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Mile sur mera tumhara..

Archana — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:38:37 +0000

..tho sur bane humara.

The evergreen song that reminds us that, no matter how uniquely different we are, how we can all unite and stand together as one. This was brought to my attention recently through a FB post an old friend of mine made. Enjoy the cultural diversity exhibited in the song, blended together beautifully with a medley of melodious voices!

Here is the old, original version:

Original Mile Sur Mera Tumhara

And the new one, released recently in 2010:

New Mile Sur Mera Tumhara – Part 1

New Mile Sur Mera Tumhara – Part 2

Life at IIT-M

Jagadish — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:24:03 +0000

This video pretty much sums up the life of an IITian. Of course, not everyone gets lucky enough to study with a girl. This made me really nostalgic, having spent most of my adult years at IIT. Enjoy

Music & love

Archana — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:04:35 +0000

If there is one common thread that can connect all of humanity, it would be music. If you think about it, every culture has a form and expression of music that is distinct. Over the years, my taste in music has been varied, and as I’m exposed to more kinds, the more I tend to appreciate the art of creating music.You know how most couples have a “song”? It used to be that, a long time ago, Jagadish’s and mine was ‘How you remind me’ by Nickelback. Wherever I’d go-shopping, hair cut, grocery store, or even in my car, I’d hear it play around me all the time. It wasn’t really our “song” as such but just happened to be a coincidence of sorts.

More recently, however, we both fell in love with a song we heard over and over again on the car radio while driving around. More than anything else, it was the lyrics that really hit the spot for us. Especially as we know what it is to be in a long distance relationship; what it is to feel longing and loneliness; what it is to crave to be together and be merry.

This song not only reminds me of all the good memories we have, and the reason we so love each other, but it also reminds me that distance is but a word.The song I’m talking about is by Plain White T’s and is titled ‘Hey there, Delilah’. Here it is, from YouTube.

Despite everything, I know we have something special, and I know, in my heart, it’s got to have all happened for a reason. Destiny.Just listening to this song makes me feel a whole lot better.

And just a little sad that we aren’t together right here, right now.

Someday, we will.

Love letters: A YouTube videolog

Archana — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:32:00 +0000

Alright, Im back to blogging after a teeny break. With classes and lab (and Jagadish), I have found little time to spare. It should be a habit though, should it not? And so one of my New Year’s resolution is to go back to being a regular blogger. There’s always stuff to share!

So let me share with you a video on YouTube that I found completely amusing and awfully, awfully romantic. I call this a videolog, for lack of a better word. What do you call videos incorporated into a blog? Im sure there is a term out there, but I dont know it. I will not spoil the suspense of the video, called Love Letters: An Animated Proposal, but it is definitely a must-watch.

Here’s what the guy who made the video (and proposed) has to say about it:

“I produced this animation as a way of proposing to my girlfriend (now wife) Natasha. I assembled a team of 20 animators to assist me, including co-workers, as well as students from my 3D character animation class at the Art Institute of California-San Francisco. We created more than four minutes of animation in just three months. When it was completed, I surprised Natasha by bringing her to the Parkway Movie Theater in Oakland, where they played the animation on the big screen in front of over 100 of our friends and family. The entire event was filmed for the TLC television show “A Perfect Proposal.”

On another note, I watched a really cute movie called ‘Love Actually’, starring the very lovable Hugh Grant (isnt he just cuuuuute?). The movie was good; not great, but good. Could have done way better if a few unnecessary scenes were removed, but what really struck me was the message of the movie, which is this:

‘Love, actually, is all around.’

All you have to do, it says, is look at Heathrow airport. Or any other airport for that matter; you will find fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands, wives, girlfriends and boyfriends…. and love. That observation in itself warrants a watch of the movie, dont you think?