2011 - A Year of Marketing

Meri Jaan, as we move into 2012, all I can think about is - What is this-what is this-what is this Kolaveri D?

This song probably broke all records of an absolutely-ridiculous non-musical-but catchy song. It had probably the highest audio and video downloads in just 30 days.

Apart from been attached to THE RAJNI - the big buzz that worked for Kolaveri was Marketing - and same goes for the year 2011.

This was a year of - Marketing, Marketeers and Musketeers !!

Globally, one of the most popular marketed event was 'The Royal Wedding'. It shut down offices, business and the country. The biggest marketing from the event was of the back side of the designer gown that Pippa Middleton wore.

D-amn, a gown took away all the hoopla of the grand wedding, well atleast for few weeks the Eurozone economy was on Back-burner.

If we just look at events in India - The ONE marketing event that shook the country, apart from Sunny Leone's entry in Big Boss (that just shook Ramdev Baba's dhoti) or the slap to Sharad Pawar (that just shook Mr. Pawar) was 'Mee Anna Aahey'!

What a wonderfully scripted and marketed campaign in a country ruled by corruption and corrupt people?

This event was so successful that even the FDI's could not stand in front of this front. Just like all marketing campaigns are created to promote that specific product, this movement was to market -Anna.

Now another campaign is been launched to re-market the same product - 'Jail Bharo'.

Damn - idhar bhi we had to copy the west - we used 'Jail Bharo' and not 'Deewaar-Sadak Bharo' !! (Occupy Wall Street anyone :)

Well, some politicians in India like Kalamadi, Kani and Raja really had a pre-feel of the 'Jail Bharo' movement and they participated pre-maturely to mature their A$$ets.

Similarly, some of the jump-on-maiD politicans, also did amazing marketing and diverted the attention in their countries from their corruption scandals to their personal scandals.

After 10, 15, 30 days and 60 days of jail term, they eventually got released to enjoy their jail-term bonus dividends and returns of 3000 crore+ scam money!

Well, atleast they all did a wonderful marketing campaign by staying in the 9-star jails for a few D-ays ! Woh kya kahte hain - Anna-dho main Kani Raja :)

A very interesting and baap-of-all-marketing campaign that actually shook the world was "Osama is D-ea-D". This mother-of-all-campaigns actually shook everyone because supposedly this person was captured and buried even before anyone knew about it. Damn - now no one knows if this was real or fictious?

How will anyone ever know if Osama was a bird or a person or just a paper character?? Hey, who cares, God Bless America's created characters !

Talking of characters - one character that really met his fate was Colonel Gadaffi. What a showman (oho- not Subhashiji - he is really busy in casting couch).

Gaddaffi was a real show-man and his audience was his-body-girls-ooh-la-la !!!

Talking about bodygirls and bodyguards - Desi Bollywood released some of the most hyped-and-marketed movies this year with Hamster Khan topping it off with RA-1 and DON-2 and now we have a Mannat-3. Mr. Ham-burger please stick with what you know best (make love stories and market your movies) and do it good, DONT-T try another DON - EVER!!!

Sallu Bhai also did an amazing campaign of 'Being Human' with his movies Rea-D and Bodyguar-D. Another bollywooD fare that was marketed exceptionally well was the ooh-la-la Vidya Balan starrer Dirty Picture.

While there were lots of other events, sad news on the Indian cultutral front involved passing away of the Ghazal Maestro - Jagjit Singh, Classical Lion - Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, The voice of soil - Bhupen Hazarika, Yahoo - Mr. Shammi Kapoor and the evergreen romantic - Dev AnanD.

Dev Anand changed the face of Bollywood Hero with movies like Baazi, Taxi Driver, CID, Funtoosh, Hum Dono, Jaali Note, Nau Do Gyarah, Munimji, Paying Guest, Kala Paani, Kaala Bazaar, Tere Ghar Ke Saamne, Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hain, Guide, Prem Pujari, Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Johnny Mera Naam and Des Pardes to name a few. May you RIP Sir !

So people while life goes on, what I observed this year is that world is truly changing - Climatic changes: the number of earthquakes and floods (Tsunami-Japan) this year have been abnormally high, Political changes: the number of public uprising against regimes globally is a reflection of coming times; Financial changes: With the economy playing see-saw, changes are bound to be carried over next year - no one can predict - good or BA-D; Technology changes: Paid services and Cloud are taking over - soon kids might be singing what is this ACD, VCD and DV-D?

