Meditation: Sleep and Peace

Mai Jaha rahu- Nameste London

A. R. Rehman- Sufi

Kailash Kher

Everything's 'out there'.. nothing is 'in here'...

Wanna write my thoughts on latest messaging buzz of tweeting and social networking like facebook, myspace and orkut!! Initially, it was all good, new, exciting.. meeting with long lost friends, catching up with their lives, professions and new additions in their families. But, lately I am getting a feeling if it is too much of social networking? Is it me or someone else also feels the same way...Orkut, facebook is getting bored.. flooded with some 'best' and 'not so best' friends including 'just acquaintances'. There are some 150 'friends' in my social networking site but how many of them really knows me or I know them. A person you met over potluck, exchanges the id with the hope to get to know you better.. which in this busy life never happens and we feel happy that the number increased from 150 to 151. And what if I don't want to share everything to everyone? What if I don't want 151 friends know my state of mind but want only particualr 20 friends know what I feel today? Why all information is out there for everyone? Now on my own space I am jeopardize and hide my emotions.. Now I am looking for less crowded place to be one to one!!!

When I visited India for two months, I hardly felt the need to check my social sites and believe me not for a single moment I felt socially deprived. Ironically, most of my friends now reside here in the USA and home town is left with only 3 friends. Then why I don't miss those 151 friends for two months? Why meeting with 3 friends couple of times in two months leave you contained with the idea of social networking? Why that is not the case having 151 friends around me 24*7 on so called 'social sites'? Why I feel the urge for having only one friend in your life whom I may meet once awhile but can reach out anytime, can talk, share my thoughts, discuss global issues, laugh, hug, give hi5, fight over some silly things, cry over their shoulders on a bad breakups and find strength in them. Now the question is what the role of social networking? Is it mearly just hangout place? Is it a good source to advertise your products, ideas, sale your classes, events? Let people know what you are up to? Oh yeah... basically it is not social networking site, it should be called marketing networking site...

This reminds me "Paradox of our age"- a quote by Dalai Lama. We are living in a society where values, time, language and relations are becoming steep and short. Your day is bombarded by short tweets and ideas and information about 151 friends- in short.. your page if full of information about who is upto what. Everyone wants to share 'out there' to let people know but nothing want to store 'in here' to learn about self. Everything is short and so do the understanding. To say I have 151 friends 'out there', but only few 'in here'.

Thought of the Day

Currently giving a lot of thought on what I should write in thought of the day section, but didn't come up with anything special. So thought to write my this thought as a thought of the day.. :). Don't wanna write quotes that are mostly available on google. Really wanna make my blog special with writing good thought provoking matters. May be I need to observe and read more in order to write...

My father wants me to start writing again. I used to write some nice stuff back during my teen years.. and then I got education and my talents got stumped.. now I am bemused by someone else's shayaris and poems and doubt if I still can write..

Tera Mera Pyaar Sanam - Bombay Wikings-Falguni Pathak

Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali -Yaad saath hai...

Kalyug

Maula mere maula

Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali- O re Piya

Punjab

Tere ishq me...

Kabhi Kabhi...

Thought of the day

Dil to ek zid pe ada hai kisi bachhe ki tarah.. ya to sab kuch hi ise chahiye ya kuch bhi nahi...
Par...
kabhi kisi ko mukammal jahan nahi milta..

Thought of the day

My hubby: Do you really love me?
Me:Why you asking? (With suspicious expressions)
My hubby: Humm...(With a mysterious smile) I have this great pizza coupon.. so...
Now that is called a height of blackmailing....(oh yeah.. the home cooked food is ready btw!!)

Thought of the day

Hum to khade hai wahi pe jaha se ek yaad chali hai!!!

British airways!!

Jalebi...

Thought of the Day

Heard from a friend today...

Bai Sexual .. the new name for Maid for Each Others...

Doodh Doodh Doodh, Wonderful...

Hamara Bajaj

Happy B'day!!

Fevicol...

chutki me chipkaey

Camlin marker

Respect your national anthem

Cadbury...

Late ho gaya.. ab kya?

Welcome to my blog

This is my world of family, friends, stories, my interests and moments that are precious to me. Please stop by and have a look... Drop few lines.. Enjoy!!

Let me know how you like my blog and what you want to see here!!!

Swati

P.S.: I am new to blogging so if you have any idea on how to make this blog more beautiful... let me know. I'll keep adding pics, music, stories and more... Please come back to check them out..!!!

Recipe Section

Hi...

Soon I will upload some of my best recipes that I have tried and people like my way. Since I am vegetarian, most recipes would be veg.. Come back to check them out !!!

