My Second Composition

Below is my second composition titled "Jaana Meri Jaana". Click to play or use link below to download.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6669231

Lyrics -
jaana meri jaana
mere khwaabon mein
tu naa aana.

tu mere din aur raat mein
khamoshi aur baat mein
jaane jaana tu kahan
aa ke mujhe bataana

jaana meri jaana
mere khwaabon mein
tu naa aana -2

tu mere sangeet mein
mere labon ke geet mein
jaane jaana meri dhun mein
dhun mein tu samaana

jaana meri jaana
mere khwaabon mein
tu naa aana.

tu naa aana ...fade

Manpreet's tag

Manpreet tagged me on this with instructions to do it soon. So here are the answers :
I’m: my image of myself.

I think: that I think too much.

I know: that I know less.

I want: my wants to end.

I have: a reasonable good heart.

I wish: I was able to live life completely in the present cherishing each and every moment without thinking of past or future.

I hate: when I am misunderstood and when in the middle of my sleep it dawns on me that I have forgot to put milk in the refrigerator.

I miss: the love of ‘love’ of my life, my future wife.

I fear: death.

I feel: I should be more tactful while dealing with people.

I hear: my inner voice.

I smell: of the deodorant I am wearing.

I crave: to be with the nature and learning and playing guitar all the time.

I search: for my things when I loose them and that includes peace of mind.

I wonder: how humans came into being, if man made God or God made man and ‘when’ did time came into existence.

I regret: not learning music and guitar early in my life.

I love: being in love with myself.

I ache: to be on a joy ride again in a helicopter.
I care: not to hurt others.

I believe: that beliefs are a part of individual conditioning and everybody has one.

I dance: whenever I feel like when I am alone, in marriages or with like minded friends.

I sing: whenever I feel like, sometimes all day long and mostly within myself.

I cry: when I feel or imagine the happening of true love.

I fight: only when I am hard pressed for it.

I write: when there’s no other choice of communicating.

I win: hearts of little children by being generous to them.

I lose: the track of the already visited location when in a new city.

I never: fail to compliment tasty dishes even if made by a person I don’t like.

I always: try to balance things, thoughts and ideas in my life. ( Libran trait)

I confuse: between various dal(cereals) names.(eg. Dal arhar, dal moong, dal masran)

I listen: to all kinds of music.

I can usually be found: doing work in my office or reading, learning or playing guitar and doing daily chores when at home.

I am scared: of loosing myself in the crowd.

I need: balance in my life.

I am happy about: giving meaning to my life through my own will.

'Mein Kho Jaoon' song gets a Booster

Got help from a keyboard player 'keoraf' who lives in Holland. He did the 'Mein kho jaun' song which was posted earlier on his keyboard and contributed to my song via net and did it beautifully. He has to his credit many karaoke versions of various songs. I then gave the song the vocals and the result is below. Novices like me feel indebted to people who take time and effort to give encouragement.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6646859

Lyrics -
mein kho jaaun
teri yaadon mein -2

tu hai basi
mere khyalon mein

mein kho jaaun
teri in yaadon mein-2

tum door kyon khadi
pass aao na
jaan ho meri
jaan jao na

tum bhi kuch kaho
hum bhi kuch kahen
baaton baaton mein
tum yaad aao na

hum bhi tum bhi
milenge kabhi

mein kho jaun
teri yaadon mein - 2

tum yaad mein meri
bas jao na
tum ruh mein meri
sama jao na

tum paas mein raho
door jao na
chahte meri
poori kar jao na

hum bhi tum bhi
milenge kahin

mein kho jaun
teri yaadon mein -2

tu hai basi
mere khyalon mein

mein kho jaun
teri yaadon mein -2

No television

I have come to the feeling about television the way I do about hamburgers: I eat a lot of hamburgers and I don't remember a single one of them. -John Barrow

If you are reading this post probably theres a high probability that you own a television and watch it daily, not the case with the writer of this blog. Not to point out or say that its a big thing to do but I think 25 yrs was a sufficient time for me to understand the reality of wasting my time seeing the illusions (blended with reality) through a television set. No doubt I still revel and cherish the memories of my favourite programmes I used to watch during my teens when there was only one channel 'Doordarshan' which did not give us much choice as the programmes were so few in number yet I don't think it was late when reality struck on me and I decided not to purchase television when I started living alone around 7 years back. Since then I haven't felt any strong desire to own a set. Any passing thought of owing one is followed by bouts of thoughts of the mess it will make (or I will make) if I bought one. In fact my living alone makes up a strong case for me to own one.Quite often it surprises people around me when I tell them that I don't own a t.v all the while expecting me to give my views on a particular program they have watched. As it happened twice today it compelled me to write this post.

