Amitabh Bachchan - A Living Legend

Apologetic Abhimanyu Sarkar (AAS)

2010-06-02T13:04:00.001-07:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

I have heard positive notes from my dear friend Gisele Barbosa.. How could I drop people left and right from my facebook. especially when some of them had written to me first time on the occasion of 50th Birthday.. err.. 51st birthday..

I tender my apologies to each one of the following who were unceremoniously dropped from my facebook (twitter) list of friends.. I am deeply ashamed of my act.. to please someone I do not really have to displaese so many people of God… My brothers and sisters please forgive me if it is possible.. I may have quite easily forgotten to add few names.. please ignore my memory failure.. if any

Angel Gupta
Tumpa Ghosh
Ravi Malhotra
Carla Flum
Karola Jomischi
Sahar Gazeran
Bharati Sharma
Lyudnmila Zueva
Rasha Zayed
Naresh Kapoor
Deepak Taunk
Lakshmi Jagular
Viajayalakshmi (vijji)
Subhash Kaura
Manoj Kumar Ojha
Moushumi Mukherjee
Devkishin Vyas
Kashmira Grewal
Deepak Bubna
Barun Sen
Obby Choudhary
Amer Sohib
Gilga Saran
Syed Kabeeruddin
Jabela Kundalia
Zhenya Sannikova
Elena Seredkina
Jasmine Jaywant
Valorie Adams
Wriddhiman Chatterjee
Raman Jetly
Nandita Kao
Deepak Bubna
Anu big B
Deepti Pote (Request was pnding)!!
Rajesh Kejriwal
Reshmi Philip
Pawan Pipalwa
Preeti Kaur
Mira Desai
Sharmila Ravinder
Ashwini Big B Kumar
Abhishek Bachchan (twitter)
Rochelle Goldnman (Twitter)
Pritish Nandy (Twitter.. not related to the blog though
Amitabh Sahenshah (Zainab)
Ibrar Hussein
Rupam Sarma
Dr. Shashi Mohan Sharma
Pankaj Shrivastav
Shankar Narayan ??
Sandeep Chouhan
Ankur Sharma
Fatima Mahomed
Mahendra Choudhari

and few who are not actually from the blog especially
Heer Saleti (Rafi dom)
Mirza Ghalib
Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan (The group!) How could I do that ???????
Pritam Sharma (Ref. Shobhit Kaushal )
Shobhit Kaushal ( The artist poet who died of Cancer but could meet you!)
Sunil Jagtiani (IIT, Powaii, Warden Road (and Juhu) friend )
Pradeep Bijlani (Bridge partner at Juhu)
Raju Bijlani (Bridge partner at Juhu)

I hope to recover them if they agree.. if they do not it is all right I deserve not to be on their list..

I do not think I have left out many from the list of deletions.. I had to do it from memory.. a few others who would have been dropped inadvertently

Your picture collection is worth a great deal.. only I am right now more committed to other things especially Amrit needs my attention for reason other than studies his aloe pacia is on the aggravated state.. Savita has been struggling day in and day out with her school and household acts..

I thought I needed some extra time to myself.. I wanted to write out Kahan kahan se Guzar Gaya.. and also do something about war against Cancer.. that time I am going to buy from my cricket writings.. I would not discuss cricket even if the BCCI is not sending their team to Asian Games..

Last but not the least brother.. I thought there was not much enjoyment in what I was writing here.. I myself did not quite like what I had been writing of late.. I thought I needed more focus..

If the above set of people read this account they should not be too unhappy with my action.. it was not a reaction..

Love affection and Respect
Abhaya Sharma

The few ones I missed to mention -

Puneet Jha

Puneet Puri

May 30 2010

2010-05-30T09:48:00.000-07:00

Dearest Brother
I have taken a vow that I shall not write at your blog till my friend Gisele Barbosa does tell me that she is not unahappy with me.. that she does not feels that I have deserted her.. that I am not intending to be sarcastic when I request her to return to normalcy after the death of Patrick.. that I could never spit on such a huge friend in my life.. that she is above you..when it comes to pick one out of the two.. just the two of you..

If she does not forgive me.. if she decides not to write back to me in as many words that she is not unhappy with my acts I shall not return to the blog.. funny.. I came to the blog becuase of her with the hope that someday I would be able to establish a relationship with you whatever distant.. yet close enough to be able to communicate to you the existence of Gisele Gomez Barbosa..

No,no I am not unhappy with you for any reasons.. I am not unduly perturbed with any thing.. I may keep away from blog for an important and intelligent fan from Rhode Islands in America.. the author of the book - The Power of Fate.. Gisele G Barbosa.. Her first book a copy of which she says she had sent to you.. and some three years back on 29th May had sent me a mail if I could tell her if you had received her book.. a union that built over next one and half year of great associateion diminidhed with my arrival on your blog.. the more I wrote on your blog.. the less could devote time for her.. the time I spent with you and the rest of the fellow bloggers came at the cost of my association with her.. can she really forgive me if not forget my sin of breaking away not knowingly.. not to hurt but incidenatally.. and accidentally..

One fine day I heard of her son'd death.. I was not knowing how to console her.. I drew further away from her.. as I did not knwo how to react.. I have been misunderstood..

I know lot of people may not like my story for its the simple bare truth and truth is always strange in appearance..or so they say..

Response to day 683

2010-03-05T21:19:00.001-08:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

It is great to see that BAFTA did honor Jaya and Abhishek.. a recognition from anywhere is always good.. the one from BAFTA is specially more so..

Your attempt twittering was quite good.. no, no, I do not have any reasons to please you even if some AZ thinks that I do so to degrade his position or standing.. it is all right.. he is allowed what he wishes to think of me, you and him.. I have nothing against anyone.. nor do I have to explain myself unless really required.. threatening someone is out of question especially if someone calls one his elder brother.. he remains as dear to me as he may not understand.. despite that nasty phone call.. and subsequent writings here or in form of the SMSs.. AZ please live in some peace.. I am no competitor not only to you but not to anyone on this earth.. think positive.. that is the key to one's happiness.. if one does not accepts the abuses from another they reflect back onto the same person.. so be very careful when you speak over phone especially if you are also recording it for some reasons.. God bless you..

Brother.. there is no reason for me to take back my comments about the DAE/BRIT incidence.. though I did request AZ to get rid of them.. it is all right.. I haven't reported anything silly.. have valid fears in the light of the times we are living.. the incidence does appear to be simple burglary case and the culprit has been nabbed as well.. yet some reporters had completely wrongly added their own stories to it in the press.. that is nothing new.. yet in such sensitive matters the press must be more careful and maintain some sanctity and keep away from rumors.. I am slightly less scared of the event..

The Hockey team now has to only play for pride.. do not believe in the kind of permutations and combinations that media is building about India's prospect.. though for me.. semi-final is not the end of the road.. an improved world standing at the end of the tournament would be an achievement good enough.. and I must admit here that boys in the blue have been performing to their abilities if not beyond.. that in itself is some consolation.. if India could beat England which I seriously doubt they would probably be standing a chnce to feature in top six Hockey playing nations of the world and that would be no mean achievement by any standards.. so Sandeep, Shivendra, Sreejesh go ahead an d do your best.. I would eve love to see more action from Rajpal, Arjun and Pillay they have been playing good Hockey and even if they fail to win against England it would not matter so much.. we have witnessed a surge of interest in the Hockey and for this we must thank the FIH for holding the prestigious world cup event in New Delhi..

I also read the views of Dr. Manmohan Singh about his dialogue with Pakistan.. I fully support his view.. No, no, I am not a staunch supporter of any political system I only acknowledge a good deed and stand on the matter.. Dr. Singh is perfectly right when he says that maintaining distance has not helped our cause.. maybe the talks could some day initiate a better understanding between 60 year old rivals..

Love Affection and Respect as always
Abhaya Sharma
PS AZ send this SMS to me - You have written you won't let me sleep like.. " applause, for writing before ME to defend/shield yourself.. My MOTHER always tells me - " IF OTHER PERSON DOES SOMETHING EVIL, BAD OR HURT YOU, IF YOU DO THE SAME THEN WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "YOU" & HIM/HER.." From: amitabh ziibbu 09.01 PM 05/03/10
my reply No comments..

A Message for Amitabh Ziibbu

2010-03-05T03:45:00.000-08:00

AZ.. I may still go and watch the Teen Patti some day.. it is only a matter of one man’s meat may be other man’s poison.. something that could be applied to films as well.. you see we are all different and diverse in our interests and likings.. what I may not have liked may be liked by you or say X.. what the X likes may not be liked by you and me.. do not try to impress upon me or others what is your perception.. it is all right.. do not treat it as complaint.. I know you are a well meaning guy despite my such bad time for some of your previous acts.. I do treat you as a younger brother and thank you for your wishes for Amrit and the other advises…

Dearest Amitabh Ziibbu
Cool down boy!

I do not know where and how have I disturbed you.. rather I had honoured you by asking to get this particular message to be deleted for some of my comments regarding DAE issues that I had aired and I wanted them to be deleted these from the blog as you had also agreed to send a mail to Mr. Bachchan in this regard…in the morning..

If I were not holding a high opinion about you I would not have asked you to help me in this matter.. which you so amicably agreed in the morning..

I have copied the initial message to you so as to apprise you of my opinion about the movie Teen patti when you said you had not liked it and asked me not to go for it.. it is all right if I have hurt you in any way.. I fully apologise to you.. I had used the one man's meat is another man's poison in the context of your opinion.. meaning I would still go and see the movie even if you had different perception.. as I think it would be a great movie ..

This phone call from you half an hour back came quite a bit as a surprise.. I was taken off my feet and see no reason or fail to understand why you talked the way you did..
It is upto you to write and tell brother or anyone for that matter what you think of my comments.. it is your prerogative.. but where did I threaten you.. in what way.. how can you say that I am after spoiling your image in the mind of Mr. Bachchan..

These things are not at all clear to me.. I may please be pardoned if I have unknowingly hurt you.. it was never ever my intention.. in fact it was me who called you yesterday after receiving your well meaning SMS to Amrit for his exams.. I made him to talk to you despite his unwillingness.. he does not like to talk to unknown people.. yet I forced him to talk with you..

That you behave nastily over phone when I was in a meeting at the office so much that I had to leave the meeting and come out to attend your call.. it does not augur too well.. I say this in the sense that I mean well of you.. if you think by recording the conversation as evidence you would book me for wrong reasons you are completely misplaced.. I do not challenge people but you have treated me with such unasked for utterances over phone which you say you have recorded for later use.. aap mahaan hain..what exactly is on your mind.. why do you not talk to me when I have repeatedly called you later.. I have absolutely no intentions of disturbing your relationship with Mr. Bachchan.. I have no reasons to do so.. I have no reasons to come in your way.. I have no reasons to threaten you for whatever you might have tried to rake up during the conversation over phone..

I write all this so that you can calm down and pray what has actually disturbed you to use that kind of language over phone.. come out of all this and behave like a good human being.. I have no reasons to find faults with you.. I have not tried to find faults with you.. threatening is out of question.. I still treat you a younger brother who probably reacts differently to situations.. it is all right.. but please treat this as an answer to your phone call since you are not receiving my call..

Have a nice day and enjoy life rather than getting into unwanted and unfounded issues.. do not think that I am here to malign or make someone’s image.. I am not capable of that at all..

Your well wisher
Abhaya Sharma

Day 672

2010-02-22T20:21:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

You bring us pride every time you write of yourself in such august company as could be treated as the most powerful.. we take pride in your achievements.. as if we have achieved what you achieved.. does it sound too optimistic.. no, no we are indeed keen on knowing the great strides that you have made not only as an actor but also as a super human.. I personally bow down to touch your feet.. to be blessed as someone who knew you even if not met you.. it is a matter of great honour to just know you.. and to have known you for forty years speaks of some strange satisfactions in personal life.. you are a blissful person and we all belong to the country together.. a country which is so unified despite all its diversity.. a country that has a cultural and social heritage that wounds (the verb form of wind and not the wound the noun..) into magnificence so easily.. we are indeed rich by having Amitabh Bachchan on our side of the earth.. thank you brother for being born as an Indian for being born as one amongst us.. how could we ever pay our debts to Dr. Bachchan and Shrimati Teji Bachchan for giving birth to iconic yet very humanlike Amitabh Bachchan of Hindi Cinema..

I am sure I would not miss the Teen Patti at any cost.. I might as well pick some time to view Rann in cinema hall some day.. I wish the brother of millions of Indians and world poplulace the very best at every single moment of his life..

I take leave of you rather arbitrarily.. yet I must confess what Gordon Brown has achieved with you talking so highly about him.. it is no small matter that the powerful men in the world recognize and assert your powers as an actor.. Thank you Mr. Brown for all the nice and kind words.. and here is a joke to share from Sir Ben Kingsley.. I am not only going to meet the God I am going to act along with him.. he was picture perfect in Gandhi and even if he said what he said in the lighter moments.. he was not far away from the truth.. I am sure Teen Patti would be a great movie to watch and enjoy in theatres..

Ha! I said a lot of after taking the break.. usual me.. do not know how i shall end the conversation with you.. I never want it to end.. but end temporarily it must.. smile bhaai.. smile in the mirror.. no, no, not the Mumbai mirror but the mirror of the whole world..

Love Affection and Respect
Abhaya Sharma

Maha Shivaratri

2010-02-12T01:56:00.000-08:00

Best Wishes for the great Festival of Maha Shivratri …
Kar charan kratumva
Kayajam karmajumva
Shravan nayan jamva
manasam va pararadham
Vihatam Vihatmva
sarvmetat kshamasva
Jay Jay Karunaabdhe
Shri Mahadev Shambho !

OH Lord Mahadev Shambho.. please forgive me for my wrong deeds that I might have commited by my hands.. feets.. body.. ears or eyes.. by my actions or by the mind.. I seek forgiveness from thee again and again knowing you as the kindest of all!
Abhaya Sharma
.........
Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh
I come back again with this song which I rate as one of the best from your film Yaraana..
Bhole o BholeVo roothadil tootamere yaar ko mana levo pyaar phir jaga de…
Oh let the people watch it on youtube..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjnDFRNUEzY
Oh you were so wonderful in that song sequence I am sure even Amjad Khan’s smile in between is a proof of how good you were at your art and craft..
Have a great day.. and I wish Aishwarya gets over her throat infection.. her fever.. her swallowing and other difficulties at the earliest.. oh sometimes the media men can get just too nasty but then you have been living with their nuances for four decades now.. gussa thook do bhaai.. un kaanon par joo nahi rengane vaali.. ek kahavat hai.. kshama badan ko chahiye chhotan ko utpaat.. you are much above them in almost every way.. ignore their mistakes..
Love Regards and Respect
Abhaya Sharma
PS I hope the doctors advise on her condition has been sought.. yet I believe in Abhsishek’s funda.. araam badi cheez hai munh dhak ke soiye.. let her relax and take the much needed rest.. Take care

Amitabh's post of day 660 - Reply Post

2010-02-10T19:12:00.000-08:00

Wonderful account of a repast from the past..
Oh! you took along me to those days that I too would have spend with the same vigour and same zest and equal amount of lovability of the days bygone..

Respected Brother
adar Charan Sparsch

The morning television as it was switched to Times Now not to hear the news but to find about if the Aman Ki Asha would be there sometimes.. The frame caught you reading those beautiful words of Gulzaar Sahabs pen.. and to my surprise the announcement that there is going to be a very special weekend with Amitabh Bachchan.. oh! I should not have taken your name.. forgive me brother.. It made up my day.. just the news of it..

Then cam and settle down in front of the Internet.. oh what a glorious vivid account of what some prefer to call history in the realm of today.. There is no doubt that I shall read it one more time if not many more times.. How much close you were to us then than now.. that account of Holi and the rest of it.. simply very exciting.. of not having the luxury of summer holidaying.. of the great fun had outdoors till the dark set in.. that great enthusiasm to get prepared for some special friends party or even the description of the summer extravaganza.. it all sounded so very similar.. it all sounded as if you were not telling your story but our stories.. that you as a human being has definitely recalled your past with such clarity and elan that an Abhaya Sharma can never ever emulate.. yet I shall make an effort to versify some of it.. not today.. not immediately.. but not in distant future.. I shall definitely make efforts to do it in prose if poetic mood does not encroach me easily.. I know I can not write poetry at wish alone.. I have never been able to do that.. it just has to happen on its own.. to be precise know I can not plan it unlike the prose.. so be it.. let us hope that I am able to do it.. not to please you.. not even to test my Hindi skills.. yet just to express myself alongside you as I do it.. bhaai! tussi great ho! Tussi to chha gaye!! mazaa aa gaya!!!

More later
Love Affection and respect ( one each for Peace, Harmony ad Brotherhood!)
Abhaya Sharma

AB on Authority - Day 651

2010-02-01T20:03:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

Authority is of two types.. one kind is bestowed by the system upon you by your position and the associated responsibilities that come with it.. the other kind is the authority that you earn by your good responsible actions.. you brother fall in the second bracket of authority.. and it derives from what I have just said.. the authority that has been earned rather than thrust upon us is more valuable and at times more rewarding.. you are an authoritative actor and a human being.. and when I say this I mean every word of it.. you are what you are for the painstaking forty years of hardwork that has been put up without the slightest remorse.. India looks upon you as an esteemed actor who not only knows his craft too well but also someone who constantly works to retain his image over the years..

Let us leave it lest it sounds like a sycophant.. a sycophant that I never ever was.. being sycophant is what I desist.. I don't hate anything anymore so the word desist.. I had recently learned that hatred is the only thing that we really need to hate.. I am in no authority to judge myself.. is true to an extent yet if we do not exercise some authority on our acts.. others will show their authority to brand and label us.. I see authority more of a restraint and an exercise for self-improvement.. it could be true for an individual and also for the system.. I have no authority over myself in some ways and do exert authoritative opinion on some of the subjects.. one such subject is Amiabh Bachchan, another could be Indianity yet another could be cricket.. there could be some authority in my writings.. sometimes easily visible and at times only visible to those who have an unbiased mind to find..

I think I have unduly spoken on authority beyond what is allowed to me.. if one remembers with authority comes the duty half our jobs could be executed unassumingly and without a prejudice..

I abruptly end the discussion here and change the course.. let us talk something light.. let us talk about cricket for instance.. South Africa the Protean are in the land to play a Test and ODI series.. I am in no authority to exert my influence on the BCCI to play more of T20 International cricket.. they are not responsible to me.. they would rather not listen to what I have to say.. That is what authority means in some of the words in the world.. I wish South Africans a Gala time.. if Kapil Dev's words are paid heed to the wickets in the forthcoming series could be slow and turners.. no, no, I am not against his stand.. he is an authority on cricket like you are an authority in Cinema.. So you see.. the word authority could actually be used both in positive and sometimes in the negative sense.. Some more examples of authority..

Professor Har Gobind Khorana is an authority in Biological chemistry..

Leander Paes is a proven authority in Tennis doubles..

Viswanathan Anand's authority in the game of Chess is well known..

Saina Nehwal has stamped her authority on the Badminton court..

Amir Khan's authority on producing marketable films is self-evident..

Sachin Tendulkar has proved his authority as a cricketer with 90 hundreds in International cricket..

Now, I would have been expected to speak something for the negative use of the words.. I decide not to speak.. I have no authority to judge others negatively.. yet some abstract thoughts should be laid down here for others to discuss and debate..

Having Nuclear weapons helps achieve authority..

Sending a criminal to the guillotines is also an authority..

Spending country's revenues wisely or unwisely is also one kind of authority..

Drawing boundaries between nations.. dividing lines between people and destabilizing nature.. are all in the hands of authorities..

I think the post is getting boring with me not able to make much readability in what I want to say especially when I have no authority..

Take care of your good self.. aur haan bhaai is tarah ki debates jo aap ham logon ko paros dete ho.. achchhha lagata hai.. You are raising good debates and discussion amongst us.. and making good use of your authority.. Keep it up..

Love, Affection and Respect
Abhaya Sharma
February 2 2010 9:30 AM

Amitabh's Blog day 648

2010-01-29T23:11:00.000-08:00

Dear Mr. Vijay Harshvardhan Malik ( Rann )
Good Morning to you! And all the listeners and readers of the blog..

It seems you have lived your reel life in its real values.. well written even if unedited post.. long, Lovely and lasting impression that it has made does it go on to promote media or say devour it.. it goes on to do the best.. suggests..

Plenty of issues.. much of it too current.. most written with an open view and appears as transparent as you wish others to be.. do unto others as to what you expect from them.. well thought out post.. simply amazing.. does casting in the role of a News channel owner in reel life transformed you into the one in real life.. I wish it did.. you are s forthright.. so imaginative and informed that if implemented with good intent the issues can not remain unanswered for far too long.. whether IPL.. or any of the major current events that you compiled in this one post.. it would take time for someone as naive as me to really fathom the actual depth of the issues leave alone the solutions...

Yet coming back to one issue in particular IPL 3 and private mode of the IPL.. I tend to disagree with you.. some thing which is meant for public even if run privately can not be visualised privately alone.. who would not know of the various times that sports have been overshadowed by political atmosphere as has been amply provided by you in terms of Moscow and more.. what Abhaya Sharma asks brother is that - Is it really good to allow political intentions to be intertwined into sports.. even if there are precedence would any organiser of any kind of games would ever like the idea of the boycott.. and this Pakistani cricketers boycott does not even seem to have known roots.. what has caused the angst is quite unclear.. if the honourable home minister is to be believed there is not slightest connectivity of government to the decision.. yet the decision to exclude Pakistanis has been quite visible to all.. and here I had also said if Afridi decides to sit out he would be caught on the wrong foot.. that is if he vehemently opposes any operations to settle the issue amicably.. I have been involved quite deeply with IPL 1 and even IPL 2.. I know its good in the first place.. only exclusion of some of the top names in the game only warranted a reaction from me.. stick to my guns.. I would not watch IPL 3 if there are no Pakistanis in the IPL teams.. I have my reasons.. I see sports and cricket in particular as that bridge that can be used to pacify the disturbing atmosphere and relationship that has been building between two countries over last six decades more so in the recent times with terror strikes in Mumbai on 26/11.. do we want to try to come closer to each other or we wish to be removed further away shunning each other one every possible issues.. we would be doing disservice to two great leaders in Gandhi and even Jinnah.. I know people have different opinions of the latter.. yet I think the only grave mistake that Mr. Jinnah made was formation of the Indian Muslim league and departing away from congress.. and that was encashed by British to divide us.. no, I would not watch IPL 3 devoid of Shahid Afridi and Gul in particular.. even if the Pathan chooses not to return on a rethink.. the onus in that case would lie with him.. I would protest against him not joining as well as protesting aginst the teams not picking him.. so you see my stand is unilateral.. I want both Afridi and Gul to be a part of the IPL besides Tanvir, Misbah, Razzaq and Malik.. there could be many more..

I have a poor understanding of the several other issues that have been brought forth by you here.. especially the Australia's behaviour.. yet I simply ask.. when we have Maharashtra, Telangana and many other divisive forces discriminating among Indians the Australians are not alone.. and I have been given a picture that is not exactly as bad as what we think of it sitting here listening to some of the hyper stories on the idiot box.. I have people who stay there.. I know there are lot of Indians who think that the matter is being blown out of proportions.. no, no, I have not decided to just go diametrically opposite to your views.. I don't even know your views except that as an Indian you did not accept the doctorate from and Australian university.. fair enough.. but we must look upon ourselves that whether we are not ourselves involved in the discriminatory methods against each other.. who is there to lead us away from all sorts of forces that are at best disruptive in nature within the country.. tomorrow if there are ten more states coming up in India is it going to be good or bad is unknown to me.. but the grounds on which these states are being demanded is definitely not the kind of India that our father of the nation Bapu or Mahatma would have thought us to be like.. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi always came second to my mind after Bhagat Singh yet I respect him quite a great deal.. his ways were radically different and quite productive..

I have read verses from Soot ki Mala and Khaadi ke Phool by Dr. Bachchan from the recently purchased Meri Shrestha Kavitayen.. and his writings provide a much greater understanding of the man than I had before.. My respect for the father of nation is n the rise.. MKG must thank Dr. Bachchan for such a vivid and clear description of the man who was not well understood then and even now..

I wish I had the book here with me I could share atleast a few of the well compiled verses from someone literary acclaimd as Dr. Bachchan on internationally most acclaimed world leader in Mahatma Gandhi .. I shall do that later in the day without fail.. that alone could be the best tribute from me to the reverred father of the nation.. I always loved you Bapu.. Now I love you a little more…

I come to conclude this post for the time being.. please do not feel that I had written anything to be too adamant on IPL issues.. it is only my ambition that has been raised here in that connection.. If Sehwag could make a slot available for inclusion of Afridi in Delhi Daredevils I would just love him a little more than I already love him for his flamboyant style of batting.. even if he gets out whenever I tried to watch his game.. the coincidence can not take away the credit from his great batsmanship in modern form of cricket.. I am sure Sir Don Bradman (if he watches cricket from heavens) and Sir Vivian Richards would agree fully well with me.. he is unique.. he is imaginative.. he is ruthless and yet he is lovable.. I liked his ad in support of Indian Hockey well done Viru.. but does India play in the world cup despite it being organised here.. it should have been.. I know.. still I read somewhere that they are not.. the hosts always find themselves an entry and if India has been denied this by world hockey it is unfair.. let it be..

Love regards and respect
Abhaya Sharma

Maa to akhir maa hoti hai..

2009-12-03T10:32:00.000-08:00

माँ तो आखिर माँ होती है
मेरी या तेरी या फिर किसी और की
कैसे माँ से भिन्न भला माँ हो सकती है
सोलह आने सच है - माँ तो आखिर माँ होती है

जन्म-काल से पहले के उन नौ मासों में
बंधन माँ से जुडे हमारे कई बरसों के
काटे नही कटते, नही टूटते किसी तरह से
कहता है दिल - माँ तो आखिर माँ होती है

माँ, तुम राजाओं की माँ
तुम पीर-फ़कीरों की भी माँ
कैसे चलता जग बिन माँ के
कुछ झूठ नही कि - माँ तो आखिर माँ होती है

माँ, आज तुम्हारे जाने की बेला आई
मन विह्वल है, भावुक है मेरा विचलित है
कल किसे कहूंगा जाकर माँ सपने अपने
यह मान लिया कि - माँ तो आखिर माँ होती है

दुख-संकट में, बचपन में, जीवन के यौवन पर
वह एक सहारा सदा तुम्हारा क्या कम था
भीषण दुख की अग्नि में अब जलता है मन
छूट गया है साथ कि - माँ तो आखिर माँ होती है

अब कौन सुनेगा जग में वह मेरे सपने
तुम कहां चली माँ छॊड हमें हम थे अपने
कहीं दिया बुझ गया कोई तुम्हारे जाने से
अंधकार में डूबा मन कि - माँ तो आखिर माँ होती है ।

- अभय शर्मा

Day 590

2009-12-01T19:23:00.000-08:00

आदरणीय भाईसाहब
सादर चरण स्पर्श
आपकी आज्ञा लेते हुये मै यह संस्मरण बिना किसी संपादन के यहां सिर्फ़ इसलिये प्रस्तुत कर रहा हूं कि कल जब मैने इसे लिखा था तब तक बहुत देर हो चुकी थी साथ ही आपकी नई पोस्ट के लिये मेरे पास नया कुछ अब तक तैयार नही है, हां उस बच्चन संध्या के दो अन्य प्राणियों के चरण स्पर्श करने की मेरी अभिलाषा है उनमें से एक पुष्पा भारती है तो दूसरी जया भादुड़ी है, जी हां उस दिन वे जया भादुड़ी जैसी ही दिख रही थीं वे भी मेरे आस-पास थी पर उनसे तो मै अपना प्रणाम भी नही कह पाया था, आदमी कितना कुछ कहना चाहता है पर कभी कभी कुछ भी नही कह पाता मै बस उन्हे देखता ही रह गया था - आपको तो करीब से देख भी नही पाया पता नही किस शक्ति ने मुझे ग्रीन रुम से उस समय वहां से हटा लिया जहां मैं आपके बाहर आने की प्रतीक्षा कर रहा था । उस पर विडम्बना यह कि बाद में बाहर भीड़ में खड़े होकर आपकी एक झलक पाने के लिये आधे घंटे से अधिक यूं ही गुमसुम सा खड़ा था- हां एक सिगरेट मैने इतनी भीड़ में भी पी ली थी - अपने को अभागा नही तो क्या कहूं आपके इतने निकट होते हुये भी आपसे मिलने से वंचित रह गया - आपका आशीर्वाद लेने का अवसर मैने स्वयं ही गंवाया है इसके लिये नियति को दोष देना न्यायोचित नही लगता -

बच्चन संध्या भाग – 3

जो बीत गई सो बात गई- कवि बच्चन कि अनन्यतम रचनाओं मे से एक है, कितने गहरे भाव के साथ लिखी इस कविता के लिये जब पुष्पा जी ने जया बच्चन को आमंत्रित किया तो पहले पहल तो मुझे लगा था कि क्या जया जी इतनी गंभीर कविता के साथ न्याय कर पायेंगी, अगर मैने वह प्रसंग़ जया जी तथा बाबूजी के बारे में ध्यान से सुना होता तो अवश्य ही मुझे याद रहता कि जया जी कितनी संवेदनशील है, मुझे इतना ही याद है कि शायद उस जिक्र से मंच पर भी उनकी आंखे भर आई थी –

यह कविता तो अभी कुछ ही दिनों पहले यहां लिखी थी – फिर भी जया जी की प्रस्तुति मेरी उम्मीद से कहीं बहुत ही अच्छी थी, हर कोई तो भाईसाहब की तरह कविता पाठ नही ही कर सकता फिर भी जया जी की काव्यांजलि काफ़ी सुंदर थी –

जो बीत गई सो बात गई ।

जीवन में एक सितारा था,
माना वो बेहद प्यारा था
वह डूब गया तो डूब गया
अंबर के आनन को देखो
...
पर बोलो टूटे तारों पर
कब अंबर शोक मनाता है
जो बीत गई सो बात गई ।

मुझे यह कहते हुए या बताते हुये विशेष हर्ष नही हो रहा है कि जया जी के बारे में इस प्रसंग को मैने शायद इसलिये ध्यान से नही सुना कि मेरा ध्यान भंग हो रहा था, मै देख रहा था कि भाईसाहव असल ज़िंदगी में भी कितने महान व्यक्तित्व के स्वामी हैं । वास्तव में कई क्षण तो मुझे इस बात का यकीन ही नही हो रहा था कि मै बच्चन संध्या में प्रवेश पा चुका हूं या अमिताभ बच्चन नामक महान कलाकार मेरे से 100-200 मीटर की दूरी पर ही विराजमान है । मै बीच बीच में कुछ कुछ अपने आप में खो सा जाता था । पुष्पा जी अक्सर मनुष्य के साथ अकस्मात क्षणों में कभी कभी ऎसा हो जाता है जब वह लगभग हक्का-बक्का रह जाता है, मुझे आशा है कि मेरी साफगोई से आप दोनो को परेशानी नही होनी चाहिये, जानबूझकर मैने ऎसा नह किया था । जया जी आपका कविता पाठ इतना सुंदर था कि उसने मेरे अमिताभ-मोह को भंग कर दिया था-

मृदु मिट्टी के है बने हुये
मधुघट फूटा ही करते है
लघु जीवन लेकर आये है
प्याले टूटा ही करते हैं ।

यहां एक छोटी सी विश्लेषणा अवश्य ही जोड़ना चाहूंगा –
डाक्टर बच्चन को मिट्टी से बेहद प्यार था तभी शायद अपने बारे में उन्होने कहा होगा –

मिट्टी का तन , मस्ती का मन
क्षण भर जीवन, मेरा परिचय !

