Posted on: March 14, 2010 - 12:51 am
Al Bustan Intercontinental Hotel, Muscat, Oman
March 13, 2010 Sat 11 : 25 PM
The lobby of Al Bustan Hotel, where size and height and grandeur have no limits. Imagine and it shall be there. It is not possible to explain to all, the size of these monuments, the depth of their detailing, the elaboration of their creativity and aesthetics. It is what we can dream of to the tune of 100 and then you multiply it by a billion !!
The morning started off on an auspicious note. A visit to the incredible Grand Mosque, built by the present ruler in 6 years designed by an architect from Iran I think the guide told me, and using stone from India - the sand colored pillars and arches, and the white marble from Rajasthan -
That chandelier is the largest in the world. It is … hold our breathe … four floors tall in height … and that carpet on the floor is the one single piece, and is the largest in the world. Perhaps now another in Abu Dhabi recently has out measured it.
But the main prayer hall that we stand in is unbelievable. One has to be there to understand its volume and size, a photograph is no where near doing justice to its length, depth and height.
The workmanship is astounding, whether on the stone outside or the intricate workings inside.
The stained glass window is an acknowledgement of the stained glass windows in churches and has a finish and detail which can only be seen to be believed.
Places of worship leave you in silence and awe. Any place that connects you with the Almighty would. And it is strange that every corner of the universe where there exists a sanctum sanctorum, there exists a quietude that has never been given an explanation.
And every place of worship has pinnacles that reach out into the sky like sharp needles, either in the shape of minarets, or large domes, or church steeples. I have often wondered why
and never been able to find a suitable answer. A dear colleague of mine and an atheist, a non believer in God, once in a futile debate had an answer.
He claims that there had been an extra terrestrial visit much during the time when mankind was beginning to discover himself or herself. Much of the construct of the vehicles that descended on earth in invasion or merely a ‘friendly’ visit shaped themselves in what can now be described as steeples or minarets piercing the skies. The human, just about coming to terms with his or her surroundings was astounded by the super natural and sudden presence of these objects from up above and since he did not have answers to millions of conditions and thoughts that arose in his or her mind, decided that this must be the doing of those that descended from ‘above’ and from then on he and she have worshipped and looked upon it as divinity. Giving this place of prayer therefore, a shape, was really a reproduction of what he or she imagined the constructs of those objects that ‘descended from the heavens ‘ !!
Now … there may be a few laughs going on here from the FmXt and a desire to politely inform me that it was time to rest. But seriously. This theory of theirs has been endorsed by several others - both believers and non believers, with some amount of seriousness. Take it or leave it.
My next stop after the place of worship was to a charity organization that looked after, voluntarily, children that had been mentally challenged. Spending time with little ones inflicted with cerebral palsy, brain damages and seeing the efforts being made by these group of dedicated men and women to bring some semblance of existence for these children, made you respect with the deepest of regard the temples of prayer, the places of connection with the Almighty that I had just visited in absolute awe. Why did the Maker make them the way they were ? What fault of theirs to bring them in this world in such conditions ?
I had no answer and I had no stomach to see the suffering and made a hasty exit. But when I think back on them, I say to myself, thank you Lord for all your blessings. We are the chosen people, so much has been given to us, yet we seek more and better. So much in our lives we take and keep as granted. And we are never satisfied with what we have.
Let us then be happy and content with what was given and ordained for us. Let us use this gift of ours to good cause and benefit for others. Let us not gloat in our good fortune and blinker ourselves from the unfortunate conditions of the less fortunate. Let us willingly do for others without seeking something in return and let us extend our hand and touch those that may never have the capacity to reach out and hold it. So help me God !! Inshallah !!
The opening of the Festival at the Muscat International Film Fest just concluded, in an atmosphere of brevity and quiet excellence. The biggest roar came for the enactment by local artists of the song from ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ - anhoonee ko honi kar de - in a detailed replication of clothing, properties and movement done to the T. Loved it !
A documentary made by Omani film students was most cleverly done. A philosophy of life and how it needed to be implemented was put across, using important visuals from cinema around the world. Al Pacino from Godfather 11, and many Hollywood greats in clips from their important and memorable films were interspersed to visually convey the theme of the text. And among all these great cuts there in stark beauty was a clip from ‘Khuda Gawah’, the climax moment of the meeting of the two lovers now aged ! Got a few goose bumps I must add and a flush rose up in my eyes at the presence of our cinema in the lives of others.
Tomorrow … the LTA … and then back home … its been a while …
Love from Oman and Muscat and its sublime and silent underplayed beauty …
Amitabh Bachchan
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yipppppeeeeeeee the first one …………….. now will read the blog………..
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Hi Amit Jee,
Very nice images.
My Best wishes.
~Chandra Mohan Bhatt
chandra.m.bhatt@gmail.com
Dearest Amit ji
How are you? Hope you are fine how was your day?
At your request, With lots of love, I am enclosing a link to the article published
Please response to the article …
Good night
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Bollywood is here!
This title!
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The article is devoted to the Indian films, which are projected in Petah Tikva (Israeli city). The hall is decorated with flowers, and scents of Indian cuisine , colorful is everywhere the one who is responsible for this experience, like we are in India for a few hours, is a special woman , Merev Josef levi (small picture)
the last film was “Dil Bula hadippa”, Next film will probably “paa”, of course received all approvals within its.
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On this page, as you can see , Sigali (first left) and Miri (second from left) and I (third from left –the book covers me ), tell the story of our admiration throughout childhood until our trip to London memorable performance, and every year on October 11
is a meeting of fans Amitabh celebrate his birthday, with lots of songs and dances.
Our quote from the article ” Keren ben ezra, Miri zardab , sigali siman tov adore Amitabh Bachchan from childhood, he’s 67 but do not confuse them with facts ! ! !
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The man in the picture is Shay moson, authorized of Indian films here, the channel called “hot bollywood” films radiate the old and new, is lucky ☺, he met you was a little boy ☺ (as you see in the picture).
Bottom of the page title ” great stars of bollywood” Raj kapoor, Ash&Ab, Srk, Amir khan, and of course the king called Big B!!!!
Send to you with lots of love
Keren ♥ Sigali ♥ Miri
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Hi Amitji!
I have been missing the yellow line consistently! Will read your post and comment again.
Shubha
asthetics overwhelmed @ Oman…!
great pics sir !
my dearst Amitabh..
good evening my darling..how are you this evening?
i hope you are well and you enjoy your time there..
thanks for the lovely pics…they are just amazing…
will read the post and get back to you right away…
till then i send you all my love as allways..
my prayers for your well being ..
yours for ever..
anat magen here in israel…
Hello Amitabh,
Your big b company still has the rights to an unreleased album called Gayak
(1996), please visit the link to refresh your memory. Please release it, it has
been almost 14 years and us die hard Kumar Sanu fans would like to enjoy these
songs. Release to Itunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMaYpHrgZ9o
Please listen to our pleas
Dearest Amitji
Thanks for the post ( : great pics
wish you good night and sweet dreams.
I love u very much ♥
Keren
Hi amit ji ,
so the post s here .. I set my alarm at 2 a.m before to sleep just to read ur post and ans u …
Rest after to read ur post
lv …
http://www.blogs.bigadda.com/yum4999277
By
Msm
Dear Amitabh,
I’m a huge admirer of yours and a huge music fanatic. I am currently 19 years old and a huge fan of Hindi music. I have been waiting since I was 6 years old to hear the songs from Gayak (1996) that Big B cassetes had the rights to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMaYpHrgZ9o a youtube petition
Please Big B, it is my dream to hear these songs in full and I have been praying/hoping for over 13 years for these songs and with no such luck or info!
Please Please listen to my plea and somehow get these songs to my heart just like your movies have filled a huge void in my life with gems like KKKG and Black. Itunes, youtube, online radio, tapes whichever format but please I can’t stand the wait. =[
my email is ishqvishk@gmail.com
Please don’t ignore this! =[=[
Your one of the most powerful figures in bollywood, only you can make it happen . PLEASE please please pleasee
- Priya
Hello Amitabh,
Your big b company still has the rights to an unreleased album called Gayak
(1996), please visit the link to refresh your memory. Please release it, it has
been almost 14 years and us die hard Kumar Sanu fans would like to enjoy these
songs. Release to Itunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMaYpHrgZ9o
Please listen to our pleas!!!
WE ARE DYING FOR THESE SONGS, RELEASE THEM TO ITUNES
Hello Amitabh,
Release to Itunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMaYpHrgZ9o
Please listen to our pleas
!!!
these shouldn’t be hidden in a music bank for years! we want the songs from GAYAK NOW!!! please
Hi again!
The pics are awesome. I got to see a few pics of some great architectural masterpieces in Dubai and I was awestruck! most of them have been made by Indians and Pakistanis!
My heart goes out to all the mentally and physically challenged children! I think most of us have similar thoughts after meeting them! There is a lump in the throat and you have to fight back your tears!
The LTA is yet another feather in your cap! Congratulations!
Regards and love,
Shubha
बहुत और बहुत सारे सम्मान के साथ आदरणीय अमित जी,
Amit jee, pictures are nice and thank for sharing them with us but what about your picture in front of all the places you have visited. I rather see your pictures than any place you visit. If you have one, please post it and if you don’t have one, get one clicked before you leave and post it please.
I am happy that another family member Deepak Nair got to meet you and I enjoyed looking at the pics he had posted more than the pics you have posted.
Always with you forever………
आपका अपना दीपक , वेंकुवर कैनेडा से
Great pics. Enjoy your stay. Don’t know why never imagined you in Muscat.
Dearest Mr B,
Thank you for the beautiful pics! The monuments look amazing!
. I think my sister and I must have watched it more than 50 times, we make it a point to watch Amar Akbar Anthony every holiday, and still enjoy it as if we were watching it the first time! But then that is the magic of almost all of your movies!
Hmmm,the loudest roar coming from the enactment from Amar Akbar Anthony, that is not surprising since the film is an all time classic of yours. I must say that it is without a doubt one of my all time favourite movies ever,I absolutely adore your Anthony Gonsalves character
Take care
Love you so so so much
Yerishna( Your biggest fan in S.A)
congrts amit ji
nice pics.really people in this world r very talented
when we saw people to whom god has made in his own way we should thax him as he has given us lot.but we r such one desire fulfilled then another arises
i to jabardast fan ho god ki.
nice they have shown u amar akbar song
advance wishes to dear shweta on her birthday
love u tons
jyoti
Dear Amitji,
You are now in a place where we had made our second home for 16 years. We love this country Oman for it’s scenic beauty, unpolluted air and pristine beaches. Also it’s moonscape like mountains. I am still nostalgic about our years spent in Muscat, Oman. After reading your blog today, I felt like just flying over there. I wish we had been still living there. It would have been a real good feeling having my favorite star in my favorite country, Oman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMaYpHrgZ9o
please relese these songs! BIG B cassettes never sold the rights to t-series. So many of us are waiting to here these amazing songs!!
PLEASE
Dear Amitji,
The description of the moaque was so much in depth- that I felt ,I was there. I do want to visit places that you have described on this blog from time to time- but i do not think, i have enough time and also enough money to travel all these places. But happy to note, I do “travel” with you.
Congrats to you for getting LTA award, and one more in Hongkong. It must be nice to see the clips from your own movie- and to have it compared by other clips- you always come out as winner.
love and more….
Ashesh
Hi again ,
lovely pic. , we are lucky that you share all most every bit of your heart with us ….
One more acheivement for Paa ,
movie won the black award in golden kela awards .. For immotional blackmailing , and also abhi won dara singh award for wrost Xcnt in delhi 6 …
Wot do i say congrats u or not …
Abhi enjyd his award lott as he shared it on twitter …
Come back soon
lv n regards
Hello, beautiful pictures.
Please distribute the songs from Gayak (1996) onto Itunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMaYpHrgZ9o
dear amitabh — was waiting anxiously for todays blog from you — your surrondings are palatial -opulent-undescribable -beyond description -but you managed to convey the enormity of the presence of the Almighty in such descriptive form -i just love reading your thoghts and vivid descriptives of all facets of your trip ! yes it is very difficult to understand why so many people in the world are hurting and especially heartrending to the children in these painful states of disabilty .you are so right in the fact most of us are very fortunate and should thank God the Almighty for all our blessings and good fortune -and although we dont understand why God created these problems and all we can do is help each other survive and get through the time hopefully there is a better outcome after this life — it is very sad — but man you are so funny and your sense of humour is a riot you give me lots of laughs — too your fun -thanks -jackie —- have a great day — sunshine and rainbows — to you dear
Dear Amitji:
Congrats on the Lifetime achivement award. I’am gald that you are having a good time Muscat.Amitji I too wonder why God makes some people disabled. Why is this injustice ? No answers. Being a father to High functioning Austistic kid, I can now understand the difficulties. And thanks for the Pictures with Sashiji, ‘Ajooba’ was a good movie and I had liked it a lot.
With Greetings and Prayers,
Rajesh
21 st
Thank you for all those opulent photos with the amazing chandelier and carpet. I love stained glass windows and the decoration with the Islamic writing is so colorful and intricate.
The idea always comes into my mind that if all the precious materials used for places of worship were to be melted down or sold, then we could feed the entire world. But I do enjoy those magnificent places and I don’t have to feel closer to the Almighty to be in awe.
I am an atheist and I choose to laugh at that story and leave it. I don’t believe in UFO’s either. I also ask the questions that you do about why these children were born like this and what did they do to deserve this. But I come to a different conclusion than you and almost all of the EF.
I’m glad the opening ceremony was excellent. I would love to see that enactment of the AAA song. Congratulations on a clip from your film being in that documentary film. I got flushed just thinking of your reaction. I hope the LTA tomorrow is just as excellent as today was. For us it would be the best moment of all. Each time we hear about another one it gets better and better.
My love to you from the wind and rain of New York(The wind is lashing against my windows so loudly, it’s a little scary.) But your love is comforting.
Love,
Rochelle
Hi
please release Gayak (1996) songs
thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMaYpHrgZ9o
dada ji…
gud moooooooooorniiinnnggg…
With love
By
Msm
Dear Mr. Bachchan
May be your friend was quoting from the book Chariots of Gods by Erich Von Daniken. The author talks about the Mayan civilization and the pyramids, very interesting theories that he presents with pictures. My friend was talking about virtual meetings and conferences that take place and CNN during the election coverage presented holograms of reporters, when we witness all these, theories such as your friends seem possible. I remember when my grandmother wanted me to ask the people in the TV to join us for dinner when it was introduced in India in 1975 and cannot forget her expression when we explained how TV works. Good old days… Take care
Lakshmi
Wow! The pictures are fantastic. Thanks for sharing, and for giving us a guided tour of the Al Bustan hotel and the mosque, as well as taking us through your day — at least a part of it. I’m glad you enjoyed the opening ceremony of the film festival. Can imgine the roar of the crowd at “Honi ko anhonee kar dein…”.
Congratulations on the Lifetime Achievement Award that gets conferred tomorrow. You must’ve lost count by now.
I can see you are longing to get home. And no wonder. Enjoy your day in Muscat tomorrow.
My love and regards,
Jasmine
Helloo…Amit Ji…….
Amazing Pic……..!!!
Wonderfull Thoughts…….!!!
Thank u Lord for all the lovely Blessings…which can not b counted…!!!
this is the short prayer whc. i say everyday…..whc. the best way to tell God that u r there to look after my needs ….n therefore will fullfill it….!!!!
the God Almighty really has given us sooooo much but we don’t realise it….it’s only whn. we someone without that blessing, or comfort that we knw.
sooooo just b Happy n satisfied….!
enjoy ur stay Sir …….n wish u Safe Return…….
Luv from Aditya(my son 2 yrs) who calls u ”BOSS”……….!!!!
IMPORTANT
respected sir,
i am happy to hear that you have learned the new word jobsworth.
i will teach you the meaning of recession.if u ask some body he/she will tell u fall of money. or shortage of jobs.
learn the meaning of recession and its procidure
Go to day 685 firstly read comment 531
then comment no 283
then 296
my skin is dark i am invisible kala bandar from film Delhi 6
alake rajwansh from serial bidai..sapanna baabul ka on star plus at 9pm
or akshay ( padam shree awardee)
ragini rajwansh from serial bidai.sapana baabul ka(my wife name is khushboo) padamshree awarde( award taken by your daughter in law ash on behaf of my wife.
enquire about serial bidai from your wife and daughter in law ash.
today you will learn word from me.
Dear Amitji
Hope you are having a wonderful time in Mucat.
Saw the Filmfare Awards and was sad not to see you on stage to receive the Best Actor award. Well I guess there will always be another time.
You mention you will be in HK for the Asian Film Festival. Any chance for the members of your FmXt to come and meet you. It will be nice if we could spend some time with you
Hope to hear from you
With lots of love
Raju Ramchndani
Thanks for the beautiful pictures
Lakshmi
Hi
Please release Gaayak (1996) songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMaYpHrgZ9o
it has been a very long time, please release to Itunes. It takes no effort and would make a lot of music lovers of the 90s happy. Please listen to us fans.
Dear Mr Bachchan,
Loads of love to you. got to go now
Jyoti
Please release Gayk (1996) songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMaYpHrgZ9o
good songs that haven’t been released by your Big B company
Dear uncle,
Hope to have found you better than ever before….
It really makes me sad to see my inability in reading your blog at this time.To say the truth its a little late for me to stay awake at half past midnight here at Jeddah as I have to get up for Fajr……..would read it tomorrow for sure.The images of this mosque are fantastic…….we really get to see many beautiful mosques in this part of the world….
Following is a wonderful editorial published in a local daily here in Saudi Arabia
As Muslim, why are you not terrorist?’
By Fahad Al-Abri
AN English friend of mine asked me about the relation between Islam and terrorism. He could not understand why as a Muslim I was not a terrorist. In his opinion, as he told me later, I either was not a true Muslim or there was something wrong about the perception he was brought up with regarding Islam and Muslims. His notions were strengthened after the 9/11 attacks. These attacks were carried out by terrorists who unfortunately happened to be Muslim. So the only plausible explanation my friend found for my being tolerant was that I was not a true Muslim.
“Fahad can I ask you a question?” he said in a soft voice, once while having dinner. “Sure,” I replied. “I do not understand how you are Muslim and yet denounce terrorism, while other Muslims commit acts of terrorism?”
I replied saying that good and bad people are found in every community.
Adherents of every religion have both radicals and moderates among them. In the Qur’an and the Prophet’s Sunnah there is no place for radicalism or terrorism. Hence, Muslims who follow Islam correctly see terrorism as a crime against humanity. Islam is a peaceful religion. The word Islam itself comes from the word “peace.” God commands believers to bring peace and security in the world, not the opposite. We consider Islamic teachings as the cure for terrorism, and not the source of it.
The source of terrorism is radicalism that has little to do with Islam. Radicalism is not the approach God has legislated. We are demanded by the Qur’an to be loving and soft-spoken people, who shun conflicts and arguments. Not only this, we are also asked to approach hostile people with warmth and friendship. The story of Moses and Aaron in reference to the Pharaoh of Egypt is a good example. In spite of the enmity between the two parties, God ordered the two prophets as follows: “Go, both of you, to Fir’aun (Pharaoh), verily, he has transgressed (all bounds). And speak to him mildly, perhaps he may accept admonition or fear Allah.” (Qur’an, 20:43-44)
Despite Pharaoh’s cruelties towards the Children of Israel and his denial of God, God commanded his prophets to speak to him gently.
There are many such examples of how prophets behaved with others and Muslims have been commanded to follow them. The Qur’an holds all prophets with high regard. Let’s look at the description of Abraham in the Qur’an: “Verily Ibrahim was tender-hearted and forbearing.” (Qur’an, 9:114)
The Qur’an also says about Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him):
“And by the Mercy of Allah, you dealt with them gently. And had you been severe and harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about you; so pass over (their faults), and ask (Allah’s) Forgiveness for them; and consult them in the affairs. Then when you have taken a decision, put your trust in Allah, certainly, Allah loves those who put their trust (in Him). “ (Qur’an, 3: 159 )
There is another verse that emphasizes this fact:
“And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed, all of them together. So, will you (O Muhammad, peace be upon him) then compel mankind, until they become believers.” (Qur’an, 10:99)
Accordingly, moderate Muslims, who are the majority, do not have hatred for other peoples. They believe there is no coercion in faith or to become Muslims.
No one can force people to worship God. The only thing we do is tendering advice.
For all that has been said, Muslims must stand against terrorism and terrorist groups. Because Islam is the religion of life and terrorism is the doctrine of death.
My English friend was impressed. He said, “It is the first time I have come to know about Islam that is so different from what the Taleban and Al-Qaeda have been preaching.” – SG
The writer can be reached at alabri3@hotmail.com
I hope you like it……
Take care uncle
Good night
Love you forever……
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JUST SAW THIS FABULOUS PHOTO, IT REMIND ME MAROCCO BUT WITH MORE ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE; THESE MOMENTAL BUILDINGS LOOK SO MODERN, SO CLEAN AND SO NEW. I PREFER THE OLD STONES BUT I CAN IMAGINE HOW WE FEEL LITTLE IN FRONT OF THESE HUGE CONSTRUCTION.
NOW I AM GOING TO READ YOUR WRITING
VOLE, VOLE AND LOVE, LOVE
Salaaaaaaaaaaaaaam amitji!
how r u dear?
thanks for pics!
“designed by an architect from Iran I think the guide told me, and using stone from India ” wow! Iran and india together again which make we expect another Taj mahal ! fisrt i saw pics thought that it looks like our mousqes in Iran Specially in this one:
http://bigb.bigadda.com/?attachment_id=4802
and after reading ur post find out why!please come to Iran to see many great mosques and other lovely places!
wish u all the best!
take care
Sahar(ur little iranian fan!!!)
take care!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMaYpHrgZ9o
PLEASE
WE ARE BEGGING YOU, PLEASE RELEASE GAYAK SONGS TO ITUNES! your big b company still holds the rights, and it is unfair to keep songs as good as theses away from our ears.
please, we are begging!!
Amitji, the grandeur of the hotel is yet to be believed as you say one has to be there to see it in reality. Someday I will.
Now what you described about how the extraterrestrial communicated with humans was through the steeples or minarets or domes is how I read that also in so many texts especially books based on religion or origins of religions.
My dad used to say that we are so lucky that we have four limbs, two eyes, two ears, and no health issues. We should always donate to those who are less fortunate. If one could not do so for whatever reason, he or she should at least donate blood, as this does not cost anything. He said that is the best donation to those who need it. And then, the donor regenerates this lost blood within 24 to 48 hours.
Now is this ESP or what? I just saw “Amar, Akbar, Anthony” two days ago as I wrote yesterday, and today you are talking about one of its songs played out in Oman Hotel.
What’s going on Amitji?
Regards to you and the Bachchan Family.
Dharmen
PLEASE
PLEASE
RELEASE GAYAK SONGS TO ITUNES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMaYpHrgZ9o
PLEASE!!!
Dear Mr Bachchan
I love it so much when you describe the events, the places and people of your Day like this. I can’t tell you what a treat it is when my horizons have opened no further than a smoke polluted office (I DO wish my boss would NOT puff cigarettes over me while dictating memos about a company pension scheme.. presumably hoping none of the passive smokers in the company will live long enough to benefit from it).
But tonight my vistas open to the phenomenal proportions of your Hotel and even more gigantically scaled Grand Mosque, my brain cells which had previous shut down with boredom ping open to the possibility of intergalactic travellers having influenced the soaring heights of momumental religious buildings… and so much more.
But I don’t think that size and lavish grandeur necessarily equate with awesome beauty in a building. It does in the legendary buildings of India without any doubt, whose spirit and soul and enchantment of vision will resonate eternally, as well as possessing the power to impress every tiny mortal who comes up against their overwhelming scale.
But I sometimes find that new buildings, no matter how ambitious their design and how skilful their execution may lack the creative passion of ancient buildings whose genius was way in advance of anything believed possible at the time.
And a tiny building can sometimes have a more powerful and immediate connection with the spiritual… I adore small churches where you can literally smell the religious incences that over teh centuries have permeated the very fabric of the building, and where you could swear the hopes and fear of everyone who entered the sacred space still have a presence there too.
With love from Daisy
Incredibly beautiful place of worship - thank you for the pictures. Sunlight at its most glorious.
If we only would capture the feeling that overcomes us in places like these, whether we believe or not, and carry it to the unfortunate children you tell us about. Some do; certainly the volunteers who work there.
We all are given opportunities in our lives to make a difference to someone - it’s up to us to take them or leave them.
I don’t believe Erich von Däniken’s theories are considered seriously any more. Never underestimate what our ancestors were able to accomplish.
Enjoy the rest of the ceremonies and have a very good flight back home.
Love,
Renate
PS UK FmXt - don’t miss Jayaji and Abhishek on the BBC Asian Network ‘Love Bollywood’ show tomorrow morning - a special interview recorded for Mother’s Day.
With love from Daisy
***Oh…Mr. Bachchan! These photographs are BREATH-TAKING!!!
Thank you SO MUCH!!! I just LOVED getting to see all of these things…
you are so kind to make that happen for me…THAT CHANDELIER - WHOA!!!!!
