Get ready for a night of electrifying music with Sukhwinder Singh, the powerhouse singer behind some of Bollywood's biggest hits! ๐ค๐ต
Join us on 24 March 2023 at Melbourne Convection Center for an unforgettable performance by the one and only Sukhwinder Singh! ๐คฉ๐
From "Chaiyya Chaiyya" to "Jai Ho", he's sung some of the most iconic songs in Indian cinema, and now he's coming to Melbourne to rock the stage! ๐ค๐ฎ๐ณ
Don't miss this opportunity to experience the magic of Sukhwinder Singh live in concert! ๐
Back in school I never liked history as a subject! Maybe it was long chapters and too much information or the long list of dates of important events. Not sure what it was but after my graduation as an engineer and spending all my time with computers on my job I felt an inclination towards history and I started reading endlessly about world history. Whatever subject I may fancy, I googled it all..from World wars to colonial India. But history is just a fable agreed upon. Isn't it? So to understand history the best way is to live it! Yes.. Live it!! But how? I ain't have a time machine to travel back. But a small town in Victoria, Called Ballarat given you an opportunity to visit the past. Sovereign Hill in Ballarat is a live museum which re-creates first ten years after the discovery of gold in 1851 in this town when thousands of international adventurers rushed to the Australian goldfields in search of fortune. Below is a short travelogue of my visit to this beautiful city of Victoria, Australia. We started our day in a rush to catch the fast V line train to Ballarat from the southern cross station in Melbourne. It took around an hour and a half to reach but time flew as we were lost in scenes which victorian countryside has to offer! The highlands, grazing sheep and cattle refresh your mind and you forget about city blues. As soon we got down, The old Victorian styled cafeteria at platform welcomed us with hot coffee to start our city tour! One can easily get map and information leaflets at platform 1.
Ballarat has many spots of tourist interest and offers a lot to explore which can take a couple of days. We were headed to sovereign hill directly which is a 2.5 km walk from train station. Thanks to google maps and friendly locals we reached there easily :) The entry fee (1-day pass/Non-VIP) is 55.50 AUD for adults and AUD 25 for kids (5-15 years). As soon you enter the gates, you step back in time to the 19th century. The bazaar alongside the main lane has all sort of shops which you can imagine, in the 19th century of course!
The blacksmith shop, A confectionery offering colourful candies, the drapery, the grocery shop and a jewellery shop too. Apart from the shops, there are other buildings which are the essence of a then-booming town like a police station, a post office, a school and a theatre too!
We can see costumed actors on every corner interacting with guests. They make the experience much more real. There is a lot to do as well, A gold pour session, the mine tours, the horse carriage rides, the tinsmith and candle works to witness.
The whole place gives you a wonderful unforgettable experience and a perfect day out for little curious minds and adult explorers both!
Quick Travel Tips:
1. Leave as early as possible. Ballarat has a lot to offer, but if you are planning a day trip to Sovereign Hill, you better reach there when it opens i.e. 10.00 A.M.
2. Various activities are included in entry ticket which has certain timings like “Gold Pouring Demonstration” and Parade. You can check the timings in advance to plan your day accordingly.
3. There is a gold mine tour which is done in the form of three different stories. a. Trapped. b. Secret Chamber. c. Journey through the Labyrinth of Gold
You can choose any way you want to have the gold mine tour. Every story has a different experience. Each type of tour will cost you around AUD 7.50. This tour also can take around 30 people at one time and they also start at some particular timings. So if are planning a weekend trip, book early as per your timeslots.
Indian taxation department has increased the tax filing date till 5th-August-2017 which is a good news for people who are yet to file their tax returns. And every year Tax department is making the tax filing lot easier. Last year we have the option to verify the ITR by getting an OTP with the Aadhaar card mapped to our account. But there are many people who still either don't have Aadhaar card or their phone number is not mapped to the Aadhaar Card. This year government has added a new option to e-verify the tax return by the option of Net banking. These days almost everyone has access to net banking. If not, then we need to send the ITR submitted acknowledgement to CPC Bangalore office with in 120 days of filing ITR. But the easiest way to verify the ITR is by verifying through Net Banking. We'll talk about Kotak Bank here (as option from Private banks ) because most of the websites are showing it through the SBI (Public banks) online banking . As a pre-requisite, make sure your ITS is filled and it's waiting for E-Verification part only. Step A: Login to Kotak Internet Banking and then either go to "Banking" Section or there is an option with name "More" as shown below.
