So that's that about me.....

Now lets see...I always wanted to do something flamboyant I suppose. Sky-diver, graffiti painter, sculptor, n lst but not the least GLOBE TROTTER...... that i still want...
Cut to years later - I'm at school then come college , life is dull, no sambal in sight and I remember moaning that this could not be it...and it seem to be, until I decided to not let it. I jumped at the chance to work in a publication house.. SAKAL..an aweeesome experience...my day did not allowed me a single breather. Get up then comes college, then German n then in the evening Sakal...hew...hew... n then homw by 10.00 ....loovd every bit of it.
Sakal was very unexpected...No background n no clue of media work but Lucky for me, I managed to bully my way into the industry. How, I don't know, but all thnx to PAWAR SIR....n IBRAHIM SIR- perhaps my first boss took pity on me!.
I love to read...I used to have more time when I worked - the train rides to and fro work were the ideal book spots. I love to cook, and esp the DESSSSSSSSSSERT and a very sinful one, goooey chocolate cake, blackforest cake n crispy chocolates.....latest on my list to learn is strawberry shortcake...........
I am a vegetarian, I love coffee, croissants, my friends, adore Mango n FabIndia, don't like rudeness and laziness, abhor war and wish that people would stop killing in the name of God, any type of God.
I HATE lizards n any type of crawling creatures n horroe movies - I try to love them like everything else on this planet, but after all these years I still can't. Sorry.
So now I'm here...
I am really lucky and I am really grateful. For everything. There are so many things I want to do - write a book, record an album, direct a movie, learn to scuba dive, spend a year just travelin and the list goes on and on ...
Peace, Love and Glee...

Jana Gana Mana

Jana Gana Mana (Bengali: জন গণ মন Jôno Gôno Mono) is the national anthem of India. Written in highly Sanskritized Bengali, it is the first of five stanzas of a Brahmo hymn composed and scored by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It was first sung at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress,on 27 December 1911. Jana Gana Mana was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on January 24, 1950. The music for the "current version" is said to be derived from a composition for the song by Ram Singh Thakur, although some dispute this.

A formal rendition of the national anthem takes about forty-eight to fifty-two seconds. A shortened version consisting of the first and last lines (and taking about 20 seconds to play) is also staged occasionally. Tagore also composed the music for another Indian poem Vande Mataram.

Translation into English

O! Dispenser of India's destiny, thou art the ruler of the minds of all people^[9]
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, the Maratha country,
in the Dravida country, Utkala and Bengal;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
it mingles in the rhapsodies of the pure waters of Yamuna and the Ganges.
They chant only thy name.
They seek only thy auspicious blessings.
They sing only the glory of thy victory.
The salvation of all people waits in thy hands,
O! Dispenser of India's destiny, thou art the ruler of the minds of all people
Victory to thee, Victory to thee, Victory to thee,
Victory, Victory, Victory, Victory to thee!.

Lyrics

Although written in Bengali, the pronunciation of the anthem varies considerably across India due to the country's extensive linguistic diversity. The transcription below reflects the original Bengali pronunciation, in both the Bengali script and romanization. Many of the silent letters found in the lyrics are pronounced by speakers of other Indian languages, reflecting a spelling pronunciation of the Bengali text, and often matching the pronunciation of the cognate words in the speaker's native language.