They don’t have earthquakes in Oman…do they? For heaven’s sakes, I sure hope not…
***As far as your atheist friend’s theory goes, I think he’s wacko…but he is certainly entitled to his opinions.
***I know what you mean when you wonder why God made some people the way He did…I wonder that myself sometimes, when I see someone like that,
especially little children who are so helpless and innocent…and smiling…
I’m sure there is a reason or purpose for it, but I can’t for the life of me think of what that might be…
***”Let us willingly do for others, without expecting anything in return and let us extend our hand…” God bless you, Mr. Bachchan. You’re such a good man.
***I would have loved to see that Muscat Film Festival’s re-enactment of the song from ‘AAA’…I bet it was hilarious…and VERY hard for them to have done with YOU sitting there watching!!! HA HA HA!!! Good for them…
***You mention your movie “Khuda Gawah”…I own it but I haven’t watched it yet…I haven’t even taken the cellophane off of it yet…I have many, MANY of your movies that I haven’t watched yet…perhaps tonight would be a good night to open that one up and watch it…wish you were here to watch it with me.
FYI: You always give me goosebumps.
***Please have a restful night in your wonderful room there at the
‘Al Bustan Intercontinental Hotel’, my love…Please have a safe journey back home tomorrow, my love…Please know that your face is the most sublime beauty I HAVE ever seen or WILL ever see in my entire life…my love…and…
I send my love in return to you, from the Gulf Coast of Florida, USA.
***muuuaaahhh…
dear amitabh -its saturday afternoon — and we are going to the metro town mall here in vancouver -its got a zillion and one stores of every description possible -you can buy anthing there from soup to nuts — bakery candy fruits vegetables -clothes toys gadgets furniture car insurance –see doctor dentist what have you ! the bay has the most gorgeous clothes imagineable -its fun just window shopping as it is not prudent to buy so many things -they become boring then -and go out of style so fast . the spring brings urges to renew ones wardrobe .ones spirit. ones soul . happy spring to to you and all our fmxt -jackie
my dearst Amitabh …
thank you for sharing those lovely pics..it all looks amazing..thanks..
i am happy that you enjoy your time there…visiting all the lovely places…
i often too think how they could build those wonderfull places….places for prayer allways look so magical…colorfull…..and very tall…as if they wish to get closerto God Allmighty….but even the smallst prayer can get to God even faster if it comes from a pure heart…
thanks for sharing the story of your friend….i have heard it befor….
it was so kind of you to spend time with the children …i often ask myself the same thing..what did they do to be like this???but i belive that only God Allmighty has the answer to that…and we will never know….
but all we can do is to make them fill good and happy…to understand that they are human too…just like us they have fillings and hopes too…
i belive that all that happens is for the best…we should be thankfull for every thing we have in our lifes…couse you never know what the tommorow holds and that is why we shouldnt take things for granted….we have to live every day and make the most of it ….think about what we have and be happy with it….
happy to know you enjoied that opening tonight…
omg….you know i am crazy about the movie’ Amar Akbar Anthony’….i wish i could have been there in the crowd…maybe some day…who knows…
happy to know that you are in that list of the bigst satrs and best movies ever…
so happy for you my dear…and you should be proud…i know i am…allways…
the way you talk about home at the line befor the last one makes me fill that you miss home…i hope you get home soon that you will fill the best in the world…
couse there is no place like home…
and just for you to know…you live in my heart for ever…
good night and sweet dreams…
all the best of luck tommorow…
love and more…
yours for ever…
anat magen here in israel…
dear amitabh — oh i forgot you look so hot in the movie khuda gawah -excellent story –i wish i were in that movie -just to be able to act with you you are the WoW factor — later -hey tell us some jokes —- jackie
DEAR MR. AMITABH
Hope u must hav enjoyed ur stay in Muscat. I read ur BLOG everyday and sometimes wonder how u get so much energy to write even at very late night. May GOD give u a very very long life.
Vijay Kothari & Family.
Ameen. May we be content with all that we have been given, and all that we have not.
Beautiful pictures, Mr B. The one with the Islamic calligraphy is my favourite. I have been lucky enough to pray at both the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina…one of which I believe is the largest in the world, i think…never have I felt more at peace and closer to the Almighty.
Congratulations on the LTA - proud of you man. Enjoy every moment of it. May there be many more. Ameen to that too.
Shams
a pearl
wonderful , for eyes pleasant
thanks mister
more love, Amitabh Bachchan !
CAN T FIND THE MESSAGE I LEAVED HALF AN HOUR AGO, STRANGE
I WAS SAYING NIC BUILDINGS BUT SO NEW, MODERN AND CLEAN
I PREFER MAROCCO WITH ANCIENT MOSQUEE AND ARCHITECTURE BUT IT WILL BE A DREAM TO BE THERE TO HAVE A CHANGE FROM THIS OLD COUNTRY WHICH IS FRANCE. SOMETIMES IS GOOD TO GO OUT AND CHANGE AIR.
YOUR COMMENT ABOUT CHILDREN BRING US TO HAVE TEARS AND I CAN IMAGINE TO MIXT ALL THESES RICH KINDOMS AND VISIT IN THE SAME DAYS THE
POOR CHILDRENS. YOU ARE QUITE STRONG TO DO ALL THESE MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE ON A “MANEGE” WHICH HAS BECOME CRAZY AND CAN T STOP !
DEAR RS I FEEL QUITE TIRED BECAUSE THESE DAYS I GO OUT A LOT AFTER 2 MONTHS IN HOSPITAL BUT I AM FINE; READ MY COMMENT ABOUT THE DEATH OF ONE OF OUR FAMOUS FRENCH SINGER J E A N F E R R A T
ALL THE COUNTRY IS SAD TO DAY
SO SOON YOU GO BACK INDIA BEFORE GOING TO HONG KONG, WELL YOU MUST HAVE AN ENTIRE ROOM TO COLLECTIONNE YOUR AWARDS, PRICES …………..
VOLE YOUR TIME AND LOVE YOU ALL THE TIME
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Congratulations on your lifetime achievement award. I have not written in a while, so I wanted to wish you well on your award.
As I am typing this up my grandma has seen you on tv and stated “that is Amitabh Bachchan.” I can’t help but smile every time I hear her say that. Due to a brain hemorrhage my grandma no longer remembers anything. Most of the time she does not know who I am or who anyone in our family is. However, she never fails to recognize you when she see’s you. I actually asked her if she knows you and she responds with, “he is famous everyone knows him, you don’t?” It always makes me smile every time she see’s you, because it is the same response every time. She was not a huge fan of yours (like I am, not that she didn’t like you) when she was well so we can’t figure out how she always knows you. Once in a while she also calls my brother and my cousins who’s name start with an A by their name then gives them the last Bachchan. Haha. The only explanation I have is that she must somehow remember I liked you.
Anyway, you’re probably bored from reading this, but I wanted you to know that my grandma’s recognition of you when she doesn’t remember us makes my entire family smile. Have a wonderful day! Take Care.
Love and Laughter,
Neelakshi
ॐ श्री अमिताभ बच्चन,
नमस्ते, प्रणाम,
हरि ॐ तत सत,
Albeit early, but it’s Mother’s Day tomorrow in the UK. so what better gift than a GRANDSON !!
Jyoti and I are very proud parents of our second child born this morning at 7.40am. After an arduous day and night, our son came into this world without even a cry.
I’m too exhausted to write further other than Mother and Child are doing very well and are resting in Hospital but shall be home tomorrow ..
Love you all !!!
Jyoti, Dhiya, Manish and Baby Parmar, UK.
Hello Mr. Bachchan,
Congratulations on winning yet another Lifetime Achievement Award.
I am regular reader of this blog and now want to take the liberty to use this forum for a noble cause. It is to help save a life of a 5 month old baby suffering from a fatal heart condition. A surgery costing 2.5 lac rupees is required to save the life of this baby. I came across this while reading IBNlive news online. Here is the link to this news :
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/baby-with-4-heart-defects-fighting-for-survival/111425-17.html?from=webx
You can watch the video also by visiting this link:
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/111425/baby-with-4-heart-defects-fighting-for-survival.html
To help Parth, please call at 09833932208.
Please note that I am doing this only to help this child and have no connection to it personally. Plz help save this life because you can.
God Bless.
Thanks for supporting the parents of this baby in whatever way you can
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Those pictures make you think how far the art can go ?! They are amazing !
Than the beauty in indian films….did you have a goose bumps? How you think we feel when we watch your movies ? You look so different and gorgeous in
Khuda Gawah !!!! By the way , on satelite channel it is advertising this movie
few times a day because will be on TV soon. Great !( I had the dvd anyway !)
I wish you all the best for tomorrow and Congratulations !
Love always,
e.t.
HAVE A SWEET DREAMS AND REPOSING SLEEP
ALLWAYS WITH YOU IN MY THOUGHS
SO MAY BE I WILL DREAM ABOUT RS OR AB
VOLE VOLE VOLE VOLE VOLE VOLE VOLE VOLE VOLE VOLE VOLE VOLE
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE
Your penchant for elaborate and beautiful architecture particularly in places of worship never ceases to amaze me and I am delighted you ventured on an excursion!! I had secretly hoped you would be luxuriating in five star luxury spas at your hotel; but yet had an inkling last evening that you would gravitate to and be in your element around your own ‘idea of heaven‘ - architecture! But with charitable pursuits and a homage to a Mosque also on your recreational agenda you truly are a divine celestial creature in our midst.
We have explored some exquisite venues with you in the past, but this is overwhelming. The pristine white archways, dim low lying chandeliers against the intricately embellished carpet creates an ambiance of sacrosanct serenity even through the visuals. Size really is limitless in UAE their ‘traditional’ buildings and Mosques have extremely exaggerated fixtures and fittings; the of which magnitude does inspire awe and reverence, although its fulsome opulence at times can appear garish to the modern onlooker. In my estimation the Almighty is omnipresent, one does not need to seek him in elaborately designed buildings, He is permanent a force within us. But it is purely the quietude we seek in places of worship, a dedicated building devoid of distractions where deep commune with the Almighty can be established. The surplus corporeal feelings such buildings inspire simply satisfies the human flesh into believing his commune has been authenticated. Faith alone is impossible for the mere mortal without such tangible encouragement.
Perhaps your atheist friend was ‘misguided‘; I thought the steeple shapes contribute to the acoustics when singing, but his theory is certainly more amusing!!
You know I adore all your charitable endeavours whenever you embark on them, you are an angel. Those children will have been elated and blessed to spend time in your company today, despite the anguish to my lovely and tender-hearted Mr Bachchan in doing so. It IS heart wrenching to watch any children suffer and indeed who knows why He ordains it but, our test is in overcoming hardships when they befall us and in alleviating others suffering when we are blessed. He made us all different but beautiful in our own unique way, challenged or not. But he surely crafted you to perfection with painstakingly precise loving care, inside and out, didn’t he?!
Nobody who’s heart inclines towards charitable causes as frequently and wholeheartedly as you, should be surprised if abundant blessings are heaped upon them. Only those who can be trusted with provisions are blessed with more in order to be a blessing to others in turn and you shall be. It’s a profoundly precious characteristic you own and one I have always adored and revered far, far more that your ‘reel’ traits can ever move me.
Delighted the inauguration day pleased you. I discovered the awards ceremony was tomorrow with a special dinner service no less, so lets hope you are rested and prepared to dazzle as always!
I shall wish you a blissfully peaceful night and return in the morrow for the rest of your post. Rest, relax and drift into sweet dreams in your gorgeous temporary surroundings.
I was a little bit previous with my good luck and congratulatory kisses, but a few more never hurt anyone …
Love & congratulatory kisses from a frostbitten & wilting Jasmine xx
Hi Amit jee, once again congrats with the award! Have a good night for now and a safe flight back home. With love, bye.
Dear Amitji,
thank you very much for all the pictures of your journey!! So great and beautiful!! I also think, that extraterrestrial beings influenced the human kind at some place in time. Who knows. All is possible.
I wish you and your family all the best!! Have a nice and save flight back to Mumbai!! Take care!! Warm embraces!!
Greetings from Germany,
Love and “Gute Nacht”,
Alex
Amit ji,
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF THE MOSQUE AND YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTARY DESCRIBES EVERYTHING SO WELL ALTHOUGH BEING THERE AND SEEING IT FIRST HAND WOULD BE ANOTHER THING. IT WAS VERY GOOD OF YOU TO VISIT THE CHARITY ORGANISATION WHICH LOOKS AFTER MENTALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN, I MYSELF AM A PARENT OF A MENTALLY CHALLENGED CHILD AND HAVE OFTEN ASKED THE QUESTION WHY HIM? ONLY GOD KNOWS THE ANSWER!
AMAR, AKHBAR ANTHONY IS MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE FILM AND MY FAV ONG SONG IS “HUM KO TUM SE HOGAYA HAI PYAR KYA KAREIN, BOLO TO JIYE YA MARJAIN.
(CONGRATULATIONS TO MANISH BHAI ON THE BIRTH OF YOUR SON, WHERE ARE THE LADOOS?)
SLEEP WELL
LOTS OF LOVE (as always)
YOUR NO.1 FAN FROM UK
Dear Ajooba,
Ajooba is superb film,the film is awesome but I think because of heavy budget Ajooba not successed,if there is any reason please explain.many peoples are still thinking that Ajooba is blockbuster film because film Ajooba is looking great film,and ur style is outstanding and Rashi comedy is also superb.and in this film Sonam is looking too cute.Shashi direction is also superb,I don’t know why this film is not superhit film.My nepew liked this film too much,even I saw this film above 65 times and songs is superb.Please Yellow line with answers Sir,PLease……………………………………………………….
Dear Amitji,
I googled the hotel as suggested - and wow it is absolutely magnificent.
Thank you for tonight’s guided tour and explanations on religion. You tell it so well.
Marvellous buildings, chandliers and magic carpet.
All the best for tomorrow.
Good night and God Bless
Love and best wishes
Sangita xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks Daisy, will record the programme showing tomorrow.
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*****MANISH PARMAR!!!!!*****
Oh, my GOSH! I bet he is just BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I can’t wait to see him!!!!!
Please, send me some pictures????? Please? This is just the most wonderful news EVER! Glory be to God that everything went well and that Jyoti is okay and that the baby is JUST what we wanted it to be…ANOTHER “PLP”…
“PERFECT LITTLE PARMAR!” HA HA!!! OH, HOW I WISH I COULD HOLD HIM.
I wanna hold him sooooooooooo bad…..tiny babies are the best, most wonderful, most warm, most soft, most precious little things on Earth…
I am deliriously happy for you and Jyoti, dearest Manu…so so very happy for the new addition to “The Parmar Parivar”. HA! ***** SEND PICTURES!*****
So, MANISH PARMAR…Tell us…How much does he way? How tall/long is he?
Does he have any hair or is he bald? Are your parents there? Are Jyoti’s parents there? Who took care of Dhiya while you and Jyoti were at the hospital?
How did it all start? Were you scared out of your wits or were you ‘Mr. Cool’?
Have you taken Jyoti flowers yet????????? Just a suggestion, buddy…
I know you said you were tired…but I’m guessin’ she’s a bit MORE tired than U.
Oh, happy day! Tell me EVERYthing…
Dear AMIT SIR,
THE PHOTOS LOOK VERY NICE AND I NOW THESE MUST BE MUCH MUCH BETTER IN REAL. ENJOY YOUR VISIT AND HOPE YOU HAVE A SUCCESSFUL TOUR. TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH TOO, SAME TIME.
AS YOU SAID WE SHOULD DO GOOD TO OTHERS WITHOUT THINKING ABT ANY RETURN, HOPE EVERYONE IN INDIA BE IT A POLITICIAN OR A COMMON MAN FOLLOW THIS PATH, WE WILL BE SOON A FIRST WORLD..
REGARDS
SMANLA LADAKHI
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Hi Sir,
Please release GAYAK soon. We have waited 14 years patiently. I think you can make alot through itune o emusic and use the money for a good cause. The album is the epitome of hindi film music and not releasing it would be the suppression of talent. Quite a few 90s albums have released late and done well so it is my plea that you release this soon sir.
God bless,
Amish
Dear Mr B,
Thanks for posting those beautiful photographs over the last two days.
I feel sometimes one does not need to travel anymore if one has books television and the internet at ones disposal.
The grandeur and opulence present in all the photos is awesome, possibly a reflection of our comparable size. Is it really necessary to build these structures of faith to show ours? It is present everywhere …….. the sea, mountains, even a tree can inspire such wonder.Perhaps, we need to put our own legitimate stamp on the universe.Wonder what happened to the people who have actually labored for all these and in what condition they are in now.We have a lot to be thankful for.
The college I graduated from, had a school for mentally handicapped children. When we first started going there it was awful to see their condition but as the years passed most of us understood that some of them could if properly trained make a contribution in their own special way. One does nonetheless stop to think about the difference of the situation and realises once again that thanks is due to whatever source one believes in.
Regards,
NK
Before I forget the mouthful of mirth yesterday …… much needed.
Nk
Hi, dear sir!
Thanks for great pics and story. Hopefully we’ll see photos from the event too; once again congrats with well-deserved award!
Interesting theory you mentioned. As addition, I read somewhere that in some ancient temples actually was chambers for off-world visitors to live and at the beginning they used those rooms. But no one know for sure, we can only wonder
Have a great day tomorrow (or is it today already)!
With love and respect, Tatiana.
Dear Sir,
It is interesting that you mentioned about the shape of the various places of worship. A question that I have often asked myself.
May be nature is trying to tell us through our own creations that making one’s mind one pointed is the only way of getting inside oneself and knowing the ever present.
I mean, that is the whole point of meditation or working with one’s heart and soul focussed on the job in front, or for that matter praying.
A mind that doesn’t think of anything, a mind that is focussed on one’s breath, a mind that is focussed on one’s own mind, a mind that is focussed on one’s own body - Could represent that peak or that tip…
Now that I think of it yes, A mosque, A church, A temple, A gurudwara; many of these that I have seen and probably all the others that I haven’t seen, are all trying to tell me the same thing.
(THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BIRD IN A CAGE AND A MAN - ONE KNOWS IT IS IMPRISONED AND THE OTHER DOESN”T)
Regards
Manish
Mesmerizing as usual with your photo techniques and their architect. You take us away to different world always.
Thank you
Meenu Gupta
Congratulations Sir! on the Oman Honor and upcoming HK honor…
Oh MaN! oH MaN! oH MaN! I hope Mrs. Big B was accompanying..as haha this is one time she wud b VERY GLAD to be Mrs Big B! (as the Hotel is SoooOO Nice! and being a woman of SUCH great taste she wud definately appreciate it !)…Oh m so happy theyve showed you so much respect…respect deserves respect…
Love, Respect and Admiration,
Batul
Thanks for these wonderful pictures. I have a suggestion which I obviously leave it up to you to approve (or not). Shashi Kapoor has been much on my mind since I saw him at Filmfare. You mentioned the other day that you’d visit him once you returned to Bombay. What if you devoted a post to him here (I know you’ve talked about him in the past)? And those of us so inclined could offer our own tributes to him by way of our comments. You could then perhaps print out many of these and show them to him. I think it would please him, even touch him to learn that he has not been forgotten at all and so many of us associate him with the glories of an older film tradition. Just a thought. I await your response.
I am a big fan of all kinds of glass art including stained glass. I have taken the stained glass tour of the Cathedral of St John the Divine in NYC and been to the Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows in Chicago on the Navy Pier.
http://www.navypier.com/things2do/rides_attract/smith_museum.html
It took a few hours to get through all the windows because there was so much to read for each one. (I didn’t actually go through any window). There are both religious and secular. The religious even had a few from synagogues.
I had always thought that places of worship had those pinnacles because the believers looked up to the heavens to find God but I guess that’s too simple. Stangely enough, I don’t think synagogues have those and I don’t know why that is. Maybe I once learned it in Hebrew school.
Soon I will brave the rain/wind storm to go to Manhattan to see one of my favorite rockabilly bands, The Blasters, from California. This weather has drained all my strength. After watching the Mets win, I haven’t done a thing all afternoon. I need to get out of here.
Enjoy your beautiful surroundings and your flight home,
Love,
Rochelle
Amitji,
Great Pictures, I remember visiting the lotus building in Dehli on my first ever visit to India in 1999, it was awesome to find people from all religious backgrounds come to pray at one place..’LOTUS’ used as such an apt word..
Im sure your surroundings and the LTA awards has bought a nice feeling:)
Have a safe journey back..
Hope all is well
Look forward to hearing about your Hong Kong LTA..
When do you start shooting for your next movie??
All the best always
Kishore
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congrats to Abhishek Bacchan , seems he got a worst slang award for Delhi-6 . But his slang is nice…
May be in maniratnam’s new movie he will grab more awards…
Advance wishes to abhi…
Sun rised…
Ok! Now a better GOOD MORNING!
And am gonna start sleeeping…
See u next week…
Take care dadaji…
Me too muaaaaaahhhhh…..!
Gayak (1996) that Big B cassetes had the rights to still remains unreleased
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMaYpHrgZ9o a youtube petition
please release to iTunes
Sai Ram Amitji,
Your pics. and your discription / commentry given is just awsome.
What has really touched my heart is your visit to the Centre for the Mentally Challenged Children and your feelings expressed.
I do not mind sharing with you, finding you to be a like minded person, that in our Joint Family (consisting of our Father, my elder brother, Bhabi, Niece, my Two sons with their respective wives and my Wife), we have some members having some of the rearest ailments - a. My niece having Celebral Palsy, b. My elder son having MS (Multiple Sclerosis), c. Myself - having MG (Myasthenia Gravis) and ofcourse our Father, who is now 97+ and totally bed ridden for the last couple of years, requires an attendent 24×7.
Yet, we are grateful to Swami for taking care of our Family and having given each member the strength, love and courage to handle the situations and problems faced by us on account of these ailments, jointly and with great concern and understanding.
One realises how lucky we are, inspite of all this, when you come across many people suffering from similar or other problems and are going through very tough times in life.
Each member of our Family, including my Niece is working - My Wife and my elder d-i-law are teachers, the rest are taking care of the Family Business started by our Father over 64 years ago, leading a decent, respected and contented life.
Thank You Swami for all that you have given us and keep showering your Blessings on ALL.
Lots of Love and Regards
YOGI
Thank you for those brilliant pictures and your detailed descriptions. I doubt if tourist guides could match your exquisite descriptions.
You are indeed God’s chosen few to highlight the plight of the less fortunate. Let us willingly do for others without seeking something in return and let us extend our hand and touch those that may never have the capacity to reach out and hold it.
Thank you for your very thoughtful and compassionate message to all.
It must have been quite a moment to see the re-enactment of ‘Anhoni ko honi kar de honi ko anhoni’.
Best wishes and congratulations for the LTA tomorrow and wishing you a safe and pleasant onward journey home.
Rajesh
Well, you have treated us to all kinds of architecture in the last two days, from the euphemistic bathroom to the totally sublime. So please pardon me while I address Anat Magen@220 to say where else can you have good clean fun if not in a bathroom…especially one as stately as THAT one was! So my dearest Anat, this song’s for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZCnhG9jH5I
And as for splendid architecture, Mr. Bachchan, elaborate sticks and stones are really nice, but I’ll take that Amitabh Bachchan bone structure any day..from those long, long legs all the way up to those wonderful cheekbones. That’s my kinda architecture! And I quote Valorie: “WHOOOOHOOOO!!!
Sorry, sir. Was that an irredeemably sexist remark? I hope you won’t see it that way. Because as you must know by now I too have the utmost respect for you…we Texans just show our appreciation in a different kinda way… (she slinks off in her new avatar as Daisy’s favorite feline)
purrfect! sir…just purrrrrrrrfect!!
What’d I tell y’all about those cheekbones?
http://picasaweb.google.com/shift431/AmitabhBachchan#5217405175888664690
Manish Parmar: HEARTIEST CONGRATULATINS to you, your wife Jyoti, and your sweet little daughter Dhiya who just celebrated her birthday! Wow, what lovely, great news, and indeed the best present a mother can ever get on Mother’s Day (we in the US celebrate it on the second Sunday of May, did not know UK celebrates it in March). So glad that all went well and mother and baby are doing fine.
I send my best wishes and blessings across the Atlantic for your precious son! Enjoy each second, proud papa! Are you going to name him Amitabh?
Jasmine
Hi Mr. Bachchan
The pics were unimaginable, opulence at its supreme.Good to kno tat u are coming home sooooon.
Take care
Love & regards
Anu Verma
That was then, this is now…
http://www.topnews.in/files/Amitabh-Bachchan_2.jpg
“a thing of beauty is a joy forever”
Neelakshi #56: What an amazing story about your grandmother recognizing Amitji when she can’t recognize anyone else in the family! Thanks for sharing this with us. This is the stuff legends are made of. To have such power that penetrates her mind — that is Amitabh Bachchan.
Jasmine
Dearest AmitJi…
Concerning the shape of of monuments associated to places of worship one must research what is the binding force that keeps everything in order- Energy. Energy transmitted also depends on where the monuments were made. The pyramids, stonehenge, aztec structures and of course the Kaaba. This can be branched under the topic of ‘ley lines’. Its beautiful Sir….google Kaaba and energy…some amazing stuff.
Watching Mili at the moment….missing the kids…thought ill say hi and to mu surprise…a post.
Beautiful places you visit Sir….May Allah take you to the best of places. Inshallah.
