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Posted: 15 years ago

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On that note, here is something else that I keep seeing....This is by Jagadguru Kripalu ji. He is def. gonna go to God's land.

The knowledge this person has is beyond words to say. And the way he was chosen Jagadguru, he has all the rights to it[[can google and find :)]] If somone asks me, he is the MOST knowledgeable person in todays world on our Hindu scriptures and after all that, what does he say? Happiness is found only in BHAKTI. In God's devotion. How he explains it here is Brilliant........

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7FtUOUEP8s[/YOUTUBE]

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Thanks to LJ(will reply soon to the post), I just remembered I have to post the pics....At the moment, I dont have very clear ones :( But here is one which is the most clear one....and yes suree, LJ, you can make sigs out of it or watever u want :))

Its got a bit more constructed so will take the new pic and post it as well 😊

And IDK if I posted this before or not but guys, on last months new year day I think acc. to our Hindu calender it was, this friend of my father gave us a Ganesh ji idol :-) He didnt know it was Hindu new year, neither did my dad 😆 Later mom and myself came and told dad and he was like, wow on Hindu new year day Ganesh ji has come so we were very happy 😳 Heres a pic:--

I keep saying to Mom and Dad we shud make a new room for God bcoz our drawing rooms becoming a temple. Lol. All corners have some God or the other 😳 hehe!

Tell me how you all like them :)

Love, Anku 🤗

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MagadhSundari

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Hi guys!!! Finals are next week, so apologies in advance for my upcoming sparseness... wish me luck! And if you catch me on here tell me to get off and go study, unless you have any sources that'll help me with my 15 page paper on harmonizing detachment and compassion 😆 Let me practice by competing the exam Shivang bhaiya gave me, then Aish's, and the rest of you guys' lovely posts... here goes!

Originally posted by: ShivangBuch

(6) Please give your opinion about & interpretation of each & every single phrase of Geeta's following verses in the light of various characters & incidents of epics (Even any devotee outside epic like Narsinh Mehta or Meerabai or Surdas or Tulsidas) giving practical example when which devotee demonstrated which of the following trait.

Na prahyushet priyam praapyam, nodwijet praapya chaapriyam (Adhyay 5, Shlok 20)
To neither rejoice in the pleasant nor grumble about the unpleasant... Meerabai is an easy fit for this one, as is Kabir. To such elevated saints, palaces and prisons were one and the same, they had no qualms about their near-death experiences at the hands of the doubtful. This is precisely why I was upset with what they often showed in the recent serial Meera; it started out really well but then when they soap-ified it like everything else, Meera actually started caring and crying over her own misfortunes... that's not the Meerabai I know and love 😕 The Maharishi Garg dialogues we've discussed extensively over at Orkut are also relevant in light of this shlok, especially the one prior to Kans's wedding that redefines welfare - knowing the finite nature of the unpleasant experiences that are about to hit Mathura and unpleasant experiences in general, he doesn't have any issues with them.

Adhyay 12 Shlok 17 to 19
Yo na hrushyati na dweshti, na shochati na kaankshati;
Shubhaashubh parityaagi, bhaktimaanyah sa me priyah.
Kumbhkarn comes to mind when thinking about this shlok - his initial victories over the Vanar Sena don't pump him up because he knows how it's going to end, and despite that foreknowledge he he has no grief or fear. He is simply following his dharma as he understands it, which is the best anyone can do unless God explicitly tells them otherwise. As Meghnaad's farewell song says, "ab haar jeet ka prashn nahin, jo bhi hoga achha hoga"... there was no shubh-ashubh left to worry about, he went in with the intention of outwardly fulfilling his social duties and inwardly fulfilling his spiritual one - that is, surrendering himself to the Self... so no harash, no shok, just purpose and fulfillment.

Samah shatrau cha mitre cha, tatha maanaapmaanayoho;
Sheetoshna sukh dukheshu, Samah sangavivarjitah.
The samah shatrau, I think, lends itself to misinterpretation quite easily. As pointed out by some of my gora friends in my philosophy seminar, this might make it even harder for Arjun to fight tha Kauravs... isn't he supposed to treat them like he treats his friends 😆 So, I feel Shri Ram's acceptance-of-Vibhishan speech gives a better understanding of what is meant in this shlok... "agar swayam Ravan bhi yahaan aaya sharan maangne to main usse bhi apnaaunga"... it is again meant for specific situations/behaviors, like for example extending refuge or hospitality or appreciating someone's good qualities... or, even better, hiring/electing/promoting someone. Of course in the Ram-Vaali and Pandav-Kaurav situation the enemy had to be treated differently than a friend because justice had to be administered, but in other situations like the ones listed above, simply liking/disliking a person shouldn't factor into our judgment and behavior.
As for the rest of the shlok, it works on Meera, Kabir, Ramanuja, etc as did the first one because these true saints aren't moved by praise/insult/heat/cold/pain/pleasure etc. Even a guick little literal example of this just came to mind - Shamik Rishi, whose son's curse led Parikshit to his death and indirectly his salvation. He neither physically felt that snake around his neck for which his son administered the curse, nor did he care after he found out. That's the power of yog!
And the last bit about sanga - for that, our fav Vibhishan is a great example. Even the honor/dishonor part actually. So engrossed in Ram-naam that the bad company he was it never touched him, even amidst them he was apart from them. And their daily insults didn't bother him either... if we take my fan fiction on him as fact, then he was like that right from childhood 😆

