25TH JAN--REPUBLIC DAY PREPARATIONS.

We were quite delighted when we planned the jam that was just a day before our Republic Day.We thought to make it special in our own lil way, so we decided to wear whites and distribute flags to as many people we could..also we thought we would play songs that are patriotic,that do remember the nation once in a while among all those commercial masala stuff...
aneways the start was good with an audience starting with " aao yaaro mere sang sang jhumo" the song from "Mission Kashmir" which further says " aaya hu main pyaar ka ye nagma sunane
sabke dilo se nafrat ko hatane
saari duniya ko ek sur mein sajane......"
very apt for us.,, guess shakar mahadevan also knows MFM so well that he just put the right words even before we started jamming!!!
.. Never the less, it was disheartening to see people not enjoying the patriotic songs further.. it was a disappointing jam of all times !!There was crowd but there was no voice, there were people who just listened and would not raise a voice or speak ..Tarun in all his efforts tried to disturb the classroom silence, but there was something missing with the crowd...
For MFM, Kailash and Ishan took over , sang their best notes and dint let us a chance to miss apna Gajju, as for Gajju, he was missing us and called up from Jaipur to hear us sing... hehe thats the magic..!!We tried to save the day by cheering it with lil flags that were brought by Tarun, gifting them as our lil token to all those who joined our family..
!!Mahi the youngest member of MFM now joined in late with her papa and mumma dear and so did Pulin...Vrinda and ashwini adding to the cheers as always..
We sang Vande Mataram to end the evening and still felt proud on those grounds. with our white shirts appealing peace and small flags pinned on them, yet to welcome another Republic Day where we salute the Constitution of India which gives us all ' Unity in Diversity' .......... only if we could really train our minds to think that ......... it shall be always a
" Vande Mataram" and not a " One Day Mataram"
---A humble request to all who are those sons{and daughters ofcourse} of the soil that are proud to be an Indian-- PLEASE dont throw away flags on the roads and if u see them, collect them and do not let the dignity of the nation go to grounds!!
JAI HIND!!!!
whites has shown so lovely in the pics... i suggest we should have uniforms next now for MFM ... and then next they would ask me if we are sponsored... nooooooooo.........we are not...

gearing up for the day.......
a salute to all ........ the peace warriors
bharat mata ke baad hum inko pranam karte hai...dats me , ma mom and ashwinigot to clicking some pics........ where is Vrinda...............??

our proud lil Indian.... with her daddy dear counting on notes.. haha... sabse baada rupaiya.. lolz kidding...

the " silent audience " we should name them, but atleast we sit united..........

The proud Mfm -- u know who is who right... all in one colour of peace.. peace in all world around...

The JAM OF 18 JAN 2009

When you are at the grounds ,, lets call it our own platform or as they say the karmabhoomi .... u are always sure of one thing.. the fun and the music and thats what was another sunday,to rock back in the spirits with some of our missing members joining us back... listening chintan?? hehe nah no offense, its just great that everyone makes it up there blaming on the traffic, the buses, the conductors ,the hectic schedules.. what rests is evryone makes it to MFM sometimes on time , sometimes a lil late.. ohk being late is ma prerogative .. ma new year resolution isnt working well... so am I jolting down this blog so late.. am asking for a last sorry this time..and then u can say we were all so dukhi ,, our lead singer ...ahan.. apna Gajju had packed up his bags to go to Jaipur.. not that we would be missing him ... but gaana kon gayega hehe... ohk am sorry Gajju we shall miss you untill Pulin stops posing with his beloved guitar and Kailash forgives his shyness to just let out and sing.. and hamare other singers kahan hai--- Suraj, Vinay... ohk the caravan has to keep moving and so do we... but u all can sure readus here and apply for the post of singer-- see there are recessions everywhere but the good part is we are not into salary cuts coz no one pays us here -- hmm Recession Bad Times but lets find out ways to still keep the fun going....
But what keeps me still afresh of this jam is a letter which I pen down here ,that had come to us from an audience and which made our day as one of those special days which just rejuvenates our energies back, I wanted to put a scanned copy of the beautiful writing itself.. but before I get late further this is what was handed to us on a piece of paper---
" It is rare that in Mumbai you get to see this kind of a crowd for a good purpose.When you see so many people together the only thought that hits you at first is its gotta be an accident or something..
But you guys have managed to do something , very few can .
Great Job.
All the very best to you!!
Regards
Natasha Bolua-----"

Sadly the letter was handed over to us and we couldnt meet Natasha because she had a leg injury and couldnt wait with us. Nevertheless it is such an appreciation to hear such sweet words and keep the trust goin that although there might be hundreds of onlookers who have been at MFM , just for a moment, but the whole spirit rises in the fact that we are one community binded by the soul of Music and here at MFM we bind Music with Meaning......
Gajju we shall miss u in the lead thoda sa...so come back to Aamchi Mumbai soon... but as they say the caravan has to keep moving,, Pulin, Kailash,Ishan raise your voices high.......
Girls............ Gauri , Vrinda, Bharti...... ohk ..ohk... am not singing anemore,, the MFM just banned me... sob sob... but do I not speak my heart still ... I do.. and would always do..for the evergrowing people's band!!! sigh sigh!!
the snapping history.... shutterbugs ........ there u go....

guitarist in sync...........

our people tuning into audience..........Gajju takes to clapping for the taal

and so do the audience...... thats how we all join right...

the audience did join in the singing too... we love that... !!!Ishaan cant stop staring at his first love - guitar and so does Tarun with his djembe,, but Tarun loves the shutterbugs.. hmm

oh!! am not shying away,, its just that Vrinda says i spoil pictures.. but wats the expression the guy has..... haha i loved dis pic anehow.. our lil " Red Riding Hood" dancing with her papa dear!!

as usual we were posing for a perfect picture.. and u catch all the expressions here!!!,,
a colourful Mfm..........