You say that the river
finds the way to the sea
and like the river
you will come to me
beyond the borders
and the dry lands
You say that like a river
like a river...
the love will come
the love...
And i don't know how to pray anymore
and in love i don't know how to hope anymore
and for that love i don't know how to wait anymore.....
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Sometimes my need to love hurts
“Sometimes my need to love hurts-- myself, my family, my cause. Is there a cure? Of course. But I refuse. Refuse to stop loving, to stop caring. To avoid those tears, that pain...To err on the side of passion is human and right and the only way I'll live.” -
Jon Krakauer
Monday, August 15, 2011
The Crow
He screams and screams and pounds his head against the wall
Until wailing phantom firetrucks race across his vision
Pain, yes pain is all he wants
And hate , yes ,hate.
And hate , yes ,hate.
We shall never forget and never forgive.
And never ever fear.
Fear is for the enemy
Fear and Bullets.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
ALL BUT NONE
The warmth of a hand so close,
Fingering my silky hair
The nearness of the shoulders
And the kiss on my cheek
That brought eternal bliss
My thoughts ascending…
Reaching the seventh sky
Assuming this the borderline.
Lost in the game of destiny
And greatly astonished by its tricks
Sweet dreams she wished
That were full of her,
Now it’s just a nightmare,
Fearing that I might loose her,
I loved her guitar attuned
Which spoke her heart for me
Now anxious and audacious
To face the near future
Overwhelmed with joy
But deep down inside of my heart
I knew,
A catastrophic conflict to be fought
Against my heart is imminent
Cause her love I got as dreamt of
Bu’ I was never satisfied as ever
Wanting…. doesn’t know what!
Me-schizophrenic and no less autistic
A bugger who ruined her emotions
Which expressed the love.....of that
Buried inside of a tomb
I …hopefully cherished her
Making the dead come alive
Thought, I was unimpeachable so
More for I did strive
And because it was impossible,
My soul sunk and I revived,
My soul sunk and I revived,
Waiting for me and her to unite!!
Preaching the unforeseen future
Unflappable unlike her,
I’m still unable to explain the tryst
And the bundle of emotions that associate
Me still waiting for us to unite
Explaining the unexplained
Which upheld my roots
This ballad is in front of you
Cause I couldn’t bear the screeching voices,
Inside of me,
Cursing me and my thoughts,
Of which the source was none other than my ultimate mind
Thereby, I pray to thee
For me and her to unite
To lighten up my life
Cause my love is immortal
Cause my love is immovable
And my love is just a dream waiting for someone to make it real
Monday, August 24, 2009
Les Paul- The Man Who Changed Rock Music
I still remember the day when my dad gave me the poster of the iconic Jimmy Page holding aloft his guitar like a Greek God. The mere sight of him and the beautiful guitar became etched in my mind. With the passage of time I slowly started reading and dreamed of having that same beautiful guitar one day. And that guitar was the LES PAUL. Named after the legendary Les Paul.
His death at the age of 94 years on August 13th 1995 brought an end to the era started by this great legend. Few musicians can boast of a musical career spanning eight decades and even fewer can boast of having two huge accomplishments . Les invented both the electric guitar and multi track recordings. These huge inventions changed the sound and production of rock music .This article is dedicated to the Late Great “Lester William Polsfuss”, known to us Les Paul. A name etched into the mind of every true musician who lives and breathes music.
Early Years
Paul was born on June 9, 1915. At the early age of eight Paul became interested in music, when he started playing the harmonica. At the age of 13, Paul was performing semi-professionally as a country-music guitarist. By the age of 17, Paul had started playing with Rube Tronson's Texas Cowboys. Soon after he dropped out of high school and went onto join Wolverton's Radio Band in St. Louis, Missouri on KMOX.
In the 1930s, Paul worked in Chicago in radio, where he performed jazz music. The year 1936 saw the release of Paul’s first two records. One record was credited to "Rhubarb Red", Paul's hillbilly alter ego, and the other was as an accompanist for blues artist Georgia White. Paul greatly admired Django Reinhardt and his influence could be seen in the music of Paul
His musical career almost ended in January 1948. Paul was fatally injured in 1948 when he met with an automobile accident in Oklahoma. This nearly left him with a shattered right arm and elbow. Paul was told by the doctors that there was no way they can rebuild his elbow in a way that would let him regain movement, and his arm would remain permanently in whatever position they placed it in. But such was the genius and commitment of Paul that he instructed the surgeons to set his arm at an angle that would allow him to cradle and pick the guitar. He just could not be separated from guitar.
