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Hi spain,

I have listed the songs randomly and they are a collection of what i have heard this year.But in reality none of this years music from hindi,tamil or telugu has interested me.In fact i have been tripping on kishore kumar and rafi and have fallen in love with their voices.

My fav classic hindi songs
Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Yeh -dil apna aur preet parai
Kisi Ki Muskurahaton Pe Ho-anari
anamika - Meri Bheegi Si
AAKRAMAN-YEMAUSAMAAYAHAI
guide-gaata rahe mera dil
heera panna - Panna Ki Tamanaa
DOSTANA-DILLAGI NE DI HAWA
manzil-Rimjhim Gire Sawan
DIL SE MILE DIL- Yeh Naina Yeh Kaajal
KUDRAT-HUMEN TUMSE PYAR KITNA
amar prem=CHINGARI KOI BHADKE
DAAG - MERE DIL MAIN AAJ
Dil Dhondata Hai Phir Wohi
Kishore - Aanewala Pal Janewala Hai
aandhi-tum aa gaye ho noor aa
aandhi-tere bina zindagi
Black Mail-PAL PAL DIL KE
Ruk Jana Nahin - Kishore Kumar
Yaarana-Chhookar Mere Man Ko ()
Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi @ Mp3HunGama.Com
AARADHANA - KORA KAGAZ
Chalte Chalte-Chalte Chalte Mere
Gaadi Bula Rahi Hai

kisi ki muskurahato pe ho nisar,
kisi ka dard mil sake toh le udhar,
kisi ke waste ho tere dil me pyar,
jeena issika nam hai.

mana apni jeb se fakir hain,
phir bhi yaro dil ke hum amir hain.

mite jo pyar ke liye woh zindagi, jale bahar ke liye woh zindagi
kisi ko ho naa ho hame toh aitbar, jeena isika nam hai.

rishta dil se dil ke aitbar kaa,
jinda hai hamin se nam pyar kaa.

ke mar ke bhi kisi ko yaad aayenge,
kisi ke aansuo me muskurayenge,
kahega phul har kali se bar bar,
jeena issi kaa nam hai.

The English translation goes like this:

To offer yourself to someone for smiles,
To share someone's grief,
To have love in your heart for someone,
This is what life is all about.

Granted, we are poor, by the standard of our pockets.
Even so, we are rich at heart .

Perish for love that is Life,
Crave for spring that is life,
This we believe, though others may not,
That this is what life is all about.

Relationship between the heart and the hearts trust,
The name of love lives on because of us.

Even if we die, we will be remembered by someone,
That we will smile through someone's tears,
A flower will tell a bud, on and on,
That this is what life is all about!!!

Amazed by your recollection of old songs...it's a very nice collection...

Oh, I just noticed two songs of the medley are already up there on your list!

Hindus of Bali - So much to learn from them


Bali is a state of Indonesia , a secular country with the biggest Muslim population in the world. But the majority in the state of Bali, over 93 %, are Hindus. Bali is home to 4.22 million Hindus whose ancestors had to flee from other islands of Indonesia, after the great Indonesian Hindu Empire Majapahit was defeated and most of Indonesia was converted to Islam. Here are some interesting facts about Bali that every Indian Hindu must know.

1. Nyepi day, a day of total silence (mauna) once a year, when even the Ngurah Rai International Airport of Denpasar is closed from 6 am to 6 pm. No cars, no traffic, no entertainment, no TV. Sit in the house, do contemplation, do prayers. Can we introduce that Nyepi Day in our noisy country?

2. The culture of Bali was begun by the Rishis of India, whose names are no longer taught in the schools of India but which are common in the schools of Bali-Markandeya, Bharadwaja, Agastya - the names we hear in the Puranas but they are part of the way the history of Bali is taught in the schools of Bali . How many Rishis can you name? Do you remember any one of the 402 names of the Rishis and Rishikas (female Rishis) from the Rig Veda (the most ancient and most sacred text of Hinduism), which are our ancestors and the forming fathers of our religion - Vaidika Sanatana Dharma?

3. The national Balinese dress for both, men and women, girls and boys, is Dhoti. No one can enter a temple without wearing a Dhoti. Except in some parts of South India, Dhoti is laughed at in India today. Why are we so ashamed of our heritage? Even most Indian priests change their dress after they are finished with the worship because they feel ashamed in a Dhoti??

> 4. The social, economic and political system of Bali is based on the principle of tri-hita-Karana. Three benevolent, beneficent principles- that every human being has three aspects .the duty, the relationship that we have with God [Parahyangan]; the relationship that we have with human beings [Pawongan]; and the relationship that we have with nature [Palemahan] and these are the three principles on which the entire culture of Bali is built. This was all established by the Rishis whose names are just about forgotten in India which are taught in the schools of Bali .

> 5. Trikala Sandhya (Sun worship three times a day) is practiced in every Balinese school. The Gayatri Mantra is recited by every Balinese school child three times a day. Many of the local radio stations also relay Trikala Sandhya three times a day. Can we even think of introducing something like this to our schools in India ? How many Indian Hindus are aware of their duty of Trikala Sandhya? It is as central to our religion as the 5 times Namaz is to Islam, yet?