Tulyanindaa stutirmauni, santushto yen kenchit;
Aniketah sthirmatirbhaktimaan me priyo narah.
Who better to exemplify this shlok than Hanumanji! At Ravan's court, he was repeatedly called a foolish monkey... did he care? No! When he got back to Angad and company, and eventually Shri Ram, he was glorified even more repeatedly... did it get to his head? No! Content he certainly was; despite being more qualified than Sugreev, he served him loyally and had no desire to rule the kingdom or any other himself. Aniketah... without a home... I interpret this as proactive and not lazy, you know like ghar hi nahin hai to ghar mein baithke buddhu kaise rahenge 😆 so it applies to him perfectly as well, or else flying to Lanka one second and Dronagiri parvat the next in order to fulfill his missions would not be possible. Sthir-mati... "tumse hai kapi dharm pratishtha, upama-heen tumhaari nishtha"... determination doesn't get any more fixed than his! It is so solid that it is contagious; the entire vaanar sena was motivated by it... "heri thake tat Sindhu sabay tab laaye Siya sudhi praan ubaaro". Bhaktimaan doesn't even require explanation, I doubt anyone would argue against his being an ideal devotee. Even the "me priyo" applies literally, the only criteria he misses is the "narah" part since he is Mahadev himself 😛

Is it possible to behave in same way in winter & summer through complete meditation & mental involvement? How can it just be a mental state issue when your skin also physically comes into some contact of different objects?
Biologically, the reactions are prompted not at the skin level but by receptors in the brain - drop an ice cube on someone who's in a coma and they're not going to respond, even though their skin is working just fine, as the problem's in their brain - so yes, it's possible. Ever been with a little kid afraid of a doctor's injection? You distract them with some toys/tv/funny noises and before they know it, it's over! I think meditation works the same way, by fixing our mind on something - preferably God - we can lose track of the heat/cold/pain/pleasure/etc quite easily. My favorite representation of this is (you guessed it) VasuDevaki in their adorable pre-SojaLalla conversation; they're so lost in Krishna that their grim surroundings and iron shackles seem to have been completely forgotten 😍

Try to put yourself in 'Tulyanindaastutirmauni' criteria in 1 to 10 scale in the context of the feeling that you get when someone criticizes you (anyone around your life) and feeling that you get when someone praises your nature, knowledge, virtues, talent (Like you say "It means a lot" when somebody praises your siggies creations).
Lol thanks a lot bhaiya for putting me on the spot bhaiya 😡 😆 j/k... I'd say a 4 because though the praise doesn't really get to my head (you can't inflate an ego-meter that's already permanently on full... j/k 😆)... seriously though, it's because I always have my own weaknesses in mind so I consider the praise uninformed and brush it off. Criticism does make me uneasy though, because then I add it to my list of weaknesses in my mind and until I've fixed the problem, I'm not at ease. So, since it works as a motivator towards self-improvement, I don't think it's entirely a bad thing. When I get to the point where there's nothing left to fix, then I'll adopt tulya-ninda-stuti more faithfully 😳

I have already got the answer from Gunia's question of 'IMPATIENCE' characteristic which you want to change in you and that I knew otherwise also so I am keeping it out now from my Geeta questions applicable to your self awareness test 😆.😃😃
Thanks for sparing me, then 😆

(7) You said to Gunia that you don't believe in LUCK but only in Karma. Please throw some light over the verse 14 of Adhyay 18 of Geeta (Quoted right in the end) and the dialog by Shri Ram to Lakshman - "Daiv ki sahaayata par bharosa karna na kaayarta hai, na aalasya.. Dekho manushya ke paas keval shakti karma karne ki hai. Karma ka phal eeshwaraadheen hai".
What is the difference between LUCK, DESTINY & KARMPHAL in your eyes? The concept of LUCK means something that happens in our life (situations which we confront) randomly which can be altered by our devotion & God's grace (for example when there is no previous birth or karmas in the first ever birth in Satyug) or according to Janmkundali (Grahdasha - which may be according to our previous birth karma) which can't be altered by any means but devotion & knowledge can only give us the strength to tolerate or ignore it? When you said to Gunia that you believe in Karma only and not in 'luck', did you mean that you don't depend upon luck or did you mean that you don't believe in the existence of such element in the world like 'luck'?
The verse is:
ADHISTHAANAM tatha kartaa, karanam cha pruthagvidham;
Vividhaashcha pruthak cheshtaa, DAIVAM chaivaatra panchamam.

Ever heard the following story?:

God Will Save Me
A big storm approaches. The weatherman urges everyone to get out of town. The priest says, "I won't worry, God will save me".
The morning of the storm, the police go through the neighborhood with a sound truck telling everyone to evacuate. The priest says "I won't worry, God will save me".
The storm drains back up and there is an inch of water standing in the street. A fire truck comes by to pick up the priest. He tells them "Don't worry, God will save me."
The water rises another foot. A National Guard truck comes by to rescue the priest. He tells them "Don't worry, God will save me."
The water rises some more. The priest is forced up to his roof. A boat comes by to rescue the priest. He tells them "Don't worry, God will save me."
The water rises higher. The priest is forced up to the very top of his roof. A helicopter comes to rescue the priest. He shouts up at them "Don't worry, God will save me."
The water rises above his house, and the priest drowns.
When he gets up to heaven he says to God "I've been your faithful servant ever since I was born! Why didn't you save me?"
God replies "First I sent you a fire truck, then the national guard, then a boat, and then a helicopter. What more do you want from me!!??"

