Humsafar

Hum jo chale tum bhi chalo saath
Phir kya khabar ke din hain ke raat

Bas mein nahin rahenge jazbaat
Tum jo sanam humaare chalo saath
Hum jo chale...

Sur se saji geethon si teri yaad
Tujh bin sanam bhaaye na koi baat
Kaise kaho akele chaloon aaj
Tum aao sanam soone hain dil ke saaz

Kaisi bhi raahen ho kaisi dagar ho
Koi bhi rasta ho koi safar ho
Chalte rahen hum jo duur humsafar ho
Hum jo chale...

Din yeh kahe baitho humaare paas
Aao idhar ishaara kare raat
Hum ko magar chaahiye wohi shaam
Jis par sanam likha ho tera naam

Chandni raatein ya ghirti seher ho
Chahe din ka wo koi pehar ho
Chalte rahen hum jo duur hamsafar ho

Hum jo chale tum bhi chalo saath
Phir kya khabar ke din hain ke raat

Bas mein nahin rahenge jazbaat
Tum jo sanam...

Galiyon mein phirta hai banjara dil ye
Tujh ko hi dhoondega awaara dil yeh
Karta hai jaane ishaara kya dil yeh

Hum jo chale to tum bhi chalo saath...



Listen to the song here.

Singer: Mohit Chauhan
Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi

Bantureethi Kolu ...

Music without lyrics is incomplete and a mere transliteration/translation can never do justice. Though my telugu allows me to appreciate the lyrics only to a limited extent, Tyagaraja's compositions are of a different class.

I have been hooked to "Bantureethi Kolu" for over a month now and I am deeply enamored with this composition. I would rank this as one of my favorite non-pancharatna Tyagaraja kritis.

Surprisingly enough, I haven't found a single vocal rendition of this kriti to my satisfaction. If you know of one, please do drop a line. For now, Listen to this on Veena by ChittiBabu.

Sicko

If you are from a country where nearly 400 million people still live below poverty, you should probably not be complaining about the health care system in the United States. But if you have lived in the US for sometime, it would hardly go unnoticed that the health care system is such a farce. 50 odd million people (i.e. nearly 15% of the population) are uninsured (health care without insurance in the US is worse than the worst nightmare!). It doesn't stop there. Even if you are a middle class citizen covered by a "good" health insurance, you would still dread at the thought of visiting a doctor.

Michael Moore is direct, ruthless and when given a chance, strips down his opponents with utter disregard. I was thrilled when "Sicko" was released this friday, especially because the 2008 campaign has just picked up pace. and boy, has he done a good job! It will be interesting to see if the documentary has any influence on the voters or the intent of policy makers at the Capitol.

I can't stop thinking about the pros/cons of organized lobbying and how it would fit in a more complex democratic framework like that of India. Are we much better off now? I don't know.