AC's Favourites

These are some of my favourite songs. Hope you also enjoy :-)

In case, this playlist stops playing, you can access the full list of songs here.

Quotes in Pics :-)

Not much to share today except these Quotes coming your way :-)

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour. - Charles Dickens

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? - Robert H. Schuller

It's an unhealthy habit to say that life is what you make of it, and if you want to be happy, then you can be happy. That's just rubbish, basically. - Mike Leigh

I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh. - Randy Jackson

Speak when you are angry -- and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. - Laurence J. Peter

That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material. - Swami Vivekananda

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. - Albert Einstein

Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes. - Sigmund Freud

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill

As for Quotes in Pics, you need to click this :-)

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That's all for now.

Winter is here....keep warm, share hugs and have a cosy Christmas :-)

Love,
AC :)

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You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. - Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)

Pix Quotes

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Best :-)

Have compiled this latest playlist on The Best of Kishore

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Wr4O1JalNn1ZHvVQn3kQYU7NYrUjl

Will be adding some more songs as and when I find them

They may not be the best in your view but in my view they stand out from the rest :-)

We can always beg to differ as you are not me and I'm not you ;-)

And talking of songs, have you heard this guy sing?!

He is Mukesh Rathore, an IT engineer from Basoda (M.P.), India who now lives in New Jersey, USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G72fmIqB2oY

I chanced upon him while looking for some songs for my playlists on old and new songs.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Wr4O1JaltFk_vSjWwXkkehc3luy_7

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Wr4O1JanEGYsWsf4AY27roeP85elk

I must say he sings well. He may not be having a rich voice like the legendary Rafi but nevertheless he has a nice voice.

I wish he makes his name in Bollywood and sings some soulful songs to enthrall the masses.

https://www.reverbnation.com/mukeshrathore

And now as always, it's Quotes Time :-) This time, all are by C.S. Lewis

If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.

True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.

If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.

Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.” - C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and can’t really get rid of it.

And now leaving you with some Picture Quotes - Happy Pondering :-)

So make time for each other and have a lovely Diwali :-) 

Best Wishes 

APARNA :-) 

Hum Dono (1961) - Two Songs

These 2 songs share the same kind of music but have different lyrics.

1. Abhi Na Jaao (duet by Rafi and Asha)
2. Dukh Aur Sukh (sung by Asha Bhosle)

Music by Jaidev
Lyrics by Sahir

The actor is Dev Anand and Actress is Sadhana

Picture Quotes

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Quirky Facts :-)

I've compiled these from my daughter's School Diary. I found them interesting - so here's wishing you happy knowing :-)

A dolphin's eyeballs can move independently of each other - for e.g. one eye can look straight ahead while the other looks straight up.

Ian Fleming, the British author who created the character James Bond was himself a spy during World War II.

A group of cats is called a Clowder.

The famous Bronte sisters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne - published their novels under fake men's names: Currer Bell, Ellis Bell and Acton Bell.

Cold water weighs more than hot water.

Coins in Ancient China were minted with holes in the centre so that they could be strung and carried.

By law, it is mandatory for every person in Iceland to learn how to swim.

A lobster's blood is colourless. It turns blue when it's exposed to oxygen.

There are more living organisms on the skin of each human than there are humans on the surface of the earth.

Red is the most common colour of food packaging. It's believed to make you hungry.

The sun is about 400 times larger than the moon but is about 400 times farther away, so both seem to be of the same size.

The apparent gravity on Earth is slightly lower at the Equator than it is at the poles.

Almost any domestic cat can run faster than Usain Bolt - the fastest man on earth.

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And as always, here are some quotes for your notes :-)

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers

Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough. - Zig Ziglar

Success is not a destination, it’s a journey. - Zig Ziglar

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love. - William Hazlitt

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have. - Zig Ziglar

Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the “gotta have it” scale. - Zig Ziglar

The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs…one step at a time. – Joe Girard

Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and it’s free - but it can’t go anywhere. - Zig Ziglar

A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one. - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Sometimes I smile and act like nothing is wrong. It's called dealing with s*** and staying strong. - Cathriona White

Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you. - Zig Ziglar

Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission. - Zig Ziglar

Laughter is the closest distance between two people. - Victor Borge

Love never measures....It simply gives.... - Aparna Chatterjee

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully. - Zig Ziglar

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days. - Zig Ziglar

I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge. - Seth Godin

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. - A. A. Milne

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And now, let me end this Blog with some nice songs for you that you can enjoy during this festive season.