Bengali script	Bengali transcription	NLK transliteration
জন গণ মন অধিনায়ক জয় হে ভারত ভাগ্য বিধাতা পঞ্জাব সিন্ধু গুজরাট মরাঠা দ্রাবিড় উৎ‍‌কল বঙ্গ বিন্ধ্য হিমাচল যমুনা গঙ্গা উচ্ছল জলধি তরঙ্গ তব শুভ নামে জাগে তব শুভ আশিস মাগে গাহে তব জয়গাথা জন গণ মঙ্গল দায়ক জয় হে ভারত ভাগ্য বিধাতা জয় হে, জয় হে, জয় হে, জয় জয় জয়, জয় হে॥	Jôno gôno mono odhinaeoko jôeô he Bharoto bhaggo bidhata Pônjabo Shindhu Gujoraţo Môraţha Drabiŗo Utkôlo Bônggo Bindho Himachôlo Jomuna Gôngga Uchchhôlo jôlodhi toronggo Tôbo shubho name jage Tôbo shubho ashish mage Gahe tôbo jôeogatha Jôno gôno monggolo daeoko jôeô he Bharoto bhaggo bidhata Jôeo he, jôeo he, jôeo he, jôeo jôeo jôeo, jôeo he	Jana gaṇa mana adhināyaka jaya hē Bhārata bhāgya Vidhātā Pañjāba Sindhu Gujarāṭa Marāṭhā Drāviḍa Utkala Baṅga Vindhya Himācala ẏamunā Gaṅgā Ucchala jaladhi taraṅga Tava śubha nāmē jāgē Tava śubha āśiṣa māgē Gāhē tava jaya gāthā Jana gaṇa maṅgala dāyaka jaya hē Bhārata bhāgya vidhātā Jaya hē jaya hē jaya hē Jaya jaya jaya jaya hē

Vande Mataram

Vande Mataram (Sanskrit: वन्दे मातरम् Vande Mātaram, Bengali: বন্দে মাতরম Bônde Matorom; English Translation: Bow to thee Mother ) is the national song of India, distinct from the national anthem of India "Jana Gana Mana". The song was composed by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay in a mixture of Bengali and Sanskrit. and the first political occasion where it was sung was the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.

In 2003, ‏BBC World Service conducted an international poll to choose ten most famous songs of all time. Around 7000 songs were selected from all over the world. According to BBC, people from 155 countries/island voted. Vande Mataram was second in top 10 songs.

History and significance

It is generally believed that the concept of Vande Mataram came to Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay when he was still a government official under the British Raj. Around 1870, the British rulers of India had declared that singing of God Save the Queen would be mandatory.^[2] He wrote it in a spontaneous session using words from two languages he was expert in, Sanskrit and Bengali. However, the song was initially highly criticized for the difficulty in pronunciation of some of the words.^[2] The song first appeared in Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay's book Anandamatha (pronounced Anondomôţh in Bengali), published in 1882 amid fears of a ban by British Raj. However, the song itself was actually written in 1876.^[2] Jadunath Bhattacharya set the tune for this song just after it was written.^[2]

The flag raised by Bhikaiji Cama in 1907

"Vande Mataram" was the national cry for freedom from British oppression during the freedom movement. Large rallies, fermenting initially in Bengal, in the major metropolis of Calcutta, would work themselves up into a patriotic fervour by shouting the slogan "Vande Mataram," or "Hail to the Mother(land)!". The British, fearful of the potential danger of an incited Indian populace, at one point banned the utterance of the motto in public forums, and imprisoned many freedom fighters for disobeying the proscription. Rabindranath Tagore sang Vande Mataram in 1896 at the Calcutta Congress Session held at Beadon Square. Dakhina Charan Sen sang it five years later in 1901 at another session of the Congress at Calcutta. Poet Sarala Devi Chaudurani sang the song in the Benares Congress Session in 1905. Lala Lajpat Rai started a journal called Vande Mataram from Lahore.^[2] Hiralal Sen made India's first political film in 1905 which ended with the chant. Matangini Hazra's last words as she was shot to death by the Crown police were Vande Mataram

In 1907, Bhikaiji Cama (1861-1936) created the first version of India's national flag (the Tiranga) in Stuttgart, Germany in 1907. It had Vande Mataram written on it in the middle band.

A number of lyrical and musical experiments have been done and many versions of the song have been created and released throughout the 20th century. Many of these versions have employed traditional South Asian classical ragas. Versions of the song have been visualized on celluloid in a number of films including Leader (film), Amar asha and Anandamath. It is widely believed that the tune set for All India Radio station version was composed by Ravi Shankar.

