A dynamic capture of Garba dance.

Garba is a form of dance originated in the state of Gujarat in India. Traditionally, it is performed during the nine-day Indian festival Navarātrī Either the lamp (the " garbha Deep) or an image of the Goddess, Durga (also called Amba) is placed in middle of concentric rings as an object of veneration.

Taken in Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Bhai Shingara Singh (Birmingham) passed away last night. His nephew who looked after him went in to his room this morning and Bhai Sahib had already passed away. He was one the pioneers of Akhand Keertani Jatha UK. I have made an attempt to document his life.

•He was 88 years old.

•He was also known as Nihang Singh because he was one of the first people to wear baanaa in the UK. He encouraged everyone to become shasterdharee.

•He had a shaunk (interest) in shooting bullets and warfare, as he was of strong build.

•When he was 14 he went to register for the army, they told him that he was too young, so he went back a couple of weeks later and lied and told them he was 16, so that he could join the army.

•In the army he would go to sleep at 10pm and wake at 1am, without the help of anyone. Then he would recite Bani that he had kantt until sunrise. Banis such as Salok Mahalla 9 and Shabad Hazare.

•He was always the first ready for army parade in the morning. He still didn’t even have a beard then and was very young.

•He still only slept about 3 hours a day.

•The pind he was from was very chardi kala, his parents were Akaalis (believers in God) and so was the rest of the pind. When he was young he went to the local Gurdwara and heard some katha on Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s coming into kaljug. He explained the Shabad, ‘math dhaek bhooloo veesarae theyra chith naa avae naao’. From that day he started making greater efforts in his Sikhi.

•He came to the UK in 1963.

•He fought in the war in Burma. Here he said is where he got most of his Bani kantt, he said he got just as much Bani as he had in his previous life kantt very easily, and he even got more Bani kantt.

•At one point he was arrested because one of the Hindu chiefs in the army was a sly person and got him arrested. He was sentenced to 2 months in prison. But once in prison he was standing in line for food, and one of the officers said something and Shingara Singh spoke back. The rule then was that you must wear full clothes and socks to prevent being bitten by the maccharr (mosquitos), even in the full heat. But he had his sleeves rolled up as it was too hot. So the officer told him to get down and do some press ups as punishment. He said ‘No I am Khalsa, do you know what Khalsa is!?’, the officer replied, ‘I know very well what Khalsa is’, Shingara Singh said ‘No you don’t, ajj pathaa lagoo gaa kee khalsa yaa, today you will find out what the Khalsa is, ajj theyraa sooth karnaa, today we will sort you out’. He chose not to eat until he gave the officer a good lesson. He was backed by another Gujrati who was in jail. That night he purposely wore fewer clothes so that the officer would get annoyed. An argument broke out, and Shingara Singh hit the guy on his back of neck. The guy fell to the ground and then he kicked him twice. They brawled and Shingara Singh ended up breaking his arm, dislocating his shoulder and smashing his skull. Then the other guard smacked Shingara Singh with lanterns on the head, the lanterns broke but Shingara Singh didn’t feel anything, the other guards ran. As it was dark he couldn’t find an escape route and was caught. He was punched and beaten and hit with stick in his thighs. But he said he didn’t feel any pain as he was very strong. He said to me ‘meara sareer lohay vangu see’ his body was like iron.

•He was imprisoned for 2 years for this. However, he used to read a lot of Bani and jap naam. He used to use a malaa to jap naam. When he got tired he wouldn’t stop, but would stand up and carry on.

•One night he was japing naam with mala, he fell asleep and the mala fell. That night he said Guru Gobind Singh came on his horse and told him ‘ajj mafee milnee ya’. ‘Today you will be freed’. So later that day, when there was the list being read out for people being freed, his name was also read out, even though he just begun his 2 year sentence. He told me how Guru looks after his Gursikhs.

•He said that Guru Sahib never let his money run out, and that he always had too much, no matter how much he spent. His daughter worked in a bank, and she wanted some money from her dad. She checked in his account there was £250. So he wrote a check for £2000. Later they checked and there was £10000 in the account. Also in India he bought a tractor for many millions of rupees so that his nephew could start doing some labour and stay away from the drugs in Punjab.

