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Hi Satish,

Thanks for sharing the current list of Hindi songs you're listening to.
I've been busy and your compilation makes it easier to filter out the songs that can be ignored and the songs that cannot be ignored.
All the songs you listed were very soothing to the ears.

But I don't know why...I'm getting fed up of listening to Arijit Singh's voice in every 2nd song in any album these days...
I mean, there is a limit and I think he is getting seriously over-exposed, esp after the phenomenal success of "Tum Hi Ho" (Aashiqui 2) -
which was voted as the most romantic song of year in 2013.

I wish someone would tell him to just take a chill pill and stop singing for sometime...
before every song ends up sounding exactly the same with his vocals while boring the listener's ears to death!

There was a time when SPB and Malaysia Vasudevan used to sing every other Tamil song...
there was a time when Sonu Nigam and Kumar Sanu used to sing every other Hindi song...
Never felt sick of it!!

But this guy is making me nauseous!!🤢

Having said that, his songs remain melodious and good.
My favourite song in that list is the unplugged version of his Muskurane version (from "Citylights") sung by Mohammad Irfan.👍🏼👍🏼
I could listen to that one song non-stop the whole day and not get bored of it at all.

But I shouldn't be complaining...Tamil songs are even more pathetic to listen to these days.
Maybe that's why Illaiyaraja's music will never get out-dated for generations yet to come.

They are currently only two Tamil songs I listen to these days:
1. Pothi Vacha Malliga Mottu - Man Vaasanai, 1983, SPB and Janaki
2. Puthum Puthu Malare - Amaravathi, 1993, SPB

Both songs are timeless classics, but they each in the their own way calm you down and take you to a blissful world.

"Pothi Vacha Malliga Mottu" is reminiscent of Bharathiraja's signature style movies...
the village scenery, the green paddy fields, the heroine covering half her face in shyness, running around trees, sunflowers kissing in joy...
all that stuff that today's Tamil films can make mockery of...
But still, in all honesty, that song makes any Tamil woman wish she had an imaginary murai maman to pull off that kind of rural romance today.

And I'm not an Ajith fan, but I'm hopelessly crazy about his first film song "Puthum Puthu Malare" from Amaravathi.
I think watching that song today shows how from being nobody you can literally work your way up to being a superstar.
And yes, it is possible to have that kind of success without having any godfather to recommend you...
and he is living proof of it.
Ajith was a new face that time...and if it weren't for this melodious song...
I don't think I would have noticed him in his first film.

It's only when you go back and dig up all those old roots you realise how strong and successful you've grown over the years.
And certain songs remind us of those first path-breaking milestones too.

A saga of unparalleled bravery


On June 2, 1999, General V. P. Malik, the then army chief held a " Sainik Darbar" at Gumari in the Drass sector after three failed attempts to recapture Tololing Hill, which stands at 15,000 feet. Fifty- nine Indian soldiers from different regiments had already died, following which Gen Malik summoned the commanders of the 2 Rajputana Rifles to present their plans.

The Army chief was just not convinced by their plans when a 30- year- old commando from the last row got up, summoned all the courage that an Army Naik would need to speak to the general, and said: " I am Naik Digendra Kumar known as Cobra, the best commando of the Indian Army. Sir, I have a plan that guarantees our victory." " Explain," said the general. " Sir, the hill is straight," Digendra offered. " We will take the same route as the enemy." A surprised general Malik countered saying death is certain on this route. Digendra wouldn"t back off. " Death is unavoidable otherwise too. Leave this to me.

Give me the tools, and I shall win the battle." He got what he wanted " 100 metres of Russian rope that can bear up to 10 tons of weight, Russian nails that can easily be put into rocks, and high- powered injections to get rid of fatigue.

The story of Digendra, who was later promoted to hawaldar and received the Mahavir Chakra for his valour, is a tale of courage.

For two days starting June 8, Digendra and his colleagues recced the area before putting rope all over, a task that took 14 hours. On June 12, Digendra and nine fellow commandos began the mission to free Tololing. He was carrying an AK- 47 rifle with 360 bullets, 18 hand grenades, one pistol and a commando dagger dipped in cyanide. Each of them was assigned to blast one bunker each of the 11 that the Pakistani army had built. " I assigned myself the first and the last bunkers," says Digendra.

