August 2009
34 posts
Day 496
Singapore August 30, 2009 Sun/Mon 1:18 PM Alright.. so it did not take 112 retakes, it took 6 . But the 6 took an entire day. Advertising approvals take a great deal of time and patience – the walk was a bit slow sir, could you take a step first and then say your lines, I think we need to put just a little emphasis on that word, maybe a look into the camera with some deliberation,...
Day 495
Singapore August 29, 2009 Sat 7 : 05 PM
There were some more episodes of oxygen intake yesterday. The whole business of trust and the merry band of brothers overtook us for most of the while yesterday and somehow O2 did not find relative space within those confines. But it was a fascinating little walk down a small pebbled street, where...
Day 494
Singapore August 28, 2009 Fri 11 : 45 PM
To those that researched, expanded and confirmed the story of AKHTAMARA, my greetings and love…
To those that gave many other examples of stories similar in nature, in their parts of the world .. more greetings ..
To those that sent me copious details of how my writing needs to be edited and correctly...
Day 493
Singapore August 27, 2009 Thu 9 : 30 PM
Another day has gone by and my gentle but restrained plodding at the responses on 483, 484 and 485 continues. It is a tedious exercise primarily because of the time that the program takes in registering every response I make. I still have not been able to discover a faster operation. But we persevere and...
Day 492
Singapore August 26, 2009 Wed 10: 30 AM
I am not used to the timing on the blog. I am not used to coming in out of turn. But I have options to change, to be different and unpredictable. Ha !! This is early morning blues. Do they really exist ? Who cares !
I connect because I am. I connect because you are. I connect because I wanted...
Day 492 (i)
Singapore August 26, 2009 Wed 12:00 midnight
‘In life when we face choices, just throw a coin. Not because it settles the question, but while the coin is in the air you will know what your heart is hoping for ..’
‘Problems are not stop signs ; they are guidelines’
‘Be like a postage stamp – stick to one thing until you get there’
‘Never worry for the delay in...
Day 491
Singapore August 25, 2009 Tue/Wed 12 : 15 AM
My need for the coveted oxygen is immediate ! The insides need that vital O2 for survival and function. I have no gauge to determine what is the requirement and when, but I would presume it is immediate.
My yawns outnumber the beats that the heart takes. The mind functions in oblivion....
Day 490
Singapore August 24, 2009 Mon 10 : 20 PM
A revelation !! This inspired and literate world of the extended family, is truly a revelation !
Those that wrote of the writing skills of the initiator of this blog. Those that lauded the thought, language and skills of that intense spectacled close up on the Face Page, have no...
Day 489
Singapore August 23, 2009 Sun 7:15 PM
Vakra tunda Mahakaya surya koti samaprabha
Vakra tunda Mahakaya surya koti samaprabha
Nirvighnam kuru me deva Sarva karyeshu sarvada
On the auspicious Ganesh Chaturthi, my wishes and prayers for all. May the grace and kindness of Ganapati, fill your hearts with happiness and joy, with love and...
Day 488
Singapore August 22, 2009 Sat 9 : 50 PM
Its been a day that can be safely termed as a ‘non-day’. I do not know if such a word or expression exists but .. there it is ! A day when you seem to be doing a lot, but in fact do nothing. And that is exhausting. Nothing, has a habit of doing that to one.
Its not that one sits in...
Day 487 (i)
Singapore August 21, 2009 Fri 11:35 PM
मेरे प्यारे और बहुत ही स्नेहपूर्ण परिवार के सदस्य ,
मै अमिताभ बच्चन आप सभी का अभिनन्दन करता हूँ , स्वागत करता हूँ .
मेरे बहुत से ऐसे पढ़नेवाले यहाँ इस ब्लॉग पर , ऐसे भी हैं जो शायद अंग्रेजी मे मुझे लिख नहीं सकते , या उनकी अंग्रेजी शायद इतनी अच्छी नहीं है . इसमे बुरा मानाने की बात ही नहीं है . जो हिंदी मे लिखेगा उसे मै हिंदी मे जवाब दूंगा और जो अंग्रेजी...
Day 487
Singapore Singapore Singapore Fri 4:15 PM August 21, 2009
Ramadan 1430 Assalamu alay kum (May the peace and blessings of God be upon you)
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all the subscribers and all Muslims well over the holy month of Ramadan.
Ramadan is the month of Qur’an since it was the month in which the Qur’an was revealed. It therefore behoves us to reconnect with...
Day 486
Sin August 20, 2009ga Thu 11:10 PM pore
Once a commitment, always a commitment. And that is what has stirred me to get up early, to sit up late, to work during meal times, to sacrifice that siesta, to engage in the Hospital while my friend undergoes a procedure, to prop up in bed when fatigued, to stand and conduct, to lie and execute, to be in every possible contorted position of the body...
Day 485
Sing August 19, 2009 Wed 10:45 PMapore
I have decided that it is payback time. A time to show my care and concern for those that have in these past two days shown immense affection. The task is difficult and time consuming, but I have decided and I shall do it.
I would want to address all that have come on the blog on DAY 483 and 484 and perhaps those that be there when 485 is over and...
Day 484
Singapore August 18, 2009 Tue/Wed 12:45 AM
As I glance up from this page that I write on, I observe that the number of comments that have come up so far has reached 906.
The only other time it reached such a large proportion was when I suddenly decided to take an ambulance ride to the Leelavati Hospital, a...
Day 483
Singapore August 17, 2009 Mon 7:35 PM
It is a tough task to express oneself when emotion has got the better of you.