I won't call it an idiot box as the term is often coined to it. In fact it has benefited the society in many ways. Little children and old people who may have denied access to the wonderful world of reading and activities due to their physical inabilities surely benefit. Professionals in the busy corporate world get a chance to have a look at the happenings around them during their short break through
television. But this is not the case with everyone. Its only that we people who have been brought up on the diet of television watching which has now become an integral part of our daily lives don't really know how the other side is as they haven't walked into it.All of us accept the fact that too much of everything is bad.But when it comes to implementing it in case of watching too much television we simply don't show the guts.

Next time just try to watch out the time you devote to surfing channels (which are at least a hundred in the city I live). This time excludes the time you actually devote to a program you find interesting (or not interesting) before u switch to the main channel you are watching.
No doubt the images get registered into our mind much fast than the written word but the written word provides us to think on different dimensions.The places and histories we can visit through our imagination through the written media provide us with an infinite field which the stuffy media fails to showcase us. Only then the essence of our imagination can be realised. The retention of data of voice and images from television in our mind is very less. Moreover in spite of there being so many channels the choice of what to beam solely rest on the channel producers for whom we are just one more product.

Yes I do understand that news and informative live programs (be it live news or sports) and science channels do hold an edge over other mediums of information yet I m sure and confirm that if one is not 'crazy' enough and if one just tries to identify and pick up some other sources and mediums he can really nullify the losses. Moreover what I have found out is that even the news that we watch only a small percentage is actually what we retain or want to retain.The same goes for science channels.Certainly I have to miss live events (in my case live cricket) but that price is worth paying for.

The real life offers more wonderful things for relaxation and adventure that can't be offered through the square box in our living room.In my case if I had television I don't think I would have found time to learn guitar which I think I have started a little late in my life.A morning or evening walk through the serene nature,an open mind to know the events around you, and a realization about the things that will make you happy in the real life will be more rewarding than the pleasure and knowledge offered to you by the television set. We can leave the television for others in our family who need. It is not necessary that we have to constrain ourselves from something that pleases us the most. We will find time to meet our loved ones and build our relationships. Not making TV an essential part of life will make us to experience the essentials of our life. Moreover with the passing of time we will come to understand that life without television is not a mishappening, but something closer to LIFE.

My first composition

So this is my first composed song titled 'Mein Kho jaun'. Although I had posted it on soundclick some days ago, I am posting its link here today after getting some sound advices from critics who no doubt are pretending to be soft on me. Devoid of any teacher or guide they definitely are a source of encouragement for me.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6555366

Shabad (Ja ke vas hain khan sultan)

I often listen to shabads (hymns from sikh religion) so I gave it a try on my guitar with the shabad 'Ja ke vas hain khan sultan'. It is said that if one sings this shabad daily one is blessed with lots of money. No wonder I sometimes sit on heaps of it.
Singing this shabad in my own way has definitely hurt some souls who have told me that shabads should not be turned into tunes of pop culture. I am with them if the shabad is made of some song tune already used. I differ though if the music is ones own creation.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6513352

Learning guitar

Since I started learning acoustic guitar last year, what I have felt is that there's a huge difference if one compares it with hawaian guitar which is also known as Indian classical guitar. The latter is played by keeping it on lap and wearing steel nails. The sound it gives is of one string at a time so one does not get different variety of sounds at one go as is the case in acoustic(spanish) version. In spanish version the sound is more like whoosh and the strings can be played lighter or harder as the case may be unlike the Hawaian one. Having some knowledge about Hawaian guitar which I learnt in school has helped me to learn this version much fast. The acoustic guitar is a completely different instrument as chords (where more than one string is to be strung at the same time) are to be changed frequently to move between the related scale. No doubt it needs lots of practice but once initial struggle comeees through it becomes easy afterwards. What I have found out is that by learning just a few chords which are mostly used and a bit of music mind one can play a number of songs. People who have some fair knowledge about chords will agree that chords like Cmajor, Dmajor/minor, Gmajor, Fmajor, Emajor/minor, Amajor/minor are sufficient to play lots of songs if one is good enough in changing chord patterns. Moreover if one can make his/her own strumming patterns the song will sound much better. As for me, my strumming pattern still needs to be improved as it is still of generic nature. Here are the links of some guitar sites which offer good learning tips and advice and which I took help from initially.

