Wednesday 18 July 2012

First Indian Super Star Rajesh Khanna

Jatin Khanna popularly known as Rajesh Khanna was born in 29th December 1942 was an Indian actor in Hindi film industry. He was introduced and motivated by his family to join Indian film Industry. Rajesh Khanna was also known by the name “KAKA” in the Indian Film Industry.
Rajesh Khanna brought fresh idea of love stories and his unique style put him at the top of the chart. His acting and his presence was so vibrant that his film use to do business only by his name. His fan following in India and abroad is huge.
Rajesh Khanna was one of eight finalists in the 1965 All India Talent Contest organised by United Producers and Filmfare from more than ten thousand contestants. Subsequently Khanna won the contest. He made his film debut in the 1966 film Aakhri Khat directed by Chetan Anand, followed by Raaz directed by Ravindra Dave both of which were a part of his predetermined prize for winning the All-India United Producers’ Talent Competition. G.P. Sippy and Nasir Hussain were the first to sign Rajesh Khanna after he won the contest. Aakhri Khat was India’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Oscar Academy Awards in 1967. Khanna in an interview to Hindu newspaper said,"Though “Aakhri Khat” is my first film, I received my first break as a leading actor in Ravindra Dave's, “Raaz” in 1967. My heroine was Babita, already a popular actress then. Though I had lots of confidence, I was shy in facing the camera initially. In my first three shots, I had to perform with stress on my body language and dialogue delivery. Though I was right with my dialogues, my movements were not up to the mark. Ravindra Dave explained me my scenes and movements very clearly correcting my way of walking". Being under contract with United Producers, he got projects like Aurat, Doli and Ittefaq.] He was then noticed for his performances in films like Baharon Ke Sapne, Aurat (1967), Doli, Aradhana and Ittefaq. Later Waheeda Rehman suggested Asit Sen to take Khanna for the lead role in Khamoshi. Through Aradhana he rose to "instant national fame" and film critics referred to him as the first superstar of India. In that film, Rajesh Khanna was cast in a double role (father and son) opposite Sharmila Tagore and Farida Jalal. The film also saw the resurgence of Kishore Kumar, who eventually became the official playback voice of Rajesh Khanna.
Rajesh Khanna’s partnership with his play back singer Kishore Kumar was awesome. Kishore Kumar’s singing and Kaka’s acting on the silver screen will always remain in every one heart. Be it a youngster or people from 60’s every one love to hear and see Kaka on silver screen especially his dance.
Rajesh Khanna acted in 163 films and in 106 as a solo lead protagonist. He had given 15 consecutive super hits from1969 to 1972, which is still a record in Indian film industry.
He received the maximum BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) – four times and nominated 25 times. He was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. Khanna is referred to as the "First Superstar" of Hindi cinema. He made his debut in 1966 with Aakhri Khat and rose to prominence with his performances in films like Raaz, Baharon Ke Sapne, Ittefaq and Aradhana.
Rajesh Khanna married Dimple Kapadia and later on they had 2 beautiful baby girls called twinkle and Rinke. Both their daughters are married and well settled.
Rajesh Khanna was a Member of Parliament for the Congress Party, from the New Delhi constituency, where he won the 1992 by-election, retaining his seat until the 1996 election.  When Khanna was M.P he worked full time as a politician and did not accept new acting assignements.] After leaving Parliament, he was a political activist for the Congress Party and campaigned for Congress in Punjab for 2012 elections.Khanna and a group of foreign investors bought land in Shirdi on which they planned to build a religious resort for disciples of Sai Baba of Shirdi.
Today that is 18th July’12 this great actor, a great human being and a huge huge Super Star has left us leaving a huge void in our life. He was reported to be hospitalized form 4-5 occasions in Mumbai and finally he quit! We all love you Rajesh Khanna, RIP.

