tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57627735821992523072024-02-20T12:58:54.657+05:30World from Zoet eyes...Looking at the world from sweet eyes to have its own beautyPriyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-50111098442556763832012-01-27T01:01:00.001+05:302012-01-27T01:02:05.206+05:30Meri Maa!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</div>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-82009027275332730622012-01-09T15:59:00.000+05:302012-01-09T16:01:40.943+05:30A Travelogue - Der Deutche Sommer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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minutes to pronounce the name of but once you get the book and start reading,
it won’t allow you to even take out another 2 minutes to have a break. The book
is a travelogue where an Indian author Arnab Chakroborty has pen downed his
experiences in Germany.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Germany on a student exchange program i.e. Deutcher Akademischer Austausch Dienst or German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). This book is more like a memoir of all his journey experiences that took place in Germany including his unforgettable incident of getting lucky to watch FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010 live!</span><br />
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history, culture and the lifestyle of Germany. Writing a book gave the author
an opportunity to put his thoughts and experiences on paper and make it reach
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ahead to be a part of Germany soon. The book also shares Arnab getting lucky to
get an opportunity to fly to the UK where he visits the historical places and
gets overwhelmed. Arnab also talks about his personal liking he felt for the
beautiful German women who made him to visit one of the famous Amsterdam red
light district. Thus, if you want to have a quick journey and visualize Germany
sitting in your own comfort zone, it’s one of the best books to go through </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">J</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-64833339838833883512011-11-21T16:22:00.000+05:302011-11-21T21:08:43.741+05:30Black Day!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Rohan was a 14 year old boy with a round body. His round eyes in the oval cut face with chubby cheeks and outward ears made him a rare personality. His long hair covered his one eye whereas his chin had a round little dent in the centre completing the distinct looks. Small hands with flat stomach and thin legs made him look like a pumpkin on a bamboo stick.</div>
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Rohan was Sunil’s nephew, who was the richest man in the town; who owned 3 houses, 2 shops and a few acres of land. Rohan was an orphan since the age of 4. Sunil with his second wife had taken care of him for the last 10 years but the care was just superficial. Rohan had been living in this small dark room all day long for all these years except when he was required to clean the house, do the utensils and attend to the guests etc. Though he never went to the school, he still knew how to read because of his gifted abilities. The only missing thing was his inability to write, which restricted his dreams of doing something big. He was a voracious reader and read many newspaper columns on a daily basis. </div>
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That night seemed to be like any other night. After completing the household work during the day, Rohan came back to his room feeling tired. It was already very late and he wanted to go to sleep as quickly as possible, since tomorrow was another busy day at work. Tomorrow was Sunil’s son’s 10<sup>th</sup> birthday and there was a party in the house. Besides doing all the mundane jobs of cleaning the house, doing the utensils and cooking the sumptuous meal, he had an extra burden of the party. But Rohan was happy and elated to celebrate his cousin’s birthday with enthusiasm. </div>
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The room was filled with white snow kind of smoke. After he got aware of the smoke, Rohan realized that there was someone floating in the air. Though he got terribly scared and froze to death, he tried to notice the bodily structure of that someone. The creature had an absurd face and body. It was tall and slim, had his face directly attached to his shoulders with no neck, a round face with a poky nose and astonishingly the eyes were missing. The black creature had long open hair which along with black gown and black trousers made it not only look creepy but also scary. It did not have any legs and had a shiny belt tied on its waist which was releasing the white smoke that filled the room. Rohan realised that the black gown was touching his legs. As he blinked, he realized that the room had once again turned black. </div>
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The room was dead silent and even the sound of a dropped pin could be heard. Gathering all his courage, Rohan stood up. He found Ginny was still sleeping and showed no intentions of getting up soon. The bed side clock showed 4.30 am and the morning hue had started to seep into the room through the small hole. He rushed to the door and tried to unlock it. But the lock was too huge and didn’t even move with all his efforts. Tired and scared, Rohan went back to the bed and lied down and soon went to sleep again. But after few odd minutes, he felt again as if someone was holding his hands and trying to wake him up.</div>
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“<b>I am here to help you get rid of my evil brother and his family who is planning to do something really bad with you tomorrow. You must be atrociously scared of me and might not even believe that I am here to help you. But still, I want to help my own blood as I cannot see you suffering anymore. My son, this current demeanour of mine is all because of my misdeeds in the past. When you were born, I hated you as you came in between me, my work and my wife and then took away my wife from me. And till the day I was alive, I hated you and wanted you to always stay away from me. I have never been nice to you, never cared for you and never thought of your goodness.</b> <b>And it is this injustice, which has kept my spirit haunting. But it was too late. Time had slipped through my hands and I was helpless. I wanted to reverse the time and go back to the life to give you all the love and care which you deserved. But god never gave me another chance till today. Today, I am lucky that I got a chance and I am standing here in front of you talking to you and able to express myself. Rohan, you are a big boy now. You understand the good and the bad but then I love you beta and want the best for you</b>.” </div>
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The Black man continued, “<b>Rohan beta, I always thought that my brother was a very close friend and a good care taker and he would treat you like his own son, but I was wrong. But still, I am thankful to him for all that he has done for you. He could have left you on the road at a tender age of 4 but he did not. Rohan, now I want you to take charge of your life and stop depending on others. You should decide about what you want in life on your own rather than staying in Sunil uncle’s house. I will open the lock of this room for you and want you to unlock all the other locks in your life yourself and be successful</b>.” </div>
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</div>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-48478293467786469422011-08-10T19:13:00.008+05:302011-08-10T19:16:46.390+05:30MUMBAI CALLING :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
I AM FINALLY INTO THE PROFESSION OF MY DREAMS AND IT IS WHAT I AM MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT – MUSIC, I CAN’T BE HAPPIER! says <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reenie Mansata</em></strong>to <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Priyanka Singhal</em></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">You have been to different cities like Kolkata, Indore, and Mumbai and then New York, how has your experience of different cities shaped your music?</span></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">My living in different cities and countries along with all the musical influences and styles that I have experienced has perhaps resulted in the creation of my own individual style as a singer and musician. It has further broadened my outlook in the way I appreciate and understand different genres of music and has increased my openness to all kinds of music without any reservations or boundaries.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-86" height="300" src="http://editorsdelight.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/reenie_0628.jpg?w=200&h=300" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #e2dbd1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 8px; max-width: 98%; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="Reenie_0628" width="200" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">I was born in Kolkata, a place known to harbor immense creativity and art of all forms. Indore, is where I grew up learning Indian classical and semi-classical singing at home, it is another culturally rich hub and the home of some of the most well known Indian classical musical Gharanas, along with many of today’s famous musicians, writers, poets and actors. Mumbai, the home of ‘Bollywood’, was where I studied further, the urban face of India and the center of the film and entertainment industry. I went on to live in New York for another 10 years, which was a completely different and liberating experience. It is a city of dreams, opportunity, professionalism and freedom! I got exposed and familiarized with different kinds of western music genres like hip-hop, RnB, electronic, jazz etc.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">I was inspired and recorded my first album with a Pakistan based producer called Mahmood Khan and released a CD titled ‘Rahey Tu Rahey’ in India through Nupur Audio in 2004. After that album, I decided to approach and work with a main stream New-York based producer, David Anthony. That resulted in the making of my second album titled ‘Reenie’. It was a Hindi-pop album with a fresh and international sound due to my collaboration with an American producer. All this was possible only due to being and living in different places…</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">You seem to tread your own path. Instead of going for Punjabi rapping, you went for Hindi rap and since then the trend has been set up in Bollywood for it. How was the decision made to do something so innovative and radical?