•His mamas daughter told him that she was very scared whenever she went to sleep. He told her to keep a big kirpan by her bedside to help. But later she told him that when she used to pray she would ask for riddhya siddhya (occult powers). He confirmed that was the reason of her fear, and explained that a Sikh should only pray and ask Guru for naam and the opportunity to get closer to God.

•When he woke up for ishnaan he started by reciting ‘Raamdas sarovar naathay’, and ‘Thathee vaao naa lagee’ and many other shabads.

•He spoke about the need for Amrit, talking about how a baby in Bhai Sahibs time died after receiving Amrit, and the soul came out and explained to the father that it was a very high sidh but couldn’t get into Sachkhand because he had not received Amrit.

•He explained that there are 3 bodies, the physical one, one that is 1 ft wider and the other 3 foot wider, called sukhsham sareer. He said after the body dies these other 2 bodies go with you. But a Gursikh should destroy all three bodies through japing naam.

•When he came to England he said there were no Sikhs. They were all monay, and the monay ran the Gurdwaray too. He brought this up with the Gurdwara comitee but they didn’t like him for that. And then he used to stand in the serving line for langar and when serving langar he used to do parchar at the same time.

•He organised the first AKJ Amrit sanchar in the UK. He had brought a baataa over from India and had to hunt down big kirpana for the Amrit sanchar and got together the Panj. In that Amrit sanchar he said there was 2 very chardikala Guriskhs. One called Bhai Paramjit Singh, who when japs naam becomes light and his body floats to the ceiling.

•He took Amrit in the amry, because to become a member the Sikhs had to be amritdhari. But he said that when he went for pesh at the AKJ Smagam in Jalandhar ‘phaer gal banee’. And said the panj pyaray have to be kamayee vaalay. He said the Jathedar of the panj pyaray was Master Sunder Singh. Who was very chardikala. He would sit through keertan programs without moving a muscle.

•He also expressed how important it is to do Sehaj paat, and that Akhand paats have become a business and there is little point of them. He said that once his daughter completed two sehaj paats and then she rung him and said that now she understands what bani is. He said that is because in a sehaj path it is at a pace were it’s easier to understand the bani. He said a Singh of nowadays had Darshan of Guru Gobind Singh, and asked him about akhand paths, Guru Sahib explained that he did not start akhand paths and it was the Singhs afterwards.

•He also said it is very important to do Ardas after Nitnem and reading Bani. As that way it is recorded. A Singh had Darshan of Guru Ji and Guru sahib told him to do Ardas after. The guy said he thought that it was ok not to because Guru is all knowing. But it is important to do the Ardas after reading Bani.

•He was a strong believer in the power of aula/amla powder. As he has been taking it for the last 5 years. And said it benefits the eyes, gives strength and makes you youthful and energetic. He said this is one of the reasons why at his age, he still did not need to use glasses to read paat.

•He explained how people will laugh and mock those that jap naam. And if this happens, accept it as a blessing as they are taking away your paap, and actually helping you. So continue to jap naam even more.

•He said Gursikhs must live grishti jeevan. And earn living. Never to eat food that has been begged for, as Sikhs should have honour, and work hard for what they have. As Guru Nanak Sahib worked 18 years in the farms with crops, this was used for the langar.

•He used to work 12 hours a day in factories when he used to work.

•When in India he went to apply for a printing press job, it was night shift work. He met a mona who worked there and asked him his name. The mona said Gursharan Singh. Shingara Singh, said is that really, and what makes you a Singh, the puraatan Singhs had their scalps cut off and didn’t ever cut their hair, and you have cut it yourself! After this Gursharan Singh kept his kesh and got into Sikhi. His family was so happy that they all went to thank Shingara Singh.

•He said that this Sikhi is not just from this life, but he was also a very high spirit Khalsa in his previous life, that is why he has been blessed in this life.

•Once some Muslims came to his house, handing out leaflets and religious text. He told them that he has read it; they said were have you read this? He asked them, do you know were God is? They said yes, he’s up there, pointing to the sky. He said no, God is inside you, and he explained the character of God. They never came back again.

