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After coming to Calgary, I needed some information on NRI and NRO accounts. Lots of people kept telling lotsa things. ultimately it was the old trusted Economic Times, Mumbai that gave some easy to understand and good information The government gives non-resident Indians (NRI) the opportunity to open rupee dominated accounts in India for repatriating funds. The most popular among these are the NRE and NRO accounts. A NRE ( Non-Resident External ) account gives an individual the opportunity to deposit money earned from abroad. It can be either in the form of a savings or current or term deposit account. Apart from the account holder, a resident can also operate the NRE account for making local payments as long as he has the power of attorney. A NRO ( Non-Resident Ordinary ) account gives one the privilege of depositing overseas earnings as well as Indian earnings. An NRO account can be in the form of saving, current and term deposit account. However, one can have a resident of India...

Some of Pancham's Bengali film songs. Ekanta Apan Tolo Chhinnobina Bandho .......... Asha Bhosle Na Na Na Kachhe Eso Na ........... Asha Bhosle & Balsubrahmaniam Khelbo Holi Rong Debona .......... Asha Bhosle & Kavita Krishnamurthy Hayre Kala Eki ............................ Asha Bhosle Emon Modhur Sandhya ............. Asha Bhosle Tomari Cholar Pothe .................. Asha Bhosle Troyee Katha Hoyechhilo Tabu .............. Asha Bhosle Jana Ajana Pothe ......................... Kishore Kumar Ektu Boso Chole Jeyona .............. Asha Bhosle Ek Tanete Jemon ........................ Kishore Kumar & Sapan Chakraborty Aro Kachhakachhi ....................... Kishore Kumar & Asha Bhosle Kobe Je Kothay ........................... Bhupinder Singh Aparupa Lal Nil Holde ................................ Arati Mukherjee Ar Ki Tomay Chharhchhi ............Asha Bhosle & Abhijit Angur Angur Chokh .................... Asha Bhosle Ami Janina Keno .....................

All the trivia are sourced from conversations with individuals, heard on radio or internet. I do not stake any claim for the authenticity. The intention is to relive the excitement of that time. O Hansini Shailendra Singh was the original voice of Rishi Kapoor after Bobby. So it was natural that he was chosen as playback for Zahreela Insaan. RD was composing a song for this movie when Kishore Kumar happenned to drop in. He was very impressed with the tune and asked RD who the singer was? RD replied it was you. Kishore was very happy and suggested that they get it recorded the next day. So while all songs from Zahreela Insaan were sung by Shailendra Singh, this one got sung by Kishore Kumar ... and it turned out to be the biggest hit. The song was O Hansini ... Amanush The music for this Shakti Samanta film was by Shyamal Mitra, but RD had provided his musicians, his recording studio and also his home for this movie! J Om Prakash Inspite of giving musical hits like Aap Ki Kasa...

आता जगायाचे असे माझे किती क्षण राहिले ? माझ्या धुळीचे शेवटी येथे किती कण राहिले? ह्रदयात विझला चंद्रमा... नयनी न उरल्या तारका... नाही म्हणायाला तुझे हे आपुलेपण राहिले अजुनी कुणास्तव तेवतो हा मंद प्राणाचा दिवा? अजुनी मला फसवायला हे कुठले निमंत्रण राहिले? ते लोक होते वेगळे घाईत जे गेले पुढे ... मी मात्र थांबुन पाहतो मागे कितीजण राहिले? कवटाळुनी बसले मज दाही दिशांचे हुंदके माझे अता दु : खासवे काही न भांडण राहिले! होता न साधा एवढा जो शब्द मी तुजला दिला एकाच शब्दाला उभे आयुष्य तारण राहिले. अवघ्या विजा मी झेलल्या, सगळी उन्हे मी सोसली रे बोल आकाशा, तुझे आता किती पण राहिले? ओसाड माझे घर मुळी नाही बघायासारखे हे आसवांचे तेवढे अध्याप तोरण राहिले.

काय जे समजायचे ते शेवटी समजून गेलो, मी तुझ्या आशेत सारी जिंदगी उधळून गेलो चारचौघांसारखे मज बोलणे जमलेच नाही, सांग तू आता शहाण्या, काय मी बरळून गेलो? मी अता घेणार नाही माप श्वासांच्या गजांचे... जन्मठेपेतून माझ्या आज मी निसटून गेलो. का तुम्ही ठेवाल माझी याद येणाऱ्या पिढ्यांनो? मी तुम्हासाठीच तेव्हा कोरडा बहरून गेलो आज कैशी आपुली ही भेट ताटातूट झाली? भेटतांना ऐन वेळी मी कुठे हरवून गेलो? मी चुका केल्या तरीही काय हे नाही पुरेसे? मी करोडो माणसांची अंतरे उजळून गेलो जाणते ही बाग माझ्या सोसण्याच्या सार्थकाला- मी इथे हे अमृताचे रोपटे रुजवून गेलो