The group began to climb the hill in the dead of night. " It was pitch- dark," Digendra remembers.

" At one point, I thought I touched a stone. It wasn"t; it was the barrel of an enemy machine gun. I pulled it, and threw a grenade in the bunker. It caught fire. We knew that the Pakistanis would retaliate. And they did.

Around 250 soldiers and artillery tanks began firing upon us." Digendra and his team were unable to move due to the intense firing. " I asked that cannons be made to fire a metre above by changing the angle." It worked and the team moved under the raining bullets.

As they were moving ahead, Digendra was hit by three bullets in the chest, one in the left thumb and another in the lower waist. Four of his colleagues died. Soon, the Pakistanis overwhelmed Digendra"s team with sheer numbers, and all nine died.

Before they died, they handed over their guns and grenades to Digendra who threw 18 grenades in all the 11 bunkers. All of a sudden Major Anwar Khan appeared to confront him.

Digendra targeted his gun. " He jumped on me.

I lost my gun. So, I grabbed him with his hair and beheaded him with my dagger." He was soon able to take the hill and place the Indian flag on top. By then, he was unconscious. He woke up in a military hospital. He was officially a disabled soldier after receiving five bullets.

Perhaps the only alive soldier to receive the Mahavir Chakra in the Kargil War, Digendra received his medal on January 26, 2000.

Hi doc,
After making the list of current decent hindi songs which i have posted, i tried and tried to make list of current tamil songs and hopelessly failed.your words mirror my thoughts.like you i too have been listening to some old songs from the 80's and 90's and to some western classical stuff.

Tamil cinema,tamil tv serials and tamil music is on a downward spiral because the target audience is sorry to say.crass,illiterate,mindless and crude.all they want is songs with cleaveages and navels and hero worshipping songs and double meaning dialogues.and they go home saying idhu podhum enakku,idhu podhume.god help us.

I have off late have lost myself into english and french tv serials which i download from the net.

some of them are really good and even better than films.

Collection of funny Curses



1. May all your teeth fall out except for the one with the toothache!


2. May your daughter's hair grow thick and abundant, all over her face!


3. May onions grow in your navel!


4. May the IRS disallow all your deductions!


5. May you have an interesting and exotic vacation, in Haiti!


6. May the Easter Bunny leave you rotten eggs and jellied green beans!


7. May you be given a lump of coal for Christmas!


8. May all of Santa's reindeer get the shits on your roof!


9. May you be stricken with epilepsy while having open heart surgery!


10. May you be ticketed for driving 56 on the Interstate highway!


11. May you be described in the paper as an "alleged child molester."


12. May you swallow a fishbone whilst eating sushi!


13. May all the BBSs deny you access forevermore!


14. May you try your luck at roller skating, while descending the stairs!


15. May a mean surgeon sew up your asshole!


16. May your boat capsize in the middle of the lake, and may your mother
attract to attention as she runs up and down the shore, barking.


17. May the fleas of a thousand dead camels infest one of your errogenous zones.


18. May you turn into a chandelier, and hang all day and burn all night!


19. May the desert winds blow a pissed off scorpion up your undershorts.

If you want to watch how ridiculously cheap and retarded tamil tv shows are getting...
please watch the link below...
it literally made me think W*F!!

Mrs. Jones was reading a letter at breakfast. Suddenly she looked up suspiciously at her husband.

"Henry," she said, "I've just received a letter from mother saying she isn't accepting our invitation to come and stay, as we do not appear to want her. What does she mean by that? I told you to write and say that she was to come at her own convenience. You did write, didn't you?"

"Er, yes, I did," said the husband. "But I couldn't spell convenience, so I made it risk."

A big Texan stopped at a local restaurant following a day roaming around in Spain.
While sipping his wine, he noticed a sizzling, scrumptious looking platter being served at the next table. Not only did it look good, the smell was wonderful.

He asked the waiter, 'What is that you just served? They look like Spanish oysters!'

The waiter replied, 'Senor, you have excellent taste! Those are not oysters... they are called Cojones de Toro, bull's testicles from the bull fight this morning. A rare delicacy!'

The cowboy said, 'What the heck, bring me an order.'

