I am completely new to blogging and have been wanting to start a blog of my own for a while. As they say, the best way to start anything is to do just that -- get started as quickly as you can. So here I am. I deliberated on what I can write about that is not already being written about, but that would probably eliminate almost anything that I could cover. So, this is an attempt to write about things that I am passionate about, and perhaps a combination of those things would differentiate this blog. But, enough said already; I'll just get started!
My inspiration for the name of this blog is indeed the song from Saudagar (the 1970's Amitabh movie) written by Ravindra Jain. I love the song "Har haseen cheez ka main talabgaar hoon...", and I could identify with the sentiment it expresses: "...ras ka, phoolon ka, geeton ka, beemar hoon". I found that the song resonates well with my own temperament, my interests and passions. This could be a Piscean anthem almost. But anyway, I tried looking up the meaning of Talabgaar (spelled sometimes as Talabgar, but I decided to stick to the song version) in various Urdu-English dictionaries on the web. In the context of this song, I understood that Talab could variously mean: Desire, Need, Search; and a Talbgaar then is someone who is needy; someone who has a deep desire or longing; someone who is constantly in an internal state of disquiet and is searching. Searching for what? We'll leave that for each Talabgaar to decide for themselves.
I do not have a concrete plan for this blog but I am sure that as an avid film- and music-lover who grew up in India in the 70's, my topics will be dominated by Hindi cinema, music, and film-personalities who influenced my generation. Another word of caution: I am a true-blue Piscean and fit the description of my kind provided by Linda Goodman and others to a T. I am a hopeless romantic, and do tend to look at the world through rose-tinted glasses, borrowing from the words of Goodman and others. I am fascinated by the ideals of righteousness and humanism, which I believe are facets of romanticism anyway. I know that the world is far from perfect, but I like to bat for hope, optimism, and positivism. If my musings seem unrealistic, impractical, or downright dreamy sometime, I hope that you will rid your mind of such thoughts immediately and let them "sleep with the fishes":-)
Here's welcoming fellow Talabgaars again, and I do hope that you will take the time to post your own comments, criticism, and suggestions to my posts in abundance.
My inspiration for the name of this blog is indeed the song from Saudagar (the 1970's Amitabh movie) written by Ravindra Jain. I love the song "Har haseen cheez ka main talabgaar hoon...", and I could identify with the sentiment it expresses: "...ras ka, phoolon ka, geeton ka, beemar hoon". I found that the song resonates well with my own temperament, my interests and passions. This could be a Piscean anthem almost. But anyway, I tried looking up the meaning of Talabgaar (spelled sometimes as Talabgar, but I decided to stick to the song version) in various Urdu-English dictionaries on the web. In the context of this song, I understood that Talab could variously mean: Desire, Need, Search; and a Talbgaar then is someone who is needy; someone who has a deep desire or longing; someone who is constantly in an internal state of disquiet and is searching. Searching for what? We'll leave that for each Talabgaar to decide for themselves.
I do not have a concrete plan for this blog but I am sure that as an avid film- and music-lover who grew up in India in the 70's, my topics will be dominated by Hindi cinema, music, and film-personalities who influenced my generation. Another word of caution: I am a true-blue Piscean and fit the description of my kind provided by Linda Goodman and others to a T. I am a hopeless romantic, and do tend to look at the world through rose-tinted glasses, borrowing from the words of Goodman and others. I am fascinated by the ideals of righteousness and humanism, which I believe are facets of romanticism anyway. I know that the world is far from perfect, but I like to bat for hope, optimism, and positivism. If my musings seem unrealistic, impractical, or downright dreamy sometime, I hope that you will rid your mind of such thoughts immediately and let them "sleep with the fishes":-)
Here's welcoming fellow Talabgaars again, and I do hope that you will take the time to post your own comments, criticism, and suggestions to my posts in abundance.