Step B: Select
the option of "eTAX" from the drop-down and then select the option
"E-Filing" (Income Tax) and below screen should be displayed.
Step C: Verify
that your account number and the PAN cards details are correct and
click on Submit. You will be taken to Income tax Website.
Step D: Select the "View Returns/ Forms " option to open the tax returns already filed.
Step E: Select the option "Click here to view your returns pending for e-verification"
Step F: Select the Option "e-Verify"
Almost Done: A New pop-up window appears. Click on "Continue" to generate EVC and get your income tax verified.
You
will get the confirmation message with transaction ID and EVC code. You
can download the acknowledgement and also it will be emailed to you. No need to submit the physical ITR-V to CPC Bangalore.
One cannot deny the beauty of Coke Studio because of the fusion they create. It's a slow poison where you enter a state of Rock and Sufi at same time. You enter into a total different world and this is how "Kande Utte Meherma Ve" from Coke Studio Season 6 - Episode 5 feels like !! Complete Song name is Sawaal: Sung by Ali Azmat and Muazaam Ali khan. Cut Version: Kandde Utte Meherma Performed by: Muazzam Ali Khan
This song is best example of a how Sufi-Rock fusion can create magic. The continuous claps, drum beats, trumpet and Guitar will take you to a totally different level. So Put on your Head Phones, close your eyes and Enjoy !! For All my Non Punjabi Friends, here are the lyrics and translation for it. Story Behind the Song: The song is about Sohni and Mahiwal (One of the Romantic Tragedy of Punjab)...!!! Sohni was the daughter of a potter. And she fell in love with Mahiwal who left everything and become a worker for Sohni’s father. Sohni was forcefully married to another potter !! But every night Sohni would cross river Chinab and go to meet Mahiwal. But one day Sohni sister-in law come to know of this and she replaced the pot which Sohni used to cross river, with an unbaked pot !! Sohni took this pot and cross the river but the pot melt in water and she is drowned and Mahiwal who saw Sohni drowning jumped in the river which was on full current also drowned trying to save her...!!!!! This song is a dialogue between the pot and Sohni. Mahiwal is waiting for Sohni in a dark, rainy night and Chinab is on it's full flow, but the yearn to meet her Love cannot stop from that and she is ready to sacrifice her life for it !!!!!
Lyrics and Translation: ( Sohni to Clay Pot ) "Kanday Utte Meharmaa Ve, Main ta Kadon di Khadi.". ( I am waiting for you my love on this river bank, waiting for flow to settle) ("Dil vich Shuanq Milan da, Haneri ishq di Chadi" ) (My heart longs for our union, and the Storm of love is on its full vigor....!!!) Ghadeya Dil mera Chaunda, Maahi vekh lavaan ajj !! -- 2 (O clay-pot, my heart yearns to see my beloved today) Sohne Maahi da Deedaar, Mera akbari hajj ) (The sight of my love is my greatest pilgrimage [Akbari Hajj is usually mean Big Hajj]) (Meinu dobi na Vachale !! ) -2 Don't drown me midway (Mein taan Dukhaan di Bharii.. I am overwhelmed with Grief Alaap and Music !! (Oh Meinu Teriyaan Udikka kandde Utte !! ) -3 I am waiting for you at River Bank my Love (Mainoon Shauh Darya Di Taangh ni.. !! ) -3 I yearn to lose myself in the river of my beloved's love (Te jind meri ) And my Life (Te jin meri kachha ghada) And my life is like a weak clay pot. Now the Clay Pot Replies ( Trying to save Sohni ) --- (Ni main kaccha haan Nakaara, Akkhan khol ke pachhan !!) -2 I'm just a worthless clay pot, Open your eyes and try to see what I am (Utton raat haigi kaali Chaแนiya paani da toofaan) The night's also dark , And the tide is getting rough (Asaan donwaan แธub jaana) -2 Both of us will drown (Wehla ghaแนi do ghaแนi !!) There's such little time left
(Mainoon teriyaan uแธeekaan kanแธe utte)
I'm waiting for you at river bank
Music and Alaap !!
Ali Azmat Background Voice (Lines of Sawaal Song)
Cheers !!! Update: Video was Removed. Updated again. Please leave your comments in case you notice any issues again.