Text of Vande Mataram

Version adopted by Congress, 1905

In Devanagari script वन्दे मातरम् सुजलां सुफलां मलयजशीतलाम् शस्यश्यामलां मातरम् | शुभ्र ज्योत्स्ना पुलकित यामिनीम् फुल्ल कुसुमित द्रुमदलशोभिनीम्, सुहासिनीं सुमधुर भाषिणीम् सुखदां वरदां मातरम् ||		In Bengali script বন্দে মাতরম্ সুজলাং সুফলাং মলযজশীতলাম্ শস্য শ্যামলাং মাতরম্ | শুভ্র জ্যোত্স্ন পুলকিত যামিনীম্ ফুল্ল কুসুমিত দ্রুমদলশোভিনীম্, সুহাসিনীং সুমধুর ভাষিণীম্ সুখদাং বরদাং মাতরম্ ||
Devanagari transliteration vande mātaram sujalāṃ suphalāṃ malayajaśītalām śasya śyāmalāṃ mātaram śubhra jyotsnā pulakita yāminīm phulla kusumita drumadalaśobhinīm suhāsinīṃ sumadhura bhāṣiṇīm sukhadāṃ varadāṃ mātaram		Bengali Romanization bônde matorom shujolang shufolang môloeôjoshitolam shoshsho shêmolang matorom shubhro jotsna pulokito jaminim fullo kushumito drumodôloshobhinim shuhashining shumodhuro bhashinim shukhodang bôrodang matorom

Translation

Vande Mataram sujalaam suphalaam malayaja sheethalam shashya shyamalaam Maataram, vande maataram Shubhra jothsana pulakitha yaminim Phulla kusumitat drumah dala shobhinim Suhasinim, Sumadhura bhAshinim sukhadaam varadhaam, maataram Vande mataraam

My obeisance to Mother India! With flowing beneficial waters Filled with choicest fruits With Sandal scented winds Green with the harvest O mother! My obeisance to you! Ecstatic moonlit nights The plants blooming with flowers Sweet speaker of sweet languages Fount of blessings, Mother, I salute you!

List of firsts in India

Awards and Titles

• Miss World: Reita Faria in 1966
• Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen in 1994
• Booker Prize: Arundhati Roy for The God of Small Things in 1997
• Bharat Ratna: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, and Dr C.V. Raman in 1954
• Chevalier: Sivaji Ganesan
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Devika Rani in 1969
• Ashoka Chakra Award to a civilian (posthumous) : D.K. Jatar, captain of the sabotaged plane Kashmir Princess, for "most conspicuous bravery, daring and self-sacrifice"
• Magsaysay Award: Vinoba Bhave
• Winner of a major literary award in the United States: Dhan Gopal Mukerji
• Ford Supermodel of the World (contest): Bipasha Basu, 1996

Nobel Prize

• Nobel Prize winner: Rabindranath Tagore for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913. He was also the first Asian to get the prize.
• Nobel Prize in Physics: C. V. Raman in 1930.
• Nobel Prize in Medicine: Har Gobind Khorana in 1968. (India born US citizen)
• Nobel Peace Prize: Mother Teresa in 1979. (Albanian nun, Indian citizen)
• Nobel Prize in Economics: Amartya Sen in 1998

Defence

• Commander-in-Chief of Free India: General Sir Roy Bucher
• Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India: General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1949
• Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
• Indian Chief of Staff: General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1947
• Commander-in-Chief, IAF: Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, 1954
• Chief of Naval Staff: Vice Admiral R D Katari
• Cosmonaut: Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma, 1984

Exploration

• Person to reach the South Pole: Col Jatinder Kumar Bajaj
• Woman to scale Mount Everest: Bachendri Pal on May 23, 1984. She was the 5th woman in the world to scale the peak.

