, how much can I drink (love agian!), the moment I arrived in this world I was declared to be departing one day, With welcome I also noticed the farewell being annointed as if the tavern on the way (the life!) was about to close the moment it opened!

Dr. Bachchan tells us that this life is destructible a non-infinite process, someone who comes or takes a birth has to go, has to die one day, why not live it fully well, with every moment enjoyed as if the last drops of wine, parallel found in our existence which anyway is to become extinct one day!

I love the couplet as it is so very close to life, so very true to its meaning, who knows how long one has to live! why not love as we live rather than confound ourselves with grudges and shortcomings! Thank you Dr. Bachchan, if brother finds you in his thoughts so do I, atleast in this respect I am equal to him, I am equal to him in being born as one among the mankind, I am also equal to him that one day I too shall pass away from this world like him. Only difference between an Abhaya and Amitabh is that the latter is known to the world and the former tries to know the world!

We are all sailing in the same boat we have the same fate as far as life and death are concerned, neither you bought anything nor would be able to take away anything from this world when the final moments arrive, so very true for me and for every living soul on this earth! Why to consider ourselves inferior for the fact that we live different lives and enjoy different level of success during our life times!
Brother, excuse me for my words if they are not true or not likely to be true, kahan raja bhoj (You - the Amitabh Bachchan of this world) kahan gangu teli ( the ordinary Abhaya Sharma). Today I would have given myself a rating of 3.5 though like many others the rating of comments really disheartens me, more for the fact that I am yet to find a less than 3.2 rating for me, that is not possible, main kabhi kabhi to bahut hi bakwas likhata hoon, especially when I take the onus of trying to improve others - Kabir sahab ka ek doha yaad aa rahah hai -

Bura jo dekhan main chala
bura na miliya koi
jo dil khoja aapana
mujh se bura na koi

I think if I write beyond this I will lose marks must call it quits for the day!
Yours as ever
The younger brother
Abhaya Sharma, India February 11 2009 11:47 PM IST

1-2-3-4 of first T20 game in Sri Lanka!

2009-02-10T09:46:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,

Sadar Pranam,

Yes, I did note the commendable changes on the blog to my surprise quite early in the day around 3,30 PM or so. I have had the patience to read your beautiful thoughts about these developments and your praise for LBC and the young talent that is on display in abundance in the industry. Before I start my story of the one off T20 game with Srilanka, I must congratulate you among other Indians on our champion statsu in this latest and most entertaining format of the game. My story follows!

I was locked in my office as the watchman did not realise that I was still in my office at 6.50 that he had put the lock, worst, I was not knowing the secuirty extension, moreover he had locked his cabin which is quite far and a shout would have not reached him in any case. To my surprise, I was not alone there was this one colleague who was closing his room on first floor. I was quite relived, he did some trick and the door with its lock in palce could open. I was eahger to get home for the first ever T20 game to be played in Srilanka.
1 team alone could have won the game

2 brothers were in the middle

3 wickets were remaining and

4 more balls were yet to be bowled

And India won the game from the cluthches of an almost sure defeat! Pathan brothers did their best to make every Indian smile at their cricketing abilities. My heart goes out with Irfan pathan though most likely the elder brother Yususf might just walk off with the man of the match. ( I was right in my judgement!).

T20 is the format India does so well, I fail to understand why don't they play more of that format of cricket at International level (IPL is not counted under T20I)! Wake up India!

If India made a mistake by not playing Praveen Kumar, Srilanka would definitely ask why Jayasuriya did not get to bowl his fourth over!

All is well that ends well, Dhoni despite his earlier mistake of resting Praveen and Pragyan in the final one dayer had erred again in choosing Ishant/Khan over Kumar (inexplicable!). It si OK, Dhoni might just say does it really matter as long as we are winning! It does! I am sorry if I am arrogant to the most successful captain that India has produced!

Abhaya Sharma, India February 10 2009 11:02 PM IST

In conversation with Amitabh Bachchan - Day 288

2009-02-06T09:48:00.000-08:00

Dearest Brother,

lemme touch your hands! and be happy for a while!

The ecuador boys story brought tears to my eyes I don’t know why, I will never know why at all! How am I connected to this, there were some very pleasant description of the food joint and a lot of other stuff, but boys behaviour caught my attention, was it because it was at the end of all the stories or was it that we become human sometimes and human sufferings anywhere in the world to anyone on earth are so similar, so very sentimental that tears actually can not be controlled! OMG, am I sounding a little too much concerned for the boy who loved his mother so much!! am I really suffering as he suffers, if it is true I am proud to be a human being! Maybe tears flow to my eyes for I never could do anything for my mother! She left us a few months before I got my first and present job in 1981.

Earlier in the day, I had typed some sentiments from my afro-american author friend Gisele Barbosa, I was so happy for her, basically to put across her feelings for you and birthday wishes for Abhishek. I such short a para she had ogled too much of affection and love that I felt ashamed of not been able to convey with mu long sequences of write ups that could roughly be called posts!

Life is too short, we must all try to enjoy it as much as possible and leave rest of it on the manufacturer upstairs - whatever form whatever shape in whatever dwellings he resides, I know one thing for certain, that he cares, that he looks upon us with love and affection especially when we are in sad and distressful condition, when we find the goings are really tough, yet he does not complain why we did not seek his help when we were having nice times or enjoying our times. He is so kind and so very fond of his own creations - if for a moment we could believe ourselves to be his creations!

Brother, my complain about missing Abhishek picture has not been answered, I saw that few others wanted the picture of the birthday boy! It is all right if he does not like to be photographed around and be displayed, there is nothing wrong with that! Amrit has developed this kind of feeling - he does not allow me to take too many of his pics, maybe he feels that I am unnecessarily intruding into his life - a ten year old not letting me take photographs is strange. I for instance have hardly any photographs of my childhood, not because it was expensive but more because that it was not so common to be photographed those days! It is OK, I now do not wish to force myself upon him!

Today we were also a part of ring ceremony me and Amrit at Borivali where his maternal cousin sisters engagement or rather pre-engagement ceremony took place. I had charged the batteries specifically for the occasion, had also deleted the pics and videos from Delhi to have ample space but then the camera was left at Malad at his another aunts house. Sometimes few things do not remain in our control. Let it be so, there must be some good thing about that! So I do not really repeat my request or force you to post some of AB Jrs. birthday pics. It is all right!

I shall soon submit another post after I pick up some couplet from madhushala for interpretation to my non-Hindi friends on the blog - Reeham, Rasha and Rose in particular and Rochelle if she likes too! and all those who do not pick Hindi as much as we north Indians could! That would be after a while!

See you shortly!
With infinite love affection and emotions!
Abhaya Sharma, India, February 6 2009 11:17 PM IST

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उस प्याले से प्यार मुझे जो दूर हथेली से प्याला,

उस हाला से चाव मुझे जो दूर अधर से है हाला,

प्यार नहीं पा जाने में है, पाने के अरमानों में!

पा जाता तब, हाय, न इतनी प्यारी लगती मधुशाला।।९९।

I think this one is extremely important concept - the poet says he loves that cup of wine which his hands can not reach, he likes that wine the msost which is far away from his lips. He further adds the love is not in finding what one wants in life, it is hidden in the thought to have an ambition in the first place. If he had found the tavern on the way easilt probably it would not have remained as attractive as it does otherwise.

In essence Dr. Bachchan wants to convey home the point that we love things which we do not possess once we posses the charm and attachment vanishes- the fun is in the unexpected rather than the what is materialistic achievement.

Shall join you tomorrow, it does appear that I am learning to be shorter whether it is also sweet I can not judge, it is for others to tell. Originally I am one person who likes the detailed set up! It is OK, I have to be aware of the value of the time of others, what if I have plenty to spare - I can not assume that others including you as well would have enough to spare for vague and disconcerted thoughts!

Abhaya Sharma, India February 6 2009 11:15 PM IST

Congratulations MSD and Team India!

2009-02-05T09:57:00.001-08:00

Respected Brother,

Sadar Charan Sparsh,

Let me use this wonderful platform to send my congratulatory note to the Indian Cricket team. I think they are playing some wonderful cricket out there in the middle. My heartiest congratulations alos go to Hesh-Sania duo and Yuki for their commendable wins in Aus open. Here goes my praise for the team India -

Congratulations MSD and Team India!

It would be unfair if I do not express my joy right away with team India registering yet another convincing win over Sri Lanka। To make India lead 4-0 in the series is a great feeling. I must not mince any words in telling the Indian capatain and team India that they are doing wonderfully well. Keep it up, keep the tricolor flying high at its best.

The early departure of the centurion Virender Sehwag for a mere 5 and a similar fate for the other centurion down the line a 5 for Yuvraj Singh could not deny India a mammoth total। Through Gautam Gambhir (150) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (94) India saw to it that Sri Lanka would not have it easy to win a game even if it was inconsequential to the outcome of the rubber which had already been sealed in favour of India with a 3-0 lead on February 3. Today’s win proves a ppoint or two in favour of the present Indian team and more importantly in favour of MS Dhoni. He did listen to my words or so it seems, he was far more wise than me in making about only two changes by resting the sachin and Zaheer.

It indeed is a matter of great pleasure to me and I am sure lot of other Indians who love the game of cricket that finally India is playing to its true potential। Now we can not settle for anything less than a clean sweep and we keenly look forward to a fifth and final victory in this 5 game ODI series. No, I am not for records and rankings, I want it for lifting the spirits of this huge country which has been so passionate with its cricket and cricketers. Yet Dhoni did not let Sehwag bowl his quota of 10 overs (smiling as well as joking!).

