Am out on a longish drive this weekend, and drove a almost brand new Ford Fusion yesterday for about 5 hours straight… I am surprised with the smoothness of the car, never expected Ford to be this smooth… will write more when I am back !
I ain’t sugar, don’t think I am sweet
I ain’t the sun, don’t think I got too much heat
I ain’t the moon, to keep your nights lit
I ain’t the air, to let you breathe
I ain’t fire, to burn your heart
I ain’t water, to cool you down
I ain’t a joker, to keep you away from the frown
I ain’t a river, to let you flow
But I am me…
a bit of fire
a bit of water
a bit of earth
a bit of sky
a bit of mountain
a bit of air
a bit of sun
a bit of time
a bit of sadness
a bit of fun
a bit of sparkle
a bit of glare
a bit of heart
a bit of dirt
a bit of strength
a bit of weakness
a bit of distance
a bit of caress
a bit of space
a bit of nothing
a bit of everything
but
I ain’t sugar, don’t think I am sweet
I ain’t the sun, don’t think I got too much heat
Picked up Ma Pa from today… their maiden flight from India to Chicago !!!
Milwaukee suddenly looks like home !!!
My second biiiiiig gift after the success of 30on30 
Life is great !
“बीत गए दिन प्यार के पलछिन
सपना बनी ये रातें
भूल गए वो तू भी भुला दे
प्यार की ये मुलाकातें …”
आज के सवाल….
१ गाने का मुखड़ा बताएं
२ संगीतकार का नाम बताएं
३ इसी संगीतकार के दो और गानों के बारे मे कुछ बताएं
And like the last time, no peeking into comments to find the answer… do you own research and come up with the answers
I have always believed that Doctors have a profession that is noble, and selfless. I still believe it, however there are incidents that shake that belief.
And one such incident is what you see below in the presentation… Please do take out time to read through…
आरम्भ है प्रचंड बोलें मस्तकों के झुंड
आज ज़ंग की घड़ी की तुम गुहार दो
आन बान शान या के जान का हो दान
आज एक धनुष के बाण पे उतार दो
I have always liked Piyush Mishra as an actor… his screen presence, his dialogue delivery and most importantly his voice… There is something about it that I notice and I like !
Gulal has a few songs that Piyush Mishra has brilliantly sung, and he has done such a wonderful job with his lyrics, and music… One of the strongest lyrics and music of recent times… Hats off to him… Most of these NSD guys have brought so much to the Indian Cinema, but they are so under rated… anyway !!!
Another song that I “listen” to is “Raat ke Musafir” by Rahul Ram… I have always loved his voice, and way this song has been rendered with minimum music… just the acoustic guitar and Rahul’s incredible voice… sheer Brilliance !!!
मुकाम खोज ले तू
मकान खोज ले तू
इंसान के शहर में इंसान खोज ले तू
देख तेरी ठोकर से
रास्ते का वो पत्थर
माथे पे तेरे लग जाये न उचल के
ओ रात के मुसाफिर
तू भागना संभल के !
Here are the two songs which I have mentioned above, in case you have not heard them yet!
This song is set up in an environment of College Elections and brought back memories of the DU elections… There used to be so much at stake in this youth elections and being a part of them was an amazing experience! All is fair in love and war and “elections” was the motto I guess !
And here is Raat Ke Musafir:
And While you are at it, why not see/hear some more of Piyush Mishra… This reminds me so much of the Street Play times. I wonder where would I be if I had continued with my love of theater.
Folded them properly, and made sure there I did not have a clue of which chit had what name….
Decided that there should be more than 1 winner, so picked up 3 instead… and here are the results !!!!
Congratulations Teekhi Mirchi, Subbu and Geet…
So now the three of you can choose a picture each from the Holland post, and write to me at prashantbhardwaj[at]gmail[dot]com with the picture details, and the address you’d like me to ship the photograph to !!!
Thanks people for participating and apologies to those whose names did not come up in the draw this time! come up with ideas to have your names in the winner’s list and we will do something similar in June
So this is the list of people who commented on the Holland travelogue and their names are going in the draw tonight..
1. Rhapsody
2. Joy
3. Geet
4. WishesGalore
5. Jas
6. Iya
7. Reeta
8. Deeps
9. Aarbee
10. Sam
11. Reema
12. Vaishali
13. Rahi
14. Teekhi Mirchi
15. Subbu
The name which is picked up gets to choose a photo from my previous post, and I will send a print to his/her place. There might be slight changes in how the print looks as I would manually edit it this time, instead of using Piknik.