Revolution in Guitar Making
In the mid 1930’s Paul was greatly dissatisfied with the acoustic guitars that were being manufactured and sold during that era. He began experimenting at home with designs for an electric model on his own. And then he invented the famous “The Log," which was nothing more than a length of common 4" x 4" lumber and attached with it were a bridge, guitar neck, and pickup.
In 1941, Paul built his first solid-body electric guitar, and he continued to make refinements to his prototype throughout the decade. It’s safe to say that rock and roll as we know it would not exist without his invention.
But the guitar that bears his name and also is his crowning glory – the Gibson Les Paul. This is the guitar which every guitarist knows and wants have. This masterpiece grew out of his desire, as a musician and inventor, to create a stringed instrument that could make electronic sound without distorting. This came up after almost a decade of work, was a solid bodied instrument GIBSON LES PAUL. This guitar was the breakthrough and laid down the foundation of Rock and Roll.
This solid boy with Gold Top electric Guitar went on to become one of the most popular of all the models of guitar that ever existed. This was built and marketed by Gibson with the latest model coming out in 2008.
The iconic Gibson Les Paul has been associated with many legend’s like Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield, Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshed just to name a few . Such was the greatness of Paul that once Jimi Hendrix consulted him about the construction of the Electric Lady Studios. And Led Zeppelin’s Page once wrote of Paul, “He’s the man who started everything. He’s just a genius.” During a concert with Paul, Eddie Van Halen said “Without the things you’ve done, I wouldn’t be able to do half the things I do.”
Les Paul is the only individual who has been inducted in Grammy Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the National Inventors Hall of Fame and the National Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
At the age of 90, in 2005 he released “Les Paul & Friends: American Made World Played “This album featured guest spots from several of his most illustrious rock and roll disciples and won him a pair of Grammys.
In the end the words Gregg Todt summarizes everything “What can you say about a man who revolutionized the way we make music? A man who changed the way it sounded? A man who dedicated his life to perfecting his art? Two words: Thank you.”
And I know Paul up there you are playing for angels and evil’s alike.
Note: - With excerpts from “The Gibson Les Paul Book”.
His death at the age of 94 years on August 13th 1995 brought an end to the era started by this great legend. Few musicians can boast of a musical career spanning eight decades and even fewer can boast of having two huge accomplishments . Les invented both the electric guitar and multi track recordings. These huge inventions changed the sound and production of rock music .This article is dedicated to the Late Great “Lester William Polsfuss”, known to us Les Paul. A name etched into the mind of every true musician who lives and breathes music.
Early Years
Paul was born on June 9, 1915. At the early age of eight Paul became interested in music, when he started playing the harmonica. At the age of 13, Paul was performing semi-professionally as a country-music guitarist. By the age of 17, Paul had started playing with Rube Tronson's Texas Cowboys. Soon after he dropped out of high school and went onto join Wolverton's Radio Band in St. Louis, Missouri on KMOX.
In the 1930s, Paul worked in Chicago in radio, where he performed jazz music. The year 1936 saw the release of Paul’s first two records. One record was credited to "Rhubarb Red", Paul's hillbilly alter ego, and the other was as an accompanist for blues artist Georgia White. Paul greatly admired Django Reinhardt and his influence could be seen in the music of Paul
His musical career almost ended in January 1948. Paul was fatally injured in 1948 when he met with an automobile accident in Oklahoma. This nearly left him with a shattered right arm and elbow. Paul was told by the doctors that there was no way they can rebuild his elbow in a way that would let him regain movement, and his arm would remain permanently in whatever position they placed it in. But such was the genius and commitment of Paul that he instructed the surgeons to set his arm at an angle that would allow him to cradle and pick the guitar. He just could not be separated from guitar.
Revolution in Guitar Making
In the mid 1930’s Paul was greatly dissatisfied with the acoustic guitars that were being manufactured and sold during that era. He began experimenting at home with designs for an electric model on his own. And then he invented the famous “The Log," which was nothing more than a length of common 4" x 4" lumber and attached with it were a bridge, guitar neck, and pickup.
In 1941, Paul built his first solid-body electric guitar, and he continued to make refinements to his prototype throughout the decade. It’s safe to say that rock and roll as we know it would not exist without his invention.
But the guitar that bears his name and also is his crowning glory – the Gibson Les Paul. This is the guitar which every guitarist knows and wants have. This masterpiece grew out of his desire, as a musician and inventor, to create a stringed instrument that could make electronic sound without distorting. This came up after almost a decade of work, was a solid bodied instrument GIBSON LES PAUL. This guitar was the breakthrough and laid down the foundation of Rock and Roll.