•About Bibek, he said that Sikhs should keep some level of Bibek, as in eating from only Amritdharis. But then again he said that the person should be Nitnemi and a kamayee vaalaa Gursikh, otherwise that is going against the point of Bibek. So it is even better to make the food yourself and eat it.

•When I met him he said that nowadays he was doing sehaj path everday from around 3pm-7pm followed by Rehras Sahib and sukhasan.

•He had full larrivaar saroop parkaash at his home, and was a very good paati.

•He stressed to me the importance of correct pronunciation, as to exaggerate the pronunciation in order to get it correct.

•He also had senchees(in part) of Dasam Granth sahib at his home.

•He had also read the Hindu scriptures.

•He used to read a lot of books and was very knowledgeable. He told me that it is important to read everything so that you can make comparisons to Sikhi. And he also encouraged me to read the newspaper every day.

•He was very much against akhand paths of nowadays, when people pay for them and do not listen to the path. He said it’s more fruitful to do a complete sehaj path yourself. An example is one of his relatives in India was very ill. She started listening to full recitation, whenever she wanted to go to the toilet or eat she would tell the granthi to stop. And then continue on her return, so that she would be able to listen to the entire Guru Granth Sahib recitation. After this, all he illnesses disappeared. This being the power of Gurbani.

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Today was my first fast of Ramadhan, I was awake all night yesterday ,. as Ramzan is a moment with its own uniqueness..I had spoken to Raju Langewal the Pandal committee member, that I wanted to shoot the Raja , he told me to come by 12 pm...today.

So barefeet I hopped into a cab and reached the pandal at Lalbagh , I was carrying my Bandra Samachar Press Card too..

I shot the Raja extensively , my efforts to shoot on the stage were unfulfilled..but I will some day.

Lalbagh Cha Raja for the Hindus and Ramzan for the Muslims as a Mumbaikar are two heartbeats of a single heart.

The Raja touches everyone, there were Sikhs , Parsis Gujratis all standing for hours in the queues , some had stood all night, some had walked from the suburbs barefeet..but the most enduring were the kids with excitement and smiles on their faces and senior citizens too..

And it had rained generously , but the rains did not dampen the spirits of the lovers of Lalbagh Cha Raja..He is the Ultimate , he is Lord who removes Obstacles , He removes Ignorance , he is the Lord of Sweet Success and Poetic Prosperity.

I have just broken my fast as I write this ..I came home not before shooting Ganesh Gully ka Raja and the Tejukaya Ganesha, also sharing space with Lalbagh Cha Raja within walking distance from each other.

On my way towards Dadar TT..I saw the Dharavi ka Raja patronized by the Tamil migrants of Mumbai, going on a bullock cart , he had already gone a long distant , I jumped out of my cab and ran after him, I shot pictures of him..

So this is my tribute as a blogger to those who cant make it to the Pandal for some reason or the other , they can have a darshan through my pictures shot with a passion and devotion bound to humility.

I also remember my photo guru Prof BW Jatkar who passed away recently ..I hope Lalbagh Cha Raja grants his soul eternal peace ..the Professor was a devotee of the Raja.

This is a part of my series on Hope and Hindutva a message of Peace.

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शामगढ़ नगर में शिव हनुमान मंदिर के पास हनुमान चालीसा का पाठ करने हेतु ७० फीट ऊँचा टावर स्थापित करने के पुनीत अवसर पर नगर की सेलिब्रिटीज को आमंत्रित किया गया था| नगर परिषद् की अध्यक्ष

श्रीमती कविता जी यादव की अगुआई में श्री नरेन्द्र जी यादव ने दीपक पुरोहित जी के माध्यम से मुहूर्त अनुष्ठान विधिवत संपन्न करवाया. इस अवसर पर नगर के वरिष्ठ जन श्री नारायण भाई गुजराती और साहित्य मनीषी समाज सेवी डॉ.दयाराम जी आलोक विशिष्ट अतिथि के तौर पर उपस्थित रहे.कार्यक्रम संचालन का दायित्व सुरेश जी चौधरी ने निर्वाह किया .

