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      Your tired soul now searches For another distant shoreWhere the gentle breeze catches Your song and makes it soar Child so sweet and gentleChild you will remainLife for you a riddle Whose answer spelt just pain This world and its ugly ways You couldn’t understandAnd like Peter Pan you spent your days In your Neverland May the world not [...]

          I’ve been listening to Mahendra Kapoor’s  songs this evening. This one from the film “Humraaz” has always been a favourite. The lyrics sure has the ability to lift you up and carry you across a desolate mood, returning to you the confidence you have in yourself  and in the world ,  which you thought [...]

Yeh mahalon, yeh takhton, yeh taajon ki duniyaYeh insaan ke dushman samajon ke duniyaYeh daulat ke bhookhen rivajon ke duniyaYeh duniya agar mul bhi jaayen tho kya hai? Har ek jism hai ghayal, hare ek rooh pyaasiNigahon me uljhan, dilon me udaasiYeh duniya hai ya aalam-badhawaasiYeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye tho kya hai? Jahan ek khilona [...]

Dear Friends,     “Many a gem of the purest ray serene ,      The deep unfathomed caves of ocean bear     Many a flower is born to blush unseen    And waste its sweetness on the desert air”    The above lines by the poet Thomas gray, is what comes to mind as i write this. And the [...]

Hey friends,       This song from “Taare Zameen par ” really pulls at my heartstrings . I am dedicating this to all the mothers on this Iland and to all the little kids as well  http://www.youtube.com/v/tlIOLtQ_D1s       Here is a rough translation for those who may not be able to follow the lyrics in hindi:      ” [...]

For my mallu friends who are not familiar with hindi,  here are translations of two very beautiful hindi songs. And let me take anticipatory bail by stating straightaway that it is not a word to word translationJ  Yeh nayan dare dare Yeh jaam bhare bhareMujhe peene do Kal ke kisko khabar Ek raat hoke nidarAMujhe jeene do Raat [...]

      I have to thank Jolly Jacob for setting me forth on an exercise that I have been enjoying thoroughly, that is, translating some of the old malayalam songs to english. I can’t claim that they are anywhere close to the original. It is well nigh impossible to reproduce the exact flavour  or rhythm. i may [...]