It was a highly commendable performance by the leader and the led alike। Gautam has shown once again that he loves to open the batting in any and every format of the game. Mahendra SinghDhoni really deserves to be the number 1 batsman in ODIs has been proved as well! Sehwag is a clever bowler has become clearly evident. Cricket is a team game is also amply visible. CONGRATULATIONS TO DHONI AND ALL HIS CRONIES!

May I now expect that Balaji and Jadeja too get their share of glory by being made part of the playing eleven in the last and final game of this wonderful ODI series। I would not mind if Sehwag is rested (smiling again!). Let us look at the options for this to be made possible –

Sehwag, Gambhir, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Raina, Rohit, Jadeja, Irfan, Kumar, Ojha and Balaji.

Let us hope we get to see this as the final eleven that dons Indian colors in the last venture and that India still picks yet another victory to make a clean sweep of the Sri Lankans।

More later
Abhaya Sharma, India, February 5 2009, 11:12 PM IST

Abhishek - Best Wishes

2009-02-04T22:50:00.000-08:00

Dearest Abhishek
Sweet rememberance,

At the outset let me first wish you on an individual level - A very happy and prosperous birthday to you - the young one of Bachchans!

I did write a poem to mark your brthday that was in Hindi and I do not really know f you got to read it in the first place #170 on this days blog. Actually I had compiled it yesterday and is also available on previous days entries as well.

Now, I wish to tell you something very important, something significant and something that is going to please you too! That I consider your father Amitabh Bachchan as an elder brother - is tarah rishtey mei to ham tumhare chacha huye ! But when I cnsider my nephews and nieces quite some of whom fall in your age group - I have no hesitation to relate to you in the same way as I relate to them - a friend!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRIEND, MAY SUN ALWAYS SHINE THE BRIGHTEST ON YOU, MAY THE SKIES ALWAYS BE KIND TO YOU AND SUCCESS ALWAYS TAKE PRIDE IN YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY TODAY AND ALWAYS.

Sometime back I had promised myself to be little short on my avtars on the blog so as I do not end up wasting away too much of the precious time of respected brother and also the extended family. Yet the story would be incomplete if I do not tell you in which movies I found you outstanding. Let me warn you that I have not seen all your movies yet to begin with let me inform how Amrit used to refer you when he was probably less than two - you were Tera Jadu to him. Those were the days when the ads of tera Jadu chal gaya were aired on TV. As an addendum let me also inform you and brother that he had a great liking for KBC and he would refer brother as itabh chamman, I don’t know how the words get mixed up for a 2 year old. Let me extend birthday wishes on his and Savita’s behalf too. He is now 10 plus but tells people that he is 11. Every child wants to be thought of and treated bigger than his actual age!

Let us have a look back on some of your films that I have seen. You were outstanding in - Bunty aur Babli, Dhoom (Excellent), Dus, Om Jai Jagdish, Sarkar (Very Good), Dhoom 2, Guru, Refugee (Good). I have not seen many of your films and therefore not in a position to comment on them. I did want to see Sarkar Raj, Drona and KANK but did not find an opportunity. In a nutshell you have to really establish yourself and the expectations from you are very high - you being the son of that legendary figure whom we all know as Amitabh Bachchan. People should not make comparisons between you and your father but I must warn you that you definitely will have to face such comparison belonging to that illustrious family - Jaya Bhaduri was the next best actress after Meena Kumari that she had to curtail her career in the wake of family responsibilty, not you alone - your gain of motherly care was our loss of Jaya the actress, it is all right, I now feel that it was a good decision though I had earlier been acerbic on this count! It is OK, one need not be rigid in life but discipline and dedication are two important ingredients of success- try pracice both in good abundance - you can always look up to your illustrious father and grandfather to gauge their value!

Have a gala time in New York and give my regards to Aishwarya, may Pink Panther 2 does as well as the first. Good luck for Delhi-6. When do two of you give us the good news!!

Abhaya Shama, India, February 5 2009, 12:09 Hrs IST( Are you already born on time scale, joking!)

चाँद के पार ... अभिषेक का जन्म दिन

2009-02-04T10:35:00.000-08:00

चांद के पार ...

चलो कहीं हम मिलकर देखे
वो ख्बाब अधूरे आधे से
आज उन्हें फिर पूरा करके
हम जीवन में अमृत भर लें
कहीं किसी की भूख मिटा दें
तन पर कुछ कपडा पहना दें
बेघर को घरबार दिला दें
चमक जगा दें चेहरे पे
किसी जगह हम ऎसी पहुंचें
हो जहां सजे सपने अपने
अपने ही दिल से ये पूछ लें
क्या बन सकते इंसान नये
इस धरती के सुख की खातिर
चलो चांद के पार चलें ...

अभय शर्मा, भारत, 4 फरवरी 2009 11.13 रात्रि प्रहर

Come lets us walk together
In search of unmet dreams
In quest to make them true
To fill life with new brew

To quench the hunger of few
Let clothes be on them too
For homeless a home too new
So smile on face could grew

Come reach that some such place
Where dreams can find some trace
And query this to our brain
If we can be human again !

For the pride of earth alone
Let’s cross over to moon …

Abhaya Sharma, India February 4 2009

and something for अभिषेक

सिने जगत में पिता तुम्हारे
और पितामह कवियों में
जितना भी सम्मान पा गए
मिले तुम्हे भी सदियों से

अमिताभ-पुत्र हरिवंश-पौत्र
अभिषेक सुनो क्या अभय कहे
मानवता के पथ पर बढ़कर
जग में नाम कमाओ तुम

सदा तुम्हारी साख रहे
भगिनी श्वेता का स्नेह मिले
सदा सुखी हो जीवन में

एश्वर्या से वह प्रेम मिले

धन्य जया जिन जन्म दिया

अमृत का प्याला जग समझे
आज तुम्हारे जन्म-दिवस पर
आओं मिल जुल आनंद करें

अभय शर्मा, भारत, ५ फरवरी २००९
अभिषेक बच्चन के जन्मदिन के अवसर पर

The way your father in the Cine world

and grandfather in the realms of poetry

may you also be rewarded with repsect

for ages to come and in many more ways

Son of Amitabh and grandson of Harivansh

listen what thsi Abhay has to say

tread along the path of humanity

and earn a lot of fame and name

I wish you are loved for endless times

and sister Shweta loves you always

You always get to enjoy the life

Aishwarya's endless love be on your way

Jaya who gave you birth is a blessed mother

Goblet of nectar - The world considers

On your birthday today

let us all enjoy and let us all play!

Abhaya Sharma, translation February 10 2009.

India is not fair to its sportsperson!

2009-02-03T09:56:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,
Warm regards, ( It makes some difference!)

I hope you are able to chalk out your planned trip as per the schedule. Today I write on cricket after a long gap. I don’t think I wrote any article after the IPL. Now the context is today’s game and I also use this opportunity to voice my concern of our apathy to our sportsperson ! Do read if you get time! I can ot be shorter in the length of my aricles - that is really my curse!

India is not fair to its sportsperson!

I say this when we Indians are doing so good in the sports arena in recent times yet there are dark sides in our standing as a country and the kind of treatment that is meted out to a few of them! Who actually desrve a better deal than what they usually get!

Today India convincingly won the third game against the out of colours Sri Lanka yet I felt that the man of the match award could have only one contender and he was denied it! God only can tell what more Sehwag should have done to be awarded the man of the match in todays game.

His 116 were no way inferior to Yuvraj Singh except that he allowed the Yuvraj more strike as he was in good nick and striking. I feel Sehwag deserved to be allowed his complete quota of 10 overs for his brilliant bowling efforts when the batting powerplay that Srilanka opted made Dhoni use his frontline bowler for longer duration than he would have loved. Had he (Sehwag) not bowled as well as he actually did things could have gone awry for team India.

The soft dismissal of Kandambi, the catch of Jayawardene and his seven over spell all indicated that the MOM award should have been his. It is OK Sehwag, life is much less cruel on you than it was in very recent past when Mr Vengsarkar who was in the commentary box had not included you in the list of 30 players for the Australian tour, had it not been for Imran Khan and Ian Chapell and yours truly who had cried foul on such empathy for a player who had a triple Hundred against his name.

Take it from me that one glitch of Dhoni in this ongoing series has been ignoring Sehwag’s true bowling potentials. For example, in the last game he had thought it better to use Pathan ahead of him, yet today he probably knew it too well if one man who could provide the break it was Sehwag. So when Srilankans were almost in the hunt he realized only Viru’s success could apply breaks, and he handed the ball to him after the first over of Ojha. Ojha on conceding 10 runs to Kandambi in one over could have brought his spirits further down but the support of a tight line from the other end in form of Sehwag not only helped him strengthen his spirits it bolstered his confidence. Especially the soft dismissal of the in form batsman made the life simpler for the young spinner from Orissa. Ojha was a different man.

If anyone conducts a survey of cricket loving persons and question them as to who should have been given the man of the match at Premdasa today – I am sure 9 out of 10 would have voted in favour of Sehwag!

Yet Sehwags are left out from 30 and if I can understand the gameplan of Mahendra Singh Dhoni probably Viru would definitely be one of the man who would be rested in the forthcoming non-significant games. Let him have the courage of resting Viru and Yuvraj in the same game! I dare he would not have the courage.

