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The Beauty of Kun Faya Kun Song: A must in your collection

The Kun Faya Kun song (from the movie Rockstar) is perhaps one of those pieces in which music is in its interactive best. The song, somewhere in between, stands up to interact to you and your inner self. The trilogy of the lyrical beauty, the melody & the soul of the listener gets completed and next thing you notice is a great sense of tranquility floating in the sea of self content and rejuvenation within yourself.

This song, arguably matches the likes of Maula Maula (from Delhi 6 fame) and I am pretty sure that the listeners wouldn’t fail to connect to it. For me, it carries a message, that life is simple and sometimes beyond your control. Respect it to live it to the fullest.

Meaning of Kun Faya Kun

Kun Faya Kun means: " Be, and it is".
It's an Arabic term mentioned in Quran which means when God Almighty intends some work to be done. He just says Kun (Be)and it is done already.

Other Details

Song Writer: Irshad Kamil
Singer: Mohit Chauhan, AR Rahman, Javed Ali
Movie: Rockstar (2011)
Music Composer: AR Rahman

Lyrics & Video

http://www.lyricsmint.com/2011/09/kun-fayakun-lyrics-and-video-song.html

Superbug NDM - 1: A genuine concern or an attempt to sabotage the growing medical tourism in India

Hello folks, I was a bit confused and was wondering what should I write about in my next blog. With this thought, I took my water mug and refilled my water tank to stimulate limited thinking abilities of my ever shrinking mind. And it was then I bothered to check whether the water I had was pure or not! To be precise whether it was NDM - 1 (as discovered by Prof Timothy Walsh) free or not. I certainly was apprehensive.

Now for few minutes, lets just skip the world of microbiology, talk about myself. I , a Delhite, spent most of my childhood playing in the streets and parks of Delhi ( roughly around this time of the year, thanks to our summer vacations) with street taps and hand pumps acting as thirst quenchers (similar sources from where the samples were collected I presume). If such a study can instill fear in my mind then it might very well in the minds of foreign nationals, visiting India as tourists, especially 'Medical tourists'.

And this is what makes Indian government and medical experts suspicious & myself skeptical about the timing, finding, funding and even naming of this study.

• Firstly the name, NDM - 1 ( New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1) itself does the major work when several resistant bacterias are present else where in the world. Many of them were not named after the cities they were found in!!! Come on, Delhi can be associated with good reasons if not deadly!
• Secondly, funding by EU ( European Union) which is indeed a discourtesy to a nation as a whole because ideally it should have been a joint research with a proper track on local partners. I don't know whether there exists a protocol for such studies bit I am forced to think that even if it would have existed, it wouldn't have been followed.
• And lastly, as reported in few tabloids, the authors have admitted to have received financial support from pharma majors like GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Pfizer through the period of the project. The study authors suggest that only GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca still have strong antibiotic development programmes.

And now some light on the absolute advantage India holds over other major health care destinations (especially UK, home to Lancet, which came up with this controversial study in its journal)

Gaur Farmana Hazoor : ( Kindly Pay Attention..Sir!)

Nature of Treatment Treatment Approximate Cost in India ($) * Cost in other Major Healthcare Destination ($) * Approximate Waiting Periods in USA / UK (in months) Open heart Surgery 4,500 > 18,000 9 - 11 Cranio-facial Surgery and skull base 4,300 > 13,000 6 - 8 Neuro-surgery with Hypothermia 6,500 > 21,000 12 - 14 Complex spine surgery with implants 4,300 > 13,000 9 - 11 Simple Spine surgery 2,100 > 6,500 9 - 11 Simple Brain Tumor -Biopsy -Surgery 1,000 4,300 > 4,300 > 10,000 6 - 8 Parkinsons -Lesion -DBS 2,100 17,000 > 6,500 > 26,000 9 - 11 Hip Replacement 4,300 > 13,000 9 - 11

Cost differentials clubbed with far more better doctors, great people and warm culture makes India the most preferred medical destination.

I am, in my blog, not giving a knee jerk response of rejecting the study findings all together. But what I am trying to bring forward is throwing data / study findings in front of the media and subsequently common people might cause a massive 'hysteria' and it will naturally come across as an attempt to sabotage mental well being of the people ( if not economy by discouraging medical tourism ). There, I am told, are better and cordial ways of carrying out and sharing the survey results without spreading panic!

Indian authorities should make a note of this controversial but enlightening piece of work and irrespectively look to provide basic necessities in a sanitized environment. Additionally, we should have data to throw back at THEM in such scenarios. Considering the fact that we have agencies like National Family Health Survey (NFHS) it is not a tough ask.