This is how I believe Daiv factors into the equation. We can't sit around and wait for luck to come upon us; ishaaron ko samajhke aage badhna chahiye. Because I just can't help myself, I'll cite Vasuji again. He initially considered honesty his first priority, but once Garg's revelation made him aware of the direction of Daiv's intentions, he put everything else including his life on the line to follow that direction. God will show us the road, but we do have to walk on it!

So yes, I said what I said because I don't believe in sitting back and relying on luck. But also, because of the randomness it conventionally implies, it goes against my beliefs - unless it can be defined differently. I believe that God does everything for a reason - if it's not an earned karm-phal, then it is a test of character by which true bhakts can be identified. If it's not a test, then the true bhakt has already been identified and is being used as an example for others to follow (like what I've often said about... you know who 😉). So, that rules out the randomness implied by luck... destiny is a product of Karm, I think it is synonymous with or at least analogous to karm-phal. It's inescapable, but if we had the ability to view or past actions we'd be able to attribute it to them... so again, not random. Everything happens for a reason.

Edited by lola610 - 15 years ago

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MagadhSundari

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Posted: 15 years ago

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@ Shivang - pichle answers aapko achhe lage, iske liye koti shat dhanyavaad bhaiya... glad to see how similar our thinking is once again... and the poem was adorable, I love "he maruti..." even though I only have the Sonu-Sukhwinder remake. Thanks again 🤗 And as far as your remaining question on seeing God in all, I think that if we look hard enough, we can find appreciable qualities in everyone... puraane villains mein baahu-bal tha, to aaj-kal ke villains mein intelligence... tedhi hi sahi, par intelligence to hai... Gita mein likha hai na, main kapti logon ka chhal hoon... every strength is God-given, so each one signifies the presence of God in its possessor. Ab light wala ho jaaye! 😆

@ Gunia - So how was the exam after all honeybunch?? All the best on the rest of them! Lol your response to my responses were chooooo chweet, luv u behna 🤗 So glad to see our tastes match again in so many places!!! Aur haan baba, swayamvar ke dohe Lakhanji ke liye hi gaaungi, Ramji tumhaare. Khush? 😆 And thank you soooooo much for appreciating my answers to others' questions, though I miss asking them of you 😉 And thank you sooooo soooooo much for liking the RadheShyam sig! The pic is from the sagarworld site. I like that RadheRani, she's really sweet and natural and devotional - esp in the tula daan scene 😍

@ Anku - hi sweets, sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy to have you back with us 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 Missed you like crazy, how've you been? Exams went well??? Thank you soooooooooooo much for sharing the beautiful miracle you experienced during the Praan Pratishtha, I'm goosebump-ing!!! Sooooo touching 😍 Do fill us in on such experiences whenever you can, especially that upcoming Vrindavan trip... enjoy it, stay safe, can't wait to hear all about it!!! So.... glad to hear you've been watching Shri Krishna and MB, which epis??? Any that would make for good discussion-of-the-week material 😉 Btw the ongoing one is Indra's behavior during and after the Govardhan Leela, so look at the related dialogue I posted if you need to, and please jump in!!! Also looking forward to that Sita Maa info, I remember that DM topic and I don't miss it for the most part 😆 But I do miss the lovely contributions from you, so can' wait! We'll have our own battle-free DM type convos here too, hopefully, soon as vacation starts Until then, big thanks for the gorgeous pics of your new Shiv Mandir, they're lovely and touching and really feels amazing to see them, can't describe it... same with the Jagadguruji vid and the Beatles' bhajan, you're sooo right about you wonderful it feels to see bhakti in sources like these where it isn't expected! And...... sooo happy you liked the RadheShyam sig, thanks a bazillion sweets 🤗 Now don't disappear again!!!

@ Aishicakes - lolz thanks for promising they'll be easy, I'll give them a shot in a minute 😆 Thanks a bazillion for liking the animation sig, couldn't have done it without you 🤗

@ Aradhana - thanks a bazillion for liking the RadheShyam animation sig hun, so happy you did 🤗 kahaan gayab ho gayi yaar?

@ Debi - glad you're able to keep track of the happenings here di, and sooooo happy you're enjoying them! Can't wait for you to join us again

@ Divya - very glad to see you here again dear, and thank you soooo much for liking the sigs 🤗 Keep coming around, we miss you!!!

