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Aadmi Musafir Hai...a Philosophical Melody

This is an Old Song, a very Popular song from a Hindi Movie. Movie : Apnaapan (1977) Cast: Aruna Irani, Iftekhar, Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Sanjeev Kumar, Sulakshana Pandit Music Director: Laxmikant Pyarelal Director: Om Prakash Producer: Om Prakash J Lyrics: Anand Bakshi Year: 1977 The Duo Laxmikant Pyarelal won the Filmfare Award for the Best Music Direction for this song. Anand Bakshi won the Filmfare Award for the Best lyricist for this song. Mohd.Rafi was nominated for the Best Male Playback Singer for this song. *********************************************************************************** The Lyrics in Hindi आदमी मुसाफिर है, आता है, जाता है आते जाते रस्ते मे, यादे छोड़ जाता है झोंका हवा का, पानी का रेला मेले में रह जाये जो अकेला फिर वो अकेला ही रह जाता है कब छोड़ता है, ये रोग जी को दिल भूल जाता हैं जब किसी को वो भूलाकर भी याद आता है क्या साथ लाये, क्या तोड़ आये रस्ते में हम क्या क्या छोड़ आये मंजिल पे जा के याद आता है जब डोलती है, जीवन की नैया कोई तो बन जाता है खिवय्या कोई

How I read, Why I read and What I read

I have been away from Blogging for a quite a long while. Now I am back, free from the mad rush at my construction site, since the project is slowing down towards completion. Now, I got more free time. How I read, Why I read and What I read HOW I READ I am an avid reader – I read so voraciously with my own technique that I read 2 or 3 books at a go. My technique is to take a paragraph at one glance, grasp the meaning and move over to the next paragraph and on. When I come up on certain catch lines/possible quotes, I make a mental note to come back to the section and move on. In this manner, I keep on reading. WHY I READ I love information/data. Love real information and fictitious information – news/links and fiction. I have to read. It is same like needing to eat to survive. I need my daily dose of information. Even while I eat, I read – I read a book, if one is in my hand or at my hands reach / I read the labels of