AB Day 587

2009-11-29T19:34:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Pranaam suprabhat
Before we talk more of that wonderful evening where we met and still not met.. I share a link of the voice of Dr. Bachchan where he provides initiation to the beautiful rendering of Madhushala by Manna Dey sahab..
http://abhayaharivansh.blogspot.com/2009/11/madhushala-in-harivansh-rai-bachchans.html

Also there were some errors which left unedited in my Hindi version of the Bachchan Sanfhya part 1 submitted late last night.. aapse gujaarish hai ki unko andekha kar de aur mujhe kshama kar den.. kahin anya bhool chook hui ho to uske liye bhi aapse anurodh hai apana chhota bhaai samajh kar meri galtiyon ko nazar andaz kar den..

Vaastav mein us shaam Dr. Bachchan se ek tarah se mulaakat hi to ho gai thee meri.. Kitane sundar pushp aapne unki kratiyon se chunkar ham logon ke liye prastut kiye.. shayad is chhote se jevan mein isase adhik main kya kah sakata hoon..

chhote se jeevan mein kitanapyar karun pee loon haala..aane ki hi saath jagat meinaane ke hi saath jagat meinkahalaaya jaane vala..

छोटे-से जीवन में कितना प्यार करुँ, पी लूँ हाला,
आने के ही साथ जगत में कहलाया ‘जानेवाला’,
स्वागत के ही साथ विदा की होती देखी तैयारी,
बंद लगी होने खुलते ही मेरी जीवन-मधुशाला।।६६।

I am happy that what I had added from memory was not all that wrong.. This is not the best verse for me.. the best I consider is most difficult to pick.. the complete Madhushala falls in that category.. and this is no appeasement of any sort..

Aaap se milakr bhi na mil paane mein jo sukh chuupa hai.. use koi anya kaise jaan sakata hai..
Addendum
( I find somewhere this compilation on my computer I hope you and others may just like it..
This post is not a part of Bachchan Sanfhya that I shall soon present a little later from now.. the second part is supposed to be dedicated to Dr. Bachchan embodied in your body for those few hours when he found his voice in you.. and the way r. Pushpa Bharati ji anchored the whole show.. I shall not disclose every thing here..

............ Quoted from past begins ........

हाथों में आने-आने में,हाय, फिसल जाता प्याला,
अधरों पर आने-आने मेंहाय, ढुलक जाती हाला,
दुनियावालो, आकर मेरीकिस्मत की ख़ूबी देखो,
रह-रह जाती है बस मुझकोमिलते-मिलते मधुशाला।।94।।

Tis just about to be grasped yet
Slips away this cup from hands
Tis wine just about to be clasped by lips
yet Rolls away too far away!

Oh my friends come have a look
What fate has scrabbled on my book!
Tis too close and yet too far away
Ever disappearing that tavern on the way!

This friends was a sort of not so literal yet somewhat lyrical transcription of how this particular verse could be anglicized for rest of the world. Its interpretation may or may not be too close to what I have paraphrased above. Time and again I remind myself of the great inadequacy that persists in a translational effort. What follows now is my understanding of the original verses.

Frankly speaking this computerized version is already showing some signs away from the one scribbled on the pad with pen! I do not desist away from such a path as long as I do not complicate the issues and make a mess of the work. The basic idea what Dr. Bachchan probably would have conceived in his mind is discussed here.

There are situations in life that reflect incompleteness and unexpectedness of an event – as if the cup slips away before eager hands could get hold of it! Or rather tumbling of the wine even before it could just embrace our lips!The poet then insists in spite of these fallacies and failures he invites his friends to have a close look at this desperate beauty of his deserving/ or undeserving fate. That he has missed a very near chance to have glance of the tavern on the way!

This again friends is more or less physical meaning what Dr. Bachchan has referred in these lines though he might actually be trying to philosophize the element of uncertainty and the unexpected from our perceived and preferred path and to be prepared for such eventualities. That many a times we are so very near to our target yet we miss it by a whisker, that we are so close on the verge of success yet somehow it deceives us in the most unexpected manner.
The Poet, I mean, I should say Dr. Bachchan is probably addressing the rest of us the populace on this earth to believe that his own story of dwindling fortunes and discomforting events could not be different for us human beings in any way. His near misses on finding his chosen path (Tavern) and to succed on it is like a mirage too near yet too far away!

Post Script:With this first interpretation of the thoughts of Dr. Bachchan in Madhushala - though actually the 94th verse of the poets poem I begin this journey to communicate with the rest of you. I wanted to take up something that I had not read in the train and I must add here that following sequence may never be important to me and you may find that before I complete all the verses I might have revisited a couple of them many times over! This particular couplet reminds us of uncertainty that we all must really respect.

I would also wish to make a point to the poet to forgive me if I ever fail and at times completely misunderstood his work or words and interpret them in not only a different manner but also in content and context. The beauty of a poetic work lies in its manifold manifestations and also strongly depends on the mood and mind of its reader at that particular point of time. The message could be seen and read differently as if there are not one or two but several messages hidden within. The same poetic work can have different meanings, be understood in different manners and different individuals could derive different messages at different times. I use this philosophy to defend my incapacity to treat the works of Dr. Bachchan as exactly as science would have loved it to be!
..... quoted from past - ends .......

Hopefully, I am able to provide enough of such couplets that could prove the Madhushala to be only as the tavern on the way! Here Madhushala symbolizes with uncertainty in life!…..This post was created on 2nd February 2009 some of the members of EF may have already read what I had said that day.. few things in life can always be repeated.. so I take this opportunity to share it with you all over again..

Love Afffection and Regards
is sure always on the cards…

Abhaya Sharma
November 30 2009 9:10 AM IST

Smaranika -

2009-11-25T19:35:00.000-08:00

Dedicated to Hemant Krakare, Ashok Kamte, Vijay Salaskar and Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan - The Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev and Chandrashekhar Azad of modern India I salute thee..

स्मरणिका

आज की ही रात की तो बात थी वह
दिल को दहलाने की कैसी रात थी वह
जब आखिरी लम्हा जिया था ज़िंदगी का
इस देश की खातिर किया बलिदान था

प्राण तुमने त्याग कर भी था दिखाया
पाठ एक था देशभक्ति का सिखाया
हार कर भी जीत होगी यह तुम्हारी
साल भर के बाद भी है याद आती

हे मेरे बंधु, सखा हे मित्रगण मेरे सुनो
करकरे की कामटे की बात सालस्कर की हो
जिक्र हो संदीप उन्नी की कथा न व्यर्थ हो
उनकी शहादत रंग लायेगी नया कुछ अर्थ हो ।

हम उन्हे करते नमन
है शीष झुकता है यह तन
नाज़ है तुम पर है कहता यह वतन
आज तुम को याद कर रोता है मन ।

अभय शर्मा
26 नवंबर 2009

Amitabh Nama - Day 582

2009-11-24T23:19:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

I think I did want to write to you yesterday from home.. yet could not connect due to MTNL line not working for me.. it does not matter.. does it really..

Coming to your post of excessibe pain and just too much on your plate and being a mechanical toy.. I know one thing whatever you undertake.. in whatever role or capacity you give it your best shot.. err.. best effort to be more correct.. no wonder than that you excel where most others croak under pressure.. you excite us with such honest appeal.. I wish you continue forever in such excellence not only with your forthcoming films and TV ventures but in every sphere of life.. aap prerana ke aise shrot ho jo samay ke saath saath aur nikharta jaata hai.. aur bhi majbooti ke saath marg-darshan karata chalata hai.. ek atoot vishwaas ki bhanti hamaare vishwaas aur iraadon ko nai disha dene me aapse kabhi kahin koi chook nahi hoti..

आप वास्तव में महान है और इस बात का सच मानिए हमें भी बहुत अभिमान है.. आप के लिखे पत्र हमें कितना आनंद देते है इसका तो खुदा ही गवाह है.. जितनी खुशी आपसे मिली है शायद हमारी मोहब्बतें ही उसे बयां कर सकती हैं.. हम दो अनजाने लोगो की तरह नही बल्कि याराना दोस्ताना निभाते हुए एक दूसरे से मिलते हैं.. हमारे बीच कोई दीवार नही आ सकती..

आपके बेमिसाल व्यक्तित्व के लिए अगर कभी-कभी हम आपको शहेंशाह या मुक़द्दर का सिकंदर कहें तो इसका जुर्माना भरने के लिए कोई हमें मजबूर नही कर सकता.. इस प्यार की कहानी में परवाना बनकर शोले झेलने की शक्ति हमें उस त्रिशूल से मिली है जो गंगा की सौगंध खाने के बाद मिला था.. यह सिर्फ़ कसमे-वादे की ही नही संजोग की भी बात है..

एक नज़र देख लेने पर ही आप के अभिनय के हम सब कायल हो चुके हैं.. ब्लैक हो या white.. आप हिन्दी सिनेमा के Don हैं.. जिस शान से आप अभिनय के अग्निपथ को पार करते हो ऐसा लगता है कि जैसे किसी तीन पत्ती के एक ग्रेट गेम्बलर ने सत्ते पे सत्ता मारा हो.. दुनिया की किसी भी अदालत का कोई भी अंधा कानून हमें सिर्फ इसलिए गिरफ्तार नही कर सकता कि हाँ हमें आपसे मोहब्बत है..

यह सिलसिला इसी तरह चलता रहेगा, सरकार ना हम आप के विरुद्ध कुछ सुन सकते हैं न ही कभी सुनेंगे । कभी-कभी ज़िन्दगी में कभी खुशी तो कभी गम भी मिलता ही रहता है, फिर भी आपने जो अपना खून पसीना बहाया है कोई उसे हेरा-फेरी कहेगा तो यह एक सच्चे मर्द की मर्दानगी न होगी । वैसे दो और दो चार होते हैं फिर चाहे जोड़ने की बात हो या गुणा करने की पर अगर आप कहते है कि नही बेटा पांच होते है तो हमें आपकी बात से कैसे इंकार हो सकता , हो ही नही सकता, आखिर हम कौन है ।

यह हमारा अच्छा नसीब नही तो और क्या है.. एक कुली को भी आपसे उतना ही प्यार है जितना किसी जादूगर को उसके काले पत्थर से.. हमारी परवरिश तूफ़ान में हुई है बरसात की एक रात से हमें कैसा डर.. फिर जब राम बलराम का साथ हो तो क्यों न हम आज का अर्जुन बनकर गंजा जमुना सरस्वती के किनारों पर क्यों न अपने ऊंचे अलाप में सुर मिलाकर जाकर सबसे क्यों न कह दें कि- हाँ मैं आज़ाद हूँ..

चलिए मेरे फरार होने का वक्त भी आ पहुँचा है.. खाकी वर्दी वाले चारों तरफ़ चुपके-चुपके टहलकदमी कर रहें हैं.. कहीं ऐसा न हो बंसी बिरजू अपनी मंजिल पर पहुंचने से पहले ही बंटी बबली की तरह धर लिए जाएँ..

सात हिन्दुस्तानी के साथ हमारा और आपका जो एक रिश्ता शुरू हुआ ठा.. ४ दिसम्बर को पा के रिलीज़ होने पर यह एक अजूबा बनकर आपको दुनिया भर में निशब्द ही आपको अभिनय के सबसे ऊंचे पायदान पर बिठा देगा..

कोई मुझे बेशरम कहे या नमक हराम.. देव से इतनी ही प्रार्थना है कि आप किसी भी कसौटी पर मुझे नमक हलाल ही समझे.. आप सुन रहे हैं न मिस्टर नटवरलाल । देश प्रेमी होने की बात मैं नही करता पुकार कर यह भी नही कहता की हाँ मैं खुद्दार हूँ.. नही, नही, इससे पहले की मैं लिखना बंद करुं कालिया से यह कहना या बताना उचित ही रहेगा कि आपके अभिनय में वो नशा है कि एक शराबी भी ज़ंजीर तोड़ कर आपसे मिलाने दौड़ा चला आता है.. हां, एक बात बताना तो मै भूल ही गया था कि अब मैं लावारिस नही आप मेरे भाई समान जो हैं.. मेरा ज़मीर इस बात को कबूल करता है कि आप से एक रिश्ता तो कायम हो ही गया है ।

चीनी कम चाय शायद भूतनाथ को पसंद हो.. मेरी ऑंखें तो भारत के अमर-अकबर-एंथनी को साथ साथ देखने को लालायित हैं फिर उसके लिए मुझे बॉम्बे टू गोवा ही क्यों न जाना पड़े..अब तो हम आपकी फॅमिली में भी शामिल हो गए हैं.. आपके साथ किसी भी रण में जाने को तैयार हैं हम.. आप हमारे गुरू द्रोण है तथा हम उस एकलव्य के समान है जिसने शिक्षा पाकर दीक्षा में अपना अंगूठा ही गुरुदेव को समर्पित कर दिया था । आप जानते है कि अलादीन का जादुई चिराग अगर मुझसे कहे कि क्या हुकुम है मेरे आका - बस उससे यही कहना है कि किसी भी प्रकार का कष्ट कभी भी आपको विचलित न कर सके, सदैव ही आपके मन में शांति, समन्वयता तथा भाईचारे की भावनायें हमारे लिये एक नई दिशा प्रशस्त करती रहें । विशेष रूप से अगर आप मानवता को परमाणु बम के कुमार्ग से विस्थापित कर सकें तब इससे बढ कर कोई अन्य वरदान मै नही चाहता ।

कभी अलविदा न कहना..

अभय शर्मा

Om Puri on AB's mind..

2009-11-23T20:26:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

Oh! first and foremost.. great post for the cause of an actor that is Om Puri of Hindi Cinema.. a man who was probably born with a wooden spoon.. if we were to believe his contemporary great Naseeruddin Shah a few years ago..

I personally have not only met Om Puri Sahab at Tata Theatre I have travelled in his blue fiat from NCPA to Churchgate signal on marine drive.. that was during the staging of Bichchhu by him.. a great actor.. I don't know if he would ever remember this.. I had been humming the tune of my then recently created Vigyaan Ki Pooja hogi.. I do not know if he would have picked that poem.. I never uttered the words loud enough lest his driving could have got affected.. I did have another very short meeting with him.. when my cousin Shailendra was in city and we had gone to Film City where Om sir was on some sets.. Oh! he is such a great actor that if I were to choose between him and Naseeruddin Shah for the most successful actor of our then parallel cinema it would have to be him despite the fact that Naseeruddin Shah has done far greater number of movies than Om Puri.. no, o, it has nothing to do with the scuffle with the latter in the green rooms in my bid to seek promotion of science through theatre.. he did went on to do a science oriented program on Television..

Coming back to some of the requests from Manish in particular.. Manish you would have noticed that I find it extremely difficult for me to not to write here.. despite sincere efforts and solid reasons I have always found myself to be here.. it can not simply be for the love to the head of the family.. it is the love for the EF in its entirety..
and the golden news that follows in the end should fill many of you with unexpected joy.. yeap.. it is the most heartening to have received a call from none other than Amitabh Ziibbu.. he had called up and chatted in a manner as if nothing had ever happened between us.. I am glad for him.. for him finding opportunity to speak to me.. to clear the atmosphere which had got me suffocating for want of oxyegen here.. I am glad that he is well and is in Mumbai.. I have requested him to keep in touch.. few things in life can not be taken for granted.. I have nothing against him.. I had never anything against him.. yet all that has been left behind and I find a great younger brother in him.. who is ready to live in present an is already keen to bury the past and let bygones be bygones.. it is a very welcome step from him.. I wish him very best in life.. God willing.. I might just get a chance to meet him as well.. hopefully at Bhavan's program.. if he is able to find a way to take me to the birth anniversary celebrations of Dr. Bachchan..

Brother, I might have told him that it does not matter if it was the last row.. it did not matter if I could not seek your blessings in person.. it matters a great deal if I could be part of any celebrations concerning Dr. Bachchan.. yet if a meeting with you is also on the cards I would not step backward.. err. I would step forward.. bend a bit and extend both my hands to touch your feet.. both in the sense one for you the other for Dr. Bachchan.. after all the blood that flows in your veins originates from the celestial poet.. I know such a possibility may not exist.. it does not matter.. it really does not matter.. having conveyed what I had in mind gives me a great satisfaction.. as if the event has already taken place in mind..

My due regards and love to everyone.. every time I take names of the people I do miss on certain important members of the EF.. you see.. I have grown past 50 and that is not a alibi so to say.. it is a fact.. My sincere thanks to all those who remember and read what I have to say.. They are all responsible in a collective snese for my reappearance after every disappearing act.. thanks a lot..

Love
Abhaya Sharma
Post Script : India has won the toss and elected to bat.. Sree and Ojha make it to the eleven at the cost of Ishant and Mishra.. it is all right.. I felt India could have played three spinners here.. it does not matter.. if they have to save themselves blues they probably could nt do away with the extra batsman.. a result here seems unlikely yet the contest may be much more interesting than it was at Motera.. Green Park was the debut ground for Sir Gundappa Viswanath.. and today Pragyaan makes his debut as a bowler.. I love his abilities.. he should experiment little more than he does in the shorter versions.. See I am already commenting on the Test cricket despite my great shouts about its closure.. life could not be more contradictory.. could it be..

AB Day 578 (i)

2009-11-21T08:53:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Pranaam

Today I share a link to couple of webpages that had been created by me at the actual birth centenary of Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan..

http://www.angelfire.com/ab/abhayasharma/htmldocs/harivanshrai1.htm
and
http://www.angelfire.com/ab/abhayasharma/htmldocs/Dr_bachchan_links.htm

The links to Amitabh recites Dr. Bachchan do not work.. these were part of my huge website abhayasharma.net which does not work anymore.. and whatever little I could accomodate on angelfire free site is made available there..

May I after a long gap say sincere thanks to some of the fellow EFs who had helped him hold my ground when I was in distress.. When I was in some sort of apprehensions about some vague possibilities for writing whatever I had been writing here..

I know it would be impossible for me to recount everyone.. yet I remember once in a while you too started off the blog with some words that should help me come out of what I hought I was into..

Here I must first say special thanks to Kashmira Di.. My dost did heard me for more than half an hour and helped with the best possible words.. the words that only a true sister could use for his real brother.. are we related then Didi and not mere Dost..

Dr. Aishwarya, Sanjith, Shankar, Sis Rose, Syed Kabeeruddin and Tumpa bon did their bit as many others on the facebook..

And I can not forget the kind of love that was made available to Amrit on his birthday on 16th November.. Archana, Zainab, Sanjith, Jasmine, Aishwarya, Carla, Reeham, Ravi Sir, Shankar, Manoj Kumar OjOj and many many others.. Thanks on behalf of Amrit..

And you all know that I am already 50 year old.. if I have missed the names it is more because of my failing memory.. Yeh yaddaasht se hi to maar khaa gaya hindustaan..

I also tell you that I have created a musical blog for Sir Manoj (Bharat) Kumar and some of you may like the efforts.. I know when everything is available on tube why waste time.. That was my way of showing my affection to the great Cinema personality..
http://abhayamanoj.blogspot.com/

Love
Abhaya Sharma

AB Day 576

2009-11-18T19:44:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother

Sadar Charan Sparsh

Here is a link to my article on first test.. I had decided not to write on test cricket.. yet I did.. I fear India is about to loose its first Test match to Sri Lanka in the coming two days.. Sachin has to play one of his special innings if at all we could save ourselves..

The link

http://abhayaipl2.blogspot.com/2009/11/first-test-loss-to-sri-lanka-is.html
Love and good luck to team India ( I know they have been cornered by that glorious double hundred from Mahela and a collective good show by Lankans..)

Abhaya SharmaNovember 19 2009

Post Script Today Indiraji would have been 92.. even if I do not like her so much.. she was the best International leader that India produced with all her shortcomings and slapping on of the Emergency rule.. Indira was really India during her first term in the office of the prime minister.. She scores much above AB Vajpayee who comes a distant second on post-Nehru India..

Amitabh Bachchan - Day 575

2009-11-17T20:38:00.000-08:00

आदरणीय भाईसाहब
सादर चरण स्पर्श

सोचा तो यह था कि कम लिखूंगा या नही ही लिखूंगा पर हर कोशिश करके हार गया । मन कहता है आप से कैसा बैर लिखता चल है इसी में तेरी खैर । चलिये आपने कविताई की राह पर चल कर मुझे एक बहाना ही थमा दिया है मुझे भी कुछ कहने के लिये । आपकी पंक्तियों के आधार पर प्रस्तुत है आपकी ही पंक्तिया -

बहुत कुछ है करने को
समय बहुत कम है लेकिन
करने को इतना कुछ है
समय कहां मिलता लेकिन
जीवन चलता जाता है
अपने ढर्रे पर चुन पलछिन
हम सोच में डूबे देर तलक
भरसक कोशिश करते हर दिन
क्या है जमा किया हमने
क्या मोल दिया हमने गिन-गिन

- अमिताभ बच्चन
(अनुवाद ः अभय शर्मा )

जीवन की आपाधापी में
कब बक्त मिला
कुछ देर कहीं पर बैठ
कभी यह सोच सकूं ...

भाईसाहब एक प्रयास मेरी तरफ़ से अवश्य होगा कि भारतीय विद्या भवन के प्रांगण में बच्चन संध्या के अवसर पर प्रस्तुत हो सकूं, आपसे मिलने की इच्छा इतनी बलबती नही जितनी परम पूज्य कविवर बच्चन के जीवन की एक झलक पाने की ललक मेरे भीतर बसी हुइ है । उनके जीते जी न सही उनके जीवन से कुछ एक फूल चुनने का जो अवसर 28 नबंवर को प्राप्त हो सकता है उसे गंवा देना निरी मूर्खता होगी, प्रभु से प्रार्थना है कि मुझे निराश न करें । आपसे किसी प्रकार की गुजारिश या किसी भी किस्म की सहायता न मैं कर रहा हूं ना ही किसी अपेक्षा की प्रतीक्षा है । कविवर के कलम से जितने भी हीरे-मोती- माणिक पन्ने हमें मिलें है उनका कोई मोल नही लगाया जा सकता वे अनमोल हैं ।

आपका एक अनुज
अभय शर्मा

Cricket and Cinema beat Chemistry & Computers

2009-11-12T20:18:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

Somewhere along the line Cricket and Cinema took over from Chemistry and Computers in my life. If it was Kapil Dev who impressed me more than organic chemistry it was Amitabh Bachchan who proved far more important to me than Oracle.

It would only be half of the story if I do not say that my beginning with cricket as a game and fascination for Cinema started at the same time when we were in Port Blair.

I was aware of Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath’s cricketing abilities especially the 774 runs by Sunil Gavaskar iin his debut series against the then top cricketing team of the World in West Indies. I might be not wrong that my interest in Cinema also took its root with Anand starring Rajesh Khanna yet I admit here that it was Amitabh Bachchan who impressed me more than the super star. I had not known that it was a beginning of events that I would be associated with cricket like no other game and with Mr. Bachchan like no other idol in my life.

I wrote a great deal about cricket. I really relish that when Kapil’s devils won the world cup beating West Indies in 1983 Prudential world cup of cricket in 1983 I was as happy as having watched Amitabh Bachchan performing in say Deewaar or Sholay.

It would be an incomplete story if I do not say that I had a great moment in life when I had an unexpected entry into the pavilion of Delhi’s Firozesahah Kotla in the year 1980 where the Indian team had assembled before their Australia tour. I had not only got the autographs of Kapil Dev I had also interacted with Gundappa Viswanath among others in the dressing room. It is bit ironic that I had made some predictions and one amongst them was while looking at the palm of the greatest Indian batsman (if records are kept aside for a while) Sir Gundappa Rangappa Viswanath. I saw he had a dark deep heart line. I know I must have bemused him when I asked him to not to take too much of alcohol as he had tendency for a weak heart. I know he would remember this for sure as Yashpal and others looked staringly at me making those predictions. I had asked my friend Tilak Raj who was that tall lanky fellow bowling on the wicket and I was told that it was Ravi Shastri. I don’t know if I had told him that he would go really far in cricket yet I remember that I did predict for Tilak raj that he would feature in record books someday. It is well known fact now that Ravi Shastri had belted Tilak Raj for six sixes in an over while he represented Baroda. Kapil Dev had plainly refused for the second autograph saying he had already given him one.. when I said it is for my friend Malini he said let her come and ask for it.. She was a great fan of Imran Khan and Kapil Dev.

The story would be far from over if I do not say here that it was during the eight years in Delhi that my interest in cricket and Cinema took a firm grounding. I had come to like Amitabh Bachchan like no other actor of Hindi Cinema. There would only be English movies besides Amitabh starrers that I saw for nearly five years of my college life. A fact to show and express my attachment to Amitabh Bachchan. I probably might have missed some of the great movies during that period but I had satisfaction of seeing the best. Amitabh Bachchan acted like the best in he world during those seven eight years of his career. I would not fail to watch or hear any cricket game, read about it in the newspapers and deftly discuss with friends in the college the next day or even during the match. The advent of Kapil Dev as the real all-rounder had raised my interest in the game to greater heights.. India was not winning much yet we knew that Kapil could spring a surprise for the best batsman in the world. I for some reasons liked him more for his batting display especially the hook shot which he played almost in a Nataraj mudra and played it to the perfection. Oops there were few things a pace bowler could do than merely applause his efforts. I wish Kapil had concentrated on his batting in his last few years of cricket we could have had more fun and he some more runs against his name. yet how many bowlers in the world would have 7 test hundreds against their name. I rate Kapil ahead of Ian Botham, Imran Khan and Richard Hadlee as he was much superior fielder compared to the rest. Thus he was the most complete all-rounder the world ever witnessed.

Amitabh Bachchan was dear to me for another reason- being the son of Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan – the Hindi poet of extraordinary caliber who composed Madhushala before he was even thirty. I think if I have not been able to meet you brother is not such important to me anymore – I could never meet Dr. Bachchan for your celebrity status not even at the time of his death on that fateful 18th January. It is all right. Few things in life are destined and if I could not meet Sunil Gavaskar the other day when I had an opportunity to meet him in Delhi my respect for him did not reduce one bit only he had come a close second to Kapil Dev on my list of important cricketers.

Sachin Tendulkar is much younger t me.. I am proud of the fact that he would always be considered the greatest batsman in the world.. I may not have much following of his cricket yet I would not mince any words that some of his knocks were a real treat to watch. He could bat as well against the Mcgrath as against Shane Warne. I think I have lot of respect for him despite the fact that I did write a couple of times that he has overplayed for India. It is all right. I now wish that he continues to play cricket for India as long as he himself wants to. And Yes he could be an important player in T20 too. People have come to say that T20 requires ruthless shot playing.. it may be true to an extent alone.. we all know it does require one to know the batting well and perfect shot selection alongside pacing of one’s innings. I am sure no one is better than Sachin when he is in full flow.

Only a day before I had written an article where I had requested what changes India needs in its cricket to get better results.. one of the facts described there is giving the mantle of captaincy to Sachin Tendulakr.. even if he himself does not like it.. he has to be thrusted with that honour once again.. leading one’s country is the biggest pride.. and I feel that Sachin can work wonders with the present available talent with his deep knowledge and experience of the game of cricket.. Don’t turn down the request Sachin that is my only request…

Love Affection and Pyaar
Abhaya Sharma

November 13 2009 10:oo AM IST

Post Script: This article was written after the 60 years function of the two little masters of the game Sir Sunil Manohar Gavasakr and Sir Gundappa Rangappa Viswanath.. May I add here that the two may be attributed with Padma Vibhushan if they have not already been awarded with that award..

List of my all time top 10 favourite cricketers and top 10 Amitabh movies (together to save space and time and to see which cricketer gets which movie tagged against his name) –
1. Kapil Dev Nikhanj 1. Deewar
2. Sachin Ramesh Tendulakr 2. Sholay
3. Gundappa Rangapaa Vishwanath 3. Anand
4. Sunil Manohar Gavasakr 4. Abhimaan
5. Sourav Ganguly 5. Black
6. Virender Sehwag 6. Kala Patthar
7. Bhagawat S. Chandrasekhar 7. Trishul
8. Mohinder Amarnath 8. Kabhi-Kabhie
9. Ravi Jayadrith Shastri 9. Mohabbatein
10. Farookh Engineer 10. Amar Akbar Anthony

With this listing my post comes to an end. I know I have not een able to contribute to brothers blog recently it does not mean that My love and respect for him has diminished even a fraction of an inch. The list might have missed some of the great cricketers and also some of the great movies by brother. These were impulsive and I know I have been best when in an impulsive mode..

Some changes were forced in the cricketers list as I had missed out Sunil Manohar Gavaskar inadvertnetly in the intial list .. after a rethinking Shastri was brought down in place of Ganguly as Dada did a great deal to promote the game in the country..

Kabhi khud pe kabhi halaat pe rona aaya..

2009-11-11T23:27:00.000-08:00

संसार है एक नदिया - रफ़्तार

2009-11-10T23:27:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd6zaoxWe6M

Please console Amitabh Ziibbu

2009-11-09T23:17:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

It is with a very heavy heart that I request you something out of the way.. There has been some misunderstanding between me and Amitabh Ziibbu..

Could I just request you to convey it to him that Abhaya Sharma has absolutely nothing aginst him on any matter.. and that I promise to him that I shall not write here again..

If my writing here has put him in the slightest distress he should forget and forgive me.. I love and respect him.. I never had any wrong intention towards him.. He should remove any such feelings from his mind at the earliest..

I know a nice word to him from you shall bring some joy to him and probably a relief to me that I am not after his peace of mind..

Do I thus make a simple request to you to cheer him up by whatever means and convince him that I consider and love him as a younger brother and shall not in anyway bring displeasure to him in life..

