Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Beautiful poem for MHI from other

A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE - HEART TOUCHING!

I just had to share this blesssing with you...it is heart warming to know that there are such GUPT Ismailis on this planet that are ASHIKS of our Imam..only makes me even more aware of how fortunate we are as his followers. This wonderful person is the son of Mr. Rajender who is a founder member of one of the organizations I volunteer with. The father approached me with a sincere request that his son was so overjoyed to learn about the Aga Khan and the 50yrs of Jubilee Celebration that he was inspired to write this POEM for him....he wanted the Aga Khan to read it... I was speechless and so touched by his compassion for our Imam and the sincerity of his humble request...WOW Please share it with friends and family... Thank you for kind words... sorry so much time has passed since your email. I am sending this poem to France to Aga Khan headquarters by regular mail.Thank you for the advice and info. Look forward to hearing from you again.

All the best.God bless,

Rahim Durani.

"The World Struck Gold"
by Harmohanjit Singh Pandher (copyright 2007)

You're our father, you're our mother
A precious rock unlike any other
When Allah crowned you the world struck gold
And you keep giving back ten thousand fold
Bringing our children in from the cold
Giving the forgotten a hand to hold
A golden example for the young and the old
The light of Allah's in you for all to behold
A fifty year story so true that still unfolds
You're our pride, you're our prince
A shining jewel ever since Allah crowned you and the world struck gold
And you keep giving back ten thousand fold
Improving the lives of all in your fold
Proving that right's better done than told
A guiding rainbow for every lost soul The light of Allah's in you for all to behold
A fifty year story so true that still unfolds
You're our teacher, you're our treasure
A heart of gold beyond any measure
When Allah crowned you the world struck gold
And you keep giving back ten thousand fold
Unearthing kindness from the deepest hole
Producing diamonds from the darkest coal
A guardian angel with wings of gold
The light of Allah's in you for all to behold
A fifty year story so true that still unfolds
When Allah crowned you the world struck gold
When Allah found you the world struck gold
When Allah made you we all struck gold
When Allah made you he broke the mold

Monday, April 19, 2010

French celebrity dogs enter canine hall of fame

A canine hall of fame has opened in Paris, exhibiting giant portraits of the dogs of the great and good of French political, business and social life. ‘Leur Chien’ (their dog) takes a light hearted look at what the pooches of France’s social elite might say about their owners. Valery Giscard d’Estaing, a former president who has two hunting dogs in the show, was among the celebrities who attended the exhibition’s official opening last Wednesday along with a dozen live mutts. “The idea was to do a portrait gallery from the point of view of dogs,” said Claude Anthenaise, the curator of the Musee de la Chasse in the historic Le Marais district that is hosting the show. “It reverses the traditional relationship between master and dog. We feel like prey in the gallery,” he added.

Wandering around the gallery is a slightly unnerving experience, with the giant faces of 68 dogs, one domesticated wolf and a lone cat staring out at the visitor. Antoine Schneck, who spent three years photographing the dogs, presents only their heads against a black backdrop in a square metre frame. “The most difficult dog was Alphonse, belonging to Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand, because he just wouldn’t sit still when Schneck went to take his picture in a country house in
Normandy,” the photographer said.

The current French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, declined to have his labrador Clara photographed, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy also said no to a picture of her Chihuahua Dumbledore. And erstwhile president Jacques Chirac, who gave away his Maltese terrier Sumo after it kept attacking him, declined to take part because he did not want to be associated with the museum, which is dedicated to hunting. Many of the dogs belong to politicians or business people, but France’s actors were also represented, with mutts belonging to cinema stars Isabelle Adjani and Daniel Auteuil on the show

Madonna uses Kabbalah water in London home

Pop singer Madonna, who is an ardent follower of Kabbalah, has filled the central heating system at her London mansion with holy water. According to reports, the ‘Material Girl’ has splashed out £5,000 for the water to be pumped into every radiator of her ten bedroom house. Newsoftheworld.co.uk reported that the 51-year-old believes it has a special spiritual quality to heal and protect. “It’s cost a fortune. She’d have Kabbalah water coming out of the kitchen taps if she could,” the website quoted a source as having said. Madonna is a strict devotee of the faith. So her maid reached for the stopcock when plumbers tried to drain a faulty radiator recently. A source said, “The housekeeper was in a flap and told them it was blessed water and they could not drain it. But they insisted they had to change a broken valve. It took almost an hour before she gave in and allowed them to put the water in steel buckets, pleading with them not to spill a drop.” agencies