tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11047276.post111399949635370858..comments2023-10-25T17:43:40.220+05:30Comments on k'uvvat-e-guftaar: Revisiting relativityShwetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116247797970270366noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11047276.post-52169833429580715372007-11-20T23:59:00.000+05:302007-11-20T23:59:00.000+05:30'crazy kara'...'crazy kiya'... same difference! P...'crazy kara'...'crazy kiya'... same difference! Probably meant to describe the state of mind of the lyricist!! 'National song', you say??? Sigh... we must be a masochistic people, nahin?<BR/><BR/>Oh, I agree entirely about the endless fascination of quantum mechanics, relativity, chaos, or even genetics (do you read Richard Dawkins?). There are few things more beautiful than an elegant deewaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17146145045639459659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11047276.post-70504313214179247632007-11-20T09:14:00.000+05:302007-11-20T09:14:00.000+05:30ooooooo Gaping holes, indeed!!Crazy kar dala... ca...ooooooo Gaping holes, indeed!!<BR/>Crazy kar dala... can't think of which you mean...unless...it is the considerably less elegant- Crazy kiya Re!!<BR/>God you must be the only person this side of the sun who would tweak the month-long national song, just to make it sound more refined in your head!<BR/>And why would you <I>not</I> associate New physics with beauty? There are few things as Shwetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116247797970270366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11047276.post-88579072898063271092007-11-17T14:16:00.000+05:302007-11-17T14:16:00.000+05:30Oops, sorry! Evidently, my cinematic knowledge ha...Oops, sorry! Evidently, my cinematic knowledge has truly <I>gaping</I> holes in it!! <BR/><BR/>And i was surprised to see that the movie the song comes from is not even very old... I must admit I never ever listen to present day tunes, in the smug belief that one is only missing out on lyrics of the 'crazy kar dala' variety (you know the one I mean? The video is pestilentially recurrent on TV -deewaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17146145045639459659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11047276.post-29681465697202291592007-11-17T10:44:00.000+05:302007-11-17T10:44:00.000+05:30Hey apologies first off! This sher is not mine at ...Hey apologies first off! This sher is not mine at all. It is from a very nice ghazal "koi fariyaad..." from the film 'Tum bin' (which I like also). I did not know the lyricist's name at that time, but I really should have bothered to find out. I guess it is such a popular song that I did not think much about it...<BR/>I just found out it is by Faiz Anwar.<BR/>You can find it at http://Shwetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116247797970270366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11047276.post-32926849039635263912007-11-17T02:45:00.000+05:302007-11-17T02:45:00.000+05:30'Ek lamhe mein...' is very nice! Could be a love...'Ek lamhe mein...' is very nice! Could be a lovely way to begin a song, nahin? :-)<BR/><BR/>Btw, did you know there actually <I>is</I> a theory in physics that says that if one was to move really <I>really</I> fast (as in, close to the speed of light) something like 'ek lamhe mein sadiyon ka simatnaa' would actually take place?... I recall this fascinating episode of Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' (seendeewaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17146145045639459659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11047276.post-1115459842313330542005-05-07T15:27:00.000+05:302005-05-07T15:27:00.000+05:30hi random,what sarcasm? I was very much in earnest...hi random,<BR/>what sarcasm? I was very much in earnest.Shwetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116247797970270366noreply@blogger.com