I definitely take leave of the blog now.. for good.. it is not out of disrespect to you but to convince my young friend AZ to not think negatively about what I write here..
Amitabh Bachchan to me will always remain an elder brother irrespective of the fact of my writing or not writing here again..

Please do the needful.. I am really at loss of words to make myself more clear to him in any other possible manner.. a word from you shall hopefully put Amitabh Ziibbu in good spirits..

Thanking you in anticipation

With Never ending love and respect
Abhaya Sharma
November 10 2009 12:43 PM IST

Post Scrpt : I would be highly thankful if you could really speak to him and clear his doubts about the whole episode..

Amitabh Bachchan Day 563

2009-11-05T11:22:00.000-08:00

आदरणीय भाईसाहब
सादर चरण स्पर्श
When the heart takes over the mind.
When a rush of emotion penetrates the being.
When a warmth pervades the flush on our skin.
When dew shaped invisible capsules begin to swell under the eyes.
When the hair tingles upon the arms and wrists.
When words fail to form.
Then can we safely say that we have been overtaken by emotion.

जब दिल दिमाग पर हावी हो
और मन में भावनायें बहती हो
जब बदन को कुछ, गर्माहट सी छू जाती हो
और शबनम सी बूंदें, आंखो के नीचे जमती दिखती हो
जब रोयें बांहो के कलाई के सर के बल खड़े दिखाई दे
और शब्द नही कुछ बन पायें (और न ही कुछ वे कह पायें)
कहना मुश्किल न होगा तब, भावुकता ने धरा दबोचा है ।

सप्रेम
अभय शर्मा
पुनश्चः कश्मीरा दी, रवि मल्होत्रा, सुधीर, सिस रोज़, किशोर भट्ट, प्रीति के, ऎश्वर्या तथा टम्पा घोष इत्यादि सभी की यही राय है कि मै यहां लिखता रहूं मै भी चाहता हूं कि अगर मै गलत नही हूं तब यहां नही लिखने का क्या औचित्य हो सकता है ।

मन के हारे हार है मन के जीते जीत । या अगर यही बात डॉक्टर बच्चन की जुबानी कहनी हो –
मन का हो तो अच्छा है
मन का न हो तो और भी अच्छा है ।

The Success and Failure of a Film

2009-11-03T19:37:00.000-08:00

… I generally find myself away from all these encumbrances. Simply because I am an artist, hired to play act in certain given circumstances. Loading me with all other avenues in production has never been exciting for me and does push me to be aloof. At times we bear the wrath of non involvement. But that we all know is unfair.

Yo Brother!

That is exactly we know about you very well! You are an artist par excellence.. you were an artist of the same nature in films like Deewar and Jaadugar.. yet we know the fate of each one.. diametrically opposite.. No, no, I am not here to raise my doubts.. I just want to reassure you that you were as good as the Amitabh Bachchan in Namak Halaal as in Aladin.. yet we have to accept the exceptions and value the expectations of the junta.. They expect every film to be as big as Sholay.. They expect very character portrayed by you as gigantic as of Jai or that of many Vijays.. that is not humanly possible..

Not possible.. did I say.. Yes I did.. every producer and director when he makes a film with you as the central character does not mean or wish that his film does not do well.. but then if the success of a film depends on your presence in it.. and it does not do well for reasons beyond your control.. the one who has invested the huge amounts is definite to feel defeated in hiring you..

At times.. some of the good films are not able to garner as much business as one should expect from them.. Let me tell you that I have not seen Alaap.. but being an Amitabh film.. being a Hrishi da film.. it probably did not do as good as some of us would have believed.. Another film that I personally rate very high was Main Azaad Hoon.. it was an honest film.. it hada good plot.. its storyline moved in a great smooth flow.. it also had atleast a couple of good numbers.. it had one of the finest actor opposite you in Shabana Azmi.. even the Anu Kapoor was beyond his own capabilities as an actor.. yet I think you would not disagree with me that the film was not such a great success if it could be called successful in the first place..

I shall not site the examples of the movies which were not as good as I thought but did tremendous business.. one such movie is DDLJ.. I think it did well just for the fact that it had the best couple( of the time) and some good songs in it that did not appear thrusted on to the audience.. even if they did they were highly melodious.. and yes the acting capabilities of both SRK and Kajol did pull it up to take it to the top of charts yet it can not and should never be compared with Sholay..

In the hindsight.. I would not mind if Aladin still makes good business.. I may not have liked the film as much as some others.. I am no yardstick to measure the success or failure of a film.. and yes I am a fifty year old who does not understand what the youth of today may really be interested about.. so please do not feel gloomy because of What I wrote honestly about Aladin.. I shall only add here that Paa.. could be different for me.. as a matter of fact.. I actually do not like the promos to be shown in great detail.. what is true for me is to see the film knowing nothing about it in advance. I want every moment to be fresh to me.. that should not mean that you do not put across the promo for us.. some of us probably want to know everything about the movie before they see it.. I am not falling in that class and I would not see the promo here even if you put it.. why.. as I do not want t know what the PAA contains.. till I actually see it in the theatre..

Now you must relax and not take all the blame upon you.. who the news channel were meaning.. when they said someone has threatened you.. Is it the same guy who had problems with your going to mandir and masjid.. IGNORE HIM...

Love Hundreds and Thousands Times plus one more time...
Abhaya Sharma
Sat Sri akal (And Happy Guru Parab! I missed that a couple of days ago to wish you and the rest!, Sorry folks!!). Guru Nanak Sahab is very dear to me even if I know nothing about him.. I know he was in the same league as the Kabir sahib.. and I love him for just that alone.. I particularly loved the ardaas in Silsila..

Addendum - A post that too did not see the light with moderators -

http://abhayaamitabh.blogspot.com/
This brother is the link of my today's write-up if for some reasons the moderators do not find my views worthy of being put on the blog.. I mean good of you.. always.. and I do not have to be rewarded for the way I feel about you.. my reward is knowing you here on the blog.. my reward is to be able to write here for n number of times.. my reward has been the fact that you have atleast at times read and probably also appreciated my thinking.. mujhe aur kya chahiye.. kuchh bhi nahi..

I think Mumbai having a city anthem involving you in it should really make Raj Bhau a happy soul.. I know Mumbai is a great city as great as Kolkata or Delhi could be..

Mumbai to aakhir Mumbai hai
Mumbai hamaari jaan hai

is desh ko bhi abhimaan hai

Mumbai bharat ki shaan hai

Mumbai Sapanon ki khaan hai

Yeh Mumbai nahi anjaan hai..

Love the fact that I consider myself a Mumbaikar besides being an Indian..
Abhaya Sharma

2009-10-30T11:01:00.000-07:00

आदरणीय भाईसाहब
सादर चरण स्पर्श
एक कहावत है खरबूजे को देख कर खरबूजा रंग बदलता है, आपको अपने सामने पाकर जिस खरबूजे का रंग विशेष रूप से उभर कर सामने आता है उसका इंसानी नाम राजू श्रीवास्तव है, चाहे वो पैंट पहने हो या निक्कर या फिर मात्र तौलिया ही लपेटे-लपेटे कन्फ़ैशन रूम में पेश हों, इस शो में अगर आपके बाद किसी अन्य शख्स का नाम कुछ मायने रखत्ता है तो इसमें शक नही कि वह नाम हंसी के इस जादूगर का ही हो सकता है, शायद मेरे अतिरिक्त सभी दर्शक चाहते ही नही पर जानते भी होंगें कि इस प्रोग्राम का विजेता पहले ही तय हो चुका है, राजू बाकी सदस्यो से मीलों आगे है, उनकी कहानी कुछ कुछ सत्तर के दशक में आपकी सफलता जैसी है पहले तीन स्थान पर आप रहते थे बाद में कोई अन्य, मेरी बिग बॉस विजेता की फेहरिस्त में पहले तीन स्थान राजू श्रीवास्तव को जाते हैं यह अलग बात है कि किसी अन्य कारणों से अगर उन्हे यह प्रोग्राम छॊड़कर जाना पड़ा तो कह नही सकता कि विजय क सेहरा किस के सिर पर बंधे ।

हां, मै यह अवश्य कह सकता हूं कि किन किन लोगों का जल्दी ही घर के बाहर कदम पड़ने वाले है – मेरे हिसाब से अगले तीन हफ़्तों में जिन तीन लोगों का नमांकन होने की अधिक उम्मीद है उनमें अदिति, रोहित तथा विन्दु के नाम हो सकते है, यहां मेरा यह तात्पर्य कतई नही है कि ऎसा हर हाल में होना ही होना है, मेरे पास ना तो कोई चिट्ठी वांचने वाला तोता ही है, ना ही मझे कोई कुंडली ज्ञान है और हाथ देखने का सिलसिला मैने आज से पंदरह बरस पहले ही छोड़ रखा है ( कोई भी भाई अपने ही बड़े सगे भाई का हाथ देखकर उसकी हत्या की भविष्यवाणी करे और उसकी भविष्यवाणी आखिर सत्य साबित हो जाये और कर भी क्या सकता है मेरे पास और कोई चारा ही नही बचता) । खैर छॊड़िये अगाये-बगाये आलोक दा को मै यूं ही याद कर- करके उनके साथ नाइंसाफी नही कर रहा तो क्या कर रहा हूं ।

मेरा जल्द ही प्रयास रहेगा कि हम लोग अलादीन से मिल आयें, कुछ एक इच्छायें उसके सामने रख सकें, वैसे अपने लिये मुझे कुछ भी नही मांगना है, जीनी से इतनी ही प्रार्थना है कि विश्व में सदियों शांति और भाईचारे का आलम बना रहे, आप से यह अनुरोध सदा हि रहेगा कि आप परमाणु अस्त्र-शस्त्रों से दुनिया को निजात दिलाने में कोई ना कोई भूमिका अपने लिये अवश्य ही सुनिश्चित कर लें । हां एक बात और मै आप पर इस तरह का कोई भी कार्य थोपना नही चाहता जो आपको सहर्ष स्वीकार्य न हॊ, अगर आप समझते है कि दुनिया का विकास परमाणु बमों में ही निहित है मै अपने अनुरोध की अस्वीकति को अन्याय का नाम कतई नही दूंगा । आपको क्या करना है और क्या नही यह आप से बेहतर कोई कैसे जान सकता है । मै शून्य में विलीन प्राणी कैसे आपसे हठ कर सकता हूं मै कोई बच्चा नही कि अगर आप मुझे मेरी पसंद का खिलौना लेकर ना दें तो मैं आपसे रूठ कर मुंह फेर कर बैठ जाउं । आपसे प्यार करता हूं, आपकी क्षमता पर मुझे विश्वास है साथ ही यह भी जानता हूं कि आप इस दिशा में सीधे हस्तक्षेप ना भी करें तब भी आपकी इस विषय में क्या राय है यही जान लेने में मेरी बात रह जायेगी।

आपका अधिक समय न लेते हुये तथा यह बताते हुए कि आपकी उपस्थिति से बिग बॉस की शोभा में चार चांद लग जाते है क्या आप मेरी बात मानते हुए निर्माता से कह कर एकाध दिन अपने लिये बिग बॉस के यहा नही बढवा सकते । मगर मै जानता हूं कि मेरे ऎसा कहने का कोई व्यक्तिगत उद्देश्य नही है ।

आपका एक छोटा सा प्रशसक
अभय शर्मा

Sir Amitabh Bachcchan - Happy Birthday to you!

2009-10-11T09:55:00.000-07:00

Sir Amitabh Bachchan

Reespected Brother

Sadar Charan Sparsh

Great to learn that you comoplete 67 years of your existence on this earth and 40 years in the Hindi film industry might just well be some of the best years of the industry..

Tonight I submit a translation of what you wrote on 14th Frbruary and I did translate that into Hindi and you commented back highly positively about my small contribution..

That was the day when I realised that you i ndeed are a bigger human being than what we treat you as a superstar of the biggest film industry of India.. the Hindi film industry..

You gave a new meaning to acting in the film Deewar.. your action oriented fil Sholay is probably one of the best ever Hindi film made so far.. your talent in Black was worth an oscar.. yet since it was not an original idea.. the story was an adaptation of some foreign film.. it is all right.. what I really wanted to say was that you have had many internationally acclaimed films against your name.. as Renate was telling the other day.. The Nobel could be given to maximum of three people in a field.. one among the list for Chemistry this year was of Indian origin.. the one who got nobel for peace did not expect it to come to him.. yet Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Barack Obama thoroughly deserve the accolades.. some may doubt how Obama could get the award with some 9 month in office.. there may e some validity in their arguments.. yet I am convinced someone who could even think of freeing the world of Nuclear Weapon when stationed at such a high post in itself worth a great applause and need to be supported from the core of our hearts..

Coming back to your birthday.. I personally do not attach much meanings to these days.. I like the philosohy of Pran Sahab in Zanjeer.. biraadar jab doston se milane ka man kiya to saal girah mana liya.. that every day inlife is as important as one's birthday.. every passing moment a milestone of life.. a moment where we all must realise how did we spend our time on this earth..

You brother.. have outlived what was expected of you not only by us but even from what you might have expected as a target when your first film Saat Hindustaani got released.. the journey forward was one of the most tedious to begin with.. I know some of it as I had interest in you even in your failure.. the reason was Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan.. the creator of Madhushala.. somedays back I had submitted Rach do ab nai Madhushala over here.. I don't know if you got to read it or not.. it does not make a difference..

Tonight I wish that you are able to exceed further beyond our expectations.. today I also wish that you set up an example of a role in the real life.. the role I wish not necessarily socio-politcally motivated yet having a great impact on the society as a whole.. You got to play a brother who exemplifies brotherhood.. I don't know whether my english abilities make my expectations acceptable to you..

Best wishes for the forthcoming year of your life.. the 68th would start soon.. I wish you more success as human being than merely as an actor.. I say this for I have seen that the human inside your body is as great as the actor that we have seen in these last four decades..

I sign off the scene with these simple wishes

With Love Affection and Pyaar
Abhaya Sharma
11/10/9

Amitabh - Day 534

2009-10-07T14:36:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

Your lines about mother.. How very true.. sometimes I feel that as if you were talking about me and my mother.. or still better about everyone and their mothers...

How does she know when you hide a cigarette from her during the early college days.
How does she guess the girlfriend in your life.
How does she know what you will eat at a particular hour.
How does she know when you have had a bad day at work.
How does she protect you from the anger of your Father.
How does she protect you from all those that wrong you.
How does she know who is bad or good company.
How does she be the only one that keeps awake for you, no matter what time
you return.
How does she become the only one that gives patient hearing and then solace.
How does she always have an encouraging word to give you.
How does she be the one that reprimands you and yet be the one that suffers more.
How does she fulfill all your material demands, even when there is paucity and meagre resource
and above all else how does she cook the best and most delicious food in the world.

कैसे उसे ज्ञात हो जाता जब सिगरेट छुपा रहा होता उससे मै
या कैसे उसे पता चल जाता कोई नई मित्र-कन्या का जीवन में आना
या फिर खाने में क्या मुझको भाता किसी पहर हो खाना
कैसे बुरा काम पर दिन गुजरा यह भी उसे पता चल जाता
पिता के गुस्से से मुझे बचाना होगा कैसे उसे ज्ञात था
यही नही, दुनिया के हर गलत वार से मुझे बचाना भी था आता
कैसे जान सकी थी मां कि किसकी संगत किस रंग की किस ढंग की है
रात अकेले जगना ही क्यों न पड़ जाये, पर राह देखती बैठी ही वह रहती
कैसे वही अकेली सब कुछ सुन लेती फिर ढाढ़स देती
सदा कहां से शब्द प्यार विश्वास बढ़ाते कहां से लाती
कैसे पहले मुझे डांटंती फिर मन में क्यों खुद पछताती
घर में कितनी भी कैसी भी बाधायें हों फिर भी मेरे सारे सुख सपने सहलाती
और नही पता चलता कैसे दुनिया के सबसे उत्तम स्वादिष्ट पकवान पकाती ।

( बस यही तो है हर मां की जग में एक कहानी )

अनन्य प्रेमसहित
अभय शर्मा 7/8 अक्टूबर 2009

The complete words of te kabhi-kabhi song in hindi..
Dear Brother
I do not have my copy of Kabhi-Kabhi the vcd or DD, the VCD I had was taken by Nitin or was it Rajyashree.. I have no regrets.. I shall buy the DVD today evening for viewing it tomorrow on your birthday.. that is how I would love to celebrate your birthday..

LoveAbhaya Sharma
PS oh the lyrics in Hindi.. I have to still type them..

मैं हर एक पल का शाइर हूँ
हर एक पल मेरी हस्ती है
हर एक पल मेरी जवांनी है
मै हर एक पल का..
रिश्तों का रूप बदलता है
बुनियादें खत्म नही होती
ख्बावों और उमंगों की
मीयादें खत्म नही होती
एक फूल में तेरा रूप बसा
एक फूल में मेरी जवांनी है
एक चेहरा तेरी निशानी है
एक चेहरा मेरी निशानी है
मै हर एक पल का..
तुझको मुझको जीवन अमृत
अब इन हाथों से पीना है
इनकी धड़कन में बसना है
इनके सांसों में जीना है
तू अपनी अदायें बख्श इन्हे
मैं अपनी वफाये देता हूँ
जो अपने लिये सोची थी कभी
वो सारी दुआयें देता हूं
मैं हर एक पल का शाइर हूँ
हर एक पल मेरी हस्ती है
हर एक पल मेरी जवांनी है

अभय शर्मा
१० अक्टूबर २००९

बिग बॉस

2009-10-04T20:23:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

You have done considerably well within the given constraints.. the constraints of Television show making in India..

I would say that you despite your age are still have that appeal.. the presentation part was good too.. Amby Valley and the kind of getups and setups shown do not represent what the western world probably would have liked to see in a Salaam Bombay or the SM.. it is all right.. such kind of extravagance on either side the rich or the poor does not represent us..

Yet again.. I have n business to say what I am going to say about the program's concept.. yet if Abhaya Sharma does not pour his mind out he doe snot remain abhaya sharma anymore..

First of all.. let me congratulate you on the inaugural episode of the Big Boss.. I was not aware or rather still not quite aware of how the program proceeds from here on.. I only hope that it has substantial section of it focused around you.. if it is going to be like a jhaunk in the daal.. I would not be interested.. I would be more interested in a program where you are actively involved than a passive involvement.. it does give me a feeling that your role here in the program is going to be lot more passive than active.. yet I may be wrong.. as I said I have no idea even after the show begun sometime back.. and entrants or participants already in the house..

What I can say of the people who have been selected.. I am sure you being an actor and not the producer would not have had much choice as to who is picked or who is left except maybe in one or two cases..

Let me be honest with the participants list.. let me first talk of objections.. let me just say a few words before I go on to cover some finer aspects of the show..

The first thing I did not like that a pair of husband and wife has been selected.. in such a huge India two persons get in from the same family and that too with a 2 and half year old son.. there definitely is some thing unrealistic about it.. I could not digest that..

The second most important drawback is the omission of a cricketer from the list.. Indians love cricket as much as Cinema and Television maybe a little more than the latter.. in fact TV has earned substantial revenue from cricket especially after the IPL.. non-representation of cricket is simply not acceptable.. not to me but to India as a whole..

There could have been one of the top class cricketer from past or even present who could have been inducted.. Ajay Jadeja was controversial.. all right.. so was Azhar who is now an MP.. Kambli already made some scary stories in Sach Ka saamana.. why could we not have had one of the Mohinder Amarnath or Gundappa Visawanth or even Syed Kirmani.. If Jaya sawant could get a nod.. one slot for a senior cricketer might not have appeared to spoil the balance..

Now coming back to the positives.. the show if it is going to be real.. does have some good people from different section of the society.. not so different though.. Let me put my liking in some order it may not be the final standing.. it may not represent my knowledge of them.. it may also not mean any attachments to them..

The most positive figure I found on the show was that of Aditi Govitrikar.. she is probably the most unknown face to me.. and I do feel that Shamita Shetty.. of whom Amrit told that she was in that your & SRK movie in which SRK plays violin.. if it was you Shamita I must say that you did act well there.. sorry for not placing you immediately.. yes Mohabbatein was a good comeback movie for you brother after KBC’s success.. or was it at the same time.. whatever.. it is one of your very good movies and the three boys and the three girls did quite well.. So she is my second best bet for a finalist..

There was a time when Poonam Dhillon was the most beautiful face in the Indian silver screen and it was in Trishul that I first saw her.. she looked beautiful then and she looks beautiful even now.. who says age has got a role with the beauty.. the face and expression are more important in making one more of how one appears.. no wonder than Claudia Ciesla gave you full marks for being beautiful.. I mean attractive.. you definitely would not make a pair opposite her at this age.. and if you do who can stop you..

She was the best part of the presentation of opening ceremony.. my full marks to her skills with Indian dances and she was full of positive energy.. I would not mind learning German.. no, no, I don't have to approach her.. I have Carla and Renate to look upto.. She according to me is the third best one place ahead of Poonam Dhillon - the Noorie girl.. I do not know any among the men you have got there except that I did see the trailer shots of Deshdrohi on TV.. I am extremely sorry I had not heard anything of the Ismail Darbar.. I must add here that though I enjoy the music but I have not known much of the yesteryears music directors either.. and Ismail bhaai should not take it to his heart..

Bakhtiyaar.. I would say that you definitely are totally unknown to me.. and it is different that I did make that comment on husband wife.. pair being picked.. nothing specifically against you and Tanaz.. I was not knowing her name though she is almost omnipresent on TV and films.. yet she is a good actor..

Vindu Dara Singh.. I do not know.. if he has a celebrity status of his own or not.. not that I am aware of.. yet I would not mind him getting a nod for representing Dara Singh.. a man who has given India and Indian films a great many moments.. If I am not wrong he played the character of Hanuman in quite some films and also in the epic Ramayan serial.. and Hanuman is very dear to India and Indians.. I wish to know more of Vindu as the show progresses..

Sherlyn Chopra.. I heard this name for the first time on this blog from Anashwar Chpra sahab.. quite a few of his people are in.. if some of them have been left out as well.. Loveleen Mishra for one.. and Baba Ramdev for another.. Baba Ramdev does not fit into scheme of things of this kind of program.. he is far too above this kind of entertainment oriented programs.. he should continue what he does best.. teaching and practicing Yoga to the India and Indians through Television and otherwise.. He has a status equivalent to you bhaai.. how could he be supervised by you..

Coming back to the only member left from discussion.. Jaya Sawant was the most surprising entry.. and I do not have anything against her.. yet I must admit here that I can not stand Rakhee Sawant even for a minute.. I am sorry if I have hurt the mother.. but I speak only what is my honest feeling about anyone.. If I were taught to be able to hide my feelings I might have been far too successful man in life.. yet my opinion about Rakhee are purely personal.. I should not display my personal dislikes here.. in that sense I do not revert my words but seek forgiveness from her..

Main chuppana janata to jag mujhe saadhu samajhata
shatru mera ban gaya hai chhal rahit vyavhaar mera.

With such a long discourse and so little about the anchor.. that is not fair.. Brother.. If I have understood the concept.. probably today's was the biggest occasion for you after the great success of KBC.. To be honest.. to be truthful.. the charisma of Kaun Banega Crorepati was missing.. you did use good Hindi.. you did present the participants in best possible manner.. yet one can not put the two programs in the same category...

KBC was also some eight to nine years back and you looked magnificent at that age.. in fact at that time your French beard had suited you most.. you looked so very similar in confidence to what you had always been known to be in some of the movies of 70s.. This Big Boss is your second phase of Television.. and comparisons with the first stint are bound to happen.. people would not take note of the fact that you were less than sixty then.. a working age in Government of India.. and now you are well past that.. Still you do pass with some distinction.. You may find the eighty four days as the most enjoyable time.. but please do something that we too enjoy your contributions to the program..

I think I have covered the program in far too much detail.. if did it is for you and you alone.. I would definitely watch out for Aditi, Shamita and Claudia.. how far can they take the program forward.. I also hope that Ismail bhaai would provide some music to us.. but it seems there are no instruments.. and whatever Big Boss allows could be provided.. let us see how it shapes up.. for me it will be a new experience as I did not see the first two seasons of the program..

Love to all the thirteen members.. and I hope their performances are upto the ratings for them..
Apne lye jiye to kya jiye
Ae dil tu jee zamane ke liye

बिग बॉस

2009-10-04T01:00:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh
A very Good morning to you and all the members of this FmXt which is no less than a home on the internet..

बिग बॉस

जग में तुमने फिर क्या देखा
गर नही मिले बिग बॉस से तुम
बिग बॉस से चलकर पूछ ही लो
क्या जीते और क्या हारे तुम

चेहरे पर चेहरे कितने हों
चेहरे की पहचान कराना
अंजानें चेहरे कितने हों
चेहरे का है ज्ञान कराना

चलो चलो मत टाइम गंवाओ
जल्दी जा कर कलर्स लगाओ
घड़ी में नौ बजने से पहले
सब घर वालो को बुलवाऒ

अभिमान नही दीवार नही
काला पत्थर शोले भी नही
आनंद मिली चुपके-चुपके
हर दिल के है अमिताभ यहीं

क्या नही पता तुमको यारों
बिग बॉस हमारे भाई बने हैं
भारत मां की शान बने है
वह एक नया इंसान बने है ।

अभय शर्मा
3 अक्टूबर 2009 11।40 रात्रि

The above poem for those like me generally do not ponder over the day that has gone by.. not gone with the wind.. a phrase, I or rather we had used it for almost any situation at the slightest excuse.. the same way as some people now use gone for a toss..

The weather has been quite rough.. and if it did show up so at Amby Valley it is not a surprise.. the unit and its commitment is commendable to say the least.. what is not understandable is the surprise over the growth of these extra smart techs.. it must have all happened under your nose.. maybe it was for a very short while that you were not into films.. it could not have happened in a spur of a moment.. it is evolution and evolution sometimes is not noticed by the ones who are constantly in touch.. it seems to them that this has been exactly as it seems to be.. yet in the retrospective.. like what you do today.. one realizes the considerable progress that has been made..

Progress has also been made in Television by leaps and bounds.. the entertainment has kept us engrossed and engaged.. sometimes at the cost of our own real development.. this is no complain.. yet when I see and find that children who should be spending time in the ground developing skills in some outdoor activities are glued to their TV and computer set.. they say excess of everything is bad..

In my case, I do not rate Indian television in its present state of functioning as something likable.. I would at times only put on the sports events or at best some times (in distant past) have a look at the National geographic and or Discovery.. Cricket alone was the game that I followed for last ten years or so.. though I know there were times when I used to watch all the Tennis grand slam Tennis events.. How this change of mind took place.. why did it happen is not an easy task for me to answer.. yet at this stage of life.. I find TV as boring.. even news channels do not hold much of my interest.. Instead I would find some time to watch old black and whites over DVD player.. that is to say when I get time..

Yet it was not always like this.. there were times when Television was highly interesting.. we used to que up to find our way into the neighborhood to see chitrahaar or the sunday movie.. it probably means that something that is not readily available interests human mind.. Amitabh Bachchan movies are available in plenty at TV at all the time.. it has two fold negative implications - a person like me does not watch his movies on Television.. the other not true for me.. there would not be many who would now like to keep the DVDs of AB movies in their collection.. the third less obvious drawback a few may start hating someone they had held in such high esteem over the years.. think over it and think of these lines ..

Ati parichay se hot hai aruchi anadar bhaay
malayagiri ki bheelani chandan det jaraay..

I think the number of times I have used the phrase some one like sis Rose would have also got to read it if not know its meaning..

These are times that one has to keep oneself as updated as is possible.. the changes around us are happening at such a rapid rate that it is difficult if not impossible to keep a track of all development and progress.. at times it is not required to know everything.. some of the things become part of our lives without our great understanding.. email in the first phase and internet browsing in second phase have revolutionized our lives like never before.. yet does an average common Indian has an access to it.. does every child of India know how a computer looks like to touch it.. There are issues that India faces that have been buried into history.. the vertical growth of our cities and uneven horizontal availability of facilities in the rural atmosphere could be catastrophic... the deaths of Indian farmers would continue amidst the Chandrayaan success.. lack of school and education for the poor would be always present alongside people going to US, Australia and UK.. the rich shall continue to get richer even if poor do not get further poorer..

Oh my God.. I wanted to sound to be on a happy note.. but where has my mind taken me.. these reactions and remarks if they sound political to some.. I seldom care.. if these objections do not please the readers of this blog.. I do not stop saying what I have to.. if we have to proceed as a nations there have to be some binding forces.. there needs to be some rethinking on our part to move alongside our deprived lot than to become an Ambani or the sort..

The kind of flood like situation in the country is not a new to us.. it may not have been a regular feature yet it has been there in the history.. with all our development and scientific progress what kind of program have we evolved over the years.. History is important to let us know or learn things from our past and act as help to move forward by not repeating the mistakes of past.. does that happen in this country.. I wonder if it does.. it must be at such a miniscule scale that it is not visible to a short-sighted Abhaya Sharma.. and what has Abhaya Sharma done.. has he also not happily toed the line of the masses.. that is he not following the bhed chaal too.. just write about the issues and just do nothing about solutions.. I hate this Abhaya Sharma as much as I hate being ignorant of our surroundings.. ankh band kar lene se billi kabootar ko chhod nahi degi.. hum sab us kabootar ki tarah hain.. jo azaa hokar bas udana jaanate hain.. billi saamne aa jaye to ankhen moond kar sochate hai ki billi to hai hi nahi..

I think it has been enough of the activist in me to have voiced his opinion.. some of it may be useful.. some of it may be not so useful and some part may not be useful at all..

I take leave of you.. I have an appointment with Big Boss at 9 PM tonight.. I would like you to be evolutionary.. I would like you to be think beyond fixed lines.. I would also like you to work on the concepts of nation building .. I would be more than happy if you could say a few things regarding peace harmony and brotherhood.. I know you are still a huge force who has a power to turn any nation into any direction simply with your words.. you are a rationalist.. you are respected and you are revered.. the three R's for the success of a celebrity..