A housewife making Bajri na rotla for lunch

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Africano Mena Tanda Wena

Afrikaans (Lingua parlata in Sud Africa dai discendenti degli olandesi) Ek is lief vir jou, Ek het jou liefe

Albanese Te dua, Te dashuroj, Ti je zemra ime

Alentejano (Lingua parlata nel Portogallo meridionale) Gosto te di porra

Alsaziano (Dialetto franco-tedesco parlato in Francia tra il Reno e i Volgi) Ich hoan dich gear

Amarico (Lingua ufficiale dell'Etiopia ma nella regione se ne parlano almeno 80) Ewedishalehu, Ewedihalehu

Apache Sheth shen zhon

Arabo Ooheboki (a una donna), Ooheboka (ad un uomo) Ohiboke, Ohiboki, Ana behibek, Ana Behibak, Ahebich, Ib'n hebbak

Armeno Yes kez si'rumem

Ashanti (Dialetto parlato in Ghana) Me dor wo

Asheghetam, Doostat darm

Assamese (Lingua parlata nello stato indiano dell'Assam) Moi tomak bhal pau

Basco Maite zaitut, Nere maitea

Bassa (Lingua parlata in sud Africa) Mengweswe

Batak (Lingua parlata nella parte settentrionale di Sumatra - Indonesia - ) Holong rohangku di ho

Bemba (Lingua parlata in Africa) Ndikufuna

Bengali (Lingua parlata nello stato indiano del Bengala e in Bangladesh) Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi, Ami tomay bhalobashi, Ami tomake bhalobashi

Berbero Lakh tirikh

Bicol (Dialetto parlato nelle filippine) Namumutan ta ka

Birmano Chit pa de

Bosniaco Volim te

Braille ..|..||..-.. . ''..,.;

Brasiliano amo você

Bulgaro Obicham te, As te obeicham, Obozhavam te

Cajun (Dialetto francese parlato in Louisiana) Mi aime jou

Cambogiano Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah, Bon sro lanh oon

Canadese (Francofoni) Sh'teme

Catalano T'estimo, T'estim molt

Cebuano (Linguaggio parlato nelle Filippine) Gihigugma ko ikaw

Ceco Miluji te, Ma'm te ra'da

Chamorro (Antica lingua parlata a Guam e nelle Marianne) Hu guaiya hao

Cherokee Aya gvgeyu i'nihi

Cheyenne Ne mohotatse

Chichewa (Lingua parlata nello stato centroafricano del Malawi) Ndimakukonda

Chickasaw Chiholloli

Cinese Goa ai li (Amoy), Ngo oi ney (Cantonese), Wo oi ney (Cantonese), Ngai oi gnee (Hakka), Wa ai lu (Hokken),

Wo ai ni (Mandarino), Wuo ai nee (Mandarino), Wo ai ni (Putunghua), Ngo ai nong (Wu)

Coreano Saranghae, Saranghaeyo, Tangsinul, Dangsinul saranghee yo, Nanun dangsineul joahapnida, Nanun dangsineul mucheog saranghapnida, Tangshini choayo

Corso Ti tengu cara

Creolo (Dialetto francese con contaminazioni inglesi e tedesche parlato ad Haiti) Mi aime jou

Croato Ja te volim, Ljubim te, Volim te

Curdo Ez te hezdikhem

Cyber I lv u

Gallese Rwy, dy garu di, Yr wuf i yn dy faru dj

Giapponese Kimi o ai shiteru, Aishiteru, Chuu shiteyo, Ora omee no koto ga suki da, Suitonnen, Sukiyanen, Sukiyo, Watashi wa anata ga suki desu, A i shi te ma su, Watakushi wa anata wo ai shiasu

Giavanese Kulo tresno

Greco S'agapo, Eime eroteumenos mazi sou, Eime eroteumeni mazi sou, Se latrevo, Se thelo

Greco Antico Agapo Su

Groenladese Asavakit

Gronings (Dialetto olandese) Ik hol van die

Guarani (Una delle lingue ufficiali del Paraguay) Rohiyu

Gujrati (Lingua parlata nello stato indiano del Gujrat e in Pakistan) Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon, Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon

