MUSIC… Music has always been my love and passion. Right from my childhood days, music has always been an integral part of me. Today, here, I take the opportunity to share my passion for Bengali Band Music with all of you. Bengal is a land of rich literary resource, numerous musical legends and a huge and very active middle class society. The land boasts of a plethora of talents in the cultural sphere including Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. The genre of music which was almost absent from the scenario was Rock music. Bengali music first encountered a wave of modernization in the 1970’s. With Mohiner Ghoraguli and their new and experimental genre of music, the new generation of youngsters were encouraged to express their myriad emotions like nostalgia, aggression, pain and anguish more zealously in a common channel. This new trend in the musical sphere at that time did not find many takers. But the credit for the emergence of 500 plus Bangla Rock bands today will definitely be put to Mohiner Ghoraguli. Their alternative form of music was not able to grab the crowd during the 70’s , but they became the visionary for the upcoming bands and gave birth to rock culture in the land.

Today, most popular bands enjoy an advantageous position where their albums sell like hot cakes the moment they hit stores. Band performances are the ‘in-thing’ and draw huge crowds mostly comprising of young school and college students, notwithstanding the age defying music loving uncles and aunties. Bangla music is for everybody. Though there is a surge of very hard rock bands in the recent times, yet most Bangla bands make sure they retain the distinct Bengali flavor in their music in spite of the heavy guitars and drums. It is this blend of western instruments with indigenous lyrics and tunes that imparts Bangla music it’s distinctive charm. Kolkata proudly offers platforms like Nazrul Manch, Someplace Else to cater to the tastes of the hyper active and enthusiastic audience for English and Bengali rock music and also help the bands to showcase their creativity. Pioneering Bands like Chandrabindoo, Cactus, Bhoomi, Fossils,ParashPathor have carved a niche’ for themselves in the Bangla music scenario with their own distinctive style of music and performances. Bangla band music has become the lifeblood for the average Bengali youngsters. One can relate to the music as most of these popular songs portray the life of an average Bengali and his sentiments, his dreams and ambitions, his heartaches and infatuations, his joy and nostalgia, life and death. Various aspects of the society including it’s flaws are also offered to the people in lyrical form. Large segment of Bengalis are immensely inspired by this form of music and are even ready to quit promising careers to the call of their passion. They want to do something exclusive and more meaningful and be an inspiration for the future generations. For that they are ready to defy every impediment coming their way, be it tradition, critics or even cultural limitations.

Music is a medium that transgresses all limits and goes beyond all boundaries. Bengali music was always rich with Rabindra Sangeet, Nazrul Geeti, songs by Atul Prasad Sen and also Adhunik or modern bengali songs. People dared to think beyond them and experiment with the other genres of music. The bengali bands broke the shackles and gave the audience the taste of rock music. Though most of the bands are influenced by western bands like Pink Floyd, The Doors and musicians like Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Simon and Garfunkel, yet they have succeeded in keeping the distinct bengali touch in their tunes as well as lyrics. Bengali rock bands have come a long way and with a bright future ahead they have the the scope to spread the music far and wide.

Below is a preview of a couple of my favorite songs of Mohiner Ghoraguli…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQmOOCCT4DY

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA1-BvbNIf8

DOWNLOAD MP3 .
BHOOMI on MYSPACE .

It’s hard to find Indian Band pictures , other than few low quality pictures clicked by freinds or fans on a 1.3 megapixel Cellphone which are posted on Myspace or last fm, it’s very difficult to find decent pictures of Indian Bands.  I just stumbled on this ‘awesome’ photography by V ! naY on Flickr , if you are fans of Kryptos, Stranglehold, Bhoomi, Extinct Reflections  to name a few , take a look at these amazing pictures. 

 One more thing ! these are Copyrighted , so ! don’t copy !

NAGPUR LAND PRICE HIKE

http://www.indiatogether.com/2008/nov/eco-mihanland.htm

Lured to sell, driven to buy
Land rate has soared to staggering Rs.1-5 crores per acre on the outskirts of Nagpur, driven by the hype created by the proposed Multi-Modal International Hub and Airport at Nagpur project and the adjoining Special Economic Zone. Jaideep Hardikar has more.

26 November 2008 – Nagpur, November: It was a temptation that 65-year-old Daulat Moon could not avoid any more. The deal was too big for him to reject: Rs 40 lakh per acre of land. “I stamped it.”

The six-acre farmer, Moon, fixed some of his huge sum and bought five acre in a village, 50 km away, at Rs 10 lakh an acre. “Once a farmer, always a farmer.” He’s the latest in the burgeoning list of farmers who’ve sold their farm land in Mondha village, barely 4 km from Hingna town and 20 km from Nagpur. The real estate sharks gobbling up the lands have been after him for six months.

Mondha has sold its 75 per cent land to developers and city’s noveau rich in two years. Stretches of what were once cotton and soybean fields or orange orchards now bear hoardings of buy-in-installment plots. The price per plot is a staggering Rs.500 per square feet. That’s in multiple of what Moon got from the developer.

Good times for middlemen working farmers to sell to developers. A hoarding put up by a real estate firm at one of its ‘gold mines’ near Nagpur. Pic: Jaideep Hardikar.

Land rate has soared to staggering Rs.1-5 crore per acre on the outskirts of the city. Driven by the hype created by the proposed Multi-Modal International Hub and Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN) project and the adjoining Special Economic Zone (SEZ), villages around here have seen a sort of land-riot for some time.

But the scale at which it’s happening is incomprehensible, say the locals. Over a hundred villages, like Mondha, within 50 km radius of Nagpur, have sold their agriculture land. About a million small and big investors have invested in plots or farmland beyond the city limits with the hope that prices will appreciate.

What’s more, the realtors estimate at least 200,000 individuals to be engaged in the land brokering in and around Nagpur.

The district collector’s office estimates that 30,000-hectare land (330 crore sq ft) has changed hands from farmers to individuals – many in benami (in fake name) transactions; 10,000-hectare (110 crore sq ft) has been sold in plots to small investors from and outside Nagpur. At a modest Rs.300 per square feet, the game is at least worth Rs 33,000 crore! No wonder, the rural police say, land-related crimes are on rise.

“This explains the sudden affluence that has come to a few land developers and real estate firms and their agents,” says Praful Gudadhe, a Nagpur Municipal Corporation member and builder himself. This, he feels, is not sustainable unless manufacturing and industrial units come up in big way and creates an unimaginable demand. That prospect seems more suspect in a ‘Meltdown’ era!

But today, prices are too alluring for the farmers to reject, insists Moon’s young neighbour Raju Lomsonge, a part-time land-broker who works with the Hingna spinning mill. A couple of years ago, Raju sold his own land and took up the job as a broker when he realised that the sector had a potential to make quick bucks.

Raju says the number of registries everyday has risen manifold. And he’s right. If you visit the deputy-registrar (land records) office at Hingna, where the land deals are notified, the rush is mind-boggling. The middlemen are omnipresent.