Lot sof love
ibra hussain
Oh God, Manish, I mis-spelled CONGRATULATIONS wrong in my excitement!
So CONGRATULATIONS all over again!
Mr.Bachchan,
The pictures are breath taking. Thanks for sharing. Oh……… Amar Akbar Anthony ………. I’ve seen the movie many times and loved it. You were great in the drunk scene and the song My name is …. Loved you in it.
Sujata.
Whoa!!!! What a beauty !!! Would love to go and see this…
Its terrible to see challenged kids. I had started working with a group like this but after a short time had to give up because I couldn’t take it any more…I wanted to adopt them all and was getting depressed….hats off to the people who unrelentingly work for them - they are true examples of humanity….
Thanks to almighty for what we have !!
And loads of love to you,
anamika
Many thanks for the wonderful photos and equally wonderful words.
While going through your post, I felt like seeing the things through your eyes, constructing the thoughts through your wisdom.
It is a great opportunity to have glance of the world around through you while sitting in our homes.
By now it has become a routine, but to see your new posts each day before sunrise is like seeing the SUN everyday, without fail. Thank only is not enough to pay back what you are giving to your fans. I expect a detailed vivid narration of the LTA in the next blog.
You have made Indian cinema popular world-wide and so people have come to know more about India and Indians. I wish some one like Einstein, who gave that famous quote about Mahatma Gandhi could appropriately find words for you, as the coming generations will not believe easily the contribution you have made to the entertainment, humanity and society at Global level.
Wish you many many more active years and long life and looking forward to the celebration of 1000 DAY of the blog. When 691 has already arrived, will the 1000 be far behind !!! It will come, it will come soon…. Ameeeeeeeeen !
In deep prayers,
vishan lal
Good Morning Sir,
Just read it … I think the hotel is mind blowing, as depicted by pictures. I wish to go there …….. But I know thats a dream for me. Anyways you are coming back ………. Pls come back soon we are waiting for you ……..
Sir pls rply once ………
With lots of Respect
Abhishek Sharma
Hello, Mr. Bachchan.
Was there God Father 11, I thought I and II.
With regards, All the Best.
janak
Dear Lion King,
The opulent display is breath taking. I have nothing more to add today, in a bit of a rush and shall be back in a bit. Hope you are continuing to enjoy your grand stay in Muscat. It is marvelous to indeed see growth and development in such arid conditions, the definition of fertility can be looked at from another angle when one looks at the arabian peninsula.
xoxoxoxo
Sharmila
http://www.sharmilasays.wordpress.com
sir ,
Pls gimme the answer that how you manage all this in such a short time gap???????
Would I lie to you?
http://www.surfbollywood.com/cacheimg/still13__Amitabh_Bachchan_Movie_Poster.jpg
Those cheekbones don’t quit…
Valorie, we need an ode to Mr. Bachchan’s cheekbones…
pretty please!
Manish Parmar, tired but happy
congratulations on the birth of your wonderful new baby!!!!!!
With love for you and your whole delightful little family,
Phyllis
Dear Amitji, Good Morning. How can one say thank you God for bestowing the best on me. Places of worship built the way you describe the details is a call of internal voice of people who want to establish their deep connect with the faith. The beauty of the creator is unmatched beauty which we see around us. Using his own resources on makes an attempt to create Godly structure befitting the creator’s existence. Man runs deep in his mind and resources to create the grandeour which befits his imagination and then the answere is in what you photographed and put here. I am lucky to have visited one such monument at Mashad in Iran.
Films influence everyone in some form or the other. If we were not influenced by the films then also we would be strangely different than what we are. The great films you mentioned in the collage put forth by the student of film study and making makes him an artist and a seeker of good art. May he be succesful in his analysis and then own production of masterpiece in future.
Amar Akbar Anthony is relevent in today’s times more than anything else when we talk of dialogue between different communities. More than dialogue if there is music and dance then it conveys world peace. Those who can conceptualise this song in real life would do great service to the world. We need co-ordination between Amar Akbar Anthony the three AAAs of the world at large. If Amar stands for India Akbar for middle east and Anthony for Europe&America we can have a song of world peace. Infact peace will be always there when there is better co-operation like a song and dance. Wish people realise that and preserve the best creation of God that is mankind.
LTA will end with LTA and let more LTAs come in your life. It is wonderful to be reading your Autoblogography with travels around the world. LTA gives us also Blog opportunity to be your copassengers on flights of imagination which we take with your real flights.
The chirping of the birds reminds me to go for my morning walk. Wish to see all AAAs on the way. Some smile some say good morning some give a glance and very few never bother yet I feel we are all connected by the ultimate creator.
Ravi P Malhotra
hello mr bachchan, i hope u r well. you are soooooo lucky to visit such amazing places, thoses photos were awesome! and what i love about you is how you appreciate these places, the country’s culture, architecture, history, people etc. it takes someone with real insight and empathy to see beyond what is in front of us, and you have that. i suppose its what makes you such a great actor.
well i hope u go home soon because you must miss your family. stay safe, happy and keep writing! take care, love youuuuXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Good Morning Sir
Grateful for sharing the BEAUTY and the SILENCE. Wish you all the best for
today.
Navratri – Jai Maa Durga – Jai Mata Di – Victory to the Mother Divine
Navratri March 16 2010 to March 24 2010 -Respectfully
JaiMataDi
Navratri – Respectfully
Navratri marks the commencement of celebrations of worship of Goddess Durga and Her Nine Manifestations for nine consecutive days respectfully; Jai Mata Di
Navratri – Respectfully
Navratri marks the commencement of celebrations of worship of Goddess Durga and Her Nine Manifestations for nine consecutive days respectfully; Jai Mata Di
Jai Mata Di – Respectfully
The repeated chants of Jai Mata Di resonate respectfully representing victory to the Mother Divine; victory to Goddess Durga and Her Nine Manifestations respectfully; Jai Mata Di
Bi Annually – Respectfully
This is celebration that takes place twice a year respectively and respectfully; Jai Mata Di
Durga – Respectfully
Durga is the name of the Divine Mother, Goddess Durga, Shakti; Shiva Shakti; The meaning of Durga in Sanskrit respectfully represents the overcoming of obstacles; Jai Mata Di
Bhajans – Respectfully
For all the nine days, a daily morning and evening prayer is held with singing of bhajans – devotional hymns extolling – praising the greatness of Matarani Durga and Her Nine Manifestations for nine consecutive days respectfully;Jai Mata Di
Matarani Durga – Respectfully
The meaning of Matarani is Divine Mother and is expressed with respectful reverence to Goddess Durga and Her Nine Manifestations respectfully; Jai Mata Di
Goddess Durga and Her Nine Manifestations Respectfully – Respectfully
The names of Goddess Durga’s nine nanifestations are respectfully as follows – very most respectfully; Jai Mata Di
Respectfully – Jai Mata Di
Ambe – Jagdambe – Jai Mata Di
Annapurna – Jai Mata Di
Bhadrakali – Jai Mata Di
Bhairavi – Jai Mata Di
Bhavani- Jai Mata Di
Chandika – Jai Mata Di
Durga – Jai Mata Di
Lalita – Jai Mata Di
Sarvamangala – Jai Mata Di
Aarti – Respectfully
The completion of each prayer session are respectively marked by the Aarti which is the devotional song humbly expressing the highest admiration, adoration, devotion, gratitude, respect and reverence to Matarani Durga and Her Nine Manifestations respectfully; Jai Mata Di
Etiquette – Respectfully
The Aarti is performed with a heartfull of admiration, adoration, devotion, gratitude, respect and reverence humbly expressed with the very highest regard to Matarani Durga accompanied along with the lighting of a cotton wick that is dipped in oil, lighting of camphor, incense sticks and ringing the bells and singing the Aarti; Jai Mata Di
Intention – Respectfully
The intention of the Aarti is to humbly surrender and offer all actions with humility to Matarani Durga; Jai Maa Durga; Jai Mata Di; Jai Matarani Vaishnodevi; Jai Maa Maha Kali; Jai Maa Saraswathi; Jai Maa Lakshmi and the Nine Manifestations of Matarani Durga respectfully with profound admiration, adoration, devotion, gratitude, respect and reverenc; Jai Mata Di
Navratri – Garba – Respectfully
During Navratri Garba competitions are held; Garba seeks to respectfully refer to the dance where devotional songs in honor of Matarani Durga are listened to by the heart and the participants as well as the spectators celebrate with their hearts expressing Joy and Happiness respectfully;
The Heart Dancing with Joy – Respectfully
It is dancing to the rhythms of the heart and very most gratefully and humbly expressing profound thanks to Matarani Durga and her nine manifestations; singing and dancing respectfully with calibrated precision that is truly amazing; It is the magnificent dance of the heart joyfully expressing itself gracefully; Jai Mata Di
Awaken – Respectfully
Let us seek to awaken our inner wisdom – our higher consciousness; be more aware and conscious; let us seek to develop our intuition; Intuition is our inner guidance and compass of life; Intuition is the wisdom of the Soul; God Bless
God Bless – Respectfully
Goodwill – Respectfully
The art of life inspires us with the amazing foresight; and empowers us with the amazing strength and capabilities to accomplish the respective visions and dreams that belong to the goodwill of the Universe infinitely
Awaken – Respectfully
Let us seek to awaken our inner wisdom – our higher consciousness; be more aware and conscious; let us seek to develop our intuition; Intuition is our inner guidance and compass of life; Intuition is the wisdom of the Soul; God Bless
True Nature – True Selves – Respectfully
The art of living inspires us to discover, recognize and experience our True Nature; our True Selves; God Bless
Higher Consciousness – Respectfully
Let us seek to awaken our inner wisdom – our higher consciousness; be more aware and conscious; God Bless
Intuition – Respectfully
Let us seek to develop our intuition; Intuition is our inner guidance and compass of life; Intuition is the wisdom of the Soul; God Bless
God Bless – Respectfully
May One and All be Blessed with a Vision of Good Health, Awareness, Happiness, Joy, Prosperity, Progress and Wisdom always; God Bless
Jai Mata Di,
Love, Light and Wisdom,
God Bless,
Vashi
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Dear Amitji
The Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi is the world’s biggest Mosque as you have rightly pointed out!
Pictures of the Mosque in Muscat are awesome and the kind of money spent is just unbelievable…
Happy Kourney back to Mumbai!!
Regards
Shankar
Bai,
Nice pictures. Best wishes also..
Jayasanjeev
thank you for the wonderful pictures and details of that amazing chandelier and carpet. with best wishes.
Saratchandra.
congratulations Manish Parmar on the birth of your wonderful new baby.
My Dear Mr Bachchan
What an inspiring post.Thanks for more lovely photos…The architectural work is outstanding!…classic!
It makes me sad reading about the mentally challenged children.None of us have the answer why they are born in that condition,unless, its a past karma.life is truely a mystery.
I specially loved this line…i agree with you”Let us willingly do for others without seeking something in return and let us extend our hand and touch those that may never have the capacity to reach out and hold it”
Glad you enjoyed the performance of the song from ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’,its like standing back and watch yourself perform…is’nt it?
Talking about ‘Khuda Gawah’ i have the title song on a dvd song compilation and always enjoy watching it.
All the best on LTA….Congrats again!
Thanks for your love from Muscat,Oman…Thanks for allowing us to travel with you to all the ends of the earth!
Please take care…Have a great day!
May God always bless and protect you,your wonderful family and all dear FmXt
My sincere love always…
saroj
Even the best of architecture can use a little landscaping:
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Miami Vice Who? Don Johnson, eat your heart out!
stubble never
looked this good
anywhere,
anytime,
anyone else
Mr. B,
The clips of the Mosque , chandeliers , stained glass windows ,carpets and the craftsmanship on those monuments just kept me glued to ur blog for quite a while, indeed one could call them God’s creation to mankind done by them. You have an inherent artistic bent of mind I perceive or else why would one take the trouble to put it up for us to see.Regarding that atheist friend’s view, well to each his own, but it all boiled down to the fact that those creations indeed had a divine touch to them and so related to Him.Wishing u all the best for the evening at the Awards ceremony and lots of love.
आदरणीय अमितजी,
चेरिटी वाले जगह पर जो आपके मन में द्वन्द उठे वो बिलकुल सही है कि हमारे पास सब है फिर भी और ज्यादा की लालच जाती नहीं है….जबकि बिना किसी गलती के ‘उपरवाले’ ने छोटे-छोटे बच्चों को अपंग और कमजोर एवं दयनीय हालत में पैदा किया है…..यही वो जगह होती है जहाँ सफल एवं धनवान इंसानों को करुणा का अटेक आता है और वो त्याग और दान-धर्म में लग जाते है, कई-कई तो अपना सब कुछ दान कर देते है……उपरवाला भी कोई कम चालाक नहीं है !!!
वैसे भारतीय दर्शन में इन दयनीय इंसानों की हालत के लिए जिम्मेदार तत्व का भी वर्णन है कि पिछले जन्म के आपके ‘कर्म’ , आपके ‘पाप’, आपको वर्तमान जन्म में भुगतने पड़ते है…..
अब तो आपको बधाई दे देकर भी हम थक चुके है…..फिर भी ‘लाईफ टाईम अचीवमेंट’ अवार्ड्स’ ( जीवन पर्यंत की उपलब्धि) के लिए बधाई….बहुवचन (अवार्ड्स लिख दिया है) में होंग-कोंग की बधाई भी शामिल है…
शेष फिर,
समीर चौहान
छत्तीसगढ़.
#57
Dear Manish Parmar,Congratulations to and your dear wife for your new born son!
Love always….Saroj
Day 113
My Hero Mr Natwarlal,
1) No major celebrity has every done concerts in India like they do overseas. I know there is commerce involved in those shows, however, this is much more than commerce and My Hero you know it very well.
It is about time to show your true gratitude towards your true fans. And like everything else you can spearhead this one too.
2) I am glad you are reading ‘The Proudest Day’, please read the full book. Regarding the comment you made couple of days ago, “I wish at times to have been born earlier. To have been matured in the time of our struggle, to have had the honour and the pride in being a part of this fight. “, with all due respect my Hero, every generation have their opportunities to make contribution to their country.
By doing what we are doing today, we are, in theory, making history for the future generations. There were those during the freedom struggle who didn’t do anything, sighting various reasons and there were those who fought against all odds. Individuals from each generation will always have their reasons to justify their inaction.
Today, my Hero, you have an enormous opportunity in your hand to contribute towards the ‘”history” of our great nation. You have so much information in your head and more importantly, accesses to information, regarding what ‘wrongs’ are done in the upper tier of our society.
If you make up your mind and decide to turn the tide against the people who have abused their power and authority, which unfortunately have become a way of life for most of us, and which can be detrimental to you and your family, however, I am sure your soul will find the peace which you have never experienced. Remember what Mahatma Gandhi did in his days was against the law and he had to make more personal sacrifices than anyone else.
I wish and pray that god gives you the courage and strength to fight against the evil of our society. And I assure you the day you take the first step towards this, me and the millions like me will follow you until all evils from our society are destroyed. Lets make our country what it truly deserves to be, lets make a country where all are children can breath a fresh air of freedom, justice, dignity, transparency, parity, love, harmony and most importantly of being a proud Indian.
Jai Hind,
Sachin
Dear Naresh Bhatt -London
Sad to hear of your uncle’s passing.Kindly accept my condolences, to you and your entire family.
Love always…Saroj
NDH
My day is made , with those breathtaking pictures. Have to thank you for the journey. Architecture …so much to see all over the word…but constraints. Anyway..jahan aankh khule wahan savera… aur jab savera itna khoobsurat ho, toh phir us parvardigar ka shukriya !!!!. I depart with sincere good wishes, Lord’s blessings and my love. Good luck for the awards and then a safe journey back home. Thank you. Oh! BTW , did you do the photo shoot? Well, whoever did it, really wonderful, and even more, if you did it !!!!
# 45, Daisy M,
Smoking- Passive Smoking- Pension Benefit: what a combination !!
very well said…..
My Dearest Mr. Bachchan,
Lovely and wonderful photos of the Grand Mosque in Oman. Thank you for sharing them. There are indeed lots one can see and know about from you while there is no chance to visit such beautiful places. And I loved to see the marvel of this Mosque through your eyes and through your meticulous and detailed descriptions of it.
It is so true that in places of worship there is an overwhelming quietness that always sends waves of serenity and peace to our inner souls.
It sounds interesting the theory and the reasons for the long minarets and steeples ad their heights. Actually it is a kind of strange to me. I have read a little and found out about the real functions of the Minarets in Mosques.
They are innovations that are meant to be ‘vintage points’ used before the existence of microphones to issue the calls for prayers. So they were meant to be so high so that the call for prayers could reach out to the largest number of people.
Of course afterwards they became to be architectural features and parts of the aesthetic constructions of the mosque.
They are also meant to identify the places of prayers and to indicate the presence of a mosque or a church in this or that neighborhood. Besides, they helped in air conditioning the mosque and being a natural ‘ventilation’ to it since it allows the entrance and exit of air through it to the building.
It is heartbreaking to read about those unfortunate children and their sufferings. Without doubt there is a kind of wisdom in creating them that might be hidden to us. But indeed as human beings we feel for our fellow humans and it such a great and noble deed to try and alleviate their sufferings and miseries. It must have been such a hard experience for you Mr. B, and you are so true that seeing the pain and suffering of other less fortunate and inflicted people makes us reflect on our own conditions and be grateful and content with that have.
Iam glad you had wonderful and exciting time at the Muscat International Film festival. “Khuda Gawah’ is one of your many beautiful movies and I just love it.
Enjoy your stay in beautiful and serene Muscat…and many congratulations for the Life Time Achievement award to be conferred upon you.
Goodnight my dear..and enjoy the sweetest of dreams..
With lots of love to you…
Rasha Zayed,
BigB yahoo group,
& BigB facebook group,
Cairo, Egypt.
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माननीय श्री अमिताभ जी
” पा ” फिल्म को गुजरात में ‘ कर माफ़ी ‘ दी गयी है तो आप की और से भी गुजरात के छोटे छोटे १२ साल की निचे की आयु वाले बच्चो को समूर्ण फ्री में फिल्म दिखानी चाहिए …अगर परेंट्स फिल्म देखने के लिए टिकिट खर्च कर के आते है …तो उनके १२ साल से कम आयु वाले बालक को आप मुफ्त में टिकिट नहीं ऑफर कर सकते ? जब की फिल्म को सरकार ने कर मुक्ति दी है… सायद किस भी फिल्म वालो ने यह सोचा नहीं है …अगर आप पहल करते है तो इतिहास बनेगा
माननीय श्री अमिताभ जी
बहुत दिनी से आप का यह ब्लॉग देख रहा हू साथ में सब लिखने वालो की आपके प्रति चाह और पागलपन दोनों देख रहा हू ..साथ में उनको लोगो का मानसिक स्तर ..मानवता के बारे में लोगो की परिपक्वता ….जिंदगी के बारे दूसरों के बारे सोचने का नजरिया …वोह सब भी देख रहा हू ..लखनौ के नवाब याद आ जाते है ..वोह सब आपको भगवान मान रहे है …..इनको ज्ञान नहीं है की एक महानायक भी इंसान भी होता है …एईसी परिस्थिति में आप की जवाबदेही बहुत बढ़ जाती है ..मेरी कमेन्ट ६९० दिन में पहली ही थी और उसके बाद में और 351 कोमेंट है मगर एक भी कोमेंट करने वाले ने मेरी कोमेंट्स साथ में या तो विरुध्ध में नहीं लिखा !! यह आजकी वर्तमान युवा पीढ़ी की मानसिकता है …..इसी तरह ही आप श्री भारत के बच्चो को ‘पा ‘ दिखायेंगे तो सायद आने वाली युवा पीढ़ी खुसामदी और स्व केंद्रित मानसिकता से बचे रहे …साथ में वर्तमान समाज में भी एक उदहारण मिले की फिल्म वाले लोग समाज में से मनोरंजन कर के भावना ओ साथ (अच्छी या बुरी ) परदे पर खेल के सिर्फ धन बटोर ने का कार्य नहीं करते पर वह धन का उपयोग अपनी लालसा ओ पूरी कर ने और छबि सवार ने के साथ साथ समाज के उपयोग में भी कर सकते है …दुखी और पीड़ित समाज को सिर्फ फ़िल्मी परदे पर स्वर्ग का छलावा नहीं दिखाके सपनो की दुनिया में नहीं ले जाते ..पर ..हकीकत में भी समाज को कुछ वापिस भी देते है ….समाज के लिए कुछ खोना चाहते है ….मेरा यह लिखने मकसद… कोई किसी भी को भी भगवान की संपूर्ण कृपा मिलती है तो मुजे बहुत आनंद होता है ….साथ साथ में कृपा पानेवाला भगवान की इच्छा को भूल जाता है या तो इच्छा को समज नहीं पाता तो दुःख भी होता है … बस वोही ….Al Bustan Palace Intercontinental Hotel में आप के ४ दिन रहने के लिए जितना खर्च हुआ होगा इतने में ही भारत में किसी गरीब १० परिवारों का पूरा एक साल कट सकता…यह किस्मत है या कला ?…. मधुशाला में बैठ के पीनेवालो को देखता रहता हू और यही सोचता रहता हू !……..कभी तो मधुशाला रहस्य - सत्य पिलाएगी ..उगलेगी…..जरूर मधुशाला को सत्राह और सत्तर का फर्क पता होगा …..
iam sorry Mr. B.. i meant to say in my previous comment we learn to be grateful and content with what we have.
please pardon me for the mistake..
love,
Rasha Zayed.
Dear Amitji
Congratulation..Beautiful snaps,reading your blog everyday, make us feel like we are right there with you.
love always varsha.
Glad to know you are liking our beautiful city and the you have experienced the love of the Omani’s -Did you know that most of them know hindi and speak it so fluently that it puts many of us to shame.
Guess you are too busy to invite a few of you EF’s to see you- maybe just 5 min.
Do enjoy your stay in muscat
Dear Amitabh Bachchan,
What a beauty is your post today ! Harmony sounds in your words …
Starting with your wonderful photography. Your sense of composition is superb !
So is the content of the images. Such clean lines … Arabic calligraphy with all the colors and I believe the deep meaning of the words written, is so unique.
The chandeliers on the last picture look like they are hovering in the air… : )
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I liked your thoughts about the places of worship..
They do leave us in silence and awe and connect us with the Almighty.
They also reflect human inspiration ans effort of the highest degree so reverently dedicated to the divine.
Universe seems to be as large as infinite, and extraterrestrials could very possibly exist somewhere out there in its vastness and the unknown and our planet could be ‘visited’.
And there is still ‘enough space’ for God : ) - the invisible supreme spiritual power and intellect - the Creator of it all .. Our heart is a true sanctum sanctorum where He dwells, and it is the place of worship ever present with us ..
Outer Space is so ultimately beautiful and of such grandeur.
The latest science gives a true feeling of the material reality of it..
I never posted a link before, so as I try now in hopes it will work..
Here is an image by Hubble telescope of the Helix Nebula known as Eye of God -
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/skyimage_2096_49346150
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I revere your charitable and compassionate thoughts on your visit to the place with challenged children -
”Spending time with little ones inflicted with cerebral palsy, brain damages and seeing the efforts being made by these group of dedicated men and women to bring some semblance of existence for these children, made you respect with the deepest of regard the temples of prayer, the places of connection with the Almighty that I had just visited in absolute awe.”
As it left you with the question ( maybe rhetorical ) - “Why did the Maker make them the way they were ? What fault of theirs to bring them in this world in such conditions ?”
Though it is most painful question with no certain answer, we are here, to live in this world as we find it.. And ‘practicing’ life, practicing goodness and mercy we bring them into existence here and we make this world a better place..
You are one of such human beings, who makes this world a better place - with your gift of beauty and work, with your writings and with your mercy …
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Congratulations on your recognition at the Muscat International Film Festival !
I loved the last paragraph about documentary made by Omani film students very much,
I have yet to see your “Khuda Gawah” though : )
And your finishing line today is so beautiful and unique too ..
May God bless you and all.
My love and prayers.
Tatiana S. USA
Mr. Bacchan,
Do you regret the slogans you hailed on Doordarshan during 84 riots? A yes or no would suffise. I need to know.
My peak experience was with Gothic cathedrals in Europe…and the soaring lines do lift one’s vision upward…Rochelle @ 80, that was an interesing observation about synagogues that I didn’t know. It made me think of the fact that classic Greek temples didn’t have steeples or towers either, e.g., the Parthenon. Maybe the Greeks were more down to earth? They certainly didn’t scorn the human body the way medieval Christians did, but glorified it.
I prefer the Greeks, with all their beautiful statues.
It took the renaissance for masterpieces like Michelangelo’s David to bring that kind of glory to rebirth in the Europe.
Thanks for posting all the wonderful pictures the last two days, Amitabhji. And I hope you find a way to have some fun tomorrow. I think be glorified must be quite taxing.
Tip top of the morning to one and all in the east…
Love,
Phyllis
being glorified
of course
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Dear Amitabh,
I’m a huge admirer of yours and a huge music fanatic. I am currently 19 years old and a huge fan of Hindi music. I have been waiting since I was 6 years old to hear the songs from Gayak (1996) that Big B cassetes had the rights to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMaYpHrgZ9o a youtube petition
Please Big B, it is my dream to hear these songs in full and I have been praying/hoping for over 13 years for these songs and with no such luck or info!
