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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Moon 2012 - A Romantic Moon

Every 19 years Moon comes close to earth in its orbit... and obviously it has its own effects - the poet in me sees the beauty, and the engineer in you may see something else, the physicist in you may sees something else.. What do you see?

This time around it is the full moon that came close to the earth, Dallas has had lots of clouds last night, but I still managed to see it through the clouds.

Moon has been sanctified religiously among Jews, Muslims, Hindus and others, who follow the Lunar calendar as milestones for their festivals and superstitious events.

While the poets and artists have romanticized it, the poets in Urdu/Hindi and other Subcontinentian languages have made it an object of beauty. Moon has a prominent place in romance and it is referred in feminine form. I know a lot of things in life, but don't know the place of moon in other languages, can some one enlighten me?

About two years ago, Yasmeen and I were vacationing in Cancun, we chose the night of full moon to stay in a hotel with an open balcony, beach and ocean to see and full moon in the sky showering its graceful blessed Chandni (moon light) on us, and of course.. it kindles the romance in every one....

I strongly recommend you to make the pilgrimage with your better half, its worth it. If you are going any way, select the night of full moon to stay on the beach and a room with balcony... I have enclosed a few pictures of the balcony... watch the sunrise and the full moon in one a period of one day... it connects you with your spiritual being. If not just find a cabin in the woods, on the hills or the mountains and soak in the glory of chandni (moonlit) romance. Life is meant to enjoy it, you have got to make that time.

Ek chand AasmaaN pay hai, Ek mere saath hai...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFuo1wrfOOI

Here are some beautiful songs about Moon

Chuadhavin Ka Chand ho, ya aftaab ho

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MDICxNDT44

Khoya Khoya chaand
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT9kqNvaUoQ

Gali may aaj chaand nikla
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL5roOJNacg

Chand Sifarash
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GETO261FCZc

Enjoy the songs...

Pictures courtesy of Huffington post - individuals collection.

15 pictures - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeghouse/sets/72157629979285977/

One of the 15 pictures is that of Mahatma Gandhi with the moon in the back drop, and I was thrilled to see my hero pictured. I believe this picture is from Washington DC. I wonder, if any one has shot a picture else where in the world.

Mike
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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Moon songs in Urdu-Hindi languages

The sight of full moon was amazing tonite, I was just wondering about the way the universe has been arranged and organized, it looks like a precision machine where every things runs smoothly. The sun shows up and the Jupiter orbits and the moon’s elastic distance and the tides… it’s all incredible. However, the creator wanted to make sure that we understand that there is no perfection, there are anomalies like Tsunamis and earthquakes are built-in or happens randomly. The lesson for us is to strive for the best but know that there is no perfection and we have to learn to be content.

With Prayers for the ones suffering in Japan, Libya, Bahrain and every where, we have to live as normal a life as we can. Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama have demonstrated that it is necessary to live a normal life to make other aspect of life go on as smoothly as they can. One cannot uplift others when we sink; we have to rise to do more good to those who are down.

From this sentence forward, the topic is mainly for the Urdu/Hindi speaking friends, my regrets to the English speaking friends.

20 SONGS ON MOON

Moon has been associated with beauty and the poets usually compare the beauty of the beloved with that of Moon. I have no idea what it is in other languages, but Urdu/Hindi language is studded with moon in the poetry.

The words are Chand, Chanda, Chaand, Chandra…

Here is a list of some 20+ Songs on the theme of Moon in Urdu/Hindi language, most of the songs are pre-77 when I left India, I don’t know a whole lot of songs after that with an exception of a few, a few simply don’t sound romantic as the singer screams in the songs…

There are over 50 songs that I know with Chaand in its theme, missing in the list are songs by KL Saigal, Noor Jehan and Gita Dutt. May be on next full moon I will have the rest of them. Those who are familiar with the songs and movies might see a lot of connections between songs, actors… there is a continuous chain… years ago I did a radio show on Sundays called Golden Oldies and Golden Melodies, besides my talk shows on religion and topics of the day… and I used to weave the songs in a story.. a lot of people from South India, Bangladesh and Caribbean enjoyed the English narration and essence of the songs, rather than the translations.

Just got nostalgic… the moon is simply glowing and I dedicate these songs to my wife Yasmeen.

If you wish to go auto pilot… just click and go,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ud2rsMT5ng&playnext=1&list=PL0956336FAE9C3831

If auto does not work, here is the list.

Chaudhvin Ka chaand ho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ud2rsMT5ng

kaisi haseen aaj baharon ki raat hai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVWODTAxLOs

Gali may aaj chaand nikla

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwi-QXBcGJk

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Khoya khoya chaand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT9kqNvaUoQ

ai sanam jis nay tujhe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TKD5jZ7pO8

A hawa a raat a chandni

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n75WcYDuxM&feature=related

A raat a chandni phi kahan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBw_JSiNF9c&feature=fvwrel

Wo chaand Khila

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxiGz4xhVs4

Chaand nay kuch kaha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAxq2srQBOM

Tu mere chaand my teri chaandni

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoVd7GT_p-I

Chand sifarish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XZDuN2OOtA

Ai chaand zara chup ja

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjcjQPUWpxI

Raat ko chandani jab khile (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fttKM47qsc

Chaand chupa badal may

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n_Zw3Mi05A

Chaand phir nikla

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii8D7gNn318&feature=relmfu

my nay poocha chand say

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzuCHSpQaPQ

mera chaand mujhe aaya hai nazar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p-N6KXO3bM

Chaand mere aaja

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IADXevIqmY

Chanda o chanda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXX464l95VE&feature=fvsr

Chanda mama door ke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgwBMmY7H9g

Dekha hai sobhi nay chaand ko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgRRjEtshpk

Chaand ko kya maloom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE4mAexCjaY&feature=related

The link for this note: http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2011/03/moon-songs-in-urdu-hindi-languages.html

Best Wishes.

50 PICTURES OF MOON -

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/beautiful-pictures-of-the-supermoon-from-around-th

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