Khooni Hastakshar - Gopalprasad Vyas

खूनी हस्‍ताक्षर

- गोपालप्रसाद व्यास (Gopalprasad Vyas)

वह खून कहो किस मतलब का
जिसमें उबाल का नाम नहीं।
वह खून कहो किस मतलब का
आ सके देश के काम नहीं ।

वह खून कहो किस मतलब का
जिसमें जीवन, न रवानी है ।
जो परवश होकर बहता है,
वह खून नहीं, पानी है ।

उस दिन लोगों ने सही-सही
खून की कीमत पहचानी थी ।
जिस दिन सुभाष ने बर्मा में
मॉंगी उनसे कुरबानी थी ।

बोले, "स्वतंत्रता की खातिर
बलिदान तुम्हें करना होगा ।
तुम बहुत जी चुके जग में,
लेकिन आगे मरना होगा ।

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Aag Jalni Chahiye Dushyant Kumar

आग जलनी चाहिए
- दुष्यन्त कुमार (Dushyant Kumar)

हो गई है पीर पर्वत-सी पिघलनी चाहिए
इस हिमालय से कोई गंगा निकलनी चाहिए

आज यह दीवार, परदों की तरह हिलने लगी,
शर्त लेकिन थी कि ये बुनियाद हिलनी चाहिए

हर सड़क पर, हर गली में, हर नगर, हर गाँव में
हाथ लहराते हुए हर लाश चलनी चाहिए

सिर्फ हंगामा खड़ा करना मेरा मकसद नहीं,
सारी कोशिश है कि ये सूरत बदलनी चाहिए

मेरे सीने में नहीं तो तेरे सीने में सही
हो कहीं भी आग, लेकिन आग जलनी चाहिए।

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14 Celebrities that You Can Follow on Twitter

This post is pretty much nothing. Its really a waste of time. But since you are here, I am sure you have absolutely nothing to do. Or may be you love to read Tabloids or may be you are a celebrity gossip reporter writing for a Tabloid. Let me guess, and it is quite possible that you love Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki or Saas Bahu or typical Family Drama serials and movies.

Well now that you are here, you might as well just complete the post. So here are the 14 celebrities on Twitter that you can follow:

1. Karan Johar - https://twitter.com/kjohar25
2. Priyanka Chopra - https://twitter.com/priyankachopra
3. Dino Morea - https://twitter.com/DinoMorea9
4. A R Rahman - https://twitter.com/arrahman
5. Sonam Kapoor - https://twitter.com/sonamakapoor
6. Imran Khan - https://twitter.com/1mrankhan
7. Ritesh Dekhmukh - https://twitter.com/Riteishd
8. Uday Chopra - https://twitter.com/udaychopra
9. Lara Dutta - https://twitter.com/DuttaLara
10. Mallika Sherawat - https://twitter.com/MallikaLA
11. Konkana Sen Sharma - https://twitter.com/konkona
12. Neha Dhupia - https://twitter.com/Neha_Dhupia
13. Gul Panag - https://twitter.com/gulpanag
14. Lisa Ray - https://twitter.com/Lisaraniray

There you go. Now train your mind and convince your brain that you have accomplished something and that your day has been productive after finding about this.

And now, go ahead and send this link to your friends and make a fool out of them too.

One more thing – If you have a twitter account, put that in the comments below and here my twitter account. Not on twitter yet? Stop living under the rock and signup on twitter.

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A Basic Guide to Buy a Camera?

I get this asked a lot. How do I buy a camera? What to look for in a camera? How many megapixels is good enough? and some comments… wow!! That camera has 10 megapixel… and the other one is 9 megapixel and 4x zoom. I thought I would put down some words on how to buy a camera. In this short post, I will try to touch on some key points and address some of the myths.

Purpose of Buying

Before we jump into the technical stuff, we need to find out what is the purpose of buying a camera? So, what will you do with your camera? Take pictures of friends and family? Learn about photography? Look for making some money with photography? After asking yourself - “Why do I need the camera?” find the type of camera you should buy from this table:

Purpose	Camera Type	Examples
For friends and family photos	Point and Shoot	Canon SD series, Nikon Coolpix series
Learning Photography	Digital SLR, but Point and Shoot will work	Nikon D40s, D60s, D80s Canon EOS 350D
Make Some Money or Professional Photography	High-end Digital SLRs	Nikon D90s, Nikon D3x, Nikon 300 Canon 5S etc.

 

The Print

Once you have narrowed down to the type of camera, then we need to find out how many megapixels do you need? For that, you need to decide how big print are you going to take? A usual 4x6 or 5x7? Do you want to frame it and hang it on wall? Look at the following table and decide what megapixel will be enough for you. These estimates are conservative, meaning, if you are not printing professional quality, even less megapixels are required for print the size in the left column.

Max Professional Quality Print	Minimum Megapixel required
4x6 inches	2 megapixels
5x7 inches	3 megapixels
11x14 inches	4 megapixels
16x20 inches	5-6 megapixels
20x30 inches	8 megapixels
Poster Size	10 megapixels

 

One last thought before we close this section – Don’t buy a camera just because it is high megapixel camera.

Portability

The most important aspect of buying a camera is how easy is it to carry. I have a Nikon D40 and it is quite an exercise to carry it in a big bag and take it around. Well it is a smallest DSLR Nikon has. At times, I do have a thought whether I should carry this baby with me. Believe it or not, this is the single reason why people don’t carry and use their camera. Do consider this and be very truthful and reasonable with you. If you are okay carrying a bag all around and taking a 2-4 pound beast with you only then think about buying a DSLR. If you are looking for something easy to carry around and something that fits in your pocket, just go for a simple point and shoot camera.

In the next version, I will post about some more aspects of buying a camera. Also, will post some places to find great deals.

What kind of camera are you looking for?

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