Please Please listen to my plea and somehow get these songs to my heart just like your movies have filled a huge void in my life with gems like KKKG and Black. Itunes, youtube, online radio, tapes whichever format but please I can’t stand the wait. =[
my email is ishqvishk@gmail.com
Please don’t ignore this! =[=[
Your one of the most powerful figures in bollywood, only you can make it happen . PLEASE please please pleasee
- Priya
dear amitabh — hey they will be showing your movie sharabi on tv march 15 —the preview showed you dancing –the longest legs -lanky ,muscular,endless ,go so well with the most gorgeous male on this earth .you are mentioned everywhere you know , all complimentary about you . if i were you i would have a swelled head by now .but you just take it in stride - humble and down to earth -good for you –until later — jackie
Hello Amitji,
Greetings.
Thank you for sharing the truly delightful pictures with EF. The pictures are very clear and makes me want to go visit Muscat. Congratulations on the award bestowed on you for your hard work and dedication to cinema.
Have a wonderful day. Take care. Lots n lots of love and a bear hug only for you.
Muuuuuuaaaaaaahhhhh.
Zeta
Wow this hotel is paradise and bedroom and bathroom .,,lovely .
When I saw .. shashi kapoor in filmfare , i was very disturbed and immediately checked on wiki that what is his age…then i found that he is 71 or 72.
I dont know , he was looking soo fragile ,, from his face he seems to be very nice ,man and one of my favorite.
I dont know , but i want to know , why he has become like this , that he has no interest in life .
Please sir help him if you can, what has happened to him..
Do take care , while you return home ,but hotel is too good.
Love,
Arpita
Another powerful blog by you, with well combined beautiful pictures, thank you for sharing!! You are so good!!! Love you!!!
Respected Amitji,
Thanks for sharing those awesome pics!!!! Ofcourse your description does full justice to this vastly made monument. Every detail is astounding! So sweet of u to remember each and every detail and sharing it with us.
sirji.. i join you with the prayers to all the unfortunate ones.. ‘ Let us willingly do for others without seeking something in return and let us extend our hand and touch those that may never have the capacity to reach out and hold it.’.
I am glad that u enjoyed the opening of the film festival. ‘Khuda Gawah’ was one of the most wonderful movies with two powerful actors on the lead. I remember watching this movie with all of my cousins around 15 of us sitting in the very first row at Cauvery theatre. Those days night shows were at 9.30 pm. I remember seeing u from one end of the screen to other, especially the close up shots, it was as if watching a tennis match. Everything was royal in that movie! The language, the attitude, the love !!!
Sirji, giving a particular shape to place of worship ofcourse has a significance else we find everything the same, a house, a toilet, a conference room, a tennis court. As each one has a particular shape, even places of worship too has a shape. But i am not sure should it be so massive!! Well i guess the royal family has to think everything in a royal way.
Have a great day ahead. Hosake tho please share the fotos of the award ceremony sirji????
Here, i catch ur love from Oman and send u more,
archana(bangalore)
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Babuji Pranam,
Cogratulation on one more LTAW…
How one can obtain the rights for the poem written by respected poet Shri Hariwanshrai Bachchan?
Warm Regards,
Tushar
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Respected AB,
My husband, my 3 year old son and myself waited for 3 hours in the lobby of Al Bustan Palace hotel, last evening just to catch a glimpse of our God, and thats YOU. But all in vain.
May you shine brighter than the brightest of all stars.
Regards,
Rajini
I have yet to read the post as it is too long but will say:
As you people(including Shobhaa de) are lucky to have special blessings from God to travel all around the world, I guess you can hire a writer to travel with you to write about the places such as cities/towns you visit along with photographs and share with the world. This way you people can contribute a lot towards tourism.
Think about it.
LTAW…
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photo hamko chahiye aapki
LTAW lete huye !
please ek pic dikhaiyega !
tv per der se aata hai ..iss liye
ANd all the best for evrything ….. At ” LTAW ”
ya pir aap ko milgaya aaj ..
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Dear members of the FmXt,
I have a good news to share.
As an avid fan of AB since last 30 years, I was there with him all the time…mentally offcourse….when he scored Jubilees one after another…..
I was there to watch his all hits and not so hits on first day first shows…
I was there to watch his every episode when when he took over the task of TV anchoring……
I was there when he opened his blog from the day one….
I was there when he wrote about his globe trotting….
But my dear friends, Last evening…
HE WAS WITH ME……
I had a privilege of meeting AB in person! ‘Yaachi Deehi Yaachi Dola’ as we say in Marathi….. It was a great experience…..
Thanks AB for sharing few monents with me, these are enough for me to get going for rest of my life!
Thanks for accepting my small piece of art, and writing fond words on it….
With Best Regards,
Sachin Anil Kelkar
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman
Sirji
I relocated back from Muscat to Hyderabad last December after spending almost an year there. Good that you visited Muscat this month when the weather is still pleasant and not harsh. Glad to know that you visited the Grand Mosque too during your stay there. I used to live pretty close to that Mosque.
About Shashi Kapoor, I am sure almost everyone would have shed a tear or two seeing him on the podium on that Filmfare night. May the almighty give him long and healthy life.
Congrats Sachin !!
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Hello Manishji & Jyotiji (57@Manish Parmar)
Many Many Congratulation On the Birth of your Son.
Regards
Rupam from Assam
Dear Amitji,
Thank you for making the small beautiful Oman, more beautiful with your words of praise and those wonderful pictures. For us living in Muscat for so many years, your description of Muscat has made it even better.
Thank you Boss!!
Congratulations, Have a great trip back.
Bye and take care.
Hari
Hi Manish and Jyoti Parmar …congratulations!! I am really happy for you.
Bunty
Respected Sir,
Good morning.
How are you? Beautiful photographs thanks for upload.
Please Take Care.
Love & Regards
Rupam from Assam
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Dear Amitji,
Nice to see you in Muscat and your take on Grand mosque and Al-Bustan palace hotel. I have got many calls since yesterday from Omanis to meet you. You are very very loved and adored here.
Lots of love and regards,
Dr Samir Shah
Muscat, Oman
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You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.
Not only Oman has used stone from India for building - a former boyfriend of mine is an architect in Berlin and has designed the Indian Embassy there. He imported beautiful warm red sandstone from India for its facade.
http://berlin.barwick.de/information/embassies/indian-embassy.html
Good Morning Sir,
Such magnificent architecture,surely a treat to watch such a fine sculpture.
..love ..sumit
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Sirji..this is the Mosque which I saw building from the scratch as my office was adjacent to this Grand Mosque on the highway itself if you are coming from Ruwi side(Bahwan Engineering Company [BEC] ). Yes you rightly said about the Carpet which is single Carpet in the main prayer hall. On 6th June’2007 when flash flood Gonu entered Muscat it created havoc and not spared even Grand Mosque. The carpet which you have seen is the 2nd one coz first one was completely devastated in the flood.
If you get time you must Visit Shri Krishna Temple in darsait and Lord Shiva temple in Old Muscat. These are the 2 Temples in the entire gulf who having their own structures. Credit goes to Ruler Sultan Qaboos who respect all the religion and allowed Temples to be built on his soil. As per my knowledge these are only 2 Temples who having their own structure in entire gulf.
Wishing you a great day and congratulations in advance for getting LTA award.
With love and warm regards,
Manoj Kumar Ojha
Dear Sir
Beautiful photographs..Enjoy your stay at Oman
Thanks & regards
Dear Mr. Bachhan,
You are truly blessed.Travel intriuges me even more
and it seems I an being teased.I always wish you the
BEST.
Bless you and yours,
Nina.
Dear Amitji,
What a description of that unusual mosque and other grand buildings in Muscat. Your description of the whole thing becomes vivid pictures in our brains and we get engrossed over the description made by you.
Take care and wish you all the best for LTA award.
When can I meet you in your office ????
Best Regards
Sadasivan
Respected Sir & Abhayaji, Anamika (from dubai), MANOJ ji(MANOJ KUMAR OJHA), Manish (Manish Parma UK) Satyam, Rochelle, Valorie Adams ,Jasmine Jaywant, New Jersey,Jasmine of London, Aishwarya, TVM., Shankar-Abu Dhabi , Sharmila, Mousumi, Ramanathan, Saroj, Angel, Fan from Toronto, Carola, Kashmira Grewal, Archana(Bengaluru), Sanjith, S kh from USA, Devkishin Vyas, Lakshmi Jag, Zainab, Mario, Kishore UK, Anat Magen, Pratik Rana, Kalpana Kakad,AMITABH ZIBBU, Rajiv G, G.A.Patel,Renate, Saratchandra, Deepak T,Vipin Sharma,Sunita ……………all FmXT family members
Hello to all. Hope all of you are well.I am well here.I want share few photographs of Cherrapunjee of Meghalaya
“A journey to the hilly world” http://ow.ly/1jLp0
Regards
Rupam from Assam
My dearest one, my precious.. Wonderful and fine photos!!. You are magnificent in your thoughts and statements and I am given by huge pleasure listen to music of surprising word-combinations.. Unfortunately I do not own all knowledge of English language, my knowledge are rather modest and even less that, but I do transfers and I try to take greatest of written by you… The tremendous description of a temple, a mention of children to which the destiny has thrown down a challenge…. So all is close to me it, my dear… You understand, about what I and whom I have in view of.. Road to God and a prayer.. And it perhaps unique rescue for these children..and is our love and understanding…
I love your words, dear Amitji :
“Let us then be happy and content with what was given and ordained for us. Let us use this gift of ours to good cause and benefit for others. Let us not gloat in our good fortune and blinker ourselves from the unfortunate conditions of the less fortunate. Let us willingly do for others without seeking something in return and let us extend our hand and touch those that may never have the capacity to reach out and hold it. So help me God!! Inshallah!!”
Blessing of God to you, my sun ! Allow me to embrace you and warmly to shake your beautiful hand.. You are beautiful in all my dear…
Congratulations on the Lifetime Achievement Award and the warmest wishes and embraces to you.. Care of itself please, my prayers and huge love always with you.. and for ever.. Yours devoted and loving Lyudmila..
Dearest Muse,
Your magnificence has inspired me once again…and apparently you’ve inspired
Phyllis tonight as well (Ref: # 86, 87, 90, 101/102, 111, 126/127)
She’s requested a poem to honour your cheekbones…and this is what I’ve been able to come up with…no pressure…no…pressure…at…all…
“DIVINE ARCHITECTURE” by Valorie Adams
We’ve all seen God’s majesty through His creations here on Earth ~
Whether it be mountains, oceans, trees or twinkling stars…
But there’s one fine example of God’s “Divine Architecture”
That outshines all the rest of these by far.
Those luscious long legs are quite simply awe-inspiring ~
Those lovely hands are most definitely works of art…
Those shoulders go on forever, of that chest I cannot speak ~
Ahhh, the mere thought of those lips breaks my heart.
When I hear that voice speak softly, it’s like the wind through the trees ~
It surrounds me and it consumes my soul complete.
If only I could gaze into those eyes just…one…time…
I would leave a gentle kiss upon that cheek.
It’s you I speak of, Mr. Bachchan, I am such a foolish dreamer ~
Sadly, I might never even get to where you are…
So like all the rest of God’s most “Divine Architecture” ~
I’m left to gaze upon your beauty from afar.
TAAAAA DAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Omigosh, that was so much FUN! I wish you could hear how my heart pounds just before I push that ‘Submit Comment’ button…it’s an amazing feeling.
You inspire me in ways that I did not even know were possible, Mr. Bachchan…
I love you so.
Dear Sir,
It gave me great pleasure to read your take on this wonderful beautiful country. In your brief visit here you may have seen very little of this place but I assure you that people who come to Oman are always smitten by the beauty and serenety of this place regardless of the tenure of the stay.
Not only the place but the people of this country are remarkable, such refinement, culture and etiquette are scarcely found nowadays. Now that you have seen this place you may appreciate a poem I written dedicated to the beauty and spirit of Oman.
http://myterms.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/oman-as-seen-by-me/
or
http://blogs.bigadda.com/aja3447310/category/art-literature/
It would give me great pleasure if you could let me know if I did justice to this country or not.
My only regret remains that I was not able to meet you in spite of your coming to Muscat. A classic case of so close yet so far…
Regards
Ajay K Yadavalli
Muscat
Respected Amitji.
Namaste.
Thankyou for the lovely pics with vivid description in your inimitable style..
It really seems like ‘Sanjay Uvaach’.. We are truly honoured to visit all these places with you, be with you..
Heartiest Congratulations for LTA.. Prayers for everything.. neelaxmi
Hey Renate, there’s warm red sandstone and then there’s cool blue…
THE classic:
http://bollywoodpictures.blog.co.in/files/2009/02/amitabh-bachchan.jpg
best stubble photo ever
ASalaam Aleikum Mr Bachchan,
On behalf of my family and all Omani, we welcome you to the Sultanate of Oman and we wish you a very pleasant stay in Muscat. May God bring you good health, happiness and prosperity to you and all your family.
Suleman Al Harthy
Muscat - Sultanate of Oman
dear Amitji
What a beautiful Sunday morning the first day of the week
Have a lovely week everyone, I opened the day with songs and dancing and singing when you’re such a good way to start the day.
I love beauty and special charm construction photography.
No doubt construction partners did so with great love
How fun seeing the world and experience cultures and more fun to see them through your eyes
Love you today more than yesterday
Yours always and forever
miri
Dear Sir,
It gave me great pleasure to read your take on this wonderful beautiful country. In your brief visit here you may have seen very little of this place but I assure you that people who come to Oman are always smitten by the beauty and serenety of this place regardless of the tenure of the stay.
Not only the place but the people of this country are remarkable, such refinement, culture and etiquette are scarcely found nowadays. Now that you have seen this place you may appreciate a poem I written dedicated to the beauty and spirit of Oman.
http://myterms.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/oman-as-seen-by-me/
OMAN
Emerald waters cool and soothe, the sun scorched sands on the shore,
While sea-gulls in their quest for fish, keen eyed, they swoop and soar,
Craggy knolls seem to rear their heads, challenging the cerulean skies,
Massive mounds of russet stone, like bronzed Goliaths in their guise
The golden orb like a boat sets sail, in a sky of cloudy waves,
Till parched and spent, a wet torrent, is what the baked earth craves,
Dusty wadis speckled with leaves, snake through the city in wait,
Till soothing, quenching, showers paint, the land in myriad shades
Azure pools, like the stone of Lazhward, mirror the dappled sky
As cloudy specks in cotton like flecks, soar languidly by
Jade green foliage flirts with the breeze, bordering the ribbon like roads
Where iron steeds at supernal speeds, transport their human loads.
Burnished marble gleams in the day, framing the royal crest
Crimson sun sets fire to the sky, while descending in the west
Age old charming structures stand, Silhouetted tall, proud, unmarred,
The majestic lines of the minarets merge, with the chrome and glass facade
The city is garbed in cream and white, as far as the eyes perceive
Where glorious tradition and modern thought, merge in a flawless weave,
Tranquil and Serene, of harmonious mien, so resplendent this land,
Each hue so fine, from a Palette divine, painted by Gods own hand.
8 August 2009
Muscat -Oman
It would give me great pleasure if you could let me know if I did justice to this country or not.
My only regret remains that I was not able to meet you in spite of your coming to Muscat. A classic case of so close yet so far…
Regards
Ajay K Yadavalli
Muscat
Dear Amit ji, Thank you so much for posting these wonderful pics.
Have a safe journey back home.
Regards
Dear Sir
Thanks for photos.
Do take care of yourself.
Regards
Gaurav Srivastava
Hi Sir,
These are some great pictures that you were able to capture. You can imagine though, as you have mentioned, that to view the immense architectural structures and their beauty in reality is an altogether different experience. To take in its creativity in real would do justice to such creations. Places of worship do leave you in awe and silence as they are created with such antique for the Almighty. An interesting answer from your colleague on the reason for having domes, minarets, and church steeples. Another perspective could also be that they were created so as to stand as a unique sign to observers that these are places of worships. The greatest deed is to always be the individual to extend the hand of hope and generosity. It has the capability to bring about change in a meaningful way.
Regards and Love,
S
Dear Manish Parmar, Jyoti and Lil Dhiya,
Heartiest Congratulations on the arrival of junior Parmar.
May God bless him. I am soooo happy for you.
Give my love and good wishes to dear Jyoti.
Sir,
Most of the mosques in middle east are beautifully build and richly ornamented in form of expensive carpets and chandeliers. Unlike middle-east, the mosques in Southeast Asia are struggling for basic necessities like wall painting, clean water and proper toilets.
I am particularly concerned about mismanagement of famous ancient temples in India (except Tirupati).A lot needs to be done for general upkeep and crowd management in these temples. It is not on any government or any political outfits agenda so far.
Regards,
Anand
Mr. B, have had the good fortune of visiting one of the most famous Glass art works factory in Venice, The Murano Glass Works, there they show u live demos of glass being blown out into any shape and size one desires and in different hues too ,oh it was fascinating, as it is supposed to be a centre for retailing one of the most expensive glass wares in the world.I wouldn’t be surprised if those that i saw today could also be a by product from there.I remember buying a small blue swan for just $35 after much haggling but that fellow refused to budge a cent less.
Amitabh Jee,your kind feelings and a helping hand to the needy millions of suffering children and to bring this sense of humane cause is worth appreciable.Where we have steeples of huge minarrets piercing the skies ,it reminds us the GOD is nature and men have tried to pierce the nature with contemt and not delivering the prvisons to the men in suffering in a graceful way.The huge constructions have no use for the socially/mentally/economically deprived people and this creates a turf of war between different sections of society and you know that a man is the true representative of nature[GOD] and thus the hungry /crippled/unfortunates have a priority over the need of such sky piercing minaretts.So GOD has been devallued by these aspirants of mundane arts and crafts -whatsoever they may be.We are in dire need of hospitals/educational-temples/workable vocations for every sort of men.You enthused me to think and gave me to put my view on the soul searching subject.Thanks.
Interesting places you visit there Sir, only in books and magazines do most get to see only a picture without ever getting to experience having their breath taken away. the sky is so blue, the grass green . and the place is well cared for. I am truly amazed by that part of the world. Wouldnt mind if space travel could transport me there and back..not sure 22 hours on a plane is fun..but nevertheless the pictures and descriptions are spectacular.
G8…
Khudha Gawah still gives goosebumps to all of your fans…Superb Films..and The scene you mentioned is outstanding…
pranam Amitji
beautiful pics…
enjoy oman
love u
NDH
Perchance read a response by one of the FMXT, who put opulence and vulgarity on the same plane. Shocked by the remark, am putting the dictionary definition below
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op·u·lence (py-lns) also op·u·len·cy (-ln-s)n.
1. Wealth; affluence.
2. Great abundance; profusion.
—————————————————————affluence has finesse too…and it can be a vulgar display too—-that is in the eyes of the beholder
But “opulence” has a clear definition !!!!
Best wishes
Hi Amith Sir,
I am a great fan of you. And I am submitting the comment for the first time. Pictures which were uploaded by are awesome sir…
Regards,
Rajee
respected amit ji…..
once again great pics…..great site seeing….
ur not only great a ctor but also great human being….we all know how well ur connected with charity works and welfare of needy people….wish all velebrities are like u ….god made some people celebrities so that theyc an help otehrs using their effect influence and charm….
u have succedded in accomplishing that…..when u speak about pulse polio lakhs of families get up and get the job done….
wish u success always but please give some rest to ur body ……every thing should be done according to age and it shows later some time how bad effect strain pressure and hard work can have on human bodies…..
heres beautiful quote for u sir ji….
Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express. ~Joseph Addison
once again hope u love my quotes i collect specially for u from heart….
i love my son a lot and hope you can once meet him to shower ur blessings on him….
for us the moments would be the best among ones to cherish….
thanx regards amit ji
cool_seasons@rediffmail.com
94657-72440
dear amitji,
greetings,
great pictures and wonderful descriptions by u as usual, hope u have a great time at the LTA today , have a safe passage home, take care, best wishes to the EF
regds
Dear God,
a wonderful article. One of the best in recent times. Lovely and awe inspiring photographs. What do i say to this article, i am right now in conversation to my GOD, YOU
Gratefully
Rajib Mitra
mitrarajib11@yahoo.com
the mast and dhinchak pics…..!!!!
but inme ek kami hai it sdhould be clicked with u taaki sabko ye confirm ho jaye ki india is also having a grand personality like u unmeasurable, unmatchable….most valuable…!
please please one request 4m me and most probably by everyone to see u with these pictures…
kindly fulfill the request sir…
lods of luv….
take care…!!
# 57 : Manish bhai its really great to hear that now you are a proud dad of your 2nd Child. My heartiest Congratulations to you and your wife Jyoti.(By the way my own Bhabhi’s name too is Jyoti..:) )
Take care of new born and your wife. God keep his blessings always with you.
Regards,
Manoj Kumar Ojha
Dear Sir..
you are enjoying the great city “Oman and Muscat ” after visit this visuals i want to do criticizm on this artistic city…ha
with out the colour of INDIA any city can’t get the real and pure art asthetic sence its a real truth of world art.
i visit the ” white marble” of Rajasthan its from distic “MAKARAN” Rajasthan. in a world “7″ wonder the Taj Mahal is a real example .the architect design of MUGAL style and thats presentation art medium is “white marble “from “MAKARANA”Rajasthan.actually it was a presentation of two cultural art by a one great and a big art work ,its giving a message live in uniti then we can get a real asthatical culture ,we are not complite in alone ..
when i went to Taj Mahal visit as a artist then i were think on taj .how to white marble come at here…? after know the information of transport of “white marble “.the Elephant were transport the “white marble ” from rajathan for TAJ MAHAL.when i was visiting the market and i saw a Elephant in a show room in “white marble “.. ha i were buy a one small Elephant for my art history…ha ..ha.
here i was very busy yesterday for my recent art work promotion by myself on online. i were search some art centers and press of America and then i were posted my resent art work images the portrait of President of America Mr. Barach Obama.
and on facebook i have join some art center as a fan and i did update my art work image on thats fan page of . some art centers name i want to share with you on your canvas.
1.Salt Lake City Weekly.
2.Farnsworth Art Museum.
3.AIGA | the professional association for design. · Comment ·LikeUnlike
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4.National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
5.National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
6.Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture
7.Asian American Arts Centre
8.AmericanStyle magazine:
and etc..
regards
yogendra kumar purohit
M.F.A.
BIKANER,INDIA
yogendrapurohit@yahoo.com
Dearest Amitabhji,
I was in Muscat(Al Wattayah(office)/Al Wadikabir(residence)) from 1988 to 1994 employed with SSB(now BAC) who have their showrooms / workshops / offices / staff accomodations all over Sultanate of Oman. This organisation undoubtly attracting large no. of employees, big no. from India at all section of the ladder of organisation chart. And to talk about the country, I can happily say it is indeed wonderful piece of paradise of the gulf. Daily 5am swim on the Qantab beach , can call it a 7 star swimming pool with crystal clear and still water and the weekends is all happy memories to stay forever.
May the heights & structures of place of worship reach the heavens and alongwith it may also the hearts desires of humans to live in love, peace and harmony move towards the heavens too.
May we always live in contentment , after all we actually just require a piece of bread, a pair of clothes, a roof for shelther. All extra is offcourse for all the hardwork , knowledge we are blessed with, but may we learn to share that extra more with others than with just ourselves. At every moment of our lives , yes we always have been given so much by the creator and we should always say BIG THANK YOU GOD FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS YOU POURED ONTO ME without my asking, without my deserving.
You , our truly, are doing and moving in the right direction with concern, respect, love for many. Thank you for your thoughts.
Love
Mario
Somehow I’m in love with that quietude that you wrote about in this post of yours.
I feel that quietude when I hear Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan singing
‘Ye Zameen Jab Na Thi ..
Ye Jahan Jab Na Tha..
Chand Suraj Na The ..
Aasmaa Jab Na Tha..
Raaz-e-Haq Bhi Kisi Par Ayaan Jab Na Tha ..
Tab Na Tha Kuch Yahan Magar Tha Bas Tu Hi Tu ..’
or when Shreya Ghosal sings Manmohana ..
‘Mein Hun Tumhari Hai Tumhara Ye Mera Jeevan ..’
Sometimes I ask myself, who I am .. A human being, a woman .. a wife .. a daughter .. a sister .. but still who ..
I realize whenever I feel that connection with the omnipresent, my questions lose their existence.. what remains is that familiar quietude .. ! Loved this post of yours ..!
dear amitabh bigb,
Good morning to you dear lover,
How are you today?
I am very excited that you receive a lifetime achievement award,
It just belongs to you !!!!!!!!!!
Love you to no end - forever and ever,
Sima Fadida - Israel.
my dearst Amitabh..
good morning my darling..how are you today?
i hope you take enough rest and you enjoy your time there…
i looked at the pics again and they are just beutifull….how could they do this back in the old days,ha????truly amazing to even think about it….back than they didnt have the tools to build those kind of structurs as we have now days, but they did it the best way and i think that even now days we dont realy know how they did it..and i belive we will never know…but i have now to agree with my dear Phyllis and my sweet Valorie sunshine that i prefer your “DIVINE ARCHITECTURE” over any architecture any time….you are Gods creation …and thank God Allmighty for that…
love you my darling..have a wonderfull day ahead..enjoy your day and tonight…all the best for the awards….you deserve every one of them and may it not be the last one..with Gods help….
love you my darling….wish you all the best…
take care my dear…
yours for ever..
anat magen here in israel….
