Pandava Vanavasam - Anjaneya Dandakam Lyrics

anjaneya mahaanubhava

manojavam maarutha thulya vegam
jitendriyam buddhimataam varishtam
vaataatmajam vaanara yuudha mukhyam
sriraama dhutam sirasa namami

bhaje ramya ramba vadhi nithyavasam
bhaje bala bhanu prabha chaaruhasam
bhaje chandrika kundha mandharahasam
bhaje santhatham rama bhoopala dhaasam

jai jai maha satva baha maha vajra dheha
pari bootha surya kritha matya karya
maha veera gambhira hemadhri dhiira
dharajatha sriram saumithri samvesithatma
mahatmaaa aaaaa
namo vaayuputra namo satyarithra namo janaki prana dhaatha
bhavisyadh vidhaatha aaaaa
hamuntha karunyavantha prashantha
namasthe namasthe namasthe namaha

sriramachandram srithaparijatham sa lakshmanam
bhoomi sutha samhetham
lokabhi raamam raghu vamsa soomam
raajaadhi raamam sirasa namamiii

Good One......

Was watching the movie - Tere Ghar Ke Samne - Hindi movie. A Dev anand Movie... liked the below dialogue and ofcourse one of great all time hit song after that...

While walking on stairs in Kutub Minar....

उप्पर देखता  हूँ तो सोचता हूँ  कैसे पहुंचें
मगर आपको देखता हूँ तो सोचता हूँ पहुँचने की क्या जरूरत हैं

Then comes in sequence the wonderful song -

दिल का बव्नर करे पुकार प्यार का राग  सुनो..प्यार का राग  सुनो रे....

"Sri Rama Rajyam" - Movie By Bapu Ramana - A different perspective

First of all, with all due respect to Bapu & Ramana, they are great stalwarts of Telugu Cinema Industry and i don't even come anywhere near them to criticise or point fingers at them. Below comments are remarks based on my pure observation skills. As my friends often say i am avery good observer and also being a great fan of Legend - NTR, have seen this movie with so much interest and vigour that i found few points could be better.

Overall the movie was excellent and was not a disaster like "pandurangadu" which was totally mis-directed by changing the story and adding unnecessary modernised scenes.

Pray God to give Bapu more energy and health to direct such movies in future again.

Key observations -

1. Screenplay was found to be little too fast in the initial scenes especially where Rama is entering into ayodhya and during rajyabhishekam. In the scene where rama and sita are walking to the throne, stop before it and bend to pay their respects, rama (balakrishna) completes his act a little faster and while sita (nayantara) is still doing it - (her hands are still attached), balakrishna grabs her finger.

2. Song lyrics could be lot better and it is no match to all time great hit song - "E nimishaniki emi jaruguno....".

3. Excellent take by bapu in the scene when Lakshmana bows to pay his respects to sita. srikanth falls on the feet of sita - an excellent picture.

4. Rest of emotions from sita during the time when she is being left in forest and lakshmana conveying the message are not good enough and can be easily seen as little unreal.

5. Overall Srikanth did a great attempt to Lakshmana's character. Good Job.

6. Dialogues from srikanth (lakshmana) while conveying the message  was not appropriate. Even though the movie is to ensure it is understood by all rather than use any sanskrit, some specific words like - "ramudu", "anubhavisthunadu" doesnt sound good. They doesn't show the respect for his brother or his decission.

7.  Rama's statue in ashram was awesome...Very attractive and beautiful.

8. When sita was being guided to outside for srimantham from her cottage, Hanuman in the form of a kid catches her hand and helps her towards the throne. This is "Highly Unacceptable". if you understand the Great Hanuman's devotion to ram and sita, he will never attempt to catch her hand. for me its very important, in that case, lakshmana touching the feet of sita can be shown or hanuman during the rajyabhishekam can touch feet of rama and sita which you seldom see in any movies or plays.

9. Lav Kusa song - good even though again not a match for old song. But definetely is equally good for  these times.

A Tribute to the Great "Jewel Thief", "Guide" and "Hare Rama Hare Krishna"

Its a very sad loss hearing devanand passed away today. He is a great actor, producer and director.

Hope his soul rest in peace.

My Travellogue: Tips for Visiting Scotland.

Having been visited Scotland 3 times in different weather conditions, one in Peak Winter (Christmas time), Start of Spring (April) and Mid Summer (July), I would like to provide my 2 cents of advice for any future visitors.

