Size is the hero in size zero!!

A movie suitable to my size :), (un-size zero), this is what I felt when I started watching the movie yesterday night. I felt very happy when I saw Anushka Shetty look like me, fat and cute in the movie.

But she is tall which I am not.

The story line is simple, a fat girl (Sweety) who has reached a "marriagable" age. Her mother tries to get her marriage fixed but her weight becomes a problem and she is rejected. She is worried that her daughter might not get married at all. Which is when she meets Abhi through an alliance. She likes him instantly but since she knows what would happen next, she asks him to reject the match. But that was not the case with Abhi, he may have liked her. They meet again and become friends. 

Since the girl's marriage was not getting fixed and Abhi gets closer to another girl who is definitely better shaped, Sweety decides to join the slimming program. Another friend of hers who is competing for some beauty contest is also a participant of the program. During the course of the weight loss program, this friend gets ill and is admitted to the hospital. The reason is because of some improper content in the "slimming" juice that the program provides, the kidneys get spoilt. Sweety decides to protest against such programs which hide the reality behind the shakes and juices. She is fully supported by Abhi. How they go about this process is what forms the rest of the story.

Many complained that the second half of the movie is sluggish. But as a viewer I did not get bored at all. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. The movie completely lay on Anushka's shoulders and she carried it with ease. She was well supported by Arya, I found their chemistry cute. The character of Anushka's mother is a strong one and was well played by Urvashi. The rest of the characters played their role well. Adivi Sesh looked superb in the movie.

Music is not that great.

Overall a nice feel good movie. Can watch it once.

My rating for the movie would be: 3/5.

Oh..what a tamasha!! (Movie review)

Continuing with my last post. 

The story is about a boy who lives himself in a place called Corsica. This is where he meets a girl. The two spend the rest of the days together having fun, but without making any advances towards each other (though they wanted to). Time flies by, and the girl comes to the boy's city for work and finds the boy in a totally different avatar. She does not understand and tries to make some sense out of the boy and his life. Does the boy understand what she wanted to convey and what happens next forms the rest of the story.

I actually had not seen the tagline of the movie before. I saw it only during the interval of the movie. Why always the same story? This is the tagline and is so true. The first half is yes, boring. I thought, what a waste of such talented people. But the post interval part is the strength of the movie. It is very powerful with amazing performances by Ranbir and Deepika. Imtiaz Ali truly brings out the best out of Ranbir in every movie they do together. This was proven again in Tamasha, after Rockstar. 

Music is also good, I have already reviewed it before :). It fits the storyline beautifully. It actually flows with the movie.

A special mention about Piyush Mishra is really important. Because he plays a pivotal role in the boy's life. Why and how, one must watch the movie for it.

I believe every person will definitely relate to the movie. So I urge everyone to go ahead and watch the movie.  

My rating for the movie will be: 4.75 / 5. 

Oh...What a tamasha!! (Audio Review)

Now I know, where were you Rahman all these days, spawning tunes for Tamasha. And the wait was totally worth it. Reminds me of yet another blockbuster after Rockstar, reminiscence of the latter are existent in this album. 

Let me go through the songs in detail:

Safarnama: Takes me to a beautiful safar. 

Wat wat wat: One of the most enthusiastic tunes that I have heard in some time. Reminds me of  Katiya Karun from Rockstar.

Tu koi aur hai: Nice soulful piece.

Matargashti: The highlight of the album. Mohit, you are a rockstar.

Tum saath ho: Alka Yagnik is back with a bang. And with a superb song that completely suits her voice.

Heer toh badi sad hai ji: Another fun filled song. Mika does full justice to the song. 

Chali kahaani: This song reinforces the fact that Rahman-Sukhwinder make a great pair. The lyrics of the song are equally beautiful. 

I am eagerly waiting for the movie after having listened to the wonderful songs. Hope it does not disappoint. I am sure the combination of Imtiaz Ali, Ranbir Kapoor and A.R.Rahman will not :). And Deepika Padukone would only be icing on the cake. I hope I am correct..fingers crossed!!

My rating for the audio would be: 4.5/5. :)

EXTJS: Model ID appended to the AJAX/REST URL

Please refer to this link for the actual post: http://shashimyriadmystery.blogspot.com/2015/11/extjs-model-id-appended-to-ajaxrest-url.html

Upgrade from EXTJS 4 to EXTJS 6

Ever thought of upgrading your application in EXTJS 4 to EXTJS 6.
I just did. And no wonder, there were plethora of issues. 