Dear amitji
Good morning ☼
How are you ?
Have a great day (:
Love you♥
MY DEAR MANISH AND DEARST JYOTI…
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 2ND BABY…
MAY HE LIVE LONG HEALTHY HAPPY PROSPERUSE LIFE …..
may you know only good things about him and may you know only happy days with him…..
i am happy for you…
i am happy to know that both Jyoti and your new baby are all right and safe…
so he didnt even cry ha???its good….he is a brave lil baby boy…
happy for you….
love …
your EF..
anat magen here in israel….
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“The Roots of Violence:
Wealth without work,
Pleasure without conscience,
Knowledge without character,
Commerce without morality,
Science without humanity,
Worship without sacrifice,
Politics without principles.”
Mohandas K. Gandhi
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Thank you Sir, for sharing beautiful photographs of the holy and scenic places you visited.
Well.., now I’m thinking of how to address u.
u are my most favourite actor,
Any way.., Amit ji
this is the first time I stepped into ur blog..
Awesome…!
Great post, nice pictures.
I will be a regular reader of this blog, here after.
HI DEAR,
HOW ARE YOU.
TODAY IAM WRITING YOU WITH ONE REQUEST THAT IS, TOMORROW 15TH OF MARCH IS MY WIFE SAMPA’S BIRTH DAY, IF U PLEASE WISH HER THAT WILL BE THE GREATEST GIFT FOR HER. SHE IS YOUR FAN FROM 3 YEARS OF HER AGE.
AND SHE READ YOUR BLOG EVERYDAY.SIR PLEASE WISH HER.
BEST WISHES FOR YOU AND EVERYONE IN YOUR FAMILY.
TAKE CARE.
BYE.
SOMU FROM BBSR.
Dear Amitji,
I thought you would visit the temples in Muscat too… (No religious slant intented).
Rgds
Pradeep
Heyy Manish Bhai,
What a good news you have given, i am very happy for you and Jyoti bhabhi to have another baby…..Dhiya must be so happy to see her brother….how old is she now??? She must be able to understand i feel, she’ll now become more responsible and take care of her bro, i can say thi because i used to take care of my bro a lot, even of his studies later on….
Congratulations…
Love and Regards,
Vandana Bhatt, Dubai, UAE
hello bachan sir Namasthe Jeeee
Have a nice day……
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have a nice day………….
Hello Sir,
Good Morning, Hope you are enjoying Muscat…Thanks for sharing these pictures, i have not seen this mosque and also not the one in Abu Dhabi. Will plan to go to Muscat in April when my son has school holidays…..
All the best for the LTA, many more to come..
Love and Regards,
Vandana Bhatt, Dubai, UAE
hiii!
im frm jalandhar
tis is my 1st comment 4 u……..
u r jst lik god father 4 me ……..
i admire u vei much nd i hope that u visi our town someday…….
@)-v.
Dear Amitji ! Thank you for the great pictures!
How do you spend the day?
Let the sun light up your love and heart will flow extraordinary happiness!
Good day to you and the mood!
Always yours!Tatiana.
It’s 3:30 AM Eastern Daylight time and in all the hassles of my trying to get home from Manhattan tonight, I forgot about the time change until I saw it on my computer. I was hoping to catch a Dilip Kumar film, ‘Karma’ on ZeeTV but I’m too late.
The wind and rain storm played havoc with my subway line because trees were on the tracks. I had to take another train to Coney Island and walk back at this ungodly hour.(maybe atheists say ‘un-ungodly hour’)
But it was worth it to see the great band The Blasters with Phil Alvin’s magical lead voice. I’ve been seeing them play since 1981 when an unknown Dwight Yoakam opened up for them.
It was at a place called The Winery and almost the entire night I was the only one dancing. Everyone else, mostly yuppies, just sat at their tables with their wine glasses and didn’t move. I’m not used to seeing bands this way. New York used to be cool. The good old days!
I can’t imagine a chandelier being 4 floors in height. I live on the fifth floor and if I looked out my window onto the top of a chandelier, I would check myself into some hospital for tests.
I hope you are enjoying your last day of serene beauty and another LTA.
Love,
Rochelle
The Blasters:
http://bigb.bigadda.com/?p=4787#comment-792172
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByOUeb5p22o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTerVvPqN1Y
Sorry- I copied the wrong thing for the first Blasters song. I meant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIF0_EaXRJg
Respected Bachchan Saheb,
Good Afternoon!
Sir, from last few years I am making a album for you. Kindly give me your acceptance to send this.
Apke jawab ki Prateeksha mein.
Thanks and regards,
Rajesh Kudiwal
Dear Mr Bachchan,
Very nice to see all the great pictures. Looks like you are having a good time there in Oman. The terrestrial visit part is pretty fascinating. There are something that are mystery and we may never know. Some of the things we can feel. Something happened today I felt the presence of God. Well must write as I felt like it.
I was near this book store , as I was entering inside , saw the bit older man smoking cigerate and looking down and in his own world and thoughts. It was bit cold and I entered inside the store and then something told me to go out. I went out and said “Hello”.
He said “Hello” right back at me. and kept looking down.
“How are you doing ?” Bit cold today isn’t it ? I asked.
“Yah… cold ” he answered.
For a moment I thought he would ask me for some change.
His pant is dirty and I noticed a big hole near his knee. Head is covered and I noticed his white beard. I am thinking is this man hungry. Is he standing hear begging. If he asks money I will give him…I am waiting for him to ask. Don’t want to insult him by offering. I am visiting this bookstore after few years.
Now I notice his hands are inside his pocket, bit cold in this windy and rainy whether. But the smokes from his nose and mouth is still coming out. He is smoking vigourously and like a burning fire. I am looked at him for a couple of moments and no talk. Not sure what to do , I went inside the bookstore.
Now I am glancing through several books, looking through magazines also observing people. Hour and half to Two hours pass by and I feel little hungry and I thought may be I should go home now. As I was descending down the stairs from the second floor of book store a thought came to me, not sure why. May be deep down I am hearing some inner voice….
Ok, now I told myself ” If that guy still there at the same place outside the door when I step out, I will offer him money, even if he doesn’t ask”. Then I steped out and no sign of him. Something bothered me and I said “God if he needs some money, send him over”. Now I am walking out and moving right onto the pavement and I notice the man exactly opposite side the road and walking the other side. Then I slow down a bit and he could have walked the other side. I am sure he didn’t see me its dark. Many people come and go out of the store. To my surprise he is crossing the road and I am feeling God and his presence and infrot of my eyes experiencing. I took a step near a bicycle and he is right infont of me and still not looking at me or asking me money. I took out the bill from my pocket and he takes a look at the amount and says thanks. I said to him “Go and have dinner. You didn’t eat tonight right ?” .
“A little while ago , I talk to you , when you were smoking in front of the store”. He looks at me and say thanks and leaves and leaves me with my thoughts and I am speachless. At that moment I felt the presence of God and how he cross path of people. How he makes people cross path in life. He made sure that this person doesn’t go hungry tonight and I drove miles. I am watching His magnificiance and feeling His presence like I have never felt before. I must say few drop drops of tears. May be it was a test.
As I write now , without my knowledge I am getting emotional and few tears again. Well , I think this my biggest post till date here.
Who was that person ? Was He……
Arun
whats up paaa . politics ma tamara jeva logo nu kam nathi. ane tamari mane sara ma sare film lage hoi to paa and agnipath ame to badhej sare6e.parantu ek picthure ame ave jova mangye 6e ke tema tamaru puru family hoi ane ama vilan no roll amarsing ne apwo thanku
DEAR BIG BABA,
Seems like you are having blast there…….are Abhi, Ash and Jaya-Aunty there with you? Will the be attending the award function?
Enjoy your day…have fun.
love as always,
RANJIT
PART 4
Dear Sir,
let me start a philosophical conversation with you again. Today you touched in your blog such an important and alarming problem as you had visited a charity organization that looked after children that had been mentally challenged. Why do these guiltless children-angel suffer? This question is considered to be “eternal, philosophical and cursed ”. All of us sooner or later start thinking about this fact and suffering from it. Do you remember a philosophically religious talk between Ivan and Alesha Karamazovi in the famous novel written by Dostoevsky? Ivan says that he won’t accept the paradise and the happy future for all humankind if there are tears of at least one crucified child at the bottom of this paradise…
I have been reflecting about this problem for a long time. And I found my own answer. As for me, everything has origins in Platon and Socrat’s matter. Yes-yes! Did you read Platon’s Dialogues concerning great Socrat? Do you know that the Platon’s philosophy starts from the execution of Socrat? Platon was so shocked because of this unfair execution! During suffering from these feelings Platon was born as a philosopher. He discoursed in this way: “If the execution of Socrat is possible in THIS world, consequently, THIS world isn’t perfect. Then there should be ANOTHER world – perfect world – world where the execution of Socrat is impossible”. This explains how he invented his theory of the ideal ideas world.
So happens in our case, too. Dolefuls and sadness are only in this imperfect world but in the ideal world they don’t exist anymore. And as our soul is immortal (deathless) these terrestrial dolefuls (also pleasures) are like a short blink. While Ivan discourses like an atheist, a religious Alesha puts up with the Almighty’s will. Today you showed us “an Alesha’s position”. There is no point in complaining and resenting for the God, we are not able to understand thoroughly all his intentions. But you are right, instead of it we are able to do good and help those who need our aid and support.
There is also another sense of dolefuls. This is a kind of reminding for us, healthy and relatively happy, that we shouldn’t “sleep” and plunge into the condition of satisfied laziness and impassive comfort. Dolefuls of the others make us more humane. Only this fact will help us to develop our best human traits: charity, self’-sacrifice, generosity, largesse and concern. Just try to remember the prince Siddhārtha’s story! When he lived in a luxurious castle and didn’t know anything about dolefuls, diseases and death, he wasn’t a “human” (personality!) in a full sense of this word. Then he knew IT and he became a Buddha, a “enlightened”.
I pointed out that growing up we are loosing the strength of “feelings’ intensity”. We don’t feel joy, love and euphoria so sharply as we did before. Eventually, only one feeling is becoming stronger and sharper – a feeling of compassion, commiseration to another’s misfortune.
Once I read a biography of German poet Rilke. One episode was described there: this happened during the First World War. As you know, Germany lose this war, the country was damaged by famine, fear and hopelessness. Once upon a time Rilke was coming back home with a red rose in his hands which was given like a present from one of his well-wishers. In one street he suddenly saw a poor and weak old lady who was selling old unnecessary pencils and other stuff with a view to exchange them to a slice of bread. The sight of this old miserable old lady caused him a lot of strong pain! He was ready to give her all his money but his pockets were empty – neither money nor bread. Then he reached this old lady and gave her his red rose… The old lady was staring after the leaving Poet for a long-long time.
Let these red roses be as many as possible in our life!
God bless you, dear!
ELENA from RUSSIA, PERM
Hi
My comment has no connection to this blog. I have seen all your work over the years however was very hesitent in watching Paa. Saw it tonight. Brillant Movie!
I am not a die hard fan of Amitabh Bachhan movies (although I enjoy them) but I have become a fan of your writing and thoroughly enjoy reading your perspectives on your blog. Thanks for sharing!
Sayantani, Long Beach, CA
Hi, Amitabh ji!
Looking at the Oman pictures I’d like to ask who has taken these photos: you or a professional photographer? Do not suspect me to be a flatterer (not in my character), but their level is higher than of a usual amateur’s… I can judge by the most or images brought to my rubric about journeys at the newspaper - including some Muscat images, too.
Surely, special thanks for your “Ajooba” picture with Shashi ji. I hadn’t seen the picture before and I saved it in my computer. I wonder where from did the numeral “80” appear from, in some EF comments concerned Mr Kapoor?.. He often used to play the part of your younger brother…
My heartiest congratulations to you with your new LTA! With no spare compliments: the award is quite estimable.
I’m glad to know you’ll return to Mumbai the nearest days. I’ve read somewhere the Muscat festival is to continue till the 20th of March, and I’d like you can personally congratulate Shashi on his birthday, March 18. I feel happy your EF reasoned you to visit him just after Oman. It’s you who can find necessary words for him, indeed.
It may possibly demand of you a lot of words if he has difficulties with speaking yet… Maybe you use some EF’s congratulations on his 72nd anniversary and our wishes to get that unique smile again. And we really appreciated his LTA last autumn and current spring. Life is full of chances and they await him.
Perhaps, even the energies of so many people (thinking of him with such sympathy) should matter. Course, if there isn’t too much regret and anxiety – I also had that mistake until Phyllis pointed it.
Well, isn’t it possible to find the positive even within the negative?.. Amit ji, both you and the EF noticed in all fairness: the heart ached when looking at Shashi taking his LTA-2010. He seemed to be of the same age with his brother Shammi who is 7 years elder. But to my mind, comparing with autumn 2009 Shashi looked better: hollows on his cheeks almost gone away; he’s not so “transparent” now. As if he returned 1 or 2 years back (touching wood to be at the safe side). Yes, he pronounced only “Thank you”, but was it because of his health or because of his deep emotions?..
There lives a psychologist in Russia - Mirzakarim Norbekov, a Uzbek by origin who is known abroad too. He treats people by means of their own self-consciousness. One of his favourite phrases is: “The only useless thing is to treat one’s knee-cap when the whole leg is amputated. All the other problems are repairable”.
Certainly the main part of the way a man should overcome himself. But for the first step sometimes he needs smb’s spark, his friend’s kind impulse. I think even you had such moments, Amit ji…
Find something for Shashi, please! A new “Ajooba” show in India (the movie appeared before its time and can be acknowledged now), a blog which Shashi’d answer when it is not difficult to him, anything else to make him feel connected with the world loving him.
Regards! Irina Vaulina, Angarsk, Siberia
PS. I am a newcomer here (since Day 687) but I’ll be here for a long time. Hope to make friends with the EF members. The blog is a godsend to me. Many people here have a gift of reflection or a gift of words or a gift of love. Jasmine of London 107/690, a good conclusion! Devkishin Vyas, Satyam, it’s always interesting to read your comments. Respect!
My dearest Amithji,
What lovely pics!
Thanks to you , we get to see all these lovely pics from all over the world & with so much information!!! I simply cherish all these minute information you give in such detail that it virtually transports me to the place of your description!I am so grateful to you. Your blog has simply become a source of acquiring knowledge. Every day I spend a couple of hours only on your blog!
Hoping to see some more pics of you receiving the LTA. Please do not forget to post it. Sometime back, I remember, you had said that it takes a while to upload pics on to your blog. But , inspite of it , i.e inspite of the cumbersomework, you never dissapoint us!Thanks a million for that. & sorry, we , your FmXt, are sooo demanding. But I simply go ballistic whenever I see that you have posted some pictures!!!!:)
:) 
:)
Welcome back home as soon as possible,
Have a lovely day,
with all my love ,
kalpana kakade
Dear Amitji,Thanks a lot for sharing the breattaking pictures and unknown facts .Sultan qaboos ,the ruler is known for his taste of fineries for mosques and minarets.Aslo i would request you if you get time …do visit temples in RUVI and muscat itself…it’s amazing also.i went to muscat but stayed there only for a short while but the loved the place and people there and i still miss those days.
My daughter Hridhika
continued…. My daughter Hridhika will be performing tomorrow the ALADIN make a wish song prepared by her teacher as an AEROBIC DANCE for sports activity for kids.Please bless her with your sunshine blessings…just for her …enjoy your stay in muscat…it seems you are already feelin homesick,,,just few days to go…love and regards vikas
Dear Manish Parmar, congratulations to you,bhabhiji and li’l dhiya and a sweet li’l hug to Jr.MP….rothe hue aate hain sab….par aap nahin roye ……kyon doctors ne acha welcome kiya tha kya…best wishes to your family and good to hear both are doin well.dost dil khush ho gaya ,really pleased ….regards vikas
# 57 Manish Parmar
hearty congratulations on birth of a boy.
wishing jyoti and the baby good health.
THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY PARTICULARLY YOUNG DHIYA.JUST CLICK THE LINK BELOW AND ENJOY
http://www.123greetings.com/family/baby/baby10.html
this one is from Muscat…..
We are thrilled and honoured to have you visit our ‘hometown’…
and yesterday at the Al Bustan was simply amazing!! My wife could not stop..correction..has not yet stopped talking about you…She pushed her way past many of the press photographers just to take a close up photograph and came back gushing and excited like a little school girl…she received many thumbs up for her determination!!!
She is going to try her luck tongiht as well….hope you oblige with a photograph….
from the Husband of a die hard AB fan,
Best regards
Atul
Arabs are generous and big hearted when it comes to construction of monuments and places of worship.
The man behind construction of mosque will be remembered for times immemorial.
IT IS A GREAT WORK OF ARCHITECTURE OF HIGHEST CLASS-ONE OF THE FINEST IN THE WORLD!
AMITABHJI THANKS FOR EXCELLENT SNAPS OF THIS ABODE OF ALLAH.
Respected Sir,
I am trying to communicate with you since i completed my story. After rethinking i wish to wirte a letter to you. Sorry for selfishness! We are loosing days. But here the space is very less to complete my words. So directly coming to the point. I have a project on a serial story. I wish that you lead on that story. Which will become whistle blower for our indian society’s bad evils. We will not get another chance to show the right path to our beloved countrymen. I have a storyline. If you wish then we can share with you. If you wish then your company only produce this. Please sir, please think on it. We will sure give a gift to our indian society to live in peace & harmony. I wish to meet you and tell you the whole storyline which will come in episode. Please don’t think that i am dreaming. I am sure that when you read this your internal soul will agree to do this project. Thanks reading all this i can’t share it with others because other make it differently and cheaters are there to grab it. Regards!
****************************************AMITABHJI*******************************************************************************CONGRATULATIONS***********************
*********************************************ON********************************************
****************************LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD************************
***************BEING CONFERRED ON YOU THIS DAY IN MUSCAT,OMAN*********
DEVKISHIN VYAS,MUMBAI
Amitji,
13 is a bad number?
I never used to believe this.
Yesterday’s fiasco made me believe in it. 13th March 2010 was bad for 180 Indians along with our Ambassador, was bad for us at NPA Events LLC (National Performing and Arts and Events LLC). Our entire team has put in tremendous amount of effort to create an ambience only for you Amitji. At the entry of the ball room gate laid the illuminated red carpet (the mini lights were imported only for this purpose). Near main door two panels created 10 feet by 8 feet in which, were displayed the names of your film from Saath Hindustani to current one Chenab Gandhi. One more panel created 10 feet by 8 feet which displayed all your awards and accolades received during your cinematic journey. There were 20 Tables. None of the tables were given any numbers. Instead each table carried a poster of one of your many films. For e.g. Sarkar, Sholay, Deewar, Amar Akbar Anthony, Hum, Paa, Sharaabi, Lawaris etc. When guests walked in, our ushers distributed the miniatures of the same posters and requested them to be seated on respective tables. We have selected your 16 best high resolution photographs old as well as current one and special rendering done by my creative director as painting effect and placed the same on easels all around the ball room. We have printed T-Shirts showing your photograph in the front along with your name on it. Special T Shirts created with your photographs for all the crew members. Stage back drop read as The Embassy of India - Muscat and Indian Community Welcomes THE STAR OF THE MILLENNIUM - Mr. Amitabh Bachchan - 13.03.2010 - Sultanate of Oman. On both the sides of stage screens were placed and 2 plasma TVs were placed front of the stae for your viewing. We have compiled a 5 minute film capturing your scintillating journey through the years. This film was specially made for you. His Excellency has requested us to select a memento which would best depict Oman. We have bought a Gold Plated Crystel Muscat Gate which reads - Sultanate of Oman Samman presented by H.E. Anil Wadhwa, Ambassador of India to the Sultanate of Oman to Mr. Amitabh Bachchan during his maiden visit to Muscat March 13, 14, 2010. Sincerely, all of us wanted to make it a momentous and memorable evening not only for the 180 audience but to our very distinguished guest of honour Shri Amitabh Bachchan. Mr. Kanaksibhai Khimji wanted to felicitate you with a shawl as a mark of respect to the Living Legend on behalf of the entire Indian Community in Oman. Entire audience were waiting for you anxiously, to have just a glimpse of you and to hear your famous paritone. Waiting was over once H.E. the Indian Ambassador arrived minus our hero Mr. Amitabh Bachchan.It was a rude shock and disappointment. Out of 180 members there were three Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award winners from Oman, Mr. Kanaksi Khimji, Mr. Mohammed Ali and Mr. S. K. Virmani. If you would have not stayed for dinner, people would have not minded it. Your presence was important, our felicitation was for our hero was important. Even after staying here in Oman for 3 nights, we are feeling hurt that we could not get half an hour with you. It is our hard luck. As a consolation for the audience, we have played the 5 minutes film specially compiled by us for the occassion. We all know that this had nothing to do with you. Your whole itenerary was planned by the main invitee. But at the same time, I would like to inform you that we are the largest and oldest community here in Oman. All together 600000 Indians are in Oman! out of 900000 total expatriates. I guess 13th March was not our day. We have no ill feelings towards you Amitji, you were, are and will always remain our most cherished idol. I Thought of sharing our honest feeling with you. We have the DVD of the film made for this occasion and the CD of the pictures of the ambience created for the same. I would like to send it across to your room if you permit. ashok@oxygen.com.om
Regards,
Ashok Suvarna
NPA Events, Muscat
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hello sir,
just heard m dad telling my bro tht ur blogs are very interesting so i thot of reading it…..u seem to be a very interesting personality indeed, ….infact i saw some time back in ambience mall, new delhi… ur blogs seem very interestng…i would loe to chat with you…if u ever feel like then please reply back…i know u r a usy man but u cud take some time out for someone as a gesture or something…looking fwd to ur reply…
take cre
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Thank you for coming to Muscat. Congratulations on your LTA. You obviously will receive many more in time to come. ATB to you for that.
BTW, during your visit you met with some very prominent families and one among them was my boss and his family. I can’t tell you how thrilled I was when you met them and I got to see the pictures of you with them. I was even more thrilled to write your name of the gift that they were carrying to hand it over to you. I was feeling very happy that at least my handwriting will reach you. When I saw pictures of the gift in your hand I felt elated to the core.
Good Luck & God bless always
Sridevi
To a post in Day 690.
Namaste, dearest Amitabhji.
Thank you for such wonderful post. So it is interesting to read how you travel and as beautifully and simply describe the places which have liked to you … At once feel keenly was imagined all picture of your story…
I am very happy for you, that you soon again will receive Lifetime Awards (LTA)!
…Yes, with my translation from English on Russian I have not quite understood, that you spoke about « Two yellows and a green ».. heh …
Thank you that have laid out the pictures with shooting Ajooba (which has sent you Zhenya). Especially I liked last picture with the child. Such charm! «Get me out of here Mom! Who is this leather coated strange man?» . But I would be glad to you!))). But in general who knows, that would be … All children are different … I was not afraid of people , being little one, though cried without mum…
So it was gratifying to read your memories about Russia, about Yalta where was done most of the shooting for Ajooba, about legendary Russian Bear, about Black Sea, beautiful mountains and forests, about a meeting with Russian … But don’t you will not come any more to Russia? You were not here so a long time … We wait to you very much…
Some time it will be necessary to me to watch Ajooba … still so many films with your participation to me should be watched …
What a charming photos of hotel! Such decorations, such riches! Such admirable, amazing, staggering beauty of design and an interior! It is so much greatness! Reminds not hotel, but a small palace during far tsarist times (only modernized and reconstructed)… I am subdued by such luxury! The spaciousness, a cosiness, comfort, cleanness and is a lot of light… Thank you for photos!
Take care and have well a rest. In fact forces are necessary to you for following travel…
All the kindest and with the best regards to you, dear Paa.
Love you and much more…
Olya
Amitabh Bachchan with Indian ambassador to Oman, Anil Wadhwa and Mohsin Al Balushi, Advisor at the Minister of Commerce and Industry.
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Shri Devnarayan Bhagwaan ki Jai
(Samvat 968 ke aansh, janam liya gurjar ke vansh
Sadhu sati ke vachno dwara,kamal phool Dev liya avatar)
Shri Devnarayan bhagawan along with Saadu Maata Gujjari
Shri Devnarayan a Gurjar medieval hero from Rajasthan[3] is worshipped as a folk deity, mostly by the Gujar in Rajasthan and north-western Madhya Pradesh, though he is worshipped by the other communities also. He is believed as an avatar of Vishnu. According to tradition he was born to Sri Savai Bhoj and Sadu mata Gurjari. on the seventh day of the bright half (shukla saptami) of the month of Maagh in the Hindu Calendar in Vikram Samvat 999 (943).According to one view historical Devnarayan belonged to 10th century of Vikram Samvat, according another view, he lived in between 1200-1400 (Vikram Samvat era).First view is endorsed by many scholars.
The narrative of Devnarayan
Saadu Maata Gurjari With her son Shri Devnarayan Bhagwan when he incarnated in lotus leaf at Maalasheri.