सूर मागू तुला मी कसा? जीवना तू तसा, मी असा. तू मला, मी तुला पाहिले एकमेकांस न्याहाळिले दुःख माझा तुझा आरसा एकदाही मनासारखा तू न झालास माझा सखा खेळलो खेळ झाला जसा खूप झाले तुझे बोलणे खूप झाले तुझे कोपणे मी तरीही जसाच्या तसा रंग सारे तुझे झेलुनी शाप सारे तुझे घेउनी हिंडतो मीच वेडपिसा काय मागून काही मिळे ? का तुला गीत माझे कळे ? व्यर्थ हा अमृताचा वसा

An excellent article in the Times of India of 10th January 2009 giving fundamental information on Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss statements. Balance Sheet A company’s balance sheet is essentially a statement of its wealth (assets) and what it owes to others (liabilities) at a particular point in time. The assets could be fixed assets like land, buildings, plant and machinery. They could be movables like cars or computers. They could also be liquid assets in the form of cash reserves or receivable payments due to the company from those it has sold goods to, for instance, or repayments on loans given. Liabilities are anything the company has to pay to others. Thus, they would include payments due to its suppliers. Loans taken from others as well as interest due on those loans would also be part of the liabilities. What is owed to the shareholders would also fall in this category. However, balance sheets present this information not explicitly under the heads assets and liabiliti...

Next one is from Rog - मैंने दिलसे कहा ढूँढ लाना खुशी "Rog" is the story of an overworked police officer who falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating. He has his own psychological problems. The film flopped probably because the of the wrong selection of the woman who is mudered. That lady cannot act and is nowhere is she sensual as demanded by the story line. The director appears confused between sensuality and sexuality. Irfan Khan is first rate as usual. The song plays in the background as he leaves the psychologist after an attempted suicide. मैंने दिल से कहा, ढूँढ लाना खुशी नासमझ लाया गम, तो यह गम ही सही बेचारा कहाँ जानता था खलिश है यह क्या खला है शहर भर की खुशी से यह दर्द मेरा भला है जश्न यह राज़ न आए मज़ा तोह बस गम मैं आया है मैंने दिल से कहा, ढूँढ लाना खुशी नासमझ लाया गम, तो यह गम ही सही कभी है इश्क का उजाला कभी है मौत का अँधेरा बताओ कौन भेस होगा मैं जोगी बनू या लुटेरा कई चेहरे है इस दिल के न जाने कौनसा मेरा मैंने दिल से कहा ढूँढ लाना खुशी नासमझ ला...

Another good one is मैं जहाँ रहूँ from नमस्ते लंडन . This song is composed by Himesh Reshammiya! Wow! I was pleasantly surprised and the voice of Rahaat fateh Ali Khan . मैं जहाँ रहूँ मैं कहीं भी हूँ तेरी याद साथ है किसी से कहूं के नही कहूं यह जो दिल की बात है कहने को साथ अपने एक दुनिया चलती है पैर छुपके इस दिल में तन्हाई पलती है बस याद साथ है कहीं तो दिल में यादों की एक सूली गढ़ जाती है कहीं हर एक तस्वीर बहुत ही धुंधली पड़ जाती है कोई नई दुनिया के नए रंगों में खुश रहता है कोई सब कुछ पाके भी यह मन ही मन कहता है कहने को साथ अपने एक दुनिया चलती है पर छुपके इस दिल में तन्हाई पलती है बस याद साथ है

हजारों ख्वाहिशें ऐसी हजारों ख्वाहिशें ऐसी की हर ख्वाहिश पे दम निकले बहुत निकले मेरे अरमान लेकिन फिर भी कम निकले Ghalib’s poetry has the quintessential quality of striking exactly that right chord in your heart. This film by Sudhir Mishra takes its name and inspiration from the above. It has a good story, well defined characters and some good acting by newcomers. Still, I feel the film should have been made more fast paced and exciting. It tends to drag in a lot of places. The story, involving three young protagonists, spans five years from the late 60’s, when the Naxal movement was gaining steam in Bengal, to the mid-70’s, with the imposition of Emergency in a power-grabbing manoeuver by Indira Gandhi. I have not experienced this era and would go only by hearsay and reading books and newspaper articles. The film attempts to capture the angst of the youth, as well as the pains of the adolescent Indian democracy transitioning from its post-Independence innocence. Hazaaron…. is really a p...

असेच एक गाणे आहे " ले जा ले जा रे " sung by Sheya Ghoshal and Ustad Vilaayat Khan from Ustaad and The Divaa's . The video is pretty ordinary and the actress fails to portray the innocence of the girl singing the song. The heroine is worried that her beloved is not paying enough attention to her. She is wondering about what she lacks that he is not able to hold his attention. लेजा लेजा रे महकी रात में चुराके सारे रंग लेजा राती राती मैं भीगूँ साथ में तू ऐसी मुलाक़ात देजा नी मुइए मन मैला, मन मैला क्या करना, है ऐसा.. न भाए पिया को, तन गोरा क्या करना, है ऐसा.. लेजा लेजा.. चुराके सारे रंग लेजा.. राती राती मैं भीगूँ साथ में तू ऐसी मुलाकात लेजा I like this line of this song a lot. It has a pun when she says that she wants to get drenched in a celebration of passion and emotions the whole night with him. She desires be with him all the night at the same time she also means that she has shed enough tears being lonely all nights and wants him to be with her.