What he couldn’t earn all his life from his job at the only-surviving spinning mill here Raju makes it in a few minutes from one land deal. There’s a great demand for many like him these days across rural Nagpur – both from buyers and sellers.

Raju doesn’t go beyond the simple arithmetic of commission. “I don’t know if the prices would remain stable, rise or fall in the future; what I know is that it’s wiser to sell agriculture land and make money today than to till it in losses forever.”

“Today it is Rs.50 lakh per acre; I can’t quote you tomorrow’s figure,” says Raju. The 35-year-old reveals that the young and unemployed of his village are all into land brokerages. “A middleman fetches two per cent in commission.”

Evidently, the sudden inflow of money has transformed the lifestyle of villagers, particularly those who drive the deals as middlemen.

“Yes, there are a few more cement houses in the village now, consumption of liquor has risen, and so has the number of two-wheelers,” says the sarpanch of Mondha, Arvind Modak. He says, “People buying land here are obviously doing it for commercial reasons. The farmers who get good price here for their land are buying farmlands in distant villages of Wardha and Yavatmal.”

A farmer from here sells his land to developers and migrates to Wardha but not before spiking land rates there. The wave thus travels further, and farther. But hundreds of farmers sold their lands cheaply five years ago or earlier. Today most of them are landless labourers. Going by today’s deal rates, they have suffered huge losses.

Modak says rich traders from other cities have also bought land big time. “Many businessmen and traders have come from as far away as Mumbai and Delhi.”

The bubble created by the MIHAN and SEZ has had a cascading effect on land holding pattern in Nagpur, nay Vidarbha. And while the ambitious project looks a distant dream, the realtors have already made a life out of it by selling dreams to the unsuspecting investors expecting good returns by investing in land plots. ⊕

Jaideep Hardikar
26 November 2008

e-Governance in India has both positive and negative elements.

First the positive ones

• India has the largest number of “award winning” eGovernance projects (Bhoomi in Karnataka, Dhrishti in Rajasthan and e-Sewa in Andhra Pradesh, for example)
• Indian projects have seen many innovations
• There are projects like MCA21 (where half a million companies file their quarterly returns online), Courts computerization (judgements becoming available on the Net within 24 hours) etc.
• Under National e-Governance Project (NeGP) Government of India has committed more than Rs 20,000 Crores
• Under NeGP there is a proposal to set up 100,000 kiosks under Public Private Partnership

The negative ones

• There is more emphasis on spending money than on creating value
• The emphasis is on “e” (computerization) and NOT on governance
• Too many “pilots” (what Prof Keniston of MIT terms as “graveyard of failed projects”)

(Keynote address in e-Governance Conference, Dayanand Sagar Institutions, Bangalore, November 27, 2008)

Socio-economic data to guide digitised mapping of urban India

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/socioeconomic-data-to-guide-digitised-mapping-of-urban-india/352983/

By Smita Aggarwal Indian Express
Moving away from a state-controlled development of a city,
municipalities will now map their cities on the basis of
socio-economic parameters like health, education, religion, disaster
management and even terrorist activity.

This information will be processed and digitised to generate a Geographical Information System
(GIS) map to depict multiple variables on a single image, at the click
of a button.

In a novel approach, the local administration will generate data
related to terror history of a place, mapping potential terror risk
sites and devising appropriate response management system. The
systematic plan ascertains whether administration has a role to play
in such situations, detailing equipment and manpower required for
effective handling. Not only that, Urban Local Bodies (ULB) will
perform periodic drills to check preparedness levels.

Similarly, city areas prone to natural disasters like earthquake,
flooding, fire and landslides will be mapped – complete with a
response system and officials responsible. All this is part of a new
initiative undertaken by the urban development ministry.

Under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government’s flagship Rs
50,000-crore Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM),
the ministry will encourage cities to come up with a comprehensive
city development plan (CDP) as against the traditional land-use plan.
A development plan is an essential document to be prepared by cities
to avail of central funds under JNNURM.

The plan seeks to map city’s socio-economic infrastructure like
availability of basic healthcare and education – whether municipal
schools and basic health clinics are located in the vicinity of
informal or formal urban poor settlements.

As this data is generated, layer by layer, it will be mapped on to the
physical and political map of the city. For instance, at the click of
a button, it will bring up city areas inhabited by the poor, areas not
covered by the municipalities’ health and education initiatives, and
with little or no access to clean drinking water facility.

The CDP aims to integrate socio-economic development with
infrastructure development by demarcating spaces for industry and
services in the city, providing required infrastructure and
streamlining licensing process through single window clearances. In
urban centres, coupled with availability of skilled workforce, such
initiatives will attract investment from retail industry and services
sector.

A CDP enables these cities to look at local economic development in a
strategic manner. Towards this end, the ministry has asked private
consulting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers to come up with a CDP toolkit
modelled on socio-economic development parameters. Thereafter, a
committee consisting of town planners, local and central government
representatives will ratify the detailed plan, before it is
disseminated to the cities.

PwC principal consultant Kaustabh Basu told The Indian Express that
the initiative is aimed at enabling the third tier of governance -
municipalities – to make the transition from a Master Plan-based land
use to a development-based city planning. “The CDP will focus on
identified and prioritised local needs, taking into consideration
local resources, searching for cost-effective solutions, and
addressing causes, rather than just allocating capital expenditure for
dealing with symptoms,” he said.

Once such a mapping is complete, it will help to speed up economic
development delivery by providing a tool that guides investment to
arrive at realistic project proposals taking into consideration the
availability of limited resources.

New parameters

Cities will be mapped on parameters such as health, education,
religion, disaster management and even terrorist activity. This
information will be processed and digitised to generate a Geographical
Information System (GIS) map

What is CDP?

A comprehensive city development (CDP) enables cities to look at local
economic development in a strategic manner. A development plan needs
to be prepared by cities to avail of central funds under JNNURM

What it does

The CDP aims to integrate socio-economic and infrastructure
development by demarcating spaces for industry and services in the
city. Such initiatives would attract investment from retail and
services sector

Investment Guide

Such a map would help speed up delivery of investment by providing a
tool that guides investors at arriving upon realistic project
proposals while taking into consideration the availability of limited
resources

Land banks may be the lifeline
Gates Foundation, World Bank & ADB To Collaborate On Project
Rajat Guha, Gunjan Pradhan Sinha NEW DELHI

THE government is planning to create a database of 22 lakh sq km of land spread across various states which can be used for industrial development in a bid to avoid a Singur-like situation. The land bank has already been identified and the survey work on the project has been initiated.

Work on this project is expected to be done in collaboration with the Bill Gates Foundation, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The process of registering land titles would also be speeded up so that transfer of titles can be done fast, as the government plans to do away with the system of stamp paper.

