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When I was informed that today (8 May 2023) is World Donkey Day, then my Initial reaction was to have a hearty laugh. I thought that yesterday (7 May ) was World laughter day. How come the next day is an extension of that Laughter day. I in fact thought of writing a post of World Donkey day. I asked Avinash Scrapwala, who sent me lyrics of a song for World laughter day, for a song for World Donkey day. He promptly sent me lyrics of a song.
My original idea was to write a light hearted post on this occasion. But when I carried out some research on the subject, the mood of amusement soon turned into a sombre mood. I realised that making fun of Donkeys was unfair. They have traditionally been given a rough deal in Indian culture which they did not deserve. Even our Hindi film songs where donkeys have been covered, have used donkeys as a matter of ridicule. When I listened to the song sent on this occasion, I was relieved to know that Donkey is not made a subject of ridicule in this song that I was afraid of.
Yesterday while discussing “Laughter” day, I was wondering who are the persons behind such days. I could not get the answer for World Laughter day, but I could readily get the answer for World Donkey day. It is Dr Abdul Raziq Kakar, Low Carbon Livestock Expert, Camelogist & Ethnoecologist. He is behind not just World Donkey day (8 May) but also behind World Camel Day (4 August).
He realized that the hardworking donkey wasn’t being recognized for its efforts in building our society. Their input has improved the quality of life for people all around the world. He started by creating a Facebook group talking about the animal. In 2018, World Donkey Day was officially set up and it’s been celebrated every year since. Its purpose is to spread information about donkeys and how they impact human lives.
Dr Abdul Raziq Kakar is a Pashtun from Khaiber Pakhtunwa area of Pakistan. In his facebook page he describes himself as “a camelist, desert explorer, animal scientist, extensive livestock ecologist, nature lover, traditional knowledge seeker, and camel advocate (for food and agriculture). I love exploring the deserts and understanding the attitude of Mother Earth. I do environmental activism and planting trees on my own.” He did B Sc, M Sc and Ph D from Faislabad University of Pakistan. His PhD subject was Camel Science.
Donkeys, like Human, first originated in Africa and from there they spread world wide. According to wikipedia -“Donkeys were probably first domesticated by pastoral people in Nubia, and they supplanted the ox as the chief pack animal of that culture. The domestication of donkeys served to increase the mobility of pastoral cultures, having the advantage over ruminants of not needing time to chew their cud, and were vital in the development of long-distance trade across Egypt. In the Dynasty IV era of Egypt, between 2675 and 2565 BC, wealthy members of society were known to own over 1,000 donkeys, employed in agriculture, as dairy and meat animals and as pack animals. In 2003, the tomb of either King Narmer or King Hor-Aha (two of the first Egyptian pharaohs) was excavated and the skeletons of ten donkeys were found buried in a manner usually used with high ranking humans. These burials show the importance of donkeys to the early Egyptian state and its ruler.”
It is heartening to know that Egyptians treated Donkeys with respect for their contributions in their lives, even if people of some other countries, including India were rather ungrateful towards them.
Wikipedia further mentions that
By the end of the fourth millennium BC, the donkey had spread to Southwest Asia, and the main breeding centre had shifted to Mesopotamia by 1800 BC. The breeding of large, white riding asses made Damascus famous[citation needed], while Syrian breeders developed at least three other breeds, including one preferred by women for its easy gait. The Muscat or Yemen ass was developed in Arabia. By the second millennium BC, the donkey was brought to Europe, possibly at the same time as viticulture was introduced, as the donkey is associated with the Syrian god of wine, Dionysus. Greeks spread both of these to many of their colonies, including those in what are now Italy, France and Spain; Romans dispersed them throughout their empire.[24]
The first donkeys came to the Americas on ships of the Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus, and were landed at Hispaniola in 1495.[26] The first to reach North America may have been two animals taken to Mexico by Juan de Zumárraga, the first bishop of Mexico, who arrived there on 6 December 1528, while the first donkeys to reach what is now the United States may have crossed the Rio Grande with Juan de Oñate in April 1598.[27] From that time on they spread northward, finding use in missions and mines. Donkeys were documented as present in what today is Arizona in 1679. By the Gold Rush years of the 19th century, the burro was the beast of burden of choice of early prospectors in the western United States. With the end of the placer mining boom, many of them escaped or were abandoned, and a feral population established itself.
As for their use, Wikipedia has great details:
The donkey has been used as a working animal for at least 5000 years. Of the more than 40 million donkeys in the world, about 96% are in underdeveloped countries, where they are used principally as pack animals or for draught work in transport or agriculture. After human labour, the donkey is the cheapest form of agricultural power.[53] They may also be ridden, or used for threshing, raising water, milling and other work.[54] Some cultures that prohibit women from working with oxen in agriculture do not extend this taboo to donkeys.[55]
In developed countries where their use as beasts of burden has disappeared, donkeys are used to sire mules, to guard sheep, for donkey rides for children or tourists, and as pets. Donkeys may be pastured or stabled with horses and ponies, and are thought to have a calming effect on nervous horses. If a donkey is introduced to a mare and foal, the foal may turn to the donkey for support after it has been weaned from its mother.[57]
A few donkeys are milked or raised for meat. Approximately 3.5 million donkeys and mules are slaughtered each year for meat worldwide.[58] In Italy, which has the highest consumption of equine meat in Europe and where donkey meat is the main ingredient of several regional dishes, about 1,000 donkeys were slaughtered in 2010, yielding approximately 100 tonnes (98 long tons; 110 short tons) of meat.[59] Asses’ milk may command good prices: the average price in Italy in 2009 was €15 per litre, and a price of €6 per 100 ml was reported from Croatia in 2008; it is used for soaps and cosmetics as well as dietary purposes. The niche markets for both milk and meat are expanding.[28] In the past, donkey skin was used in the production of parchment.[28] In 2017, the UK based charity The Donkey Sanctuary estimated that 1.8 million skins were traded every year, but the demand could be as high as 10 million.[36]
In China, donkey meat is considered a delicacy with some restaurants specializing in such dishes, and Guo Li Zhuang restaurants offer the genitals of donkeys in dishes. Donkey-hide gelatin is produced by soaking and stewing the hide to make a traditional Chinese medicine product. Ejiao, the gelatine produced by boiling donkey skins, can sell for up to $388 per kilo, at October 2017 prices.