This solid boy with Gold Top electric Guitar went on to become one of the most popular of all the models of guitar that ever existed. This was built and marketed by Gibson with the latest model coming out in 2008.
The iconic Gibson Les Paul has been associated with many legend’s like Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield, Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshed just to name a few . Such was the greatness of Paul that once Jimi Hendrix consulted him about the construction of the Electric Lady Studios. And Led Zeppelin’s Page once wrote of Paul, “He’s the man who started everything. He’s just a genius.” During a concert with Paul, Eddie Van Halen said “Without the things you’ve done, I wouldn’t be able to do half the things I do.”
Les Paul is the only individual who has been inducted in Grammy Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the National Inventors Hall of Fame and the National Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
At the age of 90, in 2005 he released “Les Paul & Friends: American Made World Played “This album featured guest spots from several of his most illustrious rock and roll disciples and won him a pair of Grammys.
In the end the words Gregg Todt summarizes everything “What can you say about a man who revolutionized the way we make music? A man who changed the way it sounded? A man who dedicated his life to perfecting his art? Two words: Thank you.”
And I know Paul up there you are playing for angels and evil’s alike.
Note: - With excerpts from “The Gibson Les Paul Book”.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
JOHN SIMPSON- THE TRUE JOURNALIST
I just got my copy of the book” Wars Against Saddam: The Long Road to Baghdad “written by one of most critically acclaimed writer and journalist John Simpson. This book draws his experience
He has single handedly transformed the art of journalism. John Simpson has earned a reputation as one of the World’s most experienced and authoritative journalists. John Simpson will probably be the first journalists, where a big story is breaking. This is a
Fact which is well known in the BBC and elsewhere, and the whole journalist fraternity has come to accept that. His major specialization area is Middle –east politics, from where he has done extensive coverage and this has formed a major part of his career.
John also presents the critically acclaimed program ”Simpson’s World” ( unfortunately w do not get this program now in India) on BBC World, which analyses and reflects on global events, and in the company of those who are at the heart of the stories shaping the international agenda and leading to certain major decision.
EARLY YEARS
John had a rather lonely childhood. He was born in London. His parents separated at an early age, and he was brought up by his father in London. He finally found his field at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was editing the “Granta” magazine He started
His professional career at the age of 25 as a trainee sub editor in Radio News with BBC in 1966. His first assignments was in Angola, where he was covering the vicious fighting there in the 1970s - this was an experience he which describes as the most terrifying
of his long professional career. He was promoted to the role of reporter in 1970. And from there on John never looked back. He presented the BBC Nine O’clock News for a short period in the 1980s, and then he became the BBC’s Diplomatic Editor, and was appointed World Affairs Editor in 1988.
Professional Career
John Simpson’s remarkable gut instincts have drawn him into the thick of the action time and time again. Be it the war of Angola or the War of Iraq. Here is some of his most remarkable coverage which he has done over the years. In 1991, he was the BBC’s key correspondent in Baghdad during the Gulf War, where he was staying in the city despite being ordered to leave by BBC. And then he was in Belgrade during the NATO action against Serbia. He presented the coverage even when the bombing of the Montenegro
Was going on. He interviewed the King of Buganda Mutesa II a few hours before his
death on November 21, 1969; he was present at the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing in 1989; and the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu in Bucharest later that year( where incidentally the pen which he was using to write the report was gifted to him by Nicolae
Ceausescu, himself). He spent the early part of the 1991 Gulf War in Baghdad before being expelled by the authorities.
Simpson was one of the few journalists to remain in Belgrade during the Kosovo War of 1999. Two years later, he was one of the first journalists to enter Kabul after the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan. This was his most adventurous and most demanding,
major foreign assignment. This saw him smuggled into Afghanistan as a woman; as he entered Kabul he declared “It was only BBC people who liberated this city. We got in ahead of Northern Alliance troops.’’ This comment was not taken well by the USA (that was but obvious) and he had to apologize for it later. While working as a non-embedded journalist in Northern Iraq in the 2003 Iraq war, he was injured in a friendly fire incident when an American anti-tank bomb was accidentally dropped on a convoy of US special
forces and Kurdish fighters he was accompanying .The US F-16s thought that the entrouge was carrying some rebel leaders and Saddam allies. His translator was killed on the spot. He continued reporting from the scene with blood dripping from his face as his ear had been ruptured by the missile.
But that didn’t deter him at all.