If some changes are to be made in the side to include and induct fresh players from the benches it must be at the cost of non-performing ones. When I say this I include my favourite Suresh Raina and world and India’s favourite Sachin Tendulkar and maybe even Gautam Gambhir from the batting line up and Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma from bowling ranks. Thus making room for even Ravindra Jadeja and Balaji to get a game as well!

I doubt if our most fortunate captain would be listening to this piece of information. Yet I announce my playing eleven for the next game of the series as – Sehwag, Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Prgyan Ojha and Laxmipati Balaji. I understand that Sachin has been our mainstay for nearly last 20 years but does it mean that we should not rest him to give chance to our younger brigade. Non-performance should be the only criteria to rest a player when there is so much of talent knocking on the doors of Indian cricket.

To make a more complete analysis of Indian government’s failure in providing recognition to the performances of the heroes of Beijing Olympics – it pains me to understand the logic of honoring Harbhajan with a Padma Shri ahead of Sushil Kumar, Vijendra Kumar or even a Saina Nehwal – that she is in top 10 of the world ranking in her game is no mean achievement!

Is there any fun in telling all this to our Babudom who decide the awardees. Maybe Harbhajan does have great regard for the martyrs of India and joined Sachin in their honor but can that act wipe off the facts that he was involved in the Shree-slapping incidence and hurling abusive remarks on Andrew Symonds – Is he really the kind of role model for promotion of our sports. I beg to differ – even Yuvraj Singh for his six sixes in the T20 championship would have been more deserving than the Sardar. (Mind you I love the word Sardar as it is associated with Bhagat Singh and Nirmaljit Singh Shekhon!)

I conclude my comments with the hope that not only MSD pays heed to my words but also the Government and selectors do not continue to discourage and embarrass true sportsman that India produces otherwise we Indians would be worthy of being only slumdog millionaires in our approach to sports. It is not out of patriotic feeling that I write all this it is more for the argument that I can not tolerate injustice – not only to Sehwags and Nehwals but several others. Wake up India!

And yes, I did not like India calling off the Pakistan tour in the context of terrorist attacks. India and Pakistan have earlier played on neutral venues and efforts should have been made to convince PCB with such proposals instead of slapping a ban. The return slap by them in banning their players from participation in IPL would definitely take away some of the colors of the premier T20 tournament. One can only hope that the subcontinent learns the importance of the sport of cricket in improving the relations between the two rival countries.

Abhaya Sharma, India February 3 2009, 22:56 Hrs. IST

Dilip Kumar - the great man of Hindi Cinema

2009-02-02T23:09:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,

Sadar Pranam,

I realised I had missed reading lots of your post as I was away in Gaziabad. That I had missed one of the most prominent one on Dilip saab is my fault. I was a bit busy managing to uplad the pics and videos from the marriage I attended.

That you indeed are a human being and like we adore you today you too had an idol to fall upon. How the cycle of time takes its own path, how very natural was your description of the life of Dilip saab and your own admiration of one of the best - yes one of the trio that we know Dilip saab was the central part of - the trio that defined the early history of Hindi Cinema in most majestic manner - the trio of Raj Kapoor, Dilip Saab and Dev saab. True one can not forget their contribution to world of Hindi Cinema. What if Ganaga Jamuna did not get an award for Dilip saab it was as great a performance as one you proffered in Deewar. That you were not given the best actor that year could itself be seen as a repeat of history of what Dilip saab had to go through after most unique performance in Ganga Jamuna. It is Ok, awards are not always the end of the road and sometimes I beleive that the awards unnecessarily prejudice our minds to a particular movie. Slumdog Millionaire is one stark example in modern or rather current times.

I would not have known that during Hope 86 that even if I could not meet you tyhe otherday I had met the thespian of Hindi Cinema after I had jumped into the brabourne stadium. That I requested Dilip saab if I could meet Amitabh Bachchan he had assured me - yes, why not go and meet him. Only the police bandobast thwarted all my hopes. No regrets - the bigger regret was the disappaearance of Smita Patil that night as I had later learned during the following day! Smita Patil was as great an actor as Meena Kumari ji! Some day shall recollect and do some justice to the two most talented actresses of Hindi Cinema in Meena Kumari and Smita Patil.

Coming back to Dilip saab, I think when I was quite youmg must be around four or five years of age and staying at Bijnor my birthplace, I remember the covered box cycle rickshaws used to be used for advertising of the new movies in town - I distinctly remember that Ram aur Shyam, Aadmi and also probably Gopi and Leader were some of the movies that I remember were made during those times. If I have to pick some five great movies of Dilip saab - I would choose Shakti, Raam aur Shyam, Ganga Jamuna, Mughale Azam and Naya Daur. Some other great movies would necessarily include Madhumati, Udankhatola, Kohinoor, Leader, Vidhata, Mashal and Dastaan. These are the movies that I loved I might g\have missed soe great ones from the list, I may be excused on that! akhir 50 ka to man bhi hone jaa raha hoon- thoda bahut bhulane ki bimaari mujhe ho hi rahi hai aaj kal. I particularly like the song mujhe duniya walon sharabi na samajho I was not aware of its meaning at tha point of time as a young boy when I used to this song. Then there was ai mere dil kahin aur chal or o door ke musafir hamko bhi saath lele re, ham rah gaye akele and the ever green madhuban mein radhika naachi re and Ramchandra kah gaye siya se aisa kaliyug ayega and the immortal chhodo kal ki baatein kal ki baat puraani naye daur mein likhenge milkar nai kahani hum hindustani. Here again I may not have been able to recapitulate the most or best of all te songs that his movies offered to the world of great Hindi film songs. There are far too many of them to be able to recollect all of them in a single stroke in one frame of mind.

I would put Dilip saab in the category of to five great actors that India produced - to name them should be enough sequence and order would mean injustice to each of them - Raj Kapoor, Devanand, Dilip Kumar, Guru Dutt and Amitabh Bachchan. I do not even know if these actors appeared in the same order that I have put them but probably it was on the back of my mind. It does not in any way belittles the contribution of several other great actors that Hindi cinema has produced who all held their forts in their prime times. Long live the Hindi Cinema long live the talent that it porduced.

I would now take leave of you. I have a feeling that you would probably not get back to this particular day’s blog so you would never get to read it. I would make it available on my blogspot for sake of its significance - that it has been written after a great post on Dilip saab by you!

Abhaya Sharma, India February 3 2009 12:37 Hours

Madhushala -94

2009-02-02T09:58:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,

Sadar Charan Sparsh,
I agree with what you had to say of the weather in London, I had twice had opportunity to be with my younger sister that she could not get to her hospital with so much of snow around, I did myself had a glance of original snowafall on her webcam. I just forgot to tell you of those pictures you had sent earlier, I thought they were from Davos. It is OK, we experience the same things despite the fact that we were in two far too distant cities of London and Mumbai.

Today I present one of the first couplets for my interpretation- Tjhis is a saved work and aslo a bit of editing has also taken place yet I do not mind such concerted editing when a work is being transfered from paper to the memory of the computer!

I should not hold and get into a long foreword. I must say that I did like your - मेरी यादों के बाबूजी That was quite anice peice of writing in Hindi. I also loved to read the few more couplets that were added at the golden jubille of madhushala in 1985. Ok, I appear to be dragging too much of the target - here comes the first transcription

श्री गणेशाय नमः

हाथों में आने-आने में,
हाय, फिसल जाता प्याला,अधरों पर आने-आने में
हाय, ढुलक जाती हाला,
दुनियावालो, आकर मेरी
किस्मत की ख़ूबी देखो,
रह-रह जाती है बस मुझको
मिलते-मिलते मधुशाला।।94।।

Tis just about to be grasped yet
Slips away this cup from hands
Tis wine just about to be clasped by lips
yet Rolls away too far away!

Oh my friends come have a look
What fate has scrabbled on my book!
Tis too close and yet too far away
Ever disappearing that tavern on the way!

This friends was a sort of not so literal yet somewhat lyrical transcription of how this particular verse could be anglicized for rest of the world. Its interpretation may or may not be too close to what I have paraphrased above. Time and again I remind myself of the great inadequacy that persists in a translational effort. What follows now is my understanding of the original verses. Frankly speaking this computerized version is already showing some signs away from the one scribbled on the pad with pen! I do not desist away from such a path as long as I do not complicate the issues and make a mess of the work. The basic idea what Dr. Bachchan probably would have conceived in his mind is discussed here.

There are situations in life that reflect incompleteness and unexpectedness of an event – as if the cup slips away before eager hands could get hold of it! Or rather tumbling of the wine even before it could just embrace our lips!
The poet then insists in spite of these fallacies and failures he invites his friends to have a close look at this desperate beauty of his deserving/ or undeserving fate. That he has missed a very near chance to have glance of the tavern on the way!

This again friends is more or less physical meaning what Dr. Bachchan has referred in these lines though he might actually be trying to philosophize the element of uncertainty and the unexpected from our perceived and preferred path and to be prepared for such eventualities. That many a times we are so very near to our target yet we miss it by a whisker, that we are so close on the verge of success yet somehow it deceives us in the most unexpected manner.

The Poet, I mean, I should say Dr. Bachchan is probably addressing the rest of us the populace on this earth to believe that his own story of dwindling fortunes and discomforting events could not be different for us human beings in any way. His near misses on finding his chosen path (Tavern) and to succed on it is like a mirage too near yet too far away!