Bulk of donkeys are found is underdeveloped parts of the world where their treatment leaves much to be desired. They are kept under nourised and over worked by humans who themselves are from the lowest strata of society. In developed parts though, they are treated with more dignity.
In developed countries, the welfare of donkeys both at home and abroad has become a concern, and a number of sanctuaries for retired and rescued donkeys have been set up. The largest is The Donkey Sanctuary near Sidmouth, England, which also supports donkey welfare projects in Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and Mexico.[35]
In 2017, a drop in the number of Chinese donkeys, combined with the fact that they are slow to reproduce, meant that Chinese suppliers began to look to Africa. As a result of the increase in demand, and the price that could be charged, Kenya opened three donkey abattoirs. Concerns for donkeys’ well-being, however, have resulted in a number of African countries (including Uganda, Tanzania, Botswana, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal) banning China from buying their donkey products.
In 2019, The Donkey Sanctuary warned that the global donkey population could be reduced by half over the next half decade as the demand for ejiao increases in China.
Though Pakistan has someone like Dr Abdul Raziq Kakar who was instrumental in establishing World Donkey Day, Pakistan (unlike African countries) hs shown no hesitation in selling its donkeys to China on a big scale as has been reported in media.
We all have noticed that we do not care about our stray animals once they lose their usefulness. I hope India too joins the ranks of developed world and creates sanctuaries for these stray animals. In India, we have seen stray cows leading miserable lives on streets struggling to get nourishment. Under this circumstances, an animal like Donkey faces far more hardships, which it hardly deserves.
As for its nature, wikipedia rightfully mentions that :
Donkeys have a notorious reputation for stubbornness, but this has been attributed to a much stronger sense of self-preservation than exhibited by horses. Likely based on a stronger prey instinct and a weaker connection with humans, it is considerably more difficult to force or frighten a donkey into doing something it perceives to be dangerous for whatever reason. Once a person has earned their confidence they can be willing and companionable partners and very dependable in work.
Although formal studies of their behaviour and cognition are rather limited, donkeys appear to be quite intelligent, cautious, friendly, playful, and eager to learn.
I am quite sure that donkeys are intelligent animals. If we treat them with dignity and respect, I am sure we can get them to respond better to human commands, provided they are reasonable commands. We Indians consider Donkey as well as Owl as synonyms of fool, which is not correct. Donkes are intelligent, so are Owls.
When I checked up, I found that several other animals too have their international days. But most of these days have been pioneered by Americans and perhaps Europeans. In India, we supposedly consider cow a very important animal, but Indians have not pioneered anything like World Cow Day. There is one Cow Appreciation day in USA. India has the largest population of water buffalo. Together, these two creatures have made India world’s largest milk producer. But we do not even have a World Buffalo day pioneered by India. There is one national Buffalo day of USA, that is all. All this speaks very poorly for us Indians who cannot get World Cow Day or World Buffalo day and here I had planned to use World Donkey Day to ridicule the poor creatute. Not any longer. I have begun to look at donkeys with respect. They have played an important role in the advancement of human civilisation. They deserve to be treated with dignity. It is high time we shed our biased and outdated outlook towards animals like Donkeys, Owl, Buffalo etc, which gets reflected in the phrases that our language possess, viz “Gadha kahin ka”, “Ulloo ka pattha”, “bhains ke aage been bajaaye” etc.
The idea behind these days is to create awareness among people. I think I have certainly become more aware about Donkeys thanks to this “World Donkey Day”.
Let us come to the song.
The song under discussion is from an obscure movie called “Koraa Aanchal”(1973)
“Koraa Aanchal”(1973) was directed by Somesh Joshi & V. Mhatre for ‘Mexico Films, Bombay’. The movie had had Dheeraj, Narendra Nath, Snehlata, Laxmi Chhaya, Joginder, Junior Mehmood, Kamini Devi, Indumati, Birbal, Rajaji, Preeti, Vilas, Jerry, Junior Jerry, Nath Sayam and others in it. Actress Veena made guest appearance in this movie.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 02.08.1973.
“Koraa Aanchal”(1973) has six songs composed by Roshanlal Khatri.
The six songs were shared by four lyricist viz. Somesh Joshi, Shadab, Gauhar Kanpuri, and Paras Budhwani (one each). (Credit for two songs has been jointly shared by Shadab+Gauhar Kanpuri and Shadab+Paras Budhwani as mentioned in the foot-note for this movie page in HFGK Vol-V (1971-1980).
It is a movie of 1973 that was so far missing from the blog. It is Avinash Scrapwala who was bringing these missing movies of 1973 to the blog, but in this case, he has graciously allowed me to introduce this movie on the blog, for the reason that this song does contain a “Donkey” related song.