This attitude of his has won him various accolades and awards. He was named Journalist of the Year by the Royal Television Society for his reports from Baghdad and around the world and also won the award “Man of the Year: in 1991. With a career span of 30 years, which has seen him witness the upheaval around the world, he has got the experience in international journalism and has earned him the ability to cover topics from highly factual
and intense World Affairs to more light-hearted and amusing tales from his extensive travels. When asked about his thought on retiring. ’’It’s a way of life,’’ he says.
I hope this review has brought some light on one of the greatest journalist in the modern era.
from more than two decades which he spent in middle –east, and covers Saddam’s rise to power and his reign as the President Of Iraq.
He has single handedly transformed the art of journalism. John Simpson has earned a reputation as one of the World’s most experienced and authoritative journalists. John Simpson will probably be the first journalists, where a big story is breaking. This is a
Fact which is well known in the BBC and elsewhere, and the whole journalist fraternity has come to accept that. His major specialization area is Middle –east politics, from where he has done extensive coverage and this has formed a major part of his career.
John also presents the critically acclaimed program ”Simpson’s World” ( unfortunately w do not get this program now in India) on BBC World, which analyses and reflects on global events, and in the company of those who are at the heart of the stories shaping the international agenda and leading to certain major decision.
EARLY YEARS
John had a rather lonely childhood. He was born in London. His parents separated at an early age, and he was brought up by his father in London. He finally found his field at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was editing the “Granta” magazine He started
His professional career at the age of 25 as a trainee sub editor in Radio News with BBC in 1966. His first assignments was in Angola, where he was covering the vicious fighting there in the 1970s - this was an experience he which describes as the most terrifying
of his long professional career. He was promoted to the role of reporter in 1970. And from there on John never looked back. He presented the BBC Nine O’clock News for a short period in the 1980s, and then he became the BBC’s Diplomatic Editor, and was appointed World Affairs Editor in 1988.
Professional Career
John Simpson’s remarkable gut instincts have drawn him into the thick of the action time and time again. Be it the war of Angola or the War of Iraq. Here is some of his most remarkable coverage which he has done over the years. In 1991, he was the BBC’s key correspondent in Baghdad during the Gulf War, where he was staying in the city despite being ordered to leave by BBC. And then he was in Belgrade during the NATO action against Serbia. He presented the coverage even when the bombing of the Montenegro
Was going on. He interviewed the King of Buganda Mutesa II a few hours before his
death on November 21, 1969; he was present at the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing in 1989; and the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu in Bucharest later that year( where incidentally the pen which he was using to write the report was gifted to him by Nicolae
Ceausescu, himself). He spent the early part of the 1991 Gulf War in Baghdad before being expelled by the authorities.
Simpson was one of the few journalists to remain in Belgrade during the Kosovo War of 1999. Two years later, he was one of the first journalists to enter Kabul after the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan. This was his most adventurous and most demanding,
major foreign assignment. This saw him smuggled into Afghanistan as a woman; as he entered Kabul he declared “It was only BBC people who liberated this city. We got in ahead of Northern Alliance troops.’’ This comment was not taken well by the USA (that was but obvious) and he had to apologize for it later. While working as a non-embedded journalist in Northern Iraq in the 2003 Iraq war, he was injured in a friendly fire incident when an American anti-tank bomb was accidentally dropped on a convoy of US special
forces and Kurdish fighters he was accompanying .The US F-16s thought that the entrouge was carrying some rebel leaders and Saddam allies. His translator was killed on the spot. He continued reporting from the scene with blood dripping from his face as his ear had been ruptured by the missile.
But that didn’t deter him at all.
This attitude of his has won him various accolades and awards. He was named Journalist of the Year by the Royal Television Society for his reports from Baghdad and around the world and also won the award “Man of the Year: in 1991. With a career span of 30 years, which has seen him witness the upheaval around the world, he has got the experience in international journalism and has earned him the ability to cover topics from highly factual
and intense World Affairs to more light-hearted and amusing tales from his extensive travels. When asked about his thought on retiring. ’’It’s a way of life,’’ he says.
I hope this review has brought some light on one of the greatest journalist in the modern era.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Monday, 27th July 2009- When it rained in Delhi
Monday, 27th July 2009- When it rained in Delhi
Finally monsoon had appeared on the horizons of Delhi on Monday 27th July 2009, when it rained literally like Cats and dogs last Monday, 27th July 2009. And it reminded me of a quotation “Life is like a rainbow. You need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear.”
