For Once, Then Something


Others taught me with having knelt at well-curbs
Always wrong to the light, so never seeing
Deeper down in the well than where the water
Gives me back in a shining surface picture
Me myself in the summer heaven godlike
Looking out of a wreath of fern and cloud puffs.
Once, when trying with chin against a well-curb,
I discerned, as I thought, beyond the picture,
Through the picture, a something white, uncertain,
Something more of the depths--and then I lost it.
Water came to rebuke the too clear water.
One drop fell from a fern, and lo, a ripple
Shook whatever it was lay there at bottom,
Blurred it, blotted it out. What was that whiteness?
Truth? A pebble of quartz? For once, then, something.

Fire And Ice


Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Because You're A Friend


When you are sad
I will dry your tears
When you are scared
I will comfort your fears
When you are worried
I will give you hope
When you are confused
I will help you cope
and when you are lost
and can't see the light
I shall be your beacon
shining ever so bright
This is my oath
I pledge till the end
Why you may ask
because you're a friend.

You Must Not Quit


When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road your on seems all Uphill
When funds are low and debts are high
And you want to smile but you have to sigh
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest(pray) if you must but don't you quit
Life is queer with it's twist and turns
As everyone of us sometimes learns
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won if he stuck it out
Don't give up though the pace seems slow
You may succeed with another blow
Success is failure turned inside out
A silver tint of the cloud of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems a far
So stick to the fight when you hardest hit
It's when things go wrong that you
MUST NOT QUIT!

This Hand


This Hand,
Empty.
Reaches out to find yours
Only to find that you're not there
Replaced by hollowness, desolation

This Hand,
Empty.
A minor cut runs along the heart line
But the pain far deeper
Pain within me, without you

Soft Fruit Crumble with Vanilla Ice Cream


Ingredients :
50 g sugar
50 g chopped almonds
60 g butter
50 g flour
1 egg yolk
250 g strawberries
1 punnet raspberries (100 g)
1 punnet blackberries (100 g)
4 large bunches red currants (100 g)

Vanilla Ice Cream:
250ml milk
5ml liquid crème fraiche or cream
1 vanilla pod
4 egg yolks
40 g sugar

Recipe :
This recipe needs to be chilled for 2 hours before serving.

Make the Ice Cream:
Bring the milk to the boil, with the crème fraiche and vanilla.
Beat the egg yolks and sugar until white and frothy, then mix in with the hot milk, whipping constantly.
Cook for 5 minutes on a low heat, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens.
Turn off the heat just before the mixture boils and put the whole pan straight into cold water.
Leave to cool, stirring from time to time.
Once cooled, tip cream into ice cream box or sorbetière and leave to freeze in freezer.

Make the crumble:
Mix the sugar, chopped almonds 50g of the butter, flour and egg yolk together.
Rub fat in thoroughly between fingers until mixture has breadcrumb consistency. Roll out onto a baking tray covered with greaseproof paper.
Wash, hull and slice strawberries in half.
Wash and seed red currants.
Cook the pastry for about 12 minutes in an oven preheated to 325°F (170°C).
Sauté the strawberries, red currants, raspberries and blackberries for 2 minutes in 10g of melted butter.
Share the fruit out between 4 plates, sprinkle with warm crumbled pastry and serve immediately with a scoop of ice cream.

Apple and Lime Jelly


Ingredients :
1kg apples
1kg limes
1.6kg preserving sugar
1 lemon


Recipe :
Wash apples by brushing under hot water, cut into four then cut each quarter in two. Pour a litre of water into a jam-making pan, or large saucepan, add the juice of the lemon, then apples. Cook for 45 minutes, until apples are tender and soft. After 2 hours, strain apples through a sieve for juice. Add preserving sugar for the amount of juice you have (1.6kg sugar for every 1.3kg juice).

Juice limes and add to mixture. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes over a high heat, stirring constantly, then share out into clean, sterilised jars. Label and store in a cool, dry place.

Tip: Sterilise jars by washing in hot soapy water and heating in a moderate oven for 5 minutes.