Point to Note: My trips are all planned from London. As i stay in london.
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Travel: Best option to book your tickets is by National Express Bus. www.nationalexpress.com. If planned well advance, you can get tickets for as cheap as 1 or 5 GBP per head one way.

Stay: Always plan your stay to be based out of Edinburgh. In Edinburgh the B&B/Hotels cost between 30-60 GBP Per person per night. You can search many B&B in this – http://www.visitscotland.com/. It depends on the time of your travel (summer/long weekend). I would suggest you to go for Serviced Apartments rather than B&B’s (In case you are family 3-4 or more). Most of the times, you may find Apartments come for much cheaper prices than B&B’s. One of the guys with whom i stayed was http://www.scottishapartments.com/. Last time i stayed, the Apartment is in Royal Mile (Main Tourist Street - All attractions are in that Street) with my views of St. Giles Cathedral from My Bedroom Windows. It was excellent..

Tours: For Highlands’s tour, Best option, i would prefer is rabbies tour. I would suggest 2-day Tour of LOCH NESS & INVERNESS HIGHLAND. I have been on this in Christmas ’08. It was worth it. You can look out for many other tours by rabbies. But would suggest rabbies only rather than any other, as the tour guide/driver was pretty good and also the tour is very well planned giving us time everywhere and above all this – its 16 member (max) van. So makes difference!!!
http://www.rabbies.com/index.asp

In the event that you have only time for a 1 day tour- then any operator should be fine. As the third time i have been to scotland, i booked for 1 day Highlands tour from rabbies. It was OK.
If you have time, Visit Isle of Arran as well. It is good place to visit (Of course in summer). For this you may have to catch a ferry/train from Glasgow). I have not gone to this place, but heard it’s a nice place. http://www.visitarran.net/

Of course, over all of this, dont miss visiting Scotch Whisky Distilleries as part of your trip. Its worth it. And i would say, Visiting Scotland without getting to know about Scotch Whisky is Only Half-complete. :-)

IPL : Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals

This is what i call a Match Winning Performance of the team. As i mentioned in the last blog, Replacing Ryan Harris with Vaas is a very wise decission which paid off at the end. And Dwayne Smith replacing Gibbs was a bold move but defined the match.
Suman, as seen in the previous matches, was very good batting as opener. He did his job well may not be great. He just needs to work out in staying little long and playing bigger innings.
Rohit turned out to be true golden duck and as Gilly mentioned may be he is running for Purple cap rather than orange cup this year.

I would like to see the same line up to continue and keep winning. 

IPL Match Report: Hyderabad (DC) vs Mohali (KXIP)

With the Australian players available, both teams made sure they included them in their line-up. Punjab, drafted Brett Lee in place of Yusuf Abdulla and Deccan replaced Dwayne Smith with Andrew Symonds.

An excellent start given by Gilchrist didn't last long but T Suman had made it up by keeping up momentum as he took on the bowlers from the moment he arrived. Except for couple of deliveries in his knock of 27 off 17 deliveries, i was very impressed with Suman. His batting was effortless and elegant. Straight six of Chawla in the ninth over was an example of it.
His shots are not of traditional pinch hitter quality, they have true class in them. A very good young talent India can look forward to.

Then came the record partnership between Venugopal rao and Symonds, i would say venugopal rao has played much sensibly this time. He took over the charge of attacking the bowlers intially when symonds is low in confidence and trying to get his touch. And when he is all set blazing, he rotated the strike giving symonds strike. One key over is the 17th, when Rao scored a six and boundary off Mota's final over. Before that Mota had dream figures of one for seven in three overs, which was runied with 17 in the 18th.

One thing that differentiated Punjab is their bowling. Piyush and Mota had expolited the slow pitch very well, which was lacking in Deccan Chargers attack.

Deccan Chargers bowling attack was seen as tooth less with none of them other than Ojha performing well. As the popular Telugu Movie Dialogue goes "I make the rules and I break the rules". Symonds has his own version as "I am the creator and I am the destroyer". He proved this for second time. In the inaugural edition match against Rajasthan Royals, he saved the team while batting with a fantastic century but he gave all the runs required for opponents Win while bowling. Yesterday it was the same, while he batted superbly ensuring team posts a big target, he bowled the 9th over to give away 20 runs. I think the Deccan Chargers have to note this point from next matches, Symonds can do best job in only one either batting or bowling. Especially when he played a superb batting knock, never give him a chance to bowl. :-)

From my perspective, key over was 19th over bowled by Ryan Harris which changed the match. Gilchrist should have opted for his golden duck rohit or venu. Gilchrist should look for better options in subsequent matches as ryan proves to be not so effective. RP Singh's bowling is also very poor, may be he is only good at hard pitches rather than these slow pitches. He has to add this ability to his sleeve, which would make enable him to be a great bowler.

