HOME AGAIN

Far away from the maddening crowd,

I am on my way back to hometown now,

Left behind those busy street lanes,

I am making my way towards the high mountains...

I am driving too slow as if some turtle is walking

cause' with these roads i wanna have some chat-talking.







After so long,I am back on my country roads.

Searching for some butterflies and few little toads.

A bit ahead will be the same waterfall i know,

and 200 miles ahead will be the mountains covered with snow.







Oh!I remember that old farm.Yes i do.

where grandma would live with her dog named boo.

how I would play with boo,the whole day through,

and how bitterly i cried when he died of some flu.






Childhood memories are flashing back in my head,

oh how i wish i cud get those fine days back

but time once gone can never be attained,

though the memories live forever inside the brain...






How slow I am driving I should turn up now,

cause' I have to reach sweet home before it gets dark,

Mumma must be waiting for me so eagerly,

as she used to do so tenderly...






Birds are flying back to their places,

as sky is growing dusky and dark.....

but my country is still shining so bright

It still have that passion and spark...






Here i m finally outside my home in the night

oh mumma you are looking so beautiful and juvenile

father you are growing some old I

please stop doing work like a busy bee






they kissed me tenderly and took me inside

I took a deep breathe n looked beside..

my little sis was sleeping and holding a card

with a message "welcome brother,in the country's heart"





I kissed upon her cheeks and had my food,

searched for the whisky, I wanted to shoot,

had a drink with my father and he said,

You must be tired just go off to your bed..






I jumped on my bed and closed my eyes

called my doggy and then hold him tight

I forgot all tiredness and all my pain

oh what a pleasure to be home again ..

NIKKHIL VERMA
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PANKHURIYA---PETALS OF LOVE,CARE & HELP

Hello friends.Nice to be back here once again.This time I am here with a very important work and I honestly need u all to join my hands and turn my dreams into reality.Yes,I have seen a dream to make every child literate and educated,because we all know that these are the children who will have to hold the responsibilities of making India a developed and prosperous nation in the near future.But the saddest part is that still there are children who desperately want to get proper education but lack of resources put their wishes back in the pocket.There are people who want their children to get higher and proper education,in some cases even the children are brilliant but lack of money made them to wipe their tears silently n sit back.

So I have thought something that can possibbly fulfill their wishes.All I need is your support.I am launching a social group by the name of PANKHURIYA---PETALS OF LOVE,CARE & HELP..................
Yes PANKHURIYA is a social group which is first of all a 0 money group....I am not asking for any funds or any financial help.Now this might sound a bit odd to you that then how we are going to help such children??
As I said that this group is for the education of those children who quit their education just because they or their parents are unable to provide them the books that cost too much and also the huge amount of school fees seem like a heavy burden to them.Sometimes even if they go to buy these books on second hand rate basis then only their pocket doesn't allow them to go for that.Children of India are the children who can change the face of India and therefore I thought to collect such books n other study materials from all my friends and from you,the books that u probably sell or give someone who can afford...but think about these children who are willing to study but lack of money is a hurdle....i need no money,not even ur precious time.All I want you to do is that please contribute as many books as you can to my organisation so that these children also go for studies.I also want all schools to come ahead n make it a point to educate atleast 5-10 children by providing them free education atleast upto 10th grade.
I want all the education boards across the country to kindly join me and all the schools to make it a point to give free and proper education to any 5 children .We can definitely bring a change by doing this.Suppose if 10 schools join us and each school provide free education to 10 students then only this can make 100 children educated.After completing 10th they can go for vocational courses and can earn their livelihood atleast.
These things are for the future but we have to make it a start so that India can witness a glorious future ahead.....join me if u r with me and bring a change..

To join this group..click on the link below..


http://www.orkut.co.in/Community?cmm=92218935&mt=7


Thankyou..

