A UNBELIVELABLE PERSON.....

STEPHEN HAWKING

2007-01-11T07:43:00.000-08:00

... A UNBELIEVABLY PERSON ...

Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford, England. His parents' house was in north London, but during the second world war Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he was eight, his family moved to St Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At eleven Stephen went to St Albans School, and then on to University College, Oxford, his father's old college. Stephen wanted to do Mathematics, although his father would have preferred medicine. Mathematics was not available at University College, so he did Physics instead. After three years and not very much work he was awarded a first class honours degree in Natural Science.

Stephen then went on to Cambridge to do research in Cosmology, there being no-one working in that area in Oxford at the time. His supervisor was Denis Sciama, although he had hoped to get Fred Hoyle who was working in Cambridge. After gaining his Ph.D. he became first a Research Fellow, and later on a Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. After leaving the Institute of Astronomy in 1973 Stephen came to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and since 1979 has held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. The chair was founded in 1663 with money left in the will of the Reverend Henry Lucas, who had been the Member of Parliament for the University. It was first held by Isaac Barrow, and then in 1669 by Isaac Newton.

Stephen Hawking has worked on the basic laws which govern the universe. With Roger Penrose he showed that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity implied space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes. These results indicated it was necessary to unify General Relativity with Quantum Theory, the other great Scientific development of the first half of the 20th Century. One consequence of such a unification that he discovered was that black holes should not be completely black, but should emit radiation and eventually evaporate and disappear. Another conjecture is that the universe has no edge or boundary in imaginary time. This would imply that the way the universe began was completely determined by the laws of science.

His many publications include The Large Scale Structure of Spacetime with G F R Ellis, General Relativity: An Einstein Centenary Survey, with W Israel, and 300 Years of Gravity, with W Israel. Stephen Hawking has three popular books published; his best seller A Brief History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays and most recently in 2001, The Universe in a Nutshell. There are .pdf and .ps versions of his full publication list.

Professor Hawking has twelve honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982, and was made a Companion of Honour in 1989. He is the recipient of many awards, medals and prizes and is a Fellow of The Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences.

Stephen Hawking continues to combine family life (he has three children and one grandchild), and his research into theoretical physics together with an extensive programme of travel and public lectures.

HIS LATEST BOOK

HIS LECTURES

HIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALS

HIS RESEARCH

HIS RESEARCH

2007-01-11T07:42:00.000-08:00

Mathematics
Mathematics (math new, recent, abs, find)includes (see detailed description): Algebraic Geometry; Algebraic Topology; Analysis of PDEs; Category Theory; Classical Analysis and ODEs; Combinatorics; Commutative Algebra; Complex Variables; Differential Geometry; Dynamical Systems; Functional Analysis; General Mathematics; General Topology; Geometric Topology; Group Theory; History and Overview; K-Theory and Homology; Logic; Mathematical Physics; Metric Geometry; Number Theory; Numerical Analysis; Operator Algebras; Optimization and Control; Probability; Quantum Algebra; Representation Theory; Rings and Algebras; Spectral Theory; Statistics; Symplectic Geometry

Nonlinear Sciences
Nonlinear Sciences (nlin new, recent, abs, find)includes (see detailed description): Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems; Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases; Chaotic Dynamics; Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems; Pattern Formation and Solitons

Computer Science
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Quantitative Biology
Quantitative Biology (q-bio new, recent, abs, find)includes (see detailed description): Biomolecules; Cell Behavior; Genomics; Molecular Networks; Neurons and Cognition; Other; Populations and Evolution; Quantitative Methods; Subcellular Processes; Tissues and Organs

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Hawking's latest book

2007-01-11T07:40:00.000-08:00

Professor Hawking's latest book, 'A Briefer History of Time' released.

From the book's blurb:

"Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author's engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another: the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, the history and future of the Universe. but it is also true that in the years since its publication, readers have repeatedly told Professor Hawking of their great difficulty in understanding some of the book's most important concepts.