The government will also provide conclusive land titles to more than 1,000 million rural people. And, these titles will be guaranteed by the state government to avoid any ownership dispute in future. At present, there is no clarity on land titles in rural areas which leads to disputes and litigations over ownership.

“We are working on a very important project for integrating around 4,000 land registrar offices across the country. This will eliminate problems arising due of lack of coordination among area tehsildars while allotting land. Fertile land will not be given for development if there is a semi arid or a single crop land or infertile land available in the vicinity.

FIELD DAY

22lakh sq km

DEVELOPABLE LAND SPREAD ACROSS STATES

Rs5,656cr

IS WHAT GOVT WILL SPEND ON THE PROJECT

741million

PEOPLE TO GET LAND TITLES Govt to make changes in Land Registration Act

“WHEN a land is purchased, a built-in compensation will be charged from the purchaser, which will eliminate the need of stamp paper and save time,” Department of Land Resources secretary (ministry of rural development) Rita Sinha told ET.

To effect such changes the government will make significant amendments in the Land Registration Act and the Transfer of Property Act.

The Registration Act of 1908 makes registration of land deeds compulsory but not mutation of titles. Therefore, lack of state guarantee of title leads to unclear tiles inviting land disputes. A large chunk of developable land is locked up in litigation across the country.

Government officials claim that a large part of the controversy around Tata’s Nano project could be averted if alternative barren stretches of land around Singur could be given for industrial development. According to the plan, the Centre, states and private players would take up land survey, which itself is a very time consuming and long-drawn process.

Eventually, maps will be developed for each state, stating soil codes, which will be updated regularly.

Bangla Band music has existed as an independent ‘genre’ for only about thity years now.

Here is a list of a few popular Bands working in Kolkata at this moment: (If you could add to this list I would appreciate that) :

CACTUS – the First to call themselves a Rock Band. Would be touring six cities in the US in October this year. Most famous song : Halud Paakhi

Fossils - Rock Band, Rupam is the main lyricist, singer. Always-aired-song on FM : Ei Akla Ghar Amar Desh

Chandrabindoo – Their kind of music is difficult to label. They basically do ‘what they like’. The first group to translate Simon & Gurfunkel’s “The Sounds of Silence” in Bangla.

Bhoomi – One of the most popular bands of Kolkata, they changed the way people think and talk in Bangla. Their song Barandaey Roddur  is almost synonymous with bangla contemporary music. I mean, when people talk about  ‘aajkalkar gaan’, they automatically think of this song.

Krosswindz – The first to be featured in Calcutta University Journal as a Band in its own right. The most famous song I would like to mention here isn’t composed by them but made popular by them. It was later adopted by James for the movie Gangster , Original composition by Mohiner Ghonraguli : Prithibita Naki Chhoto Hotey Hotey…

Lakkhichara – The younger generation, with Gaurav Chatterjee, the son of  ”Mohiner Ghonra’ Gautam Chatterjee, as the frontman and the drummer of the group. They started singing compositions of Mohiner Ghonraguli while they were still children. The most popular song I last heard was : Jibon Chaichhey Aro Beshi Kichhu.

Mohiner Ghonraguli (Mohin’s Horses) : The Father of Bangla Bands, both this side and that side of Bengal. They all learned from them. Everybody picked up from where they left off. The group never achieved either fame or recognition except for a few stray reviews in Newspapers by friendly journos or personal admirers in their musical lifetime but left a legacy behind for evryone to look upto them as pioneers in the field.

Telephone is a song that a lot of Bangla Bands sing (by Crosswindz), Poth Gachhey Benkey (Crosswindz), Bhalo Lagey ( adaptation by Paroshpathhor)

Abhilasha, Paroshpathhor and numerous other Bands have left a body of hummable and interesting compositions and disappeared…

I only mentioned Bangla Bands from this side of the Ganges. There is a sizeable and very strong representation on the other side – in Bangladesh. They are richer, more widely known, technically advanced perhaps and have a regular underground Band Music movement in their part of the country.

I mean to find out more and would keep posting it here for those who care and love these Bands. If you share what you know, here, for all of us Probashis, who live far away from Kolkata and often do not have any access to this music at all, thanks to the utter indifference of record companies and to an extent due to people’s ignorance too, it would be  great.:-)

For am sure if they were heard, the Bangla Bands would be loved and appreciated anywhere  :-)

After all they say music has no barriers (unless you create them or let it develope through ignorance, right?)

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वास्तु निर्माण से सम्बंधित शास्त्रीय नियम
प्राचीन एवम सर्वमान्य संहिता व वास्तु ग्रंथो में प्रतिपादित कुछ शास्त्रीय वास्तु नियमों का उल्लेख किया जाता है | वास्तु निर्माण में इनका प्रयोग करने पर वास्तु व्यक्ति के लिए सब प्रकार से शुभ ,समृद्धि कारक एवम मंगलदायक होता है |आजकल के तथाकथित वास्तु शास्त्रियों द्वारा जनसाधारण को व्यर्थ के बहम में डालने वाले तथा अपने ही गढे हुए नियमों पचडे में न पड़ कर केवल इन्हीं शास्त्रीय नियमों का पालन करने पर वास्तु सब प्रकार से शुभ होता है।
भूमि

• पूर्व ,उत्तर ,ईशान दिशाओं में झुकी भूमि शुभ होती है |
• नदी के समीप ,बाम्बी वाली ,फटी , मन्दिर या चौराहे के निकट की भूमि आवास के लिए शुभ नहीं होती |
• निर्माणाधीन भूखंड में से कोयला,अस्थि ,केश ,भस्म, भूसा ,कपास एवम चमड़ा आदि शल्य निकाल देने चाहियेंअन्यथा गृह वासिओं को कष्ट प्रदान करते हैं |
• गृह निर्माण में वास्तु शास्त्र में वर्णित किसी एक ही वृक्ष की लकड़ी का प्रयोग हो तो शल्य दोष नहीं होता |
• गृह निर्माण में शीशम ,खैर ,देवदार ,सागवान ,चंदन आदि वृक्षों की लकड़ी का प्रयोग करें ।
• नवीन गृह में पुराने घर की लकड़ी का प्रयोग अशुभ फल दायक है |

वास्तु का आकार

• वर्गाकार तथा आयताकार भूखंड जिनके चारों कोण ९०-९० अंश के हों वास्तु के लिए शुभ होते हैं |
• जितने भूखंड पर निर्माण किया जाना है ,उसकी लम्बाई ,चौडाई से दुगनी या अधिक नहीं होनी चाहिए |
• भूखंड असमान भुजाओं या कोण का हो तो आस-पास जगह छोड़ कर गृह निर्माण वर्ग या आयत में ही करें | खालीजगह पर उद्यान -वनस्पति लगायें |
• निर्माणाधीन भूखंड को दिक् शुद्ध अवश्य कर लें ,तभी वास्तु पुरूष के पूर्ण अंग वास्तु में आयेंगे तथा गृहस्वामी कोसुख,धन धान्य यश एवम समृद्धि प्राप्त होगी |

