Day-74, SHARJAH, UAE, 20.28 HRS, 15TH MARCH' 2010

AMITABH BACHCHAN IN 6TH MUSCAT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, MUSCAT, OMAN

Its my real pleasure to sharew few more pictures of Mr Amitabh Bachchan taken during MIFF.

I thank to my friend Mr Sanjay Tiwari who has provided these pictures to me.

Have a wonderful good night to everyone.

Regards,

Manoj Kumar Ojha

Day-73, SHARJAH, UAE, 00.41 AM, 15TH MARCH' 2010

AMITABH BACHCHAN IN 6TH MUSCAT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, MUSCAT, OMAN

Its my real pleasure to share this unique picture of Mr Amitabh Bachchan in Omani get-up at Sixth Muscat International Film Festival , Muscat, Oman where he had been to get Life Time Achievement award.

If there is something constructive Mr Amitabh Bachchan will definitely work in Arabic movie as he said to the journo during press meet.

I thank to my friend who is standing behind Mr Bachchan on the right side Mr Sanjay Tiwari in the moustache who has send this picture to me.

Photo quality is not good but hope everyone will like it.

Have a wonderful good night to everyone.

Regards,

Manoj Kumar Ojha

DAY-72, HASSI MESSAOUD, ALGERIA, 1245 HRS, 28TH NOV'2009

Dinesh Singh is my friend on the bhojpuri network and he has provided this detail so thought of sharing with you all~