I've made these 2 new playlists and will keep adding more songs as and when I get time.

B/W songs of Bollywood in which I've compiled the Best that stand out from the Rest :-)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Wr4O1JamqtPQVrAOL4BIC5T9OJaI7

And of course, Romantic Songs as romance is in the air....because of so much socialising during such social occasions :-)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Wr4O1Jakw6l7UqJPNBlDFsA_78XGU

So happy romancing and wishing you all a very Happy Navratri :-)

Best Wishes,
APARNA :-)

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Sukoon (Peace)

Dil Ko
Jo Sukoon
De

Dimaag Ko Jo
Sukoon De

Wohi Hote Hain
Allah Ke Bande


Eid Mubarak :-) with this shayeri by me :-)

Adaab,
Aparna

His Smile :-)

What I like best about this guy is his naughty, enchanting and winsome smile :-)

Whenever I see him on TV, I know he's gonna say or do something that will make me smile :-)

Why?

Because he looks so funny, romantic and hilarious in most of his roles and above all he is a great dancer.

It is said that many of his co-stars felt wary of dancing with him as he was so good in dancing and they had to match his steps :-)

I've enjoyed many of his comedies and I must say that he has a great sense of humour with that perfect sense of comic timing ;-)

He's a wholesome entertainer and some very melodious songs have been picturised on him.

So here's sharing with you my latest playlist on Govind Arun Ahuja aka Govinda :-)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Wr4O1JaloN7lGr6h_27xyvxiOUubm

Happy playing :-) and as always, here are some quotes for your notes :-)

The existence of God is impossible to prove - it is beyond proof. - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

I seek a deeper truth, but I don't think I have to go to a building designated for worship to find it. - Ted Lange

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. - Swami Sivananda

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. - Oscar Wilde

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved. - George Eliot

Nature is a natural healer. - Aparna Chatterjee

A tragedy concerns the fall of an otherwise good person due to some flaw in his or her character. - Anon

Till next time,
Goodbye and
Good luck :-)

Au Revoir,
APARNA

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My Dolly

My Dolly,

Morning
I see you

Evening
I see you

Still I
Can't
Get to see
Enough of you

Wish
In the noon
You could
Pop in from
School

For me
To see
A bit more
Of you

:-)

(Dedicated to my daughter Kochi who's like a doll to me :-)

Nowadays, she calls herself Gisu (G pronounced as in Glue and eesoo) and me a rhyming name Misu (meesoo) as she misses me in school :-)

Poetry & Photography by Aparna Chatterjee

Every Day

Every day
I have to
Inspire
Myself
To cook
As there's
Nobody else
To cook

Wrote this thinking about my cooking routine. Hubby's too busy with work to cook. Children are too busy with studies to cook. So I'm the only one who has to spare the time to cook. Back home in India, we all used to take turns to cook (I, my mother, my father and our visiting relatives) and so cooking didn't seem to be a chore and I used to love cooking :-) Now it has become a daily drudgery, having cooked here for more than 15 years and so when I want to have some food made by someone else (kisi aur ke haath ka khana), then I have to bank on takeaways and home deliveries.

Image © Getty Images dot Com (Courtesy: Boloji)






Know

Does
Anyone
Know
How I’ll
Die?

Maybe
God knows
How I’ll die

But he
Won't
Tell me
How I’ll
Die...

Why?

'Cause
He's very
Secretive

That's why!

;-)


All the above Poems are © Aparna Chatterjee 2015

You can read more poems here

Canada

Canada
Giye
Ki Korbo

USA Giye
Ki Korbo

Jokhon
Monta
Tomar
Kachhe
Pore Thake

Kothao
Giye
Ki Korbo
_______________________

Why go to
Canada or
USA?

What shall I
Do there?

When my
Mind remains
Always with you

Why go anywhere?
_________________

Another version could be:


What shall
I do by going
To Canada
Or USA,
When from
You I can
Never stay
Away...!!!







Born

Do I
Want to be
Born again
In this
Unsafe
World?

No.

Do I have
A choice?

No.

God who
Takes care
Of all our safety
Will again send me
As if to show me
How he really cares
For me ;-)

The

The whole
World is
Speaking

Let me be
Silent

For when I
Start speaking

The whole
World will
Go silent

(pertaining to God's silence)







Why?

Why do
I live in
A perpetual
State of
Denial?

The reason
Is simple.

Reality
Bites me.

