Reveal the Truth…

I was recently applying for a UK visa and after a long on-line application form which had already asked me about my involvement in terrorist activities….which I had of course answered No, the application asked me something that CRACKED me up. By the way, even if I would have, would I have said YES while trying to get a UK Visa?

Anyway, this is what cracked me up….

Q. Have you engaged in any other activities that might indicate that you may not be considered a person of good character?

Umm….I actually gave it a few seconds of thought heheh….means I should just open my life open and tell them everything….man…of course NO…now gimme the damn visa….heheh….

Who buys a Yellow Shirt?

This is not for people who actually like YELLOW as a SHIRT Colour.

I do have 1 yellow shirt which I never bought. In fact I would never buy a Yellow Shirt. I got it from…now I dont even remember. It must have been a gift.

I think the only way a guy can have a yellow shirt in his wardrobe is via a gift from another guy who got it in a gift or via a 3 shirt deal at Pierre Cardin. Yes, Pierre Cardin in Dubai has a perpetual sale all year. It is a store who will give you 3 shirts for a good price….out of which one will be Yellow. Of course all of them will be NON-FITTING…being free-sizes.

Yellow shirts look so odd somehow….especially if you wear it with a black pant. Its like those footpaths going black-yellow-black-yellow-black….partial orange(PAN Peek)…partial yellow….black-yellow-black….

Or in a graphic design courses where they tell you the best combination to make a signboard visible to the human eye is Yellow on Black. You could be the human signboard wearing yellow on black….or even feel like a taxi.

The yellow shirt that I have actually has great material…and that is one reason I still wear it….otherwise I would have given it to someone ages back. Its for the days when I have no meetings and I have no chances of getting from my seat too much at work.

Anyway, no head or toe to the post….cos have not been in the blogging mode REALLY….need a few prayers for getting well permanently and also for my studies….don’t really need to comment….just PRAY!!!

Thanks for still coming….

La Makan Mein Ghar - Part Two

OK after quite a gap from La Makan Mein Ghar - Part One…here is another verse from it…

Aap tou buth bun kay kee…jalwa-garri….

Aur hamein…kafir banaya….yaar nay….

Translation/Explanation:

The poet is complaining and addressing the ‘mehboob’ (love) here that you yourself became something like a statue, a holy statue to be more specific and spread the good word of religion or good deeds in life. But when I, started worshipping you I became a villain. A kafir is a word used for non-believers in One God or non-Muslims. Kafirs worship idols and statues and that’s where this theory comes from.

UTP’s Two Cents on the Thought 

An interesting mention is the beautiful use of buth or statue in this verse. The mehboob has been called a statue in many ways in poetry because of the arrogance and ignoring attitude associated with it. No matter how much the lover worships, talks and basically lives his whole life for that statue….treats her like God, the statue remains silent and pays no attention. So, in this verse, brings that point out that you can be a statue and still be Holy etc and when I put my soul to rest and live only for u…I am called a Kafir since its idol worship. How unfair is that?