Meri Jaan - while we all go through the events that will unfold next year, one thing is sure - 2012 is here, whether it is Happy-D or Dooms-D, we will all C!! For now Yenna Rascala MinD-it and enjoy Kolaveri-D !!!

Till we meet next, make plans and do-able resolutions for the New Year, enjoy precious moments with friends & family, and always-always Stay in LOEVE !!!!!

- Pankaj Purohit

Raja Ki Kahaani

Nov 2011.

Meri Jaan, recently, I was speaking with some folks that have moved back to India. We were talking about what they really missed of the US, and apart from the obvious basic civic sense, Infrastructure, People-n-Courtesies, Overall cleanliness in the environment, most mentioned that they really missed those feeling-desi days.

Days like going to events like an Indian concert, or those Indian Independence Day parade or those Heritage India events. Those small moments of bringing home desi grocery, CD, DVD, desi paper, enjoying apna food, apne stalls, the desh-bhakti-ka-jazba, some remote celebrity sightings (hey I saw Ranjeet) and the desi celebrations (lets play antakshiri) !

Some said they missed the fact that sometimes they would really park their car in the garage and wait to listen to my radio show (in Hindi) on EBC, or even things like watching AVS used to be something not to be missed.

Its like they were trying to re-create every moment of India in the US, and now that they were back in India, there was nothing to look forward to.

In India, Paani Puri is in abundance, Chole bature, hakka noodles, dosa-idli, gobi manchurian, chicken lolipop is everywhere, and so is the Indian-ness. So, now they were feeling lost back in Swades :)

I think it is very natural to be lost. I also had that desi longing for a long time, and every year when I used to see the desi flag in full flow, I used to get that layer-of-moistness in the eyes. It is very normal Meri Jaan, to miss that Paani puri or Chaat because internally we really do miss apna desh when we live abroad.

Its our country, our food, Meri Jaan, its apni identity in this world !!!

But, is that not the same here? I still miss those Mexican-Chevys joints, Macaroni Grills and Olive Gardens, or the TGIFs?? I miss the ease of walking into a BJs, or Sams club, or even a Walmart and buying all that you need.

But things are changing this end too. Malls are becoming bigger, shops like Walmart and joints like TGIFs are coming up in abundance. Tou, time tou lagega, but the bigger thing is and I am sure most will agree is that it is tough-er to make the move from Vides to Des, than from Des to Videsh !

Also, because we have made our lives abroad, to simply abandon it and move back and dstart from the base, takes a lot of courage !!

But, if you look at it a little differently; Even in the US, if you walk into any Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Citibank, JP Morgan or for that matter any IT floor, all you will see is more than 60% apna desi public and few mix of chinese and then some Gora/ Latino public.

If you live in areas where you can have your mix of Indian and Videshi crowd, you are ok. Same is happening here too. Whoa !!! Tou phir problem kya hain? Does it matter - if it is Nariman Point or Hudson Pier?? Epiphany - kyun?? Why are we still thinking in terms of des-pardes?

Bottomline, being lost is OK !! And then again, this is 2011-going to 2012. Life has changed, it is no more the 70s or 80s, when videsh was still - Phoren.

Depending on where you decide to live, atleast in Swades, from what I have seen, kids will defnitely be much free-er, they will have more sensory perceptions, they may be a little more protected but they will always have more street smartness, and I dont have to mention about studies and the curriculum in schools and then basically you have Apne-Log as against the Yule-log (American TV on a Christmas night, anyone :)

Tou Meri Jaan, there is really not much difference between the Hamptons or the Himachals, Pointpleasant or the Aksa beach.

If you are still with me and reading this blog, to keep you motivated, Ek Story yaad aati hain about a parrot in a Raja's palace.

There was once a parrot in a Raja's palace.

Every day, the parrot abided by the Raja's demands. To keep the Raja happy, day in and day out, the parrot used to sing to the Raja's tunes. He used to pay his dues to keep the Raja happy, and was scared that if it did someting wrong, the Raja would throw it out of the cage and palace.

The Raja was very happy and used to kept the parrot in an ironcage. The parrot also felt great staying in the iron cage and yes, in the Raja's palace.

The Raja used to feed the parrot very well, and used to give him lots of jawaar to eat. Raja used to tell the parrot that if he did what the Raja said, then one day, the Raja would give the parrot a golden chair.

The parrot was very happy, always waiting for the day he would sit on that golden chair and maybe one day he would get THE golden cage.

