WHERE YOUR HEART LIES - CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL

WHERE YOUR HEART LIES  -  CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL

My son who works abroad , will NOT play this song.  Though he is a wizard on the piano-- he wont !

I guess it may be difficult-- for your motherland is NOT just a lump of earth.

( Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera, Swades Hai Tera

Tujhe Hai Pukara....

Yeh Woh Bandhan Hai Jo Kabhi Toot Nahin Sakta )...(2)

Mitti Ki Hai Jo Khushboo, Tu Kaise Bhulayega

Tu Chahe Kahin JaYeh, Tu Laut Ke Aayega

Nayee-Nayee Rahon Mein, Dabi-Dabi Aahon Mein

Khoyeh-Khoyeh Dil Se Tere Koi yeh Kahega

Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera, Swades Hai Tera

Tujhe Hai Pukara....

Yeh Woh Bandhan Hai Jo Kabhi Toot Nahin Sakta

Tujhse Zindagi Hai Yeh Kah Rahi

Sab To Pa Liya, Ab Hai Kya Kami

Yun To Sare Sukh Hai Barse, Par Door Tu Hai Apne Ghar Se

Aa Laut Chal Tu Ab Deewane, Jahan Koi To Tujhe Apna Mane

Aawaz De Tujhe Bulane, Wohi Des

Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera, Swades Hai Tera

Tujhe Hai Pukara....

Yeh Woh Bandhan Hai Jo Kabhi Toot Nahin Sakta

Yeh Pal Hai wohi, Jismein Hain Chhupi

Poori Ik Sadi, Sari Zindagi

Tu Na Pooch Raaste Mein Kahe, Aaye Hain Is Tarah Dorahe

Tu Hi To Hai Raah Jo Sujhayeh, Tu Hi To Hai Ab Jo Yeh Batayeh

JaYeh To Kis Disha Mein Jayeh, Wohi Des

Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera, Swades Hai Tera

Tujhe Hai Pukara....

Yeh Woh Bandhan Hai Jo Kabhi Toot Nahin Sakta

this land of yours, your motherland is calling out to you --  

this is a bond which can never break — 

do you still remember the scents of your land ?-- 

you can go anywhere but you'll always come back —

for at every new path, every sigh of yours from your lost heart — 

will whisper to you -  there is a land of yours , your motherland —

your conscience now tells you - 

you have achieved everything what you had set out to seek --  

what else is left --  material happiness has been showered on you - 

but you're far away from your mother --  

come back oh lost one in a strange land –  

come where at least someone will call you their own— 

to your own country – to a land that is truly yours .....

hark-- this very moment has in it --  a whole lifetime— 

for you are now at the crossroads -- 

you must choose the path -- you must choose which path to take--  

to bring you back to this land of yours....

Oh boy-- this English translation sucks.

Great writing by Javed Akhtar ,  great music and voice by Oscar winner AR Rahman—

YEAH-- THIS IS IT !

I challenge any Indian abroad to listen to the song with headphones, and not get misty eyed. 

By the way 4 out of 10 souls in NASA are Indians--  

NO!  they are NOT there as cheap labour.  They never get to be seen in photographs though!

CAN YOU EVER HAVE SELF RESPECT,  WITHOUT PRIDE IN YOUR MOTHERLAND, CULTURE AND LANGUAGE ?

In the video below-

if any Indian abroad see this clip and does NOT get tears in his eyes -- he does NOT have 100% Indian DNA. 

In which case he is better off abroad!

In the video below, the parting gift is priceless--Indian culture in a small wooden box.  

When the World Trade Centre fell down, a minister from India went to New York to express our condolences.  

A priceless gift was given, a gold urn containing clay from all the holy rivers of India-- in great reverence, to be put at the memorial site and mixed with the soil ..  

In return he got 2 baseball caps , literally thrown at him -- with the logo of the New York Fire Brigade. 

So the Indian Minister, took one put it on his head -- and returned the other saying, that he has only one head. 

You need wisdom to understand this!

Gifts which must touch the soul-- are FREE !

At home when I go for functions, I wear a Mundu -- the Kerala mundu does NOT take it from between the legs like in the video below.   

By the way my hand amde Kerala mundus cost more than a 3 piece Saville Row  suit-- 

Sometimes I am the odd man out , among  thousands in a wedding reception hall -- with everybody else wearing natty pants, 

I feel good in it-- this is who I am!!

Does anyone realise the value of the FREE Internet?

CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL

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