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Now that’s what I call news!

The Shiv Sena’s supreme Bal Raj Thackray has hit out against President APJ Abdul Kalam. If that could have been how he was working, it could have been fine. But Mr. Thackeray said that Mr.APJ Abdul Kalam Azaad cannot see beyond his hair!!! (as per TIMES NOW – television news scroll)

I have never seen Mr. President wearing spectacles but Mr. Bal Thackeray does. So who cannot see beyond their hair! Anyway these are again Personal Statements.

Supporting his father, Mr.Uddhav Singh Thackeray said out that his father didn’t mean any offense. He also pointed that when V.V.Giri was the president, Indira Gandhi said he was a rubber stamp. Yeah! Great going bro great going! Forget Brihanmumbai Municipal Elections. You should be made the Prime Minister of India. You will throw a nuclear bomb on Pakistan and say, why are you shouting at me idiots, ask the US it threw the nuclear bomb on Japan!

Now all this is happening, and does any body know why? Because Mr President has been delaying the case of Afzal, the man who has been convicted of plotting the attack on the Parliament in 2001. Afzal has been given death sentence. Whatever the reasons the president is delaying it, may be it is wrong. However, if Bal Thackeray can think a bit far, he will understand that by waiting for the President’s decision, Afzal is dying every moment.

But which occassion did Mr.Bal Thackeray hit out at the President? Somewhere campaigning for Mumbai Municipality elections. Wonder Why? The president is a muslim, Afzal is a muslim! Would Mr. Bal Thackeray say this if there was a Hindu in place of a Hindu. Well may be, he would! After all the President is a muslim and that’s what he needs!

I have been told that Bal Thackeray has been voice of millions of Marathi people! But looking the way he talked against president, it sounds like he must control his “Voice” or else he would end up giving wrong signals which might lead to the killing of millions. Remember 1992 any one?

I think if any one residing in Mumbai can see through these statement of ShivSena supremo, they WILL NOT vote for his side! This SINGLE STATEMENT and the result following it (ELECTION RESULTS) will justify how well can Mumbai think!

The Presidents of India have long since been QUIET about too many things! But no one got against them. Atleast if he doesn’t speak out now, then may be it is high time a President spoke Out!

Imagine a typical Bollywood song – Shammi Kapoor is riding a horse and singing! Now try to hear the music.  I think, for any bollywood fan, the song would be – “Banda Parwar…thaam lo jigar…” Yes the music of horse foot, or the simple “tap tap tap” like ( Honestly I don’t know if the instrument is a xylophone or a clavioline or broken & dried coconut shell) was so lively and haunting. All this was given by none other than Onkar Prasad Nayyar!

His “Aai yeeee…meherbaan …” and “Meraa Naam Chin Chin Chu…” will remain haunting melodies, and so will his magnificent love stories with Asha Bhonsle. He never used Lata Mangeshkar’s voice and yet was a super hit! He never had formal training and yet taught it to find food. He was lively, energetic, and he went on to pass it on even when he was not doing music. He treated people with Homeopathy!

May be, his composition (of Homeopathy) was as melodius as his music, that people say he treated all treatable diseases except Cancer and TB!

His music was melodius alright, but his music was more than needed in his times! The wildness in his tunes could only be reached by few – like Asha Bhonsle, Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt or a Shamshad Begum! His tunes needed funny antics which only people like Shammi Kapoor, or Madhubala or Guru Dutt could capture! And yet when there was subtlety needed – he could give it, without much hype!

Some greats never believed he had formal training, some greats never matched his penchant for Punctuality, and some semi-ordinary people like me never believe that he has passed away just like that. He will live, not just with his music, but with making careers of some more legends – like Mohd Rafi or Asha Bhonsle!

My heartfelt tributes to O.P.Nayyar

Hey Happy New Year to all…and watch out for more wonderful cups of tea…

Looks like my topics are dying a natural death as soon as I post a new write up. So will give a break for today. The last post did get some freaky comments, and I’m still expecting more. Let me see what will happen by tomorrow.

Don’t be disappointed my readers :-)). Will come back tomorrow with another one.