"This is the origin of and the reason for A Briefer History of Time: its author's wish to make its content accessible to readers - as well as to bring it up to date with the latest scientific observations and findings.

"The book has been reviewed by The Guardian and they published an interview with Stephen, link to article.

Archive 2005-
November 2005
Professor Hawking visited the USA for 2 weeks, he gave public lectures in San Jose and Oakland. A third lecture in Seattle had to be done by webcast after we were unable to make the trip to Seattle in time. Professor Hawking also spoke to Intel employees as thanks for their hard work on designing his custom computer. We also took part in the Cambridge in American Cambridge 800 Campaign.
October 2005
Professor Hawking is travelling to Germany to speak to Freie Universität Berlin before travelling on to Frankfurt for the Book Fair.
March 2005
Professor Hawking travelled to Spain as the guest of the Prince of Asturias to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Prince of Asturias awards.

Archive 2002-2005
Jan 2005
Professor Hawking spent a month in California, visiting Caltech and UCSB. While in Santa Barbara he introduced his friend, and recent Nobel prize winner, Professor David Gross for his talk at the Lobero Theater. Professor Hawking was also invited to Washington by the Smithsoian Institution, where they awarded him the Smithson Bicentennial Medal. See Professor Jim Hartle's preceding talk here.
December 2004
Professor Hawking attended the 2004 British Comedy Awards, and persented an award to Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons.
July 2004
At the GR17 conference in Dublin, Professor Hawking gave a controversial lecture on his new calculations regarding Black Hole Information Loss. Press Release:One of the most intriguing problems in theoretical physics has been solved by Professor Stephen Hawking of the University of Cambridge. He presented his findings at GR17, an International Conference in Dublin, on Wednesday 21 July.Black holes are often thought of as being regions of space into which matter and energy can fall, and disappear forever. In 1974, Stephen Hawking discovered that when one fused the ideas of quantum mechanics with those of general relativity, it was no longer true that black holes were completely black. They emitted radiation, now known as Hawking radiation. This radiation carried energy away from the black hole which meant that the black hole would gradually shrink and then disappear in a final explosive outburst.These ideas led to a fundamental difficulty, the information paradox, the resolution of which is to be revealed in Dublin. The basic problem is that black holes, as well as eating matter, also appear to eat quantum mechanical information. Yet the most fundamental laws of physics demand that this information be preserved as the universe evolves. The information paradox was explored and formalised by Hawking in 1975. Since then, many have tried to find a solution. Whilst most physicists think that there must be a resolution of the paradox, nobody has really produced a believable explanation. In fact, seven years ago the issue prompted Hawking, together with Kip Thorne of Caltech, to make a wager against John Preskill also of Caltech, that the information swallowed by black holes could never be recovered.On Wednesday, Hawking conceded that he has lost the bet. The way his new calculations work is to show that the event horizon, which is the surface of the black hole, has quantum fluctuations in it. These are the same uncertainties in position that were made famous by Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle and are central to quantum mechanics. The fluctuations gradually allow all the information inside the black hole to leak out, thus allowing us to form a consistent picture. The information paradox is now unravelled.A complete description of this work will be published in professional journals and on the web in due course.
November 2003
Intel donated a new computer to Professor Hawking, custom designed for his wheelchair. The computer is a modified laptop running on a 1.5 GHz Pentium M chip, with Centrino technology.
September 2003
Professor Hawking spent 7 weeks in the USA, visiting Caltech in LA, and attending the KITP conference at UCSB in Santa Barbara. He also spent a few days in Cleveland to take part in the CERCA conference at CWRU, and gave a public lecture in Severance Hall.
August 2003
Professor Hawking attended the Nobel Symposium on String Theory and Cosmology, in Sigtuna, Sweden.
June 2003
Professor Hawking made a surprise appearance on the 'Conan O'Brian Show' in America, along side Jim Carrey. A week later Jim dropped in to Cambridge to join him for dinner. It was a great evening, and we hope Jim's foot has recovered!
