Ruhi's Tumblelog

"Where’s your will to be weird?"

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:49:26 -0500

““Where’s your will to be weird?””

- Jim Morrison (via kari-shma)

"The true beloveds of this world are in their lover’s eyes, lilacs opening, ship lights, school..."

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:40:47 -0500

“The true beloveds of this world are in their lover’s eyes, lilacs opening, ship lights, school bells, a landscape, remembered conversations, friends, a child’s Sunday, lost voices, one’s favorite suit, autumn and all seasons, memory, yes, it being the earth and water of existence, memory.”

- ~Truman Capote (via myquarterlifecrisis)

pop17: carinaavila: Thriller | Michael Jackson I’ll try to...

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:37:09 -0500

pop17:

carinaavila:

Thriller | Michael Jackson

I’ll try to make this my last MJ post.

thedailywhat: Oh Internet. [via.]

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:34:50 -0500

thedailywhat:

Oh Internet.

[via.]

logan85: lickystickypickyme: Peterrrrrrrrrrrr, the schoolbus...

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:17:31 -0500

logan85:

lickystickypickyme:

Peterrrrrrrrrrrr, the schoolbus is herrrrrrre

Wow. A bullock cart filled with school going kids.

thedailywhat: pictures for sad children. Very CNN-ish.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:03:24 -0500

thedailywhat:

pictures for sad children.

Very CNN-ish.

sundaymorning: The Jackson 5 - I’ll Be There

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:58:51 -0500

sundaymorning:

The Jackson 5 - I’ll Be There

hoitycoity: (via eyeonspringfield)

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:57:12 -0500

hoitycoity:

(via eyeonspringfield)

"In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still..."

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:56:40 -0500

“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.”

- Michael Jackson (via lorenrochelle)

Maa Tujhe Salaam (Vande Mataram)- A.R. Rahman

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:55:03 -0500

Maa Tujhe Salaam (Vande Mataram)- A.R. Rahman

"I slept and dreamt that Life was Joy; I awoke and realised that Life was Service; I acted and..."

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:49:42 -0500

“I slept and dreamt that Life was Joy;
I awoke and realised that Life was Service;
I acted and behold; Service was Joy.”

- - Rabindranath Tagore.

Nothing seems to be perfectly right at this time, except this one. It just nailed right into my head. This is what I feel should motivate us from doing what we are doing right now. Being a fellow at TeachforIndia, I think I am not in an illusion that I am the beaming hope for the country, but I am a person who works the minutest of change that I wanted to see in the present way of of life. I find joy in making this change happen.

(via madhukar)

thedailywhat: Father’s Day: For when you really, really,...

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:38:20 -0500

thedailywhat:

Father’s Day: For when you really, really, REALLY love your dad.

Really.

[via.]

kari-shma: via: ahh…sounds familiar to me.

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:35:52 -0500

kari-shma:

via:

ahh…sounds familiar to me.

iindia: Tamil Nadu

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:32:25 -0500

iindia:

Tamil Nadu

Bombay Theme Music by A.R. Rahman

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:28:53 -0500

Bombay Theme Music by A.R. Rahman

"A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January..."

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:13:09 -0500

“

A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning.
He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. Every single time a child walked past, he or she tried to stop and watch. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace.
He collected $32.
When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it.
No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.

Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

”

- “Violinist in the MetroA man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and start…” - My soup (via terminally-incoherent) (via peterwknox) (via thedco) (via artistspaid)

Reblogging to remind myself to see the beauty in the world.

(via missbrightside)

(via sqpeg)

"Yesterday at the market, I saw a couple holding hands and I realized we’ll never do that. Never..."

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:08:11 -0500

“Yesterday at the market, I saw a couple holding hands and I realized we’ll never do that. Never anything like it. No picnics or unguarded smiles, no rings, just stolen moments that leave too quickly.”

- Isolde (Sophia Myles), Tristan + Isolde (via eunichick) (via kari-shma)

Kishore Kumar- Badi Sooni Sooni Hai…from the movie Milli

Sat, 30 May 2009 12:18:26 -0500

Kishore Kumar- Badi Sooni Sooni Hai…from the movie Milli

Such a romantic song. And Abhay Deol is so CUTE.

Thu, 28 May 2009 01:20:00 -0500

Such a romantic song. And Abhay Deol is so CUTE.

A lion was getting married.At his wedding was a mouse shouting away & congratulating the lion...

Fri, 15 May 2009 08:16:13 -0500

A lion was getting married.At his wedding was a mouse shouting away & congratulating the lion ” all the best my brother…good luck…”.Seeing the mouse shouting away claiming that the lion getting married is his brother. Another Lion grabs the mouse in anger & asks “Who the hell do you think you are….how can a lion be your brother… you are only a mouse.The Mouse replies…”I was also a Lion before I got married.