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NUMEROLOGY:CHECK OUT WHAT YOUR NUMBER SAYS

NUMEROLOGY:The magic of Numbers


The science of ASTROLOGY,PALMSTRY and NUMEROLOGY is quite famous all across the world.People go to Palm readers,Tarrot readers and to Numerologits to know that what is stored in for them in their future.Be it a matter of love,marriage,business or any other issue we always give importance to astrologers to give their view on our decisions regarding these issues.
Well I am lucky enough to have an Astrologer,Palm reader and a Numerologist as the head of my family.My father Mr.C.L.Verma,who is a Sr.Executive in a very reputed insurance company,has excelled himself in these sciences of stars,numbers and lines of palm.He is such a great personality that whatever he tells to people prove to be true sooner or later.Being a Sr.Executive, he doesnt get much time for this but on sundays you can see people calling him and visiting him.I asked my dad to teach me at least one thing so he finally agreed and taught me the science of Numerology.So whatever I have learnt so far I am sharing that with you.You check out what is your number and see what does your number tells about you.Here we go.........................




NUMBER 1::This number belongs to the people who first saw this planet on 1,10,19 or 28.The people with this number are the most successful people on this earth.If your number is 1 it means that you will always get success in your life.You have a strong tolerating power.You have to face struggle in life but the secret of your success is that you never get hopeless during the ups and downs in life.You have a good quality of leadership.You are tallented by birth.You want the upliftment of evryone around you and for that you can even sacrifice yourself.You understand your friends and help them in each and every circumstances.You make everyone your friend and you believe in holding on that friendship for lifeterm.You have a generous nature.Your friends keep blind faith on you and follow you blindly.You believe in presenting your work with beauty.You see the things beyond evryone's imagination.You are lucky because success comes to your way in a very short time.You give your full attention to your goal.The decisions you take are very successful and never get spoiled.You live carefree.You are your own producers and own directors.




NUMBER 2::This number belongs to the people who first opened their eyes on 2,11,20 or 29.The people with this number are very creative and busy.If you are number 2,then you are of emotional nature.You are mentally very strong.You find happiness when others are happy and getting success.You are very supportive and cooperative.Your nature is very kind.You are the true innovaters of beauty.The way you recognise the beauty and love,others can never do that way.You have an attractive power.You may have a married life full of misunderstandings.





NUMBER 3::This number belongs to the people who cut that cake on 3,12,21,30.If you are number 3 then you have got a great personality.You are a mixture of all the qualities of number 1 and 2.You present yourself in front of others in a very beautiful and systematic manner.You have a great convincing power,you make others agree to what you talk.You are not a millionaire but your tallent and hardwork can make you a millionaire.You are spendthrift but before spending money you think thrice and utilize the money in meaningful stuff.You have a high standard of thinking and look for high designations.You may face failures in your big plans.You expect sudden changes from life.You will not get anything from brothers or family but you are always ready to help them.You also get confused most of the times while doing some important work.You love to work like busy bee.You hate interference.You have big heart.You are short tempered but that too for a short time.Travelling will bring a turning point in your life.



NUMBER 4::This number belongs to the people who blow those candles on 4,13,22 or 31.You are number 4 and so confused personality.Though you want to live a sysytematic way of life but circumstances get clumsy and your way start shaking.You always face obstacles while you do some work.You never get angry but if by chance that anger overcomes you then you never care about anything and sometimes lead to your own loss.You do work in hurry but later you regret for your mistakes.You have a soft wax nature.People often try to make use of you and even if you know that they are using you ,you keep on helping them.You face sudden changes in life.Your plans get failed most of the time because you keep on changing your plans in an hour or two.You hate criticising anyone.People love to share their secrets with you because you never reveal them.You face enemities in life but your enemies can never make any differenece in your life.You believe on others and walk on the path told by them.You spend your mst of the time in thinking rather than executing that.Sometime you get the feeling of being isolated and unimportant.You will get success in the mid 20's of your life.



NUMBER 5::This number belongs to the people who add one more year in their life on 5,14 or 23.If you are number 5,you have got a an attractive personality.You are perfect in making your place in others heart very quickly.You believe in having lifeterm relationship.You dot waste your time in useless stuff.You are very punctual actually.You love traveling.You are very intelligent and have got a sharp mind.You are very adaptable and can survive in any circumstances.You are very innovative and always new ideas keep creeping up in your mind.You want to get excelled in each and every field.You are business minded and give importance to side business.You face failures but you have a strong will power that you start the same work with double hardwork.You enjoy doing every work.You love taking chances and risks and thats the only secret of your success.People are always ready to help you.You have a great quality of learning things very quickly.You believe in success and you get success on your own.You love yourself very much.





