I have been tagged for the FIRST time thanks to Preeti Bhandari jee , and this tag seems to be going aound in the blogger world real fast....catching innocent bloggers unaware is the prize one gets for putting up 8 different traits for their 'Puuurfect labher'.

• Rules:
  *The tagged victim has to come across with 8 different points for their perfect lover.
  *Need to mention the Sex of the target.
  *Tag other 8 victims to join this game and leave a comment on their blog telling them that they have been tagged.
  *If tagged for the second time, there is no need to post again.

Now going strictly by the meaning of the word..'Lover'...am not quite sure about what to put in for him.....but I will spare an 'introspection' for the perfect Mr. Right.

* The sex of the target: 'Definitely Male'.....does that remind anyone of a Bike??

* The traits, huh I have to come up with 8 ..... some task, is that too many or too less (you guessed it). I like leaving things fuzzy....heard of fuzzy logic..huh!

Trait 1. He should , no we should respect each other.

Trait 2. He should be fun, and not too uprightious about things but have an opinion none the less, so that I can have a counter opinion and then we can have discussions/arguments over it!! Comeon now ... its better to know both sides of arguments....and you all are welcome to add your opinions too ;-)

Trait 3. He should not be too tall or too fast. I would not like to look up to someone....and more importantly he should not look 'down' upon me...he he!! and 'fast'...well you see I would like us to walk hand in hand .... and not be catching up all the time :-)

Trait 4. Should love Family.......his, mine, and ours. No compromise here. Ahem!!

Trait 5. Should be secure in himself.....about me ,and about his choices. I somehow feel guys keep looking back to see if they have not commited too fast or too late. I would love him completely and would expect the same. He is allowed to 'look' at others as long as its only 'me' whom he 'desires'.

Trait 6. Should let me name 'our' kids. I have already thought up names you see....amd my di has told me she has thought of names for her kids too......there now I get to name only my 'creations'....sorry 'our' creations.

Trait 7. He should be ready to handle my 'jabber' mood, my pensive ones and my kiddy self and my ahem ... philosopher ones too...well I cannot leave for Himalayas when for all you know I will start craving for 'CN' in the next hour :-) I need a lot of TLC too!!

Trait 8. Well coming to Oxford meaning of 'Lover' ...... all I will say is ... sensuous and fun. And thats all I will say........ :P

Here finally I have made my list........and I did introspect people......for exactly 23 minutes while I searched for the Image and typed in the traits. Whats your take now??

I really do not think there is anyone left who have not been tagged already......so I will bypass the 'victims' part....... lolz

Last word: My image of family bliss.......the last scene of 'Notting Hill'.

I am in the fag end of my education marathon with just a couple of months left….and today I am reminded of all my seven alma amateurs who have seen me grow right from prep to my MBA. There are some people whom I am reminded of today who made a lot of difference in my life……..and the first name that comes to my mind( today as always) is that of Ms. D’Cruz.

She was my class teacher when I was in Loreto Convent in Asansol. And I was in class V ‘A’. We at Loreto had the luxury of having individual libraries in each class room. In order to encourage us to read more Ms. D’Cruz made it compulsory for us to take books from the cupboard and read it at leisure the only catch being we had to be ready to recite the story once we returned the book.

All fine. Arpita brings back a “Famous Five” book, she is asked to narrate the story. And Arpita enthralls the class with a story of five children in a boat (that was on the hard bound cover) and how they get washed on a lonely island and the magic tree, and a talking spider there and the fairies and treasure and what fun it was to be on that island……

We all are completely hooked. Complete silence. I gave up reading Amelia Jane and Grimm’s Fairy tale to lay my hand on “Famous Five”. Back home I started reading the book….no fairies….halfway…no signs still. But the story was none the less gripping…..it was an adventure….and I loved the ending. What baffled me then was, ‘How could Arpita tell us all a fake story….’

And today when I look back I admire the genius of that lady with swarthy complexion who wore a dress and had tight curly hair , who not only restrained from correcting Arpita , but encouraged her talent for story telling and saved her face while the rest of the class got hooked to a different genre of book by chance…..(me atleast) !!



And then it was she who told me when I was leaving Loreto exactly one year later that she would like me to carry the reputation of Loreto where ever I went. That means a lot to a sixth grader….such trust and confidence. I always remained her little girl…a Loreto girl.