We Delhiites had been praying for rains over the past few weeks to get relief from the heat, and god answered with a heavy downpour that lashed the national capital through Monday. But as with every good comes something bad the rains wrecked havoc across the city. I was also one of the witness and victim of the heavy downpour. My office is in Gurgaon and it took me 5 hours reach my home in Delhi that day. All my friends and relatives across the country were enquiring about my well being as soon as they tuned in to the news.
All the while I was struck in the jam , I was just observing the mayhem on the road. And the day after I read numerous articles on the heavy rain and our media glorifying the news as they always do ,brandishing blames on government and MCD for the mis – management and “ Kho-khale Vaade Sheila Dixit ke“ as one correspondent enthusiastically said . But no one really ever thought of whether we as citizen were responsible or not for the mayhem on the roads of Delhi that day.
In all the jam, mis- management, and total chaos, the utter disregard and disrespect of the law by the people was visible. It’s very easy to be judgmental and blame the government for what they didn’t do and what they should have done. But we as people as the citizen of this country didn’t introspect and see whether we were also to be blamed for the chaos or not.
And to be honest and frank we as the citizen are also to be held responsible. Speaking we all were. People were seen driving down the wrong lane, blocking the on-coming traffic leading to more chaos and leading to dangerous situation on the road. And then fighting, quarreling on the road, just to show that what they were doing right.
No traffic policeman was there, but that doesn’t mean that we are the kings of the road. When it’s not raining, how many of us care about the policeman, I guess 99% don’t. As no matter it rains or snows or even its Hurricane we all behave in the same way.
I drive down to my office every day, and the story is the same cars jumping lanes red lights , even jumping the toll plaza lane just to get through quickly. People talking on the mobile phones while driving, spitting out of the car on the road. And it’s not raining at that time and no water logging too.
Was the government to blame for the utter lack of driving sense by the citizens of the city? I guess NO. It was we the citizens who were also to be blamed for the mayhem.
Automotive companies are bringing new and rich and expensive cars in India. But what we should ask do we have the civic and road sense to even drive one. It’s very easy to own car but the driving in a civilized way comes from within.
So in the end I just want to say, the government will do what it will. But we need to support them in what they do by being a civilized citizen of the Nation and sometimes doing introspection of ourselves.
Finally monsoon had appeared on the horizons of Delhi on Monday 27th July 2009, when it rained literally like Cats and dogs last Monday, 27th July 2009. And it reminded me of a quotation “Life is like a rainbow. You need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear.”
We Delhiites had been praying for rains over the past few weeks to get relief from the heat, and god answered with a heavy downpour that lashed the national capital through Monday. But as with every good comes something bad the rains wrecked havoc across the city. I was also one of the witness and victim of the heavy downpour. My office is in Gurgaon and it took me 5 hours reach my home in Delhi that day. All my friends and relatives across the country were enquiring about my well being as soon as they tuned in to the news.
All the while I was struck in the jam , I was just observing the mayhem on the road. And the day after I read numerous articles on the heavy rain and our media glorifying the news as they always do ,brandishing blames on government and MCD for the mis – management and “ Kho-khale Vaade Sheila Dixit ke“ as one correspondent enthusiastically said . But no one really ever thought of whether we as citizen were responsible or not for the mayhem on the roads of Delhi that day.
In all the jam, mis- management, and total chaos, the utter disregard and disrespect of the law by the people was visible. It’s very easy to be judgmental and blame the government for what they didn’t do and what they should have done. But we as people as the citizen of this country didn’t introspect and see whether we were also to be blamed for the chaos or not.
And to be honest and frank we as the citizen are also to be held responsible. Speaking we all were. People were seen driving down the wrong lane, blocking the on-coming traffic leading to more chaos and leading to dangerous situation on the road. And then fighting, quarreling on the road, just to show that what they were doing right.
No traffic policeman was there, but that doesn’t mean that we are the kings of the road. When it’s not raining, how many of us care about the policeman, I guess 99% don’t. As no matter it rains or snows or even its Hurricane we all behave in the same way.
I drive down to my office every day, and the story is the same cars jumping lanes red lights , even jumping the toll plaza lane just to get through quickly. People talking on the mobile phones while driving, spitting out of the car on the road. And it’s not raining at that time and no water logging too.
Was the government to blame for the utter lack of driving sense by the citizens of the city? I guess NO. It was we the citizens who were also to be blamed for the mayhem.
Automotive companies are bringing new and rich and expensive cars in India. But what we should ask do we have the civic and road sense to even drive one. It’s very easy to own car but the driving in a civilized way comes from within.
So in the end I just want to say, the government will do what it will. But we need to support them in what they do by being a civilized citizen of the Nation and sometimes doing introspection of ourselves.
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