@ Lalibali - Yessssss the DOTW is still waiting for your attention 😉 😆 Can't wait, I know you'll knock it outta the park! All that RF experience 😆 And awwwwww shucks your comments on the RadheShyam sig are sooooooooo sweet, I'm melting... thanks a bazillion for all the encouragement luv, glad they make your day, hope I can make your day more often then as you make mine 🤗 The pics from sagarworld btw, when you get to the Ashok epis you'll see what I mean about that Radha - she's awesome 👏 Speaking of awesome, look at that Sita Maa sig 😲 👏👏👏👏👏 Mindblowing!!! You used the texture perfectly, it is perfect for the pics, and the Guddi-esque banner on the top and bottom are a great touch!!! Def using when I get a chance to change the slideshow again, it's incredibly prof and indescribably gorgeous 👏 Keep rocking dahhhhling 🤗 Can't wait to see what you do with the MASSIVE pic updt I'll be posting after my biggest final next week 😉 And btw the avis you requested are lovely, perfect moments from both versions!!! Great idea!

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MagadhSundari

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Originally posted by: aishi.muffin
@ Lola! 😈 Here's your list of questions! *evil Kans laugh* Ahhhhh!!! mommy!!! help!!! 😭 😆 Lol sooooo many questions, you better read every single answer 😆
The Book Meme

Bold the ones you've read COMPLETELY, italicize the ones you've read part of, and no cheating. Watching the movie or the cartoon doesn't count. Abridged versions don't count either. BTW, according to the BBC if you've read 7 of these, you are above the average.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams the Gita, part II 😆
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck one of my all-time least favs... HATED this book 😔
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini beautiful, tragic book 😭
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving One of the best books ever, rare balance between humor and tragedy... and what a message 👏
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel Another all-time fav with an awesome message 👏
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold much better than the movie
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville another book I really hated 😔 But, I somehow managed to interpret it as a statement advocating vegetarianism in my paper on it for AP lit 😆
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Inferno - Dante
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad Another one I hated 😡
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
What a frickin' hottie... j/k 😆 Was prob fretting about my oily t-zone.

2. How much cash do you have on you? 60-something dollars... a nice check too, yesterday was payday from my tutoring!

3. What's a word that rhymes with DOOR? Snore

4. Favorite planet? Earth, homefry! 😆

5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?
friend from high school who I have to catch up with soon as break starts... miss her 😭

6. What is your favorite ring tone on your phone?
The swayamvar entry tune I extracted from Ramayan!

7. What shirt are you wearing?
Yellow tank

8. Do you label yourself?
I label myself eclectic, so, I label myself unlabelable I guess 😆

9. Name the brand of your shoes you're currently wearing?
Uhhhh.... feet? lol I'm sitting on my bed barefoot 😆

10. Bright or Dark Room?
Bright, super bright!

11. What do you think about the person who gave you this survey?
She's adowwwable.... luv u aishicakes 🤗

12. What does your watch look like?
Don't wear one

13. What were you doing at midnight last night?
working on that big philosophy paper on attachment and compassion in Hindu phil... anybody wanna help!

14. What did your last text message you received on your cell say?
did you get problem number 16.26?
15. Where is your nearest 7-11?
2 blocks

16. What's a word that you say a lot?
can't say it here 😆

17.Who told you he/she loved you last?
my mommy 😳

18. Last furry thing you touched?
ewww I try not to touch furry things 😆

19. How many drugs have you done in the last three days?
WHAT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

20. How many rolls of toilet paper do you currently have in the house?
More than the environmentally efficient quantity

21. Favorite age you have been so far?
Since I was 14-15, I've been pretty much the same.... so every age since then.

22. Your worst enemy?
my ego

23. What is your current desktop picture?
Sano's RadheShyam-SiyaRam sig

24. What was the last thing you said to someone?
Wait, I'm coming!

25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly what would it be?
Fly... then whoever I take a million bucks from won't be able to catch me 😆Unless I rob a bird 😕

26. Do you like someone?
I like almost everyone!

27. The last song you listened to?
Fatak from Kaminey

28. What time of day were you born?
. like 10 or 11 in the morning

29. What's your favorite number?
anything with a 7 in it

30. Where did you live in 1987?
not in this body 😳

31. Are you jealous of anyone?
nope

32. Is anyone jealous of you?
I hope not

33. Where were you when 9/11 happened?
gym class in junior high

34. What do you do when vending machines steal your money?
kick them repeatedly
35. Do you consider yourself kind?
sometimes

36. If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be?
ughhh nowhere... I don't even like writing on my hand with a pen, I'm wierd and prissy like that

37. If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be?
whatever those ladies speak at the pedicure place 😆

38. Would you move for the person you loved?
yeah

39. Are you touchy feely?
depends, with whom

40. What's your life motto?
quit whining about your life, someone else's is worse... go cheer them up instead

41. Name three things that you have on you at all times?
my cell, my IPod, gum

42. What's your favorite town/city?
none in particular, I just don't like quiet ones with less lights

43. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
coffee

44. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it?
oh I have no idea, tooooo long ago 😆

45. Can you change the oil on a car?
nope

46. Favourite colour?
emerald green
47. How far back do you know about your ancestry?
nothing is certain past my grandparents

48. The last time you dressed fancy, what did you wear and why did you dress fancy?
ghagra choli, someone's mehendi-sangeet

49. Does anything hurt on your body right now?
nope

50. Have you been burned by love?

nope

Are you right- or left-handed?

ambidexterous... both

What does your voice sound like?

like Haimanti Shukla's and/or Sadhna Sargam's, but with an American accent
What do you have in your pockets?

gum and cell phone

Do you have any quirks, strange mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics?