A beautiful song तू जो नही है तो sung originally by S B John of the (then) East Pakistan in 1959 for the film Savera with lyrics by Fayyaz Hashmi and music by Manzoor Hussain. This song has been beautifully adapted in the film Woh Lamhe and sung by Glen John. Whatever differences of opinion I may have with Mahesh Bhatt's views, but this guy makes movies on varied subjects. His themes are always different than others and his songs are good. This song has two versions Version one Version two तू जो नाही है तो कुछ भी नाही है ये माना के महफ़िल जवाँ है हँसी मुझे फिर तबाह कर मुझे फिर रुला जा सितम करनेवाले क़ही से तू आजा आंखोंमें तेरीही सूरत बसी है तेरीही तरह तेरा ग़म भी हँसी है जिधर भी ये देखे जहाँ भी ये जायें तुझे ढूँढती है ये पागल निगाहें मैं ज़िंदा हूँ लेकिन कहा ज़िन्दगी है मेरी ज़िन्दगी तू कहा खो गयी है समझ में ना आए ये क्या माजरा है तुझे पाके दिलमें यह खालीसा क्या है क्यों हर वक्त दिलमें कोई बेक़ली है क्यो ...

Once upon a time there lived a king with his queen and a lovely princess. They were living happily. One day the young princess met a sage. Among other things he told her that if she wanted to be happy in life she should take her own decisions. She became convinced her that since it was her own life she should decide for herself what is good for her. She knew that she could ask others about their views, but ultimately it has to be her decision. One day she met a handsome young man of the neighbouring kingdom. His kingdom was not as big as hers but he had the fire in him to expand the borders of his kingdom. But he was in no hurry. They met a lot of times and found out that they vibe very well. The prince proposed marraige to her. She was too timid to give an answer right away. She spoke to her parents and they did not approve of this. She thought about it for a long time and ultimately decided against marrying him. The young prince was devastated. He had never expected such an answer. B...

जेते जेते पोथे होलो देरी आर डी चे एक अतिशय तरल बंगाली गाणे आहे - जेते जेते पोथे होलो देरी . ह्याच गीताच्या चालीवर " आँधी " मधील " तेरे बिना जिंदगीसे शिकवा " बेतले आहे . हे गीत पश्चिम बंगाल मधे पूजा गीत म्हणून ओलखले जाते . पूर्वी जसे महाराष्ट्रात भावगीते प्रसिद्ध व्हायची तशीच दुर्गा पूजेच्या वेळेस ही पूजा गीते release केली जातात . या गीताचे बोल आणि त्याचे English translation द्यायचा हा प्रयत्न आहे. I am not very good at this stuff and relied on my friend for the right pronounciation as well as its interpretation. जेते जेते पोथे होलो देरी ताईतो पारिनी जेते पारिनी भूल बूझे तुमी चोले गायछो दूरे खोमा पाबो आशा छादिनी I got late on my way and could not reach you You misunderstood and left away But I still hope that you will forgive me someday आकाश वेंगे तोखों बृष्टि नेमे छिलो ताई जे पोत थीमे छिलो आमी गिये देखी तुमि नेई एकी हार मेने तोबू हारिनी जेते जेते पोथे होलो देरी.... It was the rain that stop...

मला आवडलेला एक अतिशय उत्तम लेख . दि . २९ डिसेंबर २००९ च्या महाराष्ट्र टाईम्स च्या अंकात प्रकाशीत झाला। लेखक आहेत सुहास फडके . यातील शेवटच्या काही मतांशी मी सहमत नाही , मात्र एकंदरीत हा लेख आपल्याला विचार करायला लावतो . (I don't subscribe to some views. Nevertheless the article is thought provoking). पाकसमोर आपण दरवेळी शेपूट का घालतो? पाकिस्तानविरूद्ध युद्धज्वर निर्माण केल्यानंतर पुन्हा एकदा भारताने माघार घेतली आहे . असे घडण्याची ही पहिलीच वेळ नाही. याच दशकाच्या आरंभी , अतिरेक्यांनी संसदेवर हल्ला चढवल्यानंतर अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी यांच्या नेतृत्वाखालील राष्ट्रीय लोकशाही आघाडीच्या सरकारने , सीमेवर सैन्याची प्रचंड जमवाजमव केली. कोणत्या क्षणी भारत चढाई करणार असे चित्र निर्माण झाले. प्रत्यक्षात तसे काहीच झाले नाही. पाकिस्तानच्या भारताच्या सार्वभौम अशा प्रतिका...