Wish you a very Happy New Year 2010!

Happy New Year friends! Its time again to wish – its time again to leave things behind and move ahead in life – towards happiness, towards perfection and towards ‘Self Realization’! This morning brought a new day, a new month and a new year with it. 2010. TwentyTen has begun. Wish you all a very Happy New Year and a time filled with joy, happiness, love and prosperity for the next 365 days and all the days of your life that are to come. May God bless you with all the god things in life! Keep laughing and keep spreading love all around and within yourself. Be good, do good and where you cannot, pretend to be good – and you will find one day – All Izz Well!

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Happy Birthday Hashan :)

Happy Birthday to the king of black poetries! Well, this is not the way I would like to address him, but still he deserves to be called so.

Hashan Hazarika celebrates his Nth birthday and we all wish him a great time and happy life ahead. Wish you all the good things in life. I am sure happiness and more happiness is waiting for you.

Keep writing and keep sharing too – we all wait for your posts and more so, when you post after a long. Don’t keep us waiting, Bhaiti… keep writing and keep posting.

God Bless You… may you live long and success kisses your feet in everything you do..

I have been reading him for a long time now. No doubt he is a Libran! I am sure the members of The Writers Lounge will be eager to read more of him. Hashan writes at: Hashan Hazarika's notepad !!

Happy Diwali

Happy Diwali… May the festival of lights lighten your lives and hearts and may Maa Kali bless all of you with love, prosperity and happiness.

Tomorrow is Kali Puja, and also Diwali (or Deepawali) celebrated all over India and by Indians all over the world. This year, Diwali just got a bit more colorful and brighter with its inception in the White House, USA. President Barak Obama is celebrating Diwali this year. The news channels showed him lighting the lamp already and a pundit chanting slokas, “Asotoma Sat gamaya, Tamosoma Jyotir gamaya, Mrityurma Amritam gamaya.” I hope he has remembered to tell Prez Obama the meaning of the words. The news of the Nobel prize came in good time it seems!

Anyways, let the world celebrate Diwali this time and let the festival fill the world with lights. This year it’s a Saturday and we are planning to lit diyas and fire crackers. Does anyone know where I can go to fetch some crackers in Bangalore? Well, by the time you read this, I must have bought some. So, never mind :P

Well, let me wish you all a grand Diwali this year. It is also New Year time for the North Indians. So, wish you all a very happy new year too; and the worship Devi Laxmi on this day. May the goddess Laxmi fill your lives with light, colors and gold coins. Gold coins remind me of Dhanteras! Happy Dhanteras to all of you :) Go guys go – rush and celebrate the festivity. Don’t waste anymore time in reading me… I really like this time when there are so many festivals all around the world.

And who do you think will win the Champions League T20 cup? Hmm… mmm… ummm… well, I don’t know. I wish the Bangalore Royal Challengers win, but I am afraid the odds are in favor of the Cobras from South Africa. Fingers crossed!

^_^ Happy Diwali ^_^

Happiness to all!

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I Wish....

I wish I have wings

I wish I can fly far away

I wish I can speak to the flowers

I wish I am colorful

I wish I am a Butterfly!

For the faboulous Pretty prats!

A small and warm geture of kindness and concern
that I feel the need to show, comes your away
as I realize that these always seem to touch
the deepest chords of heart :)

YOU may be feeling a little down at the moment...
But I would Like you to know...
that there is SOMEONE here, who has....
IMMENSE FAITH!
In YOU... AND YOUR ABILITIES!

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had decided to stay out of blogs till 22nd! But this one comes specially for my dear friend! may god bless
her and give her the tolerance and patience to handle all this....

For You, Mom...

My first friend you were,

The best friend I have got,

In every best moment you've been,

Since I was but a tiny tot.

My first word "Ma"

Tears of joy it did bring,

But every word after that,

I know you were smiling.

Holding my little finger,

Through the low and great,

Helped me walk my way through,

When I had an unsure gait.

You waited for me,

Arms open wide,

Not holding my finger,

Being proud of my stride

In my every success and joy,

You were always a part,

You could make me smile

Whenever I had a broken heart

You held me ever tight,

So that I could brave my fears,

You kept me close,

When I got few tears

You watched me get back up,

From every single defeat,

You pushed me on every time,

Expectations I failed to meet,

Without you Mom, I am no one,

You are a star, every day I meet,

You are the reason I exist,

Without you Mom, I am incomplete.

Though I don't wait for a day,

To tell you how special you are,

I'd hug you tight and tell you,

You are my guiding star!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOMS OUT THERE!

YOU ARE THE BEST, EVERY ONE OF YOU.

