Bollywood

  Before she became singing sensation Asha Bhosle, she was her Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent Slight griefs talk¸ great ones are speechless
father’s darling child. ‘She is my cat,’ he’d say indulgently, whenever she raided the kitchen for Be wise to-day; ‘t is madness to defer.
her daily dose of cream. 8th September was her 75th birthday and to celebrate, she revisits those A middle of the roader is one who is apt to have trouble on the one hand and also on the other.
glory days, in her own wordsWhen we were kids we had a huge house in Sangli. We had a huge corridor Doubt that the stars are fire Doubt that the sun doth shine Doubt that truth be a liar But never doubt that I love.
and there were rooms leading from the corridor. I have lovely memories of my childhood. I used to We often hear that mathematics consists mainly of “proving theorems.” Is a writer’s job mainly that of “writing sentences?”
roam about in my underwear. We had this kitchen where a wood fire burnt all day. Milk was kept to In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. . . .
boil on this fire. I had the habit of going to the milk vessel and with one hand pulling the whole When Chuang Tzu was about to die, his disciples signified their wish to give him a grand burial. ‘I shall have heaven and earth for my coffin and its shell; the sun and moon for my two round symbols of jade, the stars and constellations for my pearls and jewels; and all things assisting as the mourners. Will not the provisions for my funeral be complete? What could you add to them?’
cream to my side and eating it up. I used to put my hands in the milk and everyone got mad at me but “In order to live off a garden, you practically have to live in it.
my father adored me and said: ‘Quiet! No one must shout at Asha – she’s my cat!’ Everyone had to In the modern world, in which thousands of people are dying every hour as a consequence of politics, no writing anywhere can begin to be credible unless it is informed by political awareness and principles. Writers who have neither product utopian trash.
drink my ‘jhootha’ milk. I used to eat all the cream and I was very fat. I think my health is good Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. KJV
today because I ate so much malai! I still eat malai — I love adding it to my food etc. “Below Success as I see it, is a result, not a goal.
our house, there lived this family whose sons used to have these long shendis. They were playing As we strive to better understand how Jesus sees us and contemplate our own attempts to live as the Redeemer would have us live, let us remember his instructing observations and their universal applications in literally all that we do: “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” (John 14:15) and “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” (Matt. 25:40).
cards one day, I was only a kid then. I was watching them play and cutting paper with a pair of I wish I was What I was When I wished I was What I am now.
scissors in my hand. I cut the paper into tiny bits and when I finished I took the hair of one boy Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing, Beloved from pole to pole.
and cut it off with my scissors — and started making small bits from it. They had a huge quarrel I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: KJV
with my mother saying look what she’s done! “Father used to teach us the Gayatri mantra and all of We must be stronger than the things which are against us.
us used to recite it. I was very lazy; Latadidi and Meenatai used to recite it but I went up to my If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
father saying ‘father, Suryachandra masau dhaata yata’ is very difficult for me to say. Father kept If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap. If you want happiness for a day — go fishing. If you want happiness for a month — get married. If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.
laughing because I was saying the mantra and protesting that it was difficult for me to say it! He Every man is an impossibility until he is born.
said: ‘But you are saying it.’ And I said ‘no I don’t know it.’ We had a beautiful childhood Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
climbing trees playing so many games. We were like wild plants — today’s children are like Curiosity did not kill the cat, I got him with the lawnmower.
hothouse plants. We’d steal sugarcane and peel off the skin with our teeth and that’s why the whole What is shape without form; What is chaos without order; What is life without death; What is friendship without love; What isn’t?
Mangeshkar family has good strong teeth to this day! “I was fond of reading and read all the Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining, and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. Therefore, let your soul exalt your reason to the height of passion!
classics in translation. I used to read as much as one book a day. I don’t think I let one book get The more a man finds his sources of pleasure in himself, the happier he will be. . . . The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind.
away. I read everything.”  

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