Welcome to the Dobhal Home page (Babbu)
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Born and brought up in Mumbai (formerly called Bombay), India - the city with more hustle and bustle than the world's New Yorks, Los Angeles' and Londons.
Mumbai = Mumbaa Ai or Mother Mumba, a Goddess.
The beautiful mountainous land of Garhwal Himalaya Mountains in the Uttarakhand State
of India are captivating for reasons at great variance with those for one liking Mumbai.
The Garhwal Himalayas are serene, scenic, captivating, snow-capped, Valley of Flowers' filled, blessed by the beautiful snow-capped sites of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Jamnotri.
Visit the great city of Mumbai for many a good story idea.
Sitting on the shores of the Arabian Sea in front of the Air India building in Mumbai, watching the sea and the skyline is really a great experience.
Miscellaneous / Interests
Hobbies:
Reading,Writing, Folk Music, Quiz, Internet Web Surfing and Debating.
I love the beaches of Goa and the beautiful land of Garhwal.
It seems like a career in software will be my pursuit.
Java, Internet/Intranet Development, Telcommunications technologies and Object Oriented Databases are my favourites.
Works by my favourite Authors
Do you like reading Ruskin Bond and Vikram Chandra? They are my favourites.
Ruskin Bond
Major works:
- A Room on the Roof
- Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra
- Time Stops at Shamli
,and
- Countless stories for children
Books on Mumbai
Major works:
- Midnight's Children
- Vertigo
- The Moor's Last Sigh
- Love and Longing in Bombay
This site is home to the first ever Garhwali song on the Internet -
Garhwali music is one of my favourites. I have been keen on getting atleast 1 good song
from the Uttarakhand Hills on my web page. I have succeeded in getting the song, `Nandu
Teru Daadu Kahan Jayun Cha' - `Nandu, where is your elder brother ?'. Sung by
Devraj Rangeela and Rekha Uniyal, the song depicts a scene from a village in Uttarakhand, India. I have
had the pleasure and privilege of having spent quite some time with Rekha Didi in Mumbai
when she stayed in our building. Her sweet voice as Nandu lends its own melody and the
perfect match to Devraj's singing.
The idea of this exercise is to make a start in putting the Indian Garhwali Music on the
Internet map of the World. This song was put on the Internet on Republic Day January 26, 1999.
It is, to the best of my knowledge, the first Garhwali song on the Internet.
Nandu Teru Daadu Kahan Jayun Cha
This sound Wave file does take a while to download and play.
You could explore the web further
Sometimes, when we reach a particular web page hoping for information on a topic and
only find a Link to another Web Site that might contain that information, we do, on
occasion, get a bit flustered. However, we do need to keep in mind that the mere link
itself might help quite a new breed of Internet users who are yet to become accustomed to
a 100 % successful search.
The links here best reflect personal tastes and likes.
People I am happy to have known during the course of school and college.
Indian Cricket Commentary Live on the Web
Indian Cricket Scores Live on the Web
Link to Web page on Robin Singh
The World Cup 1999 Matches
India's 1975 World Cup Cricket campaign
Other Web Sites
Garhwal, India Tourism Sites
Surinder Negi's site with
information about Garhwal, India
Colorado Springs
a small city in Colorado State, USA where I stayed earlier.
Site for developing good Internet Web Pages
Indian Radio Programme in US with Online songs
Home to the best Internet browser in the world
Help on UNIX Shells
The Lyrics of Hindi Songs
One of my biggest favourites
Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran in Real Audio.
Guessing the lyrics is a tall order
The popular Yahoo Web search engine
Space & astronomy with NASA
Desi Songs in Multi-media
Indian TV - Doordarshan Live on the Net
Another good Web search engine
HOME (Reload this Page)
South Asian Literature Online
Indian News Headlines delivered FREE by E-mail
Java, the landmark Technology
Indian Newspaper - Times Of India
Good, Unique collection of songs in different Indian languages
The Mumbai Bus Service, BEST, on the Web
Free E-mail on the Web
Live Internet Audio/Video Worldwide Sports Web Site
Suggestions for further links to be added are welcome.
Dev Anand has been the Gregory Peck of the Indian film industry. With a toss-and-throw style of
speech, a gait that resembles the leaning tower of Pisa, and the ubiquitous puff of hair turned
upwards on his forehead, he has captivated the hearts of millions of Indian film viewers,
including being my biggest favourite Movie Star in the World.
Gregory Peck has admitted to emulating and even copying Dev Anand.
Here is a
link
to songs picturized on the greatest Romantic Hero in Indian Cinema, Dev Anand.
Some of my favourite Dev Anand songs are now available via Youtube. Please search for Kali Ke Roop Mein (Nau Do Gyarah) and Ruk Jaana (Warrant).
Here is
an Article on Navjot Singh Sidhu
, an ace Indian Cricket Sports Player.
Wrote this just before the
World Cup Cricket 1999 Indian Team selection.
And, here is
an Article on Robin Singh
, India's greatest Allrounder after Kapil Dev and Manoj Prabhakar.
Wrote this after the World Cup Cricket 1999.