This song is sung by Usha Mangeshkar and an unknown child voice. Lyrics are by Somesh Joshi. Music is composed by Roshanlal Khatri.
Only audio of this rare song are available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Avinash Scrapwala.
With this song, the movie “Koraa Aanchal”(1973) makes its debut in the blog.
Song-Jaanwaron mein seedhha saada ye hai ik chaupaaya (Koraa Aanchal)(1973) Singer-Usha Mangeshkar, Unidentified voice , Lyrics-Somesh Joshi, MD-Roshanlal Khatri
Lyrics(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
jaanwaron mein
seedhaa saadhaa
ye hai ik chaupaayaa
jaanwaron mein
seedhaa saadhaa
ye hai ik chaupaayaa
mehnat kartaa rehtaa
jo bhi laado wahi ladaayaa
samajh mein aayaa aa
bolo ji ?
nahin aayaa !!
koodaa karkat
ghaas paat jo bhi paaya
so khaayaa
koodaa karkat
ghaas paat jo bhi paaya
so khaayaa
dil ka sachchaa
akal ka kachchaa
ye prabhu ki maaya
samajh mein aaya
haan aayaa
to bolo kya hai
bolo kya hai
to bolo kya hai
bolo kya hai
gadhaa aa !!!
phaagun mein
khush hotaa hai wo
par saawan mein
rotaa hai wo
(donkey crying)
aley baap le
ye to bahot rotaa hai
guluji
ye kyun lotaa hai
phaagun mein sookhaa hariyaalaa
uski nazar na aaye ae
sab kuchh usne khaaya samajhke
ye phoolaa na samaaye ae
saawan paaye haraa jidhar wo
apni nazar ghumaaye ae
kuchh bhi charaa nahin hai usne
aisaa munh banaaye
aur motey motey ashq bahaaye
to bolo kya hai
bolo kya hai
to bolo kya hai
bolo kya hai
gadhaa aa !!!
insaanon mein bhi hote hain
gadhey tumhen batlaayen
jo apni aukaat ko bhooley
bolo to wo kya hai
insaanon mein bhi hote hain
gadhey tumhe batlaayen
jo apni aukaat ko bhooley
bolo to wo kya hai
aise gadhe ko kya samjhen
jo chaand se aankh milaaye
chaand chakor kaa pyaar jo ho to
apni samajh mein aaye
gadhaa baawraa aa
chaand se aankh milaaye ae
chaand se aankh milaaye ae
gadhaa baawraa aa
baawraa aa
baawraa aa
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#The Decade of Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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# Bhoole-Bisre Geet # 156 # Missing Films of 1972 -01#
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Welcome all to this post!!!
Regulars on the blog must be aware that last year ‘2021’ we celebrated ‘fifty years’ of the year ‘1971’. And with the ending of the year ‘2021’, ‘1971’ has become ‘fifty years old now’ 😊.
The New Year ‘2022’ marks the beginning of ‘fifty years’ for the year ‘1972’. So, it is quite appropriate for us to have a look on the movies ‘released / unreleased’ in 1972 and their status on the blog. To start with, we will begin this ‘celebration’ by adding the ‘missing films’ of 1972 on the blog first.
If one goes through the HFGK Vol-V (1971-1980) and start reading the list of movies for the year ‘1972’, alphabetically the very first movie mentioned is ‘Aakraant’. This movie has so far not been represented on the blog. But then, there is no information about the songs in this movie.
The second, third, and fourth movies are ‘Aanbaan’, ‘Aankh Micholi’, and ‘Aankhon Aankhon Mein’ respectively. All the three movies have been represented on the blog. The fifth movie in the list in HFGK is ‘Achchhaa Buraa’ which is yet to be represented on the blog. Today we get introduced to this movie from 1972 – ‘Achchhaa Buraa’.
“Achchhaa Buraa” was directed by Mohammad Hussain for Upkar Prdouctions, Bombay. The star cast is listed as Anupama, Dev Dutt, Dev Kumar, NA Ansari, Neelam, Sushma, Tuntun, Meena T, Mohan Choti, Praveen Pal, Shyam Kumar, Polsan, Shefali, V Gopal, PS Khan, Shammi, Rinku, Baby Yasmeen, Asit Sen, Bela Bose, Madhumati, Rajani and others.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 05.07.1972.
This movie had four songs – three written by Asad Bhopali and one written by Balkavi Bairagi. Music for this movie was composed by Raj Kamal. The list of songs in this movie is as given below.
| S No | Song Title | Singer/s |
| 01 | Wallaah hamse poochho tum kitni haseen ho | Mohd Rafi, Kishna Kalle |
| 02 | Soneyaa, jaata kahaan hai dil todke, pyaar ka raasta chhodke | Usha Mangeshkar |
| 03 | Do dilon mein hamesha muhabbat rahe | Hemlata, Sulakshana Pandit |
| 04 | Kuchh aisa kar ooparwaale, tod taadkar sab taale | Manna Dey |
I was not aware of this movie or its songs. Its only through HFGK that I got to know about this movie. The songs of this movie have been uploaded recently (i.e., in 2019). I remember I have looked for its songs earlier, but they were not available before. Now audio link of the above songs is available. (I could not locate video links of these songs).
Lyrics for the today’s song are written by Asad Bhopali and music is composed by Raj Kamal. This song is sung by Usha Mangeshkar, and it is a lovely-sweet song. I guess it should have been picturised on the actress of this movie Anupama. I could not find more information about this movie except the details given in HFGK (Vol-V). Though there have been one more movie with the same title in the year ‘1983’. I have not watched that movie either.