Overall i would say, punjab is not at all effective either in bowling/batting/fielding and its only because of Deccan Chargers poor bowling they won the match.

Why AIG not Lehman - Behind the Scenes Story

Why US government has bailed out AIG but allowed Lehmann Brothers to collapse. This was one question circling around the world for some time. The facts behind is explained in this blog below.
 
The Goldman infallibility myth - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2009/03/the_goldman_infallibility_myth.html

An eyeopening blog showing how worse the situation is and how poor the governance over  banking/finanical services industry is. Atleast now, world has to come forward with some strict governance policies.

When i said governance policies, i doesnt mean its only for BFS industry but also for the so called Tax Payers also, Developed Countries should change their policies around how people think - "government support them whatever they do". Its the responsibility of tax payers to analyse and think ones own financial status before embarking into any credit based loans/ cards etc., As long as the tax payers dont change their attitude, this crisis would keep hitting back with more force.

Excellent Initiative - Felt Very happy

"Jaago Re" - Initiative which is highly appreciated. This would make the Largest democracy in the world, a true power. Educated voters excercising their vote would make a difference, i believe. Hope my company would participate, as well every corporate, and help our democracy.

watch out these links

http://www.tata.com/company/releases/inside.aspx?artid=oJbaL9LmLPs=

http://www.jaagore.com/

Snowfall in London - Cats and Dogs!!!!

Its snowing in London....Heavy snowfall it has seen for last 18 years. Around 15cm snowfall...Priya is excited seeing the first ever snowfall in her life. Of course its the same for me seeing such heavy snowfall. :-)

I am reminded of famous song from Die Hard 2 - "Let it Snow....Let it Snow..."

Ideal World - My view

I dont understand why the media/world is very interested on the origin/color of a person. In the last few days or even months, every form of media, whenever they talk about America and recent elections, they refer to Barack Obama not just as Barack Obama but as first black president or first black democratic candidate, first black etc.,

Why should the Media refer him with his color. I understand, the world has seen worst racist times in the past, but now atleast in 20th century, the same world is united (atleast to outside) in condemning racism and number of laws and Acts are created. In spite of all that.....

Why should he be referred as First Black President of America, why not treat him as any other person (as human infact) and say 42nd or 43rd or whatever president of America. Why should the media be allowed to refer by his color.

Yes he may be first person or a 100th person, which is known to all or not, i would say media should not use the ethnic/color as in referring a person. There will be cases where in some parts of the world untill the media said so, people would not have known him as Black or White. If on the streets or any public/private place a person being referred by his color is not accepted and is tagged Racist remark, then this is also the same and Media should be brought into court.

I still strongly feel the world or larger part of world still has this menace "racism". When a world renowned media company refers to 26/11 attackers in Mumbai as Gunmen but the attackers who attacked their part of world even if its of smaller scale than 26/11 Mumbai, are referred as terrorists - proves how deep this bloody menace is.

My view of ideal world would be to refer a person just by his name rather than ethnic/color. As first step towards it, We need to get the Rule or Act that should ban this usage by Media.

Wish you all a very happy and succesful New Year 2009

Organic Milk - Whats that?

Last time we have been to Tesco, my wife was looking for milk bottle which we generally take. She always finds the one by matching the label and when she didnt find, started looking for alternatives. Thats the time, she noticed that tesco sells different types like organic, skimmed, semi skimmed etc., She understood the differences in skimmed, semi-skimmed etc., but one which she asked me - What does it actually mean by Organic Milk?

I thought let me check in web for official definition, and when i saw the below links saying


http://www.organicmilk.co.uk/index.cfm/yeovalley/Farming.Home
http://www.mealsmatter.org/EatingForHealth/Topics/article.aspx?articleId=387


‘Organic’ is a legally defined quality mark, indicating that production meets the Advisory Committee on Organic Standards (ACOS) criteria. These standards emphasise animal welfare and, by avoiding artificial fertilisers, pesticides and other non-natural chemicals, and prohibiting the routine use of antibiotics and other conventional drugs, also ensure care for the environment, and promote the highest standards of food quality and safety.