Post Script:
With this first interpretation of the thoughts of Dr. Bachchan in Madhushala - though actually the 94th verse of the poets poem I begin this journey to communicate with the rest of you. I wanted to take up something that I had not read in the train and I must add here that following sequence may never be important to me and you may find that before I complete all the verses I might have revisited a couple of them many times over! This particular couplet reminds us of uncertainty that we all must really respect.

I would also wish to make a point to the poet to forgive me if I ever fail and at times completely misunderstood his work or words and interpret them in not only a different manner but also in content and context. The beauty of a poetic work lies in its manifold manifestations and also strongly depends on the mood and mind of its reader at that particular point of time. The message could be seen and read differently as if there are not one or two but several messages hidden within. The same poetic work can have different meanings, be understood in different manners and different individuals could derive different messages at different times. I use this philosophy to defend my incapacity to treat the works of Dr. Bachchan as exactly as science would have loved it to be!

Hopefully, I am able to provide enough of such couplets that could prove the Madhushala to be only as the tavern on the way! Here Madhushala symbolizes with uncertainty in life!

Navya and Agastya

2009-01-27T19:12:00.000-08:00

Most Respected Brother!

Heartiest Greetings

How very nice of you! you have indeed compiled the most wonderful post of all times! This one is indeed a splendid outing you have had with us through this blog!

To have communicated so beautifully what it takes some ages for most of us to accept of the reality that is GenNext, they seem to be so well equipped, so extremely focussed, ever eager to explain away what they seem to know. It is not the times that children get awe-struck by our acts and achievements it is the other way round. I am totally convinced with every word that you used to describe the two wonderful kids in your family that they are grand, no doubt, they are children, yet they are unbelievable is one thing that does not really comes as a surprise.

Coming back to kids, the kind of training and teachings and the rich environment that their schools and parents provide to make them reach or eact the way they do is to be seen to be believed. Amrit has been an educator to us on many counts. I especially remember some few years back when we were to have our first mobile - aap le to lo use karna mai sikha doonga! His drawing skills his scores in exams without much reading time all suggest that he and some of these kids belong to a different world, a world that we find diffcicult to comprehend and understand! My love to both of them, I am proud that they could cast an impression on the mind of one man who had always been making great impressions on the mind of others.

I can only say that every one of these days your posts are turning out to be one better than the previous. That you are speaking your heart is not a matter to be doubted what one doubts is the store of energy that you generate at this ripe age of 66. A good lesson for people like me who are yet to touch the 50 mark ( i am still some months away from that!). It generates into us a feeling if Mr. Bachchan can do it so very fondly to keep learning from every phase of his life what stops us at not giving it a try.

Today, I really do not find words that can explicitly put across my feelings about today’s post. How very natural, how extremely poised and composed with every minute detail to its readers that one gets the feeling as if we are having a one to one conversation with the man we all know as Amitabh Bachchan. I remeber in the three phase monologue interview that I conducted with you on your behalf some three years back - I had offered a feeling for you - I speak very little! Oh brother but when you do finally speak out, you speak from your heart.

Those who do not read this blog would miss this very important side of your personality. For once, just for once I start to get a feeling that probably you would end up scoring above Dr. Bachchan and displace him from the top Bachchan on my mind. I would not mind accepting the truth that indeed there are some very good signs that you would make a big writer and achieve new dimensions in not too distant a future! If one has to really enjoy this kind of reading one has to do it on a daily basis. The context and contents are so nicely mixed that the greatest fun would be to read them at the first instance of the availability of these posts. Wonderful job!

As I mnetioned in the last post I leave today for Delhi to attend dear Sonal’s marriage. A marriage in India is one of the great events in one’s life that it is considered a new chapter in one’s life is close to reality. I take this opportunity to wish her very good times ahead as she ties the knots on january 31.

My love to Navya-Agastya and regards to their proud parents and may I also add grand-parents!

Abhaya Sharma, India January 28 2009 08:20 Hrs IST

PS I know I do not really love editing my posts but today I did, if some of the flow is lost or the thoughts not in proper place it has to be attributed to this business of editing the post! 9 out of 10 times I do not edit as I feel it definitely disturbs the original and sometimes I feel that thoughts do get scrambled as a result of editing! Please try to make sense if such a thing has happened during this post. have a great time with the grand educators!

In conversation with Bachchan - Day 277

2009-01-26T19:08:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,

Sadar Pranaam,
Good to hear or rather read a post by none other than Amitabh Bachchan - the man of many moods several versatilities and above all too generous to be with us that he calls extended family. Good brother, very good of you to be available to all of us. How can I or anyone else on this blog ever repay the great presence of the most iconic face in the country on this important mission of your life. That you have stories to tell, that you share your experiences, discuss your travels, speak out your mind, share pictures from your daily life also try and put up news cuttings that you feel are important to you and sometimes even to India as a country. These episodes make much more of our day and a snese of belonging with the very best in India- the only one of its kind - the legendary Amitabh Bachchan. Am I sounding a litlle sycophantic - so be it, I do not mind praising one man who truly and richly deserves what we write here.

Coming back to business as usual we must promote India for ourselves and it was in that aspect that I had discussed Port Blair of Andaman and Nicobar to Narayan on this blog. Actually, my love for the beautiful islands has more to do with the transition in me from a kid boy to growing into someone little more resposnsible. It was there that I grew up to be of help to the family in daily chores fo the family. I distinctly remember how I had to go from Junglee Ghat to Aberdeen Bazaar to do some weekly purchases. How on some days it used to get dark and I used to resort to the reciting of Hanuman Chalisa, sometimes in my mind and sometimes aloud to feel as if Hanuman ji was with me walking just behind me to knock down any evil spirit if it did cross my path. That put explicitly is nothing but faith. The faith in some powers that are there to support and protect us. Should I tell you how I would have felt when you sung the first song for Mr. Natwarlal, let us share it. I thought you were as much like me as I moved on those empty roads in Port Blair and that equated me with you in some stronger bondings that were already in place after Anand and Namakharaam. To be nostalgic about the past is good in itself to the extent that it gives us the courage to remember how difficult times were overcome, how difficult times can be overcome today as well as tomorrow, that there were always some days that brought us joy and others that did put us into some sort of test of our existence. That life is one big cycle of events which continuously keeps changing its dark and bright moments in almost every individual’s life. That to be able to enjoy the good times and forbear the tough times is the very synonymous of our existence on earth, it gives one a courage to tread the path which angels fear to tread!

Oh brother! I am sounding unduly philosophical in my approach. Let the atmosphere not be so dense and tense around our existence, we are all here with some purpose even if we do not envisage it or fail to realise it. Who could be a better example of the good and bad times than you or still better your reverend father Dr. Bachchan. I think his life was more fuller in that sense that he could so vividly put forth for others to read. Though I did find in his autobiography that the author at times did cross limit of sharing what could be shared, who am I to decide what he thought he needed to share with his readers. If nothing else you must immediately bring about little better editiion of his four volume AB maybe with forewords by you in English of explaining in essence the contents that one has to find in each volume. That you have lived some sixty years in his shadow looking forward to learn something new from his life was the greatest boon to the man we all know as the legendary star on this earth. Definitely these forewords could also have some thoughts on what ways did the poet influence you as a person, as an actor and as a human being!

I think I have put you to the sword asking of so much details, I hope you do not get angry with me for some reasons here. Though, as an individual you have the perfect right to the pangs of angst against some individuals and events as it is quite natural! Yet I feel that you are such a constructive person that if you could avoid being angry on such counts we may tend to gain much more from your life and also make ourselves a little better individuals! more useful for the society.

If you do find that I am crossing my boudaries and in anyway hampering your progress by way of writing these long and sometimes unthoughtful writeups, you should stop me from doing so!

Thinking of you and thanking you a lot
Abhaya Sharma, India January 27 2009 08:34 Hrs IST
Post Script: I never could see the live Republic Day Parade in my eight years of Delhi stay, though I was very close to being part of one as I attended a long preRD camp during my NCC days in college. It was not to be! I have no regrets for that! It is a part of life these successes and failures!

Poem - Brothers & Sisters of Slums in India

2009-01-25T07:00:00.000-08:00

हम झुग्गी में रहने वाले
हम भी आखिर इंसान है
गली का कुत्ता कहते हो
यह कैसी झूठी शान है

हम भूखे नंगे गली में रहते
तुम महलों के पलने वाले
माना तुम हो देश चलाते
हम भी यह बदन जलाते है

कैसे तुमने मान लिया सच
सह लेंगें अपमान सभी
जब जी चाहेगा कह कर तुम
कर दोगे बदनाम हमें

मेरे घर में आकर देखो
है बस्ती यह अरमानों की
यहां भी सपने देखे जाते
मिलते दिल गुल भी खिलते है

जिसे अंधेरा समझ रहे हो
वह प्रकाश उजियाला है
जिसे पूजते है हम सब
वह ही भगवान तुम्हारा है

सुख-दुख मधु-कटु के समान
जीवन के हम दो चक्के है
हम दरिद्र है तब अमीर तुम
इसके सबूत अब पक्के है

इस तन के आगे की सोचो
यह सगा तेरा ना मेरा है
मन से अपने प्रश्न पूछ लो
क्या लाये क्या ले जाना है ?

अभय भारती (य), 23 जनवरी 2009, 1523

Dr. Bachchan - Marriage Anniversary

2009-01-25T06:54:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,
Sadar Charan Sparsh,

For once, I thought that I were standing by your side in that august company of the greats like Vikram Seth, Chetan Bhagat and the rest at the most majestic moment of time. I must add here that I had earlier planned to keep this day entirely for your proud parents – Dr. Bachchan ( I somehow do not find the courage to address him with his first name – more as matter of respect) and Shrimati Teji Bachchan, who as per records that I possess probably registered their marriage on this day in 1942, I was under the impression that it was earlier.