One day the great day came and the parrot got the golden chair, but after sitting on the chair, he did not feel any different, as he was still inside the cage, just a little higher. One day, he also got the golden cage, but he still did not feel free.

Finally, one evening, the parrot was looking outside his cage, looking up in the sky.

The parrot saw all the other parrots flying outside the palace. They were probably not given that much to eat, but most of them seemed very happy, well spirited and free. Ek Din, a fakeer went by the palace singing a song "Sone ke pinzre ko chod ke dekh, zindagi ka saamna karke tou dekh".

So, one fine day the parrot decided that jo bhi ho, I am not going to stay in this golden cage, I want to be free!

I have the golden chair, I have Golden Cage, I have unlimited jawaar, but where is the life?

Next day, when the Raja asked him to do something, the parrot did what he felt was right! He refused to abide by the Raja's orders. The Raja got really furious and told his soldiers to remove the bird from the cage, and released the parrot out in the sky!

The parrot was a little shaken, but once he was in the sky he could see the open skies, the horizon-zenith, the limitless expansion, and most importantly, his freedom and his happiness.

Alas ! The parrot was free, he was no longer in that cage. The parrot had become Ek Azaad Parinda !!!

Tou then, coming back to our discussion, dont worry too much if you are really keen and planning to come back or Return to India (r2I). Things have really changed and the people too.

Meri Jaan, you can never make India - America/UK or vice-versa. But dont be scared to come back to apni country. If you want to, seize the moment and take the leap !

Ek Sheyr pesh hain: (Irshaad tou bolo !! )
Nazar aur Nazaaron ka aisa nazraana hota hain kabhi-kabhi,
Ke Uski nazrein karam nazar hi nahin aati !
Raah hoti hain, safar hota hain, aur humsafar bhi hote hain,
Lekin, Zindagi door door tak nazar nahin aati !

Bheja Fry message in this post Diwali week:
In the end, it is all about what makes YOU free from YOUR Bindings, YOUR miseries, gives YOU what YOU need and makes YOU happy.

If thats what it is, tou phir it really does not matter - chaahe woh videsh ho, ya apna desh !!

Tou Meri Jaan, with Diwali week almost over, I am really enjoying the most in Apna Swades! Aapka kya hogaa?

Meri Jaan, till we meet next time, stay Safe, stay in Holiday mood, and stay in Loeve !

- Pankaj

Anna's Tea Party !!

Meri Jaan, while the US Tea Party is already rattling the next Presidential nominations, and the so-called-tea-party movement's in the "rest of the world" are already rocking the Middle East and African nations, apna "Desi Tea party" has turned into a rave party.

Anna Tum Aagey badho - Hum tumhare Saath hain !! Mee Anna Aahey !

When you hear words like these at your work place, at the street corners, on signboards, bridges all across the nation and in your residential community, whatever said and done it is honestly great to see this level of unity for "some movement" in apna yeh unity-in-diversity waala desh!

I am not sure of the outcome of this "jan morcha", but somehow Anna's popularity reminds me of a movie called Main Azaad Hoon.

It is is very less-er known movie. Lots of people may not even be aware that Mr. Amitabh Bachchan was the lead actor in this movie.

The story goes that a group of politicians and newspaper folks come together to create a character called "AZAAD." He is created to boost TRPs of the newspaper and to boost some political agendas.

Azaad is brought in to portray all that is bad in the existing world.

Azaad talks about "Corruption". Azaad talks about "farmers problems", he talks about "educating villagers". Azaad talk about the "education system" and the "mill worker" issues.

Essentially, Azaad becomes a symbol to bring forth problems of the "RK Laxman" man.

What happens is that the newsmedia folks, the judicial counterparts, the politicians are little aware that "Azaad" no longer just stays a name; Azaad becomes a movement, he becomes a Superhero who comes back to hit the same politicians like a boomerang !!

Meri Jaan, I dont know if Anna is a politically created character or is this a fictional work-in real life, par somehow, kuch aisa hi - idhar bhi ho gaya hain.

Daddy look - is that a bird - is that a plane, or are those taarey?
No Honey - that is the common man- thats Anna Hazare !!

Tou aagey badho Anna - we are with you !!! Aao Aa-jao is corrupt desh pe chaa jaao ! Corruption is one issue, we need to tackle a long list of Anna-nya and Hazar-on Khwaishein aisi ke har khwaish pe dum nikle !!