प्रख्यात कवि हरिवंश राय बच्चन के जन्मदिन पर शनिवार को जब मुंबई के भारतीय विद्या भवन में मधुशाला की कॉफी टेबुल बुक का विमोचन हो रहा होगा तो काशी के जेहन में वर्ष 1933 की ठिठुरती दिसंबरी रात की यादें सहज ही जीवित हो जाएंगी। यह भी स्मरण हो आएगा कि काशी हिन्दू विश्वविद्यालय के शिवाजी हॉल में एक सामान्य कद-काठी के व्यक्ति ने किस तरह युवाओं को अपना दीवाना बना दिया था। अपनी कालजयी रचना मधुशाला के औपचारिक उद्घाटन यानी पहली बार मंच से प्रस्तुति के इस अवसर पर उपस्थित लोगों को शायद इस बात का तनिक भी भान नहीं रहा होगा कि वे जिस घड़ी को जी रहे हैं, वह इतिहास के विस्तृत आकाश पर ध्रुव समान चमकेगा। तब के जवान अब के वयोवृद्ध स्मृति पटल पर जोर देते हुए रोमांच से भर उठते हैं कि किस तरह मधुशाला की हर पंक्ति पर तालियां बजतीं और लोग सुर से सुर मिलाते। लय के साथ मधुशाला का पाठ करते। बच्चनजी का व्यक्तित्व आकर्षण का केंद्र भी था। बाकी कवियों की रचनाएं उनके आगे फीकी पड़ गई थीं। कइयों को तो श्रोताओं ने हूट करके मंच से लौटा दिया। उस कवि सम्मेलन की अध्यक्षता करनेवाले प्रो. मनोरंजन प्रसाद सिनहा ने एक जगह अपने संस्मरण में लिखा - उस शाम बच्चन को सुनकर नवयुवक पागल हो रहे थे। पागल मैं भी हो रहा था किंतु वह पागलपन इस प्रकार का न रहा- यह गिलहरी कुछ दूसरा ही रंग लाई और वह रंग प्रकट हुआ दूसरे दिन के कवि सम्मेलन में जो केवल मधुशाला का सम्मेलन था, बच्चन का और मेरा सम्मेलन था। मधुशाला सर्वप्रथम कवि सम्मेलन- केवल मधुशाला का। बच्चन ने अपनी अनेकानेक रूबाइयां सुनाई थीं और मैंने केवल आठ। बच्चन आदि और अंत में थे और मैं था मध्य में, इंटरवल में। जब सुनते-सुनाते थक से गए थे तो शीशे के गिलास में सादे पानी से गले की खुश्की मिटा रहे थे। मधुशाला का असर क्या था? श्री सिनहा लिखते हैं कि आ‌र्ट्स कॉलेज के उस हाल में जो कॉलेज भवन की दूसरी मंजिल पर ठीक जीने के पास अवस्थित है, जमकर सभा हुई। कहीं तिलभर जगह नहीं थी। कमरे का कोना-कोना तो भरा ही था। बाहर दरवाजों के सामने भी अनेकानेक विद्यार्थी थे। बच्चनजी ने कविता पाठ शुरू किया, लड़के झूमने लगे। सभी आत्मविभोर से थे। इस यादगार सम्मेलन के कुछ खास पलों को याद करते हुए नरेंद्र शर्मा लिखते हैं कि बच्चन ने अप्रकाशित मधुशाला का पाठ शुरू किया। सार्वजनिक रूप में यह मधुशाला का प्रथम काव्यपाठ था। श्रोताओं पर एक बार गहरी निस्तब्धता छा गई। कुछ क्षणों को शायद सांस लेना ही सब भूल गए और प्रशंसा का बांध एकाएक टूट गया। वातावरण पर ऐसा जादू छा गया कि वाह-वाह और तालियों की गड़गड़ाहट भी प्रशंसा के गहरे समुद्र और ऊंचे आकाश में न कुछ जैसी लगती थी। कवि सम्मेलन के उन लम्हों ने बच्चों को उस जमाने की युवा पीढ़ी का हीरो बना दिया। क्रेज की ऐसी लहर चली जिसकी कल्पना आज के दौर के बड़े-बड़े स्टार नहीं कर सकते। मधुशाला की काफी टेबुल बुक की खासियत यह भी होगी कि उसमें बच्चनजी की पौत्री नम्रता के रेखांकन और कविताओं के अंग्रेजी सार भी रहेंगे। एक लोकप्रिय कृति की अनोखी प्रस्तुति बच्चनजी के जन्मदिन के अगले दिन इसलिए की जा रही है कि खुद अमिताभ बच्चन बिग बॉस के अपने शो के व्यावसायिक अनुबंध के प्रतिबंध में फंसे हैं। बहरहाल, इस मौके पर अमिताभ बच्चन वाराणसी से जुड़ी पिता की यादों को याद करें न करें लेकिन काशी तो जरूर याद करेगी। साथ ही बच्चनजी की प्रथम प्रस्तुति को भी। बच्चन परिवार व वाराणसी के लिए 27 नवंबर का दिन इसलिए भी महत्वपूर्ण है कि दो साल पहले यानी 2007 में हरिवंश राय बच्चन की सौवीं जयंती पर पूरा परिवार यहां जुटा था। तब विवाह से पहले ही ऐश्वर्या भी उनके साथ थीं।

With love and warm regards,

Manoj Kumar Ojha

DAY-71, HASSI MESSAOUD, ALGERIA, 2317 HRS, 25TH NOV' 2009

I apologize for writing late, not late very late say after 2 and half months but now I'll try to be regular on blogging... :)

Pain :

 

Agony, pain a feeling of helplessness, blood started surging in the veins as they were going to explode my whole anatomy and this all happened with me at  2330 hrs of 26/11/2008 when I heard and saw the Mumbai attack.

Why we didn't awake fully when this kind of act happened. Why we were sleeping aftermath of attack on trains and on the busy market of Mumbai coz commoner plies on the train and walk in the market street and not any celebrity or dignitaries involved???

It is a real shame for our police force and the government who believes in one and only one policy and that is corruption and looting the hard earned money of tax payers by one or other mean.

It is hard to believe that still lot of 26/11 martyrs family not received the compensations and those who received cheques most of their got bounced. This is the state of the affair.

Home minister of India has to say sorry on the national TV on behalf of Maharashtra State Police in reply to one of martyrs wife query that where is her husband's Bullet proof jacket which Police has not traced till date.

No one is there even to take care of the sanity of our Police force who were deployed on vulnerable locations. Recent example is of 'Gate way of India' where all the police force are forced to stay in side the Gate Way of India.

