Happy Independence Day!

This is an appeal to all of you my friends..

Independence Day has become just another occasion for us to send message n wish each other.. We have overlooked it's significance..

Some people say-"Who says we r independent".. To some extent they are wrong and to some extent they are right.. We have advanced in many fields.. We have nuclear power.. We have a bid IT sector.. 1000s of millionaires.. But then.. Acc to planing commission of India, 27.25% (42% under international poverty line) of our population is below poverty line.. 34% of our population is illiterate.. On one side we have big mall n the other side, we have slums.. Corruption is evrywhere.. And our India needs cleanliness.. in terms of minds n also regarding sanitation..

We, the youth can do a lot for our country.. Learn from the Chinese, they and us, we both started together, but now they are the second largest economy, but we, are going to surpass them as the country with highest population.. Why don't we just promise ourself that we need to do somthing big.. We Indians don't aim higher.. We need to make ourselves proud.. We r not doing this for somebody else but our own motherland.. We youth are very passionate.. But as we grow.. We get power.. We become selfish.. Power corrupts.. But don't let it happen with us.. Don't corrupt yourselves.. Love ur country.. Work for it..

On this Independence day.. Let us take a pledge of making our country better..

Start from small things-

1) Say NO to corruption
2) Maintain cleanliness in our neighbourhood
3) Save electricity n water, reduce pollution
4) Stop distinguishing people as Hindu, Muslim,Bengali, Bihari, Marathi, Bhramhan, Shudra n all.. No religious, regional n sexual biasness.. We r Indian.. n even above that we r human..
5) Study hard, work hard
6) Spread literacy, promote literacy, try to teach at least one person..

And a lot more.. Think friends, think.. Dont lose hope.. Or dont make urself think like.."WHO CARES".. It's ur country.. Ur OWN Identity..

As they say.. Even one man can make a difference.. One man cant change the whole nation.. But if all of us make some difference.. We will surely change our Country..

JAI HIND!

KK fans please join...

KK, the voice of many hearts, is among the best singers of our Indian Music. The path to reach this zenith has been carved by this Keralite himself. If you listen to the songs of this Delhi based singer, you can easily feel how beautifully he emotes. He truly believes in what he says, “Dil se kaam karo is my ‘funda’". Just like his idol Kishore Kumar, KK is self-trained. Yet his singing is so simple and his effortlessness is beyond comparison. He says God has gifted him with his talents. And also says, “I leave everything to God and that helps me select the best songs.”.His has a very wide range of songs, be it soft numbers like “Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai”, “Zara Si”, “Dil Ibadat”, or sad songs “Awarapan Banjarapan”, “Tadap Tadap Ke”, or dance numbers such as, ”Dus Bahane”, “Main tera Dhadkan” and ”Ayashi”. The ease with which he strikes his chords is so remarkable. The best part of this amazing singer is that he is one of the most amazing human being, his humble nature will make you go gaga over him. There is nothing that he craves for, be it awards, fame or publicity. He is always thankful to God for his ability and work. His ultimate focus lies on the kind of work he gets & needless to say, he outdoes himself every time he comes up with a new track.

As a child he wanted to be a doctor, but went on to become a commerce graduate. He even worked as a Market executive for 8 months. But destiny had something else stored for him and us. He soon realized that music was where his heart lies.

In 1994, the year his son was born, he gave his demo tope to Louis Banks, Ranjit Barot, Shiv Mathur and Leslie Lewis to get a break in the music arena. He got the first break in Mumbai from UTV to sing jingles and success followed soon. He grabbed his first bollywood song, “Chod Aye Hum” from the movie “Maachis” with music director Vishal Bhardwaj. Since then he never looked back, he has sang over thousands of jingles and more than 600 songs in 9 languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and many more.

His first album “Pal”, which he came up with his mentor Leslie Lewis, was an instant hit and ignited the youths. For this, he got the prestigious SCREEN award as best singer. His second album,”Humsafar” came after a gap of 8 years, in which he plays the composer too. He says that he has grown as a musician and a human being too over these years.

He also says that he feel lucky to be able to work with music directors such as “Shankar-Ehsan-Loy”, “A R Rahman”, “Illayaraja”. Nevertheless, this man is a genius himself and that is why his fan followings are increasing day by day. He says, “I'm as popular as my last hit song. I'm happy as long as my listeners like my music.”

He loves to sing live as much as playback singing. “There is a certain energy an artiste gets when he or she is on stage. No matter what one’s condition is, once I am on stage, I forget everything and simply perform,” he says.

The kind of performer he is, rightly give us the reason to call him The Mesmerizer. He married his childhood sweetheart Jyothi in 1991. It has been 28 years since they know each other. They know each other from sixth standard. Jyothi is a painter and designer by profession. His eldest son Nakul seems to be following proud father's footsteps. The then 13-year-old sang a song MASTI from his latest album HUMSAFAR with his father. KK has a daughter Taamara. As a family man, KK prefers to spend time with family when he is not working. In an interview he said,” One thing very few people know is that I love to talk. My wife and I chat from morning till evening. Eventually, my 16-year-old son has to come and ask us to break our chatting session!”

