<p>Dhikhr can become really intense. Did you get to see it? It’s a very interesting, if somewhat misunderstood, tradition of Sufism.</p>
<p>Arun I am nt able to sent essay,it exceeds character limit</p>
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<p>Please stop this nonsense. It is not funny.</p>
<p>Sorry >.<…really. I didnt mean to…well offend any 1 here. I wont say anything related to my reaction on the scores now, I promise.</p>
<p>No need to apologize. You need counselling/help. Talking about suicide, even as a joke, is not a trivial matter. I can understand how upset you must be with SAT score. Suicide is a very selfish act carried out by sick people. Perhaps you have no idea what it does to friends and family. I do. If you truly feel depressed about your scores the way you expressed here then you need to seek medical/psychiatric help.</p>
<p>R-Yea I’m agnostic so I’m spiritually deprived like you (sort of). I still love the music though. It makes me feel calm and excited at the same time…I think.
It’s a bit futile trying to explain how it makes me feel. It makes me feel really really good, and let’s leave it at that.
Meghna-You can email it if you want, I’ll PM you my id.</p>
<p>Nemo, I know exactly how you feel but I don’t understand much of what they sing. I never understood what La ilaha ilallah meant until I looked up Dhikr a few minutes ago!</p>
<p>Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Salamat Ali Khan are two of my favorite singers. (I don’t care too much for NFAK’s fusion stuff.)</p>
<p>Ha I barely understand what they sing. I just love the notes and the instrumental bits. Sometimes though when my dad is around he explains what it means because he knows Urdu and a bit of Arabic 
I love NFAK (Nice acronym :p). So does my dad. My dad’s the one who got me into Urdu poetry and music. It’s a beautiful language.
On a sort of unrelated note, I love Indian Ocean. I was so sad when the lead singer (Asheem Chakravarty) died last year.</p>
<p>I was the first post on the 100th page, whadup!</p>
<p>I didn’t know about Indian Ocean. They sound very good. I like the background music as well.</p>
<p>Tipu… how should I put it. I do have a very good idea of what suicide does. I lost some1 very precious to be because his mind had sodden off to hell. As I said, Suicide is the most coward way of buying a ticket to other world. I read Bhagwat geeta over that person for 13 damn days. If you squint clearly, and if u noe indian values, u ll noe who committed suicide.</p>
<p>Evry1 has a way of dealing with the things they hate. I do it with taking a mickey outta them (although ppl rarely laugh). I have lost a lot Tipu, so much that I would trade my childhood with anyone. Heck, I wouldn’t evn do that, why make that person’s life unhappy. I have always been a loner, and reasured only a few ppl. I realized it late, like the tube light i AM, that I need to loosen up and may b move past things, which I did. Thank God to that. Dun worry, I dun need psychiatric help over nething, I moved past the phase wen I needed it long ago.</p>
<p>Gosh…I realized I became serious…<em>fans her head dramatically</em> phew My mind seems to have gone a little hot. Need to cool down.</p>
<p>Arunemo, we have both Micro and Macro in 12th, while 11th is Indian economy and Stats.</p>
<p>Sufi music makes me feel great whenever I listen to it! But I can’t understand the language so the meaning’s pretty much lost.</p>
<p>It’s commendable how you guys have SUCH diversified interests and its amazing how Tippu knows SO MUCH about Indian culture-- probably more than my parents also.
Good stuff.</p>
<p>And Meghna, just give the sat2 again man whats the big deal!</p>
<p>I think she should instead concentrate on the boards. I feel that she should not head blindly for something that is so…not there and in the process ruin all her chances of staying here.</p>
<p>Meghna, this is a tiring, frustrating and time consuming yearlong process. This time is not for stepping into college applications as a newbie. If you do want to continue with applying to say, Sarah Lawrence and other SAT optional schools, then please do follow my previous suggestion and GO to USIEF. I believe that the advice would you get there should be your starting point. Let the counsellor guide you.<br>
Otherwise use a professional college counselling service and let them do everything for you. Please just do what I said, otherwise all this might just result in being a waste of precious time and mind space.</p>
<p>ani, you make me blush. I’ll keep quiet.</p>
<p>I am going with pix. i need to prepare for my boards too. I have non-existent aptitude for Maths and need to prepare for it.</p>
<p>Aah and Tipu, that indian tradition comment wasn’t meant to offend you. And I saw my prev post and I think it got too personal. I am sorry guys >.<. It was true, but offending nonetheless.</p>
<p>Aah and Pix, I am taking counseling sessions from study overseas . in Nehru place. Its quite near to passport office, and I have recently applied to renew mine for 10 yrs passport. I am doing all the work for Canadian Uni only. I hv gt sum1 helping me with that. Oh and, does ne one of u know what is the cut off for entry in UBC vancouver/ okanagan?</p>
<p>I am sorry once again. I will retake, bt not this year, may b next year wen this boards headache is over, and if I dun get selected in the apps I am sending this year.</p>
<p>I meant Indian traditions, nt Indian values. Sorry Tipu >.<. I am so sorry
I feel horrible ryt now. I was mad at so many things wen I wrote that…I need to work on my self control</p>
<p><em>takes out notepad and adds self control To the ‘to do’ list</em></p>
<p>Yeah apply to Canada and Singapore. Not much can be done in 7 days.
Go to canada and transfer into a good american college… </p>
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<p>I didn’t understand what you meant by that.</p>
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<p>Not a very wise thing to say on a very popular public forum especially when you have already mentioned your name in the past 
justsaying</p>