Come share my world, closer to home.....

My first RAMADAN in UAE....May the auspicious crescent bless us with all we wish for and more....
HAPPY RAMADAN TO ALL

I am back after a break of two months in India, it was great.........

Thanks for all the comments and then emails querying my whereabouts, I dont know why the comments facility
was not working, I did nothing to it but still apologise for the inconvenience it caused, your love and attention was appreicated as always.....

Well Hyderabad is doing great in terms of development, Hyd airport is WOW too good believe me, first there were problems as no rains and then when it rained it really rained and then they had problems with too much rain hahaha

Well what I did in India, nothing much to do but still too much to handle...

Spent time looking after my parents doing things for them I always wanted to do....Moms doing great.. all thanks to the almighty...too many parties and gatherings to visit, spent time with relatives and cousins....

Naush's family was there too so we managed to spend some good time with them as well...

Kids had great time shuffeling between two grandparents home and getting all that love and attention.

Me and Naush managed to sneak a break to Kerala leaving kids behind, that was very special...

And now I am back to Pavilion, its great to be home....as the famous quotes goes.... “When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home”

FATHERS ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.....

FATHERS ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.....
Fathers hold you when you have bad dreams
And they comfort you when all is lost it seems.
Fathers teach you to dribble a basketball and shoot a free throw
And they lead you as you grow.
Fathers teach you how to drive a car
And they try to teach you how to putt for par.
Fathers wipe the tears of your broken heart
And they hold your hand when you don't know how to start.
Fathers carry you on their shoulders when you're too small to see
And they watch as you giggle when they bounce you on their knee.
Fathers extend their feet to you when they teach you how to dance
And they always give you a second chance.
Fathers wait in the wings while you start your own life
And they pray for a husband to make you a wife.
Fathers walk you down the aisle on your wedding day
But fathers never really give their little girls away.

HAPPY VALENTINES THE DAY

ooHHH yOU aLL aRE sOOO sOOO sWEET, wE fEEL bLESSED AND sPOILT rEALLY

tHANKS hEAPS fOR aLL tHE lOVELY dUAS, wISHES, pHONE cALLS, tXTS, eMAILS, gREETINGS, cOMMENTS, cOMPLIMENTS, i fEEL eMBARASSED.....

lOVE iN eACH aND eVERY fORM vERY mUCH aPPRECIATED aND i wILL tREASURE aLL tHE tOUCHING wORDS....

Well, while we are still on the topic of war ;-)
What??
Yah - Weren't we just discussing weddings, anniversaries or whateva ;-)
nEVER mIND, nEVER mIND, lETS gET sERIOUS.....

Arz hai Makhdoom Mohiuddin Sahab ke dard bhare chand alfaaz......
Ghaur Kijiye....

Ye qatl qatl kisi ek aadmi ka nahiń,
Ye qatl haq ka, masaavaat ka, sharaafat ka!

Ye qatl ilm ka hikmat ka aadmiyat ka,
Ye qatl hilm-o muravvat ka khaaksaari ka!

Ye qatl ek ka do ka nahiń, hazaar ka hai,
Khuda ka qatl hai, qudrat ke shaahkaar ka qatl!

Hai sham sham-e ghareebaań, hai subah subah-e Hunain,
Ye qatl qatl-e Maseeha, ye qatl qatl-e Hussain!

This is not just the murder of one man
This is the murder of truth, of equality, of nobility
This is the murder of knowledge, of wisdom, of humanity
This is the murder of clemency, of chivalry, of humility
This is the murder of the alleviators of oppression
This is not just the murder of one or two, but of a thousand
This is the murder of God, of God’s masterpiece
This night is the night of the wretched, this morning the morning of Hunain
This is the murder of the messiah, this the murder of Hussain

There is only one happiness in life,
to love and be loved.

ON A FUNNY NOTE:

Indians have taken to St. Valentine’s day with zest. Here are some samples of messages which appeared in the newspapers that day.

A message read: ‘Nearest, dearest, closest, sweetest cutest, loveliest, hauntiest, tastiest, wittiest, crunchiest, Jannu. I just called to say I love you. Yours and only yours.’

Not to be outdone another gushed: ‘Dearest Limpo, you are the most crunchiest, munchiest, loveliest, sensuous, wittiest, funniest, terrific guy I love. Lots lots, lots of love to Limpo.’

Still another message read. ‘To Samta, my love, my life, my dream my reality, my one and only wife, my best friend.’

Another another: ‘Dear Anju, God created U4 me but I think he 4 got 2 tell U, UR 2 sweet 2 B4 go 10.’

And what about this: ‘Meri Idiotni, I believe in you and I love you. Tumhara Idiot.’

Sharing with you the JOY and PRIDE of
being an INDIAN

Some famous quotes about us

"She (India) has left indelible imprints on one fourth of the human race in the course of a long succession of centuries. She has the right to reclaim ... her place amongst the great nations summarizing and symbolizing the spirit of humanity. From Persia to the Chinese sea, from the icy regions of Siberia to Islands of Java and Borneo, India has propagated her beliefs, her tales, and her civilization!"
Sylvia Levi

"We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made!"
Albert Einstein


"If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India!"
French scholar Romaine Rolland


"India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!"
Mark Twain


"So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked."
Mark Twain

"India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border!"
Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA


"Civilizations have arisen in other parts of the world. In ancient and modern times, wonderful ideas have been carried forward from one race to another...But mark you, my friends, it has been always with the blast of war trumpets and the march of embattled cohorts. Each idea had to be soaked in a deluge of blood..... Each word of power had to be followed by the groans of millions, by the wails of orphans, by the tears of widows. This, many other nations have taught; but India for thousands of years peacefully existed. Here activity prevailed when even Greece did not exist... Even earlier, when history has no record, and tradition dares not peer into the gloom of that intense past, even from until now, ideas after ideas have marched out from her, but every word has been spoken with a blessing behind it and peace before it. We, of all nations of the world, have never been a conquering race, and that blessing is on our head, and therefore we live....!"
Swami Vivekananda, Great Indian Philosopher


"If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India"
Max Mueller

"India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She was the mother of our philosophy, mother through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics, mother through Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity, mother through village communities of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all."
Will Durant


"In India, I found a race of mortals living upon the Earth, but not adhering to it, inhabiting cities, but not being fixed to them, possessing everything, but possessed by nothing"
Apollonius Tyanaeus quotes (Neo-Pythagorean)

I am back, haappy and refrrressshed

and here are my list of wishes for you
Belated but straight from my heart:
Happy Holidays
Happy Eid and
Happy New Year




Thanks for all the lovely comments and wishes..........
Lets work harder this year and make more beautiful memories........

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your Friends, and let each New Year find you a better man. ~Benjamin Franklin

Prayer for the year:
God
Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I can’t change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And the Wisdom to know the difference
Amen!!!!

A special world for you and me
A special bond one cannot see
It wraps us up in its cocoon
And holds us fiercely in its womb.

Its fingers spread like fine spun gold
Gently nestling us to the fold
Like silken thread it holds us fast
Bonds like this are meant to last.

And though at times a thread may break
A new one forms in its wake
To bind us closer and keep us strong
In a special world, where we belong.
By Sheelagh Lennon