Love you and love everyone on the blog
Abhaya Sharma October 4 2009 13:14 Hrs IST

2009-09-29T20:59:00.000-07:00

आदरणीय भाईसाहब
सादर चरण स्पर्श

अभी-अभी डीएनए में आप पर लेख पढ़ा, यहां भी आपके विचार पढे, अच्छा लगा, जिस प्रकार की बातें आपने यहां पर या वहां कही पड्जकर मन को अच्छा लगा ।
विशेषकर जो आपने मां एवं बाबूजी के लिये कहा - मैं काम पर जाने के पहले तथा काम से आने के बाद कुछ क्षण उनके साथ बिताता था, मुझे उनका सहारा था, अंतिम दिनों में अधिक बातचीत न होने पर भी उनकी उपस्थिति ही मेरे लिये प्रेरणा का श्रोत थी ।
अपने अभिनय के प्रति जिस तरह का उल्लेख आपने यहां किया है उससे आपकी सादगी का पता चलता है, वास्तव में यह कहना कि जो भी अभिनय किया जाता है वह आपके निजी जीवन को नही दर्शाता, जो अभिनय किया जाता है, क्रमबद्ध अपने आप होता चला जाता है, फिर भी हम सभी यह बात स्पष्ट रूप से जानते है और मानते है कि हर कलाकार अपने अभिनय में एक जैसा नही होता, सबकी अपनी क्षमतायें है सबकी अपनी-अपनी कमियां या कमजोरियां होती है, आपके अभिनय में कोई कमी या कमजोरी तो देखने में नही आती तथापि हर फ़िल्म व्यावसायिक दृष्टि से हमेशा सफ़ल हो उसके मापदंड शायद कुछ अलग ही होते हैं , होते ही होंगे नही तो किस प्रकार एक फ़िल्म सफ़ल तो अन्य फ़िल्म को असफलता का मुंह देखना पड़ता है ।

चलिये 4 अक्टूबर से आप का नया कार्यक्रम बिग बॉस प्रारंभ होने जा रहा है, आपकी अपार सफ़लता के लिये भगवान से प्रार्थना है, हालांकि मेरी प्रार्थना की आप जैसे महान कलाकार को कोई आवश्यकता नही है तथापि आप से जिस प्रकार के प्रेम-संबंध यहां हम लोगों के बन गये है, आपकी सफ़लता में हम सबको विशेष हर्ष का अनुभव होगा । हमारी तो यही मनोकामना रहेगी कि इस विस्तारित परिवार के प्रमुख होने के नाते आपको हर कदम पर सफलता ही मिले इसीमें हमें सुख मिल सकता है । आपसे तो कई अपेक्षायें हम लोगों को सदा ही रहीं है आपके अभिनय को लेकर, आपने भी अधिकांश भाग में हम लोगों को निराश नही किया है इस बात का हमें अभिमान है। आपके कार्यक्रम कॊ विशेष सफलता मिलें इस आशा के साथ यह पत्र यही समाप्त कर आपसे आज्ञा चाहूंगा । आज से अमृत की अर्द्ध वार्षिक परीक्षायें शुरु हो गई हैं, ईश्वर उसको सफ़लता दे, पढ़ाई-लिखाई की ओर उसका ध्यान बना रहे, हमारे मध्य-वर्गीय परिवारों के लिये शिक्षा ही जीवन का सबसे उत्तम एवं जीवन यापन में सहायक एक समुचित सार्थक उपाय है ।

आपका अनुज
अभय शर्मा
पुनश्चः दिल्ली के ताज होटल में अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगोष्ठी का आयोजन इस सप्ताह चल रहा है जिसका मुख्य विषय एटम के शांतिपूर्ण उपयोगो से संबंधित है, मुझे इसमें शरीक होने का अवसर नही मिल सका है तथापि अगर संभव हो तो आप एकाध दिन उसमें हो आयें कोई मास्क पहन कर चले जाना, नही तो आप जानते ही हो भाई कि क्या हो सकता है । चलॊ बाकी बातें फुर्सत में करते है, नव्या-अगस्त्य को मेरा प्यार तथा अमृत का सत्कार देना ।

जन्मदिवस की शुभ कामनाये

2009-09-28T19:55:00.000-07:00

परम प्रिय भाई,
जन्म-दिवस की हार्दिक बधाईयां

मैने अभी-अभी पढ़ा कि आप विजय दशमी के दिन पैदा हुये थे, तभी विजय नाम में आपकी सफ़लता का राज छुपा हुआ है । आप को यह बात एक दिन पहले बता देनी चाहिये थी कम से कम कुछ एक लोग केक खाने प्रतीक्षा ही पहुंच जाते, प्रतीक्षा को अभय की प्रतीक्षा उस दिन तक करनी पड़ेगी जब तक इसकी आवश्यकता नही आ पड़ेगी, व्यर्थ में मै आपका बहुमूल्य समय नष्ट नही कर सकता, यह उचित भी नही है, फिर जो कुछ मुझे कहना सुनना है यहां सब कुछ संभव हो पा रहा है । इस बात का यह अर्थ, तात्पर्य या आशय बिल्कुल भी नही है कि मै आपसे मिलने के लिये उत्सुक नही हूं या कभी नही रहा, इसके विपरीत मै आपसे मात्र सपने में मिलने से ही अत्यम्त प्रसन्न हो जाता हूं ।
अब शयन-कक्ष की ओर प्रस्थान करता हूं शायद आपसे आज फिर मुलाकात हो जाये, वैसे रोज़-रोज़ तो सपने में मिलना भी उचित नही है .. क्योंकि किसी ने कहा है -

अति परचै से होत है अरुचि अनादर भाय
मलयागिरि की भीलनी चंदन देत जराय ।
अभय शर्मा
००००००००००००००००००
आदरणीय भाईसाहब

सादर चरण स्पर्श

आपके द्वारा प्रस्तुत दोनो चित्र अत्यंत सुंदर है, कहिये तीनॊं ही चित्र ।

आज मै अपने आप से विशेष प्रसन्न नही हूं, इसके दो कारण है, एक तो यह कि जो लोग मुझे प्यार करते है, मैने उनसे अनुरोध किया है कि वे मेरा नाम न लिया करें, कोई भी व्यक्ति इस तरह के वर्ताब से प्रसन्न तो नही ही हो सकता । दूसरी बात जिसने मेरे चित्त को अशांत किया उसका संबंध अमृत की पढ़ाई से है । यह जानते हुये भी कि अगर अमृत पढाई में मन नही लगा रहा है तो कहीं न कहीं इसमें स्वयं मेरा ही दोष है, उसकी अर्द्ध वार्षिक परीक्षा दो दिन बाद शुरु होनी है और मैं यहां कवितायें लिखने में मशगूल हूं ।

चलिये शायद मेरे को इस बात का इल्म तो है कि मै अपने कर्तव्य से विमुख हो रहा हूं, देर-सवेर ही सही अगर मै उसके भविष्य के प्रति सचेत नही होता हूं तब मुझे उसे मारने-पीटने का कोई हक नही बनता है। दशहरा का पर्व ठीक-ठाक ही रहा मनोज मै समय निकाल कर कहीं भी न जा सका इस बात का मुझे अफसोस है, तथापि तुम्हारी लिस्ट शायद अगले वर्ष ही काम आ जाये । रामकृष्ण मिशन जाने के लिय तो मुझे अगले दशहरा तक प्रतीक्षा नही करनी पड़ेगी यह निश्चित है ।

मेरे सभी मित्रों से मेरा यह अनुरोध है कि आप मेरे कहे का बुरा ना माने आप जैसा उचित समझें वैसा ही करें, अगर मेरा या अन्य लोगों के नाम लिखने से आप को प्रसन्नता मिलती है तो मुझे इस तरह की पब्लिसिटी से कैसे इंकार हो सकता है ।

असीम प्यार एवं स्नेह के साथ यह पत्राचार यहीं समाप्त करता हूं, हिंदी में लिखने के अगर कुछ नुक्सान है तो कुछ फ़ायदे भी है, चाहकर भी लम्बा-चौड़ा पत्र मै नही लिख सकता ।
आपका सेवक

अभय शर्मा २८ सितंबर २००९

September 28, 2009 at 11:51 am
Familiar faces, not so familiar faces, faces often seen and met, faces not so often seen and met, faces seen but not met, and met but not seen एनौघ

आदरणीय भाईसाहब

प्रणाम

चेहरे कुछ पहचाने से

चेहरे कुछ अंजाने से

चेहरे अक्सर जाने-पहचाने से

कुछ कभी कभी मिलने वाले

कुछ कभी कभी दिखने वाले

चेहरे जाने पर ना पह्चाने से

चेहरे पह्चाने फिर भी अंजाने से

(मेरा मंतव्य, जॊ आपने कहना चाहा पर शायद कहा नही)

इन चेहरों की दुनिया में

मै भी क्या बस एक चेहरा हूँ

कुछ चेहरे है जो लगते है अंजाने से

कुछ अंजाने चेहरे लगते पहचाने से

अभय शर्मा
००००००००

आदरणीय अमित दा
इंकलाब ज़िंदाबाद
मैं नही जानता कि क्यों मुझे भगत सिंह से इतना प्यार है, मै नही जानता कि क्यों मुझे हिंदी से प्यार है, मैं यह भी नही जानता कि आपसे (अमिताभ बच्चन से) मुझे क्यों इतना अधिक प्यार है ।

कभी कभी हम नही जानते कि हम जो भी करते है ऎसा आखिर क्यों करते है, कभी कभी चाह कर भी हम अपने ही प्रश्नों के सही उत्तर क्यों नही ढूंढ पातॆ ।

स्वामी विवेकानंद से ही क्यों मुझे इतना लगाव है, क्यों मै हिन्दुस्तान और पाकिस्तान को फिर से एक साथ देखना चाहता हूं, आखिर क्यों मै परमाणु हथियारों के विरुद्ध आवाज उठाना चाहता हूं । कुछ एक सवाल हैं जो मेरे जहन में उठते हैं मगर जिनका जबाव मेरे पास नही है । मै नही मानता कि सभी प्रश्नों के उत्तर संभव है, या हर उत्तर का कोई न कोई प्रश्न होना आवश्यक है ।

यहां आज मै कुछ दो साल पहले लिखी गई भगत सिंह पर लिखी अपनी कविता दुबारा प्रस्तुत कर रहा हूं, संभव है मैने पहले यहां कभी न भी सुनाई हो और अगर सुनाई भी हो तो क्या फर्क पड़ता है, इस आशा के साथ आप लोगों के लिये यह कविता लिखी है कि आप भी आज शहीद-ए-आज़म को उनके 102वें जन्मदिन पर उन्हे याद कर लें ।

मनोज कुमार जी की शहीद मुझे बेहद पसंद है, खासकर उस फ़िल्म के सभी गाने बेहद लोकप्रिय हुए थे । ‘दम निकले इस देश की खातिर बस इतना अरमान है..’ या फिर ‘जिस चोले को पहन शिवाजी खेले अपनी जान पे, जिसे पहन झांसी की रानी मिट गई अपनी आन पे ..’ ।

आपका अधिक समय न लेते हुए कविता प्रस्तुत है –

कहता है मन आज कहो तुम कोई नई कहानी
ना हो जिसमें कोई राजा ना हो कोई रानी
आज़ादी के रंग भरे हों हो देशप्रेम से तानी
कह दे मनवा भगत सिंह की कह दे आज कहानी

हंस कर चले दीवाने जब फांसी थी उन्हे लगानी
बांहों में बांहें डाल यार के थे निकल पड़ॆ सैलानी
रो न सकी मां भगत बने थे आज़ादी के मानी
मर कर भी न मरे कभी थे वीर बड़े बलिदानी

पूरी कविता ( दो पद्य यहां नह लिख रहा हू) मेरी बैबसाईट पर उप्लब्ध है यहां उसका लिंक दे रहा हूं
http://www.angelfire.com/ab/abhayasharma/html/kaviweb.htm

कल आप सब से फिर मिलने आउंगा इस आशा के साथ यह पत्र यहीं समाप्त करता हूं, आप सब लोगों से जितना प्यार मिला है उसका अगर आधा भी आप सबसे कर सका तभी अपने जीवन को सार्थक मानूंगा ।

सरफ़रोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में है ..

अभय शर्मा 27 सितंबर 2009

AB day 483 - Comments

2009-09-14T12:09:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother

Sadar Charan Sparsh
Am I late.. yes.. I have missed two posts of the day 482 and today.. well today held something very very special for me in its store.. a few minutes back i was talking to Deepak Mehta of Michigan.. err.. my classfellow of 9th,10th and 11th at KVIIT Delhi.. the fellow who had earlier sent some messages over yahoo mailbox.. was available online for nearly an hour or so..

We had exchanged a world of information about the old school days.. I am glad that we could chat for such a long time.. that he is a great friend is difficult to be described.. in fact each and every school friend either from Delhi or Port Blair or even Agra (only have no contacts with even one of the friend from Air Force Station Agra..) was very very special .. something that can not easily describe or elaborate further..

it is a feeling that atleast a few can really understand.. and you brother with today’s definitive post of showing your warmth.. the warmth hidden in the wet of the eyes.. the description and your ability to finally fool Mr. Blog ji in putting across the bigger fonts.. we can all have a great laugh at your victory and join to cheer you up..

For the sentiments and feelings tha you have shared.. I am moved.. no.. I am not actually moved.. I am still stationary at my chair.. busy typing.. yet my mind has moved.. it has moved forward to hold you in still higher place than it had already been holding you.. you have grown few more inches taller to your tall 6 feet 2 inch physical frame.. The love.. the affection.. the intensity.. the connectivity.. the conversation.. the communication of thoughts.. every aspect of human relationship today has reached its zenith between us.. I mean you at the head of this blog and we the offshoots of that tree..

It has been a simply exalted experience to have been living with you for so long and in such a great atmosphere..

I shall take leave of you.. but before that I must thank God for Aishwarya not having H1N1 infection.. yes.. the media does blow things out of proportion.. maybe we can not conatin the flu virus.. we can always treat the effected patients and obsrve simple hygiene rules to curb its spread to pandemic levels.. Maybe the closing down of schools may not be the greatest measure yet any step taken to stop the spread of the H1N1 is a welcome step.. and here we must learn our lessons from the countries that have been managing far greater number of cases far more adequately than casuing panic amongst the population.. you word on it.. Sir!
Love and Affection

Abhaya Sharma, India August 17 2009

ab says:
September 10, 2009 at 4:43 pm
grateful for your affection Abhaya …

Hindi Divas - Language Debate

2009-09-13T21:42:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

Expect..

I expect that an expecting mother does not expect too much of the gender the expected baby assumes except it does not come with some unexpected or unaccepted deformities..

Accept it or not many people find it too difficult to see expect, except and accept as quite confusing they expect that when they use one of the three words they use it to be accepted in the expected manner except when they don't use it in a sentence.. without the positioning in a context we can expect that it becomes more difficult to accept our usage in its intended form except with the few brilliant who always are expected to derive an acceptable meaning that most others find difficult except in very few cases..

I know if I go further with my expected line of action I would not be acceptable to others except you and few others who know or understand my expected nature and accept me the way I am..

There was a willingness in you that you do wish and be able to communicate in other languages yet as you find an International language exists in the form of English that is around for good reasons the most accepted language in the world except in few parts of the world as China, Russia, French.. ( I am sorry it is not as an insult to these languages.. not at all)

To be able to communicate to the large group in a language of their own comes with much greater difficulty then what you expect.. if bigadda has not come to terms and already initiated action we must accept that they would have reasons for their expected behaviour.. one serious possibility is that there are wrong translations possible.. that may lead to more trouble than the help that you were expecting with such an arrangement.. some such factors are discussed below and are available for further debate.. from you as well the Fmxt..

1. How many languages do you start with the translation process

2. Which Languages do you choose from the fifteen national languages to be part of this blog.. and why the chosen and why not the ones not chosen..

3. Do you need only specific portions of your posts to be translated or the entire post.. part of the posts may become sometimes more difficult as to what is to be taken and what is to be left..

4. How does one go about the selection of translators for the job.. it is not only a matter of money involved alone.. one must be suitable for the job.. e.g. he/she should know you and your life in a reasonable manner so that could think and derive meanings which are beyond factual translations..

5. Does it have to be on the same blog or another blog.. imagine 15 languages on the same blog would clutter it just too much and 15 blogs would divide the FMXt into 15 groups.. some of the 15 logs may not really have any comments some days and there would also be a substantial loss of comments on the main blog..

6. Worst case would be f the responses are thrown into 15 languages (assuming te software and other things - willingness to express oneself in one's mother tongue for eaxmple are available).. what do you do with these comments.. do you wish that these comments are the translated back ino english and put up on the main English blog..

7. Assuming if all the queries and doubts that I have raised here are met satisfactorily.. just think of the man hours and your increased involvement with the blog.. it might just rob much of your time.. as such I have a feeling that you are indulging far too deeply with us.. mor than the expected and accepted.. an exceptional behaviour from someone who is blessed to act and provide some good entertainment..

These seven queries, arguments, doubts, viewpoint or whatever you think of them.. are coming from jus one individual in one sitting.. the list of possible doubts could actually be much larger.. I have not included Spanish the second largest international language.. though I have a feeling that Chinese (Mandarin) and Hindi would beat spanish only the statistics is not available to substantiate their case.. there are other International languages which have people who write here like Carla from Germany, Zhenya and Lena from Russia and I do not all those who speak different languages other than English at home..

Where do I conclude or rather what does one conclude..

If I were Amitabh Bachchan.. and if it were my blog.. I would not look forward for the external help of translators to complicate the issues.. I would rather include with the help of some of the members of FmXt to translate some short messages from me into their respective languages..

Of course, I would also initiate efforts to use Hindi far more significantly on this blog than its present level .. not for Hindi being my mother tongue or the provider of my bread ( butter is already gone .. at this age I don't think you need butter.. in any form) but for the simple fact that there has been a much larger association of Hindi amongst the countrymen.. and also that there are queries from the section of readers in their askance..

I know no Punjabi or Tamil or a Bengali would expect you to write in those languages. and let me tell you except in few cases do not expect that people would accept such kind of translations.. that would not be coming directly from you.. it would definitely miss the personal touch with what blogs are supposed to deal..

The last word on making the blog available in several langauges is a big no from me..

I would rather expect you to change the poll question and take the opinion of the follwers of this blog as to what do they think..

SHOULD I PUBLISH THE BLOG IN TRANSLATED VERSION INTO ALL NATIONAL LANGUAGES
a. It is a highly welcome idea but think of other world languages too
b. It appears a waste of resorces and avialbale talent
c. I will definitely raise your popularity
d. It should be your decision alone, it does not affect us at all..
e. I would prefer it to be a maximum of bilingual English and Hindi
f. Just English is fine enough

Then and only then brother should you jump to conclusions of making what you say n the national languages.. If you have guessed my response to be 'e' you are not far from the truth.. though I support all the last three equally.. now that is not done.. I or no one can cast three votes when we are expected to cast one opinion three is unacceptable except in a rare case when your turn comes to cast your vote too.. ( A tie or in case of minor differences in the margin..)

I expect I have not hurt your feelings that was never ever my intention.. I do not insist that you should like my exceptional post or accept it in totality.. yet if such a issue is not put up for poll I would feel hurt.. I care and respect your decisions.. yet once in a while you too should accept an acceptable request from us.. tha you call us the members of family.. no, you make the decision or act at your own but in democratic set up it is better to hear what the Junta says..

Love Affection and Pyaar
Abhaya Sharma September 14 2009

Post Script : Today being Hindi Divas I do submit an old poem for you and all Hindi speaking, understanding and liking people ( Renate is included among so many others lke Carla, Zhenya etc. and surprisingly many Indians here do not know Hindi- Kishore and Reshmi you ar not the only ones) I shall try to put up the anglicised version of it later.

कवि का सम्मान

फिर आज कवि के मन में
कोई उपज पनपती कविता है
(कवि ने सीख लिया था जग से)
कैसे कहां किसीसे कब क्या
जग में कितना कहना है
भीतर मन में उमड रही है
शब्दॊं की लटपट धार कहीं
झांक लिया अपने मन में
फिर एक बार हो ध्यान मग्न
भावों को संचित कर अपने
अपने कर में एक लिये कलम
(लिखना कवि ने प्रारंभ किया)
मस्तिष्क की सीमाऒं कॊ चीर
कवि जग में था बन गया पीर
चंचल चपल चतुर चंदन चुन
रच दिये गीत देकर नई धुन
अपने अधरॊं पर उन्हे सजा
जग के सम्मुख कर दिये लजा
वह बच्चन था या कॊई अन्य
कविता पढ़-सुन जग हुआ धन्य
कवि चला गया जब इस जग से
जग ने कवि का सम्मान किया

क्या जग ने कवि का सम्मान किया?

- अभय शर्मा
मुम्बई, भारत, 9 जुलाई 2008.

Psoted on day 510 of ABs blog on Hindi Divas day..

amitabha-abhaya varta

2009-09-08T10:49:00.000-07:00

अमिताभः क्यों मेरे पीछे पड़ॆ हो ?
अभयः आपके आगे नही पड़ सकता ।
अमिताभः यह क्या मजाक है, कभी क्विज़, कभी कविता यह सिलसिला कहीं खत्म होगा भी या नही ?
अभयः यह कभी खत्म न होने वाला सिलसिला है भाई, लगता है ईंटरव्यू तो पढ़ा ही नही ।
अमिताभः पढ़ लिया, अच्छी खिचड़ी पक रही है तुम लोगों की, इसे खायेगा कौन ?
अभयः जो पकाता है वही खायेगा भी, अगर आपके पेट में दर्द है तो आपको भी थोड़ी परोस दें ।
अमिताभः मेरे पेट में कोई दर्द नही है, अगर सिर में दर्द हो गया तो समझ लो, समझदार को इशारा ही काफ़ी होना चाहिये, जानते हो ना मै कौन हूं ?
अभयः हां, भाई आप डॉन हैं, आप महान है, आप शहंशाह है, आप एक आजूबा हैं आप बेमिसाल है, आप क्या नही हैं ?
अमिताभः अच्छा-अच्छा अब बस करो, अगर एक उल्टे हाथ का पड़ गया तो मालूम है ना क्या होगा ?
अभयः अगर मारना ही है भाई तो सीधे हाथ का मारना, आप लैफ़्टी हो, उल्टे हाथ का बहुत कर्रा लगेगा ।
अमिताभः अच्छा यह बताओ यह कवितायें कहां से चुराते हो?
अभयः क्यों भाई ? अपको भी चुरानी हैं क्या ?
अमिताभः जबान लड़ाना खूब आ गया है, शर्म नही आती ?
अभयः भाई और कुछ लड़ा नही सकता हाथों का काम भी जबान से ही चला लेता हूं, पहले कभी-कभी आती थी आपकी बेशर्म देखने के बाद अब कभी नही आती ।
अमिताभः बातें मत बनाओ, सच सच बताओ, तुम कविता लिख लेते हो ?
अभयः हां, हां, सविता से शादी करने के बाद कविता लिखना ही तो बाकी रह गया है, बस ।
अमिताभः तब क्या अगर रानी से शादी करते तो कहानी लिखते ?
अभयः करवा दीजिये तुरंत पता चल जायेगा, अगली फ़िल्म की कहानी भी मिल जायेगी।
अमिताभः ये आजकल हिंदू-मुसलमानों को क्यों मिलवाने पर अड़े हो ?
अभयः क्योंकि कुछ लोग उन्हे लड़वाने पर तुले हुये हैं ।
अमिताभः क्या तुम मेरे लिये काम करोगे ?
अभयः दाम मिलेंगे तो क्यों नही करूंगा, आपने भी तो ठाकुर सामने शोले में यही शर्त रखी थी।
अमिताभः क्या क्या कर सकते हो?
अभयः कुछ भी कर सकता हूं, आप कह कर तो देखो, जिस काम को पांच आदमी एक दिन में कर सकत है उसे मै पांच दिन में पूरा कर सकता हूं, हां । बस नही कर सकता तो खड़े-खड़े आपकी हजामत नही कर सकता ।
अमिताभः बदतमीज क्या बकते हो, जानते नही तुम किस से बात कर रहे हो? अपने हाथ-पैरों का बीमा करवा रखा है या नही ?
अभयः भैया आप तो बेकार में ही गरम हो रहे हो, आप खड़े होगे तो मुंह पर क्रीम कैसे लगाउंगा, आप ठहरे 6 फुट 2 इंच मैं सिर्फ फ़ाइव एंड हाफ़, हजमत बनाने के लिये स्टूल लगाना पड़ेगा ।
अमिताभः यह क्विज़ का बेतुका सवाल जया से पूछने की क्या जरूरत थी, मुझसे नही पूछ सकते थे, मैं मर गया था क्या?
अभयः आप जवाब नही देते, पिक्चर राजेश खन्ना के साथ थी, आपसे पूछता तो मै मर जाता ।
अमिताभः कल से मेरे ब्लाग पर यह सब नही चलेगा ?
अभयः तो फिर क्या चलेगा?
अमिताभः जो भी लिखो छोटा लिखो, जितना हो सके उतना कम लिखो, लिखो तो कभी-कभी लिखो, कुछ आज तो कुछ एक महीने बाद लिखो । बात तुम्हारे कुछ पल्ले पड़ रही है या नही या सब सिर के उपर से जा रही है?
अभयः पल्ला तो मैने कल से ही झाड़ लिया था, पल्ले में कुछ डालना था पहले से क्यों नही बताया, यह बात मेरी समझ के बाहर है । वैसे भी जब मै लिखता हूं तब मै थोड़े ही लिखता हूं ।
अमिताभः भैये, तुम नही लिखते तो क्या कोई भूत आकर जबर्दस्ती तुमसे लिखवा जाता है, यह कैसा भूत तुम्हारे सिर पर सवार है ?
अभयः आप ही का भूत है सरकार ।
अमिताभः क्या बकते हो, मै जीता-जागता तुम्हारे सामने खड़ा हूं, 6 फुट 2 इंच का आदमी तुम्हें दिखाई नही देता?
अभयः आप महान है भाईसाहब, आप के जिंदा रहते हुये भी आपका भूत लोगों पर सवार रहता है, शायद भूतनाथ वाला भूत है या कोई अन्य भटकता हुआ भूत होगा दीवार, शोले या कसमे-वादे वाला आप तो कई फ़िल्मों में मर चुके हो भाई। उन्ही में से किसी एक का भूत होगा । वैसे आपके मरने का अंदाज़ तो दीवार में देखा था, मरते मरते भी क्या गजब के डायलाग बोले थे भाई मुझे तो लगता है वही भूत चढ़ गया है।
अमिताभः अबे बेबकूफ, पिक्चर में जब हम मरते है तब हम मरते थोड़े ही है, भूत का सवाल ही कहां पैदा होता है ?
अभयः तब क्या भाई भूत का जवाब पैदा होता है ? तनिक एक बात बताओ भैया यह भूत का जवाब भी क्या भूत के सवाल जैसा ही होता है ? क्या वह भी उतना ही खतरनाक या उतना ही डरावना होता है जैसे बाकी के भूत । यह सब क्या लिखवाये जा रहे हो हमसे रात में । आजकल वैसे ही हमें अकेला सोना पड़ता है, यह बात अब और आगे ना बढ़ाओ, हम तो बस निरे नाम के ही अभय है, असल जिंदगी में तो चींटी भी हम पर भारी पड़ती है । सुसरी काटती है तो समझो प्राण निकाल लेती है हलक मे से ।
अमिताभः अजीब घनचक्कर हो, पचास साल के हो गये हो और छोटी-छोटी या झूठ-मूठ की बातों से इस तरह घबराते हो जैसे पांचवी क्लास का बच्चा। चलो छोड़ो अगर तुम वाकई डर गये हो तो सोने से पहले हनुमान चालीसा पढ़ लेना ।
अभयः चला जा रहा था मै डरता हुआ हनुमान चालीसा पढ़ता हुआ, बोलो हनुमान की जय, जय-जय बजरंग बली की जय ।

AB Song quiz

2009-09-08T00:57:00.000-07:00

Some of the quiz questions answered on videos from youtube..

1. Jahan sach na chale vahan jhiooth sahi..

2. Oas barse Raat bheege

3. Ya hai Mohabbat Ya Hai jawaani

AB day 486 - Very Special comments

2009-09-08T00:38:00.000-07:00

Abhaya Sharma says:
August 21, 2009 at 8:56 am

fir teree kahaanee yaad aayee, fir teraa fasaanaa yaad aayaa

fir aaj humaaree aankhon ko, yek khwaab puraanaa yaad aayaa

Respected Brother

Sadar Charan Sparsh
An extremely stupendous effort at being what you are.. the best.. I chose this song not because it fits so well for the event.. I know your great liking of Waheeda ji.. like I love Meena Kumari I know your favourite has been Waheeda Rahman.. The song had been the msot haunting melody from Hindi film industry depicting emotions, sentimets and such stuff that makes one like it all the more.. the song..

Waheeda Rahman and Dilip Kumar’s Dil Diya Dard Liya.. was not as enchanting as I thought it should have been.. it had not been the greatest Dilip Kumar film yet it was good.. it was very good.. Pran sahab too had a memorable performance and the songs other than phir teri kahaani yaad aayi.. also had Koi sagar dil ko bahalaata nahi.. and guzare hain aaj ishq mein..

Well, It is worth a movie to watch for the two most talented actors in Dilip Sahab and Waheeda ji.. amost at their self-best.. A gruelling love story that had been quipped into more than the triangle.. The second half definitely overly belonged to Dilip sahab.. I did not know the man could also look so starry in the royal attire that had been used.. he did look superlative in this film.. though performance wise I would rate the recently watched Yahudi at a slightly higher level.. every old movie has its own charm and for me I am discovering Dilip sahab for the very first time.. I might have seen some of his more popular films like Naya Daur, Ganga Jamuna, Ram aur Shyam, Mashaal and even Shakti and historical Mughale Azam.. yet I feel the Dilip Kumar of Uran Khatola, Yahudi and Dil Diya dard Liya and a few other such movies is equally unbeatable bet..

No wonder bhaai that you held the thespian in such great lights and set your own standards in acting to be comaparable with his.. you have been better than the legend in a couple of movies.. the movies where you acted as Subir Kumar the singer of Abhimaan, Babu Moshay of Anand and the Vijay of Deewaar..

I bet you yourself would not disagree that it is difficuult to repeat such performances every now and then..

More later for your and the information and benefit of others.. Abhaya India and Abhaya Sharma are both one person.. one exists at home the other at office.. I somehow wanted to disown my surname.. yet it is not easy an the world would always know me by the name iven to me by my parents.. it is in that respect and as a mark of respect that I continue to be known as Abhaya Sharma to the world..

Abhaya Sharma August 21 2009 8:49 AM IST

PS Thanks for inclsuion of the names of the multitude of fellow bloggers.. it does serve some purpose.. it does serve as an acknowledgement.. it also serves to know that you brother are committed to your FmXt.. the way only you can be committed.. it gives and adds so much to our lives that we can harly ever be able to repay your faith in us.. your attachmnet and association with FmXt would definitely go down a long way whenever the blogs would be discussed and debated.. My sincere thanks to you for being able to manage what seemed an arduous task.. Have a great day bhaai…

Rahen na rahen hammahaka karenge

ban ke kali banke sawabaage vafa mein..