The waiter replied, 'I am so sorry senor. There is only one serving per day because there is only one bull fight each morning. Tomorrow, if you come early and place your order, we will be sure to save you this delicacy.'

The next morning, the cowboy returned, placed his order, and that evening was served the one and only special delicacy of the day. After a few bites, inspecting his platter, he called to the waiter and said, 'These are delicious, but they are much, much smaller than the ones I saw you serve yesterday.'

The waiter shrugged his shoulders and replied, 'Si, Senor. Sometimes the bull wins and the man loses !'

BOSS hangs a Poster in his Office
" I'M THE BOSS, DON'T FORGET AND REMAIN IN YOUR LIMITS "
He returns from lunch and finds a slip on his desk:
"Your Wife called, she was shouting & said she wants her Poster back at HOME...".

A crow lived in the forest and was absolutely satisfied in life. But one day he saw a swan. "This swan is so white," he thought, "and I am so black. This swan must be the happiest bird in the world."
He expressed his thoughts to the swan. "Actually," the swan replied, "I was feeling that I was the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two colors. I now think the parrot is the happiest bird in creation." The crow then approached the parrot. The parrot explained, "I lived a very happy life until I saw a peacock. I have only two colors, but the peacock has multiple colors."
The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo and saw that hundreds of people had gathered to see him. After the people had left, the crow approached the peacock. "Dear peacock," the crow said, "you are so beautiful. Every day thousands of people come to see you. When people see me, they immediately shoo me away. I think you are the happiest bird on the planet."
The peacock replied, "I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happy bird on the planet. But because of my beauty, I am entrapped in this zoo. I have examined the zoo very carefully, and I have realized that the crow is the only bird not kept in a cage. So for past few days I have been thinking that if I were a crow, I could happily roam everywhere."

The Effects of Cola on the Body After One Hour...

cola is the world's most popular soft drink, with about 1.7 billion serving of cola products consumed every day. Although the drink is popular, and seemingly refreshing, its effects on your health may be serious and in many respects non-reversible. Here's what happens to your body when you drink an ice cold glass of cola.

One can of cola has about 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30-55 milligrams of caffeine and is loaded with harmful artificial flavors and coloring. The major culprit in the cola ingredient list, however, is high-fructose corn syrup, and will tell you why...

High fructose corn syrup is derived from fructose, a cheaper sweetener made from corn. The harmful thing about fructose is not only its high sugar content, which has been linked with diabetes and a number of other liver problems, but its effect on your metabolic rate, meaning the pace at which you absorb and digest food. So although you may think that a can of cola will help you better digest the food you are eating, it may actually inhibit your digestive process. Of course, this amount of sugar has other effects on your health, so it is best to shy completely away from high fructose corn syrup!

cola also contains phosphoric acid. Acid is, of course, the last thing that we want to be putting in our bodies because it harms the body's ability to use calcium and can lead to a softening of teeth and bones, and eventually osteoporosis.



So what happens in your body after you drink a glass of cola...

In the first 10 minutes: The 10 teaspoons of sugar in the can of cola begin to hit your body. This is actually the total daily amount of sugar you are meant to consume, so you would imagine that your body needs to prepare itself. You don't immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because the phosphoric acid cuts the flavor and allows you to keep it down.

After 20 minutes: Your blood sugar levels begin to spike, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat, and there's plenty of sugar at that particular moment.

After 40 minutes: Your body has completely absorbed all of the caffeine. Your pupils begin to dilate, your blood pressure rises, and as a response your liver dumps even more sugar into your bloodstream.

After 45 minutes: Your body ups is dopamine production that stimulates the pleasure centers of your brain. This is actually the same way that heroine works!

After about 60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in your lower intestine, giving a momentary boost to your metabolism. Also, the caffeine's diuretic properties come into play, making you feel the need to relieve yourself.

Finally, once all of these processes stop and the cola has seemingly passed through your system, you will experience a sugar crash. This may make you irritable or sluggish, and maybe leave you feeling thirsty as you have already gotten rid of all of the water in the cola. At this point, you will probably reach for your next cola and then it's back to the beginning.

So before you reach for your next can of cola remember that one moment of refreshing taste has a long list of consequences that can have serious effects on your health.