Today is Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar’s birthday. She turned 81 today. Well, I had posted about her in my blog a couple of years back. I am just adding few lines from there.

‘Lata bai is one of the most talented singers of all times in the history of Indian music. Her melodious voice, purity of the notes, variations in singing, everything is so perfect that there can’t be anything better in the world of music.

If you really want to become a good singer, then you better listen to lata bai’s songs daily for an hour.  The songs that I adore the most are ‘Mana Mohana bade jhootey’, ‘Rasik bulama’, ‘Dhire se aaja re akhiyan mein nindiya’, ‘Tu jahan jahan chalega..mera saya’, ‘Agar mujhase muhabbat hai’, ‘Ye zindagi usi ki hai’, ‘Bainya na dharo o bulama’, ‘Jaago Mohan pyare’ …and many more..the list is too long. Whoever composed these songs..Lata bai has made them into master pieces by her golden voice.’

Everybody is wishing her today on her birthday. Songs are played on Radio, TV. How does a common man wish her? Well, its very simple. Just listen to her melodious songs today and pray to god that she lives a healthy and peaceful life.

God bless Lata Bai..

It is very important to build relationships with people to whom you are associated in personal and professional life. Building relationships is one of the key factors to your success in life. By success I not only mean making money or becoming famous, but also attaining happiness and peace of mind.

Good communication, togetherness, understanding, helping & appreciating each other are the basis of building strong relationships. In personal life, love and affection play an important role to build long lasting relationships. In professional life communication is the key in building good relationships. In business, building relations can help you to grow your business, increase your presence in the market and help you sustain or survive during adverse market conditions. In personal life, building relations can give you inner satisfaction & content which can lead to a healthy and stable life.

Building relationships give rise to expectations. And fulfilling these expectations become a challenge for most of us. In reality, you can never make the other person happy at all times so one should never get upset about it. One should always make a sincere effort to help the other person and make him understand that he too is equally responsible to fulfill your expectations.

Setting right expectations & sharing your worries/sorrows/concerns, pleasures and happy moments can take your relationships a long way in achieving greater happiness and success in life.

Good luck!

In this fast pace world, everyone is speeding up and keeps moving in top gear to be in the competition and is scared of changing gears or slowing down. Well, life is not a race. Its not a game either. Life is ones existence to learn, earn for livelihood and strive for happiness. Its an adventurous journey of interesting happenings, good and bad experiences, long roads with no exits, twist & turns, ups & downs, meeting new people and new places, making & breaking relationships. It is very essential for one to change gears, put breaks if required, make a complete stop, take reverse if necessary to lead a stable & sustainable life.

If you really want to treat life as a race or competition then you should be patient & steady like the turtle and not be in haste like the rabbit else you are bound to lose.

Well, if you ask me, I treat life as an adventurous journey, though I realized it little late, but its not too late for me. What about you? Slow down for a while, take a halt if needed, think and then move ahead.

God bless!!

Well, we have two kinds of shows, one which is seen exclusively on Music Channels like MTV, V etc. where you see lot of Hindi/English film songs, private albums, interviews of popular or famous musicians and second is the reality shows viz music competitions like Indian Idol, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa shown on SONY TV, ZEE which have been very popular & successful. I am going to put my thoughts on the music reality shows.

You very well know that the idea of such reality shows is copied (sorry, inspired!!) from the US Television. Rather, most of the reality shows are copied from USA. To involve common people in these shows and make them heroes is something exceptional. The investment is not much but the income by the producers of the channels, the media is too BIG..you cannot imagine. With this, the producers/Channels also get compliments for discovering music talents of India. All looks very good, thoughtful & monetarily beneficial as far as producers, media & the operators are concerned. What about the people who participate in such shows? They invest time, money & efforts and some of them do get rewarded at the end. But the promises made by the producers or distinguished(??) judges that they will bring the finalists in mainstream music (cinema, music albums etc.) are really not fulfilled in reality. There are very few examples like Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal who have made it to the top after winning  these competitions.

Public does get entertained by these shows, but they start getting too much involved in the shows and start investing in the people whom they wish should win. People start voting their favourite competitor by sending SMS worth Rs.5-6 and this generates lot of income for the creators & supporters of these shows.

What about the quality of judges? I really don’t feel like commenting on it. I doubt their judgment & caliber, baring few exceptions.  Anyway, who is bothered to create another Lata, Asha or Rafi. Its money, filling their own pockets which surpasses all other aspirations.

The aspiring talents should really focus on achieving their goals in becoming good singers and continue their riyaz regularly.  Winning or losing these battles should not affect their musical career. Keep learning and continue the swar sadhana as it is going to help you the most.