Hausa (Lingua parlata in Nigeria) Ina sonki

Hawayano Aloha wau ia oe

Hindi Mai tumase pyar karata hun, Mai tumse peyar karta hnu, Mae tumko peyar kia, Main tumse prem karta hoon

Hopi (Lingua parlata da tribu' indiane del Nord America) Nu'umi un angwa'ta

Ibaloi (Dialetto parlato nelle Filippine) Pip piyan tana, Pipiyan ta han shili

Ilocano (Dialetto parlato nelle Filippine) Ay ayating ka

Indonesiano Saya cinta padamu, Saya cinta kamu, Saja kasih saudari, Aku tjinta padamu

Inglese I love you, I adore you

Interglossa (Linguaggio artificiale inventato attorno al 1940) Mi este philo tu

Italiano Ti Amo

Irlandese Taim i' ngra leat

Irlandese-Gaelico T'a gr'a agam dhuit

Islandese Eg elska thig

Kankana (Dialetto parlato nelle Filippine) Laylaydek sik a

Kannada (Lingua parlata nello stato del karnataka, India merid.) Naanu ninn anu preethisuthene, Naanu ninnanu mohisuthene

Kikongo (Lingua parlata nello Zaire) Mono ke zola nge

Kiswahili (Kenya) Mimi nakupenda wewe

Kiswahili Nakupenda, Nakupenda wewe, Nakupenda malaika

Klingon (Lingua parlata in Star Trek) qumuSHa', qaparHa', qaparHa'qu'

Kpele (Lingua parlata in Africa) I walikana

Lao (Lingua parlata in Laos e nel nord della Thailandia) Khoi hak jao, Khoi mak jao lai, Khoi mak jao

Lappone Mon rahkistan tonu

Latino te amo

Lettone Es tevi milu, Es milu tevi

Libanese Bahibak

Lingala Nalingi yo

Lingo Me molas tronca

Lituano Tave myliu, Ash mir lutavah

Luo (Lingua parlata in Kenya) Aheri

Lussemburghese E ch hun dech ga''r

Maa Ilolenge

Macedone Te sakam, Te ljubam

Malese/Indonesiano Saya cintakan kamu, Saya cinta pada mu, Aku cinta pada mu, Saya cintakan awak, Adu menyayangi mu, Aku jatuch cinta pada mu

Malayalam (Lingua parlata nello Stato indiano di Kerala) Ngan ninne snaehikkunnu, Njyaan ninne' preetikyunnu

Maltese Jen inhobbok

Marathi (Lingua parlata a Bombay e nello stato indiano del Maharastra) Mi tuzya var prem karato, Me tujhashi prm karto, Me tujhashi prm karte

Marocchino Kanvhik, Kankebek

Marshallese (Lingua parlata nelle isole Marshall - Pacifico -) Yokwe yuk

Maya 'in k'aatech, 'in yabitmech

Mohawk (Lingua parlata dalle tribu' indiane della zona est) Konoronhkwa

Mokilese (Lingua parlata a Mokil e Ponape) Ngoah mweoku kaua

Navaho Ayor anosh'ni

Ndebele (Lingua parlata in Zimbawe) Niyakutanda

Norvegese Jega esker deg, Eg elskar deg

Nyanja (Lingua parlata in Africa) Ninatemba

Danese Jeg elsker dig

Dusun (Lingua parlata dalla tribu' Dusun, una delle piu' grandi del Borneo Sett.) Siuhang oku dia

Ebraico Anee ohev otakh, Anee ohevet othkha, Anee ohevet otakh

Esperanto Mi amas vin

Estone Mina armastan sind, Ma armastan sind

Etiope Afgreki'

Farfallino Tifi Afamofo

Farsi (Lingua parlata in Iran e in alcune zone del Pakistan e dell' Afhanistan) Tora dost daram, Fiammingo Ik Zie oe Geerne

Filippino Mahal ka ta, Iniibig kita, Mahal kita

Finlandese Rakastan sua, Ma'' tykka a n susta

Francese Je t'aime, Je t'adore, J' t'aime bien, Je vous aime

Francoprovenzale Të voulou ben

Gaelico Tha gradh agam ort

Olandese Ik hou van je, Ik hou van jou, Ik ben verliefd op jou

Op (Linguaggio di gioco) Op lopveop yopuop

Ossezziano Aez dae warzyn

Pakistano Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai, Muje se mu habbat hai

