Thought for the Day

Sitting on the floor in front of the school office, he was waiting for his mom. I could see tears trickling down his eyes.  I do not teach him, but I know him, of course. So I went and asked him, " What happened, Hun? Are you okay? Your mom will be here any minute." He spoke, slowly, without looking at me, " I smiled at you, and you did not smile back".  "Oh! I am so sorry, I did not see you " I apologized and played a little game with him, " Let's smile together now...1...2...and 3..." We both smiled together and I saw his mom smiling behind us. A child can speak, can we?

The other day one of my seniors from school posted some pictures on Orkut. He visited the place where Mahatma Gandhi was kicked out from the first class compartment in South Africa for being a brown. That incident changed his life and he changed the world.  I suddenly started to admire this lean, simple, dark man more... how many people have the courage?

I did some work on bullying prevention in my school last year.  I learned during the workshops about the different kinds of bullying happening in schools among kids. Most often among girls is the psychological bullying which prevails, especially against the newcomers in the school.  And I wondered how is the adult world different...

'The thought for today' on the PA system said today, " I will treat everyone with respect".

DIFFERENCE

Rain- Beautiful Serene/ Glittery and gorgeous
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Streets- summer/Fall/Winter
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Lovely Summer/Confused Winter





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Snow White and the Bride in Red
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Fairy Tale Night/Reality

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Down to Earth (from the top of CN Tower through the glass floor)

Piercing the sky (CN Tower)

With You

Sitting in the dark
Alone
I felt you
You were not close
Nor far
I smelled you
I touched you
I laughed
I cried
I wiped the hot burning tears
I hugged myself
I felt better
And passed another night
Without you
With you

--Manoshi

To be in Love

On Valentine's Day

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A silver beam of moon light
Pierces through my heart
The twinkling stars send me
Millions of little sparks

Happiness dancing on toes
And sometimes the pearls of tears
I have been collecting
These priceless gifts for years


I bathe myself
In that light divine
My inner being screams
With joy and I shine


The world today seems
How so beautiful I wonder
I never noticed the beauty
How does life bewilder


How wonderful is, I realize
To be in Love
I found it after all
The priceless treasure trove


--Manoshi

Slumdog Millionaire- the winner

Slumdog Millionaire won four Golden Globe awards today, a movie which made me come out of the cinema hall hanging my head down. The picture of India portrayed in the movie is probably a reality, but an outsider, filming and flashing only the dark side of the Indian society and comparing the so called REAL india with the great other countries (literally in the movie) just could not allow me to appreciate the movie. In any case, I was proud as it won the best music original score award. I am proud not because Slumdog Millionaire won the award but an Indian won the award. Congrats! A.R. Rahman.

My Journey of Music... resumes...

Today I met Sohail Rana Saheb, the renowned music composer from Pakistan (he is the original composer of the 'aaj jaane kee zid na karo' sung by Fareeda Khanum). It was an hour long session, and I learned some of the minute technicalities of the art of rendering a ghazal. An amazing teacher...! He will be giving me music lessons every week. I dont want to jinx it. It has always been something or the other that I could not continue learning music in the past. I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping to continue my journey of music again after a long halt.

picture courtsey- http://www.sohailrana.com/index.html