My Papa says it best; she always gave him just one instruction, ‘Give her books, give her more books….’

That has become a habit today and shall always be my companion….my books. Ms. D’ Cruz I was blessed to have been in your class.

I am sure some of us would like to keep those songs not just in our hearts but also on our laapy.....sure thing, I have been able to compile a list of websites and links where the time stops .........Thankyou everyone for keeping the spirit alive.......especially..Arjun prabhu, and Kishore balakrishnan....Thanks a lot guys.

http://www.malgudidays.com/

(read malgudi days on net Free!!, + illustrations( RK Laxman at his best), and clips from the production...

http://www.kishore.org/weblog/index.php/archives/category/india/
(mile sur mera tumhara…..audio, and lyrics )

http://www.rtpdesis.com/ek_anek.asf
(ek anek video..download)

http://www.rtpdesis.com/

(baje sargam….audio,scroll down..post called 'Nostalgia'.)

http://www.indiaplaza.com/dvd/pd.aspx?sku=314044&c=0

(DVD of maldugi days serial…1-13 episodes only)

Enjoy everyone....and I have title tracks of 'Jungle book' and 'Malgudi Days too....and ur most welcome to it .

After the previous post I had a deluge of recalls and then I just had to do this......I had to make a list of programs from the 80s and 90s....I have tried my very best and believe me it took a lot of searching ..but its worth all the effort...

I hope every body enjoys it as much as i did..and yes DD was soooo good..i never realised this before...


Aa Bail Mujhe Maar:Comedy,Anu Kapoor,Cast : Amol Palekar, Harish Patel, Ajit Vachhani

Ados Pados:Comedy,E,Vinnie Paranjape,Cast:Amol Palekar,P& D Sai Paranjape

Air hostess:Drama,S,Kittu Gidwani,Director : Vinod Pande

Aisa Bhi Hota hain:Reality,E,Anchor : Monika Laal

Bharat Ek Khoj:Historical,ED,Om Puri,Director:Shyam Benegal

Buniyaad:Drama,S,Alok Nath,Director : Ramesh Sippy

Chanakya:Historical,S,Dr. Chandra Shekhar,Cast: Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, Dinesh Shakul", "Produced & Directed : Dr.Dwivedi

Chhoti Badi Baatein:Comedy,E,Ashok Saraf,Cast : Sulabha and Arvind Deshpande, Babloo Mukherjee

Chunauti :Youth,S,Cast : Rajeev Verma, Ajeet Vachhani,Music : Sapan Jagmohan Director :Rakesh Chaudhari, Prod : SamvaadTitle : Man ek seepi hai, asha moti hai har pal jeevan ka ek chunautihai,Singer : Amit Kumar

Circus:Drama,Serial,Cast : Shahrukh, Renuka Shahane, Pawan Malhotra

Daane Anaar Ke:Family,Shailendra YadavCast : Shailendra, Neena Gupta, Ajit Vachhani,Music : Vishal ,Lyrics : GulzarTitle : Kissa hai kahani hai paheli hai, zindagi ye moosa ki saheli hai

Dekh Bhai Dekh:Comedy,Directed by Anand Mahendroo,Produced by Sarasvati A & V (Jaya Bachchan)Cast: Shekhar Suman, Naveen Nishchol, Fareeda Jalaal, Bhavna, DevenBhojani, Liliput,Title : Is rang badalti dunia me kya tera hai kya mera hai.. dekh bhaidekh..

Ek Do Teen Char:Children(based on famous five),Title : Ek do teen char, chaaro mil ke saath chale to karde chamatkar

Ek Kahaani:Literature,Anchor and Director Manju Singh,Debute serial of Pallavi Joshi

Fauji:YouthSerial,Cast-Shahrukh Khan,Produced & Directed : Colonel Kapoor

Flop Show:Comedy,Cast : Jaspal Bhatti, Vivek Shouq, Savita Bhatti,Produced & Directed : Jaspal Bhatti

Gul Gulshan Gulfaam:Drama,Pareekshit Sahani,Cast : Pankaj Berry,Producer : Cinevista

Hum Log:Drama,Social,Cast : Vinod Nagpal, Jayashree, Seema Bhargave, Rajesh Joshi, RenukaIsrani, Divya Seth, Abhinav Chaturvedi, Kaamia Malhotra,Producer : Doordarshan,Director : P Kumar Vasudev,Title : Aaiye haath uthaayein hum bhi.. hum bhi,Music : Anil Biswas