With due regards I herewith present to you my work for the event, fortunately for me in the poetic form. I remember Dr. Bachchan had referred somewhere in his autobiographical account that the mood of writing poetry does not persist too long and one must not miss the opportunity when that time is there. I concur with the great poet as I too found that some of my best poetic thoughts emerged from the subconscious and could not be reconstructed later since I did not write them down. I hold computers responsible for holding me away from the usual pen and paper approach.

The sudden disappearance of light when I was first compiling my post online has woken me up. This particular piece has now been written down after that realization of the time tested method of writing- the pen and paper!

कवि बच्चन के जीवन में

प्रणय प्रसंगिनी बन कर
जब से तेजी आईं जीवन में
शोक हर्ष से हार गया तब
फिर कविता उपजी थी मन में
दुविधायें सुविधायें बनकर
चहक उठी थी आंगन में
अमित-अजित की आभा से
कवि पिता रुप में थे जन्में
तेजी ने जब सहयोग दिया
कैम्ब्रिज जाकर तब शोध किया
राक्षस कितने ही आये पर
तुमने उनका प्रतिरोध किया
इस जीवन को ही युद्ध मान
जीना फिर से प्रारंभ किया
फिर इलाहाबाद को छोड दिया
अब दिल्ली को प्रस्थान किया
प्रणय प्रसंगिनी बन कर
जब से तेजी आईं जीवन में
कवि बच्चन ने एक बार फिर
कविता का था वरण किया ।

अभय भारती(य), 24 जनवरी 2009 08.27 प्रातः

Post Script: Today there are twin birthdays in my family, not twins but a niece – Sonal and a nephew Udayan born to different parents in different years. The event is marked with the Akhand Ramayan Path at Delhi, the niece is to get married to an alumni of Kirori Mal college on this 31st. January, that is just a week away. This reminds me of another important fact of the class of 58 of Sherwood college that you had shared today, it was heartening to know how much a megastar or rather star of the millennium holds values of education in the formative years. An association for me with three Kendriya Viyalayas at AFS Agra, Aberdeen Bazaar, Port Blair and IIT Delhi where I studied from fifth standard onwards were the seven best years of my life. Like old days, my post script is getting longer than the original I need to stop abruptly. May Dr. Bachchan and Shrimati Teji Bachchan find themselves in the best of times in the heavens (Smiling - with their legacy that they had left behind, with you at the helm of affairs almost determined to take it further forward.

Two Poems - 22/23 January

2009-01-22T11:47:00.000-08:00

आजादी के दीवाने

इतिहास के पन्नो पे थी लिखीं कहानियां
उस जुल्म की अब तक नही मिटती निशानियां
हर वक्त मुझे याद है वो आती जवानियां
थे कैसे जिगर वाले था डरा भी ब्रितानियां

हे भगत हे चंद्रशेखर हे मेरे सुभाष
हे राजगुरु बिस्मिल हे लाल-बाल-पाल
तुमने तो अपने दूध का था कर्ज चुकाया
इस देश की खातिर था बडा दांव लगाया

नाम कितने और भी है उनकी कहानी
है और किसी दिन मुझे है तुमको सुनानी
बंगाल के कितने ही अनोखे वो साल थे
पंजाब के तो जैसे अनगिनत लाल थे

नही भूल कर भी भूलना इनकी कहानियां
एक फूल तुम उन्हे भी चढ़ाना निशानियां
जिस दिल में उनकी याद बसी है मेरा भाई
अब मिलके रहेंगें कसम है आज ही खाई

हर मां को तुम पे नाज है हे सच्चे सपूतों
हम धन्य है धरा भी तुम्हे प्यार है करती
फिर आज अपने देश की खातिर सही चलो
एक जन्म नया आज अपने देश में ही लो

अभय भारती(य), 22/23 जनवरी 2009 00.51 घंटे

आदरणीय भाईसाहब,
सादर चरण स्पर्श,

यहां यह व्यक्त करना आवश्यक है कि यह सवाल मैं स्वंय से ही कर रहा हूं, अगर किसी अन्य को भी अपने आपसे यह पूछना अच्छा लगे तो समझूंगा मेरा प्रयास सफल रहा ।

लिखना-पढ़ना कहना-सुनना

लिखने में जो मजा है
वो पढ़ने मे कहां है
कहने में जो मजा है
वो सुनने में कहां है

( पर याद रहे हर पल
प्यारे मेरे भाई )

जो पढ नही सकता
कभी वह लिख नही सकता
जो सुन नही सकता
कभी कुछ कह नही सकता

लिखने से पहले कुछ
कभी पढ़ कर उसे देखो
कहने से पहले बात कुछ
जरा सुनके तो देखो

वह बात पते की है जो
पढ़ कर लिखी गई
है बात कायदे की जो
सुन कर कही गई

अभय भारती(य), जनवरी 22 2009, 13.45 घंटे आई एस टी
(The essence translates something like this, I know it can never ever match the original –

Is writng not a bigger fun than reading and whether telling is not more lovable than listening, we should not forget – those who can not read can probably not write and those who can not listen can probably never speak! That before we write we shall check the readability and before making any utterances check its audibility – that writing alone is noble that has been judged with prior readability and only those said words are meaningful that are our responses to others.

samay

2009-01-21T02:55:00.000-08:00

समय

समय तुम्हारे साथ साथ चलता हूं मैं
तुम रुकते नही तुम थकते नही
तुम कहीं कभी भी थमते नही
क्या बात तुम्हारी है न्यारी
पीछे भी कभी तुम मुडते नही
तुमको न कोई बांध सका
सब मर्जॊं की तुम एक दवा
जो चाल तुम्हारी समझ गया
धरती पर उसने है राज किया
हे समय बड़े तुम बलशाली
वीरों को देते खुशहाली
सब आस निराश के ज्ञाता तुम
सुख ओर दुखॊं के दाता तुम
तुम से ही जग में है वैभव
हो अभय तुम्हीं तुम ही अमृत
हे समय तुम्हें हम करे नमन
पीड़ा जग की अब करॊ हरण
हे समय तुम्हारे साथ है हम

- अभय शर्मा

Barack Obama - New Hope of the World

2009-01-20T21:46:00.000-08:00

Hope – Thy name is Obama

Hope, peace, equality and togetherness on this planet found a new man on the horizon. Barack Hussein Obama – the 44th president elect of the United States of America moves into usher a new world, not for America alone but for the rest of us as well.

That he honors and emphasizes the old tools of honesty, loyalty and faith among others, he is not caught unaware of the grim situation that America faces in the midst of economic recession and somewhat helplessness! He is not going to budge under pressure is what we expect, that he marches along the path of success in the several of the issues that not only America but the world as a whole faces in tough times.

That peace for all is what one wants, Is it as easy as serving it on the breakfast, with divisive forces, extremist setups in the world and the chaos that war brings!

Hope Obama as he signs his first day into white house is supported and strengthened not from just within America but also the world at large.

This is our best chance to promote peace, hope and faith amongst ourselves. We must not let this opportunity slip rather grab with both hands and build a new world.
A new world where peace gets its chance, the new world of equality gets its chance and above all togetherness finds its place like never before.

I am convinced and confirmed in my mind to support people like Barack Obama not for his color creed or cast but for the fact and findings that I see in him an image of a world leader with a difference. An individual who is too collective in his approach to solve the problems and resolve the issues is finally here.

Let Obama rule with no inhibition and with full faith of America at his behest. If we do not move forward with him in office of the strongest nation, we may not get an opportunity again too soon.

Abhaya Sharma, India January 21 2009 09:45 Hrs. IST

Two guardian reporters - Wake up!

2009-01-19T22:34:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,
Regards and Love,

I come back after reading or rather scanning through what the two Indians on Guardian circuit wrote of you slumdog and the rest on janary 14 and 15.

Objections first, Where is the need to criticise your views if they differ from what is their own perception. I for one do not like criticising for the sake of criticising someone, that is what it appears at first sight and on a second thought I see it as a plausible means to promote their wagon forward by roping an unarguably best actor into drudgery. That they have the right to say what pleases them is understandable but in that same light they should also allow others (brother) to say what the understands or feels! we live in a democratic world don’t we! Does it always mean that two persons think of a project in entirely the same words and sense as the others. I disagree!

Now the most pathetic remark of disowning India by the two who took to raising a toast to the Danny Boyle or westerners comes more as a surprise. That one of them went to the extent of finding the actor to be incapable with his english version of The last Lear and equating his wrath with his inabilties to impress the western world at large is unthinkable. Do they know of the ongoing Hollywood and western projects that have come his way at the age of 66. Amitabh Bachchan is a Director's actor, if he was sloppy in The last Lear (their view) should be directed upto the director and not the actor! Brother has been miserable in the hands of several poor directors yet very outstanding with those who know their craft well!

I would not like to even utter the names of the two contributors ! What have these two Indian men done to promote India if it is the India that we all know that exists torn between rich and poor, between haves and have nots, and classified into middle upper and poor classes at large. How many times do we have to tell ourselves that there exist pseudo Indians amongst us who have no positive role in making India a better place yet do not mind taking a dig whenever the slightest opportunity presents it self to mock at the country of their origin. Probably I can recount the old famous proverb tjough little indecent - Angrez chale gaye par apani aulad chhod gaye ( English have left but have left back their offsprings!). This goes well for the description of the two contributors to guardian articles. They may take me to the court for this and I wll be able t defend myself without any support from bench!