It struck to me suddenly, what the above para defines is actually nothing but the Milk we drink daily in India (villages/towns) where milk man comes to house and delivers the milk which is produced the same day. (ofcourse cities are getting globalised :-) ) And i was feeling very sorry for the western world. These people never understood the life as it is given by Nature, instead they exploited it, tried to show superiority over nature by producing new inventions, defining new practices or so called standards and to have them accepted committees, rules, regulations are created. Now they are back to square 1. They are now re-defining the source with new names and to make it accepted, again new committees, rules are created.
I Pity these Western Countries and the People.

Mera Bharat Mahan, Jai Hind.

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Beware!!!!

Kungfu Squirrels

Since my childhood, i like watching squirrels, thats one of my favourite hobby. I always used to dream of having them as pets, record videos of their every single move...so cute....isn't it!!

May be thats one reason, not to downgrade the directors effort, Alvin and ChipMunks was a movie which i enjoyed a lot especially with excellent dialogues and now seeing this article makes me more mad about them. Feels like becoming a Professional Photographer watching cute little creatures, one of many creations by God. watch these now....

Group pose, complete with steely eyes and a strangely human set of expressions

A Cape Ground squirrel kicks a female neighbour where the sun doesn’t – or rather does – shine

** Photos are taken from Metro online newspaper edition

Book i am reading...Halfway Point

Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick, is the book i am reading currently and Even though i am just half way through, i have become a great fan of this book. I have presented my copy to Dad and bought another to continue reading the other half of book.

Few thoughts on the half way mark....

Before i start off, i would like to pass my congratulations to the author for his excellent work. The book will never let you down and i assure you would never be willing to put the book down for a sec once you start reading it. (ofcourse you should be great fan of maths and physics).

The prologue is an excellent way of introducing the subject and the book to readers. And if you read the below lines, wowwwww would be the only answer and your nerves start resonating for reading this book ...

Where Chaos BEGINS, classical science stops. For as long as the world has had physicists inquiring into the laws of nature, it has suffered a special ignorance about disorder in the atmosphere, in the turbulent sea, in the fluctuations of wildlife populations, in the oscillations of the heart and the brain. The irregular side of nature, the discontinous and erratic side - these have been puzzles to science, or worse, monstrosities.

to be continued....

Deep Condolences to Effected People and Kudos to Our NSG, Army, and Police

My heartful deep condolences to all the families who have been effected with the terror strikes in Mumbai. Nothing can replace the lost lives. May their soul rest in peace (except the terrorists).

Kudos and Thanks to all the NSG commandos, Army, Marine Commandos for their successful fight against the terrorists and bring the city into peace again. All their sacrificies deserve a Huge respect and Appreciation.

Celebration Time.....

Congrats to all Indians and specially for the ISRO team. Chandrayaan successfully enters into Moons Orbit.

Kudos....Jai Hind!!!!!!

Two Great Legends.....

In this week, it may or may not be good for India w.r.t Economy, Politics etc., But in the field of Sports or more particularly Chess and Cricket (of course in Science and Technology - Moon Mission) its been a great time.

Today, one of the legends of Indian Cricket, popularly known as The Jumbo, declared his retirment. Anil Kumble is a great player with indomitable spirit of commitment and character. He is a great source of inspiration for all generations to come and also for all current, past players.

His fighting spirit can never be forgotten when he bowled for the country, with a Broken Jaw. I feel very lucky to see him live when every foot of his bowling run up is causing him pain in jaw but still bowled for the country when its needed. Actually he returned to the field from dressing room to ensure India's win in that match (Not sure though of result).

And With next test match in Nagpur, we will see another legend making his way out of the team, The most successful captain of India along with Azhar, the man with a great fighting attitude - Never Say Die. When the whole country including the press were after him, he returned to the team in style. He changed the face of Indian Cricket and Captaincy. Whatever aggression we see on the field or out of field are his contributions to Indian cricket.

Definetely for the rest of my life, if i need to keep my fighting spirit up for any reasons or mentor or guide any friends, these are the two legends whom i will never fail to quote.

My Heartful congratulations and Best wishes to them. Chak De India!!!!

Happy Andhra Pradesh Formation Day

Wish to celebrate nov 1st of every year like this. worried about the bloody politics in A.P. to break it into two, which i sincerely pray not to happen.
Also very happy to know that Telugu is identified as Classical languge by central govt.