Tuesday 10 July 2012

Bloggers increase your page view – Traffic inflow

Dear Readers, I have been working hard since last 2-3 months in order to increase the traffic towards my blog and some of the vital points which I followed and succeeded are as follows:-
     I.            Share your article with Google plus
 II.            Share your blog ID with a larger group like tweeter, Facebook  and Orkut
III.            Share your blog ID and the article’s URL with all your friends via email
IV.            Try not to copy your content from others
  V.            Try to upload some related pic with your article
VI.            Try to choose some good key words and for that you need to do a lot of researches to make sure that you succeed in targeting your targeted readers
VII.            Never try to restrict your article when it comes to word, let your imagination and your ideas flow when you write something meaningful
VIII.            Originality is key if you really want to increase your traffic
Follow these simple but effective points and I am sure you all will be able to increase your page views and never, never, never give up. It has been observed that on any specific day Google shows some 50k new bloggers coming in and devoting huge time but with the time the interest part goes down and by the end of 3 months regular write-ups goes down drastically by 70%, which is why a good blogger never stops researching, reading and writing. They keep on motivating the entire society by motivating their self and by not stopping their imagination.
India Being one of the largest democratic country also lacks in expressing their views on a consistent basis, bloggers comes in and goes out without making much impact on blogging world. Hence, this is my request not to stop writing and keeping yourself busy with a lot of reading before attempting any topics.
Never confined only to one topic, try and explore new avenues and new style of writing, even though you get a bad rating, still you keep on writing and try to improve your skills in order to reach the level of excellence!
Friends, all the best and keep going!!

Monday 2 July 2012

The Gift Of Insults

There once lived a great warrior. Though quite old, he still was able to defeat any challenger. His reputation extended far and wide throughout the land and many students gathered to study under him.
One day an infamous young warrior arrived at the village. He was determined to be the first man to defeat the great master. Along with his strength, he had an uncanny ability to spot and exploit any weakness in an opponent. He would wait for his opponent to make the first move, thus revealing a weakness, and then would strike with merciless force and lightning speed. No one had ever lasted with him in a match beyond the first move.
Much against the advice of his concerned students, the old master gladly accepted the young warrior's challenge. As the two squared off for battle, the young warrior began to hurl insults at the old master. He threw dirt and spit in his face. For hours he verbally assaulted him with every curse and insult known to mankind. But the old warrior merely stood there motionless and calm. Finally, the young warrior exhausted himself. Knowing he was defeated, he left feeling shamed.
Somewhat disappointed that he did not fight the insolent youth, the students gathered around the old master and questioned him. "How could you endure such an indignity? How did you drive him away?"
"If someone comes to give you a gift and you do not receive it," the master replied, "to whom does the gift belong?"

Seattle Special Olympics

A few years ago at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine
contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at
the starting line for the 100 yard dash.

At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with
a relish to run the race to the finish and win. All, that is,
except one boy who stumbled on the asphalt, tumbled over a couple
of times and began to cry. The other eight heard the boy. They
slowed down and looked back. They all turned around and went
back. Every one of them. One girl with Down's Syndrome bent down
and kissed him and said," This will make it better." All nine
linked arms and walked across the finish line together. Everyone
in the stadium stood, and the cheering went on for several
minutes.

People who were there are still telling the story. Why?
Because deep down we know one thing.
What matters most in this life is more than winning for
ourselves. What truly matters in this life is helping others win,
even if it means slowing down and changing our course.

SUCCESS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION

There was a farmer who grew superior quality and award-winning corn. Each
year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won honour and prizes.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learnt something
interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer
shared his seed corn with his neighbours'.

"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbours when
they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter
asked.

"Why sir, "said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from
the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbours grow
inferior, sub-standard and poor quality corn, cross-pollination will
steadily degrade the quality of my corn.

If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbours grow good corn."

The farmer gave a superb insight into the connectedness of life. His corn

cannot improve unless his neighbour's corn also improves.
So it is in the
other dimensions!

Those who choose to be at harmony must help their neighbours and colleagues
to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live
well. The value of a life is measured by the lives it touches.

SUCCESS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION. IT IS VERY OFTEN A PARTICIPATIVE AND
COLLECTIVE PROCESS.