I for one would not disbelieve into what they talk of India statistically but the fail to understand that Indians are the best breed of intellectuals proving their mettle in several different fields all across the world. Where do you find such a huge talent of educated Indians who exist for what they are despite such humble beginnings as India no doubt is poor in its resources.

If the two gentleman would be able to give it a thought they would soon realise that just by dragging Mr. Bachchan into controversy is not going to add substance to their views. I would always like to believe that despite all our failures as a nation, in spite of so much backwardness and slum dwellers India has progressed and continues to progress. If they could tell me of their digs at some of those in Government or in the industry who are actually responsible for the poor state of the millions in the country I would like to know the links to their such articles. In other words what have they done to improve the situation rather than just report to please their employers.

I quit now for I understand repeatedly telling the same stuff in different phrases and context can not lift the gentleman contributors to the two Guardian articles. I know it is their bread and butter to write what pleases or satisfies the west but at what cost! You can’t raise a finger of accusation at our very best. We do not claim to be good at English so if the last lear was poor in language does not mean that we should take everything else thrown at us as a jewel in the crown!

This has gone far too venomous than I intended it to be yet there would be millions who would join my voice against such reporters who take pride in telling of the poor state of the state yet whisk away from any responsibility of their own!

I am disturbed disgusted with these westernised Indian reporters. I know Boyle would be boiling because he could not rope in Bachchan for the role he did show well on television porbably he could not afford his price or convince him, he could not even sign the second fiddle of the KBC the Sharukh Khan that he had to agree for Anil Kapoor. With due regards to his talents, he made a good comeback in Taal a few years back, after seeing the Making of SM on Times now I felt he had confused acting with shouting and loud expressions, he was doing the game show like what he did in a road scene at Mashal so very effectively. We are Indians and we do not have the sophistry of West we do not claim it either.

To smmarise, the heap f praise that is generally harped upon movies and publicity stunt that movie makers seek these days it is only expected that Mr. Danny Boyle would get an oscar and then put a label that it is the first Indan film to win Oscars. coolly forgetting the feats achieved by Gandhi. Again Gandhi got the awards as it was a film by the westerner, with due apologies to bring Sir Richard Attenborough to use it as an argument.

Yet I may add here that I have my own criteria to judge a film, every individual has his opinion and it matters to him the most. I have not seen the Ghazini the most succesful venture and probably having read and heard of what it is all about I may not consider viewing that film so where is the question of promoting Slumdog Miilionaire who did not even make efforts to translate the slumdog part of the tilte. I take serious objections of the choice of the naming of the movie.

It may in the end be a good movie but the hype might have created a positive impact on Western world, India should raise its objections and get not only the title of Hindi version changed but also show some respect to a country and rename the slumdog part of it from the movie.

Abhaya Sharma, India, January 20 2009 12:02 PM IST

Post scrpit: I must congratulate the Guardian on catching Amitabh Bachchan in a very reflective mood, a very good picture indeed, bestowed with ultramodern technology they (West) do have an upper hand in technical aspects of the film making.

Like father Like Son

2009-01-19T19:29:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

Like father like son, that phrase befits you in totality if not in individuality. As I read these descriptive work my mind takes me back to Dashdwar se sopan tak - the accounts of European tour of Dr. Bachchan when he was with the ministry of external affairs and later as Rajya sabha MP. The diference is that he wrote in Hindi and you use the international english! Time and again I remind myself that language could seldom be a barrier to expression, over and again I find that a lot depnds on the audience, readers in this case. What you have to offer must not only be succinctly designed and executed it should be consumable for the people for whom it was meant. It is this later philosophy that brother seems to apply believeing most of his readers on the blog are more comfortable with English than the local Hindi. It is also the reason that many a times I try to put forward the english equivalent of Hindi outings on the blog! Yet should I desist from the use of Hindi. I am not Amitabh Bachcan who probably can not take enough time out of his busy day’s schedule to use two languages.

Very heartening to read your vivid act of storytelling, no wonder, Dr. Bachchan and to some extent Mrs. Teji Bachchan have imbibed some extraordinary good habits to be able to share your life is not a mere exercise of puttiing across one’s feeling it is more of an introspection of the self. To keep one grounded firlmly to the earth amidst the tall achievements could be so very true of Amitabh Bachchan - the genius.

I would like to comment here that perception of others is not in our control, so I see little logic for brother to defy every time someone in the media or elsewhere writes something that is not the plain truth. Ones own knowledge of the truth should keep one in good stead and truth prevaisl in the long run. We all know that today the movies are commercially exposed to a great extent and sometimes we start taking the plunge without realising if a movie is really worth all that extra expenditure. Advertisement is not bad in itself, otherwise how would the world at large know of the product yet too much of it could kill the cat. We were very fond of the posters of Amitabh Bachcan on the streets on the hoardings as that alone announced that a new amitabh starrer is in town. many a times there were three to four movies in a row and it gave us a satisfaction that our rating of Mr. Bachchan as the best was equally felt by the producers and directors of Hindi Cinema.

Muqaddar Ka Sikandar had bowled my Mauritius friend Ujay Bheenick the footbaal player so much that he must have seen the movie a number of times. I still remember that he asked me to write down the wordings of the song in phonetic english so he could sing it. I know he sang it quite well without probably ever understanding the exact words - the song brother and folks was -
O saathe re

tere bina bhi kyaa jeena

tere bina bhi kya jeena

I think there are millions of Ujay spread not only in Mauritius but across the globe who believe in these words and would not offer to you as the token of their love for you! I am included in that list. I too remember this song and all the songs of Kabhi- kabhi, Don and even Mr. Natwarlal and majboor besides several from your movies that I used to sing at the festival and marriage times. Now I do not get to learn the new songs, it could easily be the attack of age I do not say that there are no good songs today, I am past that age!

There is going to be a marriage in Delhi on the month end of my niece Sonal, it would also be time to meet Dr. Shashank who studied medicine here in Mumbai’s Nair before going to London and settling in Australia. Some like my younger sister in London and Nephew and niece in US may not be able to make it to the show, I will miss them, yet for a huge family like ours there would be many who would attend and these days only such events bring our huge family together, everyone is so very engrossed in their own details of life! Earlier, I wanted to fly to Delhi but for the weather and the rising expenses decided to travel by August Kranti.

I put brakes on my persoanl accounts and wish you a very happy working schedule at Pune!

Abhaya Sharma, India, January 20 2009 08:54 Hours IST

PS Friend and fellow who took the American elections like a storm The indomitable Barrack Husein Obama takes the hottest seat of power at White House. I call him friend in the same spirit as I relate to you as brother. I would pray for Obama to reach beyond the expectations that he has raised, if he could achieve half of what he urged during his campaign world would be a different place and definitely a better place too! Long Live Obama, long live america!

Dr. Bachchan - Translated version

2009-01-19T18:37:00.000-08:00

Respected brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

I rarely succeed when I try very hard, since yesterday itself I was engrossed with the thought that I shall try and assemble something unique and fabulous on Dr. Bachchan on his sixth death anniversary, for you and the rest of the folks. Destiny did not like my regularity and kept a control denying any possibility to contribute. Through out the day I was on the horns of dilemma what shall I write and what to keep aside. Lastly the fall of night only came to my rescue – I choose some poetic verses in the flow of prose from need Ka Nirmaan Phir It would not be easy for me to define why I chose the particular lines alone by Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan - the great intellectuals may be able to go deep into the subject and assign some reasons I wish to keep my own self away from the drudgery of doing so! All I can say is that as much I thought I understood or I believed I knew, I find myself much less capable of giving an expression, not to the same extent.

For those who wish to gain further insight into the life of Dr. Harivamshrai Bacchan I can only advuise that there can not be a better alternative than to read his autobiography in four parts - Kya Bhoolun Kya Yaad Karun, Need Ka Nirmaan Phir, Basere se door and Dashdwar se sopaan tak

Here I have tried to translate some of these for Reeham, Rose, Reshmi,. Rasha and those who have not formally been trained in Hindi language!

मैं स्वयं करता रहा हूं
जिस तरह प्रतिरोध अपना
मानवों में कौन मेरा
उस तरह से कर सकेगा ?
(नीड का निर्माण फिर पेज 38)

In these above lines the poet challenges everyone that who amongst the humans could have opposed him as much as he had opposed himself!

बुलबुल जा रही है आज !
प्राण सौरभ से भिदा है,
कंटकों से तन छिदा है,
याद भोगे सुख दुखों की आ रही है आज !
बुलबुल जा रही है आज !

Nightingale, is to depart too soon!
Life so full of the floral tributes
Thorns too pierce body’s astute
The sad and best times lurk upon
Nightingale, is to depart too soon!

प्यार मेरा फूल को भी,
प्यार मेरा शूल को भी,
फूल से मैं खुश, नही मैं शूल से नाराज !
बुलबुल जा रही है आज !

My love to the flowers
So also to the thorns
I am happy for the flower, ain’t angry with the thorns,
Nightingale, is to depart too soon!

आ रहा तूफान हर-हर
अब न जाने यह उडाकर
फेंक देगा किस जगह पर !
तुम रहो खिलते महकते कलि-प्रसून-समाज !
बुलबुल जा रही है आज !

The tornado arrives with a raging nagging sounds
Who knows where will it take us
To an Undefined path that is not yet destined
You continue to bloom The buds-flowers of the world
Nightingale, is to depart too soon!