I Don’t know if I have goofed up the words again yet the feelings are beautifully representative of my being here with you and in the midst of such huge numbers of FmXt…

ab says:
August 21, 2009 at 9:03 am
lovely to know of our common interest ..

AB Day 503

2009-09-07T01:00:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Pranaam
The post answers ahat Amrit had been asking for sometime.. he has been fast aleep.. I shall let him know that you did talk about Aladin..
This poem that I shared was in one noting pad.. the ones one gets at the conferences.. It was written few months ago I do not really know when.. I had not put the date there ..
I don’t know if I could ask you for some favours.. not for me.. though.. If it were possible.. if it were possible without much trouble could you share with us which songs did you really listened to when the night falls.. I ask for the rest who prefer to listen to some music to get a peaceful sleep.. used to listen to radio during school college days.. later it was HMV record player at Anand Bhavan.. I had bought one LP which had the songs and dialogues from your films and had two pictures on either side.. Those days my only possible source of entertainment was that alone.. No TV. not even a radio or transistor.. PC was out of question.. I used to have a few huge pictures pasted on my huge almirah door one of you the other of Dimple Kapadia.. probably the source was the G magazine .. and yes I do not know this GQ you mentioned.. I will need to find out later..
Coming back to our nightly discussion.. I would not question or probe you further..
For a change I would take an early leave.. only Sudhir should know that I am not hiding and very well taking note of what he is doing with the class.. gaane-vaane ki class hai to ek-aadh gana to main bhi gaa sakta hoon.. I was for a change watching a movie on Television.. Lawaaris.. Amrit wanted to see the mere angne mein.. your version.. but he went to sleep..
I have sung most of the Abhiman, Kabhi-kabhi and Muqaddar Ka Sikanadar songs during school and college days..

Tujhe thaame kai haathon se
milunga mad bhari raaton se..

and

suhhag raat hai
ghoonghat utha raha hoon mai
simat rahi hai tu Sharma ke
apani bahon mein..
or
Tujh bin sooni meri raatein
tujh bin mere din banjare
tere bina meri
mere bina teri
yeh Zindagi Zindagi na..

When I have such great collection of songs on my PC.. (no, I do not have an Ipod.. ) I do not find much time or opportunity to listen.. the Casette-player wwith radio was given to one of the baai long back.. I do plan to buy World Satellite radio soon..

I must quit now otherwise this mail would get stretched too long.. and I know you would find some inhibition in reading long posts from me.. (beta jitani der mein tumhaari ek post padhi jaati hai utni der mei to mai chaar paanch logo ki posts padh kar unko jawaab bhi de deta hoon..) Mujhe chhota hi to likhana nahi aata..
Aap sabko shabba khair, Subh Ratri and Gutten Nacht (Carla)

Abhaya September 6/7 2009

Important Addendum
I wish to know of the students of the AB school .. who do not mind enrolling their email ids.. r more important than that a brief introduction -
You could say..
I am interested in knowing more about:
Sudhir, Dr. Anshu, Archana (Bengaluru), Aishwaya TVM, Manoj Ojha, Vijaya, Sanjith, Mosusmi and Valorie Adams.. Pramod- I, Anahswar C., Lottus Bhopal, Sharmila, Shankar.. Kabeer, Afzaal, Amitabh Zibbu

I am sorry if I have left out some names.. don't fire your professor for that..

Name (even in case you use a nickname.. for connectivity..)
City (state would also do, not for discrimination , only for information)
Three most favourite AB Movies.
Email id (optional)
Interests in life (optiona) :
Blog/website if you have any :

It is not a must.. those who do not share the information would not loose their admission..

To Amitabh Bachchan Day 496

2009-08-30T21:26:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother

Sadar Charan Sparsh

I am bemused with the kind of thought provoking and contemplative write-up in todays post the crux of the matter was definitively on past and how we protest over past in our present.. yet the onus to rediscover the past does not lie only in finding faults with it sometimes.. or rather many times the PAST TEACHES US TO ACHIEVE SIMILAR FEATS WHAT OTHERS DID ACHIEVE IN THE PAST..

Oh that was indeliberate capitalisation.. yet once it did happen I retained it.. not for posterity.. not for any greater significance yet for the reason that this probably would be the guiding feature for this ongoing post from me..

I know Shivaji.. I would not love that anyone finds faults with him.. I also know I love Bhagat Singh and would definitely get disappointed if someone had to raise some fingers of any accusations on him.. I was deeply hurt when some text books had referred to his acts as the one similar to terrorist-like activities.. how sad..

The Congress with its middle of the sea Shivaji resort might just not be initiating a revival of interest in the great Maratha but also doing some good to our understanding of the history of the Maharashtra or Marathwada.. If there have been such projects regarding the great men especially the kind of Nehru and Gandhi why not raise such monuments for the great warriors in Shivaji Maharaj, Maharana Pratap and Laxmibai of Jhansi and maybe if my wishes have some meaning why not a Bhagat Singh Memorial as well..

We are to learn of our great scholars from the text books that were written by foreign writers in a foreign language.. Can we not preserve and promote our own heritage if we understand the significance of our history.. Yet I would rather not like to imitate the statue of liberty like erection of the Shivaji monument.. Shivaji existed and excelled in the hills of Sahyadri.. (I hope I am not entirely wrong in my observations..) I would have loved that one of the regions near his forts should have developed into a monument on him..

Coming back to the subject of India and Pakistan or commitment of errors.. I feel I have clubbed two unrelated issues into one sentences yet they are related..

India and Pakistan as some people say were circumstantial is wrong.. nothing is circumstantial in History.. nothing happens on its own… though we may ascribe bigger share of the partition to British our own fallibility into their traps can not be ignored.. whether it was Jinnah or Nehru or Gandhi’s fallacious thinking.. it has to be analysed without any strong convictions in favour or against them.. one can not or rather one should not take every act of our great leaders as free of errors.. they too were human being and they too fall into that often quoted phrase - to err is human .. they were great for some of their acts.. they could be ordinary in some other acts and they could even be sloppy in some of their acts.. I am not here to point fingers or accuse one more than the other.. I am also not here to unravel the history of partition.. yet I am here to say that it indeed is that stroke of misfortune.. it is that scar that does not disappear.. it is that same wound that still bleeds whenever the interests of two strong communities or rather countries (now) come to a conflicting stage..

If we say that it (India) is a Hindu land nothing could be far from the truth.. I mean it indeed is a Hindu country with great records and statistics proving it to be so.. ( yet I feel, erroneously, my preceeding statement if read alone would sound to mean the other way..) but to say that it is not a Muslim country is not correct.. I know of Mughal India in medieval times that may have had good or bad times yet those were the times more close in the history of India than the Vedic or pure Indic times.. they (Muslims) have been part and parcel of this country for very very long times.. it would be wrong to undo their stake to the land.. and Partition of India and Pakistan did exactly that in such a division.. if Nehru was to be termed a culprit a Jinnah can not abstain from being at the wrong end.. if Gandhi had failed it can not be termed as a success for Jinnah as well.. If Congress was at fault the Muslim League was equally responsible.. if British were to be blamed the blame must also fall upon India as well as Pakistan in succumbing to their plans and ploys..

How do I conclude this.. I do not know.. I only know that I love Urdu as much as I love Hindi .. it is different that I can not read their script but it does not mean I (we) do not understand their language at all.. I love Akbar the great as much as I love a Rana Pratap or Shivaji Mahraj.. I may not have been to a mosque yet I can not rate them below any temples.. I might not have extended a hand of friendship to a muslim yet I have not even developed a sense of enemity towards anyone of them.. In a nutshell I have nothing against the coexistence of the two religions in the greater interest of both the communities..

I prefer to sing Mohammad Rafi songs with the same fervor as the one’s sung by Mukesh or Kishore Kumar.. I rate Shah Rukh Khan in the same class as that of Amitabh Bachchan.. I also rate Zakir Hussain as true representative of Indian music as much as the Ravi Shankar.. In Mumbai, I rate Haji Ali a great Historic and religious place as the Siddhi Vinayak or the Mahalxmi temple.. and yes I am not afraid if either a Hindu or a Muslim gets enraged by my these statements.. If I am punishable under some laws I am prepared to undergo the most severe punishment.. yet I would never say that India belongs only to Hindus or that Pakistan belongs only to Muslims.. in fact I would say that India (undivided) belongs to the human beings who inhabitate it than to any of our religious credentials.. we have had such diversity and yet emerged as a great democratic country.. why can we not embrace Pakistan into our fold as a friend.. why is it that we should always keep harking upon the differences rather than embarkng upon our similarities..

I know brother I have spoken a little more than what I should have.. yet I am not afraid if you or anyone on this blog dislikes my thinking.. I would not mind if you or others start neglecting or disapproving of my thinktank.. it is all right no two people can always think alike on some topics.. I would love to conclude with the song ..

Tu Hindu banega

na musalmaan banega

insaan ki aulaad hai

insaan banega…

Abhaya Sharma August 31 2009 9:45 AM IST

Amitabh Bachchan Day 494

2009-08-28T12:43:00.000-07:00

फिर एक कहानी याद आई
फिर नया तराना याद आया
फिर तुमसे मिलने की खातिर
यह अभय दुबारा फिर आया

परम प्रिय अमित भाईसाहब
सादर प्रणाम
यह पहला अवसर होगा या शायद दूसरा या फिर तीसरा जब मैने आपको नाम लेकर संबोधित किया होगा, नही कारण कुछ भी नही है बस यूं ही सोचा, परिवर्तन के लिये देखते है, कैसा लगता है किसी इतने विशाल व्यक्तित्व को नाम लेकर पत्र लिखना । क्षमा चाहता हूं भाई मुझे तो ऎसा करना बिल्कुल भी अच्छा नही लग रहा है निल्कुल शोभा नही दे रहा । चलओ इन बातॊं को यहीं छॊड़ देते है । आगे बढ़ते है, उस हिंदुस्तान की बातें करने को जी चाहता है जिसने कभी इतिहास के पन्नों पर कुछ एक ऎसे भी लोगों को जन्म दिया है जिनका नाम आज भी अमर है और सदा ही अमर रहेगा ।

अपने भारत की तुमको तस्वीर दिखाता हूं
आओ मेरे साथ चलो उनसे मिलवाता हूं

यही जन्म था लिया बुद्ध ने
नानक की यह धरती थी
राणा प्रताप के घोड़े की
और झांसी वाली रानी की

वीर शिवाजी की गाथा की
टीपू की सुल्तानी की
भगत सिंह बलिदानी की
मंगल पांडे सेनानी की

एक एक योद्धा ऎसा था
कर्मभूमि का मातृभूमि का
जिसने शीश नवाकर अपना
सच कर डाला था सपना

अभय शर्मा 29, 30 अगस्त 2009 12.06 रात्रि प्रहर
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खडी हुई चट्टानों पर थी
चिल्ला कर कहती पुकारती
अख्टअमारा कहां खो गया
सागर की लहरें कर गर्जन
देती थी दस्तक दहाड़ कर
प्रिय तुम कहां चले थी कहती
बिलख-बिलख कर रोती जाती

सन्नाटे की रात में मैने
सागर तट पर खुद जाकर
अख्टमरा आवाज सुनी है
दिल को छूकर ठेस लगाती
हां मैने आवाज सुनी है
पर नही पता था अब तक
मुझको दर्दनाक किस्सागॊई यह

घर पर बैठे ही बैठे फिर
आज वही आवाज सुनी है
अख्टमरा की बात बता कर
याद पुरानी ताजा की है ।

(I was in Port Blair during the year 1971-1973 at the tender age of 12 to 14 and I was highly observant of these sounds.. especially I had found the sounds very fearful when I had visted the Junglee Ghat seashore on that fateful Holi when few of the friends who had gone to some beach I don’t remember which boarding on the truck had met an unseemingly cruel end in the road accident.. On the same day I later learned that my elder cousin Yogendra Kumar Soti had died in a road accident in Bijnor.. I had faced death in my full understanding for the first time.. and I was highly adamant to bard that truck that day but senior friends had denied me the right.. maybe had denied me to die then.. one day I have to though..)

अभय शर्मा 29, 30 अगस्त 2009 12.44 रात्रि

पुनश्चः आज किसीने कहा कि ऎसा लगता है कि तुम कविताओं की चोरी करते हो इस आशय से नही कि वह मुझे अपमानित करना चाह रहा था पर शायद इस्लिये कि उसे विश्वास नही होता था कि एक वैज्ञानिक का और कविता का कैसे नाता जुड़ सकता है । बहस के मूड में उस समय मै था नही और जिस तरह बात कही गई थी इस बात की गुंजाइश वहीं समाप्त कर दी गई थी, इतनी अच्छी कविता आप कैसे लिख सकते हो । वैसे मै अपनी तरफ़ से यह अवश्य जोड़ना चाहूंगा कि धन कमाने के उद्देश्य से मैने कविता कभी भी नही लिखी और शायद न कभी लिख ही पाउंगा । यह बात कह कर कुछ कुछ अपने मुंह मिया मिट्ठु बनने वाली कहावत के दोषारोपण का शिकार तो मैं बन हि रह हूं बेहतर होगा कि आगे कुछ न कहूं ।

अमिताभ ४९३

2009-08-28T06:06:00.000-07:00

(अनिल भारद्वाज (मेरे साथ) - नितिन की शादी पर )

आदरणीय भाई साहब

सादर प्रणाम

एक कविता आपके निमित्त प्रस्तुत करने का साहस किया है स्वीकार कर कृतार्थ करें –

मेरे हाथों में

जो हाथ तुम्हारा होता

हाथ तुम्हारा थामे

मै क्या तुमसे कहता

भाई तुम्हारी आभा

जग में फैल रही है

और तुम्हारे मन में
भाई मैल नही है

मै तो छोटा सा हूँ

नाम अभय है मेरा

कर पाउंगा कैसे

मै गुणगान तुम्हारा

फिर भी अपने हाथों में

पा हाथ तुम्हारा

पुलकित होकर झूम उठेगा

यह मन मेरा

क्या कहीं कभी यह सब

एक दिन तब संभव होगा
हम होंगे तुम होगे

साथ निराला होगा ।

अभय शर्मा 29 अगस्त 2009 9 बजने में 2 मिनट

मानसी शंकर (वाशिंगटन डीसी) – जन्मदिन की विशेष शुभकामनाये

अनिल भारद्वाज (Nigeria ) - जन्मदिन की अनेको शुभ कामनाएं

amitabh day 490

2009-08-24T20:54:00.000-07:00

आदरणीय परम प्रिय भाईसाहब
सादर चरण स्पर्श
अत्र कुशलं तत्रास्तु के उपरांत यह पत्र आपके सम्मुख प्रारंभ करने हेतु उपस्थित हुआ हूं । आगे समाचार यह है कि आपके यथोचित विचारों से अवगत होने का सौभाग्य या अवसर जो हम लोगों को प्राप्त है उसके लिये आपका विशेष आभार प्रकट करते हुये इस वार्ता को आगे लिये चलते हैं ।
यहां यह बता देना आवश्यक है कि जिस प्रकार आप हम लोगों के प्रति इतने अधिक आकृष्ट है उतना ही आकर्षण या आप उसे जो भी नाम देना चाहें हम लोग भी आपके प्रति कुछ कुछ ऎसी ही भावनाओं के साथ यहां इस ब्लाग पर लिखने को आतुर रहते हैं । यदाकदा इसमें कहीं कोई त्रुटि अगर हम लोगो से हो भी जाती है तब भी इस बात का मुझे या कहिये हम सभी को विश्वास है, यकीन है कि आप उसे अवश्य ही अनदेखा या नजरअंदाज कर देते हो । यह पारस्परिक विचारों का आदान-प्रदान, अपनी-अपनी भावनाओं से एक दूसरे को अवगत कराना, आस-पास घटित घटनाओं पर टीका-टिप्पणी करना तथा कितने ही अन्य पहलुओं पर वाद-विवाद में हिस्सा लेना अपने आप में एक अविस्मरणीय अनुभव से कम नही है ।
आपके अपने जीवन के विषय में जितना करीब से हम लोग आपको जान पाये है या समझ सके हैं उसमें इस ब्लाग का कम योगदान नही है इस बात से तो आप स्वयं भी अपरिचित नही होंगे, अनभिज्ञ नही हो सकते ऎसा मेरा अपना मत है । जीवन में आपसे प्रेम अथवा लगाव तो सदैव ही रहा पर आपके सन्निकट होकर अपनी बात आप तक पहुंचाने का परम सौभाग्य पिछले एक वर्ष में इस ब्लाग पर ही संभव हो सका है । मै समझता हूं कुछ-कुछ इस प्रकार के विचार आपके मन में भी अवश्य ही उठते होंगे । इस ब्लाग द्वारा आप अपने प्रति समर्पित जनसमूह के प्रति अपनी भावनाओं को व्यक्त करने का माध्यम तो मान ही सकते है । कुछ लोग जिन्होने आपसे एक अच्छे अभिनेता होने के नाते सदा ही प्यार किया, आपके द्वारा अभिनीत फ़िल्मों को सराहा या जिन्हे आपके व्यक्तिगत जीवन के बारे में जानने की रुचि थी यह ब्लाग वास्तव में मील के पत्थर का वह पड़ाव है जिसका कोई अन्य माध्यम बराबरी नही कर सकता । हां, मैं यह भी अवश्य ही कहना चाहूंगा कि इस को सपने को साकार करने में आपकी भूमिका हम सबसे कहीं अधिक अहम है, आपकी इच्छा हम सबसे कहीं अधिक बलवती है, आपका नियमित रुप से यहां लिखना इस बात का द्योतक बन गया है कि हमारा आपसे अब एकतरफ़ा रिश्ता नही रह गया है, हम लोग एक परिवार के सदस्य की भांति एक दूसरे के इतने निकट हो गये हैं कि भौतिक स्तर पर आपसे मिलना या हाथ मिलाना या किसी अन्य रुप में आपसे निकटता जाहिर करना इस निकटता की बराबरी कतई नही कर सकता । मेरा अपना मानना है कि आपके जीवन का यह संस्करण (क्षमा चाहूंगा आपके जीवन को इस तरह आबद्ध करने के लिये) सत्तर के दशक के एंग्री यंग मैन से किसी भी दृष्टि से कम नही है । मेरे कितने ही प्रश्नों के उत्तर मुझे बिना पूछे ही मिल जाते हैं, कभी-कभी यह एहसास भी हुआ है कि आप चाहे नाम लेकर ना भी कहें फिर भी हम लोगों के प्रश्नों के उत्तर आपने यथासंभव देने का सदा ही प्रयास किया है ।
इसे आप अगर मात्र प्रशंसात्मक दृष्टि से ना देखे तों आप पायेंगे कि हज़ारों अभय आप के प्रति यूं ही नही उमड़े चले आते हैं, आपके कलम से, ओह, कम्प्यूटर से प्रेषित भावों में कुछ निरालापन तो अवश्य है जो हम सबको अपनी तरफ़ खींचता है, प्रत्युत्तर में कुछ कहने को बाध्य करता है, आपके और अधिक निकट आने की हम सबको सलाह देता है ।
अगर मैं, मै ना होकर हम कहूं तब यह अधिक उचित होगा, कि हम सब आपके इस अवतार से अत्यधिक प्रसन्न है, हमारी यही चेष्टा रहेगी कि आप और हम इन्ही बंधनों में बंधे रहें एक परिवार के सदस्य की तरह जहां कोई आपको अपना भाई मानता है, कई अन्य आप के प्रति आस्था में रिश्तों से अधिक आपके व्यक्तित्व को तवज्जो देते है, आपके सर्वसंपन्न गुणों से परिपूरित जीवन को कुछ अन्य आदर्श मान कर भी चल रहे है तो कोई गलत काम नही कर रहे हैं । डॉक्टर बच्चन तथा श्रीमती तेजी बच्चन आज स्वर्ग में अवश्य ही इस बात से अत्यधिक प्रसन्न होंगे कि उनका लाल आज जो भी कर रहा है अच्छा ही कर रहा है । अब मुझे आज्ञा दें, मेरी त्रुटियों की ओर ध्यान ना देकर अगर यहां व्यक्त भावनाओं को ही सर्वोपरि मानेंगें तब मेरे आनंद की कोई सीमा नही रहेगी । नही, नही आपको इस पत्र का उत्तर देने की कोई आवश्यकता नही, आप इसे एक बार पढ़ लेंगे वही मेरे पत्र का उत्तर हो जायेगा, मेरे लिये यही पर्याप्त है कि मेरा लिखा आपने एक बार पढ़ तो लिया, इससे अधिक कुछ भी नही हो सकता ।

आपका अपना अभय
अभय शर्मा, भारत, 24 अगस्त 2009 9.15 प्रातः
पुनश्चः सदा ही मै हिंदी में इतने विस्तार से लिख पाउंगा इसकी आशा कम ही है । इस बात से हमें निराश नही होना चाहिये कि हम क्या नही कर सकते अपितु इस बात से संतुष्ट रहना चाहिये कि हम क्या कुछ कर सकते हैं ।

Ganesh- Vandana

2009-08-23T12:12:00.001-07:00

Here is a poem that was created last year!
Abhaya Sharma August 23/24 2009 12:44 AM IST

Amitabh Show - My inputs

2009-08-12T03:54:00.000-07:00

Most respected brother -

The living legend - THE AMITABH BACHCHAN OF CINE WORLD..

My most sincere greetings and much respectful charan Sparsh..
First and foremost an idea to organise a congregation of FmXt.. well, I think the best way possible could have been to organise it on a city level.. for example Mumbai and Pune could be the first two cities where such Interactional atmosphere could be created..
In my view.. a mere meeting would not be much of a help.. so I decided to have a conference on Amitabh Bachchan and Indian Cinema- The Viewers Perspective.. Where one could be shown the clips from some of the most successful films where you acted.. It could also be extended to talks by some eminent filmologists on your contribution to Hindi Cinema in the hardcore four decades where you struggled.. you succeeded.. rose like an angry young man.. the downtimes.. followed by KBC and return to the mainstream Cinema.. the blog and its great impact on us.. and maybe only if you consider it appropriate a select few from the FmXt could also be given a minute to say a line or two .. all this if it could be compiled into a compact 2 to 3 hours show.. one could then book Tata theatre for a couple of weekends.. well, well, I would not mind anything else but open air arena could mean more of publicity than a meeting with FmXt.. You would need to identify some similar places in other towns.. I may not have much to say there.. so you can drop atleast one member of FmXt who has willingly chosen not to speak.. yet at the same time I would wish that you do send a few passes to me.. two and half passes at that.. one for me and my wife and the half for my son Amrit.. it is all right if you are not able to oblige.. I shall not mind if the tickets fit into my budget and are also available.. such a show would be sold out even before the windows open.. Oh.. I forgot.. you could definitley ask some of your co-stars ver the years to join if they could.. most of the actresses like Jaya ji herself, Hema ji, Rakhi ji, Zeenat Aman and if possible even Rekhaji.. ( if Jaya madam allows..!!) Among the actors I would rather love the presence of Dilip saab ( Not for Shakti but for being a role model to someone as great as you..), Shashi Kapoor Sahab, Mr. Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Dharmendra Paaji and the Superstar Rajesh Khanna and maybe even Shotgun Sinha.. and if Pran Sahab too could make it.. it should only add diamonds to the glitterati.. I know his long presence on the Indian screen has not yey been awarded a Dada Saheb Falke or any other major life time achievement award for his immense contribution..

So much for the show.. so little for its agenda.. It should be less formal and other than the clippings.. you could in fact introduce your co-workers in your own definitive style.. I would not mind being a silent watcher.. The movies that I would choose for clipping should include some sequels from the following :Amar Akbar Anthony (Gisele’s favourite), Deewaar (my and half of india’s favourite), Sholay (Entire country’s favourite) and also other films like Saat Hindustaani ( The beginning of your kahani..), Trsihul, Don, Naseeb (chal chal mere bhaai..), the inimitable Don ( Khaaike paan banaras vala).. Shakti ( the battle of the giants), Hera-Pheri, Adalat, Kabhi-kabhie, Muqaddar Ka Sikanadar, Mohabbatein, Black, Sarkar, Virudh.. There neeed not be any commentary associated with the clippings it must be run just like a film made out of films.. no sequence is important and How did I miss Anand, Abhimaan and Chupake-Chupake the rest of the best could be picked in poster time a 10 seconds clipping of your other important films like Silsila, Yaraana, Dostana, Satte pe Satta, Sharaabi, Coolie, Kasme Vaade, Mr. Natwarlal, Khoon Pasina, Do Anjaane, Bemisaal, Jurmaana, Laavaris and whatever that you feel you did your best the one I like is Mai Azaad hoon.. in fact that song .. jitane baaju utane sar.. gin le dushamn dhyaan se..

Well, I realise it is a very toughproposition for a one man Abhaya Sharma to be able to do complete justice to such a show and its contents.. I have just broadly defined the outline.. I think Abhishek with the help of some young blood like Ritesh his friend could do more justice to the final outcome.. I know you would not find it embarassing once the show starts.. you may feel awkward if you were to organise.. but should not feel restless and out of place if yo just have to be a part of it by your mere presence among the ones like us.. those who have held you in highest esteem..

I can only hope my idea was clear these days I am highly in an indecisive mode and reckless in approach.. depsite my sincere wish i am not able to find time to be here or at Facebook.. of course one part of my atention is about the swine flu.. and the impact that it is likely to make on our lives in the next coming six seven months.. a huge gathering that I thought could be organised around your birthday on 11th October does not appear to be such a great idea with air-borne H1N1 influenza circling around us looking for opportunities to break loose on us..

Has no one approached you for advertisement of informaton about the deadly virus and the kind of care it warrants.. I know every one wants to promote themselves.. yet I know for sure that in India you and your voice counts a lot.. people would stop for a while if you say the same words which the medical team.. ministerial delegates or any other avenue which wants to highlight our concern about the unfortunate swine flu.. let us see if someone reads this approaches you or even SRK or Hrithik for that matter.. John too has a pleasant smile and is a succesful model.. Our fight against H1N1 has to be much stronger than what it appears right now..
More later
(sorry for a lot of incoherent thoughts mingled up aimlessly and turning out a Khichri of the sort.. Take the better discard the rest..!)
Abhaya SharmaAugust 12 2009 16:16 IST

Quuensland University of Technology

2009-06-02T06:18:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

I would not know who did the finishing on the letter.. i.e. erasing the picture with white paint brush.. If it is you brother I beg your pardon.. it is not what you should have resorted to for removing what you thought may not be important..

The better way of doing such acts is to select a rectangular area that you want to retain i a photo or rather image, select copy and then paste it in a new file.. if you select the area as I do the result would be what I did to this image.. and I make it available on http://www.abhayaamitabh.blogspot.com just to make a point home and not in a manner to instill some elements of photoshop..

Coming to the reply of Dr. Coaldrake, I am convinced in my mind that propitious time would soon arrive when you would give the thanksgiving address at QUT after accepting the honor that you thoroughly deserve that truly would be a hallmark of improving and strengthening our relationship with Australia.. They are nice people the way hey have responded to your concern only proves my point.. I am also sure that you too would be able to see the logic in their plea..

Love you brother

Abhaya India June 2 2009 6:44 PM IST

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

I did see the polling question.. I think his one has a too obvious answer does not warrant any debate on the issue.. yet we know how our media behaves.. and how we continue to behave the way we behave..

Some or the other day I would have been wished to be vociferous enough on some issues yet I backtrack my steps.. why should I invite the dagger to hang on my neck.. why should I lead the revolt when those who are capable in many ways do not.. why am I writing here sometimes does rake up a question in my mind.. how some of my remarks would be taken.. not by you but by those who may feel otherwise.. am I putting myself and my family in unwarranted danger of drawing the wrath of some unknown forces..

Yet I write here.. I try to dissociate away from what I really believe in.. I hold back some of my purest thinking just for the fear.. the constant fear as to how my views maybe twisted, twirled or treated at the hands of the ones who would not be thinking the way I have been thinking..

We talk of atrocities on Indians in Australia, UK or other foreign countries.. do we realise that crime des exist everywhere on this earth and calling the crime like treatment as racist vent out.. does it really sound logical.. Tomorrow if the Australian government decides to throw back all Indians in Australia back to us.. whether prime minister would be in a position to take them back and whether all those who are already there would like to come back to India.. knowing the crime rate here being worse than what thy may have to face there down under..

I fail to see light when I see the film stars, other than you getting involved in voicing their opinions.. You definitely had a point to convey when you decided to not accept the doctorate conferred upon you by the one Queensland University.. a very legitimate reaction.. ye it to could have different repercussions.. instead of calming the rough waters it could as well fuel fresh violence.. I see that crime does exist everywhere in the world and all of it can not be branded as entirely racist in nature.. even if it is racist in nature.. we have to first decide that whether it was right in the first place to send our students to Australia.. whatever Australians or Indians may feel.. I know Australian universities are not as well ranked in the world as some of the US or even Cambridge or Oxford of UK and a couple of other top academic centers of Europe.. the main reason for our students to rush to Australia is basically to have a foreign stamp over their education.. and a good kind of life that is available in Australia.. The cost of studying in Australia and New Zealand is well beyond the reaches of ordinarily placed Indians.. only a rich affluent section of India can afford to be there.. I see that as the primary reason of furore over the present crisis.. I may be entirely wrong in supporting my Australian citizens on the earth.. yet of whatever this situation has become every effort must be made to pacify the situation at the earliest.. There can not be two views that the government should have the first say in such matters.. Government on either side try to diffuse the situation amicably..

Brother, please do not take my views as opposing to the action that you took.. In case I was wearing your shoes I too would have behaved exactly the way you did.. our industry has made a couple of movies in that land and if everyone from Vivek to Aamir does raise his voice in the manner that they do.. it may become difficult for Indians to make films down under.. or so I believe.. You definitely have the right to behave the way you do.. you are one of the most balanced persons that the country has been blessed to possess..

Have a great day brother and do not get disturbed by whatever wrote here.. that was not my intention at all.. I maintain I love you and I admire your stand on the issue of taking or not taking the doctorate.. a personal decision.. and a commendable one..

With Unabated, Undying and Unfettered Love
Abhaya India June 2 2009 11:57 AM IST

PS Thanks Angel, Saroj, Naresh and Raman .. I am afraid I may not be able to make my presence at facebook felt soon.. my regrets for not being able to do justice to my frinds there.. please bear with me..

Respected Brother
Sadar Pranaam

am not the least perturbed as my first reactions do not see the light of the day.. they were frank opinions.. but then frank opinions need not always be the best opinions.. I discover that after reading what Amrita- Calgary wrote.. It is simple for us to voice opr opinion one way or the other.. yet the repercussions that you may be faced with in the event of accepting the honor.. it could well be mishonored (The dictionary told me to use dishonored.. I choose to retain mishonored as it gives a better meaning in the context..) by media.. you can abstain from taking any step.. if that does help in diffusing the situation..