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Sanskrit shlok

Yav Jivet sukham jivet
Rinam kritva dhrit pibet
bhasmi bhutasya dehsya
punaragaman kutah.

A sanskrit Shlok meaning :
Live happily while you are alive
drink ghee by taking loan
your body will turn into ashes
who says there's life after death.

Poems

These are a couple of poems I scribbled years ago :

When my life was so lonely

and the sky was dark above

I met a noble soul

who taught me how to love
The days became joyous

the life became worth seeing

Little did i knew

it was for the time being
Never in my life

so restless I have been

That too for a reason

the fate I've never seen
How fool I was

when I thought of the face

Little did I knew

the soul seeks the embrace
Was this the reason

why we both have met

To leave each other now

conditions being met
Should we avoid love

because of this big fear

That when it is lost

we wil not be able to bear
I am not a poet

nor have something to admire

To become ones friend

is my only desire.

**************

A time came when it looked

everything was lost

A ship to be rebuit

but no one knew the cost
Out of a whirlpool

then a storm came

The more the ship resisted

more tough it became
The ship is now sailing

smoothly in the sea

How far it wil travel

thats what we have to see
Hurdles may come again

and it will be a test

The ship will have to prove

its different from the rest
May the ship sail endless

thats wat I implore

It should never rest

theres so much to explore
I am not a poet

no matter what may seem

Long live our ship

thats my only dream.

*************

Journey in Indian Rail

As i have been to many places since childhood the experiences in indian railways are abound. Both positive and negative. Indian railways provide a very gud opportunity for a person to know the real and true india.It provides a practical experience which cant be found in books related to the subject. Its a place where people from various cutlutre and creed come together to share their experiences. By Being a silent listener one can know not only different people's reactions and emotions on various topics but also how each individual behaves when in a group. So the first postivie effect it had on me was to know the real and true india seeing new faces and then coming to terms with them.
Of all the negative experiences the topmost was when our coach was looted by a group who had gained unauthorised entry with country made pistols and took valuables. They then made the train come to halt by pulling the chain and got down.I on my part had to part with only 200 bucks as the person who was asking for money was called by one of his friends. I also saw the shooting of a fellow passenger who resisted them. The train was stopped at the next station and the passenger who was lying in pool of blood was rushed to hospital.
The other experience pertains to the accident happened in front of my eyes when i saw a women labourer trying to get into the running train got slipped although i took care to hold her. She went below the tracks but it was a miraculous escape as she suffered only a broken hand.
The last one was the experience as how a gentleman looses insanity when he looses his money. He was a trader who was going home with Rs 1.5 lakh after getting reimbursments of his trades. Suddenly at night he found that his money has got stolen. He started crying out loud, lied on the floor and later on even tried to commit suicide by trying to jump out of the train.

Why Infinity ends here?

It ends here because the time you say these words "infinity ends here" you are contradicting the very nature of your sentence and the meaning it gives. In this paradox lies the mystery and meaning of life. Its like a circle which has not beginning and no end. Its just like thinking on a thought. The very thinking on a thought either consiously or unconsiously (however you perceive it) means that one more thought now has been added to think about and one more and one more.....and thus infinity takes charge from then on.

REALITY is what we take to be TRUE

What we take to be TRUE is what we BELIEVE

What we BELIEVE is based upon our PERCEPTION

What we PERCEIVE depends upon our EXPERIENCE

What we EXPERIENCE in turn depends on what we PERCEIVE

What we PERCEIVE determines what we BELIEVE

What we BELIEVE determines what we take to be TRUE

What we take to be TRUE is our REALITY

CIRCLE OF LIFE IS COMPLETE !!