</span></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Well, for starters, I am not Punjabi and do not know or speak the language. Rapping in Hindi seemed like a cool option to me as it worked well and many a times, we get used to thinking and acting in set ways until we move out and see things in a more objective and holistic way. I did use a Punjabi rap in one of my songs from the album ‘Reenie’ called ‘Hey DJ’ too, and it sounded great! </em></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">From the times of Bob Marley, Reggae has undergone a sea of changes. How has your experience been of working with Maxi Priest? </span></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Maxi is a legend in his own right. With multiple #1 hits on the Billboard charts like- ‘I just wanna be close to you’ and ‘Wild World’ to name a couple, it was an honor for me to sing with Maxi Priest. The collaboration was very fruitful. Both of us combined our strengths and brought value to the table. Fortunately, our voices blended really well giving the song a very cool vibe. I was clearly very excited about the collaboration and opportunity to work with Maxi and he was open too as he had never worked with an Indian singer before and enjoyed the interesting mix we made.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">I am happy to now see this trend kick in Bollywood of collaborating with western artists such as Snoop doggy dog with Akshay, Kylie Minogue and Sunidhi Chauhan with Enrique. It’s the future, and I have felt this way all along.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">What kind of music do you generally listen to?</span></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">I enjoy listening to all kinds of music especially Pop. The good thing is that due to the entire fusion-taking place, popular music, commonly referred to as pop have changed and progressed a lot and become a lot broader in its range. I also love listening to Reggae, electronic and hip-hop.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Any upcoming albums or any Bollywood offers in the pipeline?</span></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Well, I recorded a rock song for a Bengali movie that released late last year. I haven’t worked in Bollywood yet and have been busy creating, recording and performing my own music so far. But yes, I am open to Bollywood offers as I think that it is churning out some great music lately and it has progressed a lot over the last decade.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">How has the journey from being an aspiring fashion designer to being a celebrated musician been?</span></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">He He… Well yes, I did want to be a fashion designer when I finished school, but that changed in a matter of time. Life is very unpredictable…Its like, one step leads to another and I’ve realized that the only thing that is constant is change!</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-87" height="300" src="http://editorsdelight.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/30198_406231669361_511729361_4170314_7531124_n.jpg?w=199&h=300" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #e2dbd1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; max-width: 98%; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="30198_406231669361_511729361_4170314_7531124_n" width="199" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Until the day you die, you can keep doing different things and that’s the beauty of life. I did study fashion designing in Mumbai and then did a diploma from F.I.T, New York in Fashion styling, and even worked as a stylist with MTV. After all of that, I discovered that I was very intrigued by professional make-up and so went for it and did a professional course in the same. I then went to N.Y.U and studied broadcast production and went on to be a Television host in New York at an ethnic channel there called ITV for over 5 yrs. Now that I am finally into the profession of my dreams and what I am the most passionate about, Music, I can’t be happier.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Every thing that I studied and have practiced in the past comes in handy for me now in my current profession as a singer and performer. I have the ability and edge to style myself and do my own make-up for my own concerts, interviews, shows or even parties. It sure is an advantage to say the least. Of course, I have professional people to assist me on shoots, videos or bigger concerts, but I can be self sufficient when required.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">How was the experience with Mr. Mahmood Khan on your 1<sup style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: 1ex; font-size: 10px; height: 0px; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">st</sup> album ‘Rahey Tu Rahey’? </span></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">It was fantastic! He is a very talented producer and a great songwriter. He has a distinct style to his music and that’s why you can note that my album ‘Rahey Tu Rahey’ has a totally different sound as compared to my second album “Reenie”. I met Mahmood in Amsterdam for the first time where we recorded the songs of the album “Rahey tu Rahey”. It was a very different and unconventional experience as we recorded the songs in my hotel room with his sophisticated mike that he brought with him and the whole project was put together without even visiting the studio except during its final mastering. The songs from that album sound good till date and seem evergreen.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Are there more cross border collaborations in the pipeline?</span></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hmm…Well yes, tie-ups with David Anthony, Mushtaq, Livingston Brown and Maxi Priest were some of the collaborations in the US and UK that I have worked on. Next month I am flying to New York to collaborate and work with some more artists from the West. Keeping my fingers crossed for some substantial work that I hope to do…</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">You gave your first live stage performance at the Seventh Indian Telly Awards 2007, how different is it compared to UK based live stage shows?</span></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Well, that was basically a very grand and fancy award show versus a concert which is different in the way that a live music stage show or concert is more about the music and performing to the crowds unlike an award show, where you are performing live, but keeping the television broadcasting of your performance in mind.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">The experience at the Indian telly awards was terrific and the audience was quite good and responsive. It was a very professionally conducted show of very high production value. I was very glad to be a part of it and think that it was a rather grand way to enter the Indian market as a new artist giving my first live performance on a platform that big.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">How has the journey from NY to Mumbai changed the human being “Reenie”?</span></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Well, living in New York was a life changing experience for me. It’s a different world out there. New York is by far my favorite city! It is a true melting pot where people from all countries, walks, cultures etc of life live and exist together in an amazing fashion. It has the best of all worlds. America in general, I believe is a friendly and meritorious country that welcomes and rewards talent, efficiency, expertise and professionalism and New York further takes that to another level. New-York still feels like home to me as much as India does. I studied, worked, socialized and actually took the plunge into my career in music on a professional basis while I lived there. Fortunately, I continue to travel a lot and manage to keep visiting NY amongst other places, which is a blessing. The most important change that I have come to realize about my self after living there and encountering and dealing with various situations, experiences and lessons is that I have become a more tolerant, understanding and mature person. I am blessed that overall today I feel stronger, more grounded and at peace with myself and feel that ‘I am loving and yet more detached’. I expect less and try to love from strength and not need. It’s a very empowering feeling! Lol…</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-99" height="300" src="http://editorsdelight.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/dsc_0567-1.jpg?w=204&h=300" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #e2dbd1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 8px; max-width: 98%; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="DSC_0567-1" width="204" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">How yoga and meditation help you in keeping you alive and singing?</span></strong></em></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yoga is a great form of exercise and also a good way to internalize. Its gives me a proper work out and cover breathing and meditation as well, which are most essential in life. Meditation is basically reaching the state of no mind. Meditation doesn’t only mean that you sit straight with crossed legs and just breathe, the way we tend to think of it generally. To me anything you do with a 100% concentration where you have no other thoughts is meditation.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">A state of bliss where you become the one with whatever that you are doing, be it cooking, dancing or singing. I sing when I meditate. It’s a great tool of expression and a way to experience the beauty and existence of higher dimensions. It illuminates you to then further spread your light in the universe.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Please walk us through, how the ‘Jayagena’ happened?</span></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Jayagena’ is the team anthem song that I composed for one of Sri Lanka’s provincial cricket team, ‘Wayamba Elevens’, now called ‘Wayamba Wolves’. It is the team that won and represented Sri Lanka at the Champions League tournament last October held in South Africa. After the success and positive response to that song, I was approached to compose and produce the team anthem songs for another 4 teams and the tournament song for the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) that is to start now in August of 2012 due to an undue postponement from this August. I collaborated with David Anthony on that song and with German producer ‘Miza’ on a few of the team songs to bring out a very fresh, international and different sound. I worked with top Sri Lankan artists including celebrity duo Bathiya and Santhush on the songs for the Sinhalese parts. It was a very exciting exercise despite of all the chall</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">enges due to language and cultural differences and carrying out the task of successfully producing commercially viable music for a foreign country with a passionate and musically sensitive and inclined audience. To get this going, I flew to Sri Lanka several times and joined forces with Bathiya & Santhush (BNS) who are from Colombo. I joined hands with them because I wanted someone from that country to add originality in voice and delivery. I sang some of the English parts in the songs.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-88" height="225" src="http://editorsdelight.