Axis2 is distributed in several convenient
distribution packages but we’ll be taking of Apache Axis2 here as a standalone
server. Reason: you won’t need
any WebServers like Apache Tomcat or Glassfish etc.
Requirement:
Bin Distribution packages of the Apache Axis2.
Java Development Kit (JDK). [Compatibility check with experiment. start with JDK 1.6.27]
Tested
on Windows 7 Operating System.
Steps:
Download
the Apache Axis 2 bin distribution and unzip to the location of your choice.
Install
your JDK kit.
Add the paths of Java JDK and Apache Axis2 to the path in
Environment Variable as shown in below screenshot.
Add
the bin locations of the tools to the path folder.
Now
go to command prompt and select till axis2 bin folder.
In case your output after running
axis2server.bat is like below only:
It means that there is a
compatibility issue between axis2 and java version. Then try changing the java
version. You might have to experiment multiple times with different java versions
to make it work.
Leave your valuable comments for any
new findings.
What exactly happened: 11 Israeli Olympic team members were taken hostage and eventually killed in an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by the Palestinian group Black September. Shortly after the crisis began, they demanded 234 prisoners jailed in Israel and the German-held founders of the Red Army Faction (Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof) be released. Black September called the operation "Iqrit and Biram", after two Palestinian Christian villages whose inhabitants were expelled by the Haganah in 1948. Ali Hassan Salameh believed to be the one of the main orchestrator, responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre and other terror attacks. After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir launched Operation "Wrath of God" to hunt down and kill all involved in the massacre. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. The operation is believed to have continued for over twenty years. The movie is about that complete operation. Everything in this movie is just too good. It was not an easy job for mossad agents to look out for the one's responsible for the massacre. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts, with retribution following retribution,so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew ? It's a must watch movie. Watch here:
This is one of the most inspiring speech, you will ever come across. He is talking about such a basic thing and we are so shameful that we have turn a blind eye to what is happening. Where are we heading to exactly? May be to our doom. He is not asking much. Or rather, he is asking nothing. He is asking us to save ourselves from the time bomb which is ticking on our head and it's ticking pretty fast. He is talking about urbanization, agriculture, farmer suicides to non-returning NRIs, plastic waste to depleting water levels. We need to make sure that our future generations see a better world, better life and a better tomorrow with clean food, water and air. Listen to him please. And we need to take some serious steps to protect our future, our environment, otherwise our end is near.
Let’s say you have an image as shown below and because it doesn't look as good it should be, so the best way is to crop it as per your requirement and Microsoft Word 2013 gives us great different options to do that.
If you see the tool menu of Microsoft Word-2013, you would not be able to see any menu or sub menu to crop the image.
So how to do that.
First you need to select the image you want to crop. You can see in top of the menu, there will be new menu item Picture tools and FORMAT under that. Click on the format and new sub menu with more different options will occur.
On the right side below the format menu of Microsoft word, you can see the option of crop. If you start exploring different crop options, Microsoft Word 2013 gives us ample options to do the crop, which we will discuss.
Basic crop functionality is selecting the picture, then click crop and then dragging it to the area you want to crop like shown below:
After that you can try different shapes by selecting Crop - > Crop to Shape and you can choose any shape as per your requirement shown below.
Under the crop to shape option you can see there are different crop options you can use like Basic shapes, Block Arrows, Equation shapes, Flowchart, Start and Banners, Call-outs. Let’s try different options:
For Crop with one of the block Arrows, do as below:
And once you select the curved up arrow, the shape of the selected image or picture should be like this.
There is another cool crop shape under stars and banners that is explosion. Once you select it, this is how your image will look like.
This is really interesting and we can do so much with the pictures and can be used in different drawing, professional paper presentations and PowerPoint presentations. Such crop options gives us lot of flexibility to play with pictures as we like.
The last option is to select the different aspect ratio option which we can use for our pictures as show below. You can choose Square, Portraits and Landscape etc. to give a desired shape to the image.
So go ahead and try all the cropping options and make your image cool.
Indrani Mukerjea is a media executive and the wife of Peter Mukerjea, a retired Indian television executive. She is into news because of the murder of her daughter Sheena bora and also because of the complex family structure. Below diagram will help a bit.
