A beautiful poem.....

"Ek din bik jaayega maati ke mol..." song[Dharam Karam] 1975 facinated me very much. But I always believe a song is as good as is its lyrics is. Though music direction and singing is important, but they are done based on the lyrics.

Any how the debate aside, I could not get exactly what the lyrics ment. Today while browsing the net I came across a comment to a post on Cosmetic Surgery which mentioned the lyrics along with its meaning. After reading the meaning I felt that I missed the central theme of the song.

I would like you to appreciate it so here's it

"Ek din bik jayega mati ke mol,
Jag mein reh jayenge pyare tere bol!"

[In the end:]

[Each day is sold for the price of dirt, and only
your lovely words will stay behind in the world!]

"Parde ke peeche baithi sawal gori,
tham kar tere mere man ki dori."

[Behind the curtain sits the elegant beauty,
holding the threads to your and my mind.]

"Yeh birha na chute, yeh bandhan na tute,
Bhor hone wali hai ab raina ha thodi!"

[This melancholia cannot be let go off,
this relationship cannot be broken, for
dawn is about to erupt, night left is short!]

This beautiful poem is written by Majrooh Sultanpuri the legendary lyricist and music direction by R D Burman.

You can hear the song here.

Elections 2009: Exit polls off the target by miles

         The exit polls which are generally termed as a result before a result have  got it wrong once again. Though they predicted that Congress led UPA would outdo the NDA, the difference between the predicted and actual margin seems to say that the exit polls are a futile exercise aimed at getting just television viewership rather than a serious effort.

          Now the results are out the UPA leads the NDA by a hefty 100+ seats, whereas the exit polls had predicted a close result. Besides the Third Front which was predicted to get cross the three figure mark but actually they got only half of that. The exit polls had predicted that the UPA would get 185-205, the BJP 135-150 seats and the Third Front bagging 110-130 seats. 

       The exit polls had predicted that the BSP would get around 35 seats whereas it has got only 21 seats. Besides AIADMK was predicted to get 23-29 seats wereas it managed to get only 8 seats.

        Even in the 2004 assembly elections the exit polls were off the mark when it was predicted that BJP led NDA would win by a huge margin, but in reality the Congress led UPA won and formed the government.