Hello Zindagi:Current Affairs,Anchor : Nalini Singh,Title Music and Singer : Jagjeet Singh,Title song : Hai lau zindagi, zindagi noor haimagar isme jalne ka dastoor hai

Idhar Udhar:Comedy,Deena Pathak, Supriya,Cast : Ratna Shah, Ravi Vasvaani,Directed by Anand Mahendroo

Indradhanush:Sci-Fi,Cast : Karan Johar (as Apu) and Akshay AnandDirected by Anand Mahendroo

Bahane:Drama,Comedy,Cast-Mazhar Khan, Supriya, Ratna Pathak,Sushmita Mukherjee, Liliput,Directed byAnand Mahendroo

Jamai Raja:Comedy,Directed by Anant Mahadevan

Karam Chand:Detective,Pankaj Kapoor,Cast Sushmita Mukherji, Deepak Qazir,Directed by Pankaj Parashar

Katha Saagar:Literature,ED,Producer : CinevistaKhandaan,Drama,S,Jayant KripalaniDirected by Sreedhar Kshirsagr

Khoja Naseerudin:Literature,E,Raghuvir YadavDirected by Aman Allana

Kile Ka Rahasya:Mystery,Directed by Seema Kapoor

Mahabharat: You know it all

Ramayan: You know it all

Chitrahaar: you know it all

Rangoli: You know it all (remember Nisha Singh and Hema Malani as hostesses)

Nukkad:Comedy,Street corner, Director: Sayed Mirza, Title: Kisse shehar ki ek gali mein basa hua hai nukkad, is nukkad ke sab bashinde lekin jeeb se fakkad..

Tenaliram : a very well made serial about the witty genius.

Junoon: a really got bored of this one as it never seemed to end, I think all the modern soaps have taken this habit from Junoon.

Sauda: A classic story made by B.R.Chopra/Ravi Chopra

Thoda Saa aasman:A unique story of feminist revolutionCast: Nadira and Deepti Naval .

Kshitij Yeh Nahin: a serial by late actress Durga Khote on widow remarriage, it had an excellent performance by Supriya Pilgaonkar(the lady later on wasted in Tu Tu Main Main.)

Wagle Ki Duniya: a satirical commedy produced by Durga Khote on modern society.

Chunni: a story of two friends turned into foes set against the backdrop of Punjab,produced by B.R. Chopra

Byomkesh Bakshi : detective serial,peformance by Rajat Kapoor

Neev : About these kids living in a hostelRajani

Kashish: Romance,Cast-Mallvika Tiwari and Pankaj Beri

Kashmakash :Suchitra Krishnamurthy, Javed Jaffery and Ali Khan

Pachpan Khambe Laal Diwarein: with Meeta Vashisht, Aman verma as Neel.

Mr Yogi:Comedy, satire on marriage, with Mohan Gokhle ,Director- Ketan mehta

Kakkaji Kahin: comedy , satire on politics, Ketan Mehta.

Muzrim Hazir ho: SocialDrama,Cast: Navnee Parihar

Udaan:Real life based on Kanchan Choudhry Bhattacharya life, Directed by Kavita Chaudhry(younger sis of Kanchan), Cast: Kavita Chaudhry ,Shekhar Kapur

Nupur: with Hema Malini and Shekhar Kapur

Sanjha Chulha: Drama, family feud

Samandar: inspired byIndian Navy.

Neem ka Peed:Social , Cast-Pankaj Kapoor

Trishna :(adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice)

Kacche dhoop: ( which was based on the classic Little Women)

Mungerilal ke haseen Sapne: Comedy, Raghubeer Yadav



Children's Program jo sabke favourite the................


Spiderman: Remember the title track, 'Spiderman, spiderman...' sorry sirf music yaad hai..;-)

He-man: Another favourite..Orko was so cute and the 'I am the master of the Universe'..wow!!

Glofriends: All the collection funskool launched after it.

My little ponies

Fairy tales

Hansel and Gretel

You just wait! - A precursor to our 'tom annd jerry ' show...

Vikram aur Beetal- We all remember 'Beetal's laughter, 'Ab main chala.....!!!!'

