Song from "To Sir With Love"

A beautiful, inspirational song and movie.



Those schoolgirl days, of telling tales and biting nails are gone,
But in my mind,
I know they will still live on and on,
But how do you thank someone, who has taken you from crayons to perfume?
It isn't easy, but I'll try,

If you wanted the sky I would write across the sky in letters,
That would soar a thousand feet high,
To Sir, with Love

The time has come,
For closing books and long last looks must end,
And as I leave,

I know that I am leaving my best friend,
A friend who taught me right from wrong,
And weak from strong,
That's a lot to learn,
What, what can I give you in return?

If you wanted the moon I would try to make a start,
But I, would rather you let me give my heart,
To Sir, with Love

Chicken-a-la-Carte

These are moments of truth which makes us realise how fortunate and blessed we are, and that we must be conscious and empathic for those around us who are less fortunate.

This is a true Story 6 min film ..but really worth the time.

The film has won a prize in 2009 Berlin Movie Festival.

http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/1081/Chicken-a-la-Carte

Law of the Garbage Truck..

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly.

So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!'

This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally.

Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets,

so .... Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't.

Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!

Have a garbage-free day!

Jityu Hamesha Gujarat..

"Jityu Hamesha Gujarat " is an Anthem for Gujarat sung by 25 celebrity Gujarati singers (Praful Dave, Aishwarya Majumdar, Padmashree Diwaliben Bhil, Ashit Desai, Hari Bharwad, Mouli Dave, Arti Munshi, Alap Desai, Hardik Dave, Shyamal Munshi, Saumil Munshi, Abhesinh Rathod, Achal Mehta, Uday Majumdar, Falguni Sheth, Dilip Dholakia, Purushottam Upadyay, Hema Desai. Hemant Chauhan, Karasan Sagathia, Keerti Sagathia, Neeraj Parikh, Biharidan Gadhvi, Damayanti Bardai, Bharti Kunchala, Viraj Upadhyay and Bijal Upadhyay).

It has been shot at scenic locations of Gujarat like Little Rann of Kutch (Dasada), River Narmada / Karjan Dam, Somnath / Arabian Sea, Tithal Beach of Valsad, Khadia ni Pol of Ahmedabad ,Half constructed Bridge of Sabarmati, Gandhi Ashram, Gallops Mall Street of Ahmedabad and Adalaj ni Vav.



I grew up in state of Gujarat, India. Gujarat is one of the most diverse States in India. Its history stretches over a long years from the age old Harappan Civilization to the Mughal period. Gujarat's endless journey from Roots to Wings is timeless with historical and cultural traditions glorifying the State. Proud to be a Gujarati.

Ignacy J. Paderewski..

This is a true story that had happened in 1892 at Stanford University . Its moral is still relevant today.
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A young, 18-year-old student was struggling to pay his fees. He was an orphan, and not know­ing where to turn for money, he came up with a bright idea. A friend and he decided to host a musical concert on campus to raise money for their education.

They reached out to the great pianist Ignacy J. Paderewski. His manager demanded a guaranteed fee of $2000 for the piano recital. A deal was struck. And the boys began to work to make the concert a success.

The big day arrived. Paderewski performed at Stanford. But unfortunately, they had not managed to sell enough tickets. The total col­lection was only $1600. Disappointed, they went to Paderewski and explained their plight. They gave him the entire $1600, plus a cheque for the balance $400. They promised to honour the cheque soonest possible.

"No." said Paderewski. "This is not acceptable." He tore up the cheque, returned the $1600 and told the two boys "Here's the $1600. Please deduct whatever expenses you have incurred. Keep the money you need for your fees. And just give me whatever is left" The boys were surprised, and thanked him profusely.

It was a small act of kindness. But it clearly marked out Paderewski as a great human being. Why should he help two people he did not even know? We all come across situations like these in our lives. And most of us only think "If I help them, what would hap­pen to me?" The truly great people think, "If I don't help them, what will happen to them?" They don't do it expecting something in return. They do it because they feel it's the right thing to do.

Paderewski later went on to become the Prime Minister of Poland . He was a great leader, but unfortunately when the World War began, Poland was ravaged. There were over 1.5 mil­lion people starving in his country, and no money to feed them. Paderewski did not know where to turn for help. He reached out to the US Food and Relief Administration for help.

The head there was a man called Herbert Hoover - who later went on to become the US President. Hoover agreed to help and quickly shipped tons of food grains to feed the starving Polish people. A calamity was averted.

Paderewski was relieved. He decided to go across to meet Hoover and person­ally thank him. When Paderewski began to thank Hoover for his noble gesture, Hoover quickly interjected and said, "You shouldn't be thanking me Mr. Prime Minister. You may not remember this, but several years ago, you helped two young students go through college in the US . I was one of them."

The world is a wonderful place. What goes around usually comes around.

‎10 things to learn from Japan in the face of tragedy..

1. THE CALM -Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.
2. THE DIGNITY - Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.
3. THE ABILITY - The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn’t fall.
4. THE GRACE - People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.
5. THE ORDER - No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.
6. THE SACRIFICE - Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?
7. THE TENDERNESS - Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.
8. THE TRAINING - The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.
9. THE MEDIA - They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.
10. THE CONSCIENCE - When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly.

Murphy's Laws of Parenting!

1. A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school clothes.
2. An alarm clock is a device for waking people up, who don't have small kids.
3. Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.
4. Anyone who says "Easy as taking candy from a baby" has never tried it.
5. Children are natural mimics who act like their parents, despite every effort to teach them good manners.
6. Children don't sleep ... they recharge.
7. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
8. Cleaning your house while your kids are at home is like trying to shovel the driveway during a snowstorm.
9. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your kids. -- really true.
10. Gym clothes left at school in lockers mildew at a faster rate than other clothing.
11. If raising children was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor!
12. Kids really brighten a household. They never turn off any lights.
13. Leakproof thermoses - will.
14. Refrigerated items, used daily, will gravitate toward the back of the refrigerator.
15. Shouting to make your kids obey is like using the horn to steer your car and you get about the same results!
16. Sick children recover miraculously when the doctor enters the treatment room.
17. Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and when he grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car onto a freeway.
18. The item your child lost, and must have for school within the next ten seconds, will be found in the last place you look.
19. The chances of a piece of bread falling with the grape jelly side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
20. The garbage truck will be two doors past your house when the argument over "whose day it is to take out the trash" ends.
21. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own.
22. The shirt your child must wear today will be the only one that needs to be washed or mended.
23. The tennis shoes you must replace today will go on sale next week.
24. There are only two things a child will share willingly - communicable diseases and their mother's age.
25. Trying to dress an active little one is like trying to thread a sewing machine while it's running.
26. We childproofed our home three years ago and they're still getting in!
27. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then, you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.
28. Your chances of being seen by someone you know dramatically increase if you drive your child to school in your robe and curlers.
29. Your children may leave home, but their stuff will be in your attic and basement forever.

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