Wednesday, February 13, 2008

ऐ प्यार तेरी पहली नज़र को सलाम ....

Dear friends, I wish you all a very happy valentine’s day . No relation is softer than love.....
My first salaam to St.valentine…

Valentine's Day is celebrated worldwide on 14th Feb. The story of this day is as follows in his own words: My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. I didn't like Emperor Claudius, and I wasn't the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings. Claudius wanted to have a big army. He expected men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. As you might have guessed, not many men signed up. This made Claudius furious. So what happened? He had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was cruel. I thought it was preposterous! I certainly wasn't going to support that law! Did I mention that I was a priest? One of my favourite activities was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies -- secretly, of course. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candlelit room with only the bride and groom and myself. We would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of soldiers. One night, we did hear footsteps. It was scary! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. (Not quite as light on my feet as I used to be, I guess.) I was thrown in jail and told that my punishment was death. I tried to stay cheerful. And do you know what? Wonderful things happened. Many young people came to the jail to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to my window. They wanted me to know that they, too, believed in love. One of these young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit me in the cell. Sometimes we would sit and talk for hours. She helped me to keep my spirits up. She agreed that I did the right thing by ignoring the Emperor and going ahead with the secret marriages. On the day I was to die, I left my friend a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. I signed it, "Love from your Valentine." I believe that note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine's Day. It was written on the day I died, February 14, 269 A.D. Now, every year on this day, people remember. But most importantly, they think about love and friendship. And when they think of Emperor Claudius, they remember how he tried to stand in the way of love, and they laugh -- because they know that love can't be beaten!
My second salaam to Shri. Himanshu Joshi and his novel…
The best love story, which I read is “Tumhre liye " by Shri Himanshu Joshi . I think I have read it more than 250 times. Here is the cover of the book . I don’t have words to express the emotions spelled in the novel , so many times I talked to shri Himanshu joshi and we both travel to a world full of love and emotions. My greatest salaam to Him and his novel.
My third salaam to the entire team of Ek duje ke liye.
The best Love film is : Ek duje ke liye " . The acting of kamal Hassan and Rati agnihotri is paar excellence. I think I have seen this movies more than 50 times. Great work by the entire cinema team. when this was released , i was so pagaal , i travelled across india and visited each and every location of film where this film was shot .[ from goa to vizag and what not ].. hats off to director K. balachander and dialogue writer inder raj anand.

And finally mera dil se salaam to all lovers of this world....................

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Thanking you.

Regards,
Shubhendu.

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