The first one by Punkaj Mullick sung about 50 years ago - what orchestration!
The second - a recent remix!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Saturday, August 28, 2010
She's sensual, not passionate
No she doesn't close her eyes
or moan and shout
the passionate woman is a blind woman
A passionate woman grabs you
kisses you and bites you
hurries you and tries you
And then done with the deed
will fall asleep.
But the sensual one
she'll be unaroused and yet arouse you
She's a woman of substance
feminine and abundant
And for her the journey
far more intense than the destination
Ask her for a kiss and she'll tell you take a walk
clearly she prefers the chase.
or moan and shout
the passionate woman is a blind woman
A passionate woman grabs you
kisses you and bites you
hurries you and tries you
And then done with the deed
will fall asleep.
But the sensual one
she'll be unaroused and yet arouse you
She's a woman of substance
feminine and abundant
And for her the journey
far more intense than the destination
Ask her for a kiss and she'll tell you take a walk
clearly she prefers the chase.
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
He said for all this talk about equality,
the only thing people really have in common
is that they are all going to die.
You can see it in the eye how each one
is curious about what the weather looks like
But they'll never look out of the windows
or even take a walk outside.
It's in the eyes
and it says 'I know something that you don't know'.
Everybody's wearing a disguise
to hide what they've got left behind their eyes
But me, I can't cover what I am.
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
if it was easy to tell black from white
and our choices were few.
The thought never hit,
this road we travel together would never shatter and split.
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
but the only thing people really have in common
is that they are all going to die.
the only thing people really have in common
is that they are all going to die.
You can see it in the eye how each one
is curious about what the weather looks like
But they'll never look out of the windows
or even take a walk outside.
It's in the eyes
and it says 'I know something that you don't know'.
Everybody's wearing a disguise
to hide what they've got left behind their eyes
But me, I can't cover what I am.
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
if it was easy to tell black from white
and our choices were few.
The thought never hit,
this road we travel together would never shatter and split.
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
but the only thing people really have in common
is that they are all going to die.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
She and He: Line maroing
She: I see cricket has really got your attention today.
He: Why do you say that?
She: You've had no time to moon
He: Missing the honey. What's my poison?
She: Hunny
He: Am winnie the pooh alright.
She: :-) better look out for that middle
He: But you still haven't completed the 'she says' bit of the may i kiss u 'he says' line.
She: Line maroing is your job
He: So will you play along? I promise to keep it simple and straight. No going around in circles.
She: Play?
He: We are but players and all we do is play our parts.
She: Circles?
He: Won't go round and round, keep it short and simple.
She: It?
He: It is written
She: Much has been written and yet nothing... :-)
He: There is a slip between the cup and the lip
He: Why do you say that?
She: You've had no time to moon
He: Missing the honey. What's my poison?
She: Hunny
He: Am winnie the pooh alright.
She: :-) better look out for that middle
He: But you still haven't completed the 'she says' bit of the may i kiss u 'he says' line.
She: Line maroing is your job
He: So will you play along? I promise to keep it simple and straight. No going around in circles.
She: Play?
He: We are but players and all we do is play our parts.
She: Circles?
He: Won't go round and round, keep it short and simple.
She: It?
He: It is written
She: Much has been written and yet nothing... :-)
He: There is a slip between the cup and the lip
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
They chose to die like men
During the epic battle of Mahabharata, when Abhimanyu broke into the 'Chakravyuha', Arjuna and Bheema were unable to save the gallant warrior.
His audacious bravery, considered equal to his father, saw him hold at bay great heroes like Guru Dronacharya, Karna, Duryodhana and Dushasana before the Kauravas finally - ignoring all codes of war - attacked him simultaneously.
He held his own until his sword broke and his chariot wheel which he used as a shield shattered into pieces. Dushasana's son then crushed his skull with a mace. Abhimanyu was just 16.
Centuries later, Abhimanyu, Bheema and Arjuna came together to script a glorious victory for the Indian Army.
June 1999. The Kargil War. The battle for Tololing. The battle cry: "Raja Ramchandra ki Jai".
Abhimanyu, Bheema and Arjuna were the three teams each comprising 30 soldiers from the 2nd Rajputana Rifles - the seniormost rifle regiment in the country - who launched a final assault on Tololing top.
For close to a month, infiltrators and Pakistan Army regulars had laid a siege atop Tololing, which was closest to National Highway NH 1A. From this vantage point, they brought in heavy artillery fire that brought the movement on the highway to a standstill.
