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India's Independence Day

14th August is India's Independence Day, and seeing that I love the national anthem so much, here is a video of my favourite version, available for download on the link below.

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Jana Gana Mana invokes the pride that the people of India feel in belonging to the country. The national anthem of India, it binds the otherwise multi-lingual nation into one whole. The words of Jana Gana Mana proudly describe this unity of being. The tribute that the song pays to its people is reflected in this powerful film representing the most refined voices of India. The biggest artists of Indian music come together to acknowledge their pride in the country.

The National Anthem:

Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka, jaya he

Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.

Punjab-Sindh-Gujarat-Maratha

Dravida-Utkala-Banga

Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga

Uchchala-Jaladhi-taranga.

Tava shubha name jage,

Tava shubha asisa mange,

Gahe tava jaya gatha,

Jana-gana-mangala-dayaka jaya he

Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.

Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he,

Jaya jaya jaya, jaya he!

Quote from Life in a Metro - For Haniksha

Shruti: So you found a girl on Shaadi.com?

Monty: No, my mother's been looking for a girl for me, 5 feet 4 inch, Fair, Four figure salary, convent educated, and she has a good figure. Mother says she looks like Bipasha, I haven't seen any of Bipasha's movies, so I'll watch some of her movies now.

Shruti: If you don't fall in love with her, how can you marry her?

Monty: Love will follow later.

Shruti: If it doesn't, then what?

Monty: Relationships don't come with any guarantees, you can't take them back if they don't work, you know? We might fall in love. I'll take a chance. If you try, anything is possible. Everything will be alright, don't worry.

The Guy on the Bicycle

On Monday afternoon, I met "The Guy on the Bicycle". I wondered who in their right mind would actually come to a Backpackers Lodge on a bicycle?!? Then I started speaking to him, and this is what he said:

• He realised he needed to make a change when both his parents passed away from cancer without ever owning a passport
• He needed to be happy, he told me that the world is too "wage" conscious, people are working so hard to get a better car, a better house, and all the latest gadgets, only to spend most of their lives working for these "toys", that they cannot enjoy it
• He told me that we define our own happiness, only we can decide who and what makes us happy
• He left his home in London and has been travelling for one and a half years and is now on his way to Cape Town
  

This is the lessons I learnt from him:

• The simple things in life should make us happy
• Decide on what makes you happy and just do it
• Life is too short to waste time and be un-happy, start it now without any delays
• Life is meant to be "lived" and not "worked"
• Reduce the material possessions and live simply
• No matter what material possession you have, it cannot go with you
• Never under-estimate the lovely taste of a simple meal
• Do not complicate your lives

Together

We are together once again, after so many lifetimes together,
We meet in this life, our paths were destined to cross,
We met at the crossroads of love, deciding to walk together
For a short while, our path destined to be together, but
The path for us is without each other, and we arrive at another
Crossroad of Love, It hurts to let you go on your own pathway, and
Me on my own pathway, but this is the crossroads of Love.

Crossroads meet and split, because thats how crossroads are,
They are just intersections of Life, and when I look back to
Our past crossroads, you were with me, but for this life,
We have chosen different pathways at this intersection, and
I know that our pathways will cross once again, not in this
Life, but in the next, who knows, we might meet again.

I remember in a past life, you were the little girl escaping
Together with me from the dark room they locked me in,
In another, You were my wife, being with me up till the very
Last moment I crossed over, we've been together many lifetimes,
And I will not stop you from your path in this lifetime.

We were once together and will be together once again...

Raksha Bandhan

A Rakhi is not just a thread! It is a precious bond of love between a brother and a sister, that holds together our yesterdays, our todays and our tomorrows. Happy Raksha Bandhan

Speak from the Heart

Do not be afraid of speaking from the heart, do not wait a second longer, if you wait, seconds become minutes, minutes become hours, hours become days, days become months and months become years!

Life is too short, do not wonder about "what ifs", live your life now and speak from the heart!