(नीड का निर्माण फिर पेज 99)

अनासक्त था मै सुख-दुख से
अधरों को कटु-मधु समान था
नयनों को तम-ज्योति एक सी,
कानों को सम रुदन-गान था;
सहस एक सितारा बोला,
यह न रहेगा बहुत दिनों तक ।
(नीड का निर्माण फिर पेज 168)

I was unaware of any happy- sad states
lips found alike the sour sweet taste
Eyes blinked alike in dark light phase
To ears crying and songs were almost same
Suddenly a star announces on base
It won’t last for many more days !

सिर पर बाल घने, घुंघराले, काले, कडे, बडे, बिखरे से,
मस्ती, आज़ादी, बे-खबरी, बेफिक्री के हैं संदेशे,
माथा उठा हुआ ऊपर को, भौहों में कुछ टेढापन है,
दुनिया को है एक चुनौती, कभी नही झुकने का प्रण है;
आंखों में छाया-प्रकाश की आंख-मिचौनी छिडी परस्पर,
बेचैनी में, बेसबरी में लुके-छिपे हैं सपने सुंदर ।
(नीड का निर्माण फिर पेज 202)

The head full of dense, curly, black, long hair
Hard, big, spread and almost unkempt!
Of fun, freedom, unbothered and my carefree state
They seem to reflect in some of the ways
The head held high and the eyelash little terse,
Posing a challenge to the rest of the world
a promise not to bend and not to budge
Eyes flicker play with light and dark
A game of hide and seek to be judge
The unfazed mood in that excited spate
Hides holds hovers the dreams of fate!

स्वप्न ह्रदय मथकर मिलते हैं,
मूल्य बडा उनका तिसपर भी
एक सत्य के ऊपर होती
सौ-सौ सपनों की कुर्बानी ;

सोच न कर सूखे नंदन का
देता जा बगिया में पानी ।
(नीड का निर्माण फिर पेज 226)

Dreams are harvested from the sufferings of the heart
Yet are expensive and no ordinary simple dessert
Just one truth to exists actually devours
Dreams must lose and stand to suffer

Don’t get deterred by the garden in desert
Go on watering the dried up earth!

हुआ करती जब कविता पूर्ण,
हुआ करता कवि का निर्माण;
अमर हो जाता कवि का कंठ
गूंजकर मिट जाता है गान !
(नीड का निर्माण फिर पेज 230)

Whence a poem is about to complete
The poet emerges and evolves on fleet
His words turn immortal, fine and sweet
Tis time the songs have lost their beat!

Abhaya Sharma, January 19 2009 00:41 Hours IST

Post script: I am not at all a good translator I hope I have done somewhat justice with the context in which Dr, Bachchan must have written these verses! I also admit that original poetry can never be easy for a translation even by the same person, It is very unnatural for a person to be able to think and imagine in two languages poetically! So please excuse me, and yes I have left two of the poetry that was submitted for Hindi readers, my apologies for that, brother has made me to be apologetic every time I make a mistake! We all must feel apologetic if we are not able to live upto our own or the expectations of the world!

Dr. Harivanshrai Bachchan - d. January 18 2003.

2009-01-18T11:55:00.000-08:00

आदरणीय भाईसाहब,
सादर चरण स्पर्श,

अधिक चेष्टा करने पर मुझे कम ही सफलता मिलती है, कल से ही इसी भाव में डूबा रहा कि डॉक्टर हरिवंशराय बच्चन की पुण्यतिथी पर कुछ विशेष सामग्री जुटा कर आपके व अन्य लोगों के लिये उप्लब्ध करा सकूं, नियति ने मेरी नियमितता पर अंकुश लगा घटना क्रम को अपने ही नियंत्रण में रखा, आज दिन भर मै इसी उहापोह में फंसा रहा कि क्या लिखना चाहिये या क्या नही? अंततः रात ने ही साथ दिया आज नीड का निर्माण फिर से कुछ एक कवितामयी कथानक ही यहां प्रस्तुत कर रहा हूं । यह कहना मेरे अधिकार के बाहर की बात होगी कि डॉक्टर हरिवंशराय बच्चन की यह पंक्तियां ही मैने क्यों चुनी, मुझसे अधिक विद्वान शायद इसकी खोह में जाकर कुछ अर्थ निकालने में समर्थ हों, मैं इस माथापच्ची से बचना ही अपने हित में श्रेयस्कर समझता हूं । इतना ही कह सकता हूं कि जितना मै समझता था या सोचता था कि जानता हूं उसको व्यक्त करने में उतना ही अधिक असमर्थ हूं । डॉक्टर हरिवंशराय बच्चन के बारे में जिन्हे अधिक जानकारी प्राप्त करनी हो उनके लिये मै यही कह सकता हूं कि चार खंडों में प्रस्तुत उनकी आत्मकथा से बढकर दूसरा कोई अन्य उपाय नही हो सकता – क्या भूलूं क्या याद करूं , नीड का निर्माण फिर, बसेरे से दूर तथा दशद्वार से सोपान तक ।

मैं स्वयं करता रहा हूं
जिस तरह प्रतिरोध अपना
मानवों में कौन मेरा
उस तरह से कर सकेगा ?
(नीड का निर्माण फिर पेज 38)

बुलबुल जा रही है आज !
प्राण सौरभ से भिदा है,
कंटकों से तन छिदा है,
याद भोगे सुख दुखों की आ रही है आज !
बुलबुल जा रही है आज !

प्यार मेरा फूल को भी,
प्यार मेरा शूल को भी,
फूल से मैं खुश, नही मैं शूल से नाराज !
बुलबुल जा रही है आज !

आ रहा तूफान हर-हर
अब न जाने यह उडाकर
फेंक देगा किस जगह पर !
तुम रहो खिलते महकते कलि-प्रसून-समाज !
बुलबुल जा रही है आज !
(नीड का निर्माण फिर पेज 99)

अनासक्त था मै सुख-दुख से
अधरों को कटु-मधु समान था
नयनों को तम-ज्योति एक सी,
कानों को सम रुदन-गान था;
सहस एक सितारा बोला,
यह न रहेगा बहुत दिनों तक ।
(नीड का निर्माण फिर पेज 168)

सिर पर बाल घने, घुंघराले, काले, कडे, बडे, बिखरे से,
मस्ती, आज़ादी, बे-खबरी, बेफिक्री के हैं संदेशे,
माथा उठा हुआ ऊपर को, भौहों में कुछ टेढापन है,
दुनिया को है एक चुनौती, कभी नही झुकने का प्रण है;
आंखों में छाया-प्रकाश की आंख-मिचौनी छिडी परस्पर,
बेचैनी में, बेसबरी में लुके-छिपे हैं सपने सुंदर ।
(नीड का निर्माण फिर पेज 202)

स्वप्न ह्रदय मथकर मिलते हैं,
मूल्य बडा उनका तिसपर भी
एक सत्य के ऊपर होती
सौ-सौ सपनों की कुर्बानी ;

सोच न कर सूखे नंदन का
देता जा बगिया में पानी ।
(नीड का निर्माण फिर पेज 226)

हुआ करती जब कविता पूर्ण,
हुआ करता कवि का निर्माण;
अमर हो जाता कवि का कंठ
गूंजकर मिट जाता है गान !
(नीड का निर्माण फिर पेज 230)

स्वप्न भी छल, जागरण भी ।
भूत केवल जल्पना है,
औ’ भविष्यत कल्पना है,
वर्तमान लकीर भ्रम की ! और है चौथी शरण भी ?
जानता यह भी नही मन
कौन मेरी थाम गर्दन
है विवश करता कि कह दूं, व्यर्थ जीवन भी, मरण भी।
स्वप्न भी छल जागरण भी।
(नीड का निर्माण फिर पेज 257)

क्या करूं संवेदना लेकर तुम्हारी
क्या करूं ?
...

कौन है जो दूसरे को
दुःख अपना दे सकेगा ?
कौन है जो दूसरे से
दुःख उसका ले सकेगा ?
क्यों हमारे बीच धोखे
का रहे व्यापार जारी
क्या करूं संवेदना लेकर तुम्हारी
क्या करूं ?

क्यों न हम लें मान, हम हैं
चल रहे एसी डगर पर,
हर पथिक जिस अपर अकेला,
दुःख नही बंटते परस्पर,
दूसरों की वेदना में,
वेदना जो है दिखाता,
वेदना से मुक्ति का निज,
हर्ष केवल वह छिपाता ;
तुम दु;खी हो तो दुःखी मैं
विश्व का अभिशप भारी !

क्या करूं संवेदना लेकर तुम्हारी
क्या करूं ?

