HappyWordless Wednesday !!

It was Pancham da’s (R D Burman) birthday today …  he is my all time favorite music composer. There are many songs  composed  by him that i simple love. Some are : Wada karo nahin chhodoge (aa gale lag ja) - Wadiyan mera daman (abhilasha) - Roz roz ankho tale (jeeva) - Rimjhim gire sawan (manzil) -  puchho na yaar kya hua (zamane ko dikhana hai).

Pancham da n Gulzar ji - this is a magical combination … anything they created together are my favorite. Long back when i was quite young n i didn’t know who they’re … yet i love those songs. Years later … when i knew what lyricist or music composer are  - i came to know that most of the songs that i adore - love n enjoy are of Pancham da n Gulzar ji.

Some of their songs  are : Sili hawa chugayi (libaas) - Beeti na bitayi raina (parichay) - Is mod se jate hai (Andhi) - Roz roz dali dali (angoor) - Aanewala pal janewala hai (golmaal) ….. n many more mesmerizing songs. I can listen to them all day long n at anytime of the day …

He may not be with us physically but in our hearts … he will always live !

Gulzar ji wrote this when pancham da left everybody in 1994 -  “ye ghalat hai ki waqt guzar jaata hai …. waqt time eternal hai - permanent hai aur kabhee nahin guzarta …. Jo guzar jaata hai - wo hum aur tum hain !!”

I was thinking living in Delhi is a waste as this few months of summer are unbearable. The dry wheather was getting on my nerves … everything looks so dry and lifeless.  Though it rained somewhere in Delhi yesterday but didn’t get a drop at my place.

Have been living here since i was 2 years old … so it’s quite a long time. What i like about this place : the histotrical monuments n it’s architecture - shopping market -  Lodhi Garden - the wide roads ….  at peak hours these roads are packed with cars - bikes - autos - buses and many other moving vehicles (which aren’t moving ) … creating traffic jam - which taste awful !   i guess in coming years this problem will be solved  as Dellhi metro is spreading  all over Dellhi n its NCR …. but actually traffic jams aren’t my problem … it’s the hot dry wheather.

Look at Mumbai … it never used to have so much rain but now from the past few years - monsoon floods Mumbai. Well i don’t  want flood in Dellhi … just want enough rain to wash way the heat - the dryness n the dust.

Today … right now - it seems as if  it may rain anytime … but can’t wait any longer ! My plants are dying … those plants that my uncle brought from Assam - 2 of them are in critical situation n the other two are pretty good. Hoping they will flourish in the rain water … and if they don’t they will never. My plants are the reason too for desperately waiting for the rain.

Now lets wait n watch !!

while i was writing this post … it drizzle -  but that wasn’t what i wanted.  i thought of heavy rain … which would bring relief  - which would make the white rain lilly to blossom again this year !!

…little busy with my work otherwise i have made up my mind to write some lines even if i m post a pic … but i guess not today as i have tons of work to finish …  keep well n enjoy the moment of life -  Happy Wordless Wednesday !!

Yes … fall in love with the city Rome (Italy) when we went there to stay for 3 years (1991-1994). Some of the most  beautiful memories in my life are of Rome.  It had all the things to fall in love with … yummy food - amazing architecture - mesmerizing nature - gorgeous people and awesome climate.

I still remember there wasn’t any particular rainy season … but in winter it used to rain more. The whole night it would rain n in the morning it would be all gone … leaving  behind wet n beautiful roads n trees.

Remember sitting in the warm room - would hear the rain fall n sometime the thunder too … which made the glass window vibrate. Sometime when u open the window … wet n cold wind would embrace u. You close the window n get back to ur bed (which is just next to the window) and carry on doing ur homework …. maybe a sketch  for the Art class … while still hearing the rain pouring down from the dark grey sky. It was while staying in of  Rome -  that i began to love rain.

From our school (St.Gorge’s English School at La storta) … we went to many places in the countryside - unfortunetly can’t remember the names  anymore … saw rivers - palaces with French influence - gardens - mountains … in which caves were made. How did they reached there ? We were made to think by our teacher … why aren’t anyone living in the village at the top of that mountain anymore? … Did they left/died because of the deadly disease “Plague”.

But at that time i couldn’t think what the teacher wanted us to think  …. i used to get lost in the beauty of the nature. Lost  gazing at the river that’s rushing down the not so steep mountain. The birds busy chattering as if it’s the only day left in their life. The cool breeze whispers in ur ears ..  in an unknow language and still u can feel it … love it !!

The more i write - the more i long to go back  ….

Trip to the city is as splendid as exploring the countryside. Rome is full of amazing intricate artwork …. be it the churches - the squares (piazza as they call it) - the bridges - the mesmerizing paintings … everything !!!  It’s Rome that made me love and admire the beauty of architecture n artwork.

Top left : Piazza Navona  - Top right :Piazza della Rotanda - Bottom :Palazzo del Grillo … once residence of the famous marquis .            p.s. all these photos are by Giancarlo Gasponi ..

Sometime u could hear ur neighbours having a get  together …. drinking - eating - playing guitar and singing … they’re full of life. But the music was never too loud … as they cared for their neighbours too !!

While talking about Rome … i can’t miss out on pizza - cheese -  pasta - wine (which i never tasted … never even thought of it either). For breakfast  … most Romans had pizza which was very simple with cheese n tomato topping - and believe me .. it tasted like “heaven” .. Nowhere in the world can match it’s taste … :)  They had their pasta simple too .. again with grated cheese n fresh tomato puree. I never has the courage to taste it  … always had my pasta with yummy n creamy sauce - n the taste  ….. Oh God ! depot me to Rome - the Heaven on earth !!