I hope not 😆

Do you have any allergies?
I have a weak stomach in general, diff things aggravate it at diff times

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
fashion designer

What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?

hmmm nothing yet 😳

Who has had the most influence on you?

my Guruji, my mom, and RS

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

whenever I've turned someone veg

What is your greatest regret?

everytime I make an edgy joke that might've hurt someone

When was the time you were the most frightened?
we had a class outside last week, we were sitting on the grass and I was sooooo close to worm 😭

What is the most embarrassing thing ever to happen to you?
followed a stranger thinking he was my dad, dad and cuzes were a few feet away laughing their heads off... loooonnnnggg time ago, I swear 😆

If you could change one thing from your past, what would it be, and why?

Some risks I didn't take, like applying to my "reach" school

What is your best memory?

sitting on the sofa between my grandmoms, watching Ramayan and SK, discussing with them what we saw 😍

What is your worst memory?

being really sick in India

Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?
optimistic

What is your greatest fear?

bugs 😆

Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?

yeahhhhhh!!!! 😍

What do you believe makes a successful life?

faith, family, compassion, contentment

Is there anything you absolutely refuse to do under any circumstances? Why do you refuse to do it?

eat meat, be less modest than I want to be, be really mean to someone who's nice to me without joking around, and prob a bunch of other stuff... against my beliefs

Who is the most important person in your life, and why?

Guru, parents... taught me everything I know

Who is the person you respect the most, and why?
as above

How close are you to your family?

VERRRYYY

Do you trust anyone to protect you? Who, and why?

God... who else can!

What is your most treasured possession?

faith, family
What is your favorite food?

changes every day

What, if anything, do you like to read? (Harry Potter doesn't count! )

everything but sci-fi!

What is your idea of good entertainment ?
RS serials 😆

1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?

closed

2. Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?

nah, don't like 'em

3. Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?
in.

4. Have you ever stolen a street sign before?

lolzzzz nope 😆

5. Do you like to use post-it notes?

nope, I write everything cramped and close together

6. Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?
nope, I use them well 😆

7. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees?

I hope to God neither!!!! But the bear might be easier to tackle 😆

8. Do you have freckles?

nope

9. Do you always smile for pictures?

at least partially

10. What is your biggest pet peeve?

whining and complaining about stupid stuff

11. Do you ever count your steps when you walk?

lol yeah 😆

12. Do you ever dance even if theres no music playing?
yeah, too often 😆

13. Do you chew your pens and pencils?
ewww no

14. What is your Song of the week?

an old Lata Mangeshkar one, Pavan Dewanee from Dr. Vidya

19. Is it okay for guys to wear pink?

if it's light and a dress shirt

20. Do you still watch cartoons?

yeah!

21. Whats your least favorite movie?
Oldboy 🤢... save your soul, don't watch it

22. Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some?

Would I tell you 😉

23. What do you drink with dinner?

nothing usually

24. What movies could you watch over and over and still love?

lol does RS count again... other than that anything w/ Adam Sandler for Holly, most of Amitabh's and Anil Kapoor's stuff for Bolly, and Munnabhai, and Hera Pheri, and Andaz Apna Apna
27. Ever gotten a speeding ticket?
not yet, thank God

28. Ran out of gas?
yeah 😭

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?

yep 😛
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?

been awhile, I don't remember

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?

not anymore

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAL?

chutney sandwich
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?

not yet
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?

yeahhh!!!!
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?

Yeahhhhh!!!!
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? yes, but not their neighbors, my adenoids 😆

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?

noooooo!!!
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?

corn flakes
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?

not always
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
yes, I'm under that illusion 😆
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
coffee and vanilla mixed
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?

their voice
15. RED OR PINK?

pink
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? some high school buds

18. HAS SOMEONE YOU LOVED EVER MADE YOU CRY? nope

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? no shoes, white sweats

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? bhindi aloo

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? my laptop's loud fan 😔
22. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?

whatev comes closest to emerald green.
23. FAVORITE SMELLS?

homemade cake/cookies fresh from the oven, fabric softener sheets 😆
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? econ classmate

25. DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?
nope

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
American football and most of what's in the summer olympics
28. LONG HAIR OR SHORT?
long

29. SNEAKERS OR SLIPPERS?

slippers
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?

happy endings

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?

Date Night!
33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU Wearing? yellow

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?summer

35. HUGS OR KISSES? both

36. FAVORITE DESSERT? ice cream
37. HOW ARE YOU FEELING AT THE MOMENT? tired
38. BEST PART OF YOUR DAY? family time after dinner

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? econ textbook, Philosophy of Zhuangzi simultaneously
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? don't have one... laptop 😆
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT?American Idol, Dancing with the stars
42. FAVORITE SOUND? bansuri and santoor

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? India
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I'm a good writer... not that special 😆
46. DO YOU LIKE YOUR NAME?
very much

-What do you value most in life?
faith and family
2-Do believe that people are inherently good or bad?
good
5-How do you deal with someone you don't like?
talk to them more in hopes of finding out something I can like about them
6-What do you feel you are entitled to in life?
contentment
7-What's your favourite song?
none in particular; anything folksy, romantic, or danceable
8-What are your feelings regarding God? indescribably pleasant feelings

9-How do you personally define "Right" from "Wrong"? Right feels good, wrong makes you think really hard until you have a migraine