Film and TV

• Sound film: Alam Ara, 1931
• Oscar winner: Bhanu Athaiya for Best Costume Design for Gandhi (film) in 1982
• Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film: Mother India in 1957
• National Film Award for cinema: Shyamchi Aai in 1954
• Colorized film: Mughal-e-Azam in 2004 (the original black-and-white version was released in 1960)
• Sponsored TV serial: Hum Log, started in 1984, was also the first soap opera of India
• Actor to enact 10 roles: Kamal Haasan

Governance

• President: Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962)
• Prime Minister: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964). The first term lasted till 1952 after which he was re-elected
• Deputy Prime Minister: Vallabhbhai Patel
• Prime Minister to be voted out of office: Indira Gandhi (1977) when the Indian National Congress lost to the Janata Party
• Non-Congress government: by Janata Party with Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister (1977-1980)
• Prime Minister to lead a minority government for a full term (five years): P. V. Narasimha Rao, June 21, 1991 – May 16, 1996
• Person outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to serve as Prime Minister for a full term (five years): P. V. Narasimha Rao, June 21, 1991 – May 16, 1996
• Prime Minister from South India: P. V. Narasimha Rao, June 21, 1991 – May 16, 1996
• Governor-General: Warren Hastings
• Governor General of Independent India: Lord Mountbatten, 1947
• Indian Governor-General of Indian Union: C Rajagopalachari, 1948
• Chief Justice of India: HJ Kania
• Indian ICS Officer: Satyendranath Tagore, 1863
• Speaker of Lok Sabha: Shri G.V. Mavlankar
• Finance Minister of Independent India: Shri R.K.Shanmukhan Chettys
• Presentation of First Budget after India's Independence : Shri R.K.Shanmukhan Chettys on Nov 26, 1947

Science

• Hydroelectric plant: On the Gaganachukki waterfall of the Sivasamudram Falls, Karnataka. Built in 1902.
• City to have electricity: Bangalore, in 1906 (it was in fact the first city in Asia to have electricity)
• Man in space: Rakesh Sharma aboard Salyut 7, on April 03, 1984. He was the 138th man in space world-wide.
• Woman in space: Kalpana Chawla aboard Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS-87, on November 19, 1997. She was a naturalized United States citizen, and represented the US during the event.
• Test-tube baby: Durga Agarwal, born 1978
• Scientific Expedition to Antarctica: 1981
• Nuclear Reactor:Tarapur, Maharashtra
• First Genetically Modified Food Product in India : Bt. Egg plant Hybrid (Bt. -- Bacilius Thuringiensis)
• First Satellite : Aryabhatta, launched on April 19, 1975
• First Satellite dedicated exclusively for educational services : EDUSET
• First Successfully indigenous Launch Vehicle : SLV-3

Sport

• Person to swim across the English Channel: Mihir Sen, 1958
• Woman to swim across the English Channel: Arati Saha, 1959
• Formula 1 race driver: Narain Karthikeyan
• Formula 1 team: Force India F1
• A1 GP race victory: Narain Karthikeyan,Zhuhai,China,2007

Olympics

• Olympic team medal: Gold for Hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics Amsterdam, beating the Netherlands.
• Olympic individual medal (in British India): Silver by Norman Pritchard for 200 metres races at the 1900 Summer Olympics, Paris. (This is disputed however. The IOC claims he participated for India. The IAAF records him as participant for Great Britain.)
• Olympic individual medal: Bronze by K. D. Jadhav for wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics Helsinki.
• Olympic individual medal by a woman: Bronze by Karnam Malleswari for weightlifting 54 kg class, at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney.
• Olympic silver medal: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore for Men's Double Trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athens.
• Olympic gold medal: Abhinav Bindra for 10 m Air Rifle at the 2008 Summer Olympics Beijing.

Chess

• Chess Grandmaster: Viswanathan Anand in 1988, at the age of 18.
• FIDE World Chess Champion: Viswanathan Anand in December 2000.
• Undisputed World Chess Champion: Viswanathan Anand in September 2007.

