Mujra Night on the Terrace

A great party usually has the following ingredients:
Great Settings, Great Mood, Great Music, Great Food and not to forget Great People.

Now, the people factor remaining constant with the usual friends and cousins, I have always had this dream to organize this amazing party for some real chilled out occasion. Haven't yet had the chance to do it, but I really hope to be able to do it soon.

Here are my party ingredients -
My party would be on the roof top terrace of my house, during some pleasant weather season. The theme of the party would be a "Mujra Party", and the setting, yeah you guess it right, would be a Kotha setting.
The dress code for everyone would be Ethnic wear, like Kurta Pyjama etc.

There would be Mattresses (Gadde) arranged in a square arrangement, with enough space in between the arrangement (a smaller square) for dance.
Each of the mattresses would have thick capsule shaped pillows on them for person to lie down with support and flavored Hukkas to get the mood rolling.

Another important item required for the perfect mood would be flowers, particularly Jasmine. The flowers would be placed on all sides of the setting, but the most particular use of flowers, here, would be in the Jasmine Garlands to be wore on hands for the best mujra feeling.

Most of the light would be from Diyas, lightened and placed strategically as per the terrace layout, to get an amazing mixed effect of the darkness and the brightness of the diyas. Particularly, the area outside the mattresses would be given a hue of darkness mixed with diya lights, for an amazing effect. However, the central area would be given fairly bright lights with ethnic lamps, for people to be able to see and enjoy.

The environment would, as is obvious, be set by Mujra numbers, like - "Inhi Logon Ne", "Inn Aankhon Ki Masti", "Dil Cheez Kya Hai", "Maar Dala" etc.

Though I would definitely Love to get an actual Mujra dancer to perform, it might just invite troubles for us, if not from anywhere outside, from our own folks.
Therefore, however much I might want that or may I say We might want that, we ll have to take the center stage by ourselves and dance on our own, while the non-dancers watch and enjoy the Hukka.

Coming down to the last phase of my party plan, which is also the most important phase - Food and Drinks.
For drinks, Wine would be served liek a Jaam from the traditional Surahi and drank in similar traditional glasses. For the Sufis (non-drinkers), Sharbat would be served in a similar way.

Food, though undoubtedly the Most Important aspect of the whole evening, is not much of a headache. After all, to suit the evening the feast has gotta be Mughlai. And when talking Mughlai Food, who else but to trust the ultimate best in matters of taste - Kitchens of India.

I simply need to login and order Gourmet Products from Kitchens of India  and half the job would have already been done.
So, the food for the day would comprise of :
Dal Bukhara, Paneer Darbari, both prepared to perfection by Kitchens of India
and Vegetable Biryani, prepared from the Easy and Ready To Cook Vegetable Biryani Mix from Kitchens of India
The sweet dessert would offer a hard choice in the form of Jodhpuri Moong Dal Halwa and Awadhi Badam Halwa, royal desserts prepared from the finest of ingredients by Kitchens of India.

I really believe this would be One Amazing Party for all the people that would get the chance to Experience it. Everyone would have a gala time Eating the delectable dishes, Drinking and Smoking ethnically and Dancing to Mujra. Ofcourse, anyone willing to shower money would be totally welcome.


My only hope remains for this party to be able to Actually Take Place in its full glow soon....

Ignoring Oral Health, Killing Prospects With Future Wife

"Honey..aren't you gonna kiss me before you go?" asked Neeta. Rahul, who was already in a lot of hurry did not want to offend her and smilingly came forward to complete the gesture.
Neeta and Rahul were college buddies, and had been going around since their second year. It had been a full 2 years since they were inseparable.
Or, may be, not exactly Inseparable, because when they were in their final year, Rahul met Aashi, a fresher in the same college, and fell for her right there and then. She had those brilliant sparkling eyes, nothing interested Rahul more. And soon, Rahul had proposed Aashi and she had agreed.
So, now that Rahul had Aashi, his interest in Neeta was dwindling, just like the kiss she demanded.

