O pen up…

aaj mausam..mmm.. bada beimaan ha.i.. bada (try to forget all your worries)
beimaan ha.i.., aaj mau..sam
aane vaa..laa.. kO..ii toofaan ha.i.. koii
toofaan ha.i.., aaj mau..sam

Lakhon Hein Nigaah Mein, (roll your eyelids and sing dreamily)
Zindagi Ki Raah Mein,
Sanam Haseen Jawaa…a..n,
Hoton Pe Gulaab Hai,
Aankhon Mein Sharaab Hai,
LEQkin Voh Baath Kaha..an..?

And the final Kishore da touch…

Mere sapnon ki rani kab aayegi tu (remember Rajesh Khanna looking at Sharmila through the rearview mirror)
Aayi rut mastaani kab aayegi tu
Beeti jaaye zindagaani kab aayegi tu (Just chill out)
Chali aa, tu chali aa

Mere sapnon ki rani kab aayegi tu
Aayi rut mastaani kab aayegi tu
Beeti jaaye zindagaani kab aayegi tu
Chali aa, tu..u chali aa

Pyaar ki galiyaan (pippipippipiou.. pippipippipiou),
baagon ki kaliyaan (pippipippipiou.. pippipippipiou),
Sab rang raliyaa.an poochh rahi hain

Pyaar ki galiyaan, baagon ki kaliyaan,
Sab rang raliyaan poochh rahi hain
Geet panghat pe kis din gaayegi tu (tarampum)

Mere sapnon ki rani kab aayegi tu
Aayi rut mastaani kab aayegi tu
Beeti jaaye zindagaani kab aayegi tu
Chali aa, tu chali aa
Chali aa, haan tu..u chali aa
Chali aa, tu.. chali aa
Chali aa, haan tu chali aa

Are yodley..hee.. yoodley..hee.. ho..hoo.. yoodley.. hi.. yodley.. hi..hO
yodley..hee.. yoodley..hee.. ho..hoo.. yoodley.. hi.. yodley.. hi..hO
yodley..hee.. yoodley..hee.. ho..hoo.. yoodley.. hi.. yodley.. hi..hO
yodley..hee.. yoodley..hee.. ho..hoo.. yoodley.. hi.. yodley.. hi..hO

I love Rafi and Kishore…

yodley..hee.. yoodley..hee.. ho..hoo.. yoodley.. hi.. yodley.. hi..hO (volume fading)
yodley..hee.. yoodley..hee.. ho..hoo.. yoodley.. hi.. yodley.. hi..hO

Hi,

One other of my favourite songs…

Feelin blue, while Im trying to forget the feeling that I miss you
Feelin green, when the jealousy swells and it wont go away in dreams

Feelin yellow, Im confused inside
A little hazy but mellow when I feel your eyes on me

Feelin fine! sublime!
When that smile of yours creeps into my mind

Oh oh

Nobody told me youd feel so good
Nobody said youd be so beautiful
Nobody warned me about your smile
Youre the light, youre the light
When I close my eyes
Im colour blind

You make me colour blind

Feelin red, when you spend all your time with your friends and not me instead
Feelin black, when I think about all the things that I feel I lack

Feelin jaded, when its not gone right
All the colours have faded, then I feel your eyes on me

Feelin fine! sublime!
When that smile of yours creeps into my mind

Mm mm

Nobody told me youd feel so good
Nobody said youd be so beautiful
Nobody warned me about your smile
Youre the light, youre the light
When I close my eyes
Im colour blind

You make me colour blind

Blinded by the light you shine, the colours fade completely
Blinded by you every time, I feel your smile defeat me

Im colour blind
I just cant deny this feeling

Nobody told me youd feel so good
Nobody said youd be so beautiful
Nobody warned me about your smile
Youre the light, youre the light
When I close my eyes
Im colour blind

Nobody told me youd feel so good
Nobody said youd be so beautiful
Nobody warned me about your smile
Youre the light, youre the light
When I close my eyes
Im colour blind

You make me colour blind

Im colour blind

Hi,

This morning when I was just about to leave for office, I heard this song ‘Another Day In Paradise’ by Phil Collins. It somehow touched me maybe ‘cos I have been thinking of social service lately. The following are the lyrics of the song (it has a very nice catchy tune too): 

She calls out to the man on the street
“Sir, can you help me?
It’s cold and I’ve nowhere to sleep,
Is there somewhere you can tell me?”

He walks on, doesn’t look back
He pretends he can’t hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there

Oh think twice, it’s another day for
You and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it’s just another day for you,
You and me in paradise

She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she’s been crying
She’s got blisters on the soles of her feet
Can’t walk but she’s trying

Oh think twice…

Oh lord, is there nothing more anybody can do
Oh lord, there must be something you can say

You can tell from the lines on her face
You can see that she’s been there
Probably been moved on from every place
‘Cos she didn’t fit in there

Oh think twice…

This reminded me of something I had attempted to do 3 days ago but I don’t know whether it materialised. There was this dead dog lying on my favourite road – Intermediate Ring Road. It was lying there for 5 days, still nothing was done to remove it or bury it. So I had decided to call up Yellow pages to do what I can do. They gave me the number of an organization called CUPA which takes care of dogs. When I informed them about the situation, they suggested some other number of a Municipality MO which takes care of the corpses and ended up the call saying, “Very kind of you”. Felt good but when I called up these Municipality offices, I was suggested a new number each time. I called up the Koramangala number and when I told him that the corpse was lying towards the other side of the signal, he said that area comes under the jurisdiction of Domlur and gave me a new number. I called even that number, they noted down the number but Alas nothing has been done for 2 days. But yesterday I saw it has finally been cleared dunno whether it was my call that led to the action.

Neways here are my ideas about social service. I think we need an opportunity to do it. It is probably tough to be generous when a lil’ child approaches you on the busy streets of MG Road, but if you can take the time and plan something along with your peers donating your money and services, something constructive can be done. All the same the words

He walks on, doesn’t look back
He pretends he can’t hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there
do apply to me and it does embarass when you see real pain but can’t do anything. Probably a change of attitude is needed. Why not take a minute out of your precious schedule to smile at the gal and donate a 1 rupee coin?