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/img_0872.jpg?w=300&h=225" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #e2dbd1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(209, 191, 166); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; max-width: 98%; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="IMG_0872" width="300" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Initially, before I made my way to Sri Lanka to record vocals, I had to dub the first song in Mumbai itself due to limited timelines and</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">inorder to make that happen, the greatest challenge I faced was of translating my lyrics and composition into Sinhalese. It was difficult for me to even objectively judge the translation due to not understanding the language. I just didn’t know any better. It was a strange and almost funny problem, but as they say in show-biz, ‘the show must go on’ I had to do what I had to do and get the job done… and I did!</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Is there any specific reason for your return from New York to Mumbai?</span></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">After having worked extensively abroad, I wanted to move back home and continue my journey ahead here in the motherland. Also, I have realized that after recording and releasing 2 albums in India, the local presence of an artist is imperative. It’s the only way to spread and promote your music. It also helps in remaining active in the music industry and be available for live shows, performances and interactions with the media. An artist has to be situated in his or her primary market, and India is surely mine!</div></div>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-66656082700410746492011-03-16T23:32:00.003+05:302011-04-10T23:27:53.759+05:30I am just a KID in this BIG City!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Life always holds something or the other in store for us. It can be good, it can be bad. It can make us happy, it can leave us sad…</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8EOuLk3qdy1HOc14uWTi6ygKpyNFzLoEOjHnmvqY61e00b1G9qf4zpPTCwpcTx9ewhpTdJN19QsAkIWWpIcHA2QTB0aIHED2-Q0FHzuYcvPdiRtEdwwLNOE5c-EDHu2pwC7kdsdY4uFO/s1600/kid+in+city.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8EOuLk3qdy1HOc14uWTi6ygKpyNFzLoEOjHnmvqY61e00b1G9qf4zpPTCwpcTx9ewhpTdJN19QsAkIWWpIcHA2QTB0aIHED2-Q0FHzuYcvPdiRtEdwwLNOE5c-EDHu2pwC7kdsdY4uFO/s320/kid+in+city.jpg" width="320" /></a>A very good friend of mine always used to tell me that whatever happens with us happens for our good only and I never believed him because whatever was happening that time was not as per my choice, my dreams and my expectations from life. Life always showed so many <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Colors-Sean-Penn/dp/B00005N89M?ie=UTF8&tag=priyanka1286&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">colors</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=priyanka1286&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00005N89M" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> to me that but what I always remembered and cribbed about were the dullest colors ever! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Things change, people change and so do the environment around us… it’s just that we need to open our arms wide and welcome those changes in our lives and learn the ways to start living with these changes in our sweet little world. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">These lines are very well and easily advised than followed. I personally remember, advising these to people in my human sphere but I think I myself took a lot of time to even understand it and start working on it to make my life a better one! Every morning became a new start just like a small kid getting a Re1 coin and being told by god that today, I hold the freedom of going anywhere and everywhere and do whatever I wish to, with this coin. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">If I look back, then I can make out that what I did everyday was to go out and spend that Re 1 coin to the same place in the same manner as I did the previous day… strange but true, that I resisted trying out new ways to spend the same. Be the spending given me the worth of only 10p and I knew this, but I went all again the next day and so many next days to their only with a belief that I was not spending these precious money but rather, I was investing them in something which will give me lifelong returns. Though, some amount of my spending gave the returns to others, but today at least what I am happy of is that at least some percentage of return fell in my empty bag as well… <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I am today a bit happy- a bit sad girl who is happy for having a good friend as returns of my invested time and efforts and is sad for losing a few good relations of my life. But then, the major learning that god made me learn from this daily procedure of Re 1 of my life is that I should not expect anything from anyone… everyone is a human after-all and can do mistakes as I did… </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This street, this area, this city, this world… rather, this whole universe is so big that there exists “n” number of humans who do the same everyday… and I am just a kid who does whatever I find right. I know that I can be wrong; I could be hurt, but then, I A JUST A KID IN THIS BIG CITY who is a bit stubborn, a bit self decisive and a bit confident. I do respect my elders for guiding me, but trust me, a KID like me learns more from experience rather than the precautionary parental guidance!!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I think, a few of you might agree with me and a couple of u even might not, but all I want to say is, that it's our life and we need to learn and live our ways!!! So why be scared? Just be confident about the place you are investing your day which is a precious rupee of your life and Just Go Ahead!! <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">We work, we earn, and we spend, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">We talk and discuss the things with our true friends, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">With a simple reason to feel happy when day ends,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">With all our worries kept aside when d day suspends…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Having the blessings from our elders,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Those who strive to make our lives much better…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">It’s such a great relief to have them beside<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">But very sad in their absence to live & decide…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">I wish we could have had this option<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">To decide ‘n’ fit in as per our notion…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">I wish god came ‘n’ gave me a chance to say<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">That I never wanted him to take her away!!!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></span>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-73326100813561491842010-04-12T23:22:00.003+05:302010-10-02T13:53:23.160+05:30Mangoes!!!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The season is changing its colours and now we will be able to see more of yellows...</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMV-E2IQQncQOTbPzImY5tlFvhlLFnQ972nrtrPhGxnvHJSfn-D3KCHY8xxkPD98OUXCCmYmbQDnR4vWHx_QrIg2WORiakXJenMmbXbi-o4OujMHqqorOHLWjNE3alhFHesWifWfUMcZcq/s1600/Mango.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMV-E2IQQncQOTbPzImY5tlFvhlLFnQ972nrtrPhGxnvHJSfn-D3KCHY8xxkPD98OUXCCmYmbQDnR4vWHx_QrIg2WORiakXJenMmbXbi-o4OujMHqqorOHLWjNE3alhFHesWifWfUMcZcq/s200/Mango.jpg" width="182" /></b></span></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Yellows will be all over due to heavy sun-rays...</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Yellows will be the colour of clothes for baisakhi…</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>And of-course, yellow will b d colour of a very good fruit, Mango!!!</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>It’s always suggested by dieticians to include at least 3-4 fruits in a day’s diet, but d problem that exists is d availability of this wide variety of fruits…</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>I love to eat Mangoes, the most excellent fruit of this upcoming season. This sweet little yellow fruit has a great taste. There comes a wide range of this fruit which we won’t even know the names of. The variety includes names like, Dashehri, Langda, Safeda, Alphansos and many more.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Mangoes have been a very much loved fruit & it already has a few successful related events n products.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Yes, u guessed it right; we have a specialised festival, known as Mango Festival which is organized every year in Delhi. This festival has lots of competitions like mango eating and also gives knowledge regarding the varieties. It wont be wrong to say that it has an amazing collection of mangoes from the smallest, to d largest, to d sweetest and to d most different shaped.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The interesting part is that no other fruit has such a specialised importance </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>J</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Now to talk about products, how can we forget the favourite of even our parents since their childhood, Frooti? Yes, it also has a main ingredient as mangoes. And the list now exists for such products like, Mango Rasna, Frooti, Maaza and many more. I remember getting frooti at my school picnics and also in our train travels.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The fruit also has taken a form of jams and syrups and juices to reach all in one or the other form.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXpf2t3J7LFxdK9hGUpvEjIdMBOSouz4MSk8PnsxsgbAjd8qUIYzXskM53k1DJ2SqoNBMgp3KxnrlVW_DiG0PmUscr0qxxEiaeulCrD8yu7FdD24z3vuZlq496jM_vLkqDud452uc4Oy8/s1600/How-To-Cut-A-Mango.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXpf2t3J7LFxdK9hGUpvEjIdMBOSouz4MSk8PnsxsgbAjd8qUIYzXskM53k1DJ2SqoNBMgp3KxnrlVW_DiG0PmUscr0qxxEiaeulCrD8yu7FdD24z3vuZlq496jM_vLkqDud452uc4Oy8/s200/How-To-Cut-A-Mango.jpg" width="200" /></b></span></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>I have no interest in promoting any brand but yes, I wrote this blog to promote the fruit Mango together with all other amazing ones like strawberries n grapes...</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