10. You have won a prize. The prize has two options, and you can choose either (but not both). The first option is a year in Europe with a monthly stipend of $2,000. The second option is ten minutes on the moon.
Which option do you select?
the money cuz I'm afraid of heights
11. Your best friend is taking a nap on the floor of your living room. Suddenly, you are faced with a bizarre existential problem: This friend is going to die unless you kick them (as hard as you can) in the rib cage. If you don't kick them while they slumber, they will never wake up. However, you can never explain this to your friend; if you later inform them that you did this to save their life, they will also die from that. So you have to kick a sleeping friend in the ribs, and you can't tell them why.
Since you cannot tell your friend the truth, what excuse will you fabricate to explain this (seemingly inexplicable) attack?
Make them feel guilty, act like they said something dirty/mean in their sleep..... "ewww how could you say something like that!" 😆

12. For whatever the reason, two unauthorized movies are made about your life. The first is an independently released documentary, primarily comprised of interviews with people who know you and bootleg footage from your actual life. Critics are describing the documentary as "brutally honest and relentlessly fair." Meanwhile, Columbia Tri-Star has produced a big-budget biopic of your life, casting major Hollywood stars as you and all your acquaintances; though the movie is based on actual events, screenwriters have taken some liberties with the facts. Critics are split on the artistic merits of this fictionalized account, but audiences love it.
Which film would you be most interested in seeing? the fiction... I already know the facts, they're pretty bland... lets see what can be done with them to make them entertaining 😆

13. You are sitting in an empty bar (in a town you've never before visited), drinking Bacardi with a soft-spoken acquaintance you barely know. After an hour, a third individual walks into the tavern and sits by himself, and you ask your acquaintance who the new man is. "Be careful of that guy," you are told. "He is a man with a past." A few minutes later, a fourth person enters the bar; he also sits alone. You ask your acquaintance who this new individual is. "Be careful of that guy, too," he says. "He is a man with no past."
Which of these two people do you trust less? the second guy... wouldn't be certain about anything with him

14. You have a brain tumor. Though there is no discomfort at the moment, this tumor would unquestionably kill you in six months. However, your life can (and will) be saved by an operation; the only downside is that there will be a brutal incision to your frontal lobe. After the surgery, you will be significantly less intelligent. You will still be a fully functioning adult, but you will be less logical, you will have a terrible memory, and you will have little ability to understand complex concepts or difficult ideas. The surgery is in two weeks.

How do you spend the next fourteen days? playing with kids, getting used to it

15. For reasons that cannot be explained, cats can suddenly read at a twelfth-grade level. They can't talk and they can't write, but they can read silently and understand the text. Many cats love this new skill, because they now have something to do all day while they lay around the house; however, a few cats become depressed, because reading forces them to realize the limitations of their existence (not to mention the utter frustration of being unable to express themselves).
This being the case, do you think the average cat would enjoy Garfield, or would cats find this cartoon to be an insulting caricature? lolz they'd prob prefer a different fictional cat... Garfield, not so much

16. Let us assume you met a rudimentary magician. Let us assume he can do five simple tricks--he can pull a rabbit out of his hat, he can make a coin disappear, he can turn the ace of spades into the Joker card, and two others in a similar vein. These are his only tricks and he can't learn any more; he can only do these five. HOWEVER, it turns out he's doing these five tricks with real magic. It's not an illusion; he can actually conjure the bunny out of the ether and he can move the coin through space. He's legitimately magical, but extremely limited in scope and influence.
Would this person be more impressive than Albert Einstein?
nope, Einstein wins... what good are these tricks next to less mystifying skills that can actually help people!

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Shivang

@ShivangBuch

Voyager

Posted: 15 years ago

#676

@Lola

No words to praise your answers. They were the best of bests. 👏

It seemed that you enjoyed this section of the questions (Except Tulyanindastuti rating 😆 j/k) too much. Just about every single practical example was so relevant and enlightening. Treasure of knowledge. I loved the Hanumanji one the most - the entire paragraph along with the ending with such a great emphasis put up on every single word of the verse like other verses around too. Vibhishan and Kumbhkarna ones were also just fabulous. So many answers were just perfect the way they were expected by me. I also had in mind the example of Narsinha Mehta with the hand burnt while observing Maharaas leela in the explanation of MEDITATION (How well explained with the reasoning of coma or kid's attention diverted for injection!!!!!!!! 👏👏👏)

Wonderful answer about your reaction to someone criticizing you as a motivating factor useful as long as one sets the weaknesses straight. We can then think of this part of God's beloved bhakt's required characteristics - Tulyanindastutirmauni. It certainly takes a very gradual natural process of improvement without shortcut or jump.