మా తెలుగు తలికి మల్లెపూ దండ

మా కన్న తలీకి మంగళహారతులు

తెలుగు, కన్నడ భాషలను ప్రాచీన భాషలుగా గుర్తిస్తున్నట్లు కేంద్ర ప్రభుత్వం ప్రకటించింది. శనివారం ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్‌, కర్ణాటక రాష్ట్రావతరణ దినోత్సవాల సందర్భంగా ఈ కానుక ప్రకటించినట్లు పేర్కొంది. అయితే భాషలకు ప్రాచీనహోదా కల్పించడానికి కేంద్రం నిర్దేశించిన అర్హతలపై భాషా నిపుణుల సంఘం సభ్యుడొకరు మద్రాస్‌ హైకోర్టులో దాఖలు చేసిన ప్రజాప్రయోజన వ్యాజ్యంపై వెలువడే తీర్పునకు లోబడే ఈ ఆదేశాలు అమలవుతాయని కేంద్ర పర్యాటక, సాంస్కృతిక శాఖ మంత్రి అంబికా సోనీ తెలిపారు.కోర్టు తీర్పు వెలువడిన నాటి నుంచే ప్రాచీన హోదా అమల్లోకి వస్తుందని పేర్కొన్నారు. శుక్రవారం సాయంత్రం ఢిల్లీలో ఆమె విలేకరులతో మాట్లాడారు. ''కన్నడ, తెలుగులను ప్రాచీనభాషలుగా గుర్తించాలని కర్ణాటక, ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్‌ ప్రజలు, రాజకీయ వర్గాల నుంచి మాకు అనేక వినతిపత్రాలు అందాయి. వీటన్నింటినీ భాషానిపుణుల సంఘానికి నివేదించాం. తాజాగా ఈ సంఘం తెలుగు, కన్నడాలను ప్రాచీన భాషలుగా గుర్తించవచ్చని సిఫారసు చేసింది. నవంబర్‌ 1న రెండు రాష్ట్రాల అవతరణ దినోత్సవాలను పురస్కరించుకొని వీటిని ప్రాచీన భాషలుగా గుర్తిస్తూ కేంద్రం నిర్ణయం తీసుకొంది. అయితే ఇది మద్రాస్‌ హైకోర్టులో పెండింగ్‌లో ఉన్న రిట్‌ పిటిషన్‌పై తీర్పునకు లోబడి ఉంటుంది. ఆ పిటిషన్‌ను కొట్టివేయాలని కోరుతూ కేంద్రం కోర్టును కూడా ఆశ్రయించింది'' అని వివరించారు. ఈ వ్యవహారంపై కోర్టు స్టే ఇవ్వకపోవడం వల్ల తాము ప్రకటన చేస్తున్నట్లు తెలిపారు. తొమ్మిది మంది సభ్యులున్న భాషా నిపుణుల కమిటీలో ఏడుగురు తెలుగు, కన్నడలకు ప్రాచీనహోదా కల్పించడానికి ఆమోదముద్ర వేయగా, ఒకరు వ్యతిరేకించారని సోనీ పేర్కొన్నారు. కేంద్రం నిర్దేశించిన 1500 ఏళ్ల చరిత్రను ఆధారంగా చేసుకొనే ప్రాచీనహోదా కల్పిస్తున్నట్లు చెప్పారు. ఈ నిర్ణయం వల్ల ఎంతమేర ఆర్థిక ప్రయోజనం కలుగుతుందో తనకు తెలియదనీ, అది తన శాఖ పరిధిలోకి రాదని ఆమె ఒక ప్రశ్నకు సమాధానంగా తెలిపారు. భాషా నిపుణులకు అంతర్జాతీయ స్థాయి పురస్కారాలు రావడానికీ, యూజీసీ, కేంద్ర విశ్వవిద్యాలయాల్లో విశిష్ట విద్యా కేంద్రాలను (సెంటర్‌ ఆఫ్‌ ఎక్స్‌లెన్స్‌) ఏర్పాటు చేసుకోడానికి అవకాశం ఉంటుందన్నారు. తెలుగు, కన్నడంతో కలిపి దేశంలో ఇప్పటి వరకు నాలుగు భాషాలకు ప్రాచీనహోదా లభించినట్త్లెందని పేర్కొన్నారు. ఇంతకుముందు సంస్కృతం, తమిళంలకు ఈ గుర్తింపు లభించింది.
Courtesy: ఈనాడు
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