He says his family is what gives him the strength to cope with all the pressure of Bollywood, where one has to continuously carve one's niche and hold on to it.

KK appeared on television too. He was invited as jury member for a talent hunt show FAME GURUKUL, but he is clear that he would not like to return to television as the medium restricts him.

www.themesmerizer.com

How civilized are we?

A few days back, my friend and I were discussing whether our government should give sentence of Capital Punishment or of Life Imprisonment. My friend was in favor of Capital Punishment while I was in favor of Life imprisonment. Soon we moved to terrorism and something which started as a discussion turned into an argument, while ended with none of us talking to each other. Thus, I thought that I must write this post regarding us, we people and our outlook towards life, death and terrorism, and rather towards how civilized we are.

Starting from the initial question of Capital Punishment and Life Imprisonment, most of us would agree that when someone murders an innocent person, how can we just let him go off? When the family of the victim suffers how can the murderer live happy? How can we let him go and commit more crimes? He must be punished, but I would like to say two things. First, can we create life that we have the right to take it away? Second, can violence counter violence? If this was the way, then soon we would have Nobel Violence Award! Well, I am not asking to let the criminals go free, I too want them to have punishment but also a chance to reform and serve the society. Not death sentence, otherwise what will be the difference between them and us.

Now, the terrorist point of view (as we did in the argument!). They kill hundreds of people each day. Those cruel animals, should we forgive them? Even God won’t have mercy on them, isn't it? Well, I say killing them will just act as a painkiller and not remove the root. Killing their people will enrage them and they will kill many more innocent lives. Then again we will kill them and they will kill us. Like this the cycle will simply go on and on and never end! (Well, yes killing in a counter terror attack is different from Capital Punishment; it’s simply the need of hour. Here I'm discussing a larger picture!).

As I was talking about the root, so what is the root of terrorism? Some would say religious fundamentalism, some would say politics. True indeed, but these facts are true in case of the terrorist leader and not the suicide bomber. Who are this small people? Why are these terrorists from Afghanistan, Iraq or Pakistan and not from UK, France or Spain? A clue-The oil reserves at Kuwait and Iraq are sold by USA and not by those local people. Well, the answer is simple, Poverty. This is the reason why the local people support these terrorists. Even these people were not born cruel. Poverty, Revenge and Anger has made them these. Instead of declaring war on nations (Yes, I am talking about US' policy on Iraq and Afghanistan) we must try and uplift the people in these poor countries, so that they can resist the path of terrorism.

Now, if I go deeper, this article will become too long and people won’t read it anymore! Let me try and summarize. I talked about Capital punishment as well as terrorist. But my thinking was directed towards none of these. My point is we proudly call ourselves civilized, but are we really civilized? We promote killing of people either way, we kill lawfully, and they kill unlawfully. But what we do is crime. Does this have any real end? Can war really bring peace or Is it “An eye for an eye will leaves the world blind”. What about other burning problems? One is honor killing in which family members kill their own child, same in the case of female infanticide. Everywhere violence and violence. The purpose of my writing was to make you ponder over these questions; I hope somebody might just come up with an answer.

Heart Gul, Croc the fool!

Well this was created about 7 years back. This may be a bit childish, but my sole intention is to make you smile a little. This is the story of the monkey and the crocodile, retold in a different way…

In the Land of Barbadistan,

Lived a monkey named Mastaan.

On the bank of river Sile,

Lived monkey’s friend Crocodile.

They were the best guy,

And for each other they could die.

Mastaan used to give Croc mango,

While they enjoyed doing Tango.

Like this days were going past,

It seemed their friendship will always last.

But fate had something else planned,

Enters into the story an evil mind.

Croc had a beautiful wife,

Whom he loved as much as his life.

Mastaan used to send mangoes for Bhabhiji,

Which she enjoyed with glee.

One day, she said, “O my darling!

Will you ever start thinking?”

“Your friend has such a sweet heart,

I worry he must have to part.”

Croc was frightened,

And shouted, ”But he is my friend!”

She said, “Bring me his heart fast

Or I’m your wife will be matter of past.”

Croc had no choice but to leave,

While his heart starts to grieve.

Now he started thinking of a plan,

How to bring monkey on the pan.

He went to Mastaan’s tree,

Where Mastaan gave him mango for free.

“I will have the mango later,

Come home with me for a dinner.”

Mastaan agreed to be his guest,

Thus begun their quest.

On Croc’s back sat Mastaan,

Singing all the way his favorite gaan.

Suddenly in the middle of the Sile,

Started crying the crocodile.

He told his friend about his compulsion,

Listening to which Mastaan had tension!

He said, “O my dear friend!

Your problem is at it’s end.

I will gladly give my heart away,

But I left it on the tree to stay.”

“Take me back to the shore,

And you will have to cry no more.”

The Croc agreed and swimmed back,

While Monkey patted his own back.

As they reached the shore,

Monkey knew he made his score,

He jumped back to the tree.

Now surely he was free.

Then he shouted, ”Can somebody live with his heart gul?

Never show me your face Croc the fool!”