Centuries still exist side by side...

Just wanted post the nice piece below(yeah in line with theme of Swades!).Don't remember the source :-(

India is an experience that none should miss. It is a unique blend of the old and new, of tradition and modernity, of a reassuring continuity with exciting change. It is a place, where centuries still exist side by side. Its culture and history...perhaps tempt you to explore…

I just can't stop lovin' u...

A R Rahman's haunting voice, and Javed Akhtar's beautiful lyrics, a vintage, classic A R Rahman composition, as good as it can get...
yeah I am listening to...

Yeh jo des hai tera
Swades hai tera
Tujhe hai pukaaraa
Yeh woh bandhan hai jo
kabhi toot nahi sakta...

Agreed. Swades wasn't a box office hit(which is a shame infact)...But that can't stop me from adoring it...
Yeah...I can be crazy @ times n abt some...and obsessed with certain stuff...But this one is I am proud of...even after more than 5 months of its release I just can't stop raving about it.
Here's what Ashutosh Gowariker, the man himself has to say...
http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2005/may/24ash.htm
After all how often do we get to c meaningful cinema?
Ashutosh...Encore...

Karmanye Vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana...

As I was shifitng to new location, I just came across "Bhagavadgeetha As It Is by A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" a classic of world literature, in my collection of books.
I had skimmed through it long back.I still remember the line that has the spirit/essence of the whole book for me.
"You have a right to perform your prescribed action,but you are not entitled to the fruits of your action.
Never consider yourself the cause of the results your activities,and never be associated to not doing your duty."
(Translated from Sanskrit:-"Karmanye Vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana,
Ma Karma Phala Hetur Bhurmatey Sangostva Akarmani")
How simple and how relevant even today.I think if Bhagavadgeetha is universally renowned as the jewel of India's spiritual wisdom , its because of Karma Yoga.You rarely find spiritual books/Gurus laying emphasis on doing your work.
Thats exactly what Krishna says here.Always do your best without expecting the results and you will be happy.
How beautiful...

Some short explanations
http://www.yogaville.org/Integral_Yoga/Karma/Karma.php
http://www.sivananda.org/teachings/karma/karmayoga.html

The book
http://www.thekrishnastore.com/Detail.bok?no=360

All about Krishna
http://www.krishna.com/

Short and How Sweet...

True.We travel fast, we communicate fast, everything in this world is getting faster...(for better?)
At the same time 'Time' has become a scarce resource...we never have time for anything...
or atleast we no more have time to read/write lengthy stuff...so my blogs gotta be short(n catchy?!)...!
Short and sweet is like a peck on the cheek...
Long time since I started following the rule, not to type anything more than a page.B'coz if u can't put it down to a page (or two @ max) it's not worth it.
I had learnt it the hard way, probably one of the costliest lessons of my life...!
Brevity and Simplicity are the two virtues we all love but hard to achieve.
Thats why good short stories so rare, paragraph writing is considered a skill and the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) Principle a popular maxim.
Oh...Lemme keep this short(yeah, me running out of time!)...:-)