Grated Apple Tartlets


Ingredients :
400g filo pastry
4 or 5 Granny Smith apples
200g apple sauce or compote (homemade or shop bought)
150g caster sugar
20g butter
A little flour


Recipe :
Preheat oven to 420°F (210°C).

Dust your work surface with flour, roll out pastry to 3mm thickness, divide into two rectangles then cut each one into three.

Place the pastry rectangles on a baking tray lined with baking parchment and roll the sides of each one up slightly to form borders. Prick the bottom of each tartlet with a fork.
Peel the apples, removing cores and pips, then grate into medium strips and mix with half of the caster sugar.

Spread a layer of compote on each tartlet, then share the grated apple out on top. Sprinkle with remaining sugar and add a few small chunks of butter to each one.

Bake in the middle of the oven for 20 minutes, then reduce the heat to 350°F (180°C) and bake for a further 20 minutes. Leave in the oven for a further 5 minutes, with the door half open.

Leave tartlets to cool completely on a wire grill, once you have taken them out of the oven.

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Upon a wishing star…
I wished for you.
Upon a wishing star,
I wish happiness to you.
Upon a wishing star
I wish to never see you sad
Upon a wishing star
I wished to see your smile…
Wishing and wishing, I closed my eyes.
Opening them I saw the falling star…
Falling from the black sky to the open arms of the beautiful earth
Just like you would come to me.
That much I know…
Because my heart says so..
That our love is meant to be
And you would come to me…

A star shone out so very bright,
Not just a little, simple one,
But one so special in our sight,
A new life had begun.

A star shone out so very clear,
Hung way up in a cloudless sky,
Over a stable, where a dear
Babe, heard a lullaby.

A star shone out so very bold,
Showing where this child was laid,
With a halo of the purist gold
Around his head, displayed.

A star shone out so very fine,
Leading us all to worship him,
One small human, pure and divine,
Our cup's full to the brim.

A star shone out so very great,
Beaming down on that Christmas birth,
And bands of angels did cantillate,
Praising God across our earth.

Morning star from where you are
Can you see my tiny heart
From so many
Can you see the only me

Can you see me way down here
Making a wish, oh can you hear
Oh morning star
I am wishing with all my heart

All I want in all my life
Is someone to walk beside in life
So lonely, I’m so lonely
Can you make it right

Grandpa had always told me
The first star that I see
Make a wish upon the morning star
The morning star will answer me

Morning star, morning star
Can me down here you find
Would you take away the loneliness
Could you ever be so kind.

I wished upon a star one day
As it went shooting through the sky,
I wished upon a star one day
As it passed me by.

I wished upon a star one day
That my prays come true,
I wished upon a star one day
And then i thought of you.

I wished upon a star one day
And realised i was crying,
I wished upon a star one day
Then dreamed that i was dying.

I wished upon a star one day
But my wish never became real,
I wished upon a star one day
And realised what i feel....

Nothing!

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   vana yeh umar bhar ka safar rayghan tu hai.....
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SRK all set to get waxed in London

Aarti Kapur Singh
CNN-IBN
Posted Tuesday , February 13, 2007 at 13:17
Updated Tuesday , February 13, 2007 at 14:34


Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan is soon going to join Aishwarya Rai and Amitabh Bachchan at the Madame Tussauds museum in London.

And the progress on getting him there is on in full swing. A few days back, an attraction team from Madam Tussauds visited King Khan's residence in Mumbai.

Once Shah Rukh was home with friend Bobby Khan, the man who brokered the wax work deal, the team started work on his measurements.

Jenni — the main sculptor who has worked on Beyonce Knowles, Aishwarya Rai, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, David Beckham, and Amitabh Bachchan's wax statues — was personally there to do the honours.

Among others present at the Khan residence was Marrie, the chief photographer, who captured everything on her still camera.

"He was made to stand on around platform. More than 200 pictures of his were clicked in different postures," says Bollywood producer Bobby Khan.

Though Shah Rukh is more than happy to be waxed, he still doesn't know where he is going to stand at Tussauds—will he stand next to Hollywood stars like Brad Pitt or his Bollywood companions Ashwarya Rai and Amitabh Bachchan?