I know it is quite a difficult decision in any case.. one so padded up with the case of thorns with the roses.. you are the best judge.. please do not put us into such difficult situations to decide for you on such sensitive matters.. we might not be the best judges of such situations.. and brother.. you are such an honest man yet the media casts you into troubled waters.. I am sure they would seize either accepting or rejecting into their strides and write against you in either case.. the double edged sword is what they have acquired when it comes to deal with you.. to what eventual gains to them.. I fail to understand..

My vote changes to Can't say.. as I know it is a very very tricky situation..

My love for you, my admiring of the Bachchans, and my resolve to continue to write here is not going to get affected by whichever one way you decide in this particular dilemma that you are face to face with at the moment.. You have been quite considerate to seek our vote in such matters yet the decision would be yours and that is how the public (I mean media..) going to react to it.. they would not bother to know that you have discussed and debated the matter and derived the best action after a thoughtful time spent to back your action.. unhe is baat ki kahan parawaah hai.. unhe to bas aapke baare mein likhane se matlab hai.. chahe sach ho ya jhooth.. sahi ho ya galat.. unki sehat pe kya fark padata hai..

I think I must quit for now.. though I mus say that my first ideas were more correct I still back whatever decision you take in this matter.. but really do spend some time before acting one way or the other.. kept pending would be the best option..

Recalling the best Amitabh Scene ..

2009-05-15T07:19:00.000-07:00

Brother Dear Brother!
Love you with no Fear!

Oh what a mix up.. ek baar viru se uski shhadi kar do.. bas gaane vaali.. Its hould have been Basanti and not Viru..

If you permit Akhiree Rasta - the scene in the graveyard where father and son meet.. ough.. you looked pretty handsome as the old man in the t movie.. give this comment to your make up man in tha movie..

and also Khush to bahut hoge bhagwaan.. jo aadmi kabhi tumhare mandir ki seedhiyaan nahi chadhaa aaj tumhare saamane haat phailaye khada hai.. bahut khush hoge.. mere paapon ki sazaa meri maan ko mat de.. (Deewar)
also ek vo thhe jo baat baat par goli chala dete thhe.. maine to kanche vali goliyan bhi nahi kheli hain... mujhe to aap rahane hi deejiye DSP sahab.. and that Paan peek coming from side of the lips.. it added lot of value to your character..(Don) and yest the bhaang scene before the khaaike paan banaras vala.. it proved that you were indeed the real chhora Ganga kinaare vala..

Now if this continues like this.. know even you would start arre bhaiya ek scene ki aat kahi thhee.. tumne to puri ramayan hi baanch daali..

Though there are lot many scenes who knows I might have missed the best.. and I do not depend on what others have written.. I don't have to you see.. I can speak Amitabh.. I can sleep Amitabh I can Walk Amitabh and I can definitely TALK Amitabh.. when it coes to make up.. I feel the character f babu was exceptionally well crafted as was the senior Amit of Akhiree Rasta and the Badshah Khan of Khuda Gawah.. You see I have left the songs alone .. when do you ask us to do that .. anyway there it would be a tie between Khaike paan banaras vala and abhi abhi isi jagah par ek ladaki dekhi hai ajee dekhi hai.. jo mujhe ishaare karati hai par shayad kisise darati hai.. haan darati hai.. pyaar karegi kya darane vaali.. Oh! I must have sung that atleast thousand times.. ( of course minus the coefiiicient of the linear.. portion)

I am getting too emotional here.. utting across everything.. and putting it over many visits to the blog.. HT cafe vaale kahan hai.. let them coe and take a note.. though it does not matter to me.. what they say of the blog.. it has become a way of life.. the way it was when I was in Delhi living, dreaming and dying for catching every moment of an Amitabh starrer.. anywhwere.. maine Deewaar pahali baar Sarojini Nagar ke kisi square ground mein baithkar dekhi thee... I later saw that some 15-20 times.. I think my comments might invite some wild comments from fellow bloggers.. ab bas bhi karo yaar..

Respected Brother
Sadar Pranam

I know it is a bit difficult exercise to carry out.. to decide what was your best.. there are so many movies which fall in the category of best forget the scenes.. yet since you asked or rather as Jaspreet asked.. I report not one but three scenes from three different films.. it might be easier for me that way

1. Anand - at the time of the death of Rajesh Khanna.. baatein karo mujhase.. oh you were the real hero of the moment.. and the tape replays the recorded voice of Rajesh Khanna .. A masterpiece.. I think no one could enact such scenes better than you from where could you pack such extreme emotions.. excellent..

2. Namak Haraam - The scene where you challenge the public.. after they beat up Somu on disclosure of his being a friend to you by Om Shivpuri sahab.. the anger in your eyes the tone of your voice it was very moving and appeared very real..

3. Sholay - The dialogue with Mausi .. ab kamane dhamane ka kya hai.. roj roj to koi jeet nahi sakata na juye mein.. kabhi kabhi haar bhim jaata hai bechara.. to kya juaari hai.. na na maine aisa kab kha aap to mere dost ko galat samajh rahi ain .. vo to bahut hi seedha aur nek insaan hai .. ek baar basanti se uskiki shaadi ho jaaye.. gaane vaali ke ghar ana-jaana apane aap band ho jayega .. kya kisi naachane vali ke yahan bhi aana jaana hai .. to isame buraai hi kya hai mausi.. naachane gaane valiyon ke yahan to bade bade raiis aur oonche khandaan ke log jaate hain.. to itana aur bata do beta tumhaara dost hai kis khandan se.. bas khandaan ka pata chalte hi aapko khabar kar doonga.. to main yah rishta pakka samajhun..

I am not able to stop at three so here add

4. Deewaar - jaao pahale us aadmi ka sign lekar aao jisne meri maan ko dhakke dekar nikal diya thaa.. us aadmi ka sign lekar aao jisane mere haath par yeh likh diyaa thaa.. uske baad.. usake baad bhaai tum jis kagaz par kahoge mai us par sign kar dunga..

5. Amar Akbar Anthony - The scence in front of mirror after the fight with Vinod Khanna- oh it was one out of this world..

There are several others but I have already put five therefore there is no space for - Don ko pkadana mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai.. or I can talk English, I can laugh English.. and of course Satte pe Satta when you act with bandage all around your face when Hema ji comes to meet you and ask of your welfare .. those sounds hatiaa.. taan taai.. hattia taa taain .. arre mar gaya.. koi hai.. that was superb.. and also the watermelon scene.. If you allow me leverage I might just go on to add the kachcha papad pakka papada and satik fatikta.. from Yaraana.. Main aaj bhi phenke huye paise nahi uthata.. or main bahut thak gaya hoon maan (in the dying moments of Deewar.. exceptionally emotional, powerful, gripping and extremely well screened).. I think theast one could be picked as first.. this was the best as an actor..

If I continue here further than this fellow EF members would cry foul.. they may say.. arrey bhai.. bhaai ne ungli kya pakdaai isane to pahuncha hi pakad liyaa..

Abhaya India May 15 2009 6:06 PM IST
Post Script Today is the game between Delhi and Kings XI of Poonjab.. and though it does not matter to Delhi whether they win or loose.. Priety should not even consider that I would pray for Kings to win.. Delhi has to win this and not only this but every other match they play.. The four before the semis, the semi final and the finals.. uske baad Priety. usake baad tum jo bhi match kahogi main haarne ko taiyaar hoon..

कविता - तू आख़िर क्या चाहती

2009-05-14T03:17:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother

Sadar Pranaam
I found these couplets composed some time ago.. no, I don’t know when.. but nt in very distant past.. I do not know If I shared them here.. worthwhile even if I did.. though I am sure I never typed this.. bhaisahab kavita to mai panno par hi likhata hoon.. itana vidwaan nahi ki direct type kar ke kuchh samay hi bacha loon.. is kavita ka shirshak nahi hai.. bas yun hi likh di thee.. Time pass karane ke liye (smiling..) Time pass karna bhi apane aap mei kitani badi kala hai..( brother, I write poetry with pen and paper only.. I am not such a scholar yet that I could directly ket it in an could save some time.. This composition does not have a title.. I siply wrote it just like that.. just to kill the time..this killing of time is a bit of artistry in itself..) but Carla, Rose, Rochelle, and my other foreign friends do notask me to translate it into english.. I am yet to attempt the translation of the poem on deepak .. The lamp and not deepak Taunk or Deepak Mehta - one a new friend I found the other an old friend I refound .. (smiling.. does such a word exists, if not then why not.. ) both are on face book, Taunk is new and Mehta is my school time friend! I have not met Mehta for more than 30 years and still not met Taunk despite a great desire to do so..)
Ok these words have been added later and the poem which was earlier at the beginning has benn pushed down॥ I know that is the state Kavita faces these days.. being pushed down.. I would not type more and let it surface on to top..

जीवन के नए रूप दिखाती

कविता मुझको बहलाती

कहने को कुछ नहीं कहीं भी

क्या क्या मुझसे लिखवाती

आज भाव है अर्ध अधूरे

कहाँ कहीं होंगे पूरे

किस के प्रति अर्पण माला

है अधरों के किसका प्याला

मानव को बस मानव समझा

कुछ भेद छुपाये न रखा

जो भी मन में आता जाता

बस पन्नों पर लिखता चलता

अधिकार नहीं मन पर मेरा

छपती कैसे फिर पुस्तक भी

धन यश नाम नहीं चाहूं

मन पर देता हूँ दस्तक सी

कहने को कुछ नहीं कहीं भी

कविता क्या मुझसे कहलाती

abhaya शर्मा 14 May 2009 3:10 दोपहर

I did find a bigger poet Deepak Sharma on the kavyadhara.. I think I did discover him here on the blog earlier.. bigger.. indeed.. a Padmashree poet..

Day 385 - Predictions link to IPL 2009

2009-05-13T01:54:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Pranam

Yes, indeed there is lot of agreeable stuff on what you stated here.. The night hour inner thought processes.. the stress and productivity.. and even abstaining for long commentary on films that you are currently involved..

We are indebted for such open-hearted posts from some one whose every day means a millions in term of money.. can we equate this to your sharing of your income with us.. not really.. you are sharing your love with us.. folks just give it a thought on what I say..

Well, I have been under stress.. being human did put a wrong result of the eighth match between DC and RCB under the intersection of DC and KXIP, I am indeed sorry to the teams.. (as if they would have noted the page and sue me in court.. for incorrect display of the information on this eighth game..)

Yet, I continue to write more and more on IPL2009.. Here is a link to possible predictions that could arise from this stage.. the permutations and combinations are so many that I could only discuss most plausible and some very highly unexpected (the best and the worst cases.).
http://www.angelfire.com/ab/abhayasharma/predict_semifinalists.pdf

My sincere thanks for allowing my IPL related blabbering some space here.. You do seem to have got busy in your business and not into IPL 2 as much as we or should I say I expected.. It is all right.. your time is far more precious and in a way the IPL matches could have been reduced to one per team.. their prerogative to hold such huge tournament..

Love to all and yes would like to seek the release date of Alladin.. You were splendid in the other children oriented film - Bhootnath.. So the expectations are naturally quite high.. expectations are always high from any film which has Amitabh Bachchan in its cast..

Abhaya India May 13 2009 2:12 PM IST

PS Though I have predicted a loss for Delhi in today’s game against Deccans. You would not know how much joy would I get if I am proved wrong.. Symonds, Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma could all amass runs today.. and I do expect the return of Sehwag too.. and a useful knock from him alone may not be enough.. Though I also know that Delhi has been having good regular bowlers that they do not have to depend on part timers.

To Amitabh Bachchan - May 1 2009

2009-04-30T22:19:00.001-07:00

“How odd is the logic of the mind - it seeks compromises when we are wrong, and it asks for justice when others are wrong !”
Really Brother!
Very true indeed.. the life takes steps further.. it does pain when one’s own contemporary lie inane and helpless in an ICU ward.. Oh so many people on your pay a hospital visit.. it disturbs yet it also pleases the mind that someone like Amitabh Bachchan too has time for hospital visits to his friends..

On Cricket front.. I read your views on Mahi.. He must really be a busy and a bit upset man.. his team has still not found his way back into to top four.. this despite the fact they are in good nick with both bat and the ball.. I think there is no point in seeking justice from him right now.. and you knew it better when you stopped John.. a good sportsman spirit..

I really feel that tournament is finally clicking well and the teams are all geared up to do as well as is within their capacities…

I feel today Mumbai Indians should find themselves on an easy wicket against the SRK’s KKR.. the same may not be true of KXIP as they take up RCB.. I see a greater contest in the second game than the first..

Today is also Maharashtra Day so I wish and extend my friends in India and abroad and in the state the very best.. By virtue of having spend more than half of my life in the state I should naturally qualify to be a Maharashtrian.. but my lack of Marathi knowledge does not help me much.. I am definitely on a wrong foot on this.. no compromise required on this.. I shall learn it at the first opportunity.. and then do justice to my Mumbaikar status..

It would only be very apt to name some top Maharashtrians on my list - Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak ( I am proud that I visited his house in Ratnagiri on Ganapati phule trip) is by far the most important Maharashtrian name that easily comes to the mind.. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ( I learned about him when I first visited Cellular Jail in Port Blair) and Vijay Tendulkar ( I have only read his translations into Hindi long back during school days..) It would not be possible for me to name many others here from the contemporary men as I have little knowledge and interaction of Maharashtra.. I do follow cricket and the state has provided some of the finest cricketers in Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulakr, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ajit Wadekar and Eknath Solkar.. I think even Farookh Engineer played for Bombay.. Baba Amte is one more name that I must mention.. I do rate him very high.. I have only once seen a marathi paly Atma Gatha by Dr. Shriram Lagu in the lead role.. I could follow it quite a lot..

So much for Maharashtra day and so little for International labours day.. That is not fair Mr Sharma.. Well, International Labours Organisation interests me more than IAEA.. the condition of labour in the world is almost similar and with no compromises.. I have to admit.. it is still not as good as it should be.. The child labour should also be seen from this perspective and I feel we have a job to perform to improve the lives of our labour class.. in their prosperity lies our own prosperity.. in their well being our own well being.. in their success story lies our success.. if some day I was asked by people in authority to choose a new work environment.. I would not hesitate or think twice to seek an appointment at ILO.. (Now this is not politically motivated..not even one bit.. )

I think my post has taken a long route all over again.. I take a break..
Love to you and to the family (extended and Inner)

Abhaya India May 1 2009 5:45 AM IST

Day 365 - My Second Post..

2009-04-24T00:03:00.000-07:00

” Nothing that you earn materially should come to you without being soaked in the sweat of your labor.”

The most respected brother
Sadar Pranam

Such words of advise seem only appropriate from someone who had lived his life in his own terms.. Oh! Dr. Bachchan.. why were you also not the father of this Abhaya Sharma.. with due respect to my father.. I once told my father in somewhat of an agressive mood.. jab paal nahi sakate thhe to paida hi kyon kiya thhaa.. I really feel ashamed of my those words whenever I remember the incidence.. I know Prabhakar Sharma - My father was no less in his love and affection for anyone of his eleven children.. he was naurally taken aback by my comments and in my life I saw for the frst time that he appeared repentant.. his face said more than any words could say.. my mother who was also in the room gave me the only slap to me ever by her.. and it was a bit too strong for her feminine make up.. I know it is not good to tell such things in public about oneself.. some of my family members would object to it.. yet I am the one who does not know how to hold back.. to check the free flow of thoughts from mind to whatever medium I use to express.. I don't now write with pen and paper as often as I would love to.. it is all right.. those of you who do not like please excuse me..

'main chhupaana janataa to jag mujhe saadhu samajhata
shatru mera ban gaya hai chhal rahit vyavhaar mera..'

These words describe me aptly.. whenever I have been on the losing side for my words I have felt that I should use some restraint.. but as someone like Ravi Malhotra once wrote.. one can not change his basic character so easily.. yes..despite all my efforts to hide the facts I ain't ever able to do so.. yes.. my words have put me in trouble earlier.. even at the blog..

Oh! you look far more academic than Sir Ben in the pitures.. and I must add I have no gains to follow by admitting what I have written.. I for one ar times not given due respect for my attire.. this time at Meesha's marriage.. Bins told me of an incident when he walked into house with a simple carry bag as his luggage was to follow by another flight or some such thing.. some one commented.. yeh kya tum guddu chacha ji ki tarah se thaila latakaye chale aa rahe ho.. It may not be known to fellow bloggers or you that I would simply pick a bag with un-ironed clothes and bare minimum money and proceed to Delhi totally unprepared.. being a class I officer.. I can only now imagine how much pain it would have given people back home then..

Now, The photographs you have been sending over here have been saying lot more than what I am able to express.. sometimes my words are not really able to gesticulate what I really want them to administer.. they fail to capture my inner feelings.. I can only say that my respect for pictures has improved tremendously.. over the years I had been more interested in the text than pictures.. I know I was wrong.. I was not aware of the magic that pictures hold...

So brother keep posting more pictures to us.. it helps us to know you better.. the expressions on your face.. the surroundings.. the atmosphere.. and even the colors they speak a lot. Of course, your words are equally precious to us.. so don't rob of us the regular posts.. reading and agreeing to what I have written here.. (and Rose this is not a witty but a reality.. I again admit.. I have poor sense of humor.. though you are able to discover it even in its absence..)

Love, Love and infinite love

Abhaya India Aril 24 2009 11:37 AM IST

Post Script: I don’t think any of my post could complete without the mention of IPL 2.. so here wish my second most favourite team Kings XI of Punjab to earn their first points on the board.. and if some of you still do not know which is my favourite team.. it indeed is Delhi Daredevils.. more for the fact that I spend eight most important years of my life as a student of Kendriya Vidyalaya at IIT Delhi and later Hindu College of Delhi University (1973 -1981)! And For Virender Sehwag.. who I read somewhere is also a KVIAN (Najafgarh).. like me..

So I wish that Yuvraj and Priety Zinta and Ness sit together work out a winning combination.. it is required.. Bangalore is not as weak as it was last year.. Pietersen is likely to deliver with the bat today..someone amongst Punjab should plan well for him.. I also undersatnd that Dravid is proving himself as the most useful batsman in this format as well.. find out how he an be controlled.. What exactly should be the team that should go out to fight the important game today is left upto you.. I feel Karan Has not done well enough as an opener and Chawla for his usefulness with the bat should be experimented to give the number three spot for brevity.. his early loss may not mean as much as that of Pathan or Yuvraj at that number.. Best of luck Yuvi and Priety.. I know the absence of Australians has hit you the hardest..

Day 359

2009-04-19T13:02:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Pranam

First thing first.. I am back to the blog after two days.. I did take part in the marriage of dear Meesha.. yet I regret.. yes I seldom use this word.. I regret my inability to meet Ravi Malhotra.. not that I just promised to meet him.. more because I missed opportunity to meet him on two occasions in too recent past.. I am Sorry Ravi Sir.. first for missing a call from you on 16th April as you were returning from Mumbai to Pune.. and then not able to find an opportunity ( time would be a misnomer..) on two days on trot in Pune on 18th and 19th April when I was in your town..

I would not be missing from the blog entirely but I can always say that I would be seen less often or atleast in much smaller Avtars.. some of you who were bored with my long posts would heave a sigh of great relief.. that I would be busy with IPL 2 and here is the link to my only second article on IPL2..
http://abhayaipl2.blogspot.com/2009/04/first-two-days-of-ipl-2.html

Now Deccan Chargers have done well enough to register an eight wicket win over KKR and thus telling all of us to not read too much from what they experienced from them in the first edition..

Yes I did get to see the PPT from BigB Yahoo Group.. It was OK.. not such extraordinary as you have tried to put it to us.. I have seen wonderful PPT presentations.. and with missing presentations and repeatability of few names it did not go too well with me.. I had myself compiled some of your unforgettable pictures and presented them directly through Slideshow zilla along with the songs from your movies.. I know my site does not work in India or maybe nowhere today.. for whatever reasons.. yet I can bet one could get far too imaginative with presentations even with PowerPoint..

Now, this is not condemnation of such illustrious compilations by FM (not Frequency Modulated but Fatima Mahmoud.. sister excuse me if i have spelt you wrongly..).. I am sorry I came to know Zain Hussain for the first time.. It was great to know that Kishore worked with you on Mohabbatein.. I wonder in what capacity..

If I do not close this chapter here.. there would be far too many members of bigB group who would hurl all sorts of remarks and comments on my observations.. Fatima wrote to me once I had joined the group on introduction from none other than Gisele Barbosa.. may be that reminds I can try and provide the living legend for you folks there on her website.. which does work many a times in our country..

And Last but not the least.. Brother Heartiest Congratulations of completion of 1 year here.. may you continue to write as elaborately as you do and we too could extend it further with our views on the posts and sometimes off it too.. What follows below are my views and no one has to respect them or even debate.. I know I could be wrong in some cases.. yet I say..

The two most remarkable posts - one on Teji Bachchan's Birthday and another on reply to Jug Suraiya's TOI subverse.. (The post on Shobhit Kaushal was a close competitor to the second!)

The two most lovable female characters - Reeham and Rose (Reshmi Philip, Rochelle and Rasha Zayed, Kashmira Grewal, Preeti K. Carla Flum from Germany and Zhenya and Lena from Russia missed out very narrowly, Tumpa Ghosh and several others did make a competition)

The two most lovable male characters - Subhash Kaura and Ravi Malhotra (There were far fewer competitors – (Deepak T(aunk) and Deeapk B(hardwaj), Satyam bhai and Dr. SMS- Oh I should tell you that it means Dr. Shashi Mohan Sharma)

The two places described on the blog : Kanya Kumari and Kuala Lumpur (Paris and New York’s unforgettable tour!)

Two most lovable Quotes: Experience Speaks and Wisdom Listens and the other on Roses and Thorns ( There were far too many that I actually liked can’t recollect all!)

Two Characters I love most from your family- Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan (for his role in Delhi-6) Competition came from all immediate members of your family especially Smt. Teji Bachchan (Of course I leaned only enough of her after reading the autobiography of Dr. HRB and your account of her on this blog) and madam Jaya Bachchan for her role in Abhimaan)

More Later with usual love and affection

Abhaya India April 19/20 2009 12:42 PM IST

Day 356 Comments to AB's blog

2009-04-15T06:26:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

Well, I was not expecting such a quick follow up to one of the most intense post from you on Dharker and traffic signals..

Yet I must say that you have lived upto much of our expectations in providing long delayed photographs.. I think the last time you posted the still camera results was during your KL days.. the quotations quite meaningful and Screen write-up impressive as well..

You seem to be working full time on blog.. bhaai aapki baatein padhakar bahut achchha lagata hai.. phir bhi ham to yahi chaahenge ki aap apni movies ki taraf bhi apana dhyaan barakaraar rakhen.. akhirkar amitabh bachchan ki movies ki baat hi kuchh aur hai.. By the way when is Alladin expected for a release.. Is the tussle with Multiplexes over.. can we not expect it to relese alongside IPL2 and elections.. I think I am asking a wrong question to a wrong person.. I should have asked the producers.. chalo khair.. puchh hi liya to koi bahut bhaari gunaah to nahi kar diyaa.. (smiling.. aapki apni film hai aapko bhi utni hi utsukata hogi jitani ham sab ko hai..)

I must say that Priyanka Sinha has done well enough in putting up a good reportage on the matter.. she seems to be in good control and more than that she appears unbiased in her approach.. I wish there be more of her clan in the field..

Kabhi sochata hoon
ki main chup rahoon
kabhi sochata hoon ki
main kuchh kahoon..

You may be wondering if the song could fit someone like me who writes so much and such long passages .. sometimes even with no editing performed.. smiling with tight lips..

chalo kal phir milte hain..
aaj ki mulakat bas itani..

Yet I must say that I am now turning towards becoming a fan.. something that I have been vhemently denying without anyone asking.. achchha lag raha hai.. bahut achchha lag raha hai.. pata nahi aap kya sochen.. par traffic par jo bhi aapne likha main khud bhi likhane vala thhaa.. par use padhata kaun.. bahut hi sahi baatein kahi hain aapne..

Gutten Nacht, Good Night, Shabba Khair, Shubh Ratri Sat Sriakal and Dus vi Danya..

Abhaya India April 15 2009 6:45 PM IST

Day 354 - Hindification Request..

2009-04-13T22:11:00.000-07:00

...Happiness is everywhere. Engulfing every nook and corner with music and dance and light heartedness. Colors abound and bloom, objects of delight swing from tree to tree. The smell of auspicious marriage abounds. Excited bodies move about in their best…

सारा माहौल खुशियों से जगमगा रहा है। सभी जगह संगीत नृत्य एवं सुकून ही सुकून दिखाई पड रहा है। रंगीन फ़िज़ा का भरमार शुमार है, दरख्त दर दरख्त प्रसन्नता उल्लास का आभास एहसास हो रहा है। शादी की सुखदाई सुगंध वातावरण में सर्वत्र फैली है। अति उत्साहित लोग श्रेष्ठता एवं विशेषता का जामा पहने कर कहीं देखे जा सकते है ।

Most Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

It does make a good write up.. the description of the marriage and bhang ra of RGKV on the sets of India 24/7..

Well, who could be better than you to discuss and describe the event better than you the best reporter present on the venue.. It definitely augurs well for the film industry in some of its tough times.. when multiplexes issue.. the ensuing election's heat .. the IPL in the west wings.. terrorists efforts to engulf Pakistan.. and host of similar events that have put some kind of brakes on the films rather Hindi films on a hold.. only someone like you the living legend could lift the drooping shoulders and sagging spirits.. and yes you are quite successful in what you write here..

I chose to translate some of your most spirited words into Hindi.. no, not that I feel I am capable.. as Satyam did say that who could beat you at Hindi like who could beat Dilip saab at Urdu.. yet Though I did not get to read the comments at #22 which he was referring.. I myself is one who would request you to either not use Hindi or use an appropriate software, font if you decide to use it.. I do feel that it does not do Hindi a world of good if the biggest icon of Hindi Cinema has to use Hindi in such manner that it leaves someone in doubts about your Hindi Powers.. I hope I made myself understood if not exactly made my stand clear..

I would love to be of some help to you in this manner.. if it does not affect you and if you feel I am able to reflect your thoughts into Hindi well even if not a literal translation.. I would not mind doing what I have done today.. take a portion of your writeups and present it into Hindi.. it can not be brilliant for a simple reason that I am far off from Hindi than you could be.. I work in a field where Hindi has too little a role to play.. atleast in the present times.. yes science does not require any language yet there is no doubt that the best way science is available presently is through the most respected International language in English.

I also would not mince any words to say that your expressions in English are available and appreciated worldwide and if you do have to communicate on a global level there could not be a better medium than English.. with due respect and honour to Hindi..

You are doing quite well to create an atmosphere of love between what the audience thinks and reacts due to the gossip floating in the film journalism.. that Karan and RGV are not foes if not friends.. that the two individuals should not be seen in the light of light hearted remarks they might have made for each other.. to see the things in broader perspective and with a open heartedness we must learn to ignore the differences and highlight the harmonious environment not only in film industry but elsewhere too.. Easy said..

I love you as always and shall take up my self-assigned job of making your some of the statements into Hindi.. preferably with the English version at top.. so it does not leave scope for my inabilities with the two languages..

Love, Love and still more Love to Harshvardhan of India 24/7 I am sorry if I picked the name of your character wrong..

Abhaya India April 14 2009 9:18 AM IST

Amitabh Bachchan - April 7 2009 1:09 AM IST

2009-04-07T12:34:00.000-07:00

जय हनुमान ज्ञान गुन सागर

जय कपीस तिहूं लोक उजागर

आदरणीय भाईसाहब
सादर चरण स्पर्श

कभी कभी लगता है कि यह बेमिसाल सिलसिला अब थमने को है, कई दिनों से आपके ब्लाग पर लिखा अच्छा भी लगा साथ ही अपने आप पर अश्चर्य भी हुआ विशेषकर आपके द्वारा लिखे मेरे प्रति कुछ शब्द जिनकी मुझे कम उम्मीद थी, यह सब बहुत ही अच्छा लगा .. मै महान नही ना ही किसी बात का अभिमान मेरे अंदर है, यह आनंद मुझे कई वर्षों तक अपनी जंज़ीर में जकड कर रखेगा । यह बात कि मैने इतने दिन आप के साथ वार्ता की इस बारे में यही कह सकता हूं कि आप जितने अच्छे अभिनेता है उससे भी कहीं अच्छे एक इंसान है ।

क्या मै लिखते लिखते अब कुछ थक गया हूं
या मैं अपने बंधनों से फिर से जाके बंध गया हूं
सोचता हूं इस समय क्या स्वप्न से मै जग गया हूं
भाई तुमको मान कर ना जाने क्या क्या लिख गया हूं

क्यों आज फिर मै लिखते लिखते रुक गया हूं
पांव छूने को तुम्हारे आज फिर मै झुक गया हूं
हे अमित अभिनय को है अभिमान तुम पर जानता हूं
लेखनी में भी तुम्हारी है मिला वरदान तुमको मानता हूं ।

अभय शर्मा भारत 7/8 अप्रैल 2009 12.40 रात्रि प्रहर

पुनश्चः त्रुटियों की ओर ध्यान अगर चला ही जाये तब अनुज समझ कर क्षमा अवश्य ही कर देना। यहां कई नये लोगों से मुलाकात हुई कुछ एक से मित्रता भी हुई है, कुछ एक को मेरा लिखा पसंद आया कुछ एक उसे पढ़कर मायूस भी हुये होंगे । रीहम, रोज़, राशा, रेश्मी (फ़िलिप), राऍशेल जे अतिरिक्त कितने ही अन्य लोगों से मिलने का अवसर प्राप्त हुआ, सुभाष जी, रवि मल्होत्रा, कश्मीरा दी एवं दीपक टॊंक से विशेष स्नेह भी प्राप्त हुआ । सर्वोपरि आपने मेरा लिखा पढ़ा ही नही वरन कई मर्तबा आपने प्रशंसा भी व्यक्त की, शायद जिसका मै सही हकदार न होते हुये भी कभी भूल नही सकता । आपने मुझे प्रसन्न करने के लिये ही क्यों न लिखा हो आपने लिखा यह मेरे लिये कोई मामूली बात नही । भगवान महावीर जी की जयंती के अवसर पर आप सबको मेरी शुभकामनायें ..

Day 343 - Observation on Observations

2009-04-02T02:59:00.000-07:00

.. Response and accusation cannot and will not be permitted to be one sided. One group of people shall not have absolute authority and the other not ..