So share the good practices, ideas, new learning's with your family, team members, neighbours.

The Wolves Within

An old Grandfather, whose grandson came to him with anger at a
Schoolmate who had done him an injustice, said, "Let me tell you
a story. I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that
have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do. But hate
wears you down, and does not hurt your enemy. It is like taking
poison and wishing your enemy would die. I have struggled with
these feelings many times."

He continued, "It is as if there are two wolves inside me; one is
good and does no harm. He lives in harmony with all around him
and does not take offense when no offense was intended. He will
only fight when it is right to do so, and in the right way."

"But the other wolf, ah! He is full of anger. The littlest thing
will set him into a fit of temper. He fights everyone, all the
time, for no reason. He cannot think because his anger and hate
are so great. It is hard to live with these two wolves inside me,
for both of them try to dominate my spirit."

The boy looked intently into his Grandfather's eyes and asked,
"Which one wins, Grandfather?"

The Grandfather solemnly said, "The one I feed."

We have a lot more left in us

If you think that there is one difficult customer who makes going tough for you, then this is a really good read for each one of us. There's (Always) More Left In The Tube Our biggest breakthroughs often occur when we think there's nothing left in our tube.
 by Jeff Keller

When I shave each morning, I use shaving cream that comes out of a small "travel size" aerosol can. The can is only about three inches high. I'd been using that little can for several weeks, when I realized the can was getting very light. I immediately thought, "Can't be much more left in here." I was just about to throw it in the wastebasket when I figured I could eke out another shave or two. Much to my amazement, the shaving cream kept coming out day after day after day. I ended up getting 19 more shaves from that little dispenser! And to think that I was just about to throw the can away. I'm sure you've experienced the same thing with a tube of toothpaste or shampoo. It looks like the tube is just about empty, but you keep folding the tube and squeezing - and you get days or weeks of extra use from the supposedly empty tube.

There's a lesson here for all of us. We work toward a goal and
Sometimes get frustrating results for a long time. Things aren't working out as we had anticipated. We think there's not much left in "our tube," and we give some thought to quitting. The reality is that we have a lot more left in the tube, if we'll only continue to believe in ourselves and keep moving forward. In fact, our biggest breakthroughs often occur when we think there's
 Nothing left in our tube. You see, there's a polarity to life, and when you experience setbacks and disappointments, these are often balanced by significant achievements. Yet most people quit before the "turnaround" happens. Napoleon Hill, one of the most insightful success writers of all time, described this phenomenon in his classic self-help book Think & Grow
Rich. In the early 1900s, Hill spent decades interviewing more than 500 of the most successful people in the United States - people like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Andrew Carnegie. Hill reported that hundreds of these successful individuals told him that their greatest success came just one step after they suffered their greatest defeat. Harriet Beecher Stowe put the principle this way: "When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you cannot hold on for a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." About 10 years ago, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen began pitching their book to various publishers. The first 30 rejected their book. They could have thrown in the towel then, believing the tube was empty. Then they got the 31st rejection ... and then the 32nd rejection. Was the tube empty? They didn't think so. On the 140th attempt, they finally got a publisher to say yes to their book. That book was Chicken Soup for the Soul, and it spawned a series of books that has now sold more than 80 million copies!

Stop Getting Angry on Anger

Whenever you feel anger rising in you, remember these steps:

1. Accept your anger first. 'Yes, I am feeling angry.'

2. There is no need to be angrier about being angry. 'Anger on anger' is the result of ignorance.

3. When there is no anger on anger, then it will be fairly simple to get rid of anger.

4. Repeat to yourself that now that this anger has arisen, there is something I need to act upon. This action ultimately leads to my growth.

5. Whenever there is anger, it would have left you with a lesson… a lesson of understanding. A lesson that would have taught you the art of being peaceful even while in tension.

 Happy Thought

"Mirror tells the truth about everybody else but does not know its own back. Man too is busy knowing everything else but himself."
.. Tejguru Sirshree Tejparkhiji