~VINU AND KAJAL~

Cross posted @ Time to Rhyme

Happy Birthday Angel

It’s a day to rejoice
Rejoice through your heart
Heart of mine prays for you
You and I shall never part

Part of me, for will always be you
You that our my pillar
Pillar of strength and support
Support which shall never cease

Cease, also shall never the love
Love that bonded us so far
Far from all the evil of world
World in which u shine as a star

Star bright life I wish u today
Today the blessings shall shower
Shower of love and affection
Affection of all like a blossoming flower

Flower’s fragrance shall brighten your day
Day that marked the birth of my angel
Angel, you are very special to me
Me that wishes you from the bottom of my heart

A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Bhaiya ( for some **The Silent Soul** n for others Nik) wishing you the very best in life...i dont' know how is the poem as it was something written in utmost haste and i love rash for helping me out with it...so credit goes to her too....but God bless you sweet heart and may you be always happy..... i pray that not even a drop of tear should fall from your eyes and even if it does...the one whom you love the most should catch that pearl as for me that pearl is as precious as you are....Luv you svthrt and no matter how much i fight wid you and no matter what i say to you remember always that this kid loves you from the bottom of her heart...tc sweety...Have a Rocking Birthday...

Tan wishes...

Hey Mates...

!!!Shubhonabobarsho!!!

Wishing you all a very Happy Boishakhi, Rongalee Bihu and Bengali New Year, 1416 Bn. May God bring all the happiness to you all and may you thrive better than never before in the coming year.

…Keep Writing…

…Keep Blogging…

&

…Keep Lounging…

The Writers Lounge Rocks

We Shall Rock Together, as always!

…God Bless…

Vishu Vishes From Vinay!!

Well, hello all!

Vishu Aashamskal, and Tamil Puthaandu Vazhthukkal!

I hope I got that second one correct, am weak in Tamil you see!

I'm here to enlighten you, (or bore you, whichever holds good!), on Vishu.

Vishu is the Malayalee New Year..! Vishu is also considered as the harvest festival of Kerala and thus the importance of this day to all Malayalees. The festival is marked with offerings to the divine called Vishukkani. The offerings consist of a ritual arrangement in the puja room of auspicious articles like raw rice, fresh linen, golden cucumber, betel leaves, arecanut, metal mirror, the yellow flowers konna (Cassia fistula), and a holy text and coins, in a bell metal vessel called uruli. A lighted bell metal lamp called nilavilakku is also placed alongside. This arrangement is completed the previous night. On the day of Vishu, the custom is to wake up at dawn and go to the puja room with the eyes closed so that the Vishukkani is the first sight of the new season. Since the occasion marks the beginning of Malayalam New Year, it is also considered auspicious to read verses from Hindu Holy book Ramayanam after seeing the "Vishukkani". It is also believed by some that the page of the Ramayanam to which you open up will have a bearing on your life in the coming year.

The grandmother or mother who arranges the Vishukkani will sleep in the puja room after she is finished and then, waking during the auspicious hour of the Brahma muhurtham (4:00 to 6:00 a.m.), she will light the oil-lamp wicks and take in the auspicious sight. She will then walk to the rooms where the rest of the family is sleeping and wake them. Covering their eyes, she will then lead them to the puja room, where she will allow them to take in the auspicious sight.

Upon opening one's eyes, one is overwhelmed with the glorious darshan of the Lord. The mirror—which is symbolic of Bhagavati (Devi), not only increases the lustre of the Vishukkani via the reflection it offers, but also shows our own face. The mirror also points to the importance of making our mind pure enough to render devotional service with true and unadulterated love to the Lord.

The Vishukkani is not reserved only for those who come to the puja room, but is taken around—for the viewing of the elderly and sick who are perhaps too frail to come to the shrine.

Vishukkani points to a year of abundance—both spiritually and materially. Food, light, money, knowledge—all should fill our life. Taking in the Vishukkani we should pray that the vision remains with us throughout the year. It is not enough that the joy we take from viewing the Vishukkani comes only to our eyes. It must reflect in our thoughts and in our actions. The auspicious start of the year—which has come to us due to the grace of beginning it with a divine vision—is not for us alone. It is up to us to spread this love, happiness and hope to the rest of society.

Kaineetam : Children wait eagerly for this ritual. The elders of the family starting with the grand father or father give away Kaineetam to the younger ones. The Kaineetam consists of coins (now mostly notes) with Konna flowers, rice and the gold from the Uruli. The gold and the rice are returned to the Uruli and touch the eyes with flower. Earlier days, it was a custom to give Kaineetam to all the people associated with the house such as servants, field workers and land-tenants. The principle is the symbolic sharing of the prosperity and wishing happiness for all.

Thats the details that matter...

PS: I am not the sole owner of these words! Every Mallu will agree to these though! :)

PPS: 

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