किस स्थान पर क्या बनायें

• गृह के पूर्वी भाग में या उत्तरी भाग में जल का स्थान रखें |
• आग्नेय कोण में रसोई घर बनवाएं |
• शयन कक्ष को गृह के दक्षिणी भाग में निश्चित करें |
• भोजन करने का स्थान पश्चिम दिशा में होना चाहिए |
• पूजा गृह ईशान कोण में अधिक शुभ रहता है |
• शौचालय नै ऋ त्य दिशा में बनवाएं |
• नैऋत्य एवम पश्चिम दिशा के मध्य अध्ययन कक्ष शुभ रहता है |
• सीढ़ी उत्तर या पश्चिम में शुभ हैं ,विषम संख्या में हों तथा सदैव दा ऍ ओर मुडती हों |ऊपर पूर्व या दक्षिण की ओरखुलती हों
• गृह के प्रथम खंड में सूर्य किरण तथा वायु का आना बहुत शुभ होता है |

मुख्य द्वार

• १५हाथ ऊँचा ,८ हाथ चौडा उत्तम एवम १३ हाथ ऊँचा ७ हाथ चौडा मध्यम कहा गया है |
• मुख्य द्वार के सामने कोई वृक्ष ,स्तंभ ,मन्दिर ,दिवार का कोना ,पानी का नल ,नाली ,दूसरे घर का द्वार तथा कीच हो तो वेध करता है |
• गृह की ऊंचाई से दुगनी दूरी पर वेध हो या गृह राजमार्ग पर स्थित हो तो वेध नहीं होता |
• वास्तुराज वल्लभ के अनुसार सिंह -वृश्चिक -मीन राशिः वालों के लिए पूर्व दिशा में ,कर्क -कन्या -मकर राशिःवालों के लिए दक्षिण ,मिथुन -तुला -धनु राशिः वालों के लिए पश्चिम एवम मेष -वृष – कुम्भ राशिः वालों के लिएउत्तर दिशा में मुख्य द्वार बनवाना शुभ होता है |
• वराह मिहिर के अनुसार जिस दिशा में मुख्य द्वार रखना है भूखंड की उस भुजा के बराबर आठ भाग करें ,पूर्वीदिशा में बांयें से तीसरा व चौथा भाग ,दक्षिण दिशा में केवल चौथा भाग ,पश्चिमी दिशा व उत्तरी दिशा में तीसराचौथा -पांचवां भाग मुख्य द्वार के निर्माण के लिए शुभ होता है |

- अन्य दोष निवारक वास्तु नियम

• गृह में प्रवेश करते समय गृह का पृष्ठ भाग दिखना शुभ नहीं होता |
• उत्तर एवम पश्चिम दिशा में रोशनदान शुभ नहीं होते |
• पंचक नक्षत्रों में घर के लिए लकड़ी मत खरीदें |
• घर के सभी द्वार एक सूत्र में होने चाहियें ,ऊपर की मंजिल के द्वारों किउंचाई नीचे के द्वारों से द्वादशांश छोटी होनी चाहिये | गृह के द्वार अपने आप ही खुलते या बंद होते हो तो अशुभ है । गृह क द्वार प्रमाण से अधिक लम्बे हो तोरोग कारक तथा छोटे हो तो धन नाशक होते है । गृह द्वार पर मधु का छत्ता लगे या चौखट, दरवाजा गिर जाये तोगृह पति को कष्ट होता है । घर में चौरस स्तम्भ बनवाना शुभ होता है तथा गोल स्तम्भ बनवाना अशुभ ।
• गृह वृद्धि चारो दिशाओ में समान होनी चाहिये । केवल पूर्वी दिशा में वृद्धि करने पर मित्र से वैर ,उत्तर में चिंता , पश्चिम में धन नाश तथा दक्षिण में क्षत्रु भय होता है ।
• द्वार उपर के भाग मई आगे घुका हो तो संतान नाशक होता है ।
• घर मई कपोत , गिद्ध , वानर , काक तथा भयानक चित्र शुभ नही होते ।
• घर के उद्यान में अशोक, निम्बू ,अनार ,चम्पक , अंगूर , पाटल , नारियल ,केतकी ,शमी आदि वृक्षो का लगाना शुभहै।
• घर के उद्यान में हल्दी , केला , नीम , बेहडा ,अरंड तथा सभी कांटे दार एवं दूध वाले वृक्ष लगाने का निषेध है ।
• मुख्य द्वार पर स्वास्तिक , गणेश , कलश, नारियल ,शंख ,कमल आदि मंगलकारी चिह्नों को अंकित करने से गृह के दोषों का निवारण होता है ।
• नवीन गृह में प्रवेश से पूर्व वास्तु पूजा तथा श्री रामचरितमानस का पाठ करने से समस्त वास्तुजनित दोष दूर हो जाते है ।

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નયનથી જો મળે નયન બે ઘડી,
દિલમાં કોઈના ઉતરાય છે.

આંખો હોય જો કોઈની દર્પણ સમી,
અંતરના બધા ભેદ કળાય છે.

અંશ મળે જો એ નેત્રોમાં પ્રેમ તણો,
કઈક સરિતાઓનાં વ્હેણ રચાય છે.

જાત હશે જો એ કોઈ પરમ તણી,
વાત દરિયાની કરી છલકાય છે
.
પામી એ સરીતા પંથ સાગર ભણી,
જો જો તો ખરા કેવી મલકાય છે.

-ભૂમિ

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7 Degrees -  Tonite .
7 Degrees – Time Vultures .
7 Degrees – 7′40 local time .
7 Degrees – Attic Observations .  (Source Myspace )

13AD - COCHIN – Genre – Classic Rock
13 AD - City Blues .
13 AD – Lonely Insertion .
13AD  – Cant Make up my Mind .
13AD – Ground Zero .
13AD – Revelation .  ( Source rsjonline – Via )
A .
A4Apple – All here is fallen ( Source rsjonline )
ABIOGENESIS – Saramati Tears .
ABIOGENESIS – RIGHT DIRECTION .  ( Source Abiogenesis )
ADVAITA – Hamsadhwani . ( Source rsjonline )
AFTERDARK – Breaking the silence
AFTERDARK -  spacestation Hell
AFTERDARK – Far Away
AFTERDARK – lost in time .
AFTERDARK – Live again .                                ( Source Soundclick . )

Aftertaste – Ash faced .    ( Source Soundclick )

AGNI - Pune   Genre : Classic Rock .

