Pardon me if you have got bored being bombarded with these two hindi words time and again in the past few weeks both in print as well as electronic media. But I can't help but use them as title of this blog as I am truly under the spell of the beauty of these two words. No wonder "Jai Ho!" which means "victory to thee" were named the top "HollyWords" of the year that closed with the Oscars. The Global Language Monitor, which uses an algorithm to track the frequency of words and phrases in the world's print and electronic media, said it was rare for two words from the same movie to be ranked in its annual list.
Hats off to Gulzar for penning down such immortal lyrics and to A.R Rahman for his illustrious composition. Receiving the oscar for this particular song Rahman said:
"This song belongs to the people of Mumbai. This song is about optimism and power of hope. All my life I had a choice between hate and love. I chose love and I am here."
Well I feel Rahman deserved another oscar for the last two sentences of his speech. From my personal experience I can tell you that choosing love over hate is almost impossible in certain circumstances of one's life. In such situations hate comes naturally to you and it requires quite an effort to contain it. May be everyone do not have the big-heartedness and forgiveness of Rahman. But one can always try giving love a chance over hate and trust me I am giving an honest try. May be it will take some time but I will keep trying.
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