On this Independence special on Coke Studio@MTV Season 4, Punjabi legend Gurdas Maan, present a song called Ki Banu Duniya Da. He re-writes it here, adding a stellar performance by current Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh. This exclusive track, arranged by Jatinder Shah, sees a massive collaboration of these big names of Punjabi music, reiterating a message for the youth that speaks about not forgetting your roots, in this age of modernity. Especially picking on themes like drug-abuse, disenchantment amongst the youth and the future of our nation, the lyrical punch is delivered using a traditional verse, with additional lyrics written by Gurdas Maan himself. Catch this powerhouse performance on this brand new season of Coke Studio@MTV!
I have tried to translate the lyrics to English so that non-Punjabi speakers can understand. Please note it's not a complete word to word translation, rather a inside meaning is being defined. Please let me know in case something is not understood or wrong. Leave your comments or mail me at: instantkhichri@gmail.com I'll rectify the content.
Lyrics:
Aaj Ranjhe kiraye te le le ke heeran (These days Relationships are temporary, one night stands)
Ishqe Di chadar kari jaan leeran (Ruining the beauty of relationships, destroying the meaning of love)
Hotel te bhele ch churi khawa ke (Spending few bucks in hotel or restaurants is defining the needs)
Ae majiyan charani kidhar ja rahi hai (Ranjha use to herd cattle for so many years just to see Heer. That was kind of love missing these days)
Ae chad di jawani kidhar ja Rahi hai (Where exactly the youth is heading ? We are ruining it completely)
Ae husano deewani kidhar ja rahi hai (Beauty and youth is not forever, it's not going in right direction)
Ghaghre vi gaye phulkariyan vi gaiyan
(Ghaghra [Traditional Clothing] and Phulkari [embroidery technique from the Punjab region] is lost )
Kaan na vich kokru te valiyan vi gaiyan (Old or tribal, traditional ornaments also can't be seen in ears these days)
Ghaghre vi gaye phulkariyan vi gaiyan
Kaan na vich kokru te valiyan vi gaiyan
Reshmi dupatte dore jaaliyan vi gayian (Silk material Dupatta- Girls wear with suits) , strings and suits with nets are lost)
Ghun vi gaye te ghund vaalian vi gayian (veils can't be seen, and even the shame is gone)
Chal paye valaiti baane (Western clothing is being preferred now instead of our traditional clothing)
Ki banu … O ki banu
O ki banu duniya da What's gonna happen to this world (our culture, traditions or rather Punjab) now
Sache patshah Waheguru jaane (Only Our God or Guru's know)
ki banu duniya da
Sache patshah Waheguru jaane
ki banu duniya da
Sache patshah Waheguru jaane
ki banu duniya da
Sache patshah Waheguru jaane
Ki banu duniya da haye ….
Allah Bismilallah teri jugni (No literal meaning of this: This is just to make verse poetic) however Jugni is an age-old narrative device used in Punjabi folk music in India, Pakistan, literally means 'Female Firefly')
Haye taariya vi teri jugni
Sai Bodaan vaalian ve jugni
Allah Bismilallah teri jugni
(Writer is referring different poets, guru's and god like symbols to address them )
Now Writer addressing a beautiful village girl or Women is walking:
Sir utte matka khoohi de paani da (carrying Earthen pot full with water taken from well)
Taap keda jhalle athri jawaani da (Who can handle your beautiful and uncontrollable youth)
Jede passe jaavein thumkaaran paindian (Where ever you go, you just shake the floor)
Addi naal teriyan pajebaan khendian (Each step makes beautiful sound of anklet)
Vadiye majaajane majaaj bhul gayi (Oh Beautiful young women, you have forgotten your traditional styles)
Gidhiyaan di raani fashionaan ch rul gayi (You forgot your traditional dance and now following fashion of Western world)
Sundi angrezi gaane (And you only listen to English songs, ignoring and have dislike for our traditional folk music)
What's gonna happen to this world (our culture, traditions or rather Punjab) now Only Our God or Guru's know.
O Ki banu … O ki banu
O ki banu duniya da
Sache patshah Waheguru jaane
ki banu duniya da
Sache patshah Waheguru jaane
ki banu duniya da haye ….