अभय शर्मा (अभय भारती(य)), 18/19 जनवरी 2009 00.10 आई एस टी।

पुनश्चः आज मै अपने अहिंदी भाषी मित्रों व परिचितों से क्षमा चाहूंगा, आजीवन कवि बच्चन हिंदी के प्रति जिस तरह समर्पित थे अगर कुछ अन्य लोग भी उनका साथ देते तो शायद हमें अपनी राष्ट्र-भाषा मिल गई होती, एक उत्तम प्रयास अमिताभ बच्चन ने कौन बनेगा करोडपति के प्रथम अवतरण में अवश्य किया था उसके बाद शायद निर्माता आदि को लगा हो कि इस कार्यक्रम के कारण हिंदी लोगों में अधिक लोकप्रिय हो रही है उन्होने द्वितीय संस्करण में अमिताभ को अंग्रेजीनुमा हिंदी का प्रयोग करने के लिये बाध्य किया होगा अंततः उन्हे हटाकर शाहरूख खान को कार्यक्रम का कर्णधार बनाया गया जिनसे अगर आप कभी हिंदी में भी प्रश्न पूछेंगें तो उनके उत्तर वे 10 में से 9 बार अंग्रेजी में ही देने के लिये प्रसिद्ध हैं , वह भी एक अच्छे कलाकार हैं बस फर्क यही है खाते हिंदी की है गाते अंग्रेजी की हैं, मुझे उनसे कोई वैमनस्य नही है, शायद अमिताभ बच्चन के बाद अगर किसी आधुनिक हिंदी अभिनेता का नाम लेने की बात होगी तब किंग खान का नाम ही मेरी जुबान पर आये ! यह कार्यक्रम इतना अधिक प्रचलित हुआ थ कि अमुक भारतीय ने क्यू एंड ऎ नामक उपन्यास लिख डाला, ब्रितान डैनी बायल ने बहुचर्चित स्लमडाग मिलियनायर नामक फ़िल्म भी बना डाली जिसका हिंदी नाम स्लमडाग करोडपति रखा गया है, उन्हे या तो स्लमडाग से विशेष प्यार रहा होगा या फिर हिंदीकरण के उचित नम न मिलने कि स्थिति में उन्हे ऎसा करने को बाध्य होना पडा हो सकता है । मुझे उनसे सहानुभूति है साथ ही उन सबसे भी सहानुभूति है जो समझते है कि देव पटेल या फ़्रॆडा (या फ़रीदा) पिंटॊ ही मुख्य भूमिकाओं के लिये उपयुक्त कलाकार थे, मूलतः तो फ़िल्म अंग्रेजी है, अंग्रेजों के अनुरुप अंग्रेजी बोलने वालों को प्राथमिकता अगर दी गई तो इसमें हर्ज ही क्या है । ए आर रहमान पाश्चात्य संगीत से प्रभावित है साथ ही प्रतिभाशाली भी संगीत का पक्ष उन्होने दमदार रखा है तथा ग्लोबल स्तर पर इस फ़िल्म के लिये संगीत अवार्ड जीत कर भारत को सम्मानित भी किया है। बाकी विचार फ़िल्म देखने के बाद देना ही उचित या उत्तम रहेगा ।

डॉ. बच्चन - एक जन कवि

2009-01-16T23:20:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,
Sadar Charan Sparsh,

I had just finished writing on previous day! Somehow I recollect the phrase Dr. Bachchan often said on every return from abroad or any travels - जान बची तो लाखों पाए घर के बुद्धू घर को आए!

Now I know niether was your life at stake nor you are a buddhu by any standards and it is only symbolic of presenting oneself with the thought that east or west home is te best. Welcome to Prateeksha, Mumbai, India and now this hope of you finding some time to say a few words on illustrious Dr. Harivansh rai Bachchan on his sixth death anniversary seems a distinct possibility. Yet do not tie yourself with any such thing if it is not possible for some reasons।

मन का हो तो अच्छा है न हो तो और भी अच्छा है!

जीवन की आपाधापी में कब वक़्त मिला
कुछ देर कहीं पर बैठ कभी यह सोच सकूं
जो किया, कहा, माना उसमें क्या बुरा भला।
…
अनवरत समय की चक्की चलती जाती है,
मैं जहाँ खड़ा था कल उस थल पर आज नहीं,
कल इसी जगह पर पाना मुझको मुश्किल है, ]
ले मापदंड जिसको परिवर्तित कर देतीं
केवल छूकर ही देश-काल की सीमाएं
जग दे मुझपर फैसला उसे जैसा भाये
लेकिन मैं तो बेरोक सफ़र में जीवन के
इस एक और पहलू से होकर निकल चला।
जीवन की आपाधापी में कब वक़्त मिला
कुछ देर कहीं पर बैठ कभी यह सोच सकूं
जो किया, कहा, माना उसमें क्या बुरा भला।

I hope these words describe life for all of us leave alone for the poet. That is what, poetic efforts are seldom a mere reflection of a poet, they actually reflect the very ordinary and the most celebrated in the same light. Not that my apeksha had similar values yet I copy paste it here more for the reasons that these lines were attributed to reflect my belief in r. Bachchan and relate to my tribute on that fateful day - I had sent this and rach do ab nai madhushal by fax for you.

The poems are pasted here -

And the other poem I had submtted a few days back but got lost in moderation- I am reprodcuing it here again -

मधुशाला के पन्नों पर ही
लिखी मैंने मधुशाला
मधुशाला था नाम दिया
पर कर्म था उसका ग्रंथाला
कवि बच्चन के पुत्र सुपुर्द है
इस मधुशाला की अभिलाषा
वैसे तो मैं दान नही मांगा करता
फिर भी इस प्रयास में अपने
गर नाम तुम्हारा जुड जाये
आशा है मुझको विश्व वेदी पर
अमिट तुम्हारी होगी आभा
शान बढे़गी मान बढे़गा
दिन दूना सम्मान मिलेगा
आओ अमित आगे बढ़ आओ
रच दो अब नई मधुशाला
जिसके पथ पर चलने वाला
पढ़-पढ़ कर होगा मतवाला
धूम मचा कर रख देगी
जिस जगह बनेगी मधुशाला!

- अभय शर्मा

Now I know that you have a busy schedule of life this request is also now only a symbolic reflection of my expectations। I have no reasons to put forward such requests that you may find diffciult to fulfill. I want to assert here that your ability or inability is not going to be a measure of your love and regards for the exceptionally talented poet.

I would however look forward to the documentary you promised on this blog or would some day wish to be surprised by seeing you as Hamlet on Televison, movie or even stage! I have recently been bitten by my smoking habit and my resolve which I had attributed or rather to Alok da has come to nought only after four days! I have died one death on not been able to fulfill what I couild not do! so do not bind yourself to any such feelings or thought which might put you into regret like situation। I do not know if I am qualified to contribute these views here. Almost a non-entity like me trying to put across words for someone as tall and as reverred by the world as only you could be appears to be too far fetched! Excuse me, if I have been crossing my limits - I am not able to hide my feelings or even the self and failed to be understood in the world - actually the hindi verson would have een more emphatic as it comes from the man I admire the most -

मैं छुपाना जनता तो जग मुझे साधू समझता
शत्रु मेरा बन गया है छल रहित व्यवहार मेरा!

With these words I try to express myself on the death anniversary of Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan. May his soul rest in peace and give strength to you and family members as you miss him for the sixth year.

वैसे तो डॉ. बच्चन जैसे लोग मर कर भी अमर हो जाते है पर फिर भी भौतिक रूप में उनकी अनुपस्थिति कष्टदायी ही है! मै तो उनके जीत जी उनसे एक बार भी नही मिला आपने तो उनके साथ साथ जीवन के 60 साल बिताये है!

I think I shall be able to present my views on him exclusively in Hindi tomorrow!

Abhaya Sharma, India, January 17 2009 12:37 Hours IST

To Amitabh - Day 267

2009-01-16T22:04:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,
Sadar Charan Sparsh,

I take this plunge to take the debate a little further or maybe little beyond the slumdog as some like Nina and Pankaj Mohan and few others had done and one Puneet mentioned the comments by Nargis Dutt over Satyajit Ray films. Now I am not as well versed as some of my other colleagues who give the comment numbers that they refer.

Well, let me put forth my views of Hind Cinema. My first movie was probably the very first parallel movie made under the banner of RK productions. I am not sure how many of the fellow bloggers would have seen Boot Polish. It was on slum life and I have not seen any movie as touching and as thought provoking about our larger section of people who live in those conditions!

I think there are two or may be three kinds of movies - one for pure entertainment value, second for socail messages and third for mainly historical passion! I would tend to put most of your movies in the first and a few in the second and probably you still have to do a film on historical perspective.

True the larger section of audience and film producers work on the first type of films, a few take up the second option and rarely does someone make a movie with history as the major background! If I would be asked what is my first priority when I go and watch a movie, I would not hesitate to state that I consider the cast as an important aspect, I first want to see some talented actors then it should possibly have a good gripping story and lastly but not the least if it could relate to some issues of life not necessarily of good, bad or ugly.

Among your movies Anad and Abhimaan and Namakharaam the first three movies that I got to watch were outstanding they can beat Znajeer, Sholay and Deewar, again these are my perception they could be wrong and I a not here to force my likes onto others! so no harm intended and possibly some of the new movies which may not be as highly acclaimed as some of the movies of seventies are also worth a view - These include Black, Viruddh, Sarkar, Mohabbatein, Baghbaan, Khakee, Kabhi khushi kabhi gham and Bhootnath.

Tomorrow, I have some plans to write some article on Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan in English about his autobiography in four parts, I prefer celebrating birthdays in that manner. I knwo I had earlier planned a visit to your residence and later saw the futility of such a exercise.

A very good day to you and hopefully you are having a wonderful time despite all this hulabloo over the last two days! Have a smile it does not cost us anything it only pleases the others. I am very poor at smiling, I am all the time in a serious mood! I know I am not a perfect human being and circumstances have not helped me much to change. The saddest thing has been my failure to uphold my resolve to quit smoking! I am further saddened by the fact that I had associated and roped my dead brother into the resolve. I hope his soul rests in Peace and forgives me his younger brother, I know he would he had a big heart!

Abhaya Sharma, India January 17 2009