THE ORIGINAL 72hoytstreet Links ARE DEAD . NEW Links on ROCK MP3 page.
ALBUM – WIND DANCE WITH FIRE .
AGNI - Doggies do ( i do too) .
AGNI – Et tu Brute .
AGNI – Within .
AGNI – Darkening Light .
AGNI – Kashmir .  
AGNI – Angel in the wrong heaven .
AGNI – Wind dance with fire .
ALBUM – MRITHYUNJAYA .
AGNI – Tandav .
AGNI – Blues for Radha .
AGNI – Agni .
AGNI – Mann .
AGNI – Desh .
AGNI – Mrithynjaya .
AGNI – Maya .                 ( Source – 72hoytstreet.net  .)

Ahimxa – Kennedy goes to Jail .
Ahimxa – Emilys Song .         ( Source Soundclick )

Alter Ego - Uncle damn .
ARTILLERY – Bombs away ( Source rsjonline )

ALMS FOR SHANTI  - Mumbai/NY
Alms for Shanti – Everlife (remix )
Alms for Shanti – Satelite ( the ravi mix )
Alms for Shanti – I wish i was a whale .
Alms for Shanti – Superbowl .
Alms for Shanti – Varanasi Trail .  ( Source Garage Band )

Asian Heat – Enemy of my Enemy .
Asian Heat – See it in your face .  ( Source Soundclick )

Axeway – Evolve .
Axeway – Slip Away .
Axeway – Bong Bong Bong .
Axeway – Together as One .
Axeway – No stops .
Axeway – Wide Awake .                                   ( Source Soundclick )

B.

Barefaced Liar – Carnation .
Barefaced Liar – Incline .
Barefaced Liar – Tether .  
Barefaced Liar – Wishbone(r) .                          ( Source  Soundclick )
BIJIT BORA – ((((F)))) Reloaded ( Sourec rsjonline )
Bhodi Tree  – Gaand main Danda . ( source rsjonline )

BLACKSTRATBLUES . Mumbai/Aukland .. Genre : Rock/Instrumental
01 – Incense
02 – Soar The Sky
03 – Anuva’s Sky
04 – Blues For Gary
05 – A Weekend With You (And Nothing Else To Do)
06 – The Cat & The Fiddle
07 – Nights In Shining Karma
08 – Bombay Rain
Blackstratblues - RVS jam .
Blackstratblues – Anti Gravity .
Blackstratblues – I wont pick up your phones .
Blackstratblues – Evil .
Blackstratblues – Fast Drive .
Blackstratblues – Beaten Into submission .
Blackstratblues – Kiwi Blues .
Blackstratblues – Mark My words .
Blackstratblues – Surds from hell .
Blackstratblues – Tubehead .
Blackstratblues – Quackor the metal ducky .  ( Source Soundclick ) 
Here is the link for 60 more Blaclstratblues solo’s
… don’t miss . ( Link )
BOMBAYBLACK - Bombay . Genre : Electronic .
BombayBlack – Homo Nature .
BombayBlack – This is not here .
BombayBlack – Pancham .
BombayBlack – Monkey Beats .  ( Source Myspace )
BRUISED MUSTANG . New Delhi . Genre : Industrial
Bruised Mustang -  Can you get me out of reason .
Bruised Mustang - Cold turkey .
Bruised Mustang – Voiced .  (Source Garageband )

Buddha and Stone – Mask Within .                   ( source Soundclick )
BUDDHA BLOWN  . Chennai
Buddha Blown – Hole in your life .
Buddha Blown – Dead Woman .
Buddha Blown – Dead Man .
Buddha Blown – Hey Oh ! .    ( Source Garage Band )

C.
CASSINI’S DIVISION .  Genre :  Rock .
Cassini’s Division – Wake up .
Cassini’s Division – Only for a while .
Cassini’s Division – Higher .
Cassini’s Division – Caesar .
Cassini’s Division – Drown .                            ( Source Soundclick )
CATHARISIS – Kalidoscope ,
CATHARISIS – Music Therapy ,
CATHARISIS – Narayanathey .  ( Download source IMR )

CELESTIAL DOOM . Genre Classic Rock 
Celestial Doom -  Viper blues . 
Celestial Doom – Revelation .
Celestial Doom – Stealy Night .                      ( Source Soundclick )

Chameleon - Beneath the ninth ( Source rsjonline )

Chaos Theory (Ind) – Psychedelic dreams .   ( Source Soundclick )

Clockwork Orange – Presence.  
Clockwork Orange – Utopia .                           ( Source Garage Band )

Cognac – Through your eyes .
Cognac – Oceans .
Cognac -  Signs .   ( Source Soundclick )

COLOURBLIND - Mumbai  Genre : Rock   
ALBUM – COLOURBLIND .      
Colourblind -  Blast . (all songs of CB are  right click& save )
Colourblind – Bang a drum .
Colourblind – Colourblind .
Colourblind – Falling from the sky .
Colourblind - Fragile .
Colourblind – Hu will I be .
Colourblind – Souls on Parade .
Colourblind – Legit Freak .
Colourblind – Firebreath .                              ( Source Massdeletion )

Crystal and the Witches – Resurection ( Download source IMR )

CYANDIE . Delhi (?) Genre (?)
Cyanide – Untold misery .
Cyanide – Abstract .  
Cyanide – Lucid dream .
Cyanide – Lucid dream ( Acapella ) .
Cyanide – Cool breeze on ‘camels back’ . 

D.
DARK PROJECT . Kolkata . Genre : Rock
ALBUM – CHAOS SESSIONS .
Dark Project – Alone .
Dark Project – Tomorrow .
Dark Project – Coverup .
Dark Project – Drenched 2.0 .
Dark Project – Mother .
Dark Project – Caterpillar .
Dark Project – Prelude to end .
Dark Project – Butterfly .
Dark Project – strange liberation .
Dark Project – 50 ML .                             ( Source Last fm )

DECIBLE . Delhi Genre (?)
Decible – Nagin the lady cobra  . ( Source Myspace ) 
Decible – Time Machine ( demo)
Decible – Ghost in your mirror (demo) ( Source Decible )

De Innovatives – Kelvin getting wasted .
De Innovatives – Terrified .
De Innovatives – Why ( Download Source IMR)

DREAM OUT LOUD – Mumbai – Genre . Classic Rock .
ALBUM – HUMAN RACE 
BUY this ALBUM at MUSIC YOGI .
Dream out Loud – Last days on earth . ( Source Garage band )
Dream out Loud – Its raining now .   ( Source Split Magazine ) Watch youtube .