What I did for my convenience was to list them down. I have placed the table below.
Hope it helps you as well.

Do leave me a comment, if the post helps you!!

Purpose	Before	Now
Header config	proxy.proxyConfig.headers	proxy.config.headers
Proxy config	proxy.reader.root	proxy.reader.rootProperty
	doComponentLayout()	updateLayout()
Fetch the operation	request.operation	request._operation
Fetch the records	operation.records	operation._records
Fetch column data	record.raw.Values	record.data.Values
Locale file names	ext-'locale'.js	locale-'locale'.js
Combo box select	record[0].data.value	combo.getValue()
Renderer listener	_meta.tdAttr	meta.style

I do plan to add some more issues that I came across. Those shall be a part of subsequent posts. 

Why do I love rom-coms?

Of late, I have only been watching romcoms whenever I get some free time. This made me think, why do I like watching these movies?

Every time I watch any rom-com, I automatically find myself in that heroine's position. Then I start thinking what would have I done in her place and so on! But that doesn't happen in other movies. Yes, that is correct. I am totally smitten with rom-coms.

Definitely this is one of my favorite pastimes, not that I get a lot of time :). But to think of it, why do I love these kind of movies, I did come up with some points. 

• While I am watching the movie, I am transported to a whole different world. 
• The characters make me laugh, they make me cry, but finally they make me happy :).
• I get to experience some of the most beautiful things in life again :), like love at first sight, coming back for the person you love, see the smile on the loved one's face :)
• There are hardly any sad endings in these kind of movies. Even The Notebook, the two died together, which, in my opinion, was one of the most beautiful endings for any movie, and life as such. 
• I understand such things are usually hypothetical but still happy endings please me :).

I am still thinking of points. If you have any, please do leave me a comment. I would love to know what you think...

Love comes softly...watch it!!!

Another finding from Katherine Heigl movies was the "Love Comes Softly" series. It is a series of 11 movies/episodes of roughly about 1 and 1/2 hour.

The movie starts with two people with completely different backgrounds getting married under some unavoidable circumstances. The woman is pregnant with her first husband and the man already has a daughter of 9. The rest of the episode shows the struggle to adjust, love and cherish the relationship.
In subsequent episodes, the family expands and new people join and celebrate life.

What I really liked about the complete series is the way the characters love and embrace life. They are content with what they have and always eager to extend help. It reinforces our faith in God, irrespective of religion. The series bolsters our belief in fellow human beings, in the act of helping others. It reminds us that "God helps those who help themselves." and "One must help, one day or the other, it will definitely help us" and so on. 

These were the moral values that we had learnt in Moral Science classes in school. And have seemed to have lost somewhere in our everyday struggle to survive and excel the race, be it at home, workplace, anywhere!! These episodes are a reminder of what we had learnt and are expected to follow and teach our future generation.

I recommend this series to everyone irrespective of age and gender. I absolutely gloat over romantic movies, but this one was so pleasant that it filled my heart with joy and I was all smiles watching it.

This may not be the best of series around, but give it a try. 

My rating for the entire series would be: 3.5/5

p.s. There is a book by this name also.

Yes..this is The Ugly Truth!!

After watching The Bu(i)g wedding, I browsed through Katherine Heigl movies. I stumbled upon this one..."The Ugly Truth". The actors were Katherine Heigl, of course and Gerald Butler. Immediately I decided to watch it.

Abby (Heigl) is a TV show producer whose TRPs are falling drastically. She has to bring it up, else her job could be in jeopardy. On the other hand, Mike(Gerald) is the host of a TV show called The Ugly Truth where he discusses issues between men and women. He doesn't hesitate to call a spade a spade and tells what men actually want. Because of this he is very popular on TV and so is his show. He is hired by Abby's TV channel where the two meet and so the movie continues. I do not want to divulge any further details about the movie.

The film starts on a slow pace but once Gerald enters, it speeds up and becomes interesting. Gerald is good as Mike. I love his accent and the way his mouth twitches when he speaks (Blush! Blush!). Katherine, in her part does a great job as usual. 27 Dresses is my personal favorite but this movie was equally good. What made this work was the crackling chemistry between the leads.

A clip from one of the best scenes in the movie

There are some really hilarious scenes in the movie and I had not laughed that loud during any movie in the recent times. And if you know me, you would know, how loudly I laugh!! Hehehe!!

