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Songs that rekindle the nationlist spirit

aao bachcho.n tumhe.n dikhaae.n jhaa.Nkii hi.ndustaan kii is miTTii se tilak karo ye dharatii hai balidaan kii va.nde maataram ... film : Jaagriti Singer : Pradeep Music Director : Hemant Kumar Lyricist : Pradeep vande maataram.h sujalaa.n suphalaa.n malayajashiitalaam.h shasya shyaamalaa.n maatara.n . shubhra jyotsna pulakita yaaminiim phulla kusumita drumadalashobhiniim.h, suhaasinii.n sumadhura bhaashhiNiim.h . sukhadaa.n varadaa.n maataram.h .. vande maataram.h Film : Anand Math Singer : Lata Mangeshkar Music Director : Hemant Kumar Lyricist : Bankimchandra kar chale ham fidaa jaan-o-tan saathiyo.n ab tumhaare havaale vatan saathiyo.n Film : Haqeekat Singer : Mohammad Rafi Music Director : Madan Mohan Lyricist : Kaifi Azmi chho.Do kal kii baate.n, kal kii baat puraanii nae daur

myanmar: an amazing place and people

I often wondered what is the right way to attain the blissful life with eternal tranquility and peace of mind. The search still goes on as the life takes roller coaster rides of heady successes and dismal failures. We tend to seek happiness and peace by achieving social recognition, showering of love by people around us or simply walloping in the luxuries modern world offers. Sometimes we also dabble in the periphery of spiritualism by reading scriptures of learned people and raising our moral standards. Last week, my visit to Myanmar made me experience another way how people attain this bliss. And how beautifully this has become a part of their social fabric. Here is a country where if one earns US $ 5 per month, one can say it’s a decent job. This country is governed by military regime and come in media only with reference to Aung San suchi and ban of internet. Before I made a trip to this place, I wondered what this country would be. Images of abject poverty with people jostling one