Dear and most Respected Brother
Sadar Pranaam

Somewhere something has disturbed you a bit, from a positive frame of mind discussing Padmashri awarded to dear Aishwarya you took a sudden turn on to a different road. Well, when you are driving the vehicle (blog belongs to you), you are free to take the path you wish it to adopt..

We would definitely love to get your observation on some observations.. I can expect it to be having some of the remarks by some media men and yes media could also be present on the blog in a different avtar.. It is difficult to tell the bearer to not to bother of the pinching shoe.. he only knows it best ... I wish that you assess yourself in the best possible manner which you generally do..

I for one is likely get perturbed too easily when I hear a negative statement emerging from some of my positive contribution but it is normal for an ordinary man like me. Your case is not similar to that.. you can not behave like an ordinary person .. You got to take everything in your stride..

You have been far too generous to most of the people who read or love this blog by making your most valuable time available to us.. most of the times in a highly positive sense and note .. yet if some observers or fellow bloggers see it in different tones.. one is likely to get disturbed.. It is extremely difficult to not to put forth one's own counter view in such a context.. It is natural..

I would not mind people for what they say to me.. I do not have any image or standing of my own.. yet I would not agree or suggest that you too should follow the suit.. You have worked diligently for four decades to earn the love and respect of millions and billions of man and woman in the world.. you have achieved it most deservingly..

Those who seek some name for themselves.. they find it easy by voicing their opinions against the mighty and celebrity in nature.. that sadly has become the order of the day.. and with such a huge following you become an easy target.. they expect people to take note of their views featuring you in a poor light.. even if it is with a negative bend of mind towards them.. aaj log badnaam hone mein bhi apni shaan samajhate hain.. I pity such minds .. I can only pity such minds ..

Under such situations to such people.. I can only offer the fllowing.. Instead of trying to erase the line drawn by others try to draw a bigger line.. That it takes more time to draw a bigger line people prefer the path of erasing..

Abhaya India April 2 2009 1:14 PM IST

Day 341- The Bachchans

2009-03-30T23:48:00.000-07:00

We are humbled. And with bended knee and bowed heads acknowledge your affection and care and love.

Dearest Brother

Sadar Charan Sparsh

I take a bow too! along with you at the helm of affairs of your family, yes, In India after the death of the father the eldest male member is saddled with such responsibilies as Head of the family.

As in these last words you express the gratitude to this land for being so generous should I add that we Indians are equally proud of having this family doing so much for the country. The kind of work tha Dr. Bachchan undertook from his early youthful days in 1935 when Madhushala was first published to the fourth and final volme of his autobiography in Dashdwar se Sopaan tak.. Has he not loved this country with all its limitatons ( We know, some of us did not acknowledge his efforts when he first got thePh.D. from Cambridge - that the poet had to move ahead to Delhi!).
The contributions of one single man in him alone suffices enough to hold the bachchans in highest esteem! To not to dilute my words I shall come back to you later in the day, let me salute the Bachchans for their contributions!

Abhaya India March 31 2009 10:36 AM IST

Dear Brother

Good Morning
I am here once again to continue the story of Bachchans a little further. In the first instance, it had to end with Dr. Bachchan’s contribution. True, the love that came to the Bachchans increased several folds once you were at the helm of affairs in the Hindi film industry, no, I would not like to use the Hollywood rhyming word even if do not find a suitable word to express our kind of cinema in the world.

Yes, brother, there were times, when one Amitabh Bachchan rose on the screen in his famous hindi films of the seventies there was no looking back! I for one pronounce that Anand was more of a film where world first realized that you had substance! Namakharaam was also equally a brilliant effort before you took Hindi Cinema to the hilt with your angry young man image! Oh! you were incredibly great in that image, I myself would not watch movies that were devoid of the Bachchan in the cast- I know it was wrong on my part- yet I did so for nearly 4 to five years that I spent in Delhi as a school and college student. No regrets for that! You were indeed brilliant and I feel that though you do deserve a Baharat Ratna- if it is not conferred on you does not make any differnce to the entity the world knows as Amitabh Bachchan- You have garnered much more than a Bharat Ratna could have offered!

Now, before some of my fellow bloggers start finding some different meanings _ I must also congratulate the other two awardees in the family- Jaya madam and the bride Aishwarya. Jaya Bhaduri of Guddi, Piya Ka Ghar, Abhimaan, Parichay, Bawarchi, and Chupke Chupke even Zanjeer, Shor and many other movies were quite brilliant. Indeed her greatest performance came along in Koshish where Sanjeev Kumar too was equally brilliant! I would often say I did not quite like her quitting films after you got married! yet there is no point in talking of past, we have to be satisfied with what we got to see of her! Give my warmest regards to her.

Coming to the Aiswarya Rai - the phenomenal success of her career came along soon after her winning the Miss World. I am afraid, I have not seen many of her movies though I did like her small cameo in Mohabbatein- she was at her stunning best in that movie. I did also see her Taal, Hum Dil de chuke hain sanam Bride and Prejudice, Guru and even Chokher Baali (Hind version!). She is talented yet I feel the best of her is yet to come! My love to her and Abhishek.

have a great time at Sopaan, are you there to release the foreword to Coffee table edition of Madhushala or that is yet to be launched! looking forward to its release. I did get to read the Marjorie Bolton’s version of Madhushala. It is nice and deserves praise!

Give my love to Shweta-Nikhil and their two darling children Navya-Agastya. Amrit’s annual examinations start tomorrow and he is doing comparatively better with his health, that indeed is a matter of great relief! He is intelligent only he does not devote enough time, he was more keen to take up football coaching for summer camp I asked him to continue with his Badminton atleast for a while. He might also join Shiamak Davar’s dance training in Chembur if he gets admission there!

With usual love and affection
Abhaya India March 31 2009 11:53 AM IST

Post Script: I have been wishing some of my nearest and dearest one’s here on their birthday. Today is the birthday of my sweet niece Sweety- who works for Ernst and Young- A highly talented individual herself was happy to know that I represented my views on your blog! what probably she does not know is that I have been acknowledged on more than five occasions by none other than you! Thanks brother and let me wish her a great birthday. Many happy returns of the day dear Sweety for today. Somehow I could not catch her on her mobile so far!

Day 333 - The competitive spirit among Children!

2009-03-24T00:22:00.000-07:00

Dear Brother,

I love you !

First of all, it was great to see that you had picked quite a few members on the blog for replies! I am pleased, I am thrilled not at getting comments from you, but for those who got their piece of cake, some might be first timers, it must really be a great feeling for them, some sort of celebration time. My love to the lucky ones and my thanks to you for being able to find time for so many more! It does matter to them! I for one am writing my first post for this debate oriented post from you!

I know the kind of stiff competition coupled with extended time on television, computer and in coaching (beyond school!) it does take a kid into different world, I say different kind of children’s world than I used to live when I was a child myself, and my childhood was not very different from the one that you or even a Sharukh would have had - that spans nearly 20 to 30 years of childhood put together ( I assume SRK is around 40 and you are 66 a couple of years on either side should be included to make what I intend to say!) - mathematically - would not liked to be proved wrong at any time! That is a wish though, one can not be right all the time, not only in maths, but on any matter of life!

Yes, I feel that we are alarmingly threatening our children into a faster evolution process than we should! We are responsible collectively and not individually - that we embrace the rat race to prove too much of our children’s abilities into society, into outr own and their minds! We may have some very talented young men coming out of this competition yet we may be forcing a good number into problems for not being able to cope up with our expectations. It is for the second lot of kids that I show my concern as they statistically are going to be in larger numbers. Do we want to give them a feeling of a defeatist attitude that they could not turn into Darsheels or Sachins or Sanias of this world! It indeed is very sad, a child does not have an evolved brain to understand the intricacies involved when it fails, as a simple reaction it then tries to find within himself the inability to live upto the expectations!

We need to tell our children that, no every one can not be Amitabh Bachchan or a Kapil Dev. Not every one could turn into Einstein or Mozart and not every one could be an engineer or a doctor par excellence! It does not mean that one should desist from competing - one should compete with this knowledge and accept the result gracefully rather than with a sulking mind!

I hope I should make a full stop here. I too would try to be shorter in my posts henceforth and yes my frequency is likely to suffer for sure! Do not take it any other way! I am informing right in advance that my attendance is going to be poor in April. Out of sight should not be out of mind (smiling!)! You will always be in my thoughts!

Love to every children on this earth and may they prevail well in the kind of times that they find themselves into. Every one can not be Harry Potter but everyone is important in family and society and in the world and amongst their own friends! May you all achieve your every dream. But then you don’t lose the cream - if a dream does not get the desired steam to sail you through the stream (of life). Learn to enjoy as much as you can in good, bad and ugly times that are here to stay!

Abhaya India March 23 2009 6:28 PM IST

Day 334 - First Response from me and an old poem!

2009-03-23T21:47:00.000-07:00

Respected Brother

Sadar Charan Sparsh,

Two posts from you in 333 and 334 and I did not get to respond. Yes, Sunday was an official holiday that I do still feel that I should take and treat as one where ones should get rest and get composed for the week! Though with Amrit’s stomach problem and frequent vomits kept the peace of mind at a bay! It is all right, life does bring in new day every day.. sabai din jaat no ek samaan.. every day does not passes like the other day is literal meaning but philosophically it probably means - There is surprise every moment either for the good or for the bad, that it is upto us to decide and derive!

Now, there is this time that I have had a cursory reading of your this post, shall get back to the reading in details - my detail includes reading a few others comments other than your posts- it is only then that I consider that I have read your posts. And now I would not utter names - I found it complicates the issues- I wish atleast peace for me at blog - with disturbing health of Amrit at home front and my office work not enthusing me enough to bring up anything extraordinary. One can not be a master of what one wants and what one gets in life - ham sab to rangmanch ki kathputli hain jahan panaah - kaun kab khana kis tarah kya aur kyon kuchh karega us ka order vahin se aata hai ! Now that last part was not from Anand!

Well, before I take a break for visiting the blog again I shall tell you that yesterday I did not visit the blog because of you! I had brought the DBD of namak-haraam, this was a second buy, I already have a VCD of the movie! I was watching the movie Namak-haraam after settling Amrit down after he had a hectic day with his upset stomach.

Well, The complete reactions to the movie were written down separately after the sixth or seventh viewing the movie still evokes new responses from me every time I see it. Such was the movie and its content its actors - Yes, I must say actors as besides RK and AB there was this Raza Murad - who was quite an impressive lot in the movie.

In the write up there would not be a mention of some other stories of the movie. The song Diye Jalate hain phool khilte , Badi mushkil se magar, duniya mein dost milte hain was marked in the autograph book of my friend Ajay Yadav at trhe time when we were about to leave the school. The fellow has written back - chhoti se yeh duniya pahchane raste hain tum kahin to miloge to puchhenge haal. It is tad sad that we did not meet each other after I came to Mumbai. He had joined Indian Air Force and was on Fighters and is now with Kingfisher airlines. No contact, no communication and no correspondence whatsoever! Such is life…

Namak Haraam is I wrote yesterday was the best film for Amitabh Bachchan as an actor, it was a movie in which you were fabulous in more than one ways, you had that great multifaceted avtar in Namak Haraam which was hieghtened further by the fact that you being the supporting actor had done much better than Rajesh Khanna, who himself was at his usual best. Nadiya se Dariya and Main shaayar badnaam were two other songs which I liked for a long time and I still love them!

More Later
Abhaya India March 23 2009 5:43 PM IST
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.. In life at times we face similar dilemmas. Who to say what to and when. And when we do would it be received in the spirit of frank honesty or apprehension of misunderstanding. Vital opinions essential for the moment have the misfortune of getting covered in a blanket of silence and muted for fear of disturbing the object of comment. Sometimes with disastrous consequences. So generally the easier path is taken. Better to be quiet and not lose a relationship than otherwise…
(VERY INTERESTING AND APT COMMENTS OR OBSERVATION!)

Respected Brother,

Sadar Pranaam,

I return to my own world of wishing you in the traditional ways, I found dear and love and anglicized version of greetings did not really represent much of me!

Here, after seeing the above reactions from you I am indeed privileged to say few lines of poetry I had submitted many months ago!

I only wish to add here that human mind is that sort of a mineral - from which the more the metal you extract - the more the metal it tries to provide you! (Here metal should be confused with mettle if people want literal things!)

The poem that I mentioned- sorry folks difficult to get the time to provide translation as of now! Some other day in some other mood!

कवि का सम्मान
फिर आज कवि के मन में
कोई उपज पनपती कविता है
(कवि ने सीख लिया था जग से)

कैसे कहां किसीसे कब क्या
जग में कितना कहना है

भीतर मन में उमड रही है
शब्दों की लटपट धार कहीं
झांक लिया अपने मन में
फिर एक बार हो ध्यान मग्न
भावों को संचित कर अपने
अपने कर में एक लिये कलम
(लिखना कवि ने प्रारंभ किया)]

मस्तिष्क की सीमाऒं कॊ चीर
कवि जग में था बन गया पीर
चंचल चपल चतुर चंदन चुन
रच दिये गीत देकर नई धुन
अपने अधरॊं पर उन्हे सजा
जग के सम्मुख कर दिये लजा

वह बच्चन था या कॊई अन्य
कविता पढ़-सुन जग हुआ धन्य
कवि चला गया जब इस जग से
जग ने कवि का सम्मान किया

क्या जग ने कवि का सम्मान किया?
– अभय शर्मा
मुम्बई, भारत, 9 जुलाई 2008।

Post Script: This is my frequency when I am short on time! Yep! I do try to be short like you not for pleasing the lone blogger which Rochelle brought to your notice - But for lack of time- I think that is more true of you than for me! You had been giving away so much of that valuable time that in terms of money maybe quite a millions! Yet you should continue to write as and when or what ever you wish to write or for whom you choose to write - you are indeed the best judge!
I did not get to see more pictures or maybe you did not get much time to take pictures! It could also be the weather that snatched away any possibilities and of course when you finished before schedule in KL- you have kept very minimal time for your personal entertainment during this stay। Happy with the first set of pictures you had provided.

I hope the Wharton trip of Abhishek was as well or even better than your times in KL at the same time! My love to him! Shanouk is biting a lot - I would better not plan to visit you during these times! (Smiling!)। I would not be planning to meet you so easily! I will need a very good reason to disturb you- You the living legend of the World of Cinema – your every moment is so valuable. Poor Shanouk, after all I have nothing against him!

IPL sparks debates that elections are more important and the political parties battling it out as an issue ! something unique to India, we can politicise anything and everything and then we expect that our government servants should not discuss politics in public or net! It is OK, who is so interested in discussing the politics! Yet I would wish that people in the country go out to cast their votes! that is important!

Seeking your blessing to be a better human being!

Abhaya India March 23 2009 10:49 PM IST.

Day 329 of AB - Dr. Bachchan had the support!

2009-03-18T21:03:00.000-07:00

... My Mother was a strong believer in this and never failed to give my Father that space and time he needed for his creativity and for his writing. I never ever found my Mother demanding domestic attention from my Father or complaining about it to him or to us. She knew what her husband needed for his work and she diligently created the right atmosphere for him.

Dearest lovely brother,

I endorse what you have said of the kind of support that Teji Bachchan ji, your dear mother provided to Dr. Bachchan your illustrious father. What you missed of it is that the couple had moved quite often to other places whether In Allahabad or when in Delhi, in fact, I remember there were many occasions when the couple were in Mumbai with you - that their movement and a movement with all their paraphernalia always moved along with them almost at regular intervals. The ones who have read Dr. Bachchan's autobiography would not fail to get the point that I just stated.

I had been finding the going not so easy, I am torn between lot of attention that the home and work and the blog. Given that Amrit has to face his annual chore of final examinations for his fifth standard at Atomic Energy Central School Number 2, that I may against my wishes not be able to find enough time to be able to write here.

No brother, I do not think that a lunch with you is what I would have loved. For me, it would be sufficient that you keep writing here and I too be able to follow the line! That alone constitutes a situation blissful enough for me! I hope Gods be kind enough to me to allow me atleast this much from you! Not that you really owe it to me - you it to thousands of the blog readers.

I am not known for kindness to anyone but I shall pray to God that he grants me the ability to be more soft specially when speaking to someone of your stature, of your dignity and your intelligentia that does not come over night! If I had been harsh over some issues in my last couple of posts, I may please be pardoned and cordoned to believe that our relationship can not crumble under the strains of my such infrequent and unexpected behaviour.

I have decided to be short and before I take a shut down of the net and the PC let me extend my wish to Mr. Nikhil Nanda - a happy birthday, even if it is again a case of belated wishes!

Enjoy your day off, go get some beautiful pictures for us from the beautiful Kuala Lumpur. Have a great day.

Abhaya India March 19 2009 8:26 AM IST

Amitabh Bachchan - Day 327

2009-03-16T23:42:00.000-07:00

.. I shall tell you what it does to me. It embarrasses me and encapsulates me in self-consciousness. I, immediately on its occurrence, start estimating myself. What was the last good deed that I was involved in.

Oh Brother, dear Brother!

The last good thing you did was initiated this blog! You came out to not only share your thoughts with us also touched our lives in most human endeaour of a life time! he blog has shown us the Amitabh Bachchan that we craved to know more about.. the blog promised to be a centre of activity where thousands could pour out their impressions about you.. the blog constitutes an act bigger than all your acts of 40 years of great contribution that we all know you had given to Indian Cinema.

Yeh kahan aa gaye ham
yun hi saath saath chalte
teri rahon mein hai janam
hain phool ham bichhaate..

I am sorry for parodying this wonderful song of Silsila. If I have never told before let me state that the Silsila song is among the best song ever from your films .. majboor yeh halaat idhar bhi hain udhar bhi ..

aap likhate raho
ham padhate rahen
to maza jeene ka
aur bhi aata hai

Oh! I am trapped into parody mood, I thought I could only write silly poetry I could also do a bit of parody helps me to a bit of self-praise. We all should once in a while not only evaluate ourselves but also indulge to acknowledge our good acts to ourselves. Giving a pat on our own back is a good physical exercise.. I would have loved you to learn a bit of it.. having done so wonderfully well for nearly 40 years .. why should you question yourself of what you had to say in the above lines..

I am happy for two reasons may be more reasons but primarily two reasons of some value.. first that I am extremely happy to be writing to you on daily basis.. and second that I have found a huge number of new friends .. It was such a great pleasure to hear Reeham talk to me over phone today morning that words alone can not describe my joy.. that I coud exchange IMs with Rose for sometime now is difficult to beleive.. I am Happy for knowing Kashmira di, Subhash Kaura and Ravi Malhotra and again I can not put down several names does nto mean that the rest are not important.. they are equally important or rather more important.. I have decided to give a serious flick to learn a bit of Russian and German to be able to wish and talk to my friends from these two countries on the blog.. someday it is going to be a reality.. some day soon..

I love you brother in totality and I would not like to add any conditions for my love.. If some day I do come and meet you it would be more for the reason that I could come and share the joy and the wonderful experience with the fellow bloggers..

So that I could sing to them ...

Mere paas aao mere doston ek kissa suno ..

main milane gaya thha amit bhai se
duaayen tumhaari liye saath mein

yahi sochata thha kahunga main kya
kahani tumhe main sunaaonga kya
Tabhi baat Reeham ki dil mein uthhi
Vahin Rose ki yaad aai tabhi

thhe kisse kai thee kahani badi
milane ki chhoti thee meri GhadI

aage bhi to bolo phir kya huaa..

Khuda ki kasam mazaa aa gaya

lagaa bhai ke paaon chhoone mai jab
gale se unhone lagaya thha tab
aankhen meri nam thee hone lagin
sudh budh bhi tan ki thee khone lagi

kisi ne tabhi mujhko jhataka diyaa
sapane se apne thaa main jag gaya ..

...

Oh friends I would not even be able to translate this song, you will have to only assume what could be the content of the story when anyone of you would have gone to meet Amitabh Bachchan..

Brother, I owe you so much yet I have to tell you that such a meeting is not a major desire.. I meet you here everyday.. that is quite sufficient for me..

Abhaya Sharma, India March 17 2009 11:52 AM IST.

Day 325 - Actions and Reactions

2009-03-14T12:45:00.000-07:00

How did the first inhabitants of this beautiful planet cope with it for the first time. How wonderfully, seeing and experiencing this great phenomena, did they design and form our seasons, then the festivals around them and the rituals that followed. And how century after century human kind diligently followed it, without discovering the science behind it all.

Oh My Dearest Brother
Love regards and respect

What an extremely interesting post you have penned down, I assume that you still do the writing on paper before putting it across to us. That your words are correct and there are not typos unlike me, I have chosen what I did on top.. for a discussion on your today’s post.

There are several issues that could be picked for example the love for mother tongue's, the great advancement of Hindi Cinema or even the origin of inclement weather and not human reactions to it.

We were taught that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. True, that is science but otherwise also we react to many phenomena and events as if they were some sort of acts or actions. In fact they are as they all are possible only when some energy is spend, and when energy is spend some work is done, and that in the language of basic physics constitutes action. Yesterday itself you meant something of a reaction of the co-traveller and also your possible reactions to his actions. Human mind has been trained to respond to some of the actions with a particular kind of reaction.

How did we pick up to react is what is more basic question that faces us, how did the life really originated on this earth is the most difficult question to answer that possibly does not have a unique or rather a satisfying answer. All living things act to react to some stimulus. The science does not exist in our having accepted and naming of the festivals, seasons or colors or whatever we finally named what we named them (Though some of my friends would disagree with me! That is the science of nomenclature!). It was just formed from some collective beliefs and probably lot of assumptions which nobody thought useful to question or find answers to. Yet we all know that time which is the basis of all our celebration rituals of our existence, is a unique parameter of their occurrences and is a bit of a science.

In fact, there is not one soul on this earth who would not do things in some time frame - useful or otherwise including sleeping, eating or whatever one does. Who can be a better judge of the value of time than you- who did not let go the most opportune time to act in as many films as was humanly possible when it mattered most - I remember there were times when you did five shifts in a day! a good concept of the importance and a clear understanding of the significance of the time was involved.

Time, we all know is a physical quantity that has been very well defined and has a role played by the sun and the moon and our earth! Atomic clocks or ordinary shadow clocks they both were used to tell the time. Even today villagers can tell the time from the length of their own shadows. So, when we speak in terms of time we are having a scientific bend of mind without actually knowing it. Time has been accepted as the fourth dimension in science.

I do not say that every one of us is a practicing scientist by doing so - it only goes to prove that some of the science has been integrated into our existence without our knowledge of it being accepted as science. You ask any housewife whether she would use clippers for holding hot things or use bare hands- the knowledge of the fact that hot is hot and that heat burns comes to us from our years of experience and is almost woven into our genes- we do not treat it as science but the moment the heat is used to convert into some other form of energy say electrical energy - we immediately register that it is science.

Oh! I do not know where this discussion is heading and what kind of conclusions I want to convey to the readers of this post. When this happens we call such ideas and minds as unchannelised or sometimes incongruent thoughts. The other day you were expounding upon the concept of multitasking and had a genuine question - whether it is good or bad for our development. I would say both! If multitasking was so simple and easy we would have no classification and specialisation of fields and personnel! If it was the other way round - the life would not have progressed thus far in terms of development. If there were no brains who could co-ordinate the knowledge assimilated from different disciplines by way of discussion or understanding we would not have had any types of the power reactors (symbolic sense) . The intermingling or interdependency of one subject over another is sometimes very obvious and at times not so straight forward. You ask anyone the utility of the knowledge of Physics and Mathematics in any engineering venture and you will find that there would be a great consensus about this theory! I think I am going really wild in emphasising the role of science. It is not so essential. Everyone can not be a scientist or rather everyone need not be a scientist.

The human kind has found that a coexistence of several disciplines in form of knowledge encompasses us into multi-tasking entities. Not just for our survival but also for achieving excellence. For example - Human body is a multi-tasking machine - the understanding of many different concepts is not an easy thing when one goes deep into a subject - but a peripheral or working knowledge of several subjects does help us a great deal.

I admit here that this particular post could be too dry for many readers who have taken to like to read my posts. Some of them may be driven away from me and I am sure some others might also get attracted as well. As such the length of my posts is a hinderance in itself, the amount of time one may need to spend on these posts could be a seriously limiting factor in my popularity on the blog!

I finally conclude today’s blog with the words that more and more of us are moving towards multitasking and acquiring greater amount of knowledge in a wide variety of subjects to manage ourselves well in an evolutionary fashion!

Abhaya Sharma, India March 14/15 2009 12:36 AM IST

Two poems submitted on Day 321 and 322

2009-03-11T21:11:00.001-07:00

Brother this poem I dedicate to you for the Holi, I wish you sing it for jaya ji whenever you get time! I offer a possible translation I had to include the Hindi work again for comparison!

आदरणीय भाईसाहब
सादर प्रणाम

होली के शुभ अवसर पर एक गीत प्रस्तुत कर रहा हूं

एक गीत सुनाता हूं मन का
मन मीत कहीं ना खो जाना
हो सके तो भूले से ही तुम
इस जीवन में फिर आ जाना

एक गीत सुनाता हूं

है प्रीत अगर सच्ची मेरी
सपना बनकर ही आ जाना
मैं आंख बिछाये बैठा हूं
फिर वापस आकर मत जाना

एक गीत सुनाता हूं

हो सके तो फिर से जीवन में
जीवन का गीत सुना जाना
सुनकर मैं गर सो जांऊ कभी
फिर भी प्रियतम तुम ना जाना

एक गीत सुनाता हूं

अभय शर्मा, भारत, 11 मार्च 2009 10.54 रात्रि प्रहर

Post Script : I shall attempt a translation in a while for friends like Rose, Reeham et al

I sing along a song of my heart
Oh my beloved don't ever get lost
If by any chance alone
Do return to my life once more

I sing along a song

If my love is true indeed
You come to me in dreams
My eyes are set on the path
Never go back once you come

I sing along a song

If it were possible in the life
Come sing me song of life
If I get asleep in that while
Don't go away for a mile

I sing along a song

Brother and the rest of guys who could read the Hindi version would find that there is not exact meaning and flow in the English version but the essence is very much there. I hope it was likable, I am not a big poet nor do I wish to become one, if I could please even one person with my writings I would consider that Gods have been kind to me! I was telling Rose about this post a short while ago, and I am sure she would definitely try to read if she gets time!

My translation is specifically for my friends in Russia - (E)Lena, Lyudmila, Zhenya, Tatiana (US based) and several other non-Hindi speaking friends on this blog. Reeham, Rasha and several others may understand the spoken Hindi but I doubt if they can read the Hindi fonts. And I had forgotten my German and Brazil friend earlier, It is also meant for them !

Brother this poem I dedicate to you for the Holi, I wish you sing it for jaya ji whenever you get time!

Love to all

--

Respected Brother and family,
Love, regards and never ever ending affection to all!

Brother, I am pleased with your words, not for the beautiful mention of Dr. Bachchan- your father and our kavi but also for your generosity to take him where he belongs in the hearst of people! He was always there for me and several more on this land of ours yet not given his due recognition during his lifetime. That reminds me of Munshi Premchand who most of his life lived an ordinary life with his extraordinary work. Why is it that we always tend to remember our genuis only after they depart!

I am thankful to Lena, Carla and others for beautiful words for rather ordinary though a meaningful poem, I hope and pray that the family that has been brought up by you through this blog always prospers, progresses and promotes peace on this earth. They are so special that I consider myself rather extremely fortunate to be one part of it! With you as the head of this family we can only imagine that you would continue to be of great value to us always and nver ever leave us. Man meet chhod kar mat jaana ...

I had some other unreported works of my poetry that I felt shy of sharing here but the kind of response I have received I shall share with you and the rest whenever I get time to be able to do so ..

किसने है कितना प्यार दिया
इस पार हमारे जीवन को
है मतलब नया दिया किसने
यह सोच रहा था बैठे मैं

उस पार ये क्या संभव होगा

है लगा हुआ एक मेला सा
फिर भी मन मेरा अकेला सा
किस पार चला यह रेला था
एक चाह लिये अलबेला था

क्या पायेगा अपनी मंज़िल
कहीं टूट तो ना जायेगा दिल
सपने कितने देखे है मन
अपने हरदम है खोजे तन

कहीं दूर से ही आभास मिले
सूखे उपवन में फूल खिलें
चल बगिया में पानी दे दें
जीवन अपना निर्मल कर ले ।

अभय शर्मा, भारत 12 मार्च 2009 8.25 प्रातः

This one is more difficult to be put across in verse mode without much serious time devoted! So I give a meaning for my friends (E)Lena, Carla and the rest –

There was this query in mind who has loved us lot on this side of the earth
Who has been able to assign a new meaning to this life I ponder upon a while

Whether it would ever be possible on the other side as well

Here celebrations do abound yet
I find myself in solitude
Where this caravan is headed
With thoughts so precious plated

Whether the ultimate could be achieved
Or the heart won’t again be deceived
The dreams that mind has conceived
To few ones to be always received

Let me get a distant feeling alone
That deserts one day shall bloom
I put water in the garden of life
To purify so hope is able to groom!

I don’t know every time, I say I would give a prose translation, the god tries to makes it sound like a poem, I know it is a crude one yet a song of my heart it is! Thank you God!

The Credits List of Indian Cinema - posted to AB day 317

2009-03-07T07:07:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,
Sadar Charan Sparsh,

I am listening to some old melodies the last song - Main pyaar ka raahi hoon.. It sometimes appear that our old songs have been done with so much of heart and head gone into writing lyrics, composing and singing that they are true masterpieces of some kind. Those who have heard some of these songs and understand them would appreciate what I mean to say.

Dekho rutha na karo .. is so simple worded yet so very meaningful and pleasant to the mind.. simply love some of these songs. Another song I was listening just a while ago replays on my playlist it is the wonderful duet jhoomta mausam mast mahina .. from Ujala a great movie featuring Shammi sahab and lovable Mala Sinha.. These songs captivate mind and my intention of telling you here is to take a resort in listening to the wonderful Indian film music from yesteryears to rejuvenate and feel relaxed..

Of late, I do feel that you have been taxing your mind and body a great deal.. so many movies in the pipeline .. everyday blogging routine .. meetings .. interviews and appointments .. it does take a toll of one's faculties.. you see what I mean ..

I am not complaining of so much action from the hero of our times, all I intend t confess is that take a break and give yourself a more relaxed approach to the life..

Let me select some more songs for you.. just a minute let me pick some old romantics .. no not the waqt ne kiya kya hassen sitam some more light hearted songs like bhooj mera kya naam re nadi kinare gaon re .. or still better leke pahla pahla pyaar bharke ankhon mein khumaar ..

