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Tolo Chinna Bina ....sweet song indeed

Get this widget Track details eSnips Social DNA There are songs that make us happy when we are morose and there are some that make is subdued when we are high. However, some songs make us feel nice, happy no matter what the situation is. Tolo Chinno Bina - a Bengali song from Ekanto Apun would come in this category. I discovered this song from the blog of Bishwanath and ever since, i am in love with the tune. Amazing RD with his fabulous repertoire of musical jewels and one such jewel is Tolo Chinna Bina. I was very keen to get the lyrics for this song but I could not get it on google. I must persist with my Bengali friends to get these and also English translation. Until then, I shall keep playing this song on my PC and feel elated. Thanks to Atish,I got the lyrics Tolo chhinno beena, bandho notun taare, Bhore nao shur gao jiboner-i joyogaan Aagami diner aalo, du chokhe mekhe nao, Aandhar ghuchiye dao bholo abhiman Jotoi boro hok raatri kaalo, Jaanbe totoi kaachhe bhorero aalo Jodi ek

Happy Birthday Akshta

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Do we meet people by chance or is it preordained destiny? I am not sure but I would tend to agree with later. Else, how would we be all set to celebrate Akshta's b'day at ISKON temple in Singapore. It was Sunday evening at Orchard road in Singapore. We were sitting on a bench facing Metro - a departmental store that hangs reproductions of Maunet, Van Gogh in corridor leading to its toilet. Orchard Place was buzzing with travelers and tourists. Shoppers and sellers both frenzied by weekend transactions. Neon lights of elite brands reflecting on tiled footpath. And amidst all that - three bright youngsters - in saffron robe playing Hare Rama Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. It didn’t take long for Akshta to start clapping her tiny palms,and tapping her feet to the chant. Most people around were amused by her trance except perhaps a young teenagers next to our bench who were in their own trance of hugging and kissing. I am sure, seeing a toddler engrossed in their chant, m

Jakarta, Rains and Singapore Airlines

Little dots of green and brown in the middle of surfing waves was the first glimpse of Indonesia’s many islands as my plane pierced through the clouds. I always take a window seat whenever it’s a day journey or if it's my first visit to the country. So was this time. I was visiting Indonesia first time. As I approached Jakarta, I could also see many rectangular shaped string of wooden sticks stuck in the water. Were these fishing nets? My curiosity of deciphering them without success may have made my nose tip flat by pressing hard against the aircraft window but it didn’t deter me to shift my focus to check of any human settlement on these little islands. Most of them did not show except an occasional house perched amidst banana and coconut trees. I wondered the economic feasibility of providing electricity, food to these 17,000 islands. No wonder only 6,000 are inhabited. Can Indonesia not consider making money by selling these islands to rich people of the west? My wild though