(Theme: Escapism)







Gorges

Her
Husband
Left her
With so
Much of
Bitterness
That she now
Gorges on
Chocolates
To get some
Sweetness

(written after visiting an acquaintance of ours who indulges in a lot of comfort eating to fill up the emptiness left by the strained relation with her ex-husband)


The above Poems are © Aparna Chatterjee 2015

The photo with the Canada poem is that of Aparna Chatterjee

The photo with 'The' poem is © Getty Images dot Com (Courtesy: Boloji)

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Want

Do you
Really
Want to
Meet me?

Then you
Need to
Talk to my
Walkie-Talkie
Diary, my
Calendar Girl
My Secretary

Who's She?

My wife
Sweetie
:-)

(Wrote this poem today when one of my hubby's friends called up to arrange a meeting / rendezvous and my hubby passed on the task to me as he had no clue when he would be free ;-) He remains ever so busy with his office tasks that all his home schedules, invitations and appointments are arranged by me :-) Sweetie is what he calls me.






His Face

He has
A very
Serene
Face

Whenever
I get restless
I see his face

Relaxation
Sets in....
And I thank
His face







New

The students
Are saying
Hello :-)
To each other
So are the
Parents

It's a new
School :-)
For all of us

So we are
Getting
Acquainted
With each other

(Wrote this after attending my daughter's Induction Day. She'll be going to Secondary school this year.)


The above Poems © Aparna Chatterjee 2015

Photography by Mriganka Chatterjee

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Mother Nature

The beauty
Of Mother
Nature is
For us
To see

But I'm
Wondering
About the
Dead and
Departed

Are they also
Able to see
And savour
Her pristine
Beauty?

(Theme could also be Introspection / Observation; thought about those people who've left the earth for their heavenly abode; are they still able to enjoy the bounties of the earth from someplace else, invisible to our naked eyes?)







She

She stands
Out as a
Cut above
The rest
As she is
The very
Best of the
Best

Here's another one:

To stand out
From the rest
You have to be
Better than the
Best

(Theme could be Perception / Appreciation / Motivation / Inspiration and Success)







Subtle

Those
Subtle
Feelings
That
Man
Gives me...
Makes me
Think that
He fancies
Me :-)







Never

Never
Take
Life
For
Granted

What
Will you
Do if
Life
Starts
Taking you
For granted?


The above poems are © Aparna Chatterjee 2015

Image © Getty Images dot Com (Courtesy: Boloji)

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Dr. Omi

Dr. Omi
Has died

The doctor
Became the
Patient himself
When God said
You can't cure
Yourself


(Wrote this after reading the tragic news that Sanjit Bedi known to all of us as Dr. Omi of Sanjeevani has died. He was in his late 30s.)

© Aparna Chatterjee 2015

Image Courtesy: The Economic Times

Did You Know?

Did you know she used to drape a saree over her shirt and trousers and read the news on TV?

Well, I didn't.

Did you know she was a very sportive person and so plunged into depression when she couldn't play any sports because of her illness?

That is when her sister encouraged her to become a TV Presenter.

Also, did you know that she cried a lot after doing the Aaj Rapat Jaayen song with Amitabh Bachchan because she was not comfortable dancing in a saree?

Amitabh Bachchan consoled her a lot to make her feel better.

Intriguing facts like these you'll find in the Video Biography at the end of this playlist I've made on Smita Patil - a very promising actress who died at the young age of 31.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Wr4O1JalkN4o2f1miOYnRqy-h6wm7

Here are some interesting articles on her

http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-smita-s-life-was-a-series-of-accidents-1198712

http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/dec/13smita.htm?print=true

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Smita-Patil-never-admitted-that-Shabana-Azmi-gave-her-sleepless-nights/articleshow/34071096.cms

http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/its-sad-smita-couldnt-live-her-dreams-nadira-babbar-4298.html

http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/14/oct/17-news-jaya-bachchan-wouldnt-be-wrong-to-term-smita-patil-as-the-queen-of-indian-parallel-cinema-101405.asp

And now let me end this Blog with some Quotes for you:

Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life. - Anon

People who love only once in their lives are....shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination. - Oscar Wilde

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. - C.S. Lewis

You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul. - Julie de Lespinasse

Instead of putting others in their place, put yourself in their place. - Anon

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love. - Neil Gaiman

It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. - Robert Southey

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver. - Jean De La Fontaine

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. - Martin Luther King Jr.

A flower blossoms where there is love, not where there is apathy. - Aparna Chatterjee

Take Care
APARNA

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Interesting

Some
People
Find life
Interesting

Some
People
Make life
Interesting

And some
People....
Look at life
And ask:

What's so
Interesting?!