Rahul came right in, with a wide, but fake, smile on his face. He was getting late to meet Aashi. How much he had missed her while she was out of town with her family. It was times like these, when Aashi wasn't around, that Neeta came in handy for Rahul's muse. But now that Aashi was back and he was supposed to meet her, he just wanted to run away from Neeta and stop only after diving into Aashi's beautiful eyes.

Just as Rahul's lips came close to Neeta's lips and he was about to kiss her, she suddenly withdrew. He could see the sudden anger that she had in her eyes. Had she known about him and Aashi already? Is this the time for his death? He was puzzled with what just happened.
"Dude..you have got Such Bad Breath. What the hell did you have for breakfast..your old socks!" cried out Neeta loudly.

Shocked from the sudden turn of events, Rahul tried defending himself - "No baby! It must be the damn garlic breadsticks from yesterday."
"No..its much worse than that. Much Much More Worse. And its not just today. I have been tolerating this from a number of days and also trying to tell you about it. But its just getting worse each day." Neeta replied instantly and started walking away from Rahul "I'm sorry to say this Rahul, but I cannot be with you anymore. Bye"
Rahul could not believe his eyes and ears. Neeta had just broken up with him and was literally running away like she saw a ghost. But this did not make him sad. He, himself, was thinking of ways to part with Neeta so he could only be with Aashi - his dream girl. And with what just happened, he couldn't wish for more. He thanked the garlic breadsticks and dashed towards the metro station, where he was supposed to meet Aashi 10 minutes back.

"What made you so late baby? I ve been waiting here for you since so long." complained Aashi just as Rahul approached her.
"Oh nothing honey. I just stopped to buy burgers for both of us." replied Rahul, giving one to Aashi before he started unwrapping his own ice-cream.

"My tikki burger is yummilicious. How is your vegetable burger?" said Rahul teasingly.
"Why don't you check it yourself. Here.." Aashi said while bringing her burger near Rahul's mouth as he took a large bite.

"Its good, but its not half as good as mine and no where in comparison of you, my love." Rahul continued his playful mood while she was looking at where Rahul had taken a bite.
"Come, let me taste you this time. I have missed you so much all these days when you were away.." Rahul continued while coming forward to kiss Aashi. He was still mid way, lost into Aashi's beautiful blue eyes, when Aashi suddenly withdrew and went away from Rahul.
Rahul, shocked as he was, could not understand what was happening. This was the second time this had happened in the same day to him. What was the reason this time? Is this a beautiful dream that has suddenly turned to be a nightmare?
Totally puzzled, Rahul looked towards Aashi as she started speaking- "Rahul, I don't know what has gotten into you. Your mouth has been smelling really bad lately. And as if that was not enough, your gums are also bleeding now and you just left traces of your blood on my burger.
I ve been telling you to take good care of your teeth lately, but it seems you have only been ignoring what I say."
"No baby..I really don't think its anything serious. Its probably just the garlic breadsticks I had from yesterday, that's causing the smell" defended Rahul. Deep inside, he was damning the breadsticks this time.

"See, you are doing it again. You are once again ignoring it. Fine, I don't think I want to go out with you anymore. I don't want to go out with a guy who has bad breath, bleeding gums and also wont listen to me when I am concerned. Bye!" shouted Aashi, as she shot off, away from Rahul.

Rahul, shocked with the happenings of the day, just couldn't decide what to say. Words just didn't seem to come out.

One week later, Rahul visited a dentist after repeatedly being told by parents and friends.
"Rahul, increased plaque concentration has caused Gingivitis which has been causing bad breath and bleeding gums. Unfortunately, you have been late in taking note of this problem and coming to me. Two of your teeth have started decaying already. Now I would advice you to use Colgate Total so we can reverse the gum problems fast. Here, see this link on my laptop and it will tell you the benefits.." dentist told Rahul opening My Healthy Speak Blog on his laptop, as Rahul repented ignoring all the signs and advices.


The Moral of the Story is: Ignoring Signs Of Oral Problems Not Only Causes Damage To Teeth Life, But Also The Prospects With Future Wife