E .
EK  – Darbari Jam .
EK – Saajana .
EK - Jeetenge .
EK – Satwaan Taar . ( Source reverbnation )
ENTHRALL – Dimensions of dispair    ( source rsjonline )

F.
Forcefield – She lied to me .  ( Source Split Magazine )

G.
Galeej Gurus - Make some noise ( live )
Galeej Gurus – Everybody ( Back street boys cover – Live )

GREEN OZONE RELEASES . ( A BRIAN D’SOUZA PRODUCTION )
NATIVE NOISE . 
NATIVE NOISE – Nirvikalpa – Kramashyan . ( right click save )
NATIVE NOISE – Ruhh – Tum .
NATIVE NOISE – Seher – Ye Zindagi .
NATIVE NOISE – Umeed – Umeed .
NATIVE NOISE – Talash - Intezar .
NATIVE NOISE – The 8th note – Leete hain .
NATIVE NOISE – Prakalp – Maut .
NATIVE NOISE – Wehem – Aasma .  ( Sourec Green Ozone )

AWAKE AND ARISE . ( right click save )
AWAKE & ARISE – Still waters – Live a little .
AWAKE & ARISE – Fear the free – After the storm .
AWAKE & ARISE – Wax – Monkey off my back .
AWAKE & ARISE – Nirvikalpa – Antim Sanskar .
AWAKE & ARISE – Cyanide – Untold Misery .
AWAKE & ARISE – Shoestring – Who’s line is it anyway? .
AWAKE & ARISE – Silent Lucidity – Eclipse .
AWAKE & ARISE – Kilang Pongen – Miracle .
AWAKE & ARISE – Cassini’s Division – Only for a while .
AWAKE & ARISE – Them Clones – Find My way .   ( Source Green Ozone )

THIRD REWIND . ( Right click&Save )
THIRD REWIND - Cassini’s Division – School of Fish .
THIRD REWIND – DNM – The goals at Munchen .
THIRD REWIND – Manoj Jacob – Love at first swipe .
THIRD REWIND – EGO EXIT – In to the Light .
THIRD REWIND – Metakix – Only the good die young .
THIRD REWIND – Nirvikalpa Feat Jyotsna – Deliverence .
THIRD REWIND – White Noize – Give Back .
THIRD REWIND – Still Waters – Mortality .   ( Source Green Ozone )

GARAGE MONSTER INC . Genre : Hard Rock .(?)
Garage monsters Inc – Great Devide .
Garage Monsters Inc – Plastic Skin .
Garage Monsters Inc – Stray Bullet .
Garage Monsters Inc – Look to the sky .  ( Source Soundclick )

GROOVELAB .  Genre : Rock
Groovelab – Lost in a mob .
Groovelab – Manipal .    ( Source Soundclick )
GRAVE CALL – Shake   ( source rsjonline )

H.
Helga’s Fun Castle – The Marching song   ( Download link CCR )
Helga’s fun castle – Thank you come again .    ( Source last fm)
HEX – Deep Inside ( source rsjonline )

HFT – Here and there .
HFT -  I rest my case .  
HFT – The camels Hump .
HFT – Kitty’s Kettle .
HFT - Oblique .  ( Source Garage band )

Human Abstract – Disjoint .
Human Abstract – Seeker .     ( Source Soundclick )
Hunger – Blue blood . ( source rsjonline )

I.
ICHOR – Circle of the fifth .
ICHOR – Primer  ( Download Source IMR )
Identity Krysis – Bittersweet confessions ( source rsjonline)

Illuminati – My Friend Jack .
Illuminati – Dragon Fly .
Illuminati – Guitar Song .
Illuminati – Fly Away  ( Download Source IMR )
Indus creed / Rock Machine . Bombay . Genre : Rock
ALBUM – SECOND COMING . Right Click Save
Indus Creed – Turn it on .
Indus Creed – Bowl of madness .
Indus Creed – Crazy .
Indus Creed – Die for your country .
Indus Creed - Believing .
Indus Creed – Cinderella .
Indus Creed – Pretty Child .              ( Watch Youtube )
Indus Creed – Screaming out .
ALBUM – INDUS CREED .
Indus Creed – Trapped .      (Watch Youtube )
Indus Creed - Sleep .        ( Watch Youtube )
Indus Creed – New Day .
Indus Creed – Thrown it all away .
Indus Creed – Best Friend .
Indus Creed – Fly .
Indus Creed – Cry .
Indus Creed – Celibate .
Indus Creed – Play .
Indus Creed - Book of dreams .
Indus Creed – Pretty Child .   ( Source  Massdeletion - Via )

J.
Junkyard groove – Its OK ( live at Launch pad ) .  ( Source Channel V )
Junkyard Groove – Say goodbye . ( source Reverbnation )

K.
Kadki Junction Blues – The Saucy fingerchip Jain .
Kadki Junction Blues – Quaver for an Angel .
Kadki Junction Blues – Kat Man Do .
Kadki Junction Blues – Chatuhshrungi wavelength .  ( Source Myspace )|
Kadki Junction Blues – Gentle Rain .
Kadki Junction Blues – The Jam .
kadki Junction Blues – The Jazz song .
Kadki Junction Blues – Muradabadi .
Kadki Junction Blues – Contemplate .
Kadki Junction Blues – The other Side .
Kadki Junction Blues – Cutting Chai ( radio Jingle )
Kadki Junction Blues – Kadki Strikes Back .
kadki Junction Blues – The Camels toe .
Kadki Junction Blues – The Saucy fingerchips .
Kadki Junction Blues – Journey to Funkeshwar .  ( source soundclick)
Kastadyne – Nightmare .  ( Source Last fm )
KASTADYNE - Bombay .
Kastadyne – Live As India ( radio Mix )  ( Download Source IMR )
Kastadyne – Raise your hand
Kastadyne – I miss yesterday .
Kastadyne – Insane .
Kastadyne – Nightmare . ( Download link )
Buy ELEVEN COMPLAINTS .
L.
LBG – Little Child .
LBG – Revolution .
LBG – Shanigan the Rat King  .
LBG – Wrong ( source rsjonline ) We are here for you .   (  Source Soundclick )
Liquid Groove - Dreams ( source rsjonline )

LOUNGE PIRHANA – Bangalore Genre (?)
Lounge Pirhana – Hand Hole .
Lounge Pirhana – Negetive .
Lounge Pirhana – Yours Forever .  ( Source Myspace ) 
Lounge Pirhana – D Jam .
Lounge Pirhana – Ebb .  ( Source Split Magazine  )

LEVEL 9 – Another Level ( Source rsjonline )
LEVEL 9 -

LUCID RECESS- Guwahati – Genre rock
Lucid recess – Painstaking Obsession .
Lucid recess – Find my way .
Lucid recess – If i could . ( Source Soundclick )
Lucid recess – Defence of silence ( source rsjonline )