Meri Jaan, till we meet next, stay safe-from corruption, stay involved-in the movement, and stay in love with Yeh-Mera-INDIA !!!

- Pankaj Purohit

Debt Man Walking !

Meri Jaan, so the US debt standoff has taken a seating and the fragile economy has been VIRTUALLY lifted. All Hail Obama!

Tou, While you enjoy this moment of upbeat market and start planning for a beach-trip to Ocean City, let me share a small story.

When I reached the Yankees shore in the late 90s, I would walk into the grocery stores, Sears, Walmart, JC Penny's and macys carrying cash bills of 100+ and 500+ USD Greens. One day, a friend who saw me use those greens said "dont walk around with so much cash - no one does." I asked - But how would I pay for purchases? Arre yaar - use Credit Card - US runs on plastic and the plastic card !

His mantra stayed with me, I took a note of his advice and started applying for as many credit cards that I could. Some rejected me, some dejected me, as I did not have enough credit history in the country.

Soon a very pretty sounding voice called me up to offer me a card. "We are offering you a PLATINUM VISA CARD with a limit of X amount. We are offering a promotional 18%APR and blah-blah". I was ELATED !!! Yeah - Now, I can live the plastic dream !!! I HAVE an Uncle $am issued CREDIT CARD.

Slowly and slowly I started using the card and kept paying off the amounts and it started building my credit. Initially I had a limit of X and that eventually became X multipled by 500 and manifolds.

Then one day, I realized, why pay off the complete balance? Why not pay only the minimum amount and keep rotating the cash in hand for other uses. So, I kept paying the minimum amounts, and kept moving my cash in hand for other purchase needs.

On the other hand, I also kept asking the credit companies to raise my debt ceiling, as I had already built a good credit.

We really dont need to go further into the story, as the larger idea is to point towards the FOREST, rather than being stuck in the trees and the shrubs!

Are you telling me that in the whole world, the economists are not forseeing the burden of the US debt-ing? Are we as lay folks missing something here?

Should we be rooting at this decision like a hollywood movie scene where the lead actor saves the world from a asteroid or a meteor strike and all the NASA folks start clappping and cheering?

Hey - the crisis has been averted - FOR TODAY!! But, there a need to seriously do some prob-ing? The larger picture is that US has about $10 to $20 trillion in debt and this does not account for the additional liabilities of about $60+ trillion, plus, not accounting the biggest fact that the entire country runs on - CREDIT CARDS!!!! This debt is going no where honey - un-hun !!

Meri Jaan, looking at my story, If the credit card companies raised my debt ceiling from 20K to 100K, it helped me purchase to the extent of 100K and that is fine if I could repay 100K. But hey - if I could not even repay 20K, how the hell am I going to repay trillion dollar debt??

See the forest? Dont you think it is still really a sad state 18months post the Lehmann debacle?

The point of the above bingings is not that US economy will not improve or should the govt have let the country go in another economic grave? Certainly not, these are just my ramblings because as tax payers, we should just have some awarenesss of the ground on which we stand.

I think the debt ceiling raise was the only option the house had to prevent the US economy to go in any more bad state. This decision has certainly bought some time till 2013.

Again that makes sense because the world ends in 2012 - right? So, while we all keep searching for the Economic SINGHAM post 2013, for now, from where I see - US is a debt man walking, tou bhaag DK Bose :)

Meri Jaan, till we meet next, stay focussed -plan for the labor day weekend, stay financially safe and stay in Loeve !!

- Pankaj

Run Baba Run !

Welcome folks to the mid-summer edition of this blog.

Meri Jaan, I am really humbled by some of your emails and responses. For some of you still looking for me on EBC Radio, I have moved from New Jersey to Pune, India (The move to SWADES is permanent FOR NOW, becoz to be honest even I dont know whats coming next, but I will definitely be coming down to visit Oak Tree town in the next few years :)

But, I can promise that I will always respond to you on email, so please keep those wonderful emails flowing.

Meri Jaan, while summer has picked up in the US, it is hot, and raining around this side of the world.

For folks from around Pune, rains mean Lonavala, National Chikki, Joshi Vada, Khandala, Sinhgad, Ambey Valley, Tiger Point, Mahabaleshwar, Bushy Dam, Mulshi and endless fun in the rain.

Sahee main, Baarish ka mazaa in apna-des is something else !
Kahin bhi garam-garam chai and vada paav, pakode, samose, or those bhajias ummm.. !!