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</b></span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 354.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Take care,</b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Priyanka</b></span></span>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-80297259965882706712010-03-26T17:10:00.000+05:302010-03-26T17:10:43.325+05:30PURPLE!!!<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPxa3majqFcppMWgsRNsGA7lvBny1JnXbGWVmgv5YzHk2FXxXMC8gypYwI1WHKE7ELEdMtscZqyzIaCCGZjlBp2OSm2u3_JM67psQR1EykAQ_yBrl5-kUSm1O2ef6GYPWFpJzqIh3yfMZ/s1600/purple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPxa3majqFcppMWgsRNsGA7lvBny1JnXbGWVmgv5YzHk2FXxXMC8gypYwI1WHKE7ELEdMtscZqyzIaCCGZjlBp2OSm2u3_JM67psQR1EykAQ_yBrl5-kUSm1O2ef6GYPWFpJzqIh3yfMZ/s200/purple.jpg" width="200" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #6f02b2; font-size: 14.0pt;">Purple!!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6f02b2;">What first thing comes to your mind, when you hear the word PURPLE?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6f02b2;">I recall the purple orchids, the purple berries, a purple coloured evening gown, a newly launched Purple collection of Titan watches and also how can I forget the Purple Lux soap been advertised by beautiful lady Katrina!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #6f02b2;">The world is going Purple, Purple and Purple!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6f02b2;">I went to a mall recently and discovered a few stores displaying dresses all in purple… It came as a shock as this colour is the colour of the season. We generally mix the purple colour with violet and mauve, but actually all three are very different to each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6f02b2;">The colour purple embodies a good balance between the red simulation and a calm blue colour. A very high sense of mystic and royal qualities is served by this eye soothing colour. This is a colour generally liked by the creative and eccentric kinds’ humans. It’s considered a colour of adolescent girls. According to the various researches, this colour actually uplifts us mentally & physically, calms our mind, offers a sense of spirituality and also encourages the creativity within ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOiXLGuSme4TFhh4dZv3iZTthrDaxMRPW6gQRb6M7SBibhekNlTpezBQoVFk2292gzwyAgS5wYIXaumYqVpoPYfXPRvapFygZ9IJrY5S6jziTu5hnHGYKGhhq6JmjapET1UpQ8xs7w4ZV/s1600/purple-squirrel.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOiXLGuSme4TFhh4dZv3iZTthrDaxMRPW6gQRb6M7SBibhekNlTpezBQoVFk2292gzwyAgS5wYIXaumYqVpoPYfXPRvapFygZ9IJrY5S6jziTu5hnHGYKGhhq6JmjapET1UpQ8xs7w4ZV/s200/purple-squirrel.png" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #6f02b2;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6f02b2;">I am a big purple maniac, and this is well known to my dear ones. I have a wide collection of my stuffs, all in shades of purple. A purple titan watch, a purple pair of slippers, few purple tops, a purple pen, a purple handkerchief, a purple hand-bag, a purple bed sheet in the purple coloured room, a purple laptop with a purple coloured theme and wall-paper is what I dream off!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6f02b2;">I know there’s too much purple in this dream, but that’s what made me write on PURPLE!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6f02b2;">I don’t know what this blog will have a effect on you, but one thing is for sure, that you will also at least think of what all you have is purple. So keep counting the purple stuffs!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6f02b2; font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J<span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J<span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #6f02b2;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-22923599643319978172010-03-23T23:32:00.000+05:302010-03-23T23:33:19.804+05:30Imagine being thrown out of your place, where will you go?<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Today, 23<sup>rd</sup> March 2010, 2.10pm came with a very bad incidence along. People were really thrown out of their house and I am really been occupied with the thoughts and snapshots of the scene.</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">My mind is full of the thoughts that where will those people go tonight for hiding their heads from this darkness when they actually wont have any sleep rather will keep thinking of what will they do now. When we are sitting in our houses, those people are moving on to their relatives’ places for spending this time as the repercussions of the uncontrollable incidence that took place. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">You must be wondering what I am talking about. I am talking about the unexpected fire that caught in a 150 year old multi-storied building of Park Street, Kolkata. The fire caught the building at 2.10 pm at the 4<sup>th</sup> or 5<sup>th</sup> floor and wasn’t being able to be controlled till 8 pm. According to the reports 6 people got killed while more than 20 injured. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">I have my close relatives residing in Kolkata & that too only a 10 minutes walking distance. I heard the news at 2.30 pm and rushed to switch on the television at my place. Saw the news, was touched the way the clippings were shown. The building had more than 100 offices, student institutes and even residential houses. The building was full of people and the ratio was more on the female side. The way people were taken out of the tragic place was heart moving. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Since the time I saw that, my mind is again n again taking a U-turn to think of all those people who were inside, all those who jumped coz of fear n were on the spot dead and also those who got injured badly, just because of no-one’s fault but a short circuit. A cherry on this bad cake was the stairs of the building which were wooden resulting in worst conditions.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">I am unable to stop thinking that where will those residents of that 150 year old building would have gone for a night shelter today?? Where would have they gone as their comfort zones didn’t existed anymore?? Their own beds on which they loved to sleep, their home, their ways of living life were all disturbed, leaving them to start all again with no positive dreams. Right now, when I am writing this, some of them are in hospital fighting for their lives, some are in god’s place and still a few searching place to pass this dark night.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Written this blog just to pray for their betterment and to remind you all that it can anytime anywhere happen to anyone of us as well. Please pray for those who were victims today.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">May God Bless All!!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">- </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Priyanka</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-30762292965452870522010-03-09T21:15:00.000+05:302010-03-09T22:06:45.136+05:30Qayda Qayda Akhir Qayda (Rules!!!)<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Qayda todke, socho ek din…<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Are Qayda todke, socho ek din,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Chand nikalta neeche se, maidan mei rakha hota..</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Meethi hoti mitti uski, meethe ghaas aur patte,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Are socho, chand pe dood ki gehri dariya behti</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Gore - gore usme, bhalu cheete rehte….</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Unche - unche teele, hote kulfi ke,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Aur Ghaans faluda hoti to didi kya maza aata!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Are haath mei chammach lekar jate</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Raat din bas chaand hi khate</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Chahe hota zyada!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Qayda Qayda Akhir Qayda…<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Qayda Qayda Akhir Qayda!!!<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Hope u remember this song of the old movie Khubsoorat. The renowned actress Rekha played the lead role singing this song in movie.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">I believe this song in reality suits every child as we always have issues with our adults… <span style="font-family: Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings;">J</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">We feel the same that what these Qayda or rules are, when we are not approved to go out for night-outs with our friends, we are not allowed to even enter the discs and the pubs, which we are dying to go into with the mentality that we just wanna checkout that what actually exists there to stop us to go. This also happens in all even other such similar circumstances.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">But u know what, at times our parents are very much correct to stop us from going or doing such things but I think that the way of telling us so should actually be a bit different.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">What if our parents send us once with our friends to the discs or pubs and let us realise ourselves that “No, that place is not worth going” & rather we ourselves find out that there should exists certain stuffs that we should avoid doing.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">I know that all of us must have thought that why our parents stop us, but trust me the day we will realise and be parents, we will do the same.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Keeping this short & crisp I will come to the point that all I want to communicate is that, we should tell our children for the wrongs and rights but also give them the ability to think and be decisive in cases where we cant or will not be there to tell them the right or wrong.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">I am thankful to my parents that they have understood me well and I am today in a position to decide for my right and wrongs. They gave me the liberty to go through the things and then decide this. Now the “Qayda” is not Qayda, but something I myself follow in my life.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks a lot to God for giving me such great parents!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">-</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Priyanka</p>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-35702366300733246532009-12-17T14:16:00.000+05:302009-12-17T14:20:39.534+05:30If god gives me another chance…<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;">It’s a very odd point of time I am writing this. Being involved in so many human issues, it just popped up in my mind that what is that I would like to change if god gives me another chance and tells me to change any one thing I would like to in my life….</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">First of all, I would like to thank god for giving me so many conveniences that are not for sure provided to everybody so lavishly. I have a wonderful family with very sweet, understanding and loving parents, a caring elder brother and a newly joined but very nice and caring bhabhi…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwJlxxPDwAu2rBDcEz42fLM8mzQ5YQWAhj9_JFHDd36mNzQUe4SxvRxRpuDTXSRLOI4DxhktzhIykUl0wbjM9BdsQXTW4t5dCTCet-JBqpKNjkLPm3Z5oi3o0A6z11DfWlMUS1uBQLJIy/s200/krishna-wallpaper9-b.