M.
MANOJ Jacob - Bangalore . Genre – Country
Shoestring – Who’s line is it anyways  ( Source Shoestring )
Manoj Jacob - Little dream of mine .
Manoj Jacob  - Will you ? .
Manoj Jacob  - Long Long Time .
Manoj Jacob - Lets Rock .
Manoj Jacob  - New Jersey .
Manoj Jacob  - Rock n roll way .
Manoj Jacob  - Thinking of you .
Manoj Jacob  - Let me go .
Manoj Jacob  - Hey Mister Cowboy .
Manoj Jacob  - Love At First Swipe .
Manoj Jacob  - Missing you .
Manoj Jacob  - Simple joys of life .   ( Source ilike )
Maestro – Fist of rage . ( source rsjonline )
Menwhopause  . Genre : Rock
Menwhopause – Floating .
Menwhopause – Downtown .
Menwhopause – Time .
Menwhopause – Travelling Blues .
Menwhopause – Father Monolouge . ( Source Myspace )
Menwhopause – Downlad album Home . ( Source Menwhopause )
METAGENYX - Bleed . ( source Rsjonline )
Medicis – Disturbed .
Medicis – Dead of night ( source rsjonline )
Mephistopheles – Satans Doom .
Mephistopheles – Word of Mephi . ( Download Source IMR )

MOTHERJANE .  Genre : rock .
Motherjane – Disillusioned .
Motherjane – Questions .
Motherjane - Mindstreet  .
Motherjane – Maya .
Motherjane – Soul Corporations .
Motherjane – Prison Chains .
Motherjane – An ode to life .
Motherjane – Walk on .
Motherjane – Ssh.. Listen .
Motherjane – Medley .
Motherjane – Broken .       ( Source Motherjane )

N.
Nakshatra – Break away .
Nakshatra – Beyond sight . ( source rsjonline)
Native Tongue – Sweetest Sin .   ( Source Myspace )
Ninthside – All that U R .
Ninth side – Blow .  ( Download Source IMR )
Nirvikalpa – Antim Samskar .
nirvikalpa – Kramashyan .
Nirvikalpa – War cry .
NO IDEA , Chennai  . Genre : Rock
No Idea – We’ve got it made .
No idea – Journey On .
No idea – Flavour of the month .   ( Source Myspace )

Null Friction , Chennai . Genre : rock
Null Friction – Sailor .
Null Friction – Last Bullet .
Null Friction – Deaf .
Null Friction – All I need .
Null Friction – Somehow .    ( Source Reverbnation )
Null Friction - I want my money back . ( Source rsjonline )

O.
Orange Street – More piya .
Orange Street - Naash .    ( Source Orange Street )

Old Jungle Saying – Mangal in the Jungle .  ( Source Split magazine )

ORITUS . Delhi   Genre Rock .
Oritus – Many a mile .
Oritus – Jack the ripper  ( Source Myspace )

P.
PARIKRAMA . Delhi – Genre : Classic Rock .
Parikrama – Whiskey Blues .
Parikrama – Load up .
Parikrama – Open Skies .
Parikrama – Till im no one again .  ( Source Parikrama )
Parikrama – But it Rained .
Parikrama – Vapourize ( live )
Parikrama – In the middle  ( live )   ( Source Myspace )
parikrama – Superhero .  ( Source Via )

PENTAGRAM – Delhi – Genre : Rock .
PENTAGRAM – Voice  .        ( Source Last Fm )
PENTAGRAM – ELECTRIC .
PENTAGRAM – The Jungle .
PENTAGRAM – This World is Mine .
PENTAGRAM – Today .
PENTAGRAM – Rock N Roll . ( Download via Myspace )

Penny Drops Band – Long way to go . ( Download link ) ( Myspace )
PDV – Get em off ( source rsjonline )

PHENOM , Genre : Rock .
Phenom – Unbound .
Phenom – Coloured for this world .
Phenom – CAP 5101 .
Phenom – Resurgence .
Phenom – A little step .   ( Source Phenom )
Powder in the Ashtray – Aeroplane  ( Source   rsjonline )
Powder in the Ashtray – Again .

PRAKALP - Mumbai    Genre : Hindi Rock .
Prakalp – Main Chala .
Prakalp – Intheqam .
Prakalp – Maut .    ( Source Soundclick )
Project Immigrant – 5am Blues ( source rsjonline )
Prince of Sorrow – Airplane to terror . ( source rsjonline )

PROSODY – Pune Genre : rock .
Prosody- Ceasefire .
Prosody- Tu hai kahan .
Prosody- Broken wings .
Prosody – Morning view ( feat DJ NYK) .
Prosody- Confusion .    ( Source Reverbnation )

PSYCHOMOTOR – All over again . ( Source Rsjonline )
Psychacid – Dusk .
Psychacid – Drown . ( source rsjonline )

Q.
Quasar – Arise
Quasar – Ascend
Quasar – freeze
Quasar – Imagination ,
Quasar- rain ,
Quasar -reflection .
Quasar – The 41st draw ,
Quasar - time ,
Quasar – wet n sticky . ( Link’s dead , email me )

R.
RAINVAN – Crucified hopes . ( Source rsjonline )
RAINVAN – Heal . ( Source Jamendo )
Rainbow Bridge – Hey God  ( Source rsjonline)
Rainbow Bridge – HeyOh ! ( Source rsjonline )
REDEMPTION – Second thought . ( Source rsjonline )
Raghu Dixit – Hey Bhagwan ( download via CCR )
Rock Machine ( Also known as  Indus creed ) (Right click Save )
Rock Machine -  Enemy within .
Rock Machine – Top of the rock . ( Watch Youtube )
Rock Machine - Prisoner of passion .
Rock Machine – Chains and blackleather .
Rock Machine – Cant wait anymore .
Rock Machine – Rock n roll renegade .  ( Watch Youtube )
Rock Machine – Karen .
Rock Machine – Polyvinyl lady .
Rock Machine – Rockin in the USSR .
Rock Machine – Ode to scooby doo .  ( Source Massdeletion )

Red Cube – Somewhere in the corner ( live ) -  ( Source Chanel V )
Red Cube – Somewhere in the corner .  ( Source Split Magazine )
Red Cube – Nothing Comapers to you . ( Cover – Live )  

S.
Sand Monkey – Revolution Homicide .
Sand Monkey -  Game On .        ( Source Myspace )

SEED . Mumbai . Genre : Rock
Seed – Star Tonight .
Seed – Ride .
Seed – Beautiful .
Seed – My side of the sunrise .
Seed – Away .
Seed – Manic disguise .
Seed – Run .
Seed – Manic Disguise ( acoustic ) .
Seed – Pocket full of meaning .
Seed – 24 Hours .            ( Source Soundclick )

SID9000 .  ( SIddarth Achrekar of Colourblind ) Genre : Instrumental
Siddarth Achrekar – Mesa F-30 .
Siddarth Achrekar – Ballad .
Siddarth Achrekar - Is this love , ( Whitesnake instrumental )
Siddarth Achrekar – Think Blue .
Siddarth Achrekar – PURPLE RAIN ( With Warren Mendonca )   ( Source Soundclick )

SILENT LUCIDITY . Mumbai Genre : Rock
Silent Lucidity – Eclipse .
Silent Lucidity – Perdition .         ( Source Soundclick )

Smoke – Tsunami . ( Source ilike ) BUY .