I would request knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this movie ‘Achchhaa Buraa’ and picturisation of the songs from this movie.
Let us now listen to the today’s beautiful song … only audio of this song is available …
With this song the movie ‘Achchhaa Buraa’ (1972) makes its debut on the blog 😊
Song – Soneyaa, Jaata Kahaan Hai Dil Tod Ke (Achcha Bura) (1972) Singer – Usha Mangeshkar, Lyrics – Asad Bhopali, MD – Raj Kamal
Lyrics
ho soneyaa aa
soneyaa
jaata kahaan hai dil tod ke
pyaar ka raasta chhod ke
main to de doongi jaan
be-imaan bairiyaa
jaane naa doongi mukh mod ke
soneyaa aa aa aa aa
pyaasi jawaani
tujh ko pukaare
o deewaane
baat pyaar ki maan jaa aa aa aa aa
ab to samajh le ae
dil ke ishaare ae
kar na bahaane
baat pyaar ki maan jaa
ho tere binaa channa mar jawaangi
ho zulmi
naa jaa dilon ka naata tod ke
pyaar ka raasta chhod ke
main to de doongi jaan
be-imaan bairiyaa
jaane naa doongi mukh mod ke
soneyaa aa aa aa aa
uff ye gussaa
uff ye tevar
us pe nakhre ae
haaye teri kya baat hai ae ae ae ae
dil mein mohabbat
aankhon mein nafrat
ab ham samjhe
oye teri kya baat hai
ho tere utton waari waari jawaangi
ho maahiya
na ja dilaan da naata tod ke
pyaar ka raasta chhod ke
main to de doongi jaan
be-imaan bairiyaa
jaane naa doongi mukh mod ke
soneyaa aa aa aa aa
pyaar se badh ke ae
aa phailaa de
baahen apni
aaj roothhna chhod ke ae ae ae ae
tu jo mujhko
galey laga le
o nirmohi
aaj roothhnaa chhod ke ae
o sadkaa main tainu chadhaawaangi
heereyaa
na ja dilon ka naata tod ke
pyaar ka raasta chhod ke
main to de doongi jaan
be-imaan bairiyaa
jaane naa doongi mukh mod ke
soneyaa aa aa aa aa
heereyaa aa aa aa aa
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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हो सोनेया॰॰आ॰॰आ
सोनेया
जाता कहाँ है दिल तोड़ के
प्यार का रास्ता छोड़ के
मैं तो दे दूँगी जान
बेईमान बैरिया
जाने ना दूँगी मुख मोड़ के
सोनेया॰॰आ॰॰आ॰॰आ
प्यासी जवानी
तुझको पुकारे
ओ दीवाने
बात प्यार की मान जा॰॰आ॰॰आ
अब तो समझ ले
दिल के इशारे
कर ना बहाने
बात प्यार की मान जा
हो तेरे बिना चन्ना मर जावांगी
हो ज़ुल्मी
ना जा दिलों का नाता तोड़ के
प्यार का रास्ता छोड़ के
मैं तो दे दूँगी जान
बेईमान बैरिया
जाने ना दूँगी मुख मोड़ के
सोनेया॰॰आ॰॰आ॰॰आ
उफ़्फ़ ये गुस्सा
उफ़्फ़ ये तेवर
उस पे नखरे
हाए तेरी क्या बात है
दिल में मोहब्बत
आंखों में नफरत
अब हम समझे
ओय तेरी क्या बात है
हो तेरे उत्तों वारी वारी जावांगी
हो माहिया
ना जा दिलों का नाता तोड़ के
प्यार का रास्ता छोड़ के
मैं तो दे दूँगी जान
बेईमान बैरिया
जाने ना दूँगी मुख मोड़ के
सोनेया॰॰आ॰॰आ॰॰आ
प्यार से बढ़ कर
आ फैला दे
बाहें अपनी
आज रूठना छोड़ के॰॰ए॰॰ए॰॰ए
तू जो मुझको
गले लगा ले
ओ निर्मोही
आज रूठना छोड़ के॰॰ए
ओ सदका मैं तैनू चढ़ावांगी
हीरेया
ना जा दिलों का नाता तोड़ के
प्यार का रास्ता छोड़ के
मैं तो दे दूँगी जान
बेईमान बैरिया
जाने ना दूँगी मुख मोड़ के
सोनेया॰॰आ॰॰आ॰॰आ
हीरेया॰॰आ॰॰आ॰॰आ
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Today (4 november 2021) is the Deepaawali, the festival of lights.
Believe it or not, this happens to be the 14th deepaawali for the blog ! To last this long as a blog is quite an achievement.
During the occasions of previous deepaawalis, we have discussed as many as 37 deepaawali songs. All popular Deepaawali songs, including iconic songs have been covered in the past.
When I checked up the past Deepaawali articles, I realised that I had covered many interesting topics while discussing deepaawali. One of those topics was air quality or lack thereof. It is considered a topical subject because whenever Deepaawali arrives, messages spring up in Indian social media telling us that firecrrackers that we burst during deepaawali pollutes the environment.
Of late, there have been some studies that have pointed out that pollution in India is not because of Deepaawali, which lasts for just one day but because of other reasons, that take place over longer durations.
The real cause for pollution in India is like this- 51% of air pollution is due to industrial activities, 27 % due to vehicles, 17% due to crop burning and only 5% due to fireworks.