I knew that what you said about luck to Gunia was completely with reference to your approach towards it. We both are same here. My emphasis therefore was more on your belief about its existence rather than our dependence over it. Accepting the existence of BHAAGYA is one thing and becoming AKARMANYA by depending upon it or blaming it when something goes wrong (People with external locus of control) is another thing. Former is fine, wise & realistic I believe. A KARMYOGI like Ramchandraji had no reason to deny the fact that destiny also plays role partially (Out of 5 elements) in events of life along with our efforts as long as he didn't depend over it. You missed to express your interpretation of Ram's dialog on DAIV I guess along with the Geeta verse 'Adhishthaanam tathaa kartaa' (All 5 elements play some role in what happens to us but out of them, only what we do is under our control so we should think of that only). But anyway I caught the essence from your other explanations. You wonderfully analytically put forward destiny to be either KARMPHAL or TEST or EXEMPLARY ROLES CHOSEN. Bhaagya ka daayitva keval manushya ke haath me hai (1st one). You don't believe in GHOSTS when you believe in mythos, raksha kavach stotras, devils, demons & Gods & BHOOTNATH Lord Shiv??!!!😲😲 Ghost is a bad spirit entity like it is believed to be and you believe in separate identity of body & soul right??? So again your reply to Aishi is in similar sense like you replied to Gunia. You meant you don't believe in worrying or fearing about future or confrontation with ghosts because you have got the treasure of devotion with you. But the questions that were asked to you I think were whether you believe in the existence of these concepts or not rather than how would you tackle with them or react to them or worry about them or not. Right?

Now about the question - Katham vidhyamaham yoginstvam sada parichintayan; Keshu keshu cha bhaaveshu, chintyosi Bhagwan maya????

Watching God in Shakuni (Intelligence of modern politicians or bad guys) - Dhyutam chhalayataam asmi, Buddhirbuddhimataam asmi - that was exact answer yet again which I was expecting along with power or valor of Duryodhan (Balam balvataam chaaham) praised also by Krishna in BRC MB in isolation of their adharmik intentions. Awesome!!! Mindblowing!!!👏👏👏 "Yad yad vibhootimat satvam, shreemadoorjitam ev va; tad tad evavagachha tvam, mam tejonsh sambhavam."

Answer padh kar bahut bahut aanand aayaa. Bhuyah kathay truptirhi shrunvato naasti memrutam (Over here reading rather than listening 😃). Dhanyabhaag questioning ka avasar paayaa, paaaaaayaa.

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Shivang

@ShivangBuch

Voyager

Posted: 15 years ago

#677

Now the third part of the questions - the lighter one: 😊

Just three very small questions with long answers.😊

(1) Your most favourite movies around 50 (Like I have listed around 50 on my orkut profile) along with the reason of liking them other than just entertainment (For example you will have something to say for Munnabhai then but not for Andaz Apna Apna I guess).

(2) Your most favourite bollywood songs around 50 in number from just the two decades 60s & 70s (just first lines - mukhda - without mentioning reason 😃).

(3) Your most favourite Dohas (at least 25) of Mahabharat serial out of total around 170 (along with the reason - (a) lyrics/meaning of words or (b) just music & situation of or your favourite character involved in the doha).

And no hurry for replying as always I say. I have posted before the end of the term of spotlight on you. You can reply anytime in future. All the best for your paper. I can bet you don't need any help in this.😉

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Gunia Namrata

@arun-deeps

Rocker

+ 2

Posted: 15 years ago

#678

Originally posted by: ~angelz16~

OMG Gunia, sweety, I think you ll kill me with your sweetness and if I by any chance still stay alive then def. I ll be a patient of extremely high sugar and diabities. Love you soooo muchhh 🤗🤗 Looks like the sweetest angel of Lord Ram's fell from his abode, Saket dham and landed right in our CC. And her name is Gunia :)) Ur sweeter than sugar & honey together Gunia 🤗🤗 Can I call you Gunu??? 😳😳

I wish you alllll the verryyyy best for your remaining papers and no worries at all, ok? Such a warm honeybuns cute girl like yourself will do amazinglyyy well on her paper :))

And your a billion trillion zillion unlimited times more a sweetheart than me *sends across the worlds cuddliest biggest pooh bear hug for Gunu* 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

haha....Yesss, no Aakanksha. Everybody call me Anku :)) hehe...my family calls me something I cant even write here *embarrassed* :P Friends call me Akku :) but let that be. I want my this CC friends to call me Anku...its just for them ⭐️

Oh, I loveeeee the sigboxes honey ❤️❤️❤️ They are outta the world. And why not?? Everyone here is using God's sig. So their sigbox is IF's best sigbox 😃 Except for mee...Shame on mee!! But I am gonna be getting one as well....have to put up the request for wat I want :-)

I miss you toooooo....everyone of youuu!!!! :(( But wat to do sweetie...my college is very very hard and keeps me extremely busy and the few days I come to hometown, it goes with friends and family 😔 But I promise, no matter how much uni. I hve, wen I get back, I will try and be here as much as I can and def. leave replies very frequently :-)) 🤗🤗🤗

Love you much moreee Gunu 🤗🤗 You made me cry today with the innocence you possess and the honesty and care and sweetness that comes across in your posts and makes one feel so familyish and close. Thank you so much for thatt....I ll cherish it always 🤗🤗

God bless you baby....may you always be surrounded with happiness and love and may sorrow never even come near you. You're truly a special Gods child with the innocence and such warmth that you have at such a young age. Bless you always!

