Radiate Happiness…

Radiate Happiness

Saw this recently somewhere and couldn’t help but share it… Two things are not Possible: To make everybody happy For everybody to be happy with you One thing is definitely possible: For you to be happy with yourself and thus ensure there is one more happy person in the World. Radiate Happiness… Six Simple practices … Read more

People fight. They don’t talk…

Craig Jenkins Storyteller performed his own interpretation of the tragic, poignant tale ‘Indrajeet’s Death’ to a group of 10 year olds in an East London school. A class of students, many of whom have behavioural and/or learning needs where in pin-drop silence as Ravana, the great demon king, carried the body of his lifeless son … Read more

Misery, Disorder & Solutions

“The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another. Avarice over-rates the difference between poverty and riches: ambition, that between a private and a public station: vain-glory, that between obscurity and extensive reputation. The person under the influence of … Read more

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – Poetry Translation

Its the magical words of Javed Akhtar that bring to life the essence of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Here are the four poems that Imraan narrates in the film (along with my translations)

Pighlay neelam sa behta hua yeh sama,
Neeli neeli si khamoshiyan;
Na kahin hai zameen,
Na kahin aasmaan;
Sarsaraati hui tehniyaan, pattiyaan;
Keh rahi hain ki bas ek tum ho yahaan,
Sirf main hoon, meri saansein hain, aur meri dhadkanein;
Aisi gehraiyaan,
Aisi tanhaiyaan,
Aur main sirf main
Apne honay pe mujhko yaqeen aa gaya…

This moment flows by like liquid sapphire
Silence like the blueness of the sea
No Earth below,
No Sky above.
The rustling of the branches and leaves
Whispering that only you are here
Only me, My breath, and my heartbeat
Depth like this (moment),
Loneliness like this (moment)
And me only me
And now I believe… I exist

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