Sources :

• http://www.thelancet.com/home
• http://www.medical-tourism-india.com/india_vs_uk.htm
• http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110409/nation.htm#2

And related to water, as of now all I can say is :

रहिम पानी राखिए पानी बिन सब सून।
पानी गए न ऊबरैं, मोती मानुस चूर।।

India won but the nation lost!

I am one of the millions who celebrated the whole night when India won the coveted World Cup 2011. This sweet memory is going to last forever in my mind but so is the pain and stigma related to it.

There is no denying of the fact that the players did a great job on the field which needs to be appreciated and even rewarded. But it would be rather audacious for the state governments to reward their respective state players from the funds meant for soft sectors like education. The opportunity cost is too big and sadly no one really thinks of it! Its encouraging to see few NGO's raising a voice against it along with a handful of so called 'Concerned Netizen' decking up their blogs with an article on it. I , fortunately or unfortunately, having a go at the same.

Such rewards, as per me, carry multi dimensional threats. These can be :

1. A direct impact on a reduced budget for sectors like education. And I guess, I need not highlight the importance of education across gender, age, caste and other forms of differentiating factors our society can come up with! An additional burden on government exchequer (due to reasons ranging from corruption to such cash rewards) has become a rhetoric now for sure.
2. A possible discontentment for cricketers with in the team hailing from a backward state which cannot match up (in terms of the amount of reward) with the prosperous states like Punjab.
3. Sports person who made India proud in other fields like Chess, Badminton, Tennis et al might not be particularly elated to see windfall of such magnitude for cricketers. Though I doubt they will be surprised.
4. And lastly, this is sets up a wrong example and send a clear unwanted message to the cricketers who are backed by one of the richest sports body in the world. I do not want my bunny's to jump only when they see a golden carrot.Cricketers are supposed to play cricket, which they did. They performed well and a good performance calls in for a bonus which is the World Cup prize money itself (US$ 3 million, source Wikipedia confirmed by wiki leaks) Coming from a compensation background, I stick my neck out and dare say that BCCI should revamp its rewards policy and should rather consider focusing on some CSR ( Corporate Social Responsibility)!

My arguments might seem a bit unrealistic to some, but I feel money can make things happen even if they are most unrealistic and hypothetical of the events!

My love for the game shall never die just that the love for nation precedes it......

Sources :

• http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG/20
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Cricket_World_Cup#Prize_money

Fare Well Khanna

Dude..When you walked out of the office for the last time I had lots of things to say to you but then choked at the wrong (or possibly the right) time. I still don't know what to say. Just want you to stay the way you are..an elder brother and a great buddy!

I am sure we gonna cross each others path very soon and very often!

Made this video (using limited knowledge of movie maker which I could google out)...check dis out..and tell me who dat firang is?

The Hangover

I just tried putting in few experiences of mine in a form which I call a poem!!!

Let me know how is it....

I woke up when it was already noon

and was still under a fainting spell

or some kind of a swoon.

All I could think of was my thirst

and I heard one of my drunk friend say

"Water got over last night, you need to go out and buy it first".

As I gathered strength

and moved out of something which looked like a makeshift bed

I felt a splitting ache, right there

right there at the center of my head.

This was when for the first time

scenes from the last night flashed across my mind.

After few drinks I telling my friends

"Bar got closed, but alcohol we shall still find...."

Now the picture from last night got more clear

Me and my friends sitting at a pub mixing scotch and beer

The night went by

the girls looked hotter and the weather got hot

we guys tried few tequila shots.

As We ordered for the expensive ones

trust me ,idea was just to have some plain fun!

We moved out discussing girls and the numbers we managed to exchange

rating them on a weird scale having a very narrow range.

Finally headed home

Carrying few bottles of wine,we were all high five

I remember a friend, a swine, who said "only i will drive".

This is all i managed to remember...

And the bill??????

Eldest of us with the card, paid the bill.

we decided to go dutch and pay him later

who knew to our pockets it will be such a crater!

Today we woke up just in time to realize

the card was swiped as much as thrice!!!

My wish list for 2011. What about yours?

This is just another 'wish list' , only difference being one has to think with a bigger perspective in mind. As they say rise above 'I' and think of 'We'. So here I am jotting down 5 wishes of mine which I hope turns true in the first year of the next decade.

1. Fewer Scams ( fewer only because corruption, I believe, cannot be zero) and sure shot punishment for the guilty.
2. Stronger & a broader economy which can withstand temporary turmoils and create greater opportunities.
3. International agreement on the issue of permanent seat for India in UNSC.
4. Safety.Enough of terrorism and riots. Value life. Period.
5. Cricket world cup 2011.India should win it as it might just be a world cup swan song for Sachin Tendulkar.