Singhansan Pacheesi: Vikramaditya's throne which cannot be used by anyone unwise...tests in story format.

Potli baba ki

Jungle book- 'jungle jungle baat chali hai............'

Chamatkari telephone- Title song bhi yaad hai..'sally meg and jonathan ,muskano ka baatein dhan..pyar bhara unka telephone..chamatkari telephone.........'

Sindbad Jahaji-'Agar magar dole naaiyaa, khawaj khawaj jaaye re paani, doobe na doobe na mera jahaji...doobe na mera jahaji...aare dolee reeee dole dole dole reee.......'

Alice in wonderland-'Tup tup topi topi top mein jo doobe ,far far farmaishe dekhe woh ajoobe....'

Gucche-'Gucche hain bhai gujjhe hai kahaniyon ke gucche hai.....kahani le loooo.......Ek kahani bhari bharkam kele ke chilke par phisli ek kahani halki phulki udd jaye jo phooke titli......'

Gayab aaya-'Gaayab aaya , gaayab aaya , gaayab aaya...kissi ko haasane aaya kisse ko rulane aaya...aaya aaaya aaya gayab aaya.....'

Aur kuch programs hai which I just remembered..........


Street -Hawk : with the modified BIKE (I loved it)

Knight Rider

Tandoori Nights: Indian community in UK, performers included Sayeed Jaffrey.

Osheen- Japanese serial...adapted in hindi..about a lovely farmer girl.....who becomes a business tycoon.......

Giant Robot: weekly series about the mammoth machines..

The World this Week: Prannoy Roy's at his usual best.

The Guiness Book of World Records: A cool one.

Saptahiki: Weekly updates of programs.

Krishi Darshan: "humare sabhi kissan bhaiyon ko namaskar...aaj hum seekhenge....."

World of Animals: weeky wildlife program..much before NGC and Animal Planet.


ICING ON THE CAKE:

The Election Time: All the fun happened then.......movies in between the results...or was it results in between the movies...fun used to last for atleast 3 days..for national elections..:)

The Rath Yatra: The 24 hours live telecast of Rath Yatra from Puri...phew!

The DD Logo: The revolving 'Reddish maroon' logo on 'Black' backgroung and the early morning everyday 'subhprabhat geet'........

The 'Mile Sur Mera Tumhara' on National Integerity: Most of us learnt / picked some words from the other languages.

The'Baje Sargam har taraf se...Desh Raag' -another nostalgic song..

'Ek Anek, Ekta': We all loved it.

'Swimmi Macchli': A personal favourite..a small fish which is 'black' in color...message of 'ekta mein shakti'.



P.S: I have tried my best .. and if i have left out some..my memory failed me ;).

I remember the first time i cried when i came to Delhi for my gradution was when i read mamma's letter..... i did not cry while leaving home, neither on the telephone .. but that one letter broke my defense....i still have the letter with me ... words smudged with tears. Those things are precious ..not like the e-cards that expire in 15 days.....
And i bet many of us will remember that NCERT song........about "Ek Anek"...... 'suraj ek , chanda ek..taare anek' . Nostalgia.

I am having fun at home…..and apart from the yum food, kisse kahani, lots of pyar ..et al, what I also look forward to is catching some time before the idiot box. Cumon now guys, this TV has been a ‘boxy’ member of my family for eight long years…….;-)
So what I caught up on was ESPN, Star Gold, Star World and CN!........CN has always been one of my favorites( at least some of them);-)
Hear this……Squirky ( a baby spider) has to run his first ever race and mamma spider has promised all her babies to be present for their respective events ….Cool ! except that they all happen simultaneously.
Squirky is waiting at the start line and no sigh of mamma…the whistle blows … and he keeps waiting .
- ‘ Mamma promised to come for the race’
# ‘ Maybe she is waiting at the finishing line’
- ‘ Really!’
Weeee……………..!!!!
Squirky wins the race. Mamma is unable to make it to the race. Baby is disappointed.

- ‘ Did you try to come..’
# ‘ Yes..’
- ‘ Okay! ……. J J’

It warms my heart to know such simple love and such sweet emotions. CN I will always remain young at heart. Half Ticket!

i am so happy i have been able to finally get a blog baby of my own........lovely.And now i will start customising it soon...this baby is dedicated to three people...Vivek, Ricky and Sans.