Palestinese Anee omev otach

Papiamento (Lingua parlata nell'isola di Aruba e nelle Antille Olandesi) Mi ta stima 'bo

Persiano Tora dost daram

Polacco Kocham cie, Kocham ciebie, Ja cie kaocham (slang)

Portoghese Eu te amo, Amo te

Pulaar (Dialetto parlato in Senegal dalla gente Fulani) Mbe de yid ma

Punjari Main tainu pyar karna, Mai taunu pyar karda

Quechua boliviano Qanta munani

Quechua ecuadoregno Canda munani

Quenya (Lingua degli elfi inventata da Tolkien) Tye-mela'ne

Rumeno Te iubesc

Russo Ya tyebya Lyublu, Ya vas lyublyu

Samoano Ou te alofa outou, Ou te alofa ia te oe

Scozzese-Gaelico Tha gradh agam ort

Serbo Ja val volim, Volim vas

Shona (Lingua parlata nello Zimbawe) Ndinokuda

Sioux Techihhila

Singalese (Lingua parlata in Sri Lanka) Mama oya 'ta' a' darei

Siriano Bhebbek, Bhebbak

Slovacco Lubim ta

Sloveno Ljubim te

Spagnolo Te amo, Te quiero, Te adoro, Me antojis

Sudanese Nan nyanyar do

Suomi Mina rakastan

Svedese Jag a iskar dig

Svizzero tedesco Ch'ha di ga''rn

Swahili (Linguaggio parlato da molte tribu' - est Africa -) Naku penda, Ninikupenda, Dholu'o

Tahitaiano Ua here au ia oe, Ua here vau ia oe

Tailandese Ch'an rak khun

Taiwanese Gua ai li

Tamil (Lingua parlata nel sud dell'India, a Sri Lanka e in altre regioni asiatiche) Naan unnai kadalikiren, Nan innai kathlikaren, Nam vi'rmberem

Telugu (Lingua parlata nell'Uttar Pradesh) Ninnu premistunnanu, Neenu ninnu pra' mistu 'nnanu, Nenu ninnu premistunnanu

Tedesco, Ich liebe dich, Ich hab dich lieb

Thai Phrom rak khun, Phom ruk koon, ch'an rak khun, Khao raak thoe

Tswana Dumela

Tunisino Ha eh bak

Turco Sizi seviyorum, Seni seviyorum, Seni begeniyourum

Twi (Lingua parlata in Ghana) Me dowapaa

Ucraino Ya tebe kokhayu, Ja tebe kokhaju, Ja vas kokhaiu, Ja pokikhav vas

Ungherese Szeretlek

Urdu (Lingua parlata in Pakistan India) Mani tumse muhabbat karta hoon, Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai, Kam prem kartahai, Mujhe tum se piyaar hai

Vai (Lingua parlata in Africa) Na lia

Vdrmldnska (Lingua parlata in Svezia) Du dr gvrgo te mdg

Vietnamita Anh yeau em, Em yeau anh, Toi yeu em

Volappa ''K (Linguaggio artificiale inventato da Schleyer nel 1880) La' fob oli

Wolof (Lingua e non dialetto del Senegal) dama la nopp.(Un grazie a Stefano A. per la correzione)

Yiddish Ikh hob dikh lib, Ich libe dich, Ich han dich lib, Kh'ob dikh holt, Ikh bn in dir farlibt

Zulu Mena tanda wena Ngiyakuthanda

Zuni (Lingua parlata da indiani del Nord America) Tom ho'ichemaa

Svedese Jag älskar dig

Sloveno Ljubim te.