(Theme could be Attitude / Perception)









Nowadays

Nowadays
I don't go
To see
His photo
As everywhere
Before my eyes
Floats his photo







Good

He said:

You don't
Need a
PhD
To write
Good
Poetry

You just
Have to
Feel me
To write
Good poetry

:-)

My

My bedroom
Is the cosiest
Place on earth

The sun
Comes in
And it feels
Like heaven
On earth :-)







Twin

He seems
To me my
Twin soul
As we strive
Towards the
Same goal
:-)








One

He loves me
In one piece

What if I
Fall into
Pieces?!

Maybe,
Then also
He'll love me
In every piece
:-)

(dedicated to my hubby)







Every

Every moment
Of every day...
I think of you
Yet my thoughts
Never seem to
Get enough
Of you...







One

There is
One girl
Who could
Stay with you
All day, all night
If only you could
Let her be with you
All day, all night







You

You
Write to
Those who
Read you
Not to
Those who
Don't need
You









Such

Such is his
Destiny....
That in this
Life, he would
Never know
That he
Belongs to me

And in the
Life after..?

Possibly,
It could be the
Same old story

And in the life
After next life?

Well, it all depends
On what sort of ending
You want for our
Love Story..?

Happiness or
Misery....?!

Some

Some
Stories
Don't make
It to the
News
Headlines

You need to
Read those
In between
The lines...








All His

All his
Theories
About my
Behaviour
Are going
Wrong...!

He thought
He understood
Me.

His understanding
Was so wrong...!




Choose

Time
To buy
Some
Earrings
Again

Hence
Missing
Baba
Again

He would
Carefully
Go thru
All the
Earrings
I would try
And then
Choose
For me
The ones
I would
Buy

(Theme: Choice)










Second

Tired and
Hungry
He comes
Back home
From his
Office that
Is his
Second
Home

(our men spend so much of time away from home in their office that it seems to be their second home)

Review

Some
People
Review
Your
Work
As if
They are
Putting their
Likes on Facebook

No matter
Whatever
The content
They seem to
Like it on Facebook







Unwritten

That
Unwritten
Poem of
Mine that
Will die
With me
Will revive
In your mind
When you'll
Live with me

(Theme could be Supernatural / Revival / Rebirth)


All the above Poems are © Aparna Chatterjee 2015

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Those

Those
Belongings
That belonged
To him...
Make me
Feel that I
Still belong
To him...

Vivid

That vivid
Dream of
Me being
In Kolkata
And gazing
At the Ganges

Made me realise
That a part of me
Still belongs to the
Ganges

Find

People
Are
Visiting
Various
Places
To find
Peace

I just
Want to
Live in your
Heart to
Find peace

Her

Her
Photo
Full of
Pain...
Made me
Realise
There were
Lots of
Droughts
In her life
Not much
Rain...







Muted

Separated
Widowed
Divorced
Women
With their
Muted
Sex drives

Where do they
Go to satiate
Their drives?

Or do they remain
Frustrated with their
Frustrating sex drives

For the sake of
Sticking to the label
Of propriety in this
Primitive, puritanical
Society

(pertaining to some sections of our Asian society that abound with hypocrisy and double standards)







Nobody

When
There's
Nobody
To talk to
Even the
Postman
Would do

(wrote this after seeing an elderly neighbour who lives on his own and looks out for people to have a chat)







Height

Height of
Sycophancy?

Don't need to
Go to Indian
Offices....

In Facebook,
You can see
;-)

Themes could be Flattery / Buttering / Toadyism / Flummery / Puffery

Gone

Gone are the
Days when
The wife...
Would just
Deck up
For her
Hubby to
Enjoy :-)

Thanks to
Social media
Now she
Decks up
For the whole
World to
Enjoy :-)








Survivor

Sometimes
I feel, I'm the
Only one
Fighting for
Life
The rest have
All given up
On life

Theme: Survival

(wrote these lines thinking about the sailor in this scene)







Blame

Nothing
Goes your
Way

Blame it
On God

As if
All your
Problems
Have been
Created
By God
And will be
Sorted by
God

I Feel

I feel your
Embrace ~
All over me

Death,
You've
Finally
Come to
Rescue
Me ~







Never

You'll never
Know who
Am I when
I write....

I may be
He, she
You or me
When I write

(Theme: Role-Playing, pertaining to many of my poems)


All the above Poems are © Aparna Chatterjee 2015

Images © Getty Images dot Com (Courtesy: Boloji)

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