NUMBER 6::This number belongs to the people who first felt the touch of their mother on 6,15 or 24.You are number 6 with impressive personality.You have got the real beauty.You always care about maintaining the shape of your body.You hate ugliness.You are a great lover of music,art and poetry.You spend your time on these things.You love to have antiques.You always seem to be eager o know that what is there in others mind.You love worldly things.You get success because of your plannings.You have a smiling face.People feel happy in your company.You are considered as the light of the party.You have a naughty nature as well.You cant sit at the same place for a long time.You love travelling.You dressed yourself in such a way so that evryone casts his eyes upon you.You love people who behave well.You are quite fashionable and love modernisation.You adopt latest fashion.You love white color.Your nature is quite loving and caring.You can never live alone.You want someone with you everytime.You get discouraged if the work you are doing is not going on the right way.




NUMBER 7::This number belongs to the people who brought happiness for their parents on 7,16 or 25.If your number is 7 then you are a very kind personality.People of this number are mostly philosophers and writers.You are very intelligent and evrytime keeps on thinking pure thoughts for the world.You love to take challenges and fight hard with them.You dont consider anything waste and try to make the best use of everything around you.You start your work with the worst of difficulties but once you hold on that you surely get success in that.Your imagination is os beautiful.You are more courageous and bold than any other person of any number.You love to take pain and keep on doing the work if its not done.You believe in destiny and lucky you,you have got a shining destiny that will bring success to you and will make u sit on the allevations of success.You believe in doing work with great satisfaction and new techniques.You believe in doing work in your own style,you hate copy-paste technique.You take decisions that are fruitful.You hate doing anywork under pressure and you always do what you feel is right.You have future like a shining star.You have a huge friend circle because of your sweet and friendly nature.Though you remain busy in your own but even then people around you love you and respect you.You change yourself according to circumstances.You have a sixth sense of knowing that what other person is thinking and what are his emotions for you.People can never forget you because you mark some irreplacable memories in their life.You are a good learner.You love to do adventures.Your friends are your biggest asset.





NUMBER 8::This number belongs to the people who cried first on 8,17 or 26.Your number says that you are very busy and always create confusions for others.You have quality to get success because you are courageous but circumstances bring difficulties in between.You never tell your secrets to anyone.You have seen major changes in your life that came to you all of a sudden.You never show your problems to anyone.You keep smile on your face no matter ho much tensed you are.You do work in peaceful environment and present it with beauty.You say things after knowing the weightage of that.You are simple serious and sober.If you are someone's best friend then you are someone;s worst enemy as well.You can do the worst for your enemy.You never go for the work that you don't like to do,no matter you are being served with bulks of money for that.You hate gossiping.You look stone hearted but you are very kind and loving.You hate cheap talks and pranks.You love to help poors.You love living the simple life and hate being artificial.You give importance to money and that's why always think to do it right way to earn money.You are not so religious.Business will open the doors of success for you.



NUMBER 9::This number belongs to the people who first opened their eyes on 9,18 or 27.If your number is 9 then it means you are quite bold and brave personality with strong and muscular built.You hate being defeated in any aspect.You do your work with dedication and dont think for the results.You love to take risks and chances in life.You are mentally strong as well.Sometimes you go against the society and do works that society hates.You are a leader.You appear as a stone heart person but you are very soft with the matter of heart.You love discipline and you want your work done by hook or crook.You are full of fire and spark.You are over excited.You can take advantages from others.Your anger can ruin you so keep a hold on it.You want popularity and publicity.Sometimes you create problems among your friends.You cant live in peaceful environment for long time.Be careful while riding any vehicle.Love is in full quantity with flirt.Yes you are flirty at times.You love yourself the most.You hate asking for help to others.You have a great power of togetherness even though you are not so much into social works.You will get success only if you play safe with business.

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INSTRUMENTS USED IN COUNTRY MUSIC

As every genre of music has its own style,own rhythm,its own lyrical quality ,scale and pitch so does there is the difference in the instruments used.Every genre of music has somewhat different musical instruments that produces a sound which makes the music style different and thus music sounds different and makes us able to choose our favorite style of music.....
Talking about country music,it is the only genre of music that has very different kinds of musical instruments that make the music so melodious,pleasing and soulful.So here i want to acknowledge you all with the musical instruments used in country music.....