Tennis

• Tennis Grand Slam title: Mahesh Bhupathi (partnering with Japanese Rika Hiraki) in the Mixed Doubles category of the 1997 French Open.
• Tennis Grand Slam win by a woman: Nirupama Vaidyanathan beat Italian Gloria Pizzichini in the first round of the 1998 Australian Open
• Woman in the 4th round (highest as of 2008) of a tennis Grand Slam event: Sania Mirza in the Singles category of the 2005 US Open.
• Tennis Grand Slam junior title: Leander Paes in the Singles category of the 1990 Wimbledon Championship.
• Tennis Grand Slam junior title by a woman: Sania Mirza (partnering with Russian Alisa Kleybanova) in the Doubles category of the 2003 Wimbledon Championships.

Cricket

• Cricket tournament: The Bombay Triangular which later became the Bombay Quadrangular (1912-1936)
• Cricket test match: Against England at Lord's, June 25, 1932
• Cricket captain: CK Nayudu for the 1932 tour of England
• Cricketer to score a century: Lala Amarnath in 1933 against England in South Bombay
• Cricketer to score a triple century: Vijay Hazare
• ODI cricket hat-trick: Chetan Sharma in Reliance World Cup against New Zealand in 1987.
• Test cricket hat-trick: Harbhajan Singh against Australia in March 2001
• Cricket World Cup championship win: At the 1983 Cricket World Cup, England beating West Indies.
• Batsman to complete 10,000 runs in Test cricket: Sunil Gavaskar (he was first in the world to achieve this feat)
• Batsman to complete 10,000 runs in ODI cricket: Sachin Tendulkar (he was first in the world to achieve this feat)
• Cricket Twenty20 world cup winner : 2007
• Cricketer to score 75 Test and ODI centuries : Sachin Tendulkar.

Minorities

• First Sikh Prime Minister : Manmohan Singh
• First Muslim President : Zakir Hussain (1967-1969)
• First Sikh President : Giani Zail Singh

Women

• Graduates: Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
• Head of an Undergraduate Academic Institution: Chandramukhi Basu, 1888
• Honours Graduate: Kamini Roy (1886)
• Lawyer: Cornelia Sorabjee
• Supreme Court Judge (also the first in the world): Anna Chandy
• Physician: Kadambini Ganguly, 1886
• Airline Pilot: Durga Banerjee
• Olympic medal winner: Karnam Malleswari, 2000
• Asian Games gold medal winner: Kamlijit Sandhu
• IPS Officer: Kiran Bedi
• Nobel Prize winner: Mother Teresa in 1979 (Albanian born Indian citizen)

Administration and Politics

• Prime Minister: Indira Gandhi
• Minister in a government: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
• Chief Minister of a State: Sucheta Kripalani, 1963
• Governor: Sarojini Naidu
• Central Minister: Vijayalakshmi Pandit
• Speaker of a State Assembly: Shanno Devi
• Indian National Congress President: Annie Besant
• President: Pratibha Patil

Others

• Wax statue of a living Indian: Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud's in 1939
• Exclusive internet magazine: Bharat Samachar
• Miss India to participate in Miss Universe: Indrani Rehman
• President of the Indian National Congress: W C Bonnerjee, 1885
• Graduate in Medicine: Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty

Well i decided to start a new blog after all.
n i know its late to tell wats my blog all about......
my blog is my blog.........................
oh no if you think i am going to fill this blog with depressing stories and how unfair the world is yada yada well u underestimate me!
but yes i initially did think i ll write about the unfair world coz the day was just not good "just a bad day" to start with something.........
so this is the freeesh start........................
This is my own space where i will reveal my true self, my honest views, and the person behind the curtain.
I wanna show those hard hearts how wrong they were and how sorry they will be cuz the ball was never in their court!
Hope to discover a more candid me!!!
this will be interesting.................
my blog willl have everything dat i looooooooove...................be it good old black n white pics, be it some really good articles on nuclearisation in south asia or shashi tharoor's articles n on n on.......