Three battalions from the Nagas, Garhwal and Grenadier Regiments tried to make their way from two sides but to no avail. It was a distressing sight to see men carrying bodies of their comrades.
Some of them who had been stuck on the ridges for days in an attempt to retrieve the bodies were taunted and made to feel impotent.
The death of senior officers finally jarred the senior echelons of the Indian army. The task was assigned to Rajputana Rifles and more firepower was moved in.
On the designated day - close to midnight, Abhimanyu, Bheema and Arjuna attacked Tololing from three sides. They crawled their way up in the face of withering machine gun fire from the bunkers. Finally the troops closed in and hand to hand combat ensued.
At 4:10 AM, the wireless crackled: Tololing was won.
It turned out to be the turning point of the war.
Then Defence Minister George Fernande's initial estimate of 48 hours to throw out the intruders had already become a cruel joke.
From the time, Lt Saurabh Kalia and his comrades - who went missing on their patrols in early May 1999 till the last posts were cleared, the war had been on for close to six weeks.
Numerous soldiers laid down their lives in the operation. Many were captured and tortured before being killed.
But within this what was apalling to see was the element of surprise that faced the government and agencies responsible for overseeing national security. The proxy war in 1989, Mumbai blasts and the Kargil infiltration meant that India had repeatedly been caught off guard.
The soldiers and officers of the Indian defence forces, especially the Army helped avoid the tag of a soft-state being applied to India, which would have meant a loss of respect among friends as well as adversaries.
In a theatrical production, Abhimanyu's character was used to sum up man's existence. While he's alive, it's a dog's life - loathed and pelted from all sides.
The army treads a thin line between hate and love and their life too is of one pelted from all sides - both political and civilian. But just as Abhimanyu chose to die like a man, the numerous soldiers have time and again chosen to live and die like men.
His audacious bravery, considered equal to his father, saw him hold at bay great heroes like Guru Dronacharya, Karna, Duryodhana and Dushasana before the Kauravas finally - ignoring all codes of war - attacked him simultaneously.
He held his own until his sword broke and his chariot wheel which he used as a shield shattered into pieces. Dushasana's son then crushed his skull with a mace. Abhimanyu was just 16.
Centuries later, Abhimanyu, Bheema and Arjuna came together to script a glorious victory for the Indian Army.
June 1999. The Kargil War. The battle for Tololing. The battle cry: "Raja Ramchandra ki Jai".
Abhimanyu, Bheema and Arjuna were the three teams each comprising 30 soldiers from the 2nd Rajputana Rifles - the seniormost rifle regiment in the country - who launched a final assault on Tololing top.
For close to a month, infiltrators and Pakistan Army regulars had laid a siege atop Tololing, which was closest to National Highway NH 1A. From this vantage point, they brought in heavy artillery fire that brought the movement on the highway to a standstill.
Three battalions from the Nagas, Garhwal and Grenadier Regiments tried to make their way from two sides but to no avail. It was a distressing sight to see men carrying bodies of their comrades.
Some of them who had been stuck on the ridges for days in an attempt to retrieve the bodies were taunted and made to feel impotent.
The death of senior officers finally jarred the senior echelons of the Indian army. The task was assigned to Rajputana Rifles and more firepower was moved in.
On the designated day - close to midnight, Abhimanyu, Bheema and Arjuna attacked Tololing from three sides. They crawled their way up in the face of withering machine gun fire from the bunkers. Finally the troops closed in and hand to hand combat ensued.
At 4:10 AM, the wireless crackled: Tololing was won.
It turned out to be the turning point of the war.
Then Defence Minister George Fernande's initial estimate of 48 hours to throw out the intruders had already become a cruel joke.
From the time, Lt Saurabh Kalia and his comrades - who went missing on their patrols in early May 1999 till the last posts were cleared, the war had been on for close to six weeks.
Numerous soldiers laid down their lives in the operation. Many were captured and tortured before being killed.
But within this what was apalling to see was the element of surprise that faced the government and agencies responsible for overseeing national security. The proxy war in 1989, Mumbai blasts and the Kargil infiltration meant that India had repeatedly been caught off guard.
The soldiers and officers of the Indian defence forces, especially the Army helped avoid the tag of a soft-state being applied to India, which would have meant a loss of respect among friends as well as adversaries.
In a theatrical production, Abhimanyu's character was used to sum up man's existence. While he's alive, it's a dog's life - loathed and pelted from all sides.
The army treads a thin line between hate and love and their life too is of one pelted from all sides - both political and civilian. But just as Abhimanyu chose to die like a man, the numerous soldiers have time and again chosen to live and die like men.
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