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416124785376522242" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">I am not sure of what god holds for me in future but yes I never complain to him for what all he wrote in my life till date as well… he gave me lots of chances, ideas and people who will always be a part of my life be it individually or through their sweet memories for the rest of my life. Whom I would really blame for miss-happenings in my life will be me myself. It is me myself who is taking the various decisions and the consequences are also being handled by me, so how can I just sit in front of god and make all the blames to him. I believed in the very famous saying that “yes, whatever happens, happens for good”. But is it really true? Are the things happening on their own? Yes, god is somewhere involved in it but is he solely responsible?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">I don’t know who will answer to these questions but yes, I would like to move forward to the answer of the question my topic asks… what I would do if god gives me another chance?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">If I am given a chance, I would thank the god for the same, will ask him to take the chance away and give someone who hasn’t got a single chance to live his/her life the way I did… I know what you are thinking that these are just the big words I am using for writing purpose. But being a human I admit that I will also ask him something additional to this that will be in benefit of me. It will be his guidance and support, helping me in taking my decisions firmly, which I think I lack a lot, and also I would like to request him to either reverse my life a bit or to give me a chance of re-taking some decisions that I took wrong in my past… but for that also, I would consult him and only him…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">And if by chance while reading this you understand my problem then please pray to god to do to same and listen to me. I am not writing this just for the sake but whatever I am writing is the truth coming directly from heart because I don’t think so that anyone will wake up at night at around 3:44am and write this all suddenly by switching on his/her laptop…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Yes it’s around 03:45am right now of 17/12/2009 that I am writing all this…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Priyanka<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-52805992676240071032009-12-14T15:51:00.000+05:302009-12-14T15:57:24.923+05:30A Delhi Metro Voyage<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Remember the last time you went by taking Delhi Metro?? Remember the last time you were standing on a metro station and leaning forward to see the metro approaching?? Remember the huge crowds at Rajeev Chowk and Kashmiri Gate metro stations, pushing you and making you board the train automatically??</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Yes I want you to recall all those moments you spend daily or at least once in a week travelling by the Delhi Metro connecting the large number of stations and areas of <st1:city st="on">Delhi</st1:city>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><st1:city st="on">Delhi</st1:city> metro was started on 24<sup>th</sup> December 2002 and since then it is serving the city with its full geared up efforts. There have been certain mis-happenings as well but then also becoming more and more conscious, Delhi Metro Management is functioning and daily catering to thousands of citizens.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">When I hear the words, Delhi Metro, the first thing I recall is the badly jammed metro compartments, the minute to minute announcements of stations, the loud music played by some passengers, students sitting on the floors even after being prohibited, and the loud ring tones of the mobile phones of various passengers which keeps on ringing one after the other without a huge time gap…</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The surroundings of a compartment of Delhi Metro are so worth describing that I can’t avoid myself to write on it. It was a morning peak hours time at around 11 am when all the working individuals take the metro for their office. Just as I boarded from Pitampura metro station with roughly 20 more passengers with me in the metro towards Dilshad Garden, I saw a very aged uncle standing near a pole and waiting for a chance to get a seat under the Senior citizen seats out of those been occupied by teenage boys. On the other side, there was lady standing in a corner and trying to manage somehow with 2 luggages and a small kid. But on the seats, there were young professionals in the age bracket of 19- 30 sitting blindly without noticed the suffering passengers who were most eligible for sitting. I was supposed to change the metro at Kashmeri Gate and take the underground one for Rajeev Chowk.As soon as Kashmeri Gate station arrived, people started pushing each other and as a result the small kid fell off between the station and metro entry. Then also, no-one cared to pick him up and were rushing like anything. I didn’t like the behaviour of these passengers, if these well educated young passengers cannot understand humanity, then how can we expect this from our elders and young kids.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">I am travelling in the metro since I started preparing for my CAT exam and was supposed to change 3 metros for the same. And now if I look back, it’s been more than 5 years that I am a continuous traveller of Delhi Metro. I appreciate the efforts of the Delhi Government and the Delhi Metro Authorities for maintaining the metro so nicely that it still doesn’t appear to be 7 yrs old. I cannot take any strict action to make everyone understand the importance of the rules, regulations and etiquettes but I can only request each one of us to take care of such circumstances in our lives which will in turn help someone.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> -</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Priyanka</p>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-43653783359603240832009-12-06T20:22:00.000+05:302009-12-06T20:47:06.472+05:30Parchment CraftHello everyone...<div>Its been long time since my last blog.. I would first of all like to thank to all of those who were reading my blogs and appreciated me for the same. Also there are few people who supported and encouraged me to write more by helping and suggesting me the topics and different arts of writing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today, i would like to share with all a new piece of my work, which is a bit time consuming and because of this fact i am able to complete one of its project in a day only. Its known as Parchment craft where carving sorts work is done on a special piece of paper with special tools and effects. I have added this to my work options and currently teaching as well as taking orders for the same. Hoping for a positive response from all my readers,I am hereby uploading few pics of my work.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. An envelope</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9cyHNcWne-obC711jy8piEp6mYterCMKgnRhUoSGjE_Q0d02fDP2VmX-equJYTOQJWCN0b5yPWNk2SpVYpqf_DpTZlTbhTra1Je793Dkk3tI0feNryqPJ_6-kCsoN1AGJfkbp9689eqz/s1600-h/env1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9cyHNcWne-obC711jy8piEp6mYterCMKgnRhUoSGjE_Q0d02fDP2VmX-equJYTOQJWCN0b5yPWNk2SpVYpqf_DpTZlTbhTra1Je793Dkk3tI0feNryqPJ_6-kCsoN1AGJfkbp9689eqz/s320/env1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412141457903957202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">2. A photo-frame</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlsaCXCNGctdrLzC49bR0GisIQqMu9LDelVmEAIJcibf_E0LQWVj3YWvl7lBtzpw7aIYKlqI1ZyjVPH6FQTvrr7CzLIkS9CqUXPa_DOpL3o46uj67mGyEKRmXlX36nUEa3uT6_IuXsL5e/s1600-h/05122009186.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlsaCXCNGctdrLzC49bR0GisIQqMu9LDelVmEAIJcibf_E0LQWVj3YWvl7lBtzpw7aIYKlqI1ZyjVPH6FQTvrr7CzLIkS9CqUXPa_DOpL3o46uj67mGyEKRmXlX36nUEa3uT6_IuXsL5e/s320/05122009186.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412141448938427698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">3. Another Envelope</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdtRzJ6RXag5kJu31G2cWelKJ85ebppCuBb1sANE0rXw1qiSegLbhKpWLFPFsnQL3qAdlFzZPjF1gpWDGvhYA4CxFSxOcxstzZuhkOxvk3CcmeU2soHPLb-hQZmqynVkAwGEMMDporkiS/s1600-h/03122009178.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdtRzJ6RXag5kJu31G2cWelKJ85ebppCuBb1sANE0rXw1qiSegLbhKpWLFPFsnQL3qAdlFzZPjF1gpWDGvhYA4CxFSxOcxstzZuhkOxvk3CcmeU2soHPLb-hQZmqynVkAwGEMMDporkiS/s320/03122009178.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412141441391041266" /></a><br />thanks<div> </div><div>- Priyanka</div>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-90225752892999883352009-11-13T23:18:00.000+05:302009-11-15T14:02:33.445+05:30Candles"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."<br />- Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.<br /><br />Few years back, when the electricity was used to go off, the only instant thoughts that approached everyone in India was to light a candle. But times have changed and so did the technology, habits and thoughts. Now we don’t need to even care for the same as we have automatic generators or invertors which don’t even need to be started once the electricity went off.<br /><br />I still remember the times when the electricity was used to come back after some times and we used to run from our rooms into a race that who will blow off the candles that were lit on the shelf near lobby wash-basin, in the bathrooms and all over the house. It was so much fun, playing this game as all the kids of a house used to get together to test their running abilities.<br /><br />Candles, I think I can write and share a lot about them. And the reason for the same is I have been closely in touch with them for around two and a half years. I know how these are born and how to determine its life. Too much of human terms, to be simple, I know the art of making designer candles and also the way it is decided of the number of burning hours.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukIxrNCJm7gOYLy5GGHygINwM_At1yN84cwxRP6sUNXHvt7lw4gHJWlypQp6OpMWU0lQL_GFTxiu2s6DaOsspC0046Sl_v9MUt1l6AfK2z6RDm7BOYZCUFEgjU5qZNrwmLh7Wvo0xEXc0/s1600-h/candles8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403647222301547378" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 159px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukIxrNCJm7gOYLy5GGHygINwM_At1yN84cwxRP6sUNXHvt7lw4gHJWlypQp6OpMWU0lQL_GFTxiu2s6DaOsspC0046Sl_v9MUt1l6AfK2z6RDm7BOYZCUFEgjU5qZNrwmLh7Wvo0xEXc0/s320/candles8.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The candles are also a major part of the romantic dinner theme. These aromatic designer candle light dinners are still today a charm of romance for beautiful made for each other couples. Feng-shui and Vastu-Shastra also support burning of candles at home with a belief that the negative energies also do get burnt with them. Candles are very majorly used by the Christians in Church for there prayers. And the best use we have seen since our childhood is the candles on the cake. Celebrating the happiness and birthdays are not fulfilled without a candle on cake and the birthday boy/girl blowing the candle away.