The oral-epic of Devnarayan consists of a number of episodes related to the narrative of Devnarayan. This epic is sung by the Bhopas, the traditional priest-singers of Devnarayan during the nights of the months, November to July in the villages of Rajasthan and Malwa.
The narrative of Devnarayan begins with an invocation of a number of deities, whose images are depicted in the phads. The deities invoked are Sharada, Ganesha, Sarasvati, Maccha, Kacchap, Varaha, Narasimha, Vaman, Parashuram, Ram and Krishna avatars of Vishnu, Bhairunath, Ramdev, Shani, Surya and Chandrama. The first part called the Bagaravat bharat is about the heroic deeds of 24 Gurjar brothers,[5][6] who are born as the sons of the man-lion, Bagh Simh. The 24 brothers die after a preordained period of 12 years in a battle against a Rajput chieftain. The second part is about Bhagavan’s incarnation as Devnarayan, the miracles he performs and the revenge he and his cousins ultimately take on the Rajput chieftain. Devnarayan’s mother is Sadu Mata and his father Savai Bhoj, the most courageous of the 24 Bagaravats. Whereas the first part is generally said to be marked by suffering (dukh), pain, and death, the second is marked by reunion, miracles and divine testimony (parcyo). The second part, thus entails a reversal of the first part: death and defeat are followed by birth and creation, finally resulting in the establishment of Devnarayan’s cult amongst his followers.
Bagaravat Bharat
A statue of Savai Bhoj Gurjar, one of the Bagaravat brothers and the father of Devnarayan bhagawan.The narrative begins with a prelude at a time (Satya Yuga), when Brahma was performing a Vedic sacrifice (jug) in Pushkar. Brahma invited all the gods and Rsis to his sacrifice. Among them is a group of twenty-four Rsis living in the Nag Pahad, a mountain chain running parallel to Pushkar. The Rsis were disciples of Sankar (Shankara). Sankar forbade them from attending the sacrifice, but they insisted on going because they had received invitations from Brahma. Suddenly, Sankar grew ravenously hungry. The Rsis suggested to eat the fruits growing in the forest which they consume for living. But Sankar said that would not satisfy him. He wanted more than plain fruit. But nothing else was available in the forest. There was no cereal or grain either. So, he turned to his disciples and began consuming them one after another. After he had eaten them and satiated his hunger, he went to visit Brahma’s sacrifice himself. The sacrifice came to a halt because of the sin Sankar had committed. He asks Brahma how he should atone for his sin, whereupon Brahma informed him that the only means would be to offer the Rsis his own body in a future existence, in which the Rsis are to be born as the twenty-four sons of a single father. This prelude is normally spoken and not sung.
The narrative then shifts to a more historical time (Kali yuga). During the reign of King Bisaldev of Ajmer, the populace is being terrorized by a tiger that feeds on one individual every night. On one particular night, Hari Ram (according to the oldest printed text he is a Gujjar as Gujjar is Kshatriya caste they use simh (Veer Gurjar) surname so did hariram) offers to take the place of a boy whose turn it is to be eaten by the tiger. He sets up a trap for the tiger and beheads it. Then in order to wash the blood off his sword and to cleanse himself of the sin of slaughter, he goes to the holy lake of Pushkar carrying the lion’s head on his shoulder. It is a full moon night (purnima). Exactly at the same time on the opposite bank of Pushkar Lake, a Brahman girl, Lila Sevri who has taken a vow never to see the face of a man is performing ablutions and bathing in the lake. While bathing, she sees the reflection of a man’s body with the head of a tiger on the surface of the lake, and conceives. She insists that Hari Ram marry her now, but he vacillates saying that such a marriage is not possible because she is a Brahman and he is a Kshatriya. Finally, however, King Bisaldev allows him to marry the Brahman girl. After nine months their son is born. He has the head of a tiger and the body of a man, and is named Bagh Simh. Later because of his unusual and fearsome appearance, no one is willing to marry his daughter to him. He lives alone in a garden attended by a Brahman cook. Once, on the day of the festival of savan tij (swings), a number of young girls of various castes come to the garden attracted by Bagh Simh’s silken swing. The Brahman allows them to use the swing on the condition that each of them circumambulate Bagh Simh. While they are doing this, the Brahman performs the necessary engagement rites. Unknowingly they are engaged to Bagh Simh. Later Bagh Simh marries twelve of them. Each of his wives gives birth to two sons who are collectively called the Bagaravats.
According to written oldest literature by anandaram phagna Bagh Simh (Father of Bagaravats ) belonged to Chhatrapatti chauhan dynasty of Gujjars. Savai Bhoj is the most well known and courageous of the twenty-four Bagaravats. Each day Savai Bhoj takes the Bagaravats cattle herds to graze on the slopes of Nag Pahad. One of the cows regularly leaves the herd and returns on its own in the evening. One day Savai Bhoj follows the cow and discovers that it is being milked by the jogi (ascetic) Rupnath. As compensation for milking their cow, Rupnath gives Savai Bhoj a sack full of grain. But the brothers have no use for the small quantity of grain, so they feed it to birds. The next morning, Nevaji, one of the youngest brothers, discovers that the few grains left sticking to the seam of the sack have turned into gems. They realize their folly and Savai Bhoj returns to Rupnath to become his disciple. One day, being instructed by Rupnath, Savai Bhoj heats a cauldron of oil and circles it, while Rupnath follows. While they are circling the cauldron, Rupnath tries to push Savai Bhoj into the boiling oil, but Savai Bhoj leaps over with the help of his cowherd’s staff. In the next round, Savai Bhoj follows Rupnath and pushes him into the cauldron. Not so agile, Rupnath falls into the boiling oil. Instantly his body turns into a solid gold nugget. While Savai Bhoj stands there repenting his crime, the jogi reappears in the hermitage as though nothing had taken place. He explains that the golden nugget is a gift that will grant the Bagaravats unending wealth for a period of twelve years after which both wealth (maya) and life (kaya) shall come to an end. He also gives Savai Bhoj the gifts of a mare-Bavli, a cow-Suremata, and an elephant-Jaimangala, all of which have special powers. Savai Bhoj returns to his home. The brothers ask Tejaji, the eldest among them, what should they do with their newly acquired wealth. Tejaji, whose mother is a Baniya, advises them to bury the money in the ground and hoard it. But, Nevaji suggests that they do good deeds with the money, like building wells and temples, distributing the wealth and make a name for themselves since both the wealth and their lives will end after twelve years. The brothers choose the latter alternative. Soon their fame spreads far and wide. In due course they meet their future enemy, Durjansal, the Rajput Rana (or Ravji) (ruler) of Ran City. The Rana and the Bagaravats become dharam-brothers. In an extended drinking session in a garden named naulakha bagh near Ran city, they overturn jars laden with wine onto a hillside flooding the earth to such an extent that the wine actually flows down into the kingdom of Basak Nag (Vasuki), serpent lord of the netherworld, who holds the earth on his hood. Angered, king Basak deposits the earth temporarily on a bull’s horns and goes to Bhagavan(Vishnu)’s court to complain about the Bagaravats. But neither Basak, nor Hanuman, nor Bhagavan can do anything to remedy the situation because the Bagaravats are so powerful. Finally Bhagavan assumes the form of mendicant (jogi) and visits Sadu Mata, the wife of Savai Bhoj, begging for alms. Sadu, who has just completed performing ablutions and bathing, appears in front of the mendicant covered only by her long tresses. Struck by her devotion, the mendicant (Bhagavan) grants her a boon. Sadu desires that Bhagavan be born as her son. Bhagavan promises to be born as her son on the 13th day after the Bagaravats have been killed.
After his return, Bhagavan requests Sakti (Durga or Bhavani), who agrees to go to earth to fulfill the task of destroying the Bagaravats. She manifests herself as an infant girl (later known as Jaimati) in a forest where she is discovered by the King of Bhual, who adopts her. Exactly at the time of her birth, her maidservant Hira is born in the house of a Mahajan. Jaimati grows up unusually fast. And, soon Brahmans are sent out to find a suitable bridegroom for her. She insists that they find some one belonging to a family in which one father has 24 sons. After a long and frustrating search the Brahmans find the Bagaravats. They arrange to have the queen married to Savai Bhoj. But because they already married, the Bagaravats suggest that the queen be married to their dharam-brother, the Rana. Thus, arrangements are made for the Rana to marry Jaimati. When the marriage procession sets out, Savai Bhoj instead of the Rana, leads it. In the meanwhile Jaimati orders the toran to be hung in a high place that the Rana, who is 120 years old and feeble cannot reach up to. Instead of the Rana, Savai Bhoj strikes down the toran. When the marriage procession arrives, the queen pretends she has high fever. She asks her maidservant to bring Savai Bhoj’s sword that is supposed to have healing powers. In the inner chambers of the palace she then circles the sword, thereby secretly marrying Savai Bhoj. In public, however, she marries the Rana. At the end of the ceremonies, when she is to accompany the Rana to her new home, she insists on staying with the Bagaravats. The Bagaravats coax her into going with the Rana, promising to fetch her after a period of six months. Upon arriving in the Rana’s palace, however, the queen says she will not play dice with the Rana till he has constructed a new palace for her. The construction of the palace, of course, takes a long time, and six months are soon over. In the meanwhile, the Bagaravats - even against the advice of their wives - prepare to fetch the queen. The queen elopes with the Bagaravats. The Rana is patient, advising the Bagaravats in a brotherly manner to send the queen back to him. But, the Bagaravats stick to their decision. Finally, the Rana gathers together the armies to fifty-two forts on the banks of the Khari river. Jaimati, who now has assumed her true form, Bhavani promises to accompany the Bagaravats only on the condition if they fight Rana’s army one at a time. She also demands that the brothers offer their heads to her. The Bagaravats willingly agree to her grotesque demands. A Bharat (great war) is fought. In the battle some of the brothers continue fighting even after their heads have been severed by the Goddess’s discus. But in the end all of them are slain and the Rana is victorious. The Goddess assumes her Virat Rup (awesome, terrifying form). Amidst the corpses of slain warriors, she squats on the battle ground, dripping with blood, stringing a necklace of the Bagaravats’ severed heads. After their deaths, the Bagaravats’ wives with the exception of Savai Bhoj’s wife, Sadu Mata, commit sati (self-immolation).
Shri Devnarayan Katha
This half of the narrative begins with Sadu Mata’s severe tapas(penance) on a hill near the battle field. After eleven days, when her honour and life is about to be threatened by the Rana, she calls out to Bhagavan, who has promised to be born as her son. Devnarayan, who is playing a game of dice at the time with king Basak, rises up on a stream of water that splits apart the rock on which Sadu is seated. Borne on that jet of water in a lotus blossom, the infant Devnarayan falls into Sadu Mata’s lap.
Threatened by the Rana, Sadu Mata decides to flee to her natal home in Malwa. Devnarayan spends his childhood there without any knowledge of past events. After eleven years, one day Chochu Bhat, the bard and genealogist of the 24 Bagaravat brothers comes to Malwa in search of Devnarayan. Sadu Mata who knows of his intentions tries to get him killed by poisoning, but Devnarayan revives him. Chochu Bhat then informs him of the battle between the Bagaravats and the Rana. Devnarayan then decides against his mother’s will to return to his fathers ancestral land and take revenge on the Rana. While returning to the region of Bhilwara and his capital town of Causla Kheda, Devnarayan marries three princesses, one the daughter of a det (daitya), another the niece of a netherworld serpent king, and the third the daughter of the Rajput ruler of Ujjain-Pipalde. While returning Devnarayan also meets up with his four cousins, Medu, Madno, Bhangi and Bhuno, who likewise have grown up unaware of each others’ existence. Whereas Medo and Madno have been adopted by the Rana’s ally, the king of Ajmer, Bhangi has grown up as a Nath Jogi in the company of the Bagaravats’ guru Baba Rupnath. Bhuno, whose name has been changed to Khanderav, has been adopted by the Rana himself. But once the cousins realize their true origins, they join up with Devnarayan to launch an assault against the Rana. Before the final encounter takes place, Devnarayan releases his herd of 980,000 cows and buffaloes in the royal fields in order to destroy the Ranas crops. In the end the cousins catch up with the Rana who is trying to escape. He is beheaded by Devnarayan’s bow-string. But when Devnarayan sees that Bhuno is sad over the death of his foster father, he revives the Rana only after Chochu Bhat has extracted the Bagaravats’ revenge from the Rana’s stomach. Devnarayan then retracts the title of “Rana” giving him the title of “Sisodia”. Thereafter Devnarayan instructs the revived Rana to establish the city of Udaipur, which according to the narrative is named after one of Devnarayan’s names, Ud.
After Devnarayan has accomplished taking revenge on the Rana, he decides to depart to Baikunth (heaven). But his Queen Pipalde requests him not to leave her childless. A boy Bila and a girl, Bili are born to her. Bili is quick to realize her father’s divinity. But Bila is stubborn and refuses to acknowledge his father’s authority. After many unhappy incidents including being befallen by leprosy, Bila begins to realize the divine power of his father. He then agrees to look after Devnarayan’s very first shrine and become Devnarayan’s first priest from which the lineage of priests follow. Then, having established a place of worship, a lineage of priests, and a community of devotees, Devnarayan finally returns in his celestial chariot to Baikunth.[3]
Devnarayan shrines and phad
The principal shrine of Devnaryan is located at Sawai Bhoj near Asind town, the battlefield of Bagravat Bharat. Other significant shrines are at Demali, which is believed as the earliest shrine founded by Devnarayan himself and Malasari, where Devnarayan was born. Devnarayan is worshipped in these shrines in the form of an upright row of large sized bricks. The bricks are often kept bare, but sometimes the multi-colored tinsel is pasted over them.
Another significant shrine of Devnarayan is located at Jodhpuriya near Mashi dam in Tonk district. Two fairs are organized each year near this shrine.
Maharana Sanga of Mewar was great devotee of Shri Devnarayan and he is said to have built a temple in memory of Deoji.[8]
Devnarayan phad
Devnarayan is also worshipped by the Bhopas, the priest-singers by means of a scroll known as phad, depicting various episodes of the narrative of life of Devnaryan. This scroll, Devnarayan phad, is used as a mobile temple and the Bhopas carry it with them. The Joshi families of Shahpura are the traditional artists of the Devnarayan phads. A phad consists of an image of Devnarayan in the attire of a king seated on his “python” throne in his court faced by the serpent king Basak and his four cousins at the centre. The whole phad is painted with various scenes related to the narrative of Devnarayan according to a traditional scheme. No place is left vaccant. These phads are normally about 30 feet in length. One of the earliest surviving Devnarayan phad is in the collection of Rupayan Sansthan, the Rajasthan Institute of Floklore in Jodhpur. This phad is signed by Surajmal and Bagtavarchand and dated Vikram Samvat 1924 (1867).
A Bhopa, usually erects the phad shortly after nightfall in the villages where he is invited to sing different episodes from the epical narrative of Devnarayan in front of the phad during the jagarans (night-wakes). Before the performance begins, the ground beneath is swept clean, incense is burnt and the offerings of grains and money are made in front of the phad. During the performance, a jantar (a type of fretted veena with two resonators of gourd or wood) is played to accompany the songs. Usually there are two Bhopas who recite the epic, one is the main Bhopa, the Patavi, and the other is his assistant, the Diyala. When the Patavi Bhopa sings a particular episode of the epic, his junior partner, the Diyala Bhopa holds an oil lamp to illuminate the particular part of the phad, where the particular episode which is being sung is depicted. He also sings along with his senior partner some parts of the episodes.
References
1. Anandaram Phagana (1971, in Hindi Month Falgun Vikram samvat, 2027). Bagrawat Bharat -Veer Gurjar Utpatti, Archana Prakashan, Ajmer.
2. Borana, Ramesh (2004). Bagrawat Mahabharat, Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Academy, Jodhpur.
3. Chundawat, Laxmikumari (1977). Bagrawat Devnarayan Mahagatha, Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi.
4. Malik, Aditya (1993). Rajasthani Oral Epic of Devnarayan, New Delhi.
5. Malik, Aditya (2005). Nector Gaze and Poison Breath: An Analysis and Translation of Rajasthani Oral Narrative of Devnarayan, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195150198.
6. Miller, Joseph Charles, Jr. (1994). The Twenty-four Brothers and Lord Devnarayan: The Story and Performance of a Folk Epic of Rajasthan, India, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.
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aaj B4U MUSIC mei aap ke songs aa rai ha so we r enjoying as u r enjoying in oman.congrts 4 receiving award from HONH KONG
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DEAR AMIT JI,
NAMESTE,
SIR YOUR BLOG IS VERY GOOD WAY TO KNOW YOU PERSONALY
BECAUSE OF YOUR GREATNESS.
THANKS A LOT
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nice pics !
Good morning! Looking mighty radiant with your recently acquired sun kissed, golden hue on receiving your ‘gold’ award this morning. Of course I’m not delusional, I do realise you are already brown; but sea breezes simply encourage that evenly diffused glow of perfect health and well being, which you are certainly radiating at present. So pleased that Muscat’s sublime, secluded serenity has apparently served you well in preparation for further duty. Conceivably yesterday’s mini excursion was the closest thing to a holiday you have indulged in since Singapore…
And a solid gold looking LTA award to match to your hue evidently. The MIFF has to be one of the most beautiful looking decorations to grace your bountiful collection to date!
Congratulations again our dearest golden man of the moment, on a yet more richly deserved recognition.
Just to wish you a very safe and pleasant journey homewards for the moment, until I return to the post later.
Love as always,
Jasmine
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Shri Devnarayan Bhagwaan ki Jai
(Samvat 968 ke aansh, janam liya gurjar ke vansh
Sadhu sati ke vachno dwara,kamal phool Dev liya avatar)
Shri Devnarayan bhagawan along with Saadu Maata Gujjari
Shri Devnarayan a Gurjar medieval hero from Rajasthan[3] is worshipped as a folk deity, mostly by the Gujar in Rajasthan and north-western Madhya Pradesh, though he is worshipped by the other communities also. He is believed as an avatar of Vishnu. According to tradition he was born to Sri Savai Bhoj and Sadu mata Gurjari. on the seventh day of the bright half (shukla saptami) of the month of Maagh in the Hindu Calendar in Vikram Samvat 999 (943).According to one view historical Devnarayan belonged to 10th century of Vikram Samvat, according another view, he lived in between 1200-1400 (Vikram Samvat era).First view is endorsed by many scholars.
The narrative of Devnarayan
Saadu Maata Gurjari With her son Shri Devnarayan Bhagwan when he incarnated in lotus leaf at Maalasheri.
The oral-epic of Devnarayan consists of a number of episodes related to the narrative of Devnarayan. This epic is sung by the Bhopas, the traditional priest-singers of Devnarayan during the nights of the months, November to July in the villages of Rajasthan and Malwa.
The narrative of Devnarayan begins with an invocation of a number of deities, whose images are depicted in the phads. The deities invoked are Sharada, Ganesha, Sarasvati, Maccha, Kacchap, Varaha, Narasimha, Vaman, Parashuram, Ram and Krishna avatars of Vishnu, Bhairunath, Ramdev, Shani, Surya and Chandrama. The first part called the Bagaravat bharat is about the heroic deeds of 24 Gurjar brothers,[5][6] who are born as the sons of the man-lion, Bagh Simh. The 24 brothers die after a preordained period of 12 years in a battle against a Rajput chieftain. The second part is about Bhagavan’s incarnation as Devnarayan, the miracles he performs and the revenge he and his cousins ultimately take on the Rajput chieftain. Devnarayan’s mother is Sadu Mata and his father Savai Bhoj, the most courageous of the 24 Bagaravats. Whereas the first part is generally said to be marked by suffering (dukh), pain, and death, the second is marked by reunion, miracles and divine testimony (parcyo). The second part, thus entails a reversal of the first part: death and defeat are followed by birth and creation, finally resulting in the establishment of Devnarayan’s cult amongst his followers.
Bagaravat Bharat
A statue of Savai Bhoj Gurjar, one of the Bagaravat brothers and the father of Devnarayan bhagawan.The narrative begins with a prelude at a time (Satya Yuga), when Brahma was performing a Vedic sacrifice (jug) in Pushkar. Brahma invited all the gods and Rsis to his sacrifice. Among them is a group of twenty-four Rsis living in the Nag Pahad, a mountain chain running parallel to Pushkar. The Rsis were disciples of Sankar (Shankara). Sankar forbade them from attending the sacrifice, but they insisted on going because they had received invitations from Brahma. Suddenly, Sankar grew ravenously hungry. The Rsis suggested to eat the fruits growing in the forest which they consume for living. But Sankar said that would not satisfy him. He wanted more than plain fruit. But nothing else was available in the forest. There was no cereal or grain either. So, he turned to his disciples and began consuming them one after another. After he had eaten them and satiated his hunger, he went to visit Brahma’s sacrifice himself. The sacrifice came to a halt because of the sin Sankar had committed. He asks Brahma how he should atone for his sin, whereupon Brahma informed him that the only means would be to offer the Rsis his own body in a future existence, in which the Rsis are to be born as the twenty-four sons of a single father. This prelude is normally spoken and not sung.
The narrative then shifts to a more historical time (Kali yuga). During the reign of King Bisaldev of Ajmer, the populace is being terrorized by a tiger that feeds on one individual every night. On one particular night, Hari Ram (according to the oldest printed text he is a Gujjar as Gujjar is Kshatriya caste they use simh (Veer Gurjar) surname so did hariram) offers to take the place of a boy whose turn it is to be eaten by the tiger. He sets up a trap for the tiger and beheads it. Then in order to wash the blood off his sword and to cleanse himself of the sin of slaughter, he goes to the holy lake of Pushkar carrying the lion’s head on his shoulder. It is a full moon night (purnima). Exactly at the same time on the opposite bank of Pushkar Lake, a Brahman girl, Lila Sevri who has taken a vow never to see the face of a man is performing ablutions and bathing in the lake. While bathing, she sees the reflection of a man’s body with the head of a tiger on the surface of the lake, and conceives. She insists that Hari Ram marry her now, but he vacillates saying that such a marriage is not possible because she is a Brahman and he is a Kshatriya. Finally, however, King Bisaldev allows him to marry the Brahman girl. After nine months their son is born. He has the head of a tiger and the body of a man, and is named Bagh Simh. Later because of his unusual and fearsome appearance, no one is willing to marry his daughter to him. He lives alone in a garden attended by a Brahman cook. Once, on the day of the festival of savan tij (swings), a number of young girls of various castes come to the garden attracted by Bagh Simh’s silken swing. The Brahman allows them to use the swing on the condition that each of them circumambulate Bagh Simh. While they are doing this, the Brahman performs the necessary engagement rites. Unknowingly they are engaged to Bagh Simh. Later Bagh Simh marries twelve of them. Each of his wives gives birth to two sons who are collectively called the Bagaravats.
According to written oldest literature by anandaram phagna Bagh Simh (Father of Bagaravats ) belonged to Chhatrapatti chauhan dynasty of Gujjars. Savai Bhoj is the most well known and courageous of the twenty-four Bagaravats. Each day Savai Bhoj takes the Bagaravats cattle herds to graze on the slopes of Nag Pahad. One of the cows regularly leaves the herd and returns on its own in the evening. One day Savai Bhoj follows the cow and discovers that it is being milked by the jogi (ascetic) Rupnath. As compensation for milking their cow, Rupnath gives Savai Bhoj a sack full of grain. But the brothers have no use for the small quantity of grain, so they feed it to birds. The next morning, Nevaji, one of the youngest brothers, discovers that the few grains left sticking to the seam of the sack have turned into gems. They realize their folly and Savai Bhoj returns to Rupnath to become his disciple. One day, being instructed by Rupnath, Savai Bhoj heats a cauldron of oil and circles it, while Rupnath follows. While they are circling the cauldron, Rupnath tries to push Savai Bhoj into the boiling oil, but Savai Bhoj leaps over with the help of his cowherd’s staff. In the next round, Savai Bhoj follows Rupnath and pushes him into the cauldron. Not so agile, Rupnath falls into the boiling oil. Instantly his body turns into a solid gold nugget. While Savai Bhoj stands there repenting his crime, the jogi reappears in the hermitage as though nothing had taken place. He explains that the golden nugget is a gift that will grant the Bagaravats unending wealth for a period of twelve years after which both wealth (maya) and life (kaya) shall come to an end. He also gives Savai Bhoj the gifts of a mare-Bavli, a cow-Suremata, and an elephant-Jaimangala, all of which have special powers. Savai Bhoj returns to his home. The brothers ask Tejaji, the eldest among them, what should they do with their newly acquired wealth. Tejaji, whose mother is a Baniya, advises them to bury the money in the ground and hoard it. But, Nevaji suggests that they do good deeds with the money, like building wells and temples, distributing the wealth and make a name for themselves since both the wealth and their lives will end after twelve years. The brothers choose the latter alternative. Soon their fame spreads far and wide. In due course they meet their future enemy, Durjansal, the Rajput Rana (or Ravji) (ruler) of Ran City. The Rana and the Bagaravats become dharam-brothers. In an extended drinking session in a garden named naulakha bagh near Ran city, they overturn jars laden with wine onto a hillside flooding the earth to such an extent that the wine actually flows down into the kingdom of Basak Nag (Vasuki), serpent lord of the netherworld, who holds the earth on his hood. Angered, king Basak deposits the earth temporarily on a bull’s horns and goes to Bhagavan(Vishnu)’s court to complain about the Bagaravats. But neither Basak, nor Hanuman, nor Bhagavan can do anything to remedy the situation because the Bagaravats are so powerful. Finally Bhagavan assumes the form of mendicant (jogi) and visits Sadu Mata, the wife of Savai Bhoj, begging for alms. Sadu, who has just completed performing ablutions and bathing, appears in front of the mendicant covered only by her long tresses. Struck by her devotion, the mendicant (Bhagavan) grants her a boon. Sadu desires that Bhagavan be born as her son. Bhagavan promises to be born as her son on the 13th day after the Bagaravats have been killed.