All my love, Anku di 🤗🤗🤗

Hi Anku Di...!!Aww....I can't understand that frm where do U bring so much of luv n care for dis lil sis! U know wen I saw Ur post I just got off my chair out of my happiness..... that my sweet Anku Di has posted....n I grew more emotional wen U mentioned my name....felt so special na....I just can't express!! My mommy asked me..."wat happened Gunia??? Have U find some treasure or Arun Govil himself has contacted U???" That time a sweet grim was on my face....I did'nt know wat to tell?? And today.....again U have nearly killed me.....n made me soooooooo emotional....dunno how to thank God.....2 bless me wth such a sweet soul n more than a sweet soul...a grt human-being who understands one's feelings.....n more than a human-being a lovely n caring elder sister! Its my pleasure to have such a sis like U....who respects my emotions n also luvs me madly!!

Di.....U said that I m a sweet angel...den who r U???....d goddess of luv?? If I come frm Saket dhaam...then U must be comming frm Golokdham.....d dham of Nitya-leela of Krishna....thats why U shower so much of luv, respect...n blessings....!! Hey...off course U can call me Gunu! My bhua use to call me like that!

Awwwww....thanx for Ur wishes......U made me soooooooooooo happy today.....I feel like I've conquered d world.......wth Ur comments!! Ur wishes really worked......I did pretty well in today's exam.....now just 1 paper z left..i.e. Elelmentry computer....its on 30th!!

I m feeling Ur cuddliest pooh bear hugs right now......rite back frm me...🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗seems like getting soooooo much of positive vibes through Ur sweetest of sweeeeeeeeeeeeet post!!

ha....haa.... haa.......😆😆😆😆no problm if U don't wanna write Ur nick name here....😉😆we r happy enough wth our sweet heart Anku Di!!!😆 Luv Ur spirit that U make d CC feel sooooooo special wth Ur warmth of luv n support!!!

Anglzzzzzzzzzz always luv divine things.....n so U luv our sig box.....becoz U r also divine frm heart!!! Thats why I call U a sweeeeeeet heart.....becoz where there is d light of divinity n holiness there z sweetness n luv that U possess! Ohhh.....no need to be ashamed of U can use any of our creations for Ur siggie box.....U r wonderful whether it be d selection of My profile pic....or Ur post or d sig box....U rock!!! Alright wud luv to see...wat U request.....know Ur choice wud be beyond awesome!!!

Ohh....completely understand Ur study-burden....no problm @ all!! Work comes frst....than anything else!!!😊 N....I agree that U must dedicate Ur time wth Ur family n friends...wenever U come 2 Ur home town becoz they luv U, they miss U...n afterall no one in dis world can give U happiness n tie that sweet familysh bond of luv....d Apanatva.....to U!!! So I respect U for caring n luving Ur family soooooooo much.😍 I always admire those people who luv thir family n friends!! 😍Hehe.....feel comfortale @ posting!!!!😊 If U r busy n got some work....then we'll def understand Ur obligations!! U can post anytime....wenever U r free!!😃 So pllllzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz don't be frequent @ d cost of Ur comfort n work....just to make us please....know U r a true sweet heart.....n it seems that..... for U d happiness of others mean more....but Di.... ours z a sweet n cute Bhaktimay family....we understand all compulsions n obligations n respect n praise Ur comment wenever it comes...no matter how lengthy or precize they r wat they convey n inspire to us z much more than anything else!!!😃

Awwww....U too made me emotional wth such sweet n touching post....arre itna accha bhi koi haota hai kya????😲 Also I feel proud n happyyyyyy...... so delighted to have U through dis CC!😃😃 I'll keep U in my heart....alwaysss......!! U dunno......how sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet U have been today for me!!!! Made my day.....!!!😃

Wish U all d best....😊may U acvhieve evrything U want!!!😃 U have proved to be a true angelzzzzz to me.....wth such a lovely post!!👏

Reagrds n lots of Luv!

Always Urs....Ur Gunu!!😃

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Gunia Namrata

@arun-deeps

Rocker

+ 2

Posted: 15 years ago

#679

Originally posted by: lola610

@ Gunia - So how was the exam after all honeybunch?? All the best on the rest of them! Lol your response to my responses were chooooo chweet, luv u behna 🤗 So glad to see our tastes match again in so many places!!! Aur haan baba, swayamvar ke dohe Lakhanji ke liye hi gaaungi, Ramji tumhaare. Khush? 😆 And thank you soooooo much for appreciating my answers to others' questions, though I miss asking them of you 😉 And thank you sooooo soooooo much for liking the RadheShyam sig! The pic is from the sagarworld site. I like that RadheRani, she's really sweet and natural and devotional - esp in the tula daan scene 😍

Yeah....I rocked it remember "Ram naam ke pankh lagakar" hi exams diye the na!!Thanx for Ur wishes....they work as always!!Yeah apan behne to hain hi aisi...kyu??Kya pasand hai....mindblowing....no!!Haan thats wat I call a sweet cute Lolavati....understood me again....Raam ji mere....I know Lakhan ji ke liye.... U will sing with all Ur luv n emotions for him.... "As jiy jaan Lolavati dekhi, Sunilji pulke lakhi preeti bisekhi!" Nice answers to Shivang Bhrata again!! Aapke paas Ram rasayan hai kya....??? U r getting more n more brilliant n sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeetie pie...!!!I'll ask more frm U aftyer 30th wen I'll take a deep siegh after my exams!!! Aww....thanx a unch my honeybunch Di...for telling d info of Radhe Rani.....truly U make divine sigs...!!

Luv U!!!