While rain brings in those kind of fun in our lives, it is interesting that politics also starts to get rainin-ly funny around this time!

Recently there was almost a scene from a desi flick - It was time for Baba Ramdev to come on-stage in the morning, the crowd was cheering "Baba-re-Baba yeh kya ho gayaa" all night long, and at the crack of dawn, local police authorities did a WWF smackdown on his supporters and followers. To prevent getting from arrested, Baba wore a salwar-kurta and asked two of his followers to take him away.

While Baba was on-foot, a police van saw a lady been assisted by two other women and offered help. No longer did they come close they realized, hey, this is no lady, but someone with a beard - hold on, this is Baba trying to escape amidst the hoopla dressed as a lady. Pakdo !! Pakdo Pakdo !!

Phones start buzzing all around - Fas gaye re Baba, Yeh kya ho gayaa !!

Now thats a night of some lathi action for these overweight police academy mamas!! All right everyone now time to go back on that DK Bose action ! And the media goes abuzz again !

For some of you Bheja-fry-types-that know all-or-want-to-know-it-all types, Baba Ramdev is a yoga and health-fitness guru. He has a business empire that goes beyond crores, billions and trillions of USD. He even has a island in Scotland given to him by his devotees to teach Yoga and offer the perfect spa relaxation.

He travels in his chartered jets and swooshes in "imported" cars. It seems someone poked him the wrong way on his empire's accounting status and now he is going to not let them sleep peacefully.

Well, lets hope some crackers fly as this time lots of I wanna be in the limelight kinds, some lone crusaders and Anna Hazare's might join Baba in his demands. Not sure where all this will end, but like they say, its all fair for the love of poli-tics !!

So, while Baba is on his crusdade, another old man is on his crusade, and that is the Young looking BBuddah in the industry - and I dont mean Dev Anand !! Amitabh Bachchan is coming in a new movie called "Bbuddah hoga tera baap", and the promos look dashing !

So, all the best Bachchan saab, hopefully we will get to see the good old man doing thoda action-thoda jackson, kyonki tum jahaa khade ho jaate ho line wahee se shuru hoti hain !!

If you are not into Bolly-wood or Poli-tics, well tennis was brilliant in the last few weeks as Nadal beat Federer in the French open. It was a brilliant game in Men's segment and if you did not know this already, the new French open winner in the women's segment is Chi-na's Li-na (damn!! China is picking up everywhere)

Meri Jaan, if you are not into any of that, and all you do is travel for work day-in-day-out and keep searching on travelocity for travel deals or on ubid and cnet for tech stuff, watch out for that Apple iCloud, its going to create a big Thunderstorm, and yes another on your radar should be the Chromebook laptop with Google OS and not MS Windows !

Meri Jaan, duniya-ki-happenings se away, if you are one of those who has been away from all this because of the dilemma of Des-Prem V/s X+1 US Syndrome and What will happen to my kid's education if I move, and still keep asking urself if it is a good or bad idea to move back to "woh jo des hain tera". All I wil say is that decision is all YOURS.

Each place has its good and bad attributes, its all about where and how you want to end up, Note: Tomorrow never dies, but you will and so will the people around you! So a lot actually depends on your circumstances and priorities in life !

Meri Jaan, so, whether you feel happy about Kanimozhi in Jail, or Rajni Superstar feeling better and getting ready for RANA, or sad because 26/11 Rana getting aquitted or why was READY made without any storyline or Picasso of India passing away at an early age of 95 or why did I MF Strauss do what he did or who is Ranbir dating next or who and what is Mallika doing next, or Which Euro-nation is going out next, or which Middle eastern country is going down next, or Is US debt going to go away ever, go ahead and do some soul searching on those thoughts, grab a hangover-tini, stay happy, but most important-ly stay in lo-eve !!

- Pankaj Purohit

Clean Up -Clean Up !!

May 2011.

Meri Jaan, summer is almost here !! For some of you in the US and still in hibernation, be ready to work on those dry grass patches and give a quickvisit to the nearest pottery or flower barn.

Bring on those blooming flowers and start looking into the landscape, lets get ready for some cleaning.

Bring out the mulch, the weedwackers and lawn mowers out of the shed and those CHILLED BEERS out of the refrigerator!

Its cleanup time people. Osama is out clean-hopefully, Obama is born clean, Royal wedding showed the nice and clean part of Brits, and the Asteroid supposed to hit earth at the end of this year may just miss it clean !