After his return, Bhagavan requests Sakti (Durga or Bhavani), who agrees to go to earth to fulfill the task of destroying the Bagaravats. She manifests herself as an infant girl (later known as Jaimati) in a forest where she is discovered by the King of Bhual, who adopts her. Exactly at the time of her birth, her maidservant Hira is born in the house of a Mahajan. Jaimati grows up unusually fast. And, soon Brahmans are sent out to find a suitable bridegroom for her. She insists that they find some one belonging to a family in which one father has 24 sons. After a long and frustrating search the Brahmans find the Bagaravats. They arrange to have the queen married to Savai Bhoj. But because they already married, the Bagaravats suggest that the queen be married to their dharam-brother, the Rana. Thus, arrangements are made for the Rana to marry Jaimati. When the marriage procession sets out, Savai Bhoj instead of the Rana, leads it. In the meanwhile Jaimati orders the toran to be hung in a high place that the Rana, who is 120 years old and feeble cannot reach up to. Instead of the Rana, Savai Bhoj strikes down the toran. When the marriage procession arrives, the queen pretends she has high fever. She asks her maidservant to bring Savai Bhoj’s sword that is supposed to have healing powers. In the inner chambers of the palace she then circles the sword, thereby secretly marrying Savai Bhoj. In public, however, she marries the Rana. At the end of the ceremonies, when she is to accompany the Rana to her new home, she insists on staying with the Bagaravats. The Bagaravats coax her into going with the Rana, promising to fetch her after a period of six months. Upon arriving in the Rana’s palace, however, the queen says she will not play dice with the Rana till he has constructed a new palace for her. The construction of the palace, of course, takes a long time, and six months are soon over. In the meanwhile, the Bagaravats - even against the advice of their wives - prepare to fetch the queen. The queen elopes with the Bagaravats. The Rana is patient, advising the Bagaravats in a brotherly manner to send the queen back to him. But, the Bagaravats stick to their decision. Finally, the Rana gathers together the armies to fifty-two forts on the banks of the Khari river. Jaimati, who now has assumed her true form, Bhavani promises to accompany the Bagaravats only on the condition if they fight Rana’s army one at a time. She also demands that the brothers offer their heads to her. The Bagaravats willingly agree to her grotesque demands. A Bharat (great war) is fought. In the battle some of the brothers continue fighting even after their heads have been severed by the Goddess’s discus. But in the end all of them are slain and the Rana is victorious. The Goddess assumes her Virat Rup (awesome, terrifying form). Amidst the corpses of slain warriors, she squats on the battle ground, dripping with blood, stringing a necklace of the Bagaravats’ severed heads. After their deaths, the Bagaravats’ wives with the exception of Savai Bhoj’s wife, Sadu Mata, commit sati (self-immolation).
Shri Devnarayan Katha
This half of the narrative begins with Sadu Mata’s severe tapas(penance) on a hill near the battle field. After eleven days, when her honour and life is about to be threatened by the Rana, she calls out to Bhagavan, who has promised to be born as her son. Devnarayan, who is playing a game of dice at the time with king Basak, rises up on a stream of water that splits apart the rock on which Sadu is seated. Borne on that jet of water in a lotus blossom, the infant Devnarayan falls into Sadu Mata’s lap.
Threatened by the Rana, Sadu Mata decides to flee to her natal home in Malwa. Devnarayan spends his childhood there without any knowledge of past events. After eleven years, one day Chochu Bhat, the bard and genealogist of the 24 Bagaravat brothers comes to Malwa in search of Devnarayan. Sadu Mata who knows of his intentions tries to get him killed by poisoning, but Devnarayan revives him. Chochu Bhat then informs him of the battle between the Bagaravats and the Rana. Devnarayan then decides against his mother’s will to return to his fathers ancestral land and take revenge on the Rana. While returning to the region of Bhilwara and his capital town of Causla Kheda, Devnarayan marries three princesses, one the daughter of a det (daitya), another the niece of a netherworld serpent king, and the third the daughter of the Rajput ruler of Ujjain-Pipalde. While returning Devnarayan also meets up with his four cousins, Medu, Madno, Bhangi and Bhuno, who likewise have grown up unaware of each others’ existence. Whereas Medo and Madno have been adopted by the Rana’s ally, the king of Ajmer, Bhangi has grown up as a Nath Jogi in the company of the Bagaravats’ guru Baba Rupnath. Bhuno, whose name has been changed to Khanderav, has been adopted by the Rana himself. But once the cousins realize their true origins, they join up with Devnarayan to launch an assault against the Rana. Before the final encounter takes place, Devnarayan releases his herd of 980,000 cows and buffaloes in the royal fields in order to destroy the Ranas crops. In the end the cousins catch up with the Rana who is trying to escape. He is beheaded by Devnarayan’s bow-string. But when Devnarayan sees that Bhuno is sad over the death of his foster father, he revives the Rana only after Chochu Bhat has extracted the Bagaravats’ revenge from the Rana’s stomach. Devnarayan then retracts the title of “Rana” giving him the title of “Sisodia”. Thereafter Devnarayan instructs the revived Rana to establish the city of Udaipur, which according to the narrative is named after one of Devnarayan’s names, Ud.
After Devnarayan has accomplished taking revenge on the Rana, he decides to depart to Baikunth (heaven). But his Queen Pipalde requests him not to leave her childless. A boy Bila and a girl, Bili are born to her. Bili is quick to realize her father’s divinity. But Bila is stubborn and refuses to acknowledge his father’s authority. After many unhappy incidents including being befallen by leprosy, Bila begins to realize the divine power of his father. He then agrees to look after Devnarayan’s very first shrine and become Devnarayan’s first priest from which the lineage of priests follow. Then, having established a place of worship, a lineage of priests, and a community of devotees, Devnarayan finally returns in his celestial chariot to Baikunth.[3]
Devnarayan shrines and phad
The principal shrine of Devnaryan is located at Sawai Bhoj near Asind town, the battlefield of Bagravat Bharat. Other significant shrines are at Demali, which is believed as the earliest shrine founded by Devnarayan himself and Malasari, where Devnarayan was born. Devnarayan is worshipped in these shrines in the form of an upright row of large sized bricks. The bricks are often kept bare, but sometimes the multi-colored tinsel is pasted over them.
Another significant shrine of Devnarayan is located at Jodhpuriya near Mashi dam in Tonk district. Two fairs are organized each year near this shrine.
Maharana Sanga of Mewar was great devotee of Shri Devnarayan and he is said to have built a temple in memory of Deoji.[8]
Devnarayan phad
Devnarayan is also worshipped by the Bhopas, the priest-singers by means of a scroll known as phad, depicting various episodes of the narrative of life of Devnaryan. This scroll, Devnarayan phad, is used as a mobile temple and the Bhopas carry it with them. The Joshi families of Shahpura are the traditional artists of the Devnarayan phads. A phad consists of an image of Devnarayan in the attire of a king seated on his “python” throne in his court faced by the serpent king Basak and his four cousins at the centre. The whole phad is painted with various scenes related to the narrative of Devnarayan according to a traditional scheme. No place is left vaccant. These phads are normally about 30 feet in length. One of the earliest surviving Devnarayan phad is in the collection of Rupayan Sansthan, the Rajasthan Institute of Floklore in Jodhpur. This phad is signed by Surajmal and Bagtavarchand and dated Vikram Samvat 1924 (1867).
A Bhopa, usually erects the phad shortly after nightfall in the villages where he is invited to sing different episodes from the epical narrative of Devnarayan in front of the phad during the jagarans (night-wakes). Before the performance begins, the ground beneath is swept clean, incense is burnt and the offerings of grains and money are made in front of the phad. During the performance, a jantar (a type of fretted veena with two resonators of gourd or wood) is played to accompany the songs. Usually there are two Bhopas who recite the epic, one is the main Bhopa, the Patavi, and the other is his assistant, the Diyala. When the Patavi Bhopa sings a particular episode of the epic, his junior partner, the Diyala Bhopa holds an oil lamp to illuminate the particular part of the phad, where the particular episode which is being sung is depicted. He also sings along with his senior partner some parts of the episodes.
References
1. Anandaram Phagana (1971, in Hindi Month Falgun Vikram samvat, 2027). Bagrawat Bharat -Veer Gurjar Utpatti, Archana Prakashan, Ajmer.
2. Borana, Ramesh (2004). Bagrawat Mahabharat, Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Academy, Jodhpur.
3. Chundawat, Laxmikumari (1977). Bagrawat Devnarayan Mahagatha, Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi.
4. Malik, Aditya (1993). Rajasthani Oral Epic of Devnarayan, New Delhi.
5. Malik, Aditya (2005). Nector Gaze and Poison Breath: An Analysis and Translation of Rajasthani Oral Narrative of Devnarayan, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195150198.
6. Miller, Joseph Charles, Jr. (1994). The Twenty-four Brothers and Lord Devnarayan: The Story and Performance of a Folk Epic of Rajasthan, India, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.
Regards
Ravi Kasana
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Amazing Muscat ! Loved the ‘between the Lines’ u said … V smart Amitji !!
Great Post !! thankyou and pls keep on posting pics like today !!!!
Regards,
Ajay .
In reference to your recent movie “TEEN PATTI”, I just want to wish you a Happy PI DAY to celebrate the mathematical constant π (pi) (in the mm/dd date notation: 3/14); since 3, 1 and 4 are the first three digits of π. March 14 is also the birthday of Albert Einstein and the two events are sometimes celebrated together.
Best regards,
Sadiq Pirani
My dear Mister Bachchan,
these pictures are breathtaking! How extensive and magnificent these imposing
buildings are… Here in Germany you only could get such feelings when you visit the Cologne Cathedral! You feel so small, what you really are….
Enjoy it to be there, dear Amitabh, fill up your mental power for the next weeks, this wonderful place on earth is the right one for that!
Thanks for sharing it with us, it will expand our horizons….
With my love
Magdalena
The information you have provided here is really great i like it very much….great job. thank you
Hi,
The pics were breathtakingly beautiful, as beautiful as the words u used to describe them. U know what , i m going to use some of those ideas in the pics for my rooms . Thanks for sharing. Of course the 4storey chandlier is no where near.
thanks again.
Namaskar Amit ji
Very nice photographs of Al Bustan Intercontinental Hotel of Muscat ….
hope you are enjoying your visit in Oman and the film festival!
It is a lovely sunny day out here in Glasgow and i will be spending a quiet day with my family!
Hope you enjoy the rest of your day will catch up with you in the evening.
Love you
Millie (Glasgow)
Dear Sir
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Thats just a hobby I have ! A little creativity in life increases efficiency at work !!!
Parimal
Finally,I read your words……
The Islamic city seems to have had an effect on your demeanor.May your thoughts be as generous as they are forever,Inshallah….
You rightly said,we should be happy with what we have.I am really pleased to know that you are returning back today.
Take care uncle
Love…….
Great pictures those.Certainly inspirational .
Thank you for these stupendous shots.
You’ve captured the majesty. Stunning.
I’m still reeling from reading the trivia on Pakeezah, the subtle philosophy of naming the film.
Hi Amitji,
Absloutely stunning photos, keep them coming.
Watched a great knock by Yusuf Pathan yesterday, awesome power.
Regards as ever to Mansihbhai, Srinivas, Sunita- NJ, Vandana, Amitabh Z, Devkishin, S Kh, Shankar, Anu, Barun, Mahmud, Archana, Jasmine J, Anat Magen, Barka from France, Manoj Kumar Ojha, Pratik Rana, Saratchandra, Smita and Saroj and any others I have missed.
Regards
Naresh
For Ashok Suvarna, NPA Events at #231,
When A. R. Rahman came to Muscat two months ago, the event managers had booked the Wattayah Stadium which was packed one and a half times over its capacity. Mr. Ashok, please don’t make cheap statements that a closed club of 180 people was going to represent 600,000 people in Muscat. You deserve the snub that you got.
What is worse you drop big names like HE Anil Wadhwa and Dr. Mohamed Ali (Vice Chairman, Galfar) on this blog just to show that you are a high society snob. You were just trying to gain favors with a selected few of the creme-de-la-creme in Muscat using AB’s presence.
I bet even if you had booked the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex it would have been insufficient to accommodate AB’s fans in Muscat.
So, next time, play low. Organise everything properly and then call on BigB. If you have to use the blog to speak to him, we already know how far you can get!
Cheers.
hello sir how r u i visited ur site first time very beautiful place we people can see such places in images and dreams . nice to see u spending so much time on net . millions of people one of ur unknown fan . have a good day sir do take care of urself may u achieve more and more as its great to see . bye for now
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Good afternoon, dearest Amitabhji.
My God, the second day you gladden us such staggering photos! Thank you! Remains only to admire ad infinitum such stunning magnificent beauty of workmanship!
«Why did the Maker make them the way they were ? What fault of theirs to bring them in this world in such conditions ?» To not indifferent people it is heavy always to look at those who was born with challenged and cannot normally and completely to live, but we cannot to help them anything… They are not to blame not anything, but suffer… And it is very difficult to look on it. Because the life is unfair to them… Therefore you have absolutely right told: ‘… yet we seek more and better. So much in our lives we take and keep as granted. And we are never satisfied with what we have. ‘ O, Amitji, you are absolutely right!… But we should aspire to the best in a life. I think, we live for this purpose…
And I agree with these words: ‘ Let us then be happy and content with what was given and ordained for us. Let us use this gift of ours to good cause and benefit for others. Let us not gloat in our good fortune and blinker ourselves from the unfortunate conditions of the less fortunate… ‘
‘ Let us willingly do for others without seeking something in return and let us extend our hand and touch those that may never have the capacity to reach out and hold it… ‘ Thank you, Amitji, I divide with you these words. It is remarkable subtly has told… If so in a life there was all time… If we all time were kind and disinterested to each other…
For some reason were recollected words of poet A.Dementyev (may be, they not quite on a theme, but I very much love them): ‘… Each my poem — as the stretched hand to invisible someone who at that moment be in need of support…That someone’s trustful soul, figuratively speaking, could rely on it. ‘
Return, dear Paa…
All the kindest and the best. Take care and have a rest well…
With warm-heartedness and more..
Olya
Bhoothnath@yandex.ru
THANK U MR. BIG B
Thanks for the photos…Love you!!
Chand
Mr. Ashok Suvarna……..there is no need to give such a big explation abt the matter which u mentioned above…Mr. Big B has come here to receive his Lifetime achivement award..not to see what u have done for him..nor receive a shawl from three Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award winners from Oman,or anyone else…..PLEASE Mr. Suvarna….STOP GIVING OUT UR CHEAP COMMENTS.WE ALL KNOW HOW BAD U GUYS ARE IN ORGANINSING SHOWS..
# Manish.. Many many many heartiest congrats to your family on the birth of the lil one.
surprised to learn that Rajesh Khanna is younger than you..
you r great Big B..
Sir,
Is it true that you are not meeting journalists from magazines in Oman for interviews?
hmmmmm…
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hello amit ji ….
how are you ? how you manage your emotions when someone who is not well to whom you love a lot ?
be happy ,be healthy !
thanks
Dear Amitji,
On mentally challenged children, there is a Special school for them close to your home in Hauz Khas, New Delhi. I volunteered to work for this institution in my spare time when I was in India. The school is doing a wonderful job in bringing back joy to these children through training by special teachers. If you did not have a chance to visit this school so far, please do visit it when you are in Delhi and can spare a little time for these children. They will be so happy and, I”m sure. you will be equally delighted to see their self confidence and abilities restored to near normal children, through hard work and dedication of their teachers.
The Special school teaches mentally challenged children the skills they need to grow and learn in the world. The tasks the child is given are geared towards his mental growth in as far as he is able to learn, expand and grow. For example, sensory training and perceptual knowledge are taught to mentally challenged children and these are stressed to a great extent and practices many times over. Children are also given tasks in the school that help them to become as independent as they possibly can be. The training allows mentally challenged children a sense of accomplishment and helps to build their sense of self into a positive one.
It is believed that hereditary plays the strongest role in arresting a child’s mental development while a variety of environmental factors can also contribute to it. The most common factors include brain damage, an infection that occurred during pregnancy, RH incompatibility, taking drugs while pregnant and malnutrition. Regardless of the cause, simple tasks such as eating, toilet training and even learning to walk properly can be difficult for the mentally challenged child. It is important to have plenty of love, tolerance, patience, and empathy when dealing with such a child.
With regards
Tilak Rishi (USA)
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big friend ji ke big B baby ……….
shetaani maat karoo……..
hai amit !
“duniya bnane wale kya tere maan me smayi kahe ko duniya bnayee ”
what is your thought on above .
please reply,thanks..
SuperPoke!
pinch ..for u
big friend ji…..plz meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet me
TO Ann Susan,
Thats a wrong info, Ann, don’t believe it.
Mr. Bachchan personally met all the journalists who had fixed up an appointment beforehand. I was one of them….so please DO NOT believe the rumours….Cheers,
Sachin Kelkar
Muscat
big friend ji ……hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
big friend ji …replyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
big friend ji …………naraj ho gaye kya……..
big friend ji……sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
big friend ji ….meri friend mujhe pagal bol rahi hain hoooooooooooon…..
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiting………….
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plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz reply
big friend ji jwab do plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
ohhh yesha kya mere se jhagdhaa karoge kya ?
dada big friend ko bata dungi to pitaai ho jayegi aapki .. ha !!
jhutheeeee mera naam leke big friend ko comment …….lolzz
daaat khaaoge aaj !!
I M here
big friend ji …..rishte mein to hum aapke number one ac lagte hain fan nahi haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa plz replyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
big friend ji ….main thak gayeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
lolzzzzz
pagal …….. baby
big friend jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii replyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
angel says:
March 14, 2010 at 7:22 pm
big friend ji…..plz meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet me
how can i meet you lol baby ab
mere big friend ko malum padha na to pitenge vo aap ko ..
big friend ji …….main pagal nahi hoooooon plz reply
kya baat hai aaj kush to bahut ho aap ?
big AB ji ke baby ji
aabe reply ki dum kar to rahi ho reply ……
ac kya hota hai ?
Dear Mr Bachhan,
to in CITY TIMES of Khaleejtimes newspaper(14-3-’10) Finally I got the secret of yours why you made your fight scequence look so real as you were a good boxer, while student
dekhaaaaaaaa hamara kamalllll
aabhi aai bas 1 mint
Hi,
Watching and enjoying AB Special songs in B4U….wow, nice songs…
Love and Regards,
Vandana Bhatt, Dubai, UAE
big friend ji ….aap hmare desh ki shhan hain , sabhi achhe log aap se bahuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut pyar karte hain aur ye humara adhikaaaaaaaaaar hai sabki taraf se bahut sara pyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyar
big friend ji bhagwan aapko aur bhi shakti de taaki hum humesha aap ka pyar paa saken
ha ha ha ha ha a
thnxxx for sabkiiiii taraf se pyar ke liye .angel ji
aacha ye bataiye kahi dara ji ke saath to nahi bethe hai na aap ?
paa ko sekne jaa rahe ho kya ?
Mr angel server ji …………. lolllll
plz reply
big friend ji … kaaash duniya mein sirf mohabatein hein hoti nafrat ke liye jagah aur smay hi na ho kisi ke pas pyar pyar sirf pyar
Congratulations once again for the award. Please get some rest as well.
Take Care,
Somnath
ye kya ?
salmaan or shiamak dono …………..pagal ho gaye !
sahi kaha MR
angel says:
March 14, 2010 at 7:51 pm
big friend ji … kaaash duniya mein sirf mohabatein hein hoti nafrat ke liye jagah aur smay hi na ho kisi ke pas pyar pyar sirf pyar
The day begins with lots of sightseeing
I gather my thoughts and am amazed by the buildings
What wonderful architecture, what a wonderful place
I am brought back to my childhood days
A film festival has just been open
My heart fills with warm love for those who have spoken
I have a small tear for the past clips I have seen
I thank you all for the effort that you have put in.
chutki kaati to gushaa aa gaya kya janab ko ?
hehehh
Dear Paa….
You seem to be having fun out there….
Come back home soon,sound and safe….
Love,
Mitsu.
big friend ji …..rishte mein to hum aapke number one ac lagte hain fan nahi
very ture ………
but what is this Ac man ……….?????
explain to all
big friend ….
thaak gaye kya baby ………..
Hello Mr.Bachchan!
These monuments are very very very beautiful!
How are You?
These photos are amazing,incredible and I don’t know what else I can write!!
I’m in big shock!
I have never heard about Grand Mosque! Thanks to You I can see it and know
something about this wonderful and huge monument
Lots of love to You
big friend … jaldi aaiye
dekhiye server ji ko kuch ho gaya hai ..
masti savar ho gai hai …….
jaya maa se kah dungi to sab pitenge !
Dear Sir,
Your pitcorial decsription of Oman has spreaded a godwill about Oman amd its great structures…!
I hear you are going to recive Life Time Awards in Hngkong also…!
Sir …I am amazed over the way people think ….Why so many Life Time Achievement Awards one after another….?? Are they thinking that you will stop working now…please correct them …..!
Big B will never ever stop working…..and any life time achievement award is unable to evalauate your work…it can not be enveloped….it has no boundaries…..!
Perpetual …..Ajar ……Amar…………!
May God Bless You Always………!
Regards
aarey mr angel urrfff Angel 2 kaha gaye aap pir busy ho gaye kya ?
new chutki kaati thi sorrry !
plz meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet me……
respected sir
i enjoy your collection .
i am doing ca do you agree that now a days ca is not able to get good job because of recession.
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(I ; I )
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbMM33WlpxA
ha ha ha ha ha …….
aachchaaaa to aap yaha hai ……. pakadh liya !!
aaj aap itne kush ho !! kaala tiika laga lijiyega !
or meri hard disk mai pics bhar ke bhej dijiyega !
Yeh Akka India Jaanta Hai Hum Tum Pe Marta Hai ..
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~ !!~ dil kya cheej hai janam aapni jaan tere naam karta hai !
yaar yahan to mayawati paglaa gayi hai…kal raili hai usme 25 lakhs log aa rahe hai…
or kon kon aayega !
lucknow mai ?
big friend kaha gaye aap ?
Dear Manish Parmar,
Hearty congratuations on the birth of your second child!!!
Regards,
kalpana kakade
aaiiiiiiiiiiii …. mere comment kaha gaye ?
# 237 SARATCHANDRA
THANKS FOR THE LINK.AMITABH LOOKS GREAT.
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Dear Sirji,
Thanks for sharing these awesome pics. The crowd chanting your song and going crazy about you should only tell you we your FANS LOVE YOU……. Enjoy your remaining stay. Once again, CONGRATULATIONS on your LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
We your FmXt love you. Come back home safely. I know you want to come back home soon because of your betcha’s BIRTHDAY. Isn’t it, Sirji. Shweta your Paa.. is coming back home just for you.
Love u & your family immensly but Abhishek a little more
Your Ardent fan #1 ~ Sunita
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Phyllis #174,
Ha!
You haven’t seen the most adorable Professor in warm red.
http://www.dancewithshadows.com/movies/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/teen-patti-amitabh-bachchan.jpg
Good post.
웃 me going …
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Hello MANISH, JYOTI & DHIYA,
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$$$$$$$$ May God bless him with health, good luck & prosperity $$$$$$$$$
** DHIYA, SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, for you are a BIG Didi, now **
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Cheers,
Sunita
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(I ; I ) ye bidhu aapun ko ek jappi mangta ve
TALKATIVE DUCK
MAYAWATI’S PUCK
GOOD AT ART
THINKS SHE IS SMART.
GUESS WHO?
tushi nahi ditaa
( I c .I )~ aaab ham ko jana mangtaa .. tum ham ko kaab milne ko aata ?
…VV
or kya hamare bulane se tum hamare ghar mai aaata ?
bro ki shaadi mai aaoge kya ?
aagar bulau to !!
per …….. kya vakai ek celeb aa sakta hai kisi aam inshan ki saadhi mai …..?
amitabh jaa sakte hai kya ?
aaoge kya ?
big friend aap ko aana hai .. big amitabh ji ko unke ghar mai band karke aaiyega !
or koi puche to kahiyega ki aap unke fan hai iss liye aap ko face unke jesha kar liya hai …..
aap aaoge kya ?
bulaau ?
ok time up i m going ….
have fun with chutkiiii …
dada ko jarur kaatnaaaa !!
kya ki uindooo ke saath jo najar aaye they !
GREAT IPL MATCH IS ON AT CHENNAI
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS VS DECCAN CHARGERS
EXPECT EXCITING FINISH
bye …
take care …
aap ghar aa gaye kya ?
CONGRATS SHAHRUKH KHAN–SECOND SUCCESSIVE WIN!!!!!
