Diwali Photographer

After the digital camera has made it very easy to shoot as many pictures as you want with almost no expense, I realized that I too have a 'hobby' for photography. Adding to this, many of my friends asked me how I took one of the photo I posted on orkut.

Result is this post.


Here is how:

To take the photo you need: one candle, one sparkler, one digital camera and one person to take the picture (provided that you want to be in the photo rather than taking it.)

For the camera setting, keep the camera in shutter-priority mode and make the shutter speed low. For the above photo it was 1/4 second.

Now light the sparkler in the middle. (The usual practice is to light at the tip, but we need double ring effect, right?) This will cause the sparkler to have 2 burning ends starting from middle and going away from eachother.

Now band the metal end of the sparkler a little so that it is easy to 'rotate' the sparkler in your hand. Now rotate it and ask the camera man to take few pictures. Select the best of them to show your friends.

Few more photos taken during diwali vacation.

Wadali Brothers

2 weeks before we were watching 'Lil Champs' on Zee TV, (one of the rare program that me and my wife can manage to watch together). On 29th August, the guests were Wadali Brothers. In the end, they sang one of theri best song, "Tu Maane ya Na Maane dildara" and it was a superb show.
I searched on youtube and here is the result for those who like Sufi.
There is no real video. A song embedded with image to be put on youtube I guess. Anyway enjoy the song!

New Launch

Two weeks ago I started a new blog to put the content for reading which I liked from net or fwd emails. My idea was to put everything that I like to read including quotes, stories, jokes anything for reading. But so far most of the items have been only good jokes.

I decided to put a post everyday(only on working days!), and so far I have not missed any day starting from 5th June. Lets hope everybody get their daily dose of good read regularly.

Cheers.

Pahechano Kaun

After almost a decade, and following some learning from learn-to-draw, today I created my first drawing. Its far from what can be called even a good drawing.

I asked Purvi to recognize the face. After few try I told that this person is on the front page of today's Times of India.

After comparing the photos, she said, "yes, exactyly he is. Just need to improve little on the right ear, left cheek, upper head and lower lip."
She liked the eyes and suit anyway.

From her feedback I am just postponing the question to be asked to anybody for a few days.
Here is my creation.
He is not Andrew Symonds after a hair-cut.

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An Incident

Raat ke 2 baje patni apne pati ko gahri neend se jagati hai.
"Sunoji! Koi darwaje par hai!"
"Itni raat gaye kaun aa gaya? Theek hai, dekhta hoon."
Pati uth kar darwaje tak jaata hai aur usey kholta hai.

Dekhta hai ki eksharaabi moosladhaar baarish mein khada hai.
Sharaabi bola, "Bhai sahab!Jara dhakka laga doge?"
"Dimaag kharaab ho gaya hai?" pati bhadka,
"Raat ke 2 baj rahe hain!".

Pati darwaza jor se band karta hai aur wapis bistar par aa kar let jaata hai.
"Kaun tha?" patni ne poocha.
"Koi sharaabi tha. Dhakka lagane ko bol raha tha."
"Tumne kiya?" wo boli.
"Nahin! Raat ke 2 baj rahe hain aur baahar itni tez baarish ho rahi hai!"
"Lagta hai tum apna samay bhool gaye.
Yaad karo jab teen mahine pahle hamari gaadi kharaab ho gayi thi aur un do aadmiyon ne hamari madad kithi.
Mere khyal se tumhein uski madad karni chahiye."
"Tum sahi kah rahi ho. Mujhe sharm aani chahiye.
Main abhi baahar jaa karuski madad karta hoon."

Pati dhuandhar baarish mein ghar se bahar nikalta hai.
Andhere mein wo ussharaabi ko dhoondta hai.
"Hello! O bhai shahab! Aap abhi bhi yehanho?"

"Haan" ek kone se aawaz aayi.

"Kya tumhein abhi bhi dhakka lagwana hai?" pati bola.

"Haan! Shukriya.!" andhere kone se sharaabi ki aawaz aayi.

"Tum ho kahan?" pati ne poocha.

Jawab mein sharabi ki awaaz aayi





"Yahan! Idhar jhoole par."


*drag between the tow "" to know !

what a mail I got today. May be the best Friday mail in a long time.
Cheers to all Bewadas !
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Please Explain

Last week it struck again. From a long time I am not able to figure out what following lines(red and bold) mean in the song?
Here is the full lyric of the song "Oh mere dil ke chain" from the movie "Mere jeevan sathi"

Oh mere dil ke chain
chain aaye mere dil ko dua kijiye
apnaa hi saaya dekhke tum jaane jahaan sharma gaye
abhi to yeh pehli manzil hai, tum to abhi se ghabra gaye
mera kya hoga socho to zara
haai aise na aahe bharaa kijiye

Aap ka armaan aap ka naam mera tarana aur nahin
in jhukti palkon ke sivaa dil ka thikaanaa aur nahin
jachta hi nahin aankhon mein koi
dil tumkho hi chaahe to kya kijiye

Yun to akela bhi aksar girke sambhal sakta hoon main
tum jo pakad lo haath mera duniya badal sakta hoon main
maanga hai tumhe duniya ke liye
ab khud hi sanam faisla kijiye.

:(

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Donating Accessories

One of my colleague today had an idea for Eye Donation. (Remember that ad of Aishwarya Rai in which she asked to donate your eyes after your death, so that someone can see the world from your eyes? Ye ankhen hai duniya ki sabse khubsurat aankhen! that one.) So I accompanied the colleague to one of the Eye Hospital. The lady at reception made her fill up some form and asked me if I also wanted to donate my eyes.






I asked, "Do I need to donate my spectacles also if I donate my eyes?"

I didn't get the form.

:P

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