Have a great beginning this year…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIDYA
Vidya Balan ( born 1 January 1979) is an Indian actress. Known for pioneering a change in the portrayal of women in Hindi cinema with her roles in female-led films, she is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award and six Filmfare Awards. She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2014.
Vidya aspired to a career in film from a young age and had her first acting role in the 1995 sitcom Hum Paanch. While pursuing a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Mumbai, she made several unsuccessful attempts to start a career in film, and featured in television commercials and music videos. She made her film debut by starring in the Bengali film Bhalo Theko and received praise for her first Hindi film, the drama Parineeta. This was followed by commercial successes in Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) and Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007), but her roles in the romantic comedies Heyy Babyy (2007) and Kismat Konnection (2008) had negative reviews.
Vidya went on to establish herself by starring in five consecutive commercial successes, which also earned her critical and awards recognition. These were in the drama Paa (2009), the black comedy Ishqiya (2010), the thrillers No One Killed Jessica and Kahaani (2012), and the biopic The Dirty Picture (2011). The last of these won her the National Film Award for Best Actress. She followed this with a series of films that performed poorly at the box office. This changed when she starred as a radio jockey in Tumhari Sulu (2017) and a scientist in Mission Mangal (2019). The latter ranks as her highest-grossing release.
Vidya also promotes humanitarian causes and supports the empowerment of women. She is a member of the Indian Central Board of Film Certification and hosts a radio show. She initially drew criticism for her fluctuating weight and dress sense, but was later credited in the media for her unconventionality. Vidya is married to the film producer Siddharth Roy Kapur.
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May this year bring you more peace and joy than ever before…
Happy New Year 2021!
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The company of friends and family is always cherished but we should not forget to live in the company of god as well when in need and in the absence of an ideal company. There is nothing like loneliness when we live in the company of the almighty.
Have a great day of peace and knowledge!
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We have a choice not to make complains or comparisons. Let’s raise our inner voice and realise our own power to enjoy the bliss.
Have a powerful day…
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We are all interdependent as evident from this message. Let’s take more responsibility and do all the good we can for nature and our environment.
Have great time…
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LEARNING BIRDS # 06
The rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri), also known as the ring-necked parakeet, is a medium-sized parrot in the genus Psittacula, of the family Psittacidae. It has disjunct native ranges in Africa and South Asia, and is now introduced into many other parts of the world where feral populations have established themselves and are bred for the exotic pet trade.
The rose-ringed parakeet is sexually dimorphic. The adult male sports a red and black neck ring, and the hen and immature birds of both sexes either show no neck rings, or display shadow-like pale to dark grey neck rings. Both sexes have a distinctive green colour in the wild, and captive bred ringnecks have multiple colour mutations including blue, violet and yellow. Rose-ringed parakeets measure on average 40 cm (16 in) in length, including the tail feathers, a large portion of their total length. Their average single-wing length is about 15 to 17.5 cm (5.9 to 6.9 in). In the wild, this is a noisy species with an unmistakable squawking call. Captive individuals can be taught to speak. They are a herbivorous and non-migratory species.
One of the few parrot species that have successfully adapted to living in disturbed habitats, it has withstood the onslaught of urbanisation and deforestation. As a popular pet species, escaped birds have colonised a number of cities around the world, including Northern and Western Europe. These parakeets have also proven themselves capable of living in a variety of climates outside their native range, and are able to survive low winter temperatures in Northern Europe.
The species is listed as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) because its population appears to be increasing, but its popularity as a pet and unpopularity with farmers have reduced its numbers in some parts of its native range.
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GITA WISDOM # 53
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3 Verse 21
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।
स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते॥
The world follows the strategies and actions of the virtuous and noble leaders. (3.21)
श्रेष्ठ पुरुष जो-जो आचरण करता है, अन्य पुरुष भी वैसा-वैसा ही आचरण करते हैं। वह जो कुछ प्रमाण कर देता है, समस्त मनुष्य-समुदाय उसी के अनुसार बरतने लग जाता है (यहाँ क्रिया में एकवचन है, परन्तु ‘लोक’ शब्द समुदायवाचक होने से भाषा में बहुवचन की क्रिया लिखी गई है।) ॥21॥
The world follows the strategies and actions of the virtuous and noble leaders. (3.21)
Happy Holidays…
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Emergence: 29 December 1942
Demise: 18 July 2012
Rajesh Khanna (popularly known as kaka) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who is best known for his work in the Hindi cinema. He is referred to as the “First Superstar” of Indian cinema. He starred in 15 consecutive solo hit films from 1969 to 1971, a record unbroken.