Skinny Alley – Hot and Cold ( download via CCR )

SOMETHING RELEVANT - Mumbai . Genre :
Something Relevent – In the Kitchen . ( Source Split Magazine )
Something Relevent – City in a Situation . (live)
Something Relevent – Spanish Kitchen . (live)
Something Relevent – Eddy on a role . ( live)
Something Relevent – Harry Mole . ( live)
Something Relevent – Sweet home Mumbai . ( live )
Something Relevent – Groovy Dancing . ( live)
Something Relevent – Aha . ( live )
Something Relevent – Tomorrow . ( live )  ( source Something relevant )
SOULMATE – Blues is my soulmate .  ( Source rsjonline )
Soulmate – If you see my baby . ( source rsjonline )

Spitfire – Minds in disguise ( Source Myspace )
Spitfire – Burn it .  ( source rsjonline )
Split – Holy Ghost Machine gun ( live )
Split - Take on Me ( cover , Live ) – Source Channel V.

STILL WATERS . Genre : Classic ROck .
Still Waters – Rock to the rescue .
Still Waters – Live a little .
Still Waters – In Love with a stranger .
Still Waters – Life in a bottle .
Still Waters – Paradise lost .
Still Waters – Standing on thin ice .
Still Waters – Happy go lucky .   ( Source Stillwaters )
Still Waters - Mortality .  (Source Soundclick )
Sthir - Alone   ( Source rsjonline )

STUPID DITTIES II - VARIOUS ARTISTS .
Track list :

1.God Likes To Sleep – Tripwire .
2. Disco Fever – Anus The Menace
3. Dancing With The Devil – 21st Rebel Street
4. Too Far In – Human Abstract
5. Screaming At The Sun – Five Little Indians
6. Banned – Rainbow Bridge
7. Operation Water – Aftertaste
8. Keep – menwhopause
9. Working Hour – Half Step Down
10. Punk Rock Days – Split
11. Yours Forever – Lounge Piranha
12. M M L – Fire Exit
13. I Don’t Ever Want To – The Supersonics  . ( DOWNLOAD ) Right click save . (Source )

Summit attempt - Farewell . ( source rsjonline )

SUPERFUZZ – Fourtimes and Once after ( download Via CCR )

Synaps – West side differences ( Live )   ( Source Channel V )
Synaps - Bootilicious .
T.
THE SAVAGES ( from 1960’s ) . Genre . Rock n roll
Black Scorpio
01 – I
02 – Whipping Post
03 – Southern Man
04 – You’ve Got A Friend
05 – I Want To Be Free
06 – Plan Your Revolution
07 – 40,000 Headman
08 – Everything I Own
09 – Trouble No More
10 – Bossa Roo  ( Download link ) Source gigpad .
LIVE .
11 – Venus
12 – Midnight Confession
13 – Time Is Tight
14 – As I Went Out
15 – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
16 – Long Time Sally
17 – Proud Mary
18 – Soul Finger / Sixteen Tons
19 – Born To Be Wild
20 – Pio
21 – Corrina ( rapidshare link ) Source gigpad .
Thermal and a Quarter – paper puli ( Source Split magazine )
Themclones – Zephyretta . ( download via CCR )
Tripwire – Bad in Bed .
tripwire – Norm the guy is cool .
Tripwire – Support Piracy .
U.
Urban Reflections – Round About .
Urban Reflections – My Favourite things .
Urban Reflections – Run for your life .
Urban Reflections – Hopscotch .
Urban Reflections – Ease your move .
Urban Reflections – Gaint Steps .
Urban Reflections – Surer Shandaney . 
V.
W.
X.
Y.

Z.
ZERO . Mumbai . Genre . Rock .
Zero – Found .
Zero – Spitleaf .
Zero – Everyday love song . ( Download via CCR )
Zebediah Plush – Alma Mater .
Zebediah Plush – Aye Candy .
Zebediah Plush -  Elastic Man .
Zebediah Plush – Journey to Gondolin .
Zebediah Plush – Roots .
Zebediah Plush – Tea n’ Toast .
Zebediah Plush – Time out of my mind . (SOurce Rsjonline )
Zodiac – Economic times . ( sourec reverbnation )

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In this age of Internet and emails, it is interesting to know the extent to which these technologies are used in the day-to-day governance of the state.  In the private corporate world, these technologies have become a necessity rather than an option.

Over the years some of the  Chief Ministers branded as tech savvy like Chandrababu naidu and S.M Krishna projected temselves as  CEO’s  of their states. However despite the hype, today we see that not many departments are using these on a daily basis.

Yes, in Karnataka there have been some very good initiatives in bringing technology to the masses and also have earned global recognitions like the Bhoomi project which digitised almost 200 million property records of the farmers in the state. The initiative was a huge relief to the farmers who can get the records they need directly from the Kiosks rather than waiting the Govt offices and paying bribes. However, there are still lot of areas which beg for technological upgradation which affect the masses daily.

For the starters, how tech savvy are our representatives? As we all know, the state govt issued Acer Laptops to all the members of the state legislature last year in celebration of the golden jubilee of the state. However, how many of them are actually using the same for the purpose it was originally intended for?   However a very small minority of the leaders have come to realise that the internet can be an effective tool in bridging the gap between the Govt and the populace.  In this regard, the initiative of our current Home Minister Dr. V S Acharya is really laudable. His blog http://drvsacharya.blogspot.com is a right move in the right direction. 

The government of the day as well as its departments do have a web presence. The official website is http://www.karnataka.gov.in/ . However, the site is not interactive as it should be.  It has the same old Govt look which needs to change. Also, emails can be a very effective tool when it comes to communication. Also, in this age of going-green, that would definitely cut both the time and the cost associated with the day-to-day communication. None of our leaders as well as the officers in the govt publish their emails. The only way to contact them is either by phone or by letter  which has been the norm for the last 50 years.  A corporate-like setup to the government will definitely go a long way in improving the efficiency and reliability of the govt.

Technology  can play a very important role in curbing the rampant corruption plaguing today’s govt.  This stems from the fact that the whole setup  is designed to facilitate the same. There is accountability at any level. Computerisation can eliminate the unnecessary delay and the harassment of the people by the officials. A computer trail will make it very difficult to defends the unreasonable delays associated with the govt services. Also, the govt should install required time taken for different services in all the offices. As a result, people can now expect the result in a time bound manner.

Another area where technology can bring about a radical change is the pubic distribution system.  The decades old system that  is currently operational is mired with rampant corruption and pilferage. Only a small percentage of the subsidised goods reach the needs. Most of them are diverted to the black market. Computerization of the whole system could save the govt crores of rupees annually and also the needy can be well served.  There are talks of introducing smart cards with biometric data of the families. This can be of great help. Also, computerization of all the beneficiaries and the transaction would allow effective management of the same and reduce the corruption involved in this business.

This is just one area. Just imagine the scope of the technology should the GOVT decide to implement in all its areas?

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