If you need any recipe... just ask me. If you have some secret recipes that you would like to share with me.. I would love to try my hands on!!!

Download songs- My favorites of Kishore Kumar

To start with, here are some of my favorite songs of the legendary Kishore Kumar. I have rated them as per my liking. Most of them are available online. But you can find them all here... download and enjoy...

Aanewala pal- Kishore Kumar *****
Ai zindagi hui kaha- Kishore Kumar *****

Badi sooni sooni hai- Kishore Kumar *****
Bhool gaya sab kuch - Kishore Kumar *****

Chingari koi bhadke- Kishore Kumar *****
Choo kar mere maan ko- Kishore Kumar *****

Dil aaj shayar hai- Kishore Kumar *****
Dil kya kare jab kisiko- Kishore Kumar *****
Dilbar mere kab tak muze- Kishore Kumar *****
Diye jalte hai - Kishore Kumar *****

Haan paheli baar - Kishore Kumar *****
Har koi chahata hai ek - Kishore Kumar ****
Hame tumse pyaar kitna- Kishore Kumar *****
Hazaar raahein mud ke dekhi- Kishore Kumar *****
Hotho pe jaan chali aayegi- Kishore Kumar *****
Hum bewafa- Kishore Kumar *****

Jab dard nahi tha seene me- Kishore Kumar ***
Jeevan se bhari teri aankhen- Kishore Kumar *****

Kabhi palkon pe aansu hai - Kishore Kumar *****
Kahan tak yeh maan ko- Kishore Kumar *****
Kashti ka khamosh safar- Kishore Kumar *****
Kiska rasta dekhe- Kishore Kumar ****
Kitne atal the tere irade- Kishore Kumar ****
Koi hota jisko apna- Kishore Kumar ****
Kuchh to log kahenge- Kishore Kumar *****
Kya khabar kya pata- Kishore Kumar *****
Kya yahi pyaar hai- Kishore Kumar *****

Lahero ki tarah yaadain- Kishore Kumar *****

Manzile apni jagah hai- Kishore Kumar ****
Main shayar badnaam- Kishore Kumar ****
Maine tere liye hi- Kishore Kumar *****
Mere maheboob qyamat hogi- Kishore Kumar ***
Mere naina saawan bhado - Kishore Kumar *****

Neele neele ambar par- Kishore Kumar ****
O hansani - Kishore Kumar *****
O mere dil ke chain- Kishore Kumar *****
O saathi re - Kishore Kumar *****

Pal Pal dil ke paas - Kishore Kumar ****
Phir wohi raat hai - Kishore Kumar *****
Phoolon ke rang se- Kishore Kumar *****
Pyaar Deewana hota hai- Kishore Kumar ****
Pyaar hame kis mod pe - Kishore Kumar *****
Pyaar maanga hai tumhi se- Kishore Kumar *****

Raaho pe rahete hai - Kishore Kumar *****
Rhim zhim gire saawan- Kishore Kumar *****

Sama hai suhaana suhaana- Kishore Kumar ****
Sheeshe ke gharon me- Kishore Kumar ****
Shokhiyo me ghoola jaaye - Kishore Kumar *****

Thoda hai thode ki zaroorat hai- Kishore Kumar *****
Tum bin jaao kaha - Kishore Kumar *****

Woh shaam kuch ajeeb thi- Kishore Kumar *****

Yaadon me woh- Kishore Kumar ****
Yeh kya hua- Kishore Kumar ***
Yeh jo mohabbat hai - Kishore Kumar *****
Yeh laal rang - Kishore Kumar ****

My favorite album videos

Check out some of the videos I like from my 20's. It was a start of MTV, Channel-V and album songs and some of the videos touched my heart and stayed ever in my memory because of the songs, lyrics, artists and the feel... Hope you like them. Do they make album videos anymore??

Swades - Baroda .. Spent the most memorable time of my life!!

KK- Awarapan .. One of my all time fav

KK- Pal- To hogi khushnasibi...

KK - Yaaron Dosti... Dedicated to all my friends.. Missing friends in life..Oh... getting senti

Ali Haider- Purani jeans.. bas yaadein... For all my friends...

Kishore- Hotho pe jaan chali aayegi

Mujhe pyar hai tum se

Abhijit Pohankar- Piya Bawari

Khoya khoya chand

Ustad- Kate nahi raat

Lucky/Kavita- Gori teri aankhen

Sukhwinder- Pyar hota hai

Jagjit/Lata/Asha- Dekh ke tumko

Jagjit/Lata/Asha- Kahin kahin se

IPL

Busy following IPL... Not sure which team to cheer for... May be Chennai Super King, or Kings XI Punjab or Mumbai Indians... Off.. it's tough. let's see.