He did 106 solo hero films of which 97 were released between 1967 and 2013. He acted in only 22 films with multi-star cast. 82 of the 127 films with Rajesh Khanna as the lead protagonist (of them 117 released and 11 unreleased) were critically acclaimed films with ratings above 4 stars out of 5 by film reviewers of various newspapers of that time unanimously.
He made his debut in 1966 with Aakhri Khat which was also India’s first official Oscar Entry in 1967. During his career he appeared in more than 168 feature films and 12 short films. He received the Filmfare Best Actor Award three times and the BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) four times. In 1991, he was awarded the Filmfare Special Award for completing 26 years in the Hindi cinema and in 2005, he was honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award on the 50th Anniversary of the Filmfare Awards. He was the highest paid Indian actor from 1970 to 1987 whereas Amitabh Bachchan shared the same tag with Rajesh Khanna from 1980 to 1987.
He was a Member of Parliament in the 10th Lok Sabha from New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency between 1992 and 1996, elected in the 1992 New Delhi by-election as an Indian National Congress candidate.
He was married to Dimple Kapadia in March 1973, eight months before her debut film Bobby was released and had two daughters from the marriage. Their elder daughter Twinkle Khanna is an actress and a best selling author who is married to actor Akshay Kumar, while they also have a younger daughter Rinke Khanna.
Khanna died on 18 July 2012, after a period of illness. He has been posthumously awarded India’s third highest civilian honour, Padma Bhushan. He has also been honoured with a stamp and statue in his likeness, and a road renamed after him by the Prime Minister of India. In 2014, his biography Rajesh Khanna – The untold story of India’s first Superstar by Yasser Usman was published by Penguin Books. In 2018, a one kilometre fitness trail in Lajpat Nagar National Park was named after Khanna, which was inaugurated by his wife Dimple Kapadia.
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प्यार और ममता…
ना जाने क्यों दिल मचल रहा है आज बार बार,
बस एक बार प्यार से तुम पुकार लो मेरा नाम,
अपने ममता के छाँव में पनाह दे दो तुम मुझे,
ताकि भूल जाऊँ वो दर्द जो जमाने ने दिए है मुझे।
मुझे याद हैं वो लम्हे,
जब जागी थी तुम रात भर,
अपने आँचल में छुपा कर,
मेरे हर दर्द को परे किए थे तुमने।
एक बार याद करके आज पुकार लो तुम मुझे,
भूलने की बीमारी से कुछ लम्हे चुरा लो मेरे लिए,
समेट लो मुझे अपने आलिंगन में तुम मेरी माँ,
मेरी सजा कम कर दो पास आ जाओ तुम मेरे।
जाने के बाद याद में तड़पता हैं ये दिल,
फिर पास रहने के लिए क्यों नहीं मचलता है ये दिल,
शायद पास रहने से अपनापन बढ़ता है,
इसीलिए पास आने से डरता है मेरा दिल।
एक ही तमन्ना हैं दिल में मेरे,
बस तुम ही माँ बनो…
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HOW WILL YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU?
If I buy you a diamond ring, silks and gold so you drip in jewels does that mean I love you more than if I give you an orange from my garden or write a poem from my soul and trace hearts on your body?
If I fly you to the moon and back and buy you a star in the galaxy, will you know how much I love you?
If I sit and hold your hand and chat about what you’re feeling to let you know I care would that be enough or would you wish you were Jupiter?
If you watch me flying off the trapeze doing circles in the air and land on my feet, would you not put me on a pedestal or think I’m crazy?
If I’m walking down the street and I fall on my face, would you…
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B +Ve!! 
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