> 6. In the year 1011 AD, at a place which is now known as Purasamantiga. there was the first interreligious conference of three religions: Shaiva Agama, Bauddha Agama and Baliyaga, the traditional pre-Buddhist, pre-Hindu, Balinese religion. The scholars and the leaders sat down and worked out a system by which the three religions should work together and exchange forms with each other and that is the religion of Bali today.

> 7. In Bali every priest is paid by the government. Despite the fact that Indonesia is a secular country with the biggest Muslim population in the world, the priest of every religion is paid by the government so every religion is supported by the government. That is the Indonesian form of secularism. Can we even think of this in India ?

> 8. The national motto of Indonesia "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. One is many, many is one." is inspired by an Indonesian Hindu scripture Sutasoma Kakavin. The complete quotation is as follows - "It is said that the well-known Buddha and Shiva are two different substances; they are indeed different, yet how is it possible to recognize their difference in a glance, since the truth of Buddha and the truth of Shiva are one? They may be different, but they are of the same kind, as there is no duality in truth." Why can't we have "Ekam Sad Vipra Bahudha Vadanti" (The truth is one, but the wise express it in various ways - Rig Veda) as our national motto?

> 9. Bali is one of the world's most prominent rice growers. Every farm has a temple dedicated to Shri Devi and Bhu Devi (Lakmi the Goddess of wealth and mother earth - the two divinities that stand on the either of side of Tirupati Bala ji in India ). No farmer will perform his agricultural duties without first making offerings to Shri Devi and Bhu Devi. That is called culture, that Subak System. The agricultural and water irrigation plan for the entire country was charted in the 9th Century. The priests of a particular water temple still control this irrigation plan. And some World Bank or United Nations scientist did a computer model that would be ideal for Bali . And when they brought the model the Balinese said 'we have been practicing this since the 9th century. What are you bringing here?' And I don't know how many million dollars these WTO, these World Bank people,United Nations people, spent on creating that chart which was already created in the 9th century without any computers.. and that Subak System still continues. Such systems were in place in various parts of the country. Its remnants are still visible here in India . I have visited areas where there is no water for miles due to drought, yet the well at the local temple still provides fresh water.

> 10. In Bali Hindus still don't read a printed book when they perform Puja (worship). They read from a Lontar, which have traditionally been scripted by hand on palm leaf. When they recite the Ramayana Kakavin.where the book is kept, worship will be performed. There is a special ritual of lifting the sacred book, carrying it in a procession, bringing [it] to a special place,doing the bhumi puja, worshipping the ground there and consecrating the ground, then placing the book there. Then the priest will sit and recite the Ramayana.

quotes and thoughts

In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities

"The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.

Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart

It sometimes feels like a strange movie, you know, it's all so weird that sometimes I wonder if it is really happening.

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

Nehru proved that a rich man can be the Prime Minister.
Shastri proved that a poor man can be the Prime Minister.
Indira Gandhi proved that a woman can be the Prime minister.
Morarjee proved that a cranky old man can be the Prime Minister.
Charan Singh proved that an illiterate man can be the Prime Minister.
Rajiv Gandhi proved that an incompetent pilot can be the Prime Minister.
VP Singh proved that a member of the royalty can be the Prime Minister.
PV Narsimha Rao proved that a learned man can be the Prime Minister.
HD Deve Gouda proved that anybody can be the prime Minister.
Vajpayee proved that a bachelor poet can be the Prime Minister.
Manmohan Singh has proved that India does not need a Prime Minister!

So what's the big fuss about who's gonna be the next Prime Minister

The mind must make its own happiness, that any troubles can be endured if the sufferer has resources of his own to sustain him.

Other individuals find it difficult to be authentically themselves even in the presence of their spouses, lovers, or closest friends and relatives. Such individuals, whilst not going so far as to construct a false self which entirely replaces the true self at a conscious level, have an special need to be alone which goes beyond the occasional demand for solitude.

Some quotes to ponder,decipher and in the end shrug in despair

There are 3 million species of animals living in tropical rainforest, and one of them, the red fire ant, lives underground, under constant threat of annihilation from flash floods. Nature doesn't care, if a species wants to survive, it has to prove it deserves to. When the floods come, fire ants hold on to each other, creating a living raft that could float until the water recedes, months if necessary. So how does the species figure something like that out? Instinct? Trial and error? Was there one fire ant that was being swept away by the rushing water, and grabbed on to another ant, only to find that together, they could float? What if you were that one who knew what needed to be done, but you had no words? How do you make the others understand? How do you call for help?

" The sun rises on a new dawn. Yet few of us realize the debt we owe to those responsible for this. To those who dwell among us. Anonymous, seemingly ordinary, whom destiny brought together to heal, to save us, from ourselves."

" To survive in this world, we hold close to us those on whom we depend. We trust in them our hopes, our fears... But what happens when trust is lost? Where do we run, when things we believe in vanish before our eyes? When all seems lost, the future unknowable, our very existence in peril... All we can do is run."

A child is born to innocence. A child is drawn towards good. Why then do so many among us go so horribly wrong? What makes some walk the path of darkness while others choose the light? Is it will, is it destiny? Can we ever hope to understand the force that shapes the soul? To fight evil, one must know evil. One must journey back through time and find that fork in the road, where heroes turn one way and villains turn another.


Sometimes questions are more powerful than answers. How is this happening? What are they? Why them and not others? Why now? What does it all mean?"