There is this 80-20 principle, or Pareto principle which states that 20 percent activities give 80 percent of the results. So, we need to take care of these 80 % results and address the 20 percent activities that are causing them. So, if we in India are serious about improving air pollution, then we have to address the major contributors namely industrial activities, vehicle pollution and crop burning. Singling out Deepaawali, when 95 % of pollution is contribued by other activitites is hypocrisy and dishonesty on the part of these activists with selective agenda.
These activists would want us to believe that Indian cities are the most polluted and India is the most polluted country, because it is the only major country that celebrates Deepaawali.
I visited a site (iqair.com) that displays Air Quality index for major cities as well as nations. What I found in that site was quite revealing.
According to it, the top 15 most polluted cities of the world (at 8 AM on 4 november 2021) are :
| SN | Major City | US AQI | US AQI Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lahore, Pakistan | 289 | Very unhealthy |
| 2 | Delhi, India | 213 | Very unhealthy |
| 3 | Beijing, China | 199 | unhealthy |
| 4 | Karachi, Pakistan | 179 | unhealthy |
| 5 | Kolkata, India | 179 | unhealthy |
| 6 | Shenyang, China | 171 | unhealthy |
| 7 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 170 | unhealthy |
| 8 | Mumbai, India | 169 | unhealthy |
| 9 | Wuhan, China | 161 | unhealthy |
| 10 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 160 | unhealthy |
| 11 | Kabul, Afghanistan | 158 | unhealthy |
| 12 | Kathmandu, Nepal | 152 | unhealthy |
| 13 | Jakarta, Indonesia | 150 | unhealthy |
| 14 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 139 | unhealthy for sensitive groups |
| 15 | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 132 | unhealthy for sensitive groups |
In the top 15 major cities, three Indian cities and one Nepali city figure. Other cities do not celebrate Deepaawali.
When I looked at the list of the most polluted countries in the world, I found that India is third in the list. The first two countries above India are our neighbours and they do not celebrate Deepaawali at all.
| SN | Country | US AQI in 2020 (average) | US AQI in 2019 (average) | US AQI in 2018 (average) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 77.10 | 83.30 | 97.10 | 164, 689,383 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 59.00 | 65.80 | 74.30 | 220, 892,331 |
| 3 | India | 51.90 | 58.10 | 72.50 | 1,380,004,385 |
| 4 | Mongolia | 46.60 | 62.00 | 58.50 | 3,278,292 |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 46.50 | 58.80 | 61.80 | 38,928,341 |
| 6 | Oman | 44.40 | – | – | 5,106,622 |
| 7 | Qatar | 44.30 | – | – | 2,881,060 |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.50 | 33.20 | – | 6,524,191 |
| 9 | Indonesia | 40.70 | 51.70 | 42.00 | 273,523,621 |
| 10 | Bosnia Herzegovina | 40.60 | 34.60 | 40.00 | 3,280,815 |
| 11 | Bahrain | 39.70 | 46.80 | 59.80 | 1,701,583 |
| 12 | Nepal | 39.20 | 44.50 | 54.10 | 29,136,808 |
| 13 | Mali | 37.90 | – | – | 20,250,834 |
| 14 | China | 34.70 | 39.10 | 41.20 | 1,439,323,774 |
| 15 | Kuwait | 34.00 | 38.30 | 56.00 | 4,270,563 |
So one can see that countries that do not celebrate deepaawali in their lands are even more polluted than India, the country that celebrates deepaawali. So the people who preach India about celebrating deepaawali should train their guns elsewhere if they are actually environment conscious.
It also shows that the reasons for pollutions lie elsewhere. It is indiscipline and third worldly lack of environmental awareness that is the major cause of pollution in these countries. Some of these countries claim to be progressing on the basis of vague figures of GDP per capita or Human development index, but when one looks closely, it turns out that these countries are plucking low hanging fruits, while disregarding pollution laws, minimum wages laws, safety laws etc.
If one wants to have an idea of the development of a country, the best way to gauge its development is its Air Quality Index(AQI). If one looks at the above tables, one finds that all the top polluting countries and cities are third world countries and their cities. Countries that are developed do not figure at the top. Even advanced nations neighbouring third world nations have good AQI while their neighbouring third world countries have poor AQI figures. Some examples of such advanced economies surrounded by third world economies are Israel and Singapore.
So unless a country addresses its environment and cleans up its air, it will not become a developed nation. India is definitely not going to become a developed nation any time soon, seeing its AQI. Same is true for China as well. Their GDP figures may look impressive, but it is gradually coming out that much of their GDP figures may be manipulated and fake. When one looks at AQI index of China, we find that China does figure among the top polluting nations, so it means that China is developing by disregarding enviroment. Sooner or later nature will get back at China. We can already see signs of that happening.
India needs to address its pollution problems, but for that, we first need to identify the real causes of pollution, instead of getting influenced by people with agendas.
I will discuss these matters in detail in future posts.
I have also discussed in the past that Deepaawali, where Goddess Laxmi is worshipped, is best celebrated if we worship Goddess Saraswati first. Worshipping Goddess Saraswati means getting educated, learning skills, upgrading our skills and becoming productive. Then we need to make use of our skills by producing goods and services, which is basically worshipping Lord Vishwkarma. When our goods and services get bought by consumers then we get money in return, or in other words, we are blessed by Goddess Laxmi.