DULCIMERS::

The mountain dulcimers are the most important and vibrant country music instrument.It is said that it was originated over 200 years ago.Dulcimers are only used in country music.The first dulcimer was made in PENNSYLVALIA in the late 1780s.Dulcimers were first used in the folk music of Virginia,West Virginia,Ohio,Tennessee and North Carolina.The sound of Dulcimer is unmatched.

The best Dulcimers players so far are Lois Hornbostel,Leo Kretzner,David Schnaufer,Lorraine Lee,Larkin Bryant,Howwie Mitchell,Holly Tannen and Barb Truex.

ACCORDION:

During the early days of Country music,Accordion played a very significant role.In later years it was replaced by the steel guitar but recently many country artists started using it again .True country Accordionist are very rare breed.Pee Wee King is a very fine Accordionist who gave the Accordion much more exposure with his beautiful recording of the Tenneessee Waltz.Country artists like Hank Williams,Bill Monroe,Roy Acuff,Marion Martin started using Accordion in their recordings.
There are two styles of Playing Accordion and they are SLIPSTYLE & COUNTRY WHIRLS.The first Accordion was made in 1728.

HARMONICA::

The harmonica is a free reed wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers) or multiple holes. The pressure caused by blowing or drawing air into the reed chambers causes a reed or multiple reeds to vibrate up and down creating sound. Each chamber has multiple, variable-tuned brass or bronze reeds which are secured at one end and loose on the other end, with the loose end vibrating and creating sound.
Harmonica was developed in Europe in the early 19th century.It was first appeared in Vienna.There are two techniques of playing Harmonica.The first technique is called VIBRATO,where a shaking note is given to harmonica by closing and opening hands around the harmonica.The second technique is called HEAD-SHAKING technique which is used in country music as well as blues.It is the moving of lips between the holes of harmonica very rapidly.
The best Harmonica players from the world of country music are:Charlie McCoy,Mickey Raphael,Jimmy Fadden,Terry McMillian,Mike Caldwell,Delbert McClinton,Leo Enry,klint Black,Kevin Garinger,Eddie K Lively.

JUMBO ACOUSTIC GUITAR

The guitar arrived in America with early European settlers during the Industrial Revolution.As the guitar became popular in stringbands, a number of guitarists began creating their own innovative styles.the first successful solid body guitar, and its success largely come from country pickers. In the 1990's, though, the technology has changed, no country guitar style, acoustic or electric, is truly out of date, and new ideas continue to flow.But stilll this guitar hasn't lost its charm and other genres also picking up rhythm from it. Well there are so many artisits who used it,i should say that almost evry artist used this guitar for his recordings,so no need to mention the name and each one who played this guitar is simply great in his own way.

FIDDLE::

Fiddles aren't just for grannies and cowboys! Even though fiddles are often used in country and folk music they are played in almost every style of music too.
Fiddles and violins are the same instrument - violin is just another name for the wood instrument. The fiddle belongs to the string family.
The main instrument used in Celtic music and Irish jigs is the fiddle.You don't have to be a genius to play but this is one instrument that requires a lot of coordination, skill and musical ability.The main instrument used in Celtic music and Irish jigs is the fiddle. Natalie MacMaster is a very popular Canadian fiddler. The Irish group of musical clones, The Corrs, are always fiddlin' away. A young fiddler from Canada's Maritimes, Ashley MacIssac, took fiddlin' to the next level by combining it with techno and pop music
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Well these are some of the typical country music instruments that are used in country music that make the melody more soulful.Country music is beautiful just because of the coordination of lyrics and the instruments..There are other instruments as well like drums,Bass and electric guitar but these instruments are used in almost evry genre so need not to mention that.Hope you all will like my this article and will try to listen to the country songs n try to rematch the sound of instruments i have told you about.


At any point if you want to ask about anything regarding COUNTRY MUSIC,just ask me.

KEEP ENJOYING HERE ..
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COUNTRY MUSIC-AN INTRODUCTION

Hello everyone,I am Nikkhil Verma.I hope many of you know me but in case if I am stranger to you so here I am extending my hands of friendship towards you.First of all just want to thank my brother Pulkit who introduced me to this world of blogging and gave me an honor to post the best of my knowledge about different things here.I firmly believe that if you have knowledge about something you should always share that with your friends.As they say in hindi that "vidhya dhan sarva pradhanam"...so its always share a part of your knowledge with the one you know and even with them whom you dont know..