Allah Bismilallah teri jugni
Haye taariya vi teri jugni
Sai Bodaan vaalian ve jugni
Allah Bismilallah teri jugni
Saanu sauda ni pugda (This deal is not good/profitable for us) -- Line is added to make the verse poetic
Saanu sauda ni pugda
Raavi toh Chenab puchda (Two rivers (Ravi and Chenab) of Punjab (India and Pakistan) are talking to each other)
Raavi toh Jhanaab puchda
Ki haal ae Sutluj da (Asking about the condition of third River (Sutlej) flows between Indian and Pakistan.
Ki haal ae Sutluj da
Writer is addressing the lost of beauty of holy rivers because of partition and issues of borders.
Now Writer is addressing the villages of Peshawar Pakistan which were once part of one country, and now seperated, that how far things have become.
Painde dur Peshawar’an de oye (Villages of Peshawar are far)
Painde dur Peshawar’an de oye
Painde dur Peshawar’an de oye
Painde dur Peshawar’an de oye
Roads have been frogotten because of borders and writer is looking for way to Lahore.. ( Poetic Feeling)
O Wagah de border te.. O wagah de border te (Wagah: Border between India(Amritsar) and Pakistan)
Raah puchdi Lahore’an de haye (Asking about way to Lahore)
Raah puchdi Lahore’an de
Painde dur Peshawar’an de oye
Painde dur Peshawar’an de oye
Painde dur Peshawar’an de oye
Painde dur Peshawar’an de oye
(Poetic -- Fun )
Hello hello ,
Hello
Hello
Hello Hello
Hello Hello
Hello Hello thank you karan nadiyan ( we address everyone these days by Hello and hi and not by traditional way of addressing people like Sat Sri Akal, or Namaste)
aa gaiyan valeton angrez vadiyan (Now we have become westerners)
i don’t like the punjabi hindi nu (Youth these days doesn't like their own Punjabji or Hindi Language, instead running for learning English only). Feel low or insulted using their own language.
sharam ni aundi sanu gallan dindi nu (They are insulting and abusing their own tradtions, language and culture )
sharam ni aundi sanu gallan dindi nu
Har boli sikho sikhni vi chahidi (It's good to learn every language)
Par pakki vekh ke kacchi nai dhai di (But you can't just kick your own traditions because you like others)
Par pakki vekh ke kacchi nai dhai di
o Nasheyan ne pat de punjabi garbru (Drugs have ruined Youth of India/Punjab)
kadkan hadiyan bajuan damru (Weak bones are only producing sounds and are not of any use)
seastan ne maarli jawani chad di (Politics or power had ruined the youth of our country)
dil mile kitten ankh kitte lad di (Cheating and deceiving the people we love is being done)
marjaane maan na ki bharosa kal da (Oh dear Maan(Gurdaas talking to himself), that we don't know what's coming tomorrow)
bura nai maniayan da kisi di gal da (So why to think bad about anything or expect from someone)
keh gaye ne lok seyane (That's what our elders taught us)
O ki Banu… O Ki banu
O ki banu …
O Ki banu duniya da
Sache patshah Waheguru jaane
Ki banu duniya da
Sache patshah Waheguru jaane
Ki banu duniya da… haye
Allah Bismilallah teri jugni
Haye taariya vi teri jugni
Sai Bodaan vaalian ve jugni
Allah Bismilallah teri jugni
Allah Bismilallah teri jugni
Haye taariya vi teri jugni
Sai Bodaan vaalian ve jugni
Allah Bismilallah teri jugni
Allah Bismilallah teri jugni
Haye taariya vi teri jugni
Sai Bodaan vaalian ve jugni
Allah Bismilallah teri jugni
Allah Bismilallah teri jugni
Haye taariya vi teri jugni
Sai Bodaan vaalian ve jugni
Allah Bismilallah teri jugni Enjoy!!! Credits: Composition & Lyrics By Gurdas Maan Singers - Gurdas Maan & Diljit Dosanjh Music Producer - Jatinder Shah Harmonium & Backing Vocals - Jatinder Shah Drums - Lindsay D'mello Guitar - Nyzel D'lima Bass - Rushad Mistry Acoustic Guitar - Pawan Keys - Rinku Rajput Keys - Rakesh Varma Dholak & Dhol - Iqbal Azad Algoza & Tumbi - Vijay Yamla Mandolin - Chandrakant Lakshpati Tabla - Yusuf Gulam Mohammed Duff & Matka - Pratap Rath Percussion - Nadeem Azab Edited By – Umar Shaikh Mix and Master by Sameer Charegaonkar