Advanced nations, that figure low down in the list of polluting countries, follow the correct procedure of worshipping Goddess Laxmi. Much of their effort is on research and development (worshipping Goddess Saraswati) and then manufacturing goods or providing services ( worshipping Lord Vishwakarma). They do not consciously worship Goddess Laxmi, but Goddess Laxmi blesses them much more than she blesses Indians who seek to worship her just on the day of deepaawali, without first investing in worshipping Goddess Saraswati and Lord Vishwakarma.
So, I always try to tell my fellow Indians (who care to listen) that we are not worshipping Goddess Laxmi the right way. We need to worship her the way advanced Western countries worship her. Symbolic worship on one particular day will not do. Our worship should be round the clock throughout the year, and it should be to keep upgrading ourselves and keep giving goods and services that are in demand worldwide.
The festival of deepaawali, as it is celebrated in India, is easily the most important festival for Indian economy. Now that the effects of Covid 19 virus on India are receding, this deepaawali festival is likely to give a big boost to Indian economy, which is looking up after a forgettable year. I hope that the worst is over for India as well as the rest of the world.
On this occasion, I discuss a song from “Jai Mahalaxmi Maa”(1976). This movie was directed by Vijay Sharma for Pearl Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Ashish Kumar, Kanan Kaushal, Anita Guha, Chaand Usmani, Sapru, Sujata, B M Vyas, S N tripathi, Renu, Sundar, Bharhchaari, Dilip Dutt, Neelam, Sheikh, Anant Marathe, Helen, Dalda, Hari Shukla, Narmada Shankar , Habeeb etc. The movie also had special appearances by Jagdeep, Mahipal and Jeewan.
“Jai Mahalaxmi Maa”(1976) had five songs in it.
Here is the first song from the movie. This son, the theme song of the movie, is sung by Usha Mangeshkar and chorus. Bharat Vyas is the lyricist. Music is composed by Chitragupta.
The song is picturised on Kanan Kaushal and others.
With this song, “Jai Mahalaxmi Maa”(1976) makes its debut in the blog.
I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy, prosperous and safe deepaawali. Let us give our best (my way of worshipping Goddess Saraswati) and I am sure she will shower her wishes on us in abundant measure.
Audio
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Song- Jai hey mahalaxmi maa naiyya meri paar karo (Jai Mahalaxmi Maa)(1975) Singer-Usha Mangeshkar, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-Chitragupta
Chorus
Lyrics
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jholi phailaaye khadi ee
jholi phailaaye khadi
maiyya bhandaar bharo o o
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
tu hai dayaalu maiyya mamta bhari
laakhon dukhiyon ki toone vipda hari
tu hai dayaalu maiyya mamta bhari
laakhon dukhiyon ki toone vipda hari
hum bhi aaye sharan tihaari
hum bhi aaye sharan tihaari
hum pe bhi to zara dhyaan dharo o o
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
aayi deewaali aayi
deepak jalen
teri kripa ho to sabhi phoolen phalen
aayi deewaali aayi
deepak jalen
teri kripa ho to sabhi phoolen phalen
sukh sampati se ghar bhar jaaye
sukh sampati se ghar bhar jaaye
itna sa upkaar karo o
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jholi phailaaye khadi
maiyya bhandaar bharo o o
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
Madad karo Santoshi maata
Posted on: May 28, 2021
This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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#the Special Voices of the Decade (1971-1980) – 8 # Usha Mangeshkar #
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Welcome all to the eighth article in this series. Today’s voice is Usha Mangeshkar.
Today’s voice needs no introduction as all of us like minded people are aware about her family members and how she joined her elder sisters in singing for movies.
We are also aware of how she has carved a niche for herself among the many singers who ruled the hearts of millions of cine goers and HFM lovers in all these years.
A detailed write-up about Usha Mangeshkar has already been done by our inhouse encyclopedia Shri Arun ji in his post here.
I am reproducing the following text from his write-up (with his due permission) here.
Born on the 15th of December 1935, at Sangli, Usha is the 4th and the youngest sister of Mangeshkars. The line-up is very regular-exactly 2 year’s difference in the ages of the siblings-
Lata born in 1929
Meena born in 1931
Asha born in 1933
Usha born in 1935
Hridaynath born in 1937.When master Deenanath died in 1942, Lata, all of 13 years, had to act and sing in films to earn money for the family. Meena, not so keen on singing chose to stay at home and look after the Mother and young Usha and Hridaynath. Asha joined her sister in acting, singing and earning money for the family. Usha was just 7-year-old, so she too remained at home. Besides singing, she was interested in Painting, so she took lessons from the famous painter of those days, M.R. Achrekar. In addition, she also continued learning Music from Pt. Tulsidas Sharma, K. Mahavir and Sushant Maharaj.
When Asha left suddenly and went away-in 1948- with Ganpatrao Bhonsle, twice her age, the family got a terrible jolt. The financial responsibility now fell only on Lata Mangeshkar. At the age of 19 years, Usha decided to start earning herself by singing in films and C. Ramchandra gave her the break with a song” Bhabhi aayee” from ‘Subah ka Tara’-1954. Her very first song became so popular that she was flooded with children’s song offers. Her next popular song was ‘Aplam chaplam’ from Azaad, also by C. Ramchandra.
Usha Mangeshkar’s voice was thereafter used for many children songs. For me, the oldest memory of her children song is the song from ‘Waapas-1969’ which I have presented on the blog and the song is ‘jhunjhuna jhunjhuna’.