Today I am compelled to take on that task, because emotion has indeed got the better of me.
I never choked when I wrote about my Father’s passing or that of my Mother’s, nor of any incident that may have been close to it.
But I am choked today. The eyes swell up with that...
Day 482
Singapore August 16, 2009 Sun/Mon 2 : 10 AM
A few hospital visits with my friend for routine checks and balances, a stop over at the chemist store en route, to get some tie ups for the back, the gym and the pedometer racing away to near 8,500 steps, to the room to respond to comments and a heavy heart to witness a few familia extendum,...
Day 481
Singapore August 15, 2009
Independence Day … Swatantra Divas … the day India got its freedom from British colonial rule.
May the happiness and joy of this freedom, achieved through the struggle and sacrifice of thousands who fought and gave up their lives, be with us through out our history and may we forever be indebted and beholden to those sons of our soil, that made it possible for us to...
Day 480
Singapore August 14, 2009 Fri 10 :45 PM
HAPPY JANAMASHTAMI !!
HATHI GHODA PALKI , JAI KANAHIYA LAL KI !!
Krishna Janamashtami ! The celebration for the day Lord Krishna was born. An auspicious day for us and one that is always spent in recreating Krishna’s life and singing the joy of his presence and birth. It is...
Day 479
Singapore August 13, 2009 Thu 11 : 57 PM
What an incredible flood of emotion and respect and feeling for my dear Mother and the spontaneous expression of togetherness in the huge responses that have filled not just the blog but my heart as well. A thank you at the end of all this seems misplaced and...
Day 478
Singapore August 12, 2009 Wed 10 :25 PM Singapore August 12, 2009 Wed 10:25 PM Singapore singapore august 12th 2009 Wednesday 10:25 pm
August 12th ! My Mother’s birthday. She would have been 92 years today ! Flower ‘torans’ would have been put up at all the gates at Prateeksha, Jalsa, Janak and Sopaan in New Delhi. Her room decorated with her...
Day 477
Singapore August 11, 2009 Tue 7 : 43 PM
First things first .. Fatima informs me that her father’s surgery went off well and that he is stable, though his recovery post operation is the critical part. We all send our good wishes and prayers. She has through me wished to express her gratitude and thanks to the FmXt for all the concern and good...
Day 476
Singapore August 10, 2009 Mon 11 : 00 PM
Last night was inspirational and your responses seemed to suggest that. They have been of a number that has not been seen in the recent past. My gratitude and my great honour. Equally gratifying has been the inputs from FmXt towards either the poem, Madhushala or its reference to the events in my life. The events I must admit came in...
Day 475
Singapore August 9, 2009 Sun 7 :17 PM
राह पकड़ तू एक चलाचल, पा जायेगा मधुशाला …..
a line from my Father’s work, Madhushala, the House of Wine.
Take but one path and keep moving on it and you shall find the House of Wine.
Objects of symbolism all ~ wine, the house, the cup, saki – all symbolic emblems that can relate to life and...
Day 474
Singapore August 8, 2009 Sat 10:00 PM
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It is a strange phenomenon that every day as I open the page of my Dashboard and stare at this blank screen in front of me I have no idea what is going to transpire, what...
Day 473
Singapore August 7, 2009 Fri 4 :40 PM
I write in early today because life started off early this morning. Navya’s School in Delhi rang in late last night to say a girl in the 6th standard had tested positive for Swine Flu and that the School had been shut and all the kids were instructed to stay home. The little girl student is in the same...
Day 472
Singapore August 6, 2009 Thu 11 : 55 PM
Its that time of the day ! Quiet, alone and with myself. The city is silent even in the most busiest of hours. People, traffic, high rise housings, commercial establishments, all abound. But they exude a disciplined quietness. And as I sit by the illuminated screen, that...
Day 471
Singapore August 5, 2009 Wed 10: 55 PM
Yes … the server had a problem and many among you that had wished to make comment were denied that opportunity. I noticed it myself as I glanced through the post in the morning and informed the authorities. Thank fully all is well now. For a while the comments were not being...
Day 470
Singapore August 4, 2009 Tue 10 : 15 PM
Tomorrow the 5th of August is ‘Raksha Bandhan’. The festival that respects the bond between brother and sister. Sisters shall perform a puja and arti with a diya, shall feed the brother something sweet and shall tie a ‘rakhi’ on their right wrist – a symbol seeking...
Day 469
Singapore August 3, 2009 Mon 10:15 Pm
The hour has been decent in a while has it not ? ‘West Wing’ has played itself out and while there is a desire to view some more I imagine we shall have to wait till the next season starts. In the meantime, fresh and other serials, recommended strongly by some friends, are in the process of being procured and I guess...
Day 468
Singapore August 2, 2009 Sun 11 : 45 PM Abhishek at his entry for the Unforgettable Concert Tour, London. Its been an exact year since. Ritesh sent me birthday greetings I expressed surprise of how he knew. I asked him if Abhishek had told him he said no he remembered from last year aug 2 when we were at the Unforgettable Tour Concert....
Day 467 (i)
Singapore August 1/2 2009 Sat/Sun 1:55 AM
When the mind is strong, when the conscience is clear. When clarity of thought and deed resides within. When insult and indignity occupy greater space in life than life itself. When humiliation and the suffering thereof become intolerable. When limits of decency and ethics cross...
Day 467
Singapore August 1, 2009 Sat 12:10 PM
In bad taste .. facts wrong and ridiculing someone’s ill condition. Is this what the ‘conscience of the nation’ is all about.. Amitabh Bachchan