As the team from Madam Tussauds continued to capture the essence of Khan, he reminisces what his mother told him years back: "When my mother visited London many years back, she told me that she would have loved to see my wax statue there."

Engaged!


They did it. Finally. Got engaged, that is. Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, we mean. After nearly a year of media speculation. On Sunday, January, 14, 2007, immediately after the premiere of Guru in New York. Abhishek proposed to Aishwarya who immediately accepted the proposal. And why not? The pair has been inseparable for months now. However, they have maintained a dignified silence in spite of extreme pressure from the media.

The engagement was confirmed by Abhishek’s father, Amitabh Bachchan. The engagement ceremony took place at the Bachchans’ residence Jalsa in Mumbai and was attended by the couple’s family and close friends. However, the press was not allowed to witness the ceremony. It was clear that the Bachchan family, which is perhaps the most photographed family in Bollywood, wanted this event to be a very private one. And when will the wedding be? The date has not been confirmed but it is believed that it will be a very private wedding.

The couple first came together in Kuch Na Kaho in 2003 and soon became best friends. Not even the press knows when the friendship became love but there were visible signs when Aishwarya split with her boyfriend, actor Vivek Oberoi in November 2005. Oberoi said that the reason for the split was that Aishwarya never acknowledged their relationship in public while he was talking all about it. But again, Aishwarya never talked about her first boyfriend, actor Salman Khan either. Neither has she ever spoken about her relationship with Abhishek in public. Actor Abhishek Bachchan was earlier engaged to Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor. However, they broke off their engagement and Karisma married Delhi-based Sanjay Kapoor in September 2003.

In November 2006, Aishwarya accompanied the Bachchan family to the Varanasi temple to do special poojas. Again, there were rumors that she would soon become the Bachchan bahu. Aishwarya always maintained that the press would know when she got married. It seems that time is now.

Hindu body decries Abhishek-Aishwarya's pre-wedding rituals


New Delhi, Feb 11: A US-based Hindu reform body has expressed concern at "astrology-related and similar unscientific rituals" performed by Amitabh Bachchan's family ahead of the marriage of his son Abhishek with Aishwarya Rai.

In a statement from Troy in Michigan, Navya Shastra strongly disapproved the Manglik-related ceremonies performed by the Bachchan family before and after the couple's engagement.

"Astrology and similar unscientific practices should be renounced in marital matchmaking and other everyday activities in Hindu society," said Navya Shastra chairman Jaishree Gopal.

"What concerns us is that millions of people may rationalise their mistreatment of women based upon the Abhishek-Rai example.

"As it is, hundreds of thousands of women -- and even some men -- have difficulty marrying because of the alleged perniciousness of a random confluence of stars," Gopal said.

Aishwarya's Manglik sign (Mars-bearing) is believed to have negative consequences on her impending marriage.

Special pujas were performed at Kashi Vishwanath temple and Sankat Mochan temple in Varanasi before the couple's engagement. After the Big B announced last month that Abhishek and Aishwarya were engaged, the family went to Vindhyavasini temple where Manglik-related ceremonies were performed.

According to Navya Shastra, "these actions will have a unhealthy impact on their (the family's) fan base and subject brides-to-be to expiation ceremonies".

Ash-Abhishek preparation in full swing

By ANI
Saturday February 10, 06:43 PM
By Vandana Thakur


Kolkata, Feb 10 (ANI): Sharbari Dutta, a Kolkata based men's wear designer, is designing the attire, including kurta, achkans, semi-sherwanis, dhotis and chadars of Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan.

Aishwarya Rai's mother, Vrinda Rai has reportedly placed an exclusive order with Sharbari.

Sharbari says that she has not been bound by stringent guidelines and has been given creative freedom for her designs.

She added that Vrinda Rai has been with her work.

On Abhishek, she said that her cuts, designs and style would definitely suit him.

"Little bit of surprise should be there. So I am not disclosing all the details. But actually they have given me freedom, it is a traditional ceremony, so dresses, cuts and styles will be traditional. And, for the same reason, the colours should be bright. The groom is young. I am quite happy. I am free to create and use any of the colours, style and cut for him," said Sharbari.

She said she would take at least ten weeks to complete the entire assemble.