Sufi Poetry and translation.

The new MTV Unplugged ads are driving me mad. They are playing ‘Bullah Ki Jaana Mein Kaun’... a song I love love love. And its stuck in my head. So, I gave in today and have been playing the song again and again and again. I wanted to sing along... went lookin for the lyrics and stumbled upon this beeeautiful blog. For those of you have some interest in poetry, you will love this place too. http://sufipoetry.wordpress.com/

I am watching out for ‘The Dewarists’ too. The ads look too interesting. http://thedewarists.com/

To all my friends who are Married or about to be or are hoping to.

I read this article and found it to be nice. May be you might like it too: http://www.oprah.com/relationships/Secrets-to-a-Happy-Relationship-What-Makes-a-Relationship-Work

 

And the married ones are welcome to share what they think about this article.

 

-NEETS

Boys deserve life saving surgeries than girls do(!!!)

I had read this article last week:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-22/india/30189083_1_heart-surgery-girls-congenital-heart

About how families wouldn't wait too long to have their boys go thru a life saving operation.... That when it comes to girls a lot of things come in the way - What will people say, what will we do about the scar, her 'marketability' as a bride.

I had never thought people would think this way, it never crossed my mind, up till about a month ago. When a very close friend of mine fell ill and needed an operation. No, I did not see this kind of thinking coming from her family, but in fact, it came from one of our friends. (!!!! I know). He said this not once, but twice. The second time was when it was clear that she just had to have the operation immediately and that too a key-hole on the abdomen mostly. That contrast... that despite a clear understanding of the dire need for this operation, the thought still remained his head, " If it was possible it would have been very good if they could avoid this operation and tried some non-invasive way. She is an unmarried girl. Marks might cause a problem." The second time, I lost my mind over the mindlessness of the logic and retorted, "Its mark vs. her life. You just need money and plastic surgery to cover that mark up!". His intent was clearly not to stop the operation, but that thought.. that a woman or her family would have to think twice about what the guy she chooses to live with for the rest of her life has to say or think of a post-operation scar ... a scar she might have needed to be alive to meet him in the future... seems so ... I am not getting the word!

So this line of thought isn't very remote as I would have imagined.

My 5-min GoGreen speech

My friend is in the HR dept at my office. She had wanted to make some Go Green clips to encourage people in our office to participate in the tree planting event. So she came in the afternoon and asked if we would like to help her on the project sometime in the evening. Typical of me... I said yes and again typical of me, I had got lost in work and forgotten about it.

Come evening and my friend pings me to inform that shes coming down to our floor and I realise... oops I forgot. So she comes down with a colleague-turned-camera man and starts rounding up people for the clips. So now I had to come up with something ... and Maatha did... in some 5 minutes... here it is:

Do you believe in the genius in your child?

Do you have faith in his/her talent?

So invest in your child's future.

Plant a tree.

Remember if it there were no apple trees

There would be no apple to bring out the genius in Newton

You never know which tree can do that for your child

Why take the risk? Make an investment for your little one's tomorrow

Plant A TREE

:D

Felt a little nervous... but was fun. Reminded me of college days.

Interesting Wedding invitation

For my friends who are on the road to getting married, here is a link to some wedding photographers and an interesting wedding invitation you might want to take some inspiration from.

For those of us who are not in the process of getting married... just enjoy this couple’s Invitation.

http://cuspconcepts.com/2011/shruthi-and-babu/

SOME MORE: 

Everyone,

Here is friend of mine who responded with another interesting invite.

Check it out!

Thanks Vivek!

-NEETS

From: Vivek
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 6:12 PM
To: Vallyeadath, Nita A
Subject: Re: Interesting Wedding invitation

Here is an interesting wedding invite of my ex-colleague - http://www.gopal-seema.com

Thanks for the share matha :)

TWO WOLVES

A story a friend sent.

Which one will you feed more today?

-NEETS

TWO WOLVES

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.



"One is Evil - It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.



"The other is Good - It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."



The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"



The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

 

'Everyday' Lyrics

Had heard this on an episode of ‘Bones’.

We all have been in this position before ... sometime in our lives.

 -NEETS

Toby Lightman - Everyday Lyrics Album: Little Things

Every day is a struggle
Between what I want to say and what I want to keep to myself
And the words that manage to leave my lips
Don't hurt me, but they hurt everyone else

So I find myself in need of a part
I'm not sure why, but I think that it's because
Of this desire to be what others want me to be
Which is nothing close to me

But I'll see better when the smoke clears
The smoke clears inside my head
And I can listen when the screaming doesn't repeat everything I've said
And all that remains me and who I am at the end of the day
And this happens every day ... yeah...

Every day is a battle
Between what I want to know and what I don't want to figure out
And everything in between in these thoughts of mine that you know I can't live with out

So I find myself in need of a part
I'm not sure why, but I think that it's because
Of this desire to be what others want me to be
Which is nothing close to me

But I'll see better when the smoke clears
The smoke clears inside my head
And I can listen when the screaming doesn't repeat everything I've said
All that remains me and who I am at the end of the day
And this happens every day ... yeah... oooh...

But I'll see better when the smoke clears
The smoke clears inside my head
And I can listen when the screaming doesn't repeat everything I've said
All that remains me and who I am at the end of the day
And this happens every day ... this happens every day
This happens every day... yeah...

Your fav alco bev under the microscope

Even a teetotaller will find it pretty!

http://www.insanetwist.com/2011/08/microscopic-images-of-alcoholic-drinks.html

-NEETS