Why Govt has not done before for their sanity/living at nearby areas. They had even option to make a living quarter on a barge or on a houseboat for the police force but they have done nothing. Who cares for them as their officers and all the Politicians having air conditioned accommodation so why bother for the normal policemen.

Just 2 days prior to the attack I had been to these tourist places with my family and friends and was amused and discussed with my family that even when I use to go to 5 star hotel in Algeria we have to go through rigorous checking process which I had found lacking in Taj.

Still our govt has not awaken up and through your blog I want to bring attention to whomever concerned that following lack or system improvement required urgently at all international airports as I experienced it and pointing out here~

 

1.       There is no screening of baggage available at the entry point of the airport building terminal. It is mandatory otherwise anyone can take anything inside of the terminal building. I do understand there is CISF men are there to check your e-ticket and passport but no X-ray screening available which normally available all over the world.

2.       Screening of baggage is done on inline conveyor system and that too after check in at Mumbai airport.

Now, question is why we are giving so much leverage to the terrorist to play around if they wish they can bring the fake e-ticket and passport and can enter with whatever baggage along with them in the foyer of the terminal which will be very harmful for the nation.

 

So, my suggestion is for improving security particularly at Mumbai airport to install X-ray screening system with immediate effect at the entry point of airport terminal building and secondary point to develop a methodology to screen the correctness of passport and e-ticket at the entry point itself for negating all the evil thoughts.

 

 

Ending with a very interesting note hope you all will enjoy~

 

 

A Swedish Hans Rosling was a young guest student in in St John's Medical College in India when he first  realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world's dominant economic force. At TEDIndia, he graphs global economic growth since 1858 and predicts the exact date that India and China will outstrip the US. and the date is 27^th July'2048. You all can hear Hans Rosling talk at~

 

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tv/Hans-Rosling-Asias-rise--how-and-when/videoshow_ted/5261107.cms

 

 

With love and warm regards,

 

MANOJ KUMAR OJHA

DAY-70, HASSI MESSAOUD, ALGERIA, 12TH SEPT' 09, 23.44 HRS

THE LONELINESS AT SAHARA

The characteristic of Sahara desert which changes its clime from hottest in the world to cooler in just few days is really amazing to experience.Gradually now mercury will start falling down and it will become more and more colder by the passing of days a great reprieve from a dry and hotter climate. Here rain is just 8mm in through out the year. Sahara is also famous for its sand storms.

As per my research thousands of years before Sahara was a very greener place but climate took its toll and now thousands and thousands kilometer stretches are just either Sand dunes or rock plates or different mountain ranges and few river, which run across Sahara out of them following are prominent ~ Nile and Niger river these are permanent and rest are seasonal where there is only dry river bed which may carry water for a brief period during uncommon waterfall.

I remember following lines by John Donne “No man is an island, entire of itself,” and this line holds true even to the most romantically challenged.

Loneliness, solitude, isolation whatever you say it always will be there in this Sahara desert.

The marvels of modern technology, however, have helped me obtain some relief, as small as it may be. I’m sure almost everyone reading my rant is familiar with Napster and its many variants. You have probably used it to share music and ripped copies of DVDs. Fortunately for you, you’ve never been forced by loneliness and desperation to seek a digital alternative to human companionship. I took my thoughts and indulge myself completely into something creative like playing games, doing workouts and blogging which help mine mental energy to face the loneliness.

Let me know your thoughts what you would have done if you would have been at my place….:)

With lots of love and good night….

MANOJ KUMAR OJHA

DAY-69, HASSI MESSAOUD, ALGERIA, 10TH SEPT' 09, 23.24 HRS

The leader

The Bhagwad Gita clearly states:“Behave with others as you would with yourself. Look upon all the living beings as your friends, for in all of them there resides ones soul. All are but a part of that universal soul. A person who believes that all are his soul-mates and loves them all alike, never feels lonely. Divine qualities of such a person such as forgiveness, compassion and services will make him lovable in the eyes of his associates. He will experience intense joy throughout his life.”