The other day I was recollecting the contribution of Indian Cinema when we were discussing your statement in an interview after winning the crysatl award.. How could I have missed the Indian music as one of the greatest contributor.. well I did include the music directors but that is only one third of the story .. a Hindi song is a credit as much to its musicians as it is to its lyricists yet the biggest credit goes to those who rendered them ..

I would like to start with Rafi sahab - The most golden voice of our kind of cinema.. Mukesh Sahab who is sometimes truly credited with the great success of Raj Kapoor sahab - The actor, showoman and one of the stalwarts of Hindi Cinema, Kishore Kumar could sing exactly like Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan would have sung their songs- almost.. and how can one forget the Lata Mangeshkar another of living legends that our industry has produced and her sister Asha Bhonsale who was so mischeivous ( what could have been a better word for chulbuli and shokh adaa) in her voice yet highly melodious that I rate her higher than the elderly Lata ji ( No intention to question her supremacy, it is my perception, it is my choice and it should be treated simply as that!), Then there were Geeta Dutt, Begum Akhtar, Noor Jahan and Suraiya who must all be credited with huge success of Hindi Cinema and its popularity over the years simply because of the songs that they rendered in Hindi films.

There were few other big contributors who must also be credited with their due - Pran Sahab for his villainous appearance and Helen ji for her breathtaking dance numbers.. There can never be a complete list of how many talented man and woman have taken Hindi Cinema to its glorious heights.. I would be happy if we could ever pay back to their kind of achievements in Hindi Cinema.. No award could actually define the success of Rafi sahab , Lata Mangeshkar or Amitabh Bachchan. Their contributions are beyond any requirement of being awarded.. yet I respect Awards including Oscar though it is somewhat alien to us ..

Bekarar karke hameni yun na jaiiye .. by Hemant Kumar has been selected from some folder on old singers which reminds me that Kundan Lal Saigal too gave some memorable songs especially ek bangla bane nyara..

How many names can an ordinary mind of Abhaya sharma recollect you have lived 40 years in the film industry you ought to be knowing its greatness than I can ever compile.. I simply wanted to raise your spirits and also wanted to share my views with the fellow bloggers.. I am afraid my foreign friends in Rose, Reeham, (E)Lena, Carla, Cora(Brazil) Roschelle may not be able to make much head or tail of my story ..

I have to get back to work for official website

Love and regards

Abhaya Sharma India March 7 2009 8:08 PM IST

Bachchanalia Quiz- My Answers!

2009-03-06T00:44:00.000-08:00

The Quiz friends is available on my other blog ! http://abhayakavi.blogspot.com

Respected Brother,
Sadar Charan Sparsh,

I think you have robbed me of a chance to win Bachchanalia. It is all right. I still sbmit my answers to you though the quiz has been over, had you mentioned of the quiz earlier, I probably stood very good chance, I think I am only unsure of Shweta's birth time. Rest all ar most likely the correct answers. Have a look

Q1. Saat Hindustani heroine - Shahnaz Agha
Q2. Deaf and dumb role - Reshma aur Shera
Q3. First mvie with jaya Bhaduri - Bansi Birju (After second thoughts I feel my first answer Ek Nazar was probably right, kya farak padata hai, I am not winning the book! anyway!!)
Q4. Producer of Bomay to Goa - Mehmood
Q5. Decision to marry Jaya - Zanjeer
Q6. Earlier name of Abhimaan - Raag Ragini
Q7. Initail choice for mother's role in Deewar - Vyjayantimala
Q8. Shweta born – Sholay
Q9. First hit movie with Rekha - Khoon Pasina
Q10. Original choice as adaptation of Devdas - Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (A guess!)
Q11. First bilingual - Barsaat ki ek Raat
Q12. Last year with Prakash mehra et al. - 1984
Q13. More than three sogs - Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
Q14. Ban on smoking - Family
Q15, Diverticlitis - Nishabd

Now brother, if I am right on all the answers, do I get a fifty percent discount vouchers to buy Bachchanalia ( Smiling and joking!, why will I need to have a copy of it and do I really deserve it!). Jokes apart, I would like to know my score. I think the answers along with te winner would be published by the Mint Lounge in a day or two. I am not sad for not winning the book but for the fact tha I could not participate in the Quiz- where I probably stood a good chance.

I read the interviews and also the five pages of Mint write up, The mint thing was very well done. he interview presented by you and the original interview had one question on slumdog missing here! It is OK.

Have a great day and if you do consider that I do deserve a copy of Bachchanalia anyway, I would not mind paying half the cost! Should I send a cheque to you ! ( for Rs. 1750 smiling - dabi dabi muskaan ke saath!)

The whole of the Mint thing was pretty good and worth for being made available in Hindi as well, ask them if they have thought of it being translated, if they looking forward to a translator, I might like to give it a shot! and that is not meant as a joke.

Abhaya Sharma, Inda March 6 2009 2:03 PM IST

Gratitude - AB day 315

2009-03-04T19:36:00.000-08:00

Gratitude not for what I did. Gratitude to the Almighty, that He gave me the ability to do it..

Good Morning!
The most respected Indian cine actor!

I am extremely pleased to read the contents of your today's post. Somehow I believe that you as Amitabh Bachchan have been a bliss to the country not simply for the fact that you are an actor par excellence but for the fact that you are also a human par excellence! The concern, the willingness and ability to be of help to those who need speaks your management skills!

The account of your day to day life is what can not be achieved in one ordinary meeting with you, the amount of love and compassion fro your extended family is much above the odd autograph and sharing this blog with you routinely is in no way less than having a photograph with you! I say all this as it has still not crossed my mind to come and see you, shake hands with the mighty superstar care to get your signature on some autograph book or request you to pose for a photo shoot for memory! We are blessed indeed to be with you on a daily basis sometimes more than once in a day and often with many other bloggers views to throw light on what life is all about. It gives me happiness beyond meeting you or to be photographed along your side. Ina nutshell I will not make any conscious effort to disturb your busy schedule to allow one Abhaya Sharma his moments of glory! I hope I have not displeased you with my cranky frankness!

I love and respect you more as a good human being than the superstar of the millenium. You are here with us almost as dutifully as with your own career is worth a thought- it symbolises the oneness amongst us, it also signifies that written words still carry much weight than becomes obvious that a man if he wants to communicate with his near and dear ones need not be face to face!

I am proud of you, I wish I could imbibe some of your most treasured qualities - that define the human side of Amitabh Bachchan to be able to love to be kind and to be soft and forgiving!

भावुकता अंगूर लता से खींच कल्पना की हाला,
कवि साकी बनकर आया है भरकर कविता का प्याला,
कभी न कण-भर खाली होगा लाख पिएँ, दो लाख पिएँ!
पाठकगण हैं पीनेवाले, पुस्तक मेरी मधुशाला।।४।

Literally the emotions and imaginations make up the wine and the poet is there to serve and poetry as wine in his goblet. This wine is almost infinite and not going to get over even if millions drink from it. The readers assume the role of the connosieurs and the book itself becomes the tavern on the way! (Madhushala).

Oh, what beautiful words from the poet - The Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan - we all love to read him non-stop and his work is bigger than what the physical Madhushal could havce offered. Philosophically the Poet has assigned that poetry itself is like a wine and one can get beautiful high as one reads and provides its readers an endless love. ( Rach do ab nai madhushala!)

I think I have to be short to not to consume lot of your time! We did celebrate the two decaeds of BRIT yesterday, Dr. Iya ( 82 year old scientist who is largely believed to be tha father of country's Isotope programme!), Dr Banerjee (Director BARC) and Dr. Kohli (CE BRIT)addressed the gatherings and the film – In pursuit of excellence by Rajiv Shah on BRIT was beautiful. They must show such documentaries on Doordarshan not for promotion of BRIT but to make the country aware of its significance!

Abhaya Sharma India March 5 2009 8:56 AM IST

First Innings of the first ODI- India likely to Win

2009-03-02T22:18:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother,

Good Morning,

I think my comments on the vigyaan ki puja and preview of the first ODI did not find favours with the server, it is all right, I have posted the comments on my abhayakavi.blogspot.com

The game though reduced to 38 overs yet India posted a total that they cold actually defend even if the match was actually a 50 over game. Now, if Vettori and his black caps can pull a victory from here it would deserve a full merit to them. I would not rate it as an impossible yet it does sound a herculean task from the word go. My special congratulations to the apatain for his well paced 84, to Sehwag for the swashbuckling start and Raina for maintaining the great momentum. A total team effort from the batsman, it is now upto the bowling departement to utilise the tailor made beginnings of the ODI series to India's favour. I am afraid, Praveen Kumar and Munaf will have to put up their very best to contain the flow of runs from McCullum to avoid any chance for the NZL to make a match out of it!

Well done team India, It would not matter so much even if the unexpected happens and India loses ( a 1 out of 10 chance!). We are proud of the current form of Indian cricketers, that we now have a fielding all-rounder in Suresh Raina, he has shown he cn bowl at times, I would very much like that Dhoni utilizes the services of Sehwag, Yuvraj and Raina in case the wocket really helps the slow turners. It is expected that the batsman would need to put extra efforts to send the slow bowlers crashing to boundaries.

Yet the game of cricket especially the ODI format is one where it would be termed foolish to choose the winner before the last ball has been bowed. A great game is in the offing! Good luck team India. It is all right if Dhoni bhaiya could notmake room for Ojha. He is still young and there is nothing much to worry about his future opportunities. Well Played India!

Abhaya Sharma, March 3 2009 11:47 AM IST

Day 310 - AB's blog

2009-03-01T20:04:00.001-08:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

अधरों पर हो कोई भी रस जिहवा पर लगती हाला,
भाजन हो कोई हाथों में लगता रक्खा है प्याला,
हर सूरत साकी की सूरत में परिवर्तित हो जाती,
आँखों के आगे हो कुछ भी, आँखों में है मधुशाला।।३२।

The poet literally says that - Whatever be on his lips the tongue identifies it to be the wine; whatever be the container in the hands it appears to be the goblet to him, and yet again every face visible turns into the face of the beautiful bar-maid, let anything be in front of eyes, the yes only reflect back the tavern on the way (Madhushala).

In essence however, what I feel that Dr. Bachchan conveys is a that focused mind only sees what it desires to achieve, such important are his presentations that I sincerely wished that it could be put into english verse, atleast this one yet I do not give it a try for my inability.

There must be some of you who may have read Madhushal in Hindi and felt differently of the meanings and expectations of Dr. Bachchan - probably the easiest is to associate the Madhushala with its physical understanding, in reality poet has addressed the life itself and issues pertaining to life. The poets world over do not convey direct meanings to their works they let people find the meanings of their works in their (readers) own interpretations. I am a slight exception, though I could hardly be called a poet in the first place! ( and I am serious at self-doubting!).

mere adharon par to mere
bhhav hruday ke khilate hain
bhale bure kaise bhi ho sab
man me mere aate hain!

( My utterances are a reflection of my heart, whether good or bad they still are my own thoughts!)

Brother, I could not visit the blog yesterday and did not miss anything new from you there were still the bloggers who kept pouring their thoughts. Special mention To Subhash! I find that the freedom to expression is certainly at a loss if what he writes SC's verdict on blogs/bloggers etc. Though it is not good enough to coy me down I would continue to blogging along side of you! and if I do not write what comes to my mind, it would be unfair and meaningless to spend so much time here. I rate this activity a self-refection, one who writes here is at times always trying to judge himself as well! You write so beautifully and exceptionally (most of the times!) that it would not be possible for me to be able to withdraw from the blog! Someday, I may not be able to contribute, some other days I may not be able to read the blogs of many fellow blogger, yet on no day I shall miss your point of view on the blog. Happy times with your ever growing blog- which is no less than a Madhushala itself! We are proud of such an association!

Abhaya Sharma, India March 1 2009 8:43 AM IST

PS The other day when I was relating to some of the wonderful contributors here, may I take the liberty of adding few more names that I might have missed the other day. I am indeed indebted to the International folks on the blog - of Indian and foreign origin - The Russians - Lena, Zhenya, Tatiana The Germans Carla, Lily (she may be Indian!). There are so many Indo-Americans that besides Sunil, Preeti K I find it difficult to keep the track- budha bhi to ho raha hoon! ( I am getting old!), Kishore, Reshmi and Amrit in UK besides several others. Oh! my dear fellow bloggers it is such a great privilege to be with you through this blog. Sometimes, you should take time to tell more of the life in these countries as well (I know it can not be different than in India!).

USIS - House of Rpresentatives

2009-02-27T03:35:00.000-08:00

USIS as I earlier decided is to have a total of 110 representatives. There has to be a leader of the house and some other members have to own up responsbilities in management of affairs of USIS through various councils/chambers/sectors.

1. Educational Council

2. Commerce Chambers

3. Agricultural Sector

4. Scientific Council

5. Legal Chambers

6. Constittitional Council

7. Employment Chambers

8. Defence Council

9. International Chambers

10. Revenue Chambers

These are ten basic strctures of governance that I feel should largely be sufficient to encompass every aspect of the governance of the USIS. These are fairly simple to understand. The head of each of these 10 structures/units would be selected by the President, a national model of governance being expected to run the USIS - affiliation to a particular political party is of not great significance. The party system itself should be ideally divided into Left, Right and Centre with well defined and documneted ideology. Its is not at all important that a representative of a residency has to be necessarily associated with one or another ideology.

There are to be some major allocation of funds to these 10 units of the hosue which need to be spent as per very strict guidelines to take further the development of good infrastructure of USIS and its 50 residencies. Finances are also to be distributed to the top 10 anf the 40 minor residencies in proportion to the revenues generated from each of them. This actually is a dynamic situation and it is possible that soe minor residencies may have financial powers bigger than one of the top residency of the USIS. What you shall Give is What you shall Get - should motivate the residencies to contribute in best possible manners so as to have higher income from the centre for their own developments. However, the National Budget should allocate separate amounts for national resources developments for uniform spending.

The residencies should have their own units of governance in place comprising of 5 Executives to steer their progress and developments in various local sectors. Housing shall be a subject of residencies, so also the promotion of a specific language and development of Universities. However, any citizen of the USIS should be allowed to choose to stay in any residency. student from any part of the USIS, if he fulfills all the relevant terms and requirements of an admission to some university should be eligible to pursue a course of his choice after High School certification.

A major emphasis of USIS should be to make and adopt laws for proper governace of the USIS as well as the various residencies- The common Uniform Civil Laws through its legal chambers unit. There also shall be definite provision for a database of human resources of trained personnel (Graduates) in specific disciplines available from the centre to residencies where they could actually obtain their services by way of employment or on a consultant basis. The private sector too could approach Government to provide a list of suitable talent in various fields.

I think I am not really very well focussed on several issues as of now. I should return to te House of Representatives at a later date. Yet it would be important and pertinent to discuss the qualifications of such people who should be eleigible to be elected as a representative of their residencies.

1. A minimum of a graduate degree in one of the disciplines from a recognised USIS university or even a foreign university.

2. There are tow types of age limits - a minimum age of 35 years and a maximum of 75 years shall be followed at the time of being elected

3. The election of the representatives would depend on the basis of a franchise cast by those who have attained a minimum of a High School certification and have attained an age of 20 years

4. The representative should not have been convicted by any criminal court for a murder or a financial conspiracy punishable under the laws of the USIS.

5. He must be a registered citizen in the USIS Citizen database. He/She must have been living in anyone of the residencies of the USIS for the past five years and in the specific residency for a period of one year from where he wants to contest the election. Non-resident USIS citizens would not be able to qualify for being elected to the house of representatives.

I think I should curtail my thoughts here for another day.These issues and points are up for debate, discussion and a thought for others to manifest the most suitable process for the election of suitable representatives to USIS House of Representatives.

Abhaya Sharma, India February 27 2009 5:58 IST

USIS - A Tale of Fifty Cities (Residencies)

2009-02-26T12:22:00.001-08:00

Respected Brother
Sadar Pranam

We announce that we in India are not going to restrict ourselves to just the tale of two cities - of Bombay and Delhi. It is just time that the USIS concept is thrown open to the public. USIS friends is a novel idea to congregate the subcontinent into United States of Indian Subcontinent. to be pronounced youSIS, or whatever way one likes.

Oh! I had this idea boiling in my head for several years I only wanted some strong character to weave it into a movie to unify the 50 cities into one unit. That character has finally been found and I reassure every one of you, that the character fundamentally comprises of the 50 cities that I actually like to call them residencies. I don't know why, may be it sounds better that way. This character, my hero, is not only going to visit these 50 cities but also takes up issues to promote peace, harmony and brotherhood in and among these 50 residencies of USIS.

Well, well! I shall let the cat out of the bag, as to who is on my mind to be that unifying soldier of USIS, actually he would be as humble as humble can be, as honest as honest ought to be and as forgiving as the need of the hour be!

Before telling the central character of the movie I would over some five to 10 days try to relate to you those excellent centres of USIS which are going to be shot over 50 days! So you know it is not a movie! It could still be a movie if those 50 days could all be edited into 3 hours slot. So it could even be a movie.

What is the subject, what is the story line, where is it going to be shot, who all are going to take part in it and above all when do we get to see it!

First the concept. I would love to reunify the subcontinent into one entity not necessarily at the governmental level, though if that could be achieved as an end product I would not be averse to that idea at all!

The subcontinent is to comprise of top 10 cities and another 40 major cities or I forgot I wanted to call them residencies. So here is a list of my top 10 Residencies- The description and details would keep following in subsequent plots!

1. Delhi 2. Bombay 3. Madras 4. Calcutta 5. Bangalore 6. Lahore 7. Colombo 8. Hyderabad 9. Jaipur and 10. Lucknow

These top residencies could then be considered as major Residencies and the rest of the 40 residencies which I would elaborate at a later date or maybe as and when I am able to do my research on how best to regroup them! Should these be associated to the major ones or have an identity of their own - I invite people to find and identify these other 40 residencies.

Some that immediately come to mind could make the second tier of importance or may as well be granted their independencies - The ones that I would like for the remaining 40 are Kanpur, Karachi, Indore, Ahmedabad, Dhaka, Agra, Mysore, Trivandrum, Cochin, Pune, Gwalior, Darjeeling, Shimla, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Allahabad, Vizag, Mussooorie, Meerut, Patna, Ranchi, Cuttack, Puri, Hardwar, Dehradun, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Ambala, Panipat, Guwahati, Shillong, Gangtok, Banaras, Srinagar, Dharmashala, Islamabad, Jamshedpur, Kathmandu and Rangoon (Please do not assume any importance by some residencies being listed before the others) There is also no very specific logic of restricting the numbers to Fifty, I just thought that it is a manageable figure.

What I wish here that These 50 residencies of USIS would have common currencies, common development pattern, common minimum educational policies, common governance policies and most importantly one common language in English.

In a nutshell these would have something to unite them! Each residency will have a fair representation in the USIS government at the centre. I have no big respect for large number of representatives - the major residencies could each have 3 members and the minor ones 2 members per residency. Thus it should ideally make a house of slightly over 100 representatives at the centre - a 110 to be exact as per my calculations.

These have to be the elected as per the general rules applicable to USIS governance. The economy could have to be dealt from the centre among uniform civil laws that should be fair and not rigid or fastidious in nature. A person could be allowed to practice any religion he or she chooses for himself, could also express himself using any language he wants to adopt and select any profession that he finds to his liking - yet in case of any controversies the rules of the USIS central agency in such matters shall be adhered to in solving the matter amicably and in the shortest possible time!

The major crux of the USIS would be to enhance adaptability amongst its people towards the surrounding regions and the USIS as a whole. In the educational system - a compulsory education at the primary level (Fifth standard Board exam) and a secondary level certification at the end of 10 years of education (High School) for those who wish to continue for higher studies. The higher education would be available to only a selected percentage of students at the high school level - depending on the needs and requirements of the USIS. The rest of the high school students should be absorbed into some suitable joy or helped to promote self-employment or suitable amount of weekly allowance from the residency to which they belong to live a peaceful and decent living!

It should be possible to implement exactly common program at the fifth board examination in entire USIS which should incorporate reading, writing, comprehending and basic mathematical skills. There should ideally be one language that has to be learned at this stage and given the international significance it has to be English. (Though students if they desire could learn other languages also as an additional subject).
Besides the language, General Awareness and mathematics should comprise the other two major subjects that one has to study at the primary level. Thus the first Board exam (Primary level) would ideally have three subjects each carrying 100 marks. The assessment should be such that a child scoring less than 50 marks in any one subject will need to reappear to secure the desired proficiency. More importance should be attached on learning of concepts than the philosophy to remember lot of things by heart!

A person scoring more than 50 percent marks in each subject qualifies for High school level entrance. A student should not be less than 10 years of age at the time of his first board examination results. The board examinations could be conducted once every year in the month of March-April.

The parents could send their wards to any schools of their liking as long as they are prepared suitably to be able to write their first board examination which should be common for every school affiliated to the USIS. These should be governed by the central house of representative's educational Council !

The Primary Board examination besides the three compulsory subjects would offer an additional langauge examination for those who may wish to attain additional proficiency. Thus five or six language courses could be offered in different residencies depending upon the regional languages prevalent there. Hindi, Urdu, Bangla, Tamil/ Telugu/ Kanaada/ Malayalam, Marathi/Punjabi/Gujarati. However, no student would be allowed any additional advantage by way of his knowledge of these additional language for entrance to high school.

Any further development in the skills in these language would have to be obtained at personal interest and expenses. The High school Board would not pay any heed to your proficiency at a regional language, there would be no examination in the High school board to test your skills in the regional languages. The High School Board should ideally have Five subjects for which a student could be evaluated on national basis- English, Science, Maths, Social Sciences and General Knowledge. Here each subject having two papers of 100 marks should be conducted to evaluate the understanding of the students.

This way we would have laid down strong foundations towards learning in our students. The High School should immediately follow a five year graduate program in one of the several disciplines depending on individual’s interest, availability of a seat and on the basis of ranking in the high school. Some courses could also conduct separate entrance examinations for an admission. Graduation courses should come under the purview of a particular university! There should be no regional or religional restriction of any kind to get admission into any university of USIS.

Oh I think I have emabarked a lot of USIS philosophy in one day! I do not know if i will have more issues to be addressed in future, though I am certain, I would necessarily have to do more research work and if some like minded people could come forward and speak their heart and head on the concept it is going to make it a bigger success! Embrace English as the Internaytional language to be the most primary mode of teaching. I do not say that forget the regional languages completely - you may continue to use any langauage at home. work or any other place as long as you do not antagonise your co-worker/co-habitat by such usage.

The man who would be the first president of the USIS or atleast in the TV serial/movie would be none other than the most magnificient, super intelligent and highly humanistic in his approach - the one and only - the most powerful living legend of the region of USIS - Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. Mr. Bachcan may please stand up and take upon the role of an anchor of ‘The Celebrity’ make visits to the 50 residencies and pick up 100 odd likely representatives to form the first Central House for governance of the USIS.

If it appears too fictional, I would rather like to disbelieve such a feeling! If this region could really be helped around it is not to happen by the use of Arms or the force of terror strikes, it has to be designed with love and compassion, with emotions and understandings and above all by use of peace and harmony so as to be able to to ensure real brotherhood!

Amitabh Bachchan ki (Vi) jay Ho!

I would rather be expecting comments on this particular piece not for the sake of emotional relief at getting a response, but to get an answer on your preparedness to take up such a challenging role in real and reel life! You got to say a Yes or a No - Either Yes we can do it or No, I don't think so! (The we and I have great significance here!).

Abhaya Sharma, USIS, February 26/27 2009 1:14 AM IST

Celebrities proposal - As an anchor

2009-02-24T05:37:00.001-08:00

Respected Brother

Love and regards

I have just finished reading some other comments from EF. The best way to tackle this mediamen would be to come up with some new constructive projects. I remember some few months back I had asked for a favor of hosting Celebrities . Youc ould give it a serious consideration. After all, Television is much more powerful medim and if intelligent people like you could take that cause a bit further like with your KBC epsiodes it would have far great impact than on the blog. ou could then post us the best part of celebrities on the blog alo with your own posts to us. I personally feel that time is now, you could have immediately asked Kareena to come and drop in her views on the subject of being misused by Headlines Today or Aaj Tak, actually, you could take upon mch better subjects than Kareena's involvement.

I would not mind seeing you anchoring a show tat could go a long way to highlight India's positive image to bring to one's notice the strides that ndia has been making forward. That alone could mean a substantial contribution from a talented actor of your calibre. The list of people on te show could even includpoliticians, sportsman, scientists, industrialist, social workers, institutions and agencies that feel wish to take India ahead with their work. You could air your views to us in a more real way if you share the Television space even once in a week.

I agree with Ravi ji, No I have npt yet read the article by Kashmira ji that he referred that one should takea shot at the erring media but probably a better approach would be to send down constructive through Celebrities or any other programme that you mightjust like to anchor. This would also bring back some people back to Television, me included! I find the Television such a boring exercise that I sometimes don't even hear the news, if what they show is how Kareena treated you or harping upon the same issues over and over again!

I would very much love to hear what do you think of taking up to such proposals. I am convinced there would be several producers who would like to amalgamate you with Teleivision all ovr again after that stupendous success of Kaun Banega Crorepati firs and second! Just think over it, you definitely can do it, and sponsors can not be a problem for such a big brand that is Amitabh Bachchan. I hope several in the EFwould agree with me and my proposal.

Hope to see something on these lines in your next blog and not as a response to me, ravi ji or even kashmiraji whose blog I would read after submitting this piece of post.
Love, affection and committed viewership on proposed TV program!

Abhaya Sharma, India February 24 2009 7.00 PM IST

Post Script: T20 is the only format of cricket that keeps my interest alive in the game, I wish India plays more of T20 with two coming up against Newzealand tomorrow and a few days later, this itself could form a good topic of debate - Is it time to call it quits to Test Cricket! (especially in the light of piles of runs being amassed in Pakistan Srilanka test underway with no audience to greet or react ot the great centurions!). I feel it is time enough that if not shut down Test cricket reduce the number of Test matches. My wish list includes for a tour - Five T20 games, Three one day games and maybe one Test match! It is a sure formula for upliftmet of the game and who knows its entry into olympics! Post script is agin tending towards infinity. I stop here somewhat unwillingly! I shall write more on my blog though!

Day306 of AF's blog

2009-02-24T01:08:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother

Sadar Pranaam

I am with you in this matter of treating Headlines Today or Aaj Tak, I had earlier pointed my fingers at such coverage but with the mistake of believing them! It is different that I had reversed or rather erased my opinion of her later. I do believe that what you said and proved never occured to my mind at all! That media could be playing truant! Oh! this is the most disgusting piece of TV journalism, presenting their kind of story highlighting such acts was not good even if it was true, but now that you have clarified and I can not disbelieve the picture that you have presented here as an evidence to the contrary, it hurts to see that we Indians could sometimes stoop so low in our behaviour. It is all right, but it is high time that we change ourselves for the better!

I need to extend my congratulations for the Oscar mention of Gulzar sahab amongst the recipients as well! It was different that he could not be present there and highly humane to bestow all the credit over to Rahman! I know that lyrics play an important role in a song. especially in Hindi songs of the yesteryears. I have such great liking for him especially - mora gora ang lai le, mohe shyaam rang dei de in Bandini probably his first hindi film song- it is outstanding! Congratulations Gulzaar saab.

I am happy for your today’s comments and particularly clarifying your stand to take up matters that concern you personally and your immediate famly. I am one of those who have begged of you to not care too much for below par remarks bysome of us (not the media), There is a hell of a difference in what Pooja Shrivastav, Parag Gandhi or some other write here on the blog and what Aaj Tak, Headlines Today and the media make up stories to malign your image. These people (the media) are doing with some wrong intent and should not be ignored! I am clear in mind that they need to be confronted!

More later
Abhaya Sharma, India February 24 2009

Oscarization of Rahman!

2009-02-23T20:51:00.000-08:00

Respected Brother

Sadar Charan Sparsh

Not one but two Indians share three oscars this year! It must be a great feeling for the Resul and Rahman of Slumdog Millionaire. I am happy for them, not becuase they achieved the oscar but more for the recognition of their talent. as someone said that Jay ho and the score of Slumdog is not what has been the best from Rahman himself, I would rather put Vande Mataram as his pinnacle- the music moves you and probably more so as it was enacted so very well at Nirmala College of Muvattapuzha more than a year ago when we went their for Awareness program. I had recorded the brilliant performance by the students of the college and till date I feel that they had performed extraordinarily, if I had not lost my digital camera at Cochin airport or enroute to Mumbai that day, I would have proved my point. I wish someone from the college could put it on Youtibe or send me a copy- that would be a great service to me.

Coming back to Rahman - I think his best number I like other than the Vande mataram is - Dil hai chhota sa chhoti si asha- Oh it is very catchy tune! I might have had an oipinion of Rahman that his music is too similar to his own previous pieces - yet Vande Mataram was quite different and great work! If he had got an oscar for that it would have been more understandable atleast to me. Yet a recognition at the highest level - Yes, I do consider despite all my writings against Slumdog and my reservations about the film - that yes it matters a great deal to win an Oscar- it is not the only milestone that one could achieve yet a big honor for anyone in any category.

The two awards that have come for Rahman are actually big awards- lot of people in the world would come to know of Indian musician winning two Oscars- I naturally assume that many would also go a bit further and find out more for India’s music and musicians- They might also go on to discover Naushad and Sachin Dev Burman and they may also realize how the world has been so apathetic to the Indian recognition at Oscars.

The victory for Slumdog is not an Indian victory - however well crafted the slumdog millionaire could be, when I have formed an opinion of it as an anti-India or rather displaying India in too poor a light, I will not go and watch the movie even if brother (Amitabh Bachchan) asks me to join him! It is not to display my strong adamant behaviour or apathy for the film, I somehow can not like india to be shown in poor light when in fact it is actually moving ahead in rapid strides in almost every field! I think India is truly a country that has not been affected too seriously by the Recession!

I think I have been too rigid in my stand (on slumdog!) - whatever be the reason, mai aisa hi hoon, jo achcha lage to apna lo jo bura lage to jaane do.

If I do not congratulate the two Indians at oscar it would be unbecoming of me!

CONGRATULATIONS RAHMAN AND RASOOL FOR WINNING THREE OSCARS. WE ARE PROUD OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS. DANNY BOYLE AND THE TEAM SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE ALSO DESERVE A PAT ON THE BACK FOR EIGHT OSCARS FOR THEIR EFFORTS!

Abhaya Sharma, India February 23 2009 11:59 AM

Post Script: I found that on day 306 some other Abhaya Sharma has surfaced, please do not confuse me with him, I have wanted to be short in my communications to you but have never achieved to be so short, and the remarks what you think of SM are completely contradictory to my standing on the movie- I would not be able to watch the movie even if you take me along with you to the best theatre, not that it would not be a good movie but probably as it wrongly shows the kind of life our slums actually live!