In Pursuit of Wisdom

I have read, watched and listened enough in my life to wonder how come I haven't compiled a list of my favorite quotes or excerpts from those? This is an attempt to remedy that missing piece. I hope this will help me get back to my favorites as and when I need to revisit them. (1) Fuler Bone Jar Pashe Jay, Tarei Lagey Bhalo - by Rabindranath Tagore This is one of the many such romnatic dialogues from Rabindranath Tagore who needs no introduction. I just picked one from his rich wealth to show my tribute to him. Below are the lyrics of the song and the full youtube video song sung by Rezwana Choudhury Bannya চাঁদের হাসির বাঁধ ভেঙেছে, উছলে পড়ে আলো।  ও রজনীগন্ধা, তোমার গন্ধসুধা ঢালো ॥  পাগল হাওয়া বুঝতে নারে ডাক পড়েছে কোথায় তারে--  ফুলের বনে যার পাশে যায় তারেই লাগে ভালো ॥  নীল গগনের ললাটখানি চন্দনে আজ মাখা,  বাণীবনের হংসমিথুন মেলেছে আজ পাখা।  পারিজাতের কেশর নিয়ে ধরায়, শশী, ছড়াও কী এ।   ইন্দ্রপুরীর কোন্ রমণী বাসরপ্রদীপ জ্বালো ॥ (2)...

Last weekend I saw Raavan in Big Cinema of Fremont just to see the songs of AR Rahman. I am highly impressed again by him with his musical magic touched by the devinely lyrics of Gulzar. After Jai Ho, this is another class from AR Rahman and Gulzar combination. This time it's Behne de mujhe behnde song. And what a lyricist Gulzar is! Due to this song I have become a fan of Gulzar now. And to mention anything about AR Rahman would be simply repeating myself again and again. Day and night I am listening to this song now in my iPad or in office PC. Here are starting parts the lyrics from that song if you know hindi a bit. Aare aag se bhund gira koi Chingari ka tukra jala joi, Ummid ki aag laga jera Sehra ki pias bujha jera. Ummid ki aag laga jera Sehra ki pias bujha jera, Ghan itna baras ke galne lagu Mei pani ke upar tarne lagu. Behne de mujhe behne de Mujhe behne de mujhe behne deee. Ooooo Behne de mujhe behne de Mujhe behne de mujhe behne deee. Behne de ghangho...