🙏🌺 REMEMBERING MOHAMMED RAFI 🌺🙏

Mohammed Rafi

Emergence: 24 December 1924

Demise: 31 July 1980

Mohammed Rafi was an Indian film playback singer. He is considered as one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent.

Rafi was notable for his versatility and range of voice; his songs varied from fast peppy numbers to patriotic songs, sad numbers to highly romantic songs, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans to classical songs. He was known for his ability to mould his voice to the persona and style of the actor lip-syncing the song on screen in the movie.

He received four Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award. In 1967, he was honored with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India. In 2001, Rafi was honoured with the “Best Singer of the Millennium” title by Hero Honda and Stardust magazine. In 2013, Rafi was voted for the Greatest Voice in Hindi Cinema in the CNN-IBN’s poll.

He recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and sang songs in many Indian languages as well as foreign languages, though primarily in Hindi-Urdu and Punjabi, over which he had a strong command. He recorded as many as 7,405 songs in many languages. He sang in many Indian languages – Konkani, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Odia, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Magahi, Maithili, etc. Apart from Indian languages, he also sang songs in many foreign languages, including English, Farsi or Persian, Arabic, Sinhala, Creole and Dutch.

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BENCHMARKING LEADERSHIP

GITA WISDOM #52

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3 Verse 20

कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः।
लोकसंग्रहमेवापि सम्पश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि॥

It is essential for a chief executive to keep the approach of the great leaders of the yore in view and perform his duties in a detached way. Such a person eventually sets a laudable example for others to follow. (3.20)

जनकादि ज्ञानीजन भी आसक्ति रहित कर्मद्वारा ही परम सिद्धि को प्राप्त हुए थे, इसलिए तथा लोकसंग्रह को देखते हुए भी तू कर्म करने के ही योग्य है अर्थात तुझे कर्म करना ही उचित है
॥20॥

It is essential for a chief executive to keep the approach of the great leaders of the yore in view and perform his duties in a detached way. Such a person eventually sets a laudable example for others to follow. (3.20)

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KISAN DIVAS ~ FARMERS’ DAY

Farmers’ Day is an annual observance in various countries to celebrate the national contributions of farmers and all doing agriculture. In India it is observed on December 23.

The National Farmers’ Day in India is also known as Kisan Divas in Hindi. It is is celebrated every year on 23 December, on the birthday of the 5th Prime Minister of India, Choudhary Charan Singh, also a farmer’s leader, who introduced many policies to improve the lives of the Indian farmers. It is celebrated by organising various programs, debates, seminars, quiz competitions, discussions, workshops, exhibitions, essays writing competitions and functions.

Happy Farmers’ Day!

THOUGHT FOR TODAY ~ 22

Happy Thursday!

FALSE PRETENCES OF SPIRITUALITY

GITA WISDOM # 51

दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत्‌।
स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत्‌॥

Actions involve efforts. If somebody wants to give up the duties due to the efforts needed, he performs a negative sacrifice. He is a hypocrite. It shall not be deemed to be an elevated path of righteousness. (18.8)

जो कुछ कर्म है वह सब दुःखरूप ही है- ऐसा समझकर यदि कोई शारीरिक क्लेश के भय से कर्तव्य-कर्मों का त्याग कर दे, तो वह ऐसा राजस त्याग करके त्याग के फल को किसी प्रकार भी नहीं पाता
॥8॥

Actions involve efforts. If somebody wants to give up the duties due to the efforts needed, he performs a negative sacrifice. He is a hypocrite. It shall not be deemed to be an elevated path of righteousness. (18.8)

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NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY

The Indian government declared 22 December to be National Mathematics Day. This was announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 26 February 2012 at Madras University,to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan (22 Dec 1887- 26 Apr 1920). On this occasion Singh also announced that 2012 would be celebrated as the National Mathematics Year.

Since then, India’s National Mathematics Day is celebrated every 22 December with numerous educational events held at schools and universities throughout the country. In 2017, the day’s significance was enhanced by the opening of the Ramanujan Math Park in Kuppam, in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh.

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NOBLE THOUGHTS # 43

Have a fulfilling day…

LAW OF ATTRACTION

Have great time…

NEGATIVE CHARITY

GITA WISDOM # 50

अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते।
असत्कृतमवज्ञातं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्‌॥

The foolish mortals resort to methods of charity which are directed to the wrong recipients at the wrong time and place and are given without reverence and sincerity. (17.22)

जो दान बिना सत्कार के अथवा तिरस्कारपूर्वक अयोग्य देश-काल में और कुपात्र के प्रति दिया जाता है, वह दान तामस कहा गया है
॥22॥

The foolish mortals resort to methods of charity which are directed to the wrong recipients at the wrong time and place and are given without reverence and sincerity. (17.22)

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FLOWERS ~ 13

Have a great week!

MISTAKES & HABITS

Wise words…

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THE MAHATMA

David Redpath's avatarDavid Redpath

Blessed are the peacemakers …

“When I despair, I remember that
all through history the way of truth
and love have always won. There
have been tyrants and murderers,
and for a time, they can seem
invincible, but in the end, they
always fall. Think of it … always.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi

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WHERE’S THE POWER BUTTON?

Annika Perry's avatarAnnika Perry

Just imagine … no delete key! To be typing away with no way of erasing one’s words. Where force is needed on each letter, the loud clickety-clack echoing around the room.

Some will have learnt to type on the old-fashioned ribbon typewriters, whilst for others they are an alien concept. How can one manage without autocorrect, cut, copy and paste!?

Forget the modern contraptions and imagine an antique typewriter set on a lone table. In a bookshop. Paper rolled into place. People approach and can write a sentence or two on it. What would this be?

Where’s the power button?

what is the password?

Just such a scenario developed as part of a community project in a bookshop which opened in 2013 in Michigan and the results are beautifully collated in the book ‘Notes from a Public Typewriter’.

A joint owner of the bookshop, Michael Gustafson, whose love…

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THOUGHT FOR TODAY ~ 21

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AGGRESSIVE CHARITY

GITA WISDOM #49

यत्तु प्रत्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः।
दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम्‌॥

With expectations of return and ulterior motives, charity is practised by the demonic kind of people with mental agony. (17.21)

किन्तु जो दान क्लेशपूर्वक (जैसे प्रायः वर्तमान समय के चन्दे-चिट्ठे आदि में धन दिया जाता है।) तथा प्रत्युपकार के प्रयोजन से अथवा फल को दृष्टि में (अर्थात्‌ मान बड़ाई, प्रतिष्ठा और स्वर्गादि की प्राप्ति के लिए अथवा रोगादि की निवृत्ति के लिए।) रखकर फिर दिया जाता है, वह दान राजस कहा गया है ॥21॥

With expectations of return and ulterior motives, charity is practised by the demonic kind of people with mental agony. (17.21)

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