NO NEED TO DANCE AT RICH FAT MAN’S WEDDING.
मैं बरकत नबी खान बरेली शहर से ,
इस समय यहाँ बहूत अशांति है मैं एक आम नागरिक और मेरी तरह ढेर सारे लोगो को यह अशांति पसंद नहीं आ रही है मैं अपने ब्लॉग के माध्यम से लोगों से अपील करता हूँ की आला हजरत की नगरी को दाग़ लगने से बचा ले
यहाँ की गंगा ,जमुना तहजीब सारे मुल्क में मशहूर थी उसे रुसवा ना करे /
खता लम्हों ने की थी , …………………
सजा सदियों ने पायी,,…………………….
wish u all the very best for your recent honors and wish u a safe journey again!
Have a look at secrets of Muscat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLhLUtg8o3M&feature=geosearch
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YEAH
Hello amit ji.
I am swati from delhi.
My mother is very ill.
I need 20,000 rs.
Please help me amit ji.
I know u will help me out.
Trust me amit ji..i am not lying.
I really need money for my mother.
Please mail me soon i am waiting.
My id is..
sweetisharma.2010@gmail.com
waiting for ur positive response.
श्रीमान अमित जी,
नमस्कार ,
आज आपके ब्लॉग में आपके मस्कट के फोटोग्राफ देखे बहुत अच्छे लगे
गुल्लू खान
बरेली
VERY SWEET MELODY COMPOSED BY KHAYYAMSAAB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nohUSS-RHLU
A MUST LISTEN
A ROCKING HAUNTING ROMANTIC MELODY
WAH WAH MAESTROS — S H A K E R - J A I K I S H A N
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh_0Mv09tA&NR=1&feature=fvwp
sir
have a nice day,God Bless you,ALLWAYS
Manoj
*****ARUN @ # 215*****
That was a wonderful thing you did, Arun…You allowed God to use you as His instrument…Great story…Great gesture…Thank you for writing it down so that we could read it.
Hi Amith Ji,
an excellent pictcurisque representation. keep on giving
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Whether it is Erich von Daniken ( Chariots of God ) or Ron Hubbard ( Founder of Scientology ) ,whether it is the theory of Intelligent Design or the Big Bang Theory , the one unsolved mystery that has plagued mankind is still the mystery of Creation .So , even though to me , von Daniken and Hubbard sound certifiable, I guess to each his own . I subscibe to the WJDK theory : We-Just-Don’t Know
Great pictures of the Grand Mosque . Interesting how our view of worship varies with the size of our pocket books .Reminds me of a story my Mom tells of Shirdi Saibaba . He being a mendicant depended on the alms he received . The only bhiksha he accepted in money was a few pennies. Half for oil to light a diya for worshipping and the other half for a beedi . To each his own .
Have a wonderful time at the LTA event .Love and best wishes.
Hello sir,
How ru ?Just checked d pics..amazing !!I dont how shud i thank u for being so nice,humble & part of us..How u take out time to share ur day with us? We r so addicted to read ur thoughts..Thank u once again..Luv u for this..
Regards,
Shweta
Namaste Amit Ji I am very much excited (in simple words) to write for you
you are simply fantastic and Kohinoor of India this is first time i writing for you but will try to write regularly in future too.
My dearest sun kissed Mr Bachchan,
Hope you are safely en route home with fond memories of your serene desert oasis in Muscat. I’m secretly wondering whether some ‘important official’ propositioned you to bend the rules in order to become their next brand ambassador, much like everywhere else you visit! Your blogs shall certainly illuminate the beauty of this understated location, placing it firmly on the tourists map henceforth.
You have revived the wander lust in me, even though I’m perforce rearranging my trip to Goa for a better time on the advice of many people including yours here last month. But there is something breathtakingly ‘unique’ about the extreme blistering heat in desert regions, which sedates the mind and senses into slowing down and forgetting the cares of urban life. I should have been born a desert gypsy or a Bedouin for all my romanticized notions, but simply couldn‘t survive without the creature comforts I am so blessed to have.
Anyway, I digress. Visuals of the ‘AAA’ sketch have also been viewed - alongside those from your conferring ceremony - appearing well orchestrated with the costumes and props as you say. And if the mimicked performance received your coveted approval then it must have been a sensational sight and not at all eerie for you, the professional onlooker to be imitated!
Yes, your personal involvement in Indian cinema is overwhelming and has undoubtedly elevated its status from strength to strength over the decades and throughout the world. This blog and your diverse fan base is a microcosmic example and this current flurry of international acclaim only substantiates that further. I believe you are among few artists in history to have bridged generations and nationalities to this extent - which is pretty impressive considering your career is not nearly complete yet! Lets hope you find suitable opportunity for more filming amidst harvesting the acclaim!
For the present time you truly must be delighted to be approaching home soil, if only for a fleeting spell before you unlock more eastern mystery during further felicitations next week. As ever please remember to rest and pace yourself in-between times, we would hate to lose that luminosity now…
Wishing you a delightful early evening and take my dearest Mr Bachchan and please don’t worry about blog duties if jet lag ensconces you.
Love & love again,
Jasmine
xx
Amit+Abha
Colors par Bagwan dekh rahaa hun, Aisaa achchha lag rahaa ki bataa nahin saktaa.
I AM A MEMBER OF AN ENLIGHTEN FILM SOCIETY. I WAS PRESENT THERE IN CINEMAX AFTER SCREENING OF “PAA” ON 28TH OF FEBRUARY. I RAISED MY HAND FOR QUESTION SO MANY TIMES BUT I WAS NOT SO LUCKY. SIR, I WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT I COULDN’T MAKE IT POSSIBLE. I’VE COLLECTED NICE PICS OF YOURS SINCE 1980. WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL I USED TO GET POCKET MONEY WHICH WAS 50 PAISE ONLY & THAT TIME POST CARD SIZE PHOTOS COST WAS ALSO SAME AS 50 PAISE. I USED TO BUY YOUR PHOTOS BCZ I WAS FAN OF YOURS SINCE I WAS IN SCHOOL. I HAVE COLLECTED VERY NICE PICS OF YOURS & I’M SURE THESE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS WILL NOT HAVE WITH YOU SIR. I’M SURE NO ONE HAS THESE KIND OF COLLECTION WHICH I HAVE. I WOULD LOVE TO RETURN THEM TO STAR OF THE MILLENNIUM. MY CELL NO IS: 9819180410. MY E-MAIL ID IS : vijay_siddhi@yahoo.co.in I AM WORKING WITH WHITE FEATHER FILMS LTD., MR. SANJAY GUPTA PRODUCTION AS A SCRIPT OPERATOR & I HAVE DONE SCRIPT TYPING IN HINDI OF “KAANTE” & “SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA” IN WHICH AMITJI HAD PLAYED ROLES OF “MAJOR” & “MR. DHINGRA”.
THANKS.
VIJAY T. AMRALE
Satyam 79 I think that is a most wonderful idea.
Hi Mr Bachchan,
hope u r doing well.
love,
Madhu.
So can we expect the next ‘IFFA’ function in the Emirate’s Palace ?
Bachchanji, did you know that the 2 golden Khajoor trees at the entrance of the palace were taken by the Mughals from the city of ‘Khajuraho’ ? Yes, the name Khajuraho came from plenty of khajoor trees that the city had & the entrance of the city were adorned by 2 golden ‘khajoor’ trees.
They say that you need a cart to go from one place of ‘Emirates Palace’ to another end. Amazing Dubai. But our country had been rich too once upon a time before the Mughals & the British came and plundered it. So sad. At this point we definitely should think of the freedom fighters, thanks to whom we are enjoying what we do today.
Bachchanji ek request hai meri. Please take the pictures with a 10 megapixel camera so that we can download them & use them as sreensavers of our computer. Thanks for reading if you did. Expecting more. May the Lord God give you more such fantastic experiences to share with us.
By the way you write excellently. There is a kind of passion in whatever you say & I like it. Keep writing Amitji. We’ll keep following you.
Dearest Manish Parmar (Brother of my heart),
Welcome Baby Parmar!
This is your Auntie in Canada..wanting to welcome you into this wonderful Family.
Manish I am so glad everything went well and both Jyoti and baby are well.
Big hug and kiss to Big Sis Dhiya…
Again, Congrats to you and Jyoti on your Academy Award Production!
Much Love and Blessings Always,
Carrie
Good evening, Mr. Bachchan!
Beauty! Architectural marvel, exquisite, oriental luxury! On the seventh photo rich mosaic! Mosaic enriches perception. It is difficult to find English words that describe my emotions.
You write that will soon visit the charitable organization. These children are angels. How is it unfair!
With warmth and love to you,
Irina
(Please do not publish, this is for you only)
I dont know what to call you… bhaskar, Jai, Vijay, Iqbal, Manu, Dev, Bhootnath, Paa ….. you have been a part of my life since the time i saw you in Anand. I am 35 years old, and since the time I remember, I have been watching your films. I celebrate every 11th Oct, visit the temple and pray for a good life for you. You have been my idol, my inspiration (reel and real life), my dream, in fact I worship you. Yet today, you are in Muscat and i have not been able to even get close to you. Nevertheless, you are always close to me through the many characters played by you, and your voice…. reciting the poems of bade sahabji, your babuji. Will always be with you,
Devavrat.
#171 Thank you, Valorie.
TADAAAAHHH! Indeed
Love, Phyllis
Hello Amitabh Bachchanji ,
I cannot imagine that one day i would connect to you ….the way am being connected now….via the posts or comments.:-)
Greatful to your thought that you blog ..and blog for people and fans like me to read and CONNECT to you.
I truly wish you read my comments and post a small reply……that would Amithji….MAKE MY LIFE !!!
Yours truly
Santosh Gondkar
Lobryj evening Amit!
Good warm to you of evening and colourful dreams!
Let evening will be surprisingly magic!
And the moon smiles to you!
missed to say….gud to knw abt d place thru ur pics. May b u cn share some of urs too. Njoy blogging!
Quiet gentle night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
***DEVKISHIN JI @ 353***
THANK YOU, Devkishin Sir, for this most wonderful and informative link to
“The Secrets of Oman”…I simply LOVED it…I must admit to having one addiction in my life, other than my addiction to His Majesty, Mr. Bachchan, of course… Some people use heroin, some people drink alcohol…
For many, MANY years now, I have been addicted to…perfumes…gorgeous
intoxicating perfumes, shower gels, soaps, lotions, body cremes, powders…
I should’ve gotten addicted to heroin…would’ve been cheaper in the long run.
Contained in your lovely link was a story about the perfume factory there in Oman called “AMOUAGE”…makers of the most expensive perfumes
‘in the world’…now I’m really in trouble…grateful…but in trouble…
I just ordered TWO items for myself! UNSNIFFED!!!! Oh no…seems I have to get a second job just to support my ‘perfume habit’…and I don’t mind.
I…love…perfumes…not colognes, not eau de toilettes… real perfume…
Dear Amitji,
This is for our family ……..
Valorie - thanks for the lovely poem on Amitji.
Phyllis (PB) of Texas - Grrrrrrrrreaatt pics - totally agree with all your comments!!!!
Manish Parmar - congrats on your bundle of joy - it’s a boy.
Happy Mother’s day to all those that are celebrating today.
Daisy - I could’nt find the programme on Bollywood??!!
Love and best wishes
Sangita xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Had a long day today. Nice to end with your post.
arvind
Hey there!
Thanks a bunch for the lovely pics.
So thoughtful of you, taking us around with you…well, almost
Safe flight back!
lOVE
Madhumita
Hello, Sir ..
Wellcome to Sultanate of Oman. Hope you liked here and having good time. I see you visited the grand mousque it is indeed an one of kind. I recommend to visit Muttrah Souq, its a traditional market, I’m sure you will like it.
Salam from Oman
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Hilarious photographs. Such an amazing craft of imagination coupled with technology. Thanks for making such beautiful pictures available as we are so fortunate to visit those places. But we should also not forget that real beauty lies in the eyes of beholder and even for some a home is worth over these palatial craft of human effort.
Arun@215 and Lena@218
I just got through reading these two wonderful comments. Thank you, Arun, thank you Lena! There was such a meaningful connection between what you each wrote…this serendipity of experience is one more wonderful aspect of Mr. Bachchan’s Taj Mahal blog!
With love and gratitude,
Phyllis
Thank you for the very opulently beautiful pictures from Oman, totally mindboggling. A life I cannot even imagine!
I doubt you will read this but am telling you anyway, AB. Spent the whole day frantic and fraught after hearing at 5am that my mother in India aged 80 had a nasty fall and totally dislocated her left arm. There I was waiting for daylight to call her to wish her Happy Mother’s Day and instead heard of this drama from last night. Fortunately she was seen without delay at the hospital by a close doctor friend of the family and the Xray showed no broken bones. I am organising myself now to try and fly home for the 2 weeks of Easter leaving the kids and hubby to mind the house. They are game for it and it will be a learning curve for all.
Thankfully mum will be fine after three weeks in a tight sling.
So today was spent on phone calls.
Enjoy the rest of your journey and the LAAs
Love
Reshmi P
I suppose this atheist friend of urs is RGV
Love
Raj
221 Irina …welcome to the blog. You join a worthy company…some of the most soulful and beautiful comments on the blog come from Amitji’s Russian FmXt.
Love and regards,
Phyllis
Sir,
My name’s Rana.I am a student & have been in Oman for the last 13 years.
I hope you have an amazing time here in Muscat.Hope you have fun!All the best !!
Love,
Rana Jose
Dear mr Bachchan
Subah meine comment likha aur submit kiya to kho gaya iske baad samay hi nahin mila. meine dekha
Rab ne banadi jodi
LUV U LOADSXXX
Dear Sir,
Nice pictures…with descriptions…
When are you starting the shoot for The Outsider….
Have a safe flight back home…take care
With lots of love
Tejas Mankodi
Dubai
Dear Ashok Suvarna,
Which are the 180 people you are talking about? Do they truly represent the 5,50,000 Indians who live in Oman. Are they not the Indian ambassador’s twice a week party friends? Am sure if two of them get together they can easily charter a flight to get Amitabh Bachchan to come back here. Don’t sound so emotional. Am sure every 180 member who attended the event would have forgotten the episode with a swig of one or two pegs of free flowing liquor served at the embassy nearly every day. By the way, AB would have seen much bigger versions of the red carpet, so I didn’t think he needed to see what you had done. You event managers who think you all can move mountains got the snub you deserved. I hope you don’t issue a press release now…
– by Other Indian in Muscat
Devkishin ji #353 - thanks a lot for that wonderful link into the secrets of oman.
Valorie - The poem on BigB is so fantastic!!!
#174 - Phyllis (PB) of Texas - Amazing Pics. thank you for that link.
#212/213 - Rochelle - thanks for the blaster songs link
taking a cue from Devkishinji, here is the link to Al bustan Palace lobby and the Grand Mosque, Muscat, Oman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDVd70Ok7OA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVwnqPCnQdw&feature=fvsr
***ANAT, PHYLLIS, SANGITA (UK), and SARATCHANDRA***
I’m so glad to know you all liked the poem at # 171…
That means everything to me.
Thank you very, very much.
Dear AB
Thanks for sharing the pictures…loves them
Nice and sensitive post…esp about the mentally challenged children. I too wonder sometimes why does God make them so, and if so why give them the sufferings ? Amazing are the people who handle them and take care of them…God bless them
love
Vinita
381 Sangita … Thanks, glad you enjoyed those delicious pics!
Namaskaar Amitji,
Congratulations on your various achievements and awards!
And hats off to all the countries that are decorating you and finally taking notice of your talents.
Good for them! That is the essence of globalization.
It’s about time!
Now only some of us in the Western Hemisphere need to sit up, take notice and follow suit.
We are sadly lagging behind…peechay-peechay dheeray-dheeray aa rahay hain.
Love always,
Leela
respected amitji….
first of all congratulations to u… and being an Indian i m very proud to have u with us. today i want to make u a special request. as i m from gujrat, i request you to come to my city rajkot. i know u r having a very busy schedule, but please spare some time and come to my city. i assure u that one more beautiful experience will be added to your memories….
just five days before my finals,
hir is saying “Pranam” to u…..
gr8 place sir, wonderful pics….
deepest rgds
Hello aB !
Greetings.
Am seeing your blog for the first time…..your narration simply flows, meanders, and circumnavigates without gushing into swirls, drop falls, etc. It’s been a pleasure to read some of your earlier blogs. These reflect your personality.
Pl. keep up your good health and let us have this pleasure of reading your fresh blogs coming up all the time.
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
Heartfelt congratulations.
Thanks a lot for sharing wonderful photos.
Regards,
Naishadh Vyas
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Dear Sir,
Thanks for all these lovely the pics.
The structures in Muscat are indeed GRAND - to say the least!
Nice to know that the marbles in them are from Rajasthan, India!
Please put up a video on the blog of the the enactment by local artists of the song from ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ - anhonee ko honi kar de! We’d love to see how they’ve performed it!
And if possible a video of that documentary too where they have shown a clip from ‘Khuda Gawah’, the climax moment of the meeting of the two lovers!
With love & regards,
Rajesh Kejriwal
BigB Yahoo Groups
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hi sir……..
how r u……….? what’s your upcoming projects sir…………?
regards
karthik
Dear Mr. Amitabh,
Thanks for appreciating Muscat and the people, I am overwhelmed after reading all the comments from your EXTF….. and the images which you have taken, no doubt the city is beautiful.
I was happy to read all this, because I am a Delhite staying in Muscat. Thanks once agian for everything.
Good Afternoon!
Dear Amitji,
He came, He spoke, he won the hearts and left.
But for those the lucky few, who could spent precious moment with you will sing the song of memories throughout the life to go. YES, I am the proud one of them, to meet you twice in a single day.
Back to Muscat, last night you was looking ditto-ditto Omani, Dressed up in national Dishdaash and Omani Head gear (Mashar) along with the traditional belt & khanjar, If you would have been landed on the airport like this, I am sure immigration would have asked for your Omani passport .
That remind me of Kishorekumar’s first visit in Muscat in 1980, those days there was no Bustan Hotel or the theater halls. The programs used to took place in open air football stadium. I was near the Muscat palace. When the show began with son Amitkumar depicting Kishorda’s voice and then came young boy (his son) he started singing Kishoreda’s favorites song “Pal Pal Dilke Pas Tum Rahti Ho” people nearly tolerated Amit…..but now they started voicing…WHERE IS KISHOREKUMAR? at the same time out of a blue moon one Omani Stood up …passing the greetings “As Salam Wale Kum Barkhat..”…then he ran toward the stage, Snatched the mike and announce that, I think KishoreKumar is not came “ WHO IS KISHORKUMAR? I can sing BETTER THAN HIM” and started with Arabic song, dancing & singing non-stop for an hour…people started clapping & humming unknowingly stood up to give him a standing ovation….That was Omani version of KishorDA.
Such a funny person he was…..I enjoyed his live events more than dozens time always evergreen.
By the way in same event the special appearance was of everyone’s heart favorites Rekha, she dance and sung with the tunes of Kishorda, in one song something like “Muzse Shadi Karogi” Kishor da bending on knee happened to asked her “ Bolo Bolo Muzse Shadi Karongi” and Rekha says “ Nahi Nahi Baba….Mai Shadi Karongi Usase Karoongi….6 feet Se Jada Kad Valese Karoongi…..Aaya Samaj Me Na”.
I did forget to ask you in Oman did you like my poems?
All the best Sir, you are “Na Bhuto Na Bhavishati, Amitabh Bachchan ever was and never will be.”
With best regards from Muscat,
Naresh Panchal
DEAR MR.AMITABH JI
PEHLAY SIRF MAI, MAYA NAAZ ADAKAR AMITABH BACHAN KA FAN THA, PUR APKAY BLOGS PADHNAY KAY BAAD NA SIRF BAHATREEN ADAKAR BULKAY BAHATREEN SHAQSIYATH KAY MALIK MUHTERAM ABITABH BACCHAN KA PRUSTAR HU GAYA HOON..ESS MAI KOI SHAKH NAHI KAY APKI SHAQSIYATH APKI ADAKARI SAY KAFI OONCHI HAI…APKAY BLOG MAYY SUB SAY ACCHI JU BAAT LAGTI HAI W OH YEAH KAY ..AAP AKSAR WO BAISHTAR SHUKR GUZARI KI TALQHEEN KARTAY HAI AUR PADKHNAY WALAO KU ACHHAI KI TARF BAHUT HI KHUBSURTI KAY SATH RAGHIB KARTAY HAI JU KAY KHABIL E TAREEF HAI..
MUJHAY AAP KI YEAH BAAT BAHUT HI DIL KU CHUGAYEE
“Why did the Maker make them the way they were ? What fault of theirs to bring them in this world in such conditions ?”
WOHH ISLIYE KAY MERA BILKUL HI CHUTA BACCHA EPILEPSY KA SHIKAR HAI..MUJHAY BHI ESS KHISM KA SAWAL KAI ROZ SAY SATA RAHA HAI…MAGAR AAP BAHUT HI KHUBSOORATI SAY USKA JAWAB APKAY DUSRAY (PARA) MAY DAY DIYE HAI…SHUKRIYA..
HAMARI YEAH DUA HAI KAY AAP SEHATH U AFIATH KAY SATH RAHAY AMEEN.
DUAO KA TALIB
Ali
A place of worship for a King……King B :))) ..Wow! How exquisite, it’s sheer size …..Wow!
You are sooooooooooooo wonderful to share all this with us..your travels I love hearing about.
Thank you much!
Love …your biggest fan
thanks Phyllis..
Reply to Naresh Panchal.
Do you know what you are writing to a person like Amitabh Bachan. Are you reminding him about his past he may have already forgotten. Living here for so many years has driven you totally insane and you need treatment on how to behave with respectable people. AB has better behaved servants than you, please remember.
Dear Amitji,
Curtain raised, Jindagi Aur Uparvale ke Hath me Hai, Hum to Sirf Kataputliya Hai Kismat Ke Hathki. …….
Sir, I had forwarded to you 2 presised poems for you, one was on Oman and other in Hindi syblizing being you.
Did you received the Hard copies with designed folder at Al Bustan Palace Hotel? if not, simultaniously same ones, I had submmited on your blog (13th & 14th March) please view them and pass your comments on my e-mail ID muscatnaresh@gmail.com or kindly send me a postal Address so can send you the artic version with imbleded pictorical glimses of Oman to you. Please don’t forget….I had spend splendous artisan of couple of weeks in it.
Further to it I have a story line on Diebetic Patient (myself) , when detected positive type 2 Diebetic case, how he suffers, even his family parts apart…..but eventually one early morning while walking on the Oman’s beach in desmay…suddenly he started jogging..and here starts the run towards New Dawn a Life…New Horizon…where he found the new light to live..he picks up the Pen….Words started flowing to him…to help others Suffering like him…he began classes on preventive actions..on DB-cases….he regain the fame and the family joins him again…..and he realized and passed the message to others that, ” in fact Diebetics is not a CURSE but it is a BLESSING…..
Sorry Amitji for taking your valuable time.
Regards,
Naresh Panchal- Please reply on : muscatnaresh@gmail.com
Dear Amitji,
Curtain raises, Jindagi Aur Maut Uparvale ke Hath me Hai Jahpanah, Hum to Sirf Kataputliya Hai Kismat Ke Hathki. …….
Sir, I had forwarded 2 presized poems for you with organizers, one was on Oman and other in Hindi syblizing being you.
Did you received the Hard copies with designed velvert folder at Al Bustan Palace Hotel? if not, simultaniously same ones, I had submmited on your blog (13th & 14th March) please view them and pass your comments on my e-mail ID muscatnaresh@gmail.com or kindly send me a postal Address so can send you the artic version with imbleded pictorical glimses of Oman to you. Please don’t forget….I had spend splendous artisan of couple of weeks in it.
Further to it I have a story line on Diebetic Patient (myself) , when detected positive type 2 Diebetic case, how he suffers, even his family parts apart…..but eventually one early morning while walking on the Oman’s beach in desmay…suddenly he started jogging..and here starts the run towards New Dawn a Life…New Horizon…where he found the new light to live..he picks up the Pen….Words started flowing to him…to help others Suffering like him…he began classes on preventive actions..on DB-cases….he regain the fame and the family joins him again…..and he realized and passed the message to others that, ” in fact Diebetics is not a CURSE but it is a BLESSING…..
Sorry Amitji for taking your valuable time.
Regards,
Naresh Panchal- Please reply on : muscatnaresh@gmail.com
NMSKAAR AMITABH JI
KAISI HO TUM? IN SHAA ALLAH TUM FINE
ANYTHING BY YOU IS A GOOD THING , MY PRAY ALWAYS WITH YOU
WITH ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU AMITABH JI. TAKE CARE ALLAH HAFIZ
Dear Mr Suvarna
From your mail and arranagements you had made, it is very clear and obvious that u wanted to make urself a hero by using the Superstar Big B prsence and few other prominent personalities.
You should have understood the crux of the matter that the Ministry had invited Big B for receiving the lifetime achievement award during the Film festival and not for you to provide a red carpet dinner with few other people.
Big B has seen millions of high magnitude events, so don’t make such a big fuss of your small time event/dinner.
Hey very nice blog!!
If only I had a quarter for every time I came here! Amazing post!