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So the govt wants to do away with the concept of board exams for class Xth. What a stupid direction we want to walk-in ! Before thinking about this idea (which is a complete copy-paste from the West) has anybody tried to see the standard of education in school and colleges in India ? Education in India is one of the most terribly screwed up things. Govt institutions have fallen below all the standards and for private institutions it is a pure business. Colleges after colleges, universities after universities are opening like branches of a tree. They are charging sky touching fees which a very small percentage of people can afford to pay. Anyways, talking about the effects of doing away with the board exams, my main question is what advantages we/education standard is going to have from this concept ? On the negative side there are so many things like: ...

A very nice song from Movie Anpadh sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Lyrics are by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. hai isi mein pyar ki aabroo woh jafa karein main wafa karoon jo wafa bhi kaam na aa sake to wohi kahein ke main kya karoon (jafa=oppression, aabroo=honor) mujhe gam bhi unka azeez hai ke unhi di hui cheez hai yehi gam hai ab meri zindagi ise kaise dil se juda karoon hai isi mein pyar ki aabroo ...

It is a tough question to answer that whether cleaning your house would be tough if you are a bachelor or you were married as in first case you clean your room and might assist your roommate in cleaning his and in latter case you assist your better half in cleaning the whole house ;) . Anyways, i haven’t gone through the latter one but today was the day for experiencing the first one. It has been pending since long time and we had been planning it since pretty long. Everything was terribly screwed up and needed attention. Finally that fine Sunday came and now everything has been cleaned and set properly. As usual, what i liked the most is my books shelf which is just looking too good after arranging everything properly ;) ...

Before i start writing, i should mention that the whole inspiration for writing this post has come from an announcement made in Delhi Metro that “Male passengers are requested not to sit on the seats reserved for ladies”. It is one step ahead actually. Earlier they used to announce that “Please vacate seats for Ladies, senior citizens and physically challenged”. Now this one. What irritates me the most is the contrast between the thought being created that women are not the weaker sex, they can do everything blah blah blah and such announcements. In Delhi, in buses also all the seats on left side are reserved for ladies and oh yes they are sitting on some seats on right side too and NO you can’t ask them to get up. Is there an explanation that how all of this bullshit fits under one cover ? One on side the whole media, women organizations and x y z are hell bent on proving that women are not the weaker sex and on the other side women need reserved seats in buses, metros and where not ? And after getting into the bus or metro, the way they ask for the seat is just awesome as if it was their Dad’s property. Bullshit ! Either they should accept that yes women are the weaker sex or they shouldn’t ask for reservations ! ...

A wonderful ghazal by Ayub Rumani and sung by Shaukat Ali. Masterpiece ! jab bahar aai to sehra ki taraf chal nikla sehan-e- gul chod gaya dil mera pagal nikla (sehra=desert, sehan=yard, gul=rose) jab use dhoondne nikle to nishaan tak na mila dil mein maujood raha aankh se oojhal nikla (oojhal=invisible) ik mulaqaat thi jo dil ko sada yaad rahi hum jise umar samjhate the woh ik pal nikla woh jo afsana-e-gam sun ke hansa karte the itna roye hain k sab aankh ka kajal nikla ...

bade time baad Gurdas Maan di koi film aai hai te mainu dekhan da mauka lag gia jaldi hi. so review likha rihan. samjh nahi a rahi film dian changian gallan ton shuru kita jave ja khaamian ton. khair changian ton e shuru karna chahida hai. Rimpy Prince di eh pehli movie hai te uhna ne wadia kam kita hai so es karke oh wadhai de patar ne. Gurdas Maan, Vivek Shauq te Manav Vij di acting sarahun yog hai. ...

While reading testimonials of people on Orkut, i always wonder how people can manage to write those sugar coated words and sentences. I tried it so many times but my little knowledge of English seems to end where that sweetness starts ;) . Anyways nothing much against it, i actually enjoy reading all that stuff. Just a thought that how people do that :D . Comments Comment by aman…. on 2009-05-01 14:24:14 +0530 Sugar coated, not all of them are actually that sweet. For a testimonial of this , read the one over my profile :-). ...

ਓ ਆ ਵੀ ਪਾੜਤੀਆ ਕੀ ਕਹਿੰਦਾ ਤੇਰਾ ਅਕਬਾਰ ? ਕੁਛ ਨੀ ਚਾਚਾ ਬਸ ਸਾਰੇ ਲੜੀ ਮਰੀ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਆ… ਕੌਣ ਬਣੂ ਭਲਾਂ ਪਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ? ਕੁਛ ਨੀ ਕਹਿ ਸਕਦੇ ਪਈ ਜਾਂਦੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਹਾਲੇ ਤਾਂ ਵੋਟਾਂ… ਐਤਕੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਬਠਿੰਡੇ ਬੜਾ ਰੌਲਾ ਬਈ…ਕੈਪਟਨ ਦੇ ਮੁੰਡੇ ਤੇ ਛੋਟੇ ਬਾਦਲ ਦੀ ਵਹੁਟੀ ਦਾ… ਹਾਂ ਬਾਈ ਜ਼ੋਰ ਲਗਿਆ ਪਿਆ ਪੂਰਾ ਦੋਨੇ ਧਿਰਾਂ ਦਾ… ਬਾਈ ਜਿਹੜਾ ਮਰਜ਼ੀ ਬਣ ਜੇ ਜੱਟ ਦਾ ਭਲਾ ਨੀ ਹੁੰਦਾ…ਜੱਟ ਸਾਲਾ ਹਾੜੀ ਵੇਲੇ ਬੀ ਮਰਦਾ ਤੇ ਸੌਣੀ ਵੇਲੇ ਬੀ… ...

ab tere mere beech zara faasla bhi ho hum log jab milein to koi doosra bhi ho tu jaanta nahi meri chahat ajeeb hai mujh ko mana raha hai kabhi khud khafa bhi ho tu bewafa nahi hai magar bewafai kar uski nazar mein rehne ka koi silsila bhi ho patjhad ke toot-te hue patton ke saath-saath mausam kabhi to badlega yeh aasra bhi ho chupchaap usko baithe k dekhoon tamaam raat jaaga hua bhi ho koi soya hua bhi ho ...

Pakistan’s great ghazal singer Iqbal Bano passed away today in Lahore. May her soul rest in peace. Here is a small tribute to the great singer in the form of a wonderful ghazal sung by her. The poet is Baqi Siddiqui. daag-e-dil humko yaad aane lage log apne diye jalane lage khud farebi si khud farebi hai paas ke dhol b suhaane lage ab to hota hai har qadam pe gumaan hum yeh kaisa qadam uthane lage ...