RANDOM THOUGHTS

                         COLDEST PLACE ON THE PLANET TWO important events were right  around the corner,  like the 15 th Wedding Anniversary of My Son and Daughter in Law plus the 5 th Birthday of our Granddaughter Akshu .  We had so planned our visit to THE GREAT WOLF LODGE , including loading all the needed items inside the car while both our Grandkids were still  away at School . They had absolutely no idea that they were headed to a place which  had been on their minds for quite a while now  . They were given to understand that we were all  visiting a family relative's house  for a Dinner at a place slightly distant from us . Their surprise on reaching the place was one big ,  " WOW , WHAT A GRAND SURPRISE "  With reservations made some 3 Months back itself ,  the visit to the GREAT WOLF LODGE at Niagara was waiting for us despite the severe snow storm expected lat...

       NA TO KARAWAAN KI TALAASH HAI  YEH KAWWALI SAN 1960 ME BARSAAT KI RAAT NAAM KI FILM KEE HAI . IS SE PEHLE YA ISKE BAAD SAIKADON KAWALLIAN BANI HAI , LEKIN AAJ BHEE IS KAWWALI KI APNI EK ALAG SEE JAGAH HAI .  IS KAWWALI ME MAAYINAY RAKHNE WALI SAARI BAATEIN URDU ALFAAZ ME KAHEE GAYEE HAIN  . HASINA NE APNE VIDEO ME ISAY HINDI ME APNE HEE SURULEE AAWAZ ME IN URDU ALFAAZON KO HINDI ME SAMJHANAY KI KOSHISH KEE HAI  . SAHIR LUDHIANVI KEE IS GEET KO ROSHAN NE APNE SAAZ SE SANWAARA HAI . MAANA JAATA HAI KEE SAHIR SAHEB APNEY PRITAM JINKA NAAM BHEE PRITAM THAA , PYAR ME  THUKRAAYE JAANE PAR IS KAWWALI KO RACHA THAA . IS KAWWALI KO MAANA DEY , MOHAMMAD RAFI , ASHA BHONSLE AUR SUDHA MALHOTRA NE APNEE AAWAAZ DEE THEE . POORAY 12 MINUTE KEE IS GEET KO SABSE LAMBI HINDI GEET YA KAWWALI MAANA JAATA HAI .  BHARAT BHUSHAN , SHYAMA  AUR MADHUBALA PAR FILMAYEE GAYEE YEH KAWWALI AANE WALE KAYEE PIDIONE  KO YAAD DILAATE RAHEGEE . AAJ KAREEB...

       SNOWSTORM AT AJAX - 15012026  It is SNOWING rather heavily at Ajax - Toronto even as I post this Blog . Heavily , I must admit is a relative term because it is coming from a person from India who has never had the Fortune or Misfortune of being a witness to a Snowfall of any sort .  WEATHER CANADA had already warned of Heavy Snowfall from the last Weekend itself. Twenty Inches of Snowfall was expected . The Weather Monitoring and Forecasting System is so perfect here that they can Forecast the approaching Weather System or Pattern to the Exact Hour and to the Minute .  ( The actual present Temperature and what it feels like because of the windy conditions can be seen on the TV Screen Top Right . )  We in India probably have to learn a thing or two from them in this regard . It is almost a practice here in these parts to close down the Services of School Buses during such Snowfalls due to the very slippery and dangerous road conditions . Par...