This is my first post to any blog and I am trying to acknowledge you all with the best of my knowledge about the most beautiful genre of music and that is "COUNTRY MUSIC"

COUNTRY MUSIC:It is said that the birthplace of country music or in simple words the place from where country music was originated is Bristol,Tennessee in 1927.There was an engineer called Ralph Peer who set up a recording studio there as a work for his engineering and later to check how does it works,he asked Jimmie rodgers and carter family to sing some songs ,who later on became the first stars of country music.They were the people who worked in rural areas.There was a mill worker,Fiddlin John Carson who was asked by Peer to sing in his studios.He sang some old familiar tunes.The early country music was recorded by Victor records.later on Peer and Victor records started to find some new artist who can sing in the same style and beingin countryside they named this tyle as "COUNTRY".

At the time of Great Depression rural people were forced to move towards urban areas ,they carried away the country songs and country music with them to urban areas,there also it was new to the urban people and when urban people heard the country people singing some typical tones they also named it "country songs"

"BARN DANCE"was a radio programme started in 1920's that gave popularity to the country music and people started loving this genre of music.Although that time some genres that are so popular these days were not into existense but people were more into classical music of the era.From 1940-1950 Atlanta Radio station gave popularity to country music.

The country music was gaining popularity but it was the time when there was a need of performing country singer,so there it got HANK WILLIAMS,who brought honky-tonk ethos in the mainstream of country music and became the popular star,,during 1960,CHET ATKINS
was on fire as a great country singer followed by ALAN JACKSON in 1980 and then came the neverending flood of country artists who put the country music on the zenith of popularity.
Few country artist who make the world of country music so popular are::

1. Johnny Cash
2. Hank Williams
3. Merle Haggard
4. Patsy Cline
5. Jimmie Rodgers
6. Bill Monroe
7. Carter Family
8. Willie Nelson
9. Waylon Jennings
10. George Jones
11. Conway Twitty
12. Bob Wills
13. Tammy Wynette
14. Loretta Lynn
15. Buck Owens
16. Kitty Wells
17. Dolly Parton
18. Lefty Frizzell
19. Ray Price
20. Eddy Arnold
21. Ernest Tubb
22. Webb Pierce
23. Ronnie Milsap
24. Jim Reeves
25. Charley Pride
26. The Stanley Brothers
27. George Strait
28. Flatt & Scruggs
29. Marty Robbins
30. Garth Brooks
31. Elvis Presley
32. Hank Snow
33. Don Gibson
34. Hank Williams Jr.
35. Roger Miller
36. Johnny Horton
37. Charlie Rich
38. Red Foley
39. Louvin Brothers
40. Statler Brothers
41. Roy Acuff
42. Gene Autry
43. Hank Thompson
44. Bobby Bare
45. Chet Atkins
46. George Morgan
47. Porter Wagoner
48. Tennessee Ernie Ford
49. Vern Gosdin
50. Sonny James
51. Reba McEntire
52. Tom T. Hall
53. Roy Rogers
54. Tanya Tucker
55. Bill Anderson
56. The Oak Ridge Boys
57. Faron Young
58. Earl Thomas Conley
59. Alabama
60. Barbara Mandrell
61. Gene Watson
62. Crystal Gayle
63. Kenny Rogers
64. Shania Twain
65. Glen Campbell
66. Rodney Crowell
67. Keith Whitley
68. Dwight Yoakam
69. Marty Stuart
70. Patsy Montana
71. Don Williams
72. Steve Wariner
73. The Judds
74. Jean Shepard
75. Roy Clark
76. Emmylou Harris
77. Mel Tillis
78. John Conlee
79. Ricky Skaggs
80. Dottie West
81. T.G. Sheppard
82. Johnny Paycheck
83. Bellamy Brothers
84. Randy Travis
85. Lynn Anderson
86. Carl Smith
87. Dave Dudley
88. John Denver
89. Vince Gill
90. Patty Loveless
91. Alan Jackson
92. Clint Black
93. The Dixie Chicks
94. Brooks & Dunn
95. Tim McGraw
96. Toby Keith
97. Anne Murray
98. Diamond Rio
99. Mark Chesnutt
100. Alison Krauss + Union Station

These artists have contributed their best in making country music so popular,in my next posts i will bring in the information about some of the best country singers..

till then keep smiling. :)

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