The ending is very melodramatic but the overall movie makes up for it.

My rating for the movie would be 3.5/5.
Watch it!! It is a fun watch!!!

One day..finally!!

One day is one movie that I wanted to watch since a long time. I happened to see the trailer and bits of the movie on Romedy Now channel. But as usual, my kids did not allow me to watch it completely. So I went back to the best source, my phone :).

The movie is about 2 people and how they are placed on the same day every year. The day is 15th July, a day after their graduation. They were supposed to be lovers but ended up becoming friends and so the movie goes on spanning almost 15 years.

It is an intriguing love story. I realized that there is a book as well, on which the movie is based. The bookreads has a good rating for the book. The movie also did not disappoint. It is simple, yet very deep. There is no dragging of situations which increases the pace of the movie. One doesn't tend to get bored during the course of the movie.

Coming to the characters, Jim Sturgess is totally handsome and he fit the bill perfectly. The nonchalant guy, then the guy in distress, every part, he was great. And so was Anne Hathaway. There is no doubt about her acting skills and she proved it yet again what a good actor she is. Her ascent that fetched lots of comments, good as well as bad, was okay. It showed that she had worked hard on it.

Some of the things that I totally fell in love with:

• Line where Emma says: "I always loved you, Dex but I don't like you anymore."
• The conversation that Dex has with his daughter at the end of the movie about he being friends with his daughter.

It may not be the best of romcoms, but it has its own appeal. A soft and subtle one.

A nice rainy day watch.

My rating for the movie would be 3/5

Silver Linings...Did I see it?

I know it is a little late to publish the review of the movie, Silver Linings Playbook. This movie as I understood from my research has garnered lots of appreciation from critics and audience alike for the story and the performances. I never really got a chance to watch it earlier, but now I finally did.

One novel thing that happened in this case is that I have not read the book on which the movie is based. So all my review pertains to the movie only. The story is simple and straight, no complications around. But the characters are complicated. I really need to applaud the artists who carried off such complex characters with ease. 

IMO, Pat's father, Robert DeNiro's character was the most complicated and I felt he portrayed it like a charm. I loved him more after watching the movie. I became a fan of Bradley Cooper after watching Hangover series, but post watching this, I realized, that was not acting, this is his acting. And he did good. He deserved an award for this.

In the beginning I could not recognize Jennifer Lawrence, I haven't seen much of her stuff. But she was awesome. 

All the artists adorned their characters well. I did not enjoy the ending, I felt it was a little cliche`. But they pulled it off making the movie a good watch.

My rating for the movie would be 3.75/5.

A week well spent!!!

My surgery gave me a 1 week break from work. I had a feeling that sitting at home would be difficult for me. But it was not so. 

I studied for a couple of days, and then did what I really enjoy doing..watching rom-coms.
My kids usually do not allow me to watch Romedy Now with their POGOs and Cartoon Networks. Along with that my mom and mother-in-law with her daily dosage of serials, I thought I should give watching TV a pass.

So I moved to my phone, I really need to thank Pradeep now for having forced me to buy the phone that I have now. And I now realize it more :). Watching a movie on my phone was a pleasurable experience. The bigger screen and the wonderful sound clarity made it more entertaining.

So I started watching all the movies that I could. I managed only 4, whose reviews I would be publishing in the subsequent posts. So keep watching this space for more...

Shh..grandpa's around!!!!

Just the other morning, I was standing in my balcony basking in the morning sun. I saw an elderly gentleman doing his daily yoga practices. Accompanying him were a bunch of kids who also were something related to yoga :), falling in and out of the yoga mat.

That scene reminded me if the days I had spent under the guidance of my grandfathers. My paternal grandfather was a man of less words and more anger. We were very scared of him, so we used to hardly stay at home. Most of the time we would spend in our aunt's place with my cousins.

But one thing I distinctly remember is the walks to the MCEME temple in Trimulgherry. It used to be a long walk but he made us do it. I did not realize the distance during my childhood as with cousins it was always fun doing anything. But now when I pass by the same place, I wonder how did I manage to walk for so long. And that too almost everyday!!

He hardly spoke, but the thought that he was around, was reassuring.

I also remember the songs he used to sing, Alak elahi ek hai. I sing the same to my children. He was a good singer with a baritone.  With his friends he was one of the most jovial persons around.