So, pack your bags and get out of bed to sip-dose-martini's!

I had a great start to the summer with a short visit to the 'lake district of India', an area called Nainital in a state called Uttaranchal. It is a surreal town - called 'hill station' in desi lingo - due to the surroundings of lakes and valleys. It is like a combination of Vermont and Poconos but without the snow.

Nature-sque Terrains and breathtaking views are at each and every curve of the drive, kind of like a vista point throughout the mountains. The area also has specific 'touristy' points up high in the mountatins from where the Himalayas are a stone's throw away-via a binocular !

I also went to such a place called "Zero Point" in a town called Binsar. The hike up to the point was a killer, but what a view !

You sometimes wonder why those 'Guru's & Rishis" that went to the Himalayas never came back, and if you even the slightest of the spiritual kind, you can understand why, as you will want to stay in those 'vadiyan" for ever !

Serene-Serene-duniya ke shor se door, jannat ke itne kareeb, dharti par swarg kahin hain tou yahin hain-yahin hain-yahin hain !!

Apart from the speactacular nature, the good thing about a road trip in 'apna des' is the road side dhabas with dal makhani's. kadhai paneers, chulha naans, chole-pooris and lassi galore!

And yes how can one forget those road signs and behind the truck signs. Some of them are awesomely-amusing, like the ones shared in this post!

Well, Meri Jaan while I get back to my routine, please gear down from those jackets into shorts, skirts and snickers. Get ready-n-started for the summer has just begun!

Till we meet next, stay safe, stay cool and stay in loeve !!

- Pankaj

Walk Like An Egyptian !

Feb 2011.

Meri Jaan, Wishing you all a Very LOVE-filled month of February. Its time for Valentines Day !

If you are still wishing others Happy New Year, wake up people. It is February ma-love !!!

And it seems this year is going to be a great one.

First, I got to meet Mr. Amitabh Bachchan at his residence ! Oh yes, so I got an invitation to meetup with the old man at his new abode called Janak.

As I sat in his meeting room looking at the poster of Sarkaar and all the award trophies, I thought to myself what an amazing 68 yr old man and the energy that he still has for life.

The best part was my daughter screaming "Anthony bhai -Anthony bhai - Daddy is that Big B? and I smiled 'nd said Yes Meri Jaan!

Think about it people, 1975 to 2011, and this 5 yr old kid still laughs hysterically at the Anthony bhai antics! Thank you Manmohan Desai for giving us Anthony bhai !!

Well, we will talk more about that some other day, on the next news front, the continued Julian Assange action with ongoing WikiLeaks update was good to catch up; Oho - not the Ranbir-Deepika-Sonam spat, but, if you ever expected to know the names of all the Swizz Bank Account holders, this is our man !

WikiLeaks brought forth the power of freedom of speech and what an effect all over the world! Thank you Tehalka for taking the cues and finding out about other accounts in Liechtenstein.

Again, though politically the scams are very short lived in the minds of people and specially in apna des, atleast some more news came in the forefront with the 2G scam, Adarsh housing scam, ISRO scam, and the oversized Kalamadi loot !

While the loot in India continued, the third and the biggest news of em all was the Egyptian Walk . Like they say, if Mummies ever walked pyramids would come down. Egyptian people seriously showed the world the power of people.

The world woke up to the stunning demonstration and political walk to bring down Mr. Hosni Mubarak, and what a Mubarak walk it has been for the people of Egypt.

Whatever said and done, this really goes out to the people of Egypt. Egyptians walked all over the world from Times Square in NYC to Tahrir Square in Cairo, and down came Hosni !

So, the world is eagerly awaitng that post Egypt, who is next in line? Sudan, Libya, Syria, Algeria, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan or Iran...one thing is clear that the Egyptian walk must have given the US a strategy and push to destablize the already in-peril middle-east??

You dont need armed action - now its time for the people movement !!

Meri Jaan, with all these topsy turvey political affairs going around the world, please dont forget this is the month of St. Valentines, so do something special for the love in your life and I am referring to that special one in your life.

Romance ka mahina hain, tou whether you are singing tujhe dekha tou yeh jaana sanam or tumse milke aisa lagaa, my loeve birds, stay awake, alert for this year is going to be a BIG one, but most importantly, stay in loeve !!

This goes out to Ms D: Aye Kash ke hum hosh main ab aane na paaye, bas nagme tere pyaar ke gaate hi jaaye !!

- Pankaj