<br /><br />The various raw materials today being used for candles are like Paraffin Wax, Bees Wax, Marble Wax, Gel Wax, Soy Wax etc. Majority of these are used by heating them to a particular temperature, adding desired colour and fragrance and thereby pouring them into desired moulds together with adding designs. The wick of the candle can be added to the candle at the time of making it and even after it’s completed by drilling a whole and then inserting the wick and holder. The wicks of these candles come in different variety of widths which are used for different candles according to their diameter. These range from 1.5 inches wick 3 inches candle wicks.<br /><br />I pray to the lord, with a candle in my hand that let the world keep purchasing candles for celebrating there happiness and for having great homes with their loved ones with whom they can have candle light dinners and let this exist with year after year of birthday celebrations with candles.<br />God Bless All…<br /><br />- PriyankaPriyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-87702190534202214812009-11-01T17:30:00.000+05:302009-11-04T18:10:29.395+05:30Addiction to Handbags<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7drlJDdbaFF4NLWeVWRNJ7aIXrXZSOMpI5Jkis-PqgQrfRf67FIDtnAwQiXdd9gIuguPA3ipvVnvmq_Ldxer__woYznvwb0erKMtgKooX2aaELN8FrDMg2342zX4DW8w9BahnPnBzDjx/s1600-h/3783.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div>What is the primary thought that pops-up in your mind when you hear the words, GUCCI…PRADA…LOUIS VUITTON…ESBEDA…HIDESIGN…DA-MILANO…etc.<br />Yes, it’s a magnificent, wonderful, outstanding, elegant, stylish and graceful handbag for women. </div><div><br />Allow me to ask all my readers one more question. When was the last time you purchased a new handbag? Or when was the last time you thought of purchasing a handbag?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7fKBtO_pkWe3fX6Lo_x46f25EoOsN6ixDdCnD1ObtttmHU_HolbpQU_XtYp7Fhak5JpQifzHoO1-agdjPLOfEONVY855irhY0qEhv5b5pbku1ss6O4MZNIw_8s-KZWqwzGiMOgiyuZGo/s1600-h/Louis-Vuitton-Mahina-XXL-Handbag.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399104541380493474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 137px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7fKBtO_pkWe3fX6Lo_x46f25EoOsN6ixDdCnD1ObtttmHU_HolbpQU_XtYp7Fhak5JpQifzHoO1-agdjPLOfEONVY855irhY0qEhv5b5pbku1ss6O4MZNIw_8s-KZWqwzGiMOgiyuZGo/s320/Louis-Vuitton-Mahina-XXL-Handbag.jpg" border="0" /></a>I am pretty sure, sometime in near past, may be 2 weeks, you must have thought to purchase one or must have promised yourself in the marketplace that on the next occasion you will certainly procure “this” or “that” brand or sort of handbag.<br /><br />Well – well, even all the guys reading this, must have heard something on the subject of handbags from their female friends, associates, girlfriends, wives, sisters and even mothers. You know what, we females, actually have an addiction for handbags.<br /><br />Well I will make a confession here. I bought one yesterday itself. It’s a beautiful mauve colour Esbeda handbag which is just perfect. Even after buying this one, I can’t think of leaving/ discarding the one I am presently using, which is a polka dotted brown coloured potli type handbag from Baggit which I bought about a year ago. I don’t know, but somehow, it has become vital to me and I can’t even think of doing away with it. I am very much addicted to it as I carry it each and everywhere even in case at times people feel that there is no need of it. It helps to boost up my confidence and gives me a comfortable feeling.<br /><br />I asked few of my extremely good associates regarding the first thought that pops up in their mind as soon as they hear following popular words, the results are in front of you :-<br /><br />1. GUCCI – LUXURY brand which the maximum females are mad after<br />2. PRADA – LUXURY<br />3. Female handbag - a stylish lady, fashionable n independent; Women’s life for the day; the most essential need of the day <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXI8_6syFqf-oMgRyGuN8o_oMVa2SFWwecf3a33mEFeHHbc9A1IObXmE2BfoNtGiSuYYXD_GiiN8emAFBbp2pwgVO0XaKiEkYMOR1VeLQUc23p9YZRkJXxGjes3pGrAn_NtC5LB0x2xpZ/s1600-h/3783.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399104844013293698" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 186px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXI8_6syFqf-oMgRyGuN8o_oMVa2SFWwecf3a33mEFeHHbc9A1IObXmE2BfoNtGiSuYYXD_GiiN8emAFBbp2pwgVO0XaKiEkYMOR1VeLQUc23p9YZRkJXxGjes3pGrAn_NtC5LB0x2xpZ/s320/3783.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Humans have a habit of associating merchandise with the particular one they are using or dream of becoming the proprietor of. For example, when one of my associates was asked a similar question, her first thought was, an elegant brown coloured Da Milano handbag she was planning to acquire.<br /><br />The demand and addiction of handbags is just not with the young generation of today, but if you go and check the closets of our mothers, they too are having a minimum of 6-7 handbags, although they don’t get time of changing these very often. A bride is expected to have at least 11 different kinds of handbags at the time of her wedding so that she can match them with her wedding attires.<br /><br />But Market is now changing. Chinese products have captured the market place with their copied products available throughout the country very easily. People do want to buy branded handbags but they want to spend minimum for the same. ‘Why not buy an imitated Louis Vuitton for 1/10th of the original price’, is the thinking of today’s women. Now we can easily get an imitated China made Louis Vuitton, Gucci for 2000 – 3000/-. The import of Chinese products is the upcoming business these days and more and more businessmen are getting involved in it.<br /><br /><br />It’s true that we cannot live without a choice, but we should also think of those who cannot afford to have even 1. if out of the 11-12 pieces we have, even if we donate one to the needful, it will help them a lot to fulfil their dreams as well. I am not saying to give away your favourite or the most expensive one, but at least we can give away the one which we are not using at all. So lets go back and recheck in our closets and take out one and only one for giving it to our working maids or any other needful person. Also, may be we can coordinate and club up with an NGO and start working on this. I can take the initiative but will require your support, so all those who are willing to help, please respond to this blog so that I can start working on it.<br /><br />Priyanka</div>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-79313727889145885612009-10-08T13:01:00.001+05:302009-10-08T13:55:38.378+05:30My Photographyhi<br />its been a long time i wrote a blog. its because i was on a holiday trip from past 25 days. i went to various places and learnt many things. The trip also made me to grow my interest in photography. as a result, i studied many of the pics clicked by me and also clicked the others acordingly.<br /><br />i would appreciate all the readers to have a look at some of those and comment on my skills of photography.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390138482621663570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 355px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 297px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1DVTxp5I5hE8yFfq0CVA3o-r_vmMd94LI07DBKm9SlOlRJ8giHTnCxsiwcmkLfo8fmhyphenhyphenN8gbATXmJUrKP5N3TuRJvTVIQ1RhFW0MFdnpQvU6dj1YsQc-ejN_1qViuusX6kPOFOKNa4N7/s320/DSC00701.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390140781029150258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 246px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 252px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8ChumCWtzPzsqGZQCDbHrb83wUPn9hkUVp1jPpPxtNehpx9O1ZS6nkVAqGC3hXIDl6f0W1iaLg0MgP5hiPSGDNUTj9jlK-HTBmYtPRmBkFzZbZNx8rXH7xxs4H92OcZH5rSzMpICE8yZ/s320/DSC00764.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390140773301823954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_du-2jmkgoz5Wsj8my49pTr7Do4OoMnYhkJZ2xDpqmNDekSDxQmrCMuqWR-pIrIq6tMCLABDnJZvo0WPCTmsZ9RzR5HAhHCJBAx3MqOgKQ8D5HRkXgHIw2ozUYQ15ITwwHJXCbIjx7T3/s320/DSC00752.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390140764843858930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9rl5qv35P-hBTsIvMFyVudRunbdHwsAOSkMdmZ5TUh47GXTPIoM2TLwHUttDVwm2bPfaJufywtV90yhypCf8hoArRRJQcS5XWW9R9jOpPC0PYeWB8X2qUmdLWVtf8k2BeqdRPZlFW_dl/s320/DSC00738.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeHSn6Jwz3i_4iIDrnorMUpbuOWa5_PBXhfwVkspfsksSv1QsGF3C6F1zCYRLQeN5a1p335USuX0BDCMmZzrZwKJXdULA8xBhFORECFd_nsMXZseIsdXRlcYPck3MdAB04irCuepUARXp/s1600-h/DSC00993.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390141949162858066" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeHSn6Jwz3i_4iIDrnorMUpbuOWa5_PBXhfwVkspfsksSv1QsGF3C6F1zCYRLQeN5a1p335USuX0BDCMmZzrZwKJXdULA8xBhFORECFd_nsMXZseIsdXRlcYPck3MdAB04irCuepUARXp/s320/DSC00993.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify">Priyanka</p>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-40566786965582490722009-08-30T10:31:00.000+05:302009-08-30T10:33:01.094+05:30SUNDAY – The happiest day and WEDNESDAY – the worst<div align="justify"></div><p align="justify">I know this is a weird and wonderful subject and you all must be wondering that why I wish for writing about this. The reason is, some time ago I was going through the news bulletin articles on internet and found that there has been a study done to prove that Sunday is the happiest day of the week and Wednesday is the worst. The subject matter fascinated me b’coz we Indians also have such a belief. And the basis for such faith might be that the majority of us take Sundays as weekends and have our working off’s on the same day of the week. It is enormously believed to be a family day where everyone is expected to spend time with their loved ones and enjoy to the fullest.<br /><br />A recent study prepared by University of Vermont, Sundays are considered to be the happiest day which is the favourite of all while Wednesday is believed to be the worst day of the week. Although the research was done keeping in mind many factors and after considering the number of aspects as well as millions of blogs, but we Indians already had this as our mindsets from our childhood days.<br /><br />Our parents used to have their working off on Sundays only irrespective of they being a businessman/businesswoman or into the service jobs. The Sundays are assumed to be the weekends where every individual is expected to spend time with their family members, complete their pending tasks, take pleasure in cinemas and meant for doing shopping be it from undersized shops or from luxury malls which are having increasing significance day by day. In India, you can notice the maximum number of footfalls and conversions in the malls, all cinema halls booked all picnic spots full of people on Sundays only. Since my early days, I memorize spending my Sundays in marketplace with my parents purchasing the useful stuff for us and for our sweet home and in the evening visiting India Gate, Delhi, enjoying the extraordinary light effects, fountains and eatables like popcorns etc. sitting in the surrounding parks of the well-known monument, India Gate. The few places that are famous to be visited on Sundays in Delhi are, India Gate, Children’s Park, Shopping Malls, and Cinemas etc.