Thereafter as I get involved more with Bollywood songs, I became aware of many of her earlier songs. Like when I came into the contact with this blog, and became a Sahir fan, I got to listened her duet song with Asha Bhonsle from the ‘1955’ movie ‘Devdas’ i.e., ‘o albele panchhi tera door thhikaana hai’.
She also got to sing many duet songs with her sister and other female singers in HFM. Many of such duets have been popular and are favorites of music lovers.
And then come the most important period of her singing careers which the ‘decade of seventies 1971-1980’.
During these years, her voice not only featured in many songs but her many songs become popular too. It will not be inappropriate to say that her singing career was at its ‘peak’ during the years of ‘seventies’. That was for Hindi as well as Marathi movies.
For Marathi movies her voice was there in every Dada Kondke movie which became ‘Jubilee Hits’. I remember many songs from such movies that were frequently played on loudspeakers everywhere during festivals and other programs.
Also, the songs from the movie ‘Pinjara-1972’ went on to became huge hits with her voice appearing in six of the nine songs in this movie. Music for this movie was composed by Ram Kadam.
In 1975 came the movie ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’ which was big hit and so were its songs. Usha Mangeshkar’s voice featured in three of the seven songs in this movie. All the three songs sung by her were popular among the masses. Music for this movie was composed by C. Arjun. The song ‘Main to aarti utaaroon re Santoshi Maata ki’ became hugely popular and it remained her all time big hit and highlight of her Hindi movie singing career.
In 1977 came the movie ‘Inkaar’ and its song ‘mungdaa mungdaa main gud ki dali’ was a runaway hit and it was also the favorite of almost each orchestra programs happening then.
I would also like to mention few of her songs here which I like very much.
‘Sainaath tere hazaaron haath’ from ‘Shirdi Ke Sai Baba-1977’,
‘ye jeena hai angoor ka daanaa’ from the movie ‘Khatta Meethha-1977’,
‘mujhe pyaar ka tohfaa de ke’ from the movie ‘Kaalaa Patthar-1979’, which was not included in the movie,
‘sultaanaa sultaanaa mera naam hai sultaanaa’ from the movie ‘Taraanaa-1979’,
And in the later years songs like ‘goron ki naa kaalon ki’, the unforgettable ‘shaam rangeen huyi hai tere aanchal ki tarah’ … There might be other notable songs too which I might be missing here.
And that is the reason that Usha Mangeshkar, because of the many songs of her in the seventies, and many nostalgic moments for us, people like me, who were growing in the seventies, is the voice in this series.
And I must mention here the today’s song which is the very special song for me, as it still has the same effect on me, whenever I listen to it or watch it on the video or other video media.
When I was noting it down for this post and watching it I still get the goose-pimples, because of the singing of this song, the overall composition and the picturization of this song, that is embedded in my mind since my childhood. Specially the landing of Santoshi Maa in the ‘mrityu-lok’ from the ‘swarg-lok’ 😊
So, even if Usha Mangeshkar had sung only this song, she would still have the voice for me in this series for the nostalgia associated with this song for me.
This song is from the 1975 movie ‘Jai Santosh Maa’. Lyrics are by Kavi Pradeep and music is composed by C. Arjun.
On screen this song is lip synced by Kanan Kaushal and many others with Anita Guha as Santoshi Maa can be seen in the picturization of this song.
“Jai Santoshi Maa” was produced by Satram Rohra for ‘Bhagyalakshmi Chitra Mandir, Bombay’ and directed by Vijay Sharma. It had Ashish Kumar, Kanan Kaushal, Rajnibala, Bela Bose, Asha Potdar, Leela Mishra, Manhar Desai, B.M. Vyas, Rajan Haksar, Kundan, Neelam, Padmarani, Lata Arora, Johny Whisky, Surendra Mishra, Dilip Dutt, Uma Dutt, Tiwari, Dubey Trilok Kapoor, Anand Marathe, Shri Bhagwan, Mahipal, and Anita Guha as ‘Santoshi Maa’. Bharat Bhushan makes a ‘guest appearance’ in this movie.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 28.05.1975 and that is exactly the same day forty-six years back. I checked, it was Wednesday on this date and may be the movie was released the coming Friday after that. (Knowledgeable readers can throw more light on this).
(Editor’s note- The movie was released on 15 August 1975, which was a friday-and India’s independence day. Another movie called “Sholay”(1975) was also released on the same day.)
Today is Friday and what a better day to present this song today.
Let us now listen to this wonderful song…
I hope you like the song as I do. 😊
Song-Madad karo Santoshi maata(Jai Santoshi Maa)(1975) Singer-Usha Mangeshkar, Lyrics-Kavi Pradeep, MD-C Arjun
Lyrics
Madad karo he
Madad karo he
Madad karo Santoshi maata aa
Madad karo Santoshi maata
Meri izzat ka sawaal hai maa
Aaj nibhaana apna naata aa
Maata
Maata aa
Madad karo Santoshi maata aa aa
Madad karo Santoshi maata
Mere liye zindagi aaj
Talwaar ki dhaar bani hai ae
Talwaar ki dhaar bani hai ae Maa
Mere liye jeewan ki har ek nas
Ab angaar bani hai ae
Ab angaar bani hai Maa
Mujhe chita mein aag jala do o
Mujhe chita mein aag jala do
Ae mere bhagya vidhaata
Maata
Maata aa
Madad karo Santoshi maata o o
Madad karo Santoshi maata
Mujhse mat roothho janani meri
Bigdi baat banaao o
Meri bigdi baat banaao o o
Maa
Mere maathe se kalank ka
Kaala daag mitaao o
Kaala daag mitaao maa
Siva tumhaare koi sahaaraa aa
Siva tumhaare koi saaharaa
Mujhe nazar mein ae nahin aata aa
Maata
Maata aa
Madad karo Santoshi maata
Aa aa
Madad karo Santoshi maata
Hey jadamba taaro mujhko
Duniya de rahi taanaa aa
Yeh duniya de rahi taanaa aa
Maa
Imtehaan lene ko khada hai
Dushman ban ke zamaana
Dushman ban ke zamaana aa
Maa
Aaj kahin badnaam naa howe ae
Aaj kahin badnaam naa howe
Mera tumhaara yahaan naata aa
Maata aa
maata aa
Madad karo Santoshi maata aa aa
Madad karo Santoshi maata
Aa aa
Madad karo hey
Madad karo hey
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2010-2020)–Song No.101
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This date ten years ago (viz 19 december 2010) saw seven songs getting covered from seven movies. First song of the day was covered at 9:19 AM and the final song at 1:01 PM. So unlike other days, when all songs would get covered before 10 AM, this day I struggled to publish the songs of the day.