Have you ever tried to make it out when your company’s CEO or whom you say a good orator what they speaks. Have you even try to explore in details of the speech content. For your dismay Its an amazing fact and true to best of my knowledge that your body language is 60 per cent of what people remember of you; tone makes for 30 per cent, and content is only 10 per cent. "This means that, in key meetings and presentations, you need to present yourself as a leader with every part of yourself that's visible to others."

For instance, the classic hand position for leaders worldwide is the steeple - `a kind of relaxed prayer position, with your fingertips touching'. That way, you can control `unwanted gestures or nervous habits.

Go on guys it is believed by practising you may become a good orator.

Our Badminton practice session is on and very soon i.e.; from 12th Sept’ 09 we are going to Participate in Badminton Championship. Eyes already started blinking giving an indication to wrap up all and get sneaked into deep slumber. So, prior to texts should start getting appear in inebriated form I’ll take a leave.

With lots of love and warm regards,

MANOJ KUMAR OJHA

DAY-68, HASSI MESSAOUD, ALGERIA, 09-09-09, 22.48 HRS

09-09-09 and its Significance

Today is 09-09-09 which having special significance in Mathematics as the sum of digits of numbers derived from multiples of 9 are themselves always a multiple of 9. In Vedic scriptures the number 9 represents God and God times anything is always God.

According to Bible, 9 is the number of finality or judgment – the judgment of man and all his works. As per Bible 9 is 3X3 the product of divine completeness.

In Vedic scriptures, the number 108 (1 0 8=9) has a specific significance as it represents “whole of existence”. The number 9 thus represents wholeness. In vedic astrology there are nine planets which traverse through the 12 zodiacs (9X12=108).

Some Vedic literature also associates 9 with Lord Brahma – the Creator of the Universe.

Astrologically, on 9-9-09 Saturn is transiting from one zodiac to another thereby making this date a very significant one for all people.

Lot of people resort to buy home, car or movie producers launching their new movie or doing anything which can be easily rememberable.

A little research I did on yoga and found these facts~

Einstein’s famous equation, E=MC2 says it all about energy. Who can forget Nagasaki and Hiroshima? It is said that a brick contains so much energy that if released it may destroy million inhabitants of a town along with their properties of course. Prana (The life sustaining energy) is the most potent of all forms of energies, and every genotype carries it in equal measure and spends it regularly in differing measure, that’s how some live longer than others. In human form it resides at the base of the spine at Muladhara. It is released by two basic functions of the body, firstly by breathing and secondly by walking.

Let’s look around to find that animals which breathe slower live longer. For example a giant tortoise who breathes 4 to 5 times in a minutes, lives more than two hundred years and a dog which breathes about 50 times in a minutes, lives around 15 years only. So is the case with snakes, elephants and the slow breathing types who are known to have longevity than birds and rabbits and cats, who breathe relatively faster and live shorter life span.

Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity categorically states that each man carries his own time and his own space with him. Stephen Hawking makes it more interesting when he says; each man carries his own clock and to add one second to his life, one has to travel four million times around the world in an airliner. Bill Bryson, in ‘Short History of Nearly Everything’, muses, “Fly across the United State, and you will step from the plane a quinzillionth of a second, or something, younger than those you left behind.” It is therefore; scientifically safe to assume that it is possible to increase life span and each man grows older in his own space-time. For a human being the space-time continuum is his own breathing cycle.

Each second passing by and we know its not going to come back and slowly we are proceeding towards our ultimate journey ‘ Mahapranaayan’ even though we celebrate our birth dates.

On a lighter side….we concluded yesterday Billiard Championship at our base and since I am just a learner so obviously I had to lose…and I lost. From 12^th Sept’09 Saturday we are going to start Badminton Championship at our base.

Its really pleasure to spend a quality time with the extended family at Bigb’s blog we really feel that we are a family..no doubt yes we are but virtually…J

And here is the closing lines with a laugh~~~~~

I received funniest email which having a superlative suggestions for a Rakhi ka Swayamwar' sequel. It suggests 'Rakhi Ki Suhaagraat'. " To participate,contact NDTV IMAGINE. Hurry!! Limited beds."

With my love and regards,

MANOJ KUMAR OJHA