<br /><br />On the other hand, Wednesday is considered to be the middlemost day of the week where the working folks have the highest amount of work stress and this is one of the reasons why it is believed to be the worst day. This is a day when even the students have to go to school and colleges’ without dreaming of the weekend as the weekend is still 3 days far-off. The gloominess level is high on this day as there is no enthusiasm of having fun and of enjoying in the near future i.e. at least for another 3 working days.<br /><br />Now let me brief up about the study I read which also talks about the rest of the days of the week.<br /><br />Mondays are considered to be a good day for investing in the stock market and also it is considered to be the day having the maximum deaths due to heart attacks.<br />Tuesdays are considered to be a good day to update blogs. According to the report by ‘THE DAILY TELEGRAPH’, maximum numbers of blog hits are reported to be done on Tuesdays.<br />Wednesdays are considered to be a good day for asking a hike in your salary from your boss but is considered to be a very bad day for driving.<br />Thursdays are good to give up smoking but bad for rain as one's willpower is strong for the first few days which helps you get through the weekend.<br />And, Fridays are good to sack someone, but bad for earthquakes. According to the study, half of the world’s worst earthquakes in history struck on Friday including the one that killed 30000 people in Gujarat in 2001.<br />Saturdays are a good day to have a baby but a bad day for drinking. Babies born on Saturdays have a better than average chance of becoming Prime Minister. Of 20 British PMs’ elected since 1900, six were born on a Saturday including Harold Wilson and Stanley Baldwin.<br />And, Sundays are a good day to communicate but bad for cooking, all females know it better.<br /><br />Therefore now it’s a suggestion to work throughout the weekend accordingly and have fun to the fullest in our lives, which can be done on Sundays… :-)<br /><br />Priyanka</p>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-44975537127316660122009-07-14T11:34:00.002+05:302011-07-21T23:07:58.313+05:30Sharing & Contributing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sharing and Contributing are the two words that we listen too often from our parents and elders. They always edify us to share and contribute to others since the time we are born. Our elders see uncountable dreams ever since the day they know that an adolescent is soon going to enter this world and therefore they plan a lot concerning how will they bring him/her up so that he/she stands well in the human race. Sharing our thoughts, our money-orientated belongings and our life with others is what the most vital need of humankind. Humans are alleged to be communal animals who cannot survive devoid of the help of others around them be it another human being, flora and fauna or any other creation of the nature & supernatural being. Now let me take this opportunity to discuss about the diverse proceedings which emerge in an individual’s life cycle where he actually needs to share and contribute with the others. Let me commence in the midst of the very foremost juncture i.e. the date a kid primarily enters his kindergarten days. He is constantly educated so as to he learn to share his belongings among his other mates. He should spend time with his associates in order to comprehend each other well. A child is always evaluated on the basis of his contribution. Contribution can be in any field like contribution to the class sessions, contribution to the cultural events and also the contribution in maintaining the discipline of the campus etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I can still recall the very first day I stepped into an institution. It was a bright sunny day when my dad took me to my school. I resembled a typical Indian school adolescent, wearing the school uniform and having a diminutive school bag on my back which had few books, copies and a pencil box having 3 to 4 well sharpen pencils, an eraser, a scale and a sharpener. And of course, if you have gone through the same then you cannot fail to remember that unique water bottle that always hung in the neck together with a tidily folded handkerchief attached close to the left shoulder. I remember the moment when my dad handed me over to my class teacher who was standing in front of the classroom with a sun umbrella in her hand. She grabbed my hand and guided me towards the class and then to my bench where I was expected to park myself and become skilled at the fundamentals of existence of a soul. She seemed to be lovely but was reasonably strict. Here, in the kindergarten class we toddlers were expected to be trained to share and contribute to our lives. And as the days passed, we were trained new lessons and habits which gave us the capability to comprehend the nitty-gritty of living a great life in this globe. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am really thankful to those teachers who spent their time to craft these little kids like me to be able to do well in life, which was never possible without them. Our teachers by no means gave up and contributed the major chunk to the positions we hold today. I know all of us must have thought of this many a times but very few of us would have got the opportunity to thank our so respectful teachers. I take this opportunity today through this blog, to thank my teachers, although I don’t want to take their names, for helping me understand this world, developing self-confidence, self-belief in me and enabling me contribute well to this world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Priyanka</strong></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div></div>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-59232092497480122522009-06-21T12:29:00.001+05:302009-06-21T12:29:26.738+05:30Retail branding<p>Retail BrandingLet me share with you all some of the conceptual insights of retail branding I learned in my post graduation.Branding is something which will make you switch from one brand to another. There always exists a reason for a customer for shifting from Subhiksha to Spencers. It is the intangible value that the brand has created in your mind. We can differentiate between a manufacturer’s brand and a retailer’s brand. A manufacturer brand is a subset of a retailer’s brand. A retailer’s brand on the other hand is a brand that is being sold by a retailer and can be a brand of anything. A retailer can have ‘n’ number of different brands and also, he can have ‘n’ number of products under a same brand.If we notice, then there may exist the same number of assortment labels which any of the 2 stores keep, for e.g. levi strauss and lee cooper might have same labels but then also, the customer might prefer to go to a levis store as compared to a lee cooper store.There exist certain parameters for distinction in retail branding:-1. Customer Service – it is the way and terms a store serves its customers regarding their demands, queries and complaints.2. Width & Depth of assortment – the variety a store keeps i.e. the various designs and patterns which forms the width and the sizes and colors which forms the depth of the merchandise assortment.3. Merchandising at store level – the merchandising decisions i.e. the decisions regarding the procurement and the number of merchandise to be kept in the store.4. Loyalty Programmes – the various schemes and offers the store provides to the customers who are regular and loyal to them.5. Promotional Offers – the other promotional offers that store comes up with for the general public and potential customers.6. Store Environment – the ambience of the retail store, which includes the color scheme, the background music, the fragrance etc. inside the store7. Visual Merchandising – the physical appearance of the store, the way the merchandise is displayed matters a lot in brand loyalty.8. Store Promotions – it means the responsibility and social initiatives the store takes to promote itself, adds on to the branding of the store.Retailer’s brand equity is the measurable value of the brand preference over others. It is because of the marketing effects or the outcome of the retailer’s efforts.For e.g. the Shoppers Stop’s exchange scheme for old Salwar Kameez with a new one will be considered a good as compared to the other stores which do not have such schemes and brand equity.</p><p> </p><p>priyanka</p>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-48877455853520250912009-06-21T12:27:00.002+05:302009-06-21T12:28:03.188+05:30some facts of our life<p>Soft skillsWe all have no clues that we use only 0.001% of our mind in our whole life. According to a research done in Moscow, our brains can remember 1.5 million books at a time. Imagine the capacity of our brains and the amount we utilised. This means that there exists a very large potential which can be utilised by us.There exists 3 major remedies that exists for stability of our minds are:1. Surya Namaskar2. Yoga3. MeditationGod has given us 4 major gifts for our lives :1. Mind – Intelligent quotient2. Body – Physical quotient3. Heart – Emotional Quotient4. Soul – Spiritual QuotientNow let me discuss them one by one:-1. Mind i.e. the intelligent quotientOur mind is divided into 3 major parts –a. conscious mind, which is of 10%b. sub conscious mind, which exists as 90%c. Unconscious mind, which has an infinite capacity.There exists a very good book which further details about this, “Beyond of our knowledge”.In 1949, Osho said “Happiness is nothing but a state of mind”. We develop our attitude from our perceptions. a human being has a mood swing in every 40 minutes. It happens because in every 40 minutes, our breathing state changes. Therefore, it is believed that we should focus on our believes which will itself help us to have a good attitude and behaviour.2. Body i.e. the physical quotientOur body is all about our habits and our way of living. We can have a control on our physical quotient by waking up early morning, exercising, doing yoga and surya namaskar. Sun is the only living god we have present from past hundreds of years.We should also know how to manage our diet and food habits which further helps us to manage our anger. We can do this by not eating much of chilli and adding more of green vegetables to our diet.Always remember, “Your mind is invisible body and your body id a visible mind”3. Heart i.e. the emotional quotientWe learn to respect and love others from our heart. Our way of communicating with others is all derived from our heart. It is all about our personality and our character. Emotional quotient displays a human being’s thinking and characteristics.It is being advised that we should try to grow our Intelligent quotient and Physical quotient based upon our Emotional quotient.Life is Learning Institue For Everyone.4. Soul i.e. the Spiritual quotientIt is about the combination of all the other 3 quotients of our lives. We need to have a good soul together with our mind, body and heart to have a enhanced lifestyle.</p><p> </p><p>priyanka </p>Priyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-55476286412338070082009-06-21T12:27:00.001+05:302009-10-10T14:11:11.571+05:30hostel lifeIt’s been a few days that I have written any blog. Actually, life moves on so fast that its very difficult at times to take out some time for yourself in a day. Right now, I have a life full of ‘n’ number of thoughts which keep on floating in my mind day and night.<br />Today, I would like to share some of my thoughts, feelings and learnings that I got in my life till date. Mostly of which belongs to my 2 years spent in hostel doing my MBA and also the 3 yrs spent in my graduation.