Portoghese Te amo

Ungherese Szeretlek

Franco canadese Je t'aime

Creolo Mi aime jou

Cinese Goa ai li (Amoy)

Ngo oi ney (Cantonese)

Wa ai lu (Hokkien)

Wo ai ni (Mandarino)

Wo ai ni (Putunghua)

Ngo ai nong (Wu)

Danese Jeg elsker dig

Olandese Ik hou van je

Inglese I love you

Francese Je t'aime

Gaelico Ta gra agam ort

Tedesco Ich liebe dich

Greco S'ayapo

Hawaiano Aloha i'a au oe

Ebraico Anee ohev otakh (maschile non femminile)

Anee ohevet otkha (femminile non maschile)

Anee ohev otkha (da maschio a maschio)

Anee ohevet otakh (femmina a femmina)

Irish Taim i' ngra leat

Irlandese/Gaelico Mo ghra' thu'

Giapponese Kimi o ai shiteru

Aishiteru Chuu shiteyo

Ora omee no koto ga suki da

Ore wa omae ga suki da

Suitonnen

Sukiyanen

Sukiyo

Watashi wa anata ga suki desu

Watashi wa anata wo aishithe imasu

Watashi wa anata o aishitemasu

A-i-shi-te ma-su

Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu

Suki desu

Coreano Tangsinul sarang ha yo

Latino Te amo

Latino (Ego) Amo te ('Ego', per enfasi)

Norvegese Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)

Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)

Jeg elsker deg (Riksmaal)

Filippino Mahal kita

Russo Ya vas lyublyu (vecchio stile)

Ya tyebya lyublyu meglio)

Ya lyublyu vas (vecchio stile)

Ya lyublyu tyebya

Spagnolo Te amo

Svedese Jag aelskar dig

Turco Seni seviyorum = Ti amo, ma usato anche per dire semplicemente Ti voglio bene

Vietnamita Anh ye^u em (maschile)

Arabo ana behebak (Ti amo, maschile)

“You can cage the singer but not the song.”

- Harry Belafonte

I've been tagged my two people so I figured why not :) So here are 10 random facts about me..

1. I spent the first 15 years of my life growing up in Kenya by the ocean. Those years and experiences have stayed with me since.

2. I've never broken any bones (touch wood).. but I have dislocated my toe, sprained both my wrists and ankles (not all at the same time!), got my head stuck in the car window, trapped my leg between rails (so painful), dropped garden shears straight into my foot, got trapped in a car that was rolling down a hill, drank bleach (by accident- I thought it was water!), and got hit by a car all before I was 13. The next 11 years haven't quite lived up to the previous excitement.

3. I can speak 3 languages (relatively well :p) English, Gujrati and Swahili.. plus I know a little Japanese. As a result, I have a messed up accent.

4. I'm a big fan of practical jokes and water balloons. I once convinced an old school friend that my best friend won the lottery after which he started talking of her as his best friend too. Although that doesn't quite beat the time when I once convinced my friend that I shaved all my hair off for the sake of fashion!

5. My friends have high hopes for a dog wedding.. they actually believe I will literally marry a dog - I have very strange (but ridiculously super awesome) friends who have always been my strength and whom I could not love more.

6. I love to dance and paint.. this relieves a lot of stress and I always feel better.

7. When I was younger I was convinced I was adopted and had a twin sister somewhere out there and we would randomly meet one day. I always kept a look out for her :) I also had an imaginary winged horse called Spirit along with other imaginary friends such as a little alien and a talking penguin.

8. I don't have any pets at the moment but we used to have at one point up to 13 dogs, a parrot and the 2 monkeys that used to beg for breakfast. In the end the monkeys shocked our parrot into an early death.. or so I've been told. It's a sad story and since then I hate seeing birds in a cage.

9. I'm scared that I'll never do all the things that I want to do and to realise that all my dreams and aspirations were in the end just dreams.

10. And finally, I'm a big procrastinator as you can already tell :p

Met this Gang of tourists when i recently shot the Lotus Temple,. This one in particular was highly amused for unknown reasons. She made me consious for sure. For once , street portrait seemed impossible with her hounding and laughing at me .She seemed highly amused by the fact that a lady was shooting pictures . By the language she spoke which i understood very little, i could tell clearly that she wanted a picture of hers . so here it is.....After all it was not difficult at all Or should i say.. it was like a prey fall right into the predator's mouth!

WORTH A TRY ON BLACK! Enjoy the view LARGE