Tell me a way to make this draw more interesting…
1. This is a very very very long post (45+ photographs, loads of text) so have a good amount of time on hand when you start reading it
2. This is dedicated to two very important parts of my life… Bindiya and Tushar who started new chapters in their lives in April and May respectively
3. This trip was a celebration of the “sincerely hoped for, unexpected” success of 30on30 initiative… and to share the joy, I would do a random draw of lots of all the people who comment on this post and will send them a print (which they can select from this post) if they are in India or US. If the comments are too less for a decent lot, I would randomly add some random comments from friends and include them !
Now that the conditions are laid out well, lets start….
So it was finalized that I am going to Holland to see the Tulips… Gaurav agreed, Deepali agreed, Pritam, Lakhan, Golu, Sapna agreed, and Jyoti agreed ( she was visiting me that week on her way from the West Coast of the Amreeka to the East Coast of Amreeka)
They left from Minneapolis early evening and I left Milwaukee around 1830 hrs… it was a long drive ahead and I was so looking forward to it… a fantastic car good music system and a nice weather was all that I could ask for… and I had some Samosa’s and Kachauri’s with me for the drive too what fun !!!!
As expected driving was a breeze through without any issues at all…Reached the Super 8 Motel around midnight and Pritam and the gang reached soon after ! We did not spend much time talking then, and called it a day with a promise to leave the motel by 0930 hrs the next morning !
), some cereal, milk (like a good boy I had my cereal and milk there too).
Pritam was driving a JEEP and there was no way I would have let anyone else drive that now that I was around… He knew that, and asked Sunil to handover the keys to me before I created any fuss ! He like a gentleman took the navigator seat and Pritam, Jyoti and Golu happily acquired the passenger seats !!! Just about 20 minutes away was our first destination of the day…
The Veldheer’s Tulip Garden….
I would be lying if I tell you that I was very excited to see what I saw… My bad! I was expecting miles of tulips of various colors and variety, but this turned out to be a relatively smaller than what I had painted in my head… It was not entirely my mistake actually, it was the advertising that got the better of me here ! But nevertheless it was a sight to see… I had never seen so many tulips together, so in a way this was a happy moment !
Enjoy the pictures below for a while, before getting back to reading more
Did I mention that for most of the time I was confused if I was in Holland or America or India? The proportion of Indians vs Foreigners was as good as India Gate in Delhi or some tourist spot near Pondicherry or Madras or Bangalore… This was the largest number of Indian public I have seen together outside India so far !!!
Just before getting out of the Tulips Garden, we decided to take a few pictures of each other 
There was a small factory inside the shop itself where the shoes were being made(below)…
Seen below is the 1970 Dodge truck we went around for a drive in….
I really wanted to see the sun set, and really wanted to see it… so we waited… it was not the most comfortable evening as it was pretty chilly, but my dear friends decided to hang around till sunset and then move back….
So after this loooooooooooooong touristy day and a heavy Indian dinner, we called it a day around midnight !!!!
It was a nice place to just sit and chat as well… I did not care much for the wines, and came out to just sit in the field and take pictures, while Pritam, Golu, and Jyoti were enjoying the wine tasting experience….
Sunil also decided to come out and relax for a while before he started the long drive back to Minneapolis…
The pit-stop was at Fenneville somewhere between somewhere, where we enjoyed some Pizzas at a Pizza hut before saying the final good byes to each other, promising to meet again soon !!! Post that, Sunil drove a bit faster towards their destination and I enjoyed the music and the amazingly smooth Nissan Altima to Milwaukee….
All in all, this trip ended up with me having a nice big smile on my face, exactly like the road-map between Milwaukee and Holland
I am already looking forward to my next trip !!! Are you?
Oh and congratulations for reaching the end of this post
“तौबा मेरी तौबा, मुश्किल था एक तो, पहले ही दिल का बेहेल्ना
आफत फिर उसपे, लट में तुम्हारा, मुखड़ा छुपा के चलना…”
आज के सवाल :
बताइए गाना कौनसा है?
किसने गया?
कौनसी पिक्चर से लिया गया?
और कुछ पता हो तो वो भी बताइए !
and no peeking into the existing comments to find the answer !!
And now if you know the answer, here is your turn to enjoy the song :Click Here.
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