<br /><br />I remember the day I entered the campus, 12th June 2007 with the dream of having individual hostel rooms. But the second I entered my allotted flat, I saw 2 of my batch mates already standing their and unpacking their stuff. The flat consisted of only 2 rooms, so I thought them to be sisters where one was helping the other to adjust the stuff and would definitely leave afterwards. Entering the flat and having a talk with them opened up my and my parents eyes’ that these two were room-mates and the other room of the flat was supposed to be shared by me and the fourth most awaited flatmate. I got terrified from the fact and straightaway went to the warden mam and deputy director of the institute, had an argument with them for the same but was finally convinced to share the room.<br />All 3 of us sharing the flat were waiting eagerly to know our 4th flat-mate, as it was a great deal for 2 years to share lives with each other. She, my room-mate didn’t come the same day and rather arrived the very next day. Till the time, the first night of hostel was spent by all 3 of us together by joining the two beds of a room, sitting, chit-chatting and finally adjusting on a double bed, 3 of us slept together as the 2 sweet flatmates of mine never wanted me to sleep alone on the very first day.<br />So on the very first day I learnt that this flat is going to be my home for the next two years with 3 new family members out of 2 I already knew and prayed the third one to be lovely as well.<br /><br />Staying 3 hours away from home always lured me on holidays to get moving and reach home as soon as possible no matter of the fact that the off in institute was for only a single day. Travelling from my institution to my place was not an easy task and as directed by my parents I always required a company for the same. So we with the time made a group of few people residing in the near by areas, making it easier for each one of us to do back and forth on offs.<br />I still remember amongst the starting days we were back home and were supposed to leave for hostel next morning, we all were conferencing with each other, taking advises from our parents regarding the route of the cab, talking to cab booking numbers for around 2 to 3 hours in the evening. Our parents got annoyed badly as we were not able to fix up the programme amongst 6-7 of us even in more than 2 hours of continuous phone calls. We realised, it was because of lack of adjustments between us which got tuned later very nicely.<br /><br /><br />People do have different views about different people and things. It may occur that I might find a person to be very nice and helpful while a friend of mine may feel that that particular person is very rude by nature. What I particularly feel and learned about this is that, it all depends on my own behaviour towards that person. I mean to say, I myself is responsible for the way the other person behaves with me. A friend of mine one day told me one very sweet thought, “Nobody is bad, nothing is bad. It’s just your perception about d people & things. Everybody is striving to get d best for themselves or for their friends n relatives, n in case something wrong occurs during that course of action, then it is not intentional. So its d best to keep your perceptions clear and be happy always.” In case that friend of mine read this blog any day, then I would really like to thank him for sharing it with me, coz it helped me a lot to live my life in a best way possible and to have good relations with all living beings on this earth.<br /><br />I would like to suggest all the parents reading this blog, that they should send their children once in hostels and should allow them to move out of their home at least once in their student life, because the facts, the practicality they will learn in this time period of their lives cannot be taught to them by having them at their safe homes.i am saying this from my own experience as well as experience of my batch mates. It really teaches us the ways we should live our lives, what should we do various situations and the most importantly it teaches us to adjust with others and work in teams.<br /><br /> PriyankaPriyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-92142919847573134612009-06-08T00:20:00.000+05:302009-06-08T00:36:19.571+05:30what is distribution?Now let me discuss about distribution.<br />As discussed earlier, distribution is about indirect selling as well as physical distribution.<br />Distribution is about making a product available to the customers. here the major job of the organization is to decide the path i.e. the channel and the various intermediaries for the distribution process.<br />The intermediaries for the same can be as the middlemen, the agent or brokers, the wholesalers, the retailers, distributors, dealers who are the specialists in any particular products or the value added resellers (VARs).<br /><br />The types of channels can be one level channel, two level, three level or even four level channels.<br />The channel strategy decision for distribution is further divided into 3 parts:<br />1. <u>Intensive distribution</u> i.e. by making the product intensively available widely in the market, it is preferred for the convenience products. For e.g. Pepsi, being made available in each and every small shops. It leads into increased sales, wider customer recognition and in impulse buying by the customers. on the other hand it leads to characterically low prices and low margins in the product.<br />2. <u>Selective distribution</u> i.e. it limits the availability of the products to a few carefully selected outlets to gain adequate market. For e.g. outlets by fashion designers like satyapaul, whirlpool, Samsung products. It helps in adequate market coverage, more control and less cost and moreover it helps the firms which are capable enough of carrying full product line rather than having only 1 quality.<br />3. <u>Exclusive distribution</u> i.e. where the supplier agrees to sell his product only to a single middlemen. For e.g. l’oreal, kaya, major women apparel brands etc. It provides the organization with full control, enhances the product image, promotes the dealer loyalty and also restricts the resellers from carrying the competing brands. On the other hand, it becomes risky by betting on only one dealer in the market place. Therefore, this type of distribution is suitable only for the highly priced, high margin and low volume products.<br /><br />priyankaPriyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-79909667653308807542009-06-07T23:29:00.001+05:302009-06-08T00:03:42.364+05:30what exactly is sales??Now let me discuss what exactly is sales & selling.<br />Sales is all about how an organization helps the public to fulfill their requirements with the help of the merchandise that the organization offers.<br /><br />Also, Selling is not about pushing a product down the customer’s throat. It is also not about smart talking or outsmarting the customers. A customer feels deprived of his privacy in case he is been called frequently by any salesmen. To take an example of this, it happens with all of us daily. We are the major victims of the banks from where we get the calls regarding offering of credit cards, personal loans, home loans etc. moreover these days, even the mobile service agencies like, Vodafone, idea and Airtel call ‘n’ number of times in a day to their customers as well as to the prospective customers. And what actually happens when they call us is that, we get so much irritated at times that we disconnect the call even without listening to the person on the other side.<br />Something similar was the case few years back for the walk-in salesmen like from aqua-guard, who used to visit each home just to display their products. But they also faced the similar situation of being kicked off or not being entertained at all by the households. Which gave learning that, sales is also not about running on the field job to achieve targets blindly.<br />Also remember that it is only a Myth that “schemes help to sell the product”. Its is not at all like that.<br />Selling is about<br />knowing your product / service inside out<br />meeting the end objectives of your organization<br />knowing your customers/ prospective customers thoroughly<br />maintaining peer level relationships with your customers<br />listening and understanding well your customers<br />making the customers feel comfortable with your presence<br />helping and always telling the truth to the customers and never misguiding them.<br /><br />Sales is very much different from marketing. In marketing we identify the markets and promote our product, while in sales, customers are identified and the best is done to fulfill their needs.<br /><br />priyankaPriyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-46607814174547814792009-06-07T23:26:00.000+05:302009-06-07T23:29:28.044+05:30hello everyonehello everyone<br />thank you for visiting my blog.<br />i am priyanka, who is been born and brought up in India. i have completed my graduation as well as post graduation in India itself. i love to write and would love to share my thoughts, my learnings and my past experiences with everyone which could become helpful.<br />i would be glad if u comment after you go through my posts which will help me to do improve myself.<br />thanks<br />priyankaPriyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762773582199252307.post-56350159264205068682009-06-07T23:08:00.000+05:302009-06-07T23:24:29.258+05:30introductionlets start up with the introduction to the topic.<br />the topic can be divided into 2 major parts:<br />1. sales management<br />2. distribution management<br />Let me discuss sales management initially. This basically refers to the direct selling. The major functions it involves is of analysing,planning,organising, directing and controlling of the whole sales force for an organization.<br />On the other hand, distribution management is further divided into two parts:<br />indirect selling<br />physical distribution<br />Indirect selling means selling been done with the help of various channels such as dealers, distributors, agents etc while physical distribution refers to the process of movement of merchandise from one place to other like the movement that takes place from the factory i.e. the place of origin of the merchandise to the final end customer for that product.<br /><br />Now let me explain the thin line of difference that exists between a customer, consumer and a buyer.<br />A buyer is a person who buys any brand of product just because he needs to buy it. For e.g. A person ‘A’ go to a shop and asks for a bathing soap. Here this person ‘A’, is not affected and is least interested to decide upon which brand will he be interested in using. On the other hand, a customer is brand centric. He will always take care of which brand he purchases. For e.g., Mr. B went to the shop & asked for a Cinthol bathing soap. In this case, he is very much conscious of the brand of merchandise he purchases.<br />A customer is a person who purchases the merchandise irrespective of the fact that he is the end user or not. While, a consumer is a person who actually consumes the merchandise.<br /><br />priyankaPriyankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241095972546159196noreply@blogger.com1