Maybe the fact that we were staying in Delhi and visited once a year did not allow the bond between him and I to grow much.

When he died there were lots of people who attended the funeral, that is when I realized what a gregarious person he was. Also he was the one who wanted to celebrate life, and his death. On his 1-year ceremony, dad hosted a big dinner party in his memory rather than having a dismal memorial. 

Today looking at that old man doing yoga and also silently monitoring the kids brought back memories.

Dear grandfather... Rest in peace!!!

Tryst with death???

Last week I underwent operation to rectify umbilical hernia. The doctor advised general anesthesia for the surgery. The surgery started, as usual, the OT team had a tough time finding a vein. They cited multiple reasons, including my obesity. But even when I was thinner, it was tough to find my vein. Nevertheless, the team finally found it and inserted the anesthesia.

I don't remember when the surgeon came and when the operation concluded (obviously!!). But post it, when the doctors were getting ready to move me back to my room, they found that I was not inhaling. Actually by that time, even I was awake but my body was not under my control. I was not able to make any of my parts move including my lungs.

The doctors in order to make me respire started hitting me. They also pinched me and pressed me under my ears. I could feel the pain but was helpless as I could not force my lungs to suck the air.

I could hear them say, Shashi breathe... Shashi Nandivada oopiri peelchukondi(saans lo, breathe) but could not do much.

It may be a very common situation in the operation theatre but for me, it was a tryst with death...

That is when I felt maybe this is what happens when you die when you so much want to live!! God brought me to his doorsteps but then sent me back. 

Thinking about this, I recollect the speech that my friend wrote for me, where I was opposing the topic, and which still holds good, man is definitely not the architect of his destiny.
The entire speech is in  one of my earlier blogs. Here is the link: http://iamshashikiran.blogspot.com/2007/06/man-is-architect-of-his-own-destiny-is.html

Lost and Not Found????

The fact that some one is looking for you, someone is waiting for you is so re-assuring. It makes you want to live. I really wonder what happens to people who are found to be missing(what a pun!!) and their well-wishers who wait for their arrival.

I have come across couple of incidents in the recent days that deals with missing people. Last week, I saw 2 episodes of Crime Patrol that spoke about missing women. Whatever may be the reason for disapperance, maybe intentional or pure fate, women are usually such an easy target for people, just because they "seem" to be fragile. 

The two episodes that I saw made me think of all the people who get lost due to some circumstances. My heart goes out to the kith and kin of the missing ones. 

But at the same time, I happened to watch "Gone Girl" movie. The whole plot was a shocker and a complete paradoxical of the issues that I had seen in CP. It was rejuvenating, but still it amazed me to think about the "Gone Girl", who created the missing of herself (oops did I just give the plot of the story!!!)

So the two different sources giving me completely adverse situations of missing has resulted into me losing into something oblivion. 

Well it also reminded me of a lost friend/acquaintance from school. She happened to be one of my closest friends in school for almost 3 years.

But then things turned bitter and we were no longer on talking terms. When I recollect those situations, I am "lost", probably at loss of words, loss of reasons why, what and when it happened. Not that I want my friend back, it never costed me anything to lose her, infact she was at a loss of a lot of things, IMO.

I tried looking for her, I believe almost all my class mates did, but she literally got lost in the world, with absolutely no contact with anyone, at all. 

Too many bereavements, I find myself deprived of words... Maybe this was all that I wanted to say!!!

The fault in me???

Bookhub and one of the most reliable sources The Hindu had this book as one of its best sellers. So I decided to buy the book to know why the book was so loved by many.
I had made a mistake of watching the movie before reading the book, this is the third time I have done this. The first time was the first movie of Harry Potter, the books were definitely better.

Then it was twilight series. I fell in love with the first part. So I bought the book and thus the series. 

Next was this, The fault in our stars by John Green.

The movie was not great but since everyone praised it so much especially for the dialogues, I thought might as well give the book a shot.

I purchased the book and started reading, This is one movie where the screen play completely matches the book. The story is very ordinary, but the way it has been written is very strong. The usage of words in the book is superb. That is the reason I guess, the screenplay matches the lines of the book. 

But for the lines, I don't know why, I did not enjoy anything else in the book. As already mentioned, I did not find anything extraordinary in the story. I was left dissatisfied at the end of the book. Maybe I was expecting something more, and to my amazement I am not sure what that more was...

One of the things that I definitely felt after reading the book was,,,,I have read better books!!!