Here are the details of the seven songs covered that day:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (year) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3374 | Tum kyaa jaano more maathe ki bindiyaa ka mol | Kaneez(1949) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 3375 | Muhabbat par bahaar aati jahaan gulzaar ho jaataa | Shair (1949) | Movie YIPPED by now |
| 3376 | Duniyaa waalon badaa hai mushqil apne dil ko todnaa | Chhoti Bhaabhi(1950) | Seven songs covered out of nine |
| 3377 | Dil le gaya ji koi dil le gayaa | Sanam(1951) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 3378 | Mere chaand mere laal re | Deewaana(1952) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 3379 | Aji o suno to | 12 O’clock(1958) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 3380 | Ham jee lenge bin tumhaare…tum meri zindagi ho | Dillagi (1966) | 4 songs covered out of 7 |
One can see that five out of seven movies whose songs were discussed ten years ago have since been YIPPEED.
“Dillagi”(1966) is one of the unYIPPEED movies and so it is one of the two movies eligible for blog ten year challenge today.
“Dillagi”(1966) was produced by Tony Walker and directed by S Bannerjee for Golden Films, Bombay. The movie had Mala Sinha, Sanjay Khan, Bela Bose, Johny Walker, Nazima, Vijay Kumar, Gajanan Jagirdar, Amar, Keshav, Khurshid, Hammad, Tuntun, Moolchand, Pravin Paul, Tony Walker, Bela Bose, Zeb Sultana, Shabana, Roop Kumari, Ravi Kant, Ratan Gaurang, Tulsi, Aziz, Maqsood, Manjeet, Abdul Jabbar, Suresh, N.Misra, Samarlal Damani, Ajay Kumar, Abdul Kader, Baxi, Shrfu, Edwina etc in it.
The movie had eight songs in it and four of these songs have been covered so far.
Here is the fifth song from “Dillagi”(1966) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Usha Mangeshkar. Majrooh Sultanpuri is the lyricist. Musc is composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.
The fun teasing song is picturised as a party song on Mala Sinha, Sanjay Khan, Tony Walker or Vijay Kumar, Chinoo Shikari, Edwina etc.
I heard this fun song during my early childhood and I loved the lyrics, especially the words kabootar kabootar thrown in the lyrics for no apparent reasons other than to make it a fun song.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Audio
Video
Song-Ye aajkal ke ladke likhte na padhte hain (Dillagi)(1966) singers-Usha Mangeshkar, Lyrics-Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
ye aajkal ke ladke
likte na padhte hain
arrey fashion phir bhi dekho
be-par ke udte hain
haayye ae
baal innke dekho
ke gaal innke dekho
ke chaal innke dekho dekho
kabootar kabootar
kabootar kabootar
kabootar kabootar
kabootar kabootar
ye aajkal ke ladke
likte na padhte hain
arrey fashion phir bhi dekho
be-par ke udte hain
haayye ae
baal innke dekho
ke gaal innke dekho
ke chaal innke dekho dekho
kabootar kabootar
kabootar kabootar
kabootar kabootar..rrrr
kabootar kabootar
ye aajkal ke ladke
maathe pe ae
jo zulf hain..aen
latki latki si
patli si
kamar bhi hai..ae
matki matki si
maathe pe..ae
jo zulf hain
latki latki si
patli si
kamar bhi hai
matki matki si
arrey rey rey rey rey rey
baal innke dekho
ke gaal innke dekho
ke chaal innke dekho dekho
kabootar kabootar
kabootar kabootar
kabootar kabooo..ootar..rrr
kabootar kabootar
ye aajkal ke ladke
ladki jo..o mili koyee
lapke badh ke ye
aanchal jo udaa koyee
kyaa kyaa phadke ye
ladki jo mili koyee
lapke badhke ye
aanchal jo udaa koyee
kyaa kyaa phadke ye
arrey rey rey rey rey rey
baal innke dekho
ke gaal innke dekho
ke chaal innke dekho dekho
kabootar kabootar..rr
kabootar kabootar
kabootar kabootar
kabootar kabootar
ye aajkal ke ladke
likte na padhte hain
arrey fashion phir bhi dekho
be-par se udte hain
haayye haayye
baal innke dekho
ke gaal innke dekho
ke chaal innke dekho dekho
kabootar kabootar
kabootar kabootar
kabootar kabootar
kabootar kabootar
ye aajkal ke ladke
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