My rating for this book would be only 2.5 out of 5. 

Do let me know your comments on this book...Somewhere down the line, I really wonder..Is it the fault in me???

Har har gange

Last weekend we had a very holy experience at the city of temples, Varanasi.
It was a refreshing journey making us touch base with the reality of the nation.
There were a lot of first timers in this vacation. My children got onto the flight for the first time. Our first trip to the North of India, etc.
The Hindi spoken brought out nostalgia from me.
Our first day was consumed by flight delays and destination arrival. On reaching our hotel room, which was fabulous, we quickly got ready for the darshan.
I was really saddened seeing the plight of the most important jyothirling. All attempts to keep the premises neat and clean went in vain. We got darshan very quickly since the temple was more or less empty. We also visited the Annapurna devi and visalakshi temples. The temples here are smaller compared to the ones in the South.
Next was Ganga  aarti prior to which we saw all the ghats from the boat. Ganga  aarti was also a new thing for everyone, although I have seen it in haridwar but this was definitely unique.
Next day we visited Allahabad. The dip in the holy triveni sangam was the next pit stop. The journey was prolonged due to kavariyaan special during the holy sravan maasam.
But the whole experience of getting into the water in between two boats was exhilarating. My kids enjoyed it, no matter how scared they were.
The last day was spent in another darsanam of lord Siva

This really made me cry...

The last movie, in which I cried was Taare Zameen Par. The title song shook me so badly, that I cried in the theatre itself. The next is, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, that I finally saw today. I regret not having watched it earlier.
The story is so simple and the movie is so beautiful. The people in it are the ones who have made the movie beautiful. The heart felt performances of every actor clearly touched me.
Yet again, the director is the winner, having executed the simple story in the most amazing way possible.
And how can I not talk about Salman Khan. I don't know if he is the one accused in the hit and run case or the black buck case, he is totally people's man in the movie. His innocence and charm added magic to the already beautiful movie. Nawazuddin Siddiqui, in his role, did superbly well.
Harshali Malhotra stole the show with her hand and her eyes :).
Overall, a must watch movie by ALL. I am sure everyone would like it. As as Bajrangi says...Jai Shri Ram.

Uppungule Godavari

Maha pushkaralu comes once in 144 years. Do not miss it. This is what is displayed in the advertisements put up by Telangana government. Amma also asked me if we were planning to come. I was hesitant, thinking of the kids. But since AMMA and Attayyagaru were also coming, both my husband and I decided to go. And I was not disappointed.

An amazing NH44 and greenery on both sides of the highway, it was a wonderful respite from our daily routine. An icing on the cake was the slight drizzle that quenched the thirst of the land and the humans.

Kudos to the government for the arrangements at the ghat and the banners giving the information. Full marks to the police force employed, and the volunteers who are always ready to help.

We visited the sri ram sagar dam in Pochampad. There were announcement of crocodile near by. My son was apprehensive of getting into water. But my daughter, not a chance. She thoroughly enjoyed her time, though limited, in water.

Surprisingly, even i had a great time in the holy river. All the tiredness of the journey vanished while I was in the water.

The roads were crowded, though. Lack of train and bus tickets, many families ventured the road way. Toll gates took a toll on time.

Barring pukes of my daughter, the journey was a wonderful one. Thanks to all who helped us!

Bahubali - bali unna movie (powerful movie)

I finally managed to get tickets to Bahubali. And so I watched it in the evening today. A magnum opus, I must say. Larger than life. Period. That is all I have to say about it.

Every single scene was beyond ordinary. In the literal sense. And the waterfalls, I have no words to describe my feeling for them. I wonder if such a place actually exists!

A couple of scenes did remind me of Avatar, like the mountains and their shape.

All the actors did a good job, but the real hero is the director. For his vision and execution, Rajamouli deserves the last laugh.

Watch it if you wish to transport yourself to a different world that exists only in the dreams of the director. A beautiful world indeed.

Two stands in life...

This is all so hypocritical...
When we are depressed about not being able to achieve anything in life, we are advised to stay content with whatever we have.
At the same time, we are advised to not stay content and always try to achieve the next level in life.
How does man balance these two stands in life?
How does man not stay depressed and focus on the next big thing in life?

I see people around me and feel so proud of them all. They are all so good at hiding their problems and smiling & laughing along with others.
I really wonder how they are able to manage these two stands!!!

Feeling confused ~~~

Chasing tomorrow....my review!!

Ok, after a long time, I got a book to read....The last one I read was Breaking Dawn for the third time. So I bought a couple of them for myself to quench my reading thirst.

The latest book that I read was Chasing Tomorrow by Tilly Bagshawe.

I must thank Tilly Bagshawe, the author who writes books based on Sidney Sheldon,  as she keeps the legendary author's flame alive. She really tries hard to bring that fire in the characters and the story line for which Sheldon is still known for. I won't give her cent percent for that, though.

So coming to the book, Chasing Tomorrow is the sequel to the Sidney Sheldon authored If Tomorrow Comes. Thanks to my impeccable memory, I could not recollect the original story. But the character, Tracy Whitney, the strong woman carved by Sheldon came rushing back to me, the moment I read the synopsis at the back.

Without revealing too many details of the story, all I can say after reading the book is, the character is still strong as the original one. But the story is not one of the most engrossing ones. I must confess I could not put down the book till I finished it, but after having read it, I felt the story was not among the ones that stayed with me for long.
 
It is not a bad read, definitely a must for Sidney Sheldon fans. You won't be disappointed if you do not have much expectations from it.

What's your Rashee?

A very happy "Manmadha" year to all of you.

So Ugadi arrived and as usual, all of us were busy with ugadi pachidi, new panchangam and panchanga sravanam. I must admit, all the members in my family are very interested in astrology.
We watch everything, from Mulugu's vaaraphalalu on Maa to Gemini TV's subhodayam to Zee Telugu's Srikaram Subhakaram. And get satisfied when in one of the channels, a good week for our Rasi is predicted. In the same way, curse the fellow on TV, if he does not good predictions for the week.

All this commotion, nowadays only on Sunday mornings, has brought some interest in my son towards Astrology. He knows his star, rasi and all. 

Now let me not get diverted from the topic and tell you what I really wanted to :).
All of us were discussing what was in store for our rasis for the year and my son comes with this and tells everyone, this is my RASI!!

If you are still confused, his Rasi is TULA!

The mosquito is back!!

Saketh's new mosquito story

Saketh had gulab jamun the other day. So 2 mosquitoes were heard  talking (by Saketh only, of course), Areh, I feel like having something sweet today.
The other mosquito says," Hey! you know what, Saketh just had gulab jamun."
The first mosquito says," What a wonderful news you gave me. Thank you."
And then the first mosquito comes and bites him, drinks all his blood.
Now Saketh no longer has "sweet" blood.

 

jaag kabira jaag...

Na roko is lamhe ko
Na pakdo is saaye ko
yeh keval ek parchhayi hai
jo pehle kabhi na aayi hai
na aayegi phir kabhi
bas is pal mein tha iska
aana aur jaana
phir kyun bhaage hum iske peeche
phir kyun roye hum aansoon meeche
yeh aaj hain, kal nahin
yeh ab hai, iske baad nahin
jaag kabire jaag!!

Yeh Akashvaani hai!!!

Oh so I miss these words!!

Class XII, TV was almost banned for me. I only had access to radio and that too whenever I was doing Mathematics. 

I did my graduation from a university in Hyderabad. During those days, private radio channels did not exist in Hyderabad. They only had their presence in the metros. I was aghast when I found that there were no radio channels operating in Hyderabad.  The only channel that was broadcast was All India Radio on 102.8, which is still existing, by the way!!

Luckily, one of my seniors in the hostel had a music system. But seniors, that they were, talking to them was also a scary issue. And this senior, in particular was unnerving. She was in her third year and I was in my first year. Slowly, after multiple ragging sessions, I started talking to her. But asking her to lend her radio, was out of question.

When she moved out, after her graduation, I grabbed the music system, which I found out later, belonged to the hostel, and put it in my room. And thus started my affair with "Yeh AkashVaani Hai". 

I had the habit of getting up at 5:00 a.m. during those days (wish I had the same now!!). And the radio service did not start until 6:00, if I am not wrong! I used to wait for the clock to strike 6:00. 

I used to hear to all the programs, did not even spare "Hawa Mahal", I hardly understood the plays, but still let them play!

The radio was a wonderful aide, all through my college. Now the world of radio has grown and so have its listeners. But the aura around these words "yeh akashvaani hai" is magical.

I still get nostalgic whenever I hear these words. 

Thank You my dear friend, my radio!!

Today, February 13, is World Radio Day!