March 2003
In late March Professor Hawking spent a week at the Cosmic Inflation conference at UC Davis in California. Details can be found here.
February 2003
Professor Hawking spent a month attending the Holography conference at Texas A&M University. During that time he lectured in College Station, Galveston and the Woodlands.
January 2003
This month Professor Hawking gave a lecture discussing the future of physics, for the Cambridge-MIT Institute. The lecture was transmitted live to MIT in America via the web. Read more about it here.
October 2002
Professor Hawking travelled to Paris to give a lecture on Brane theory at the Evergreen Partners Annual Meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel.
September 2002
Professor Hawking received a new computer system from Intel this month. This new converted laptop runs at over 1 GHz and has a significantly different appearence to his last system.This was also the last month for Neel Shearer as Professor Hawking's Graduate Assistant. He hands over the role to Tom Pelly. Bye Neel!
August 2002
In order to take part in some of the satellite conferences of the International Congress of Mathematicians, Professor Hawking travelled to China. He attended String Theory sessions at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou and at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. He presented public lectures in Hangzhou on the 15th, and in Beijing on the 18th. We also managed to fit some sightseeing, before returning to the UK!
July 2002
Professor Hawking gave a public lecture in Cambridge on the 20th of July at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. It was part of the centennial celebration of the birth of Paul Dirac, a holder of the Lucasian Chair and a Nobel Prize winner. The lectures also marked the end of the Strings 2002 conference, which this year, was hosted by DAMTP.In recognition of the Astronomer Royal's 60th Birthday, a conference was held in Cambridge in his honour. Stephen gave a public lecture as part of the celebrations for Sir Martin Rees on Friday 12th July.
June 2002
On the 25th of June, Professor Hawking was invited to the Science Museum in London to be presented with the Aventis Book Prize, one of the UK's most prestigious non-fiction book prizes. It celebrates the very best in popular science writing, and Professor Hawking won for his new book, 'The Universe in a Nutshell'. Professor Hawking said "I didn't expect to win this prize, after all, my previous book didn't win any prizes, despite selling millions. But I am very pleased to have had better luck this time. Science writing really can have an impact on how we live. Wherever I go all around the world, people want to know more. This has helped raise the profile of science." The BBC were there to report the event.
April 2002
One of the last things we did in the US, was to give a lecture at the Keller Auditorium in Portland, Oregon on Friday 26th April. It was organized by The Institute for Science Engineering and Public Policy, and I have to say, it was a great success, with a complete sell out, which in the Keller is over 2800 people! You can have a look at the poster.
March 2002
While in Santa Barbara, at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Professor Hawking gave a technical lecture, called 'Why does Inflation Start at the top of Hill?'. The ITP put the slides and audio online.Professor Hawking gave a lecture at Caltech University in Pasadena, California on the evening of the 15th March. You can find out more on the Caltech website.
January 2002
The new edition of the award winning web magazine, +Plus is out. It is a special edtition to celebrate Stephens 60th Birthday and the conference that accompanied it. Click the link above to see some photos and the lectures of the Friday lecture series.A conference to celebrate Professor Hawking's 60th Birthday and the advances of the field in the last 40 years was attended by over 200 Physicists. On Friday 11th January there was a day of public lectures. Professor Hawking's talk was webcast by the BBC.

Which year do you want?
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2000

Lectures (Stephen Hawking)

2007-01-11T07:38:00.000-08:00

Public Lectures Professor Hawking has given many lectures to the general public. Many of these past lectures have been released in his 1993 book, 'Black Holes and Baby Universes, and other essays'. Here are some of the more recent public lectures. Included with these lectures is a Glossary of some of the terms used.

Physics Colloquiums These lectures assume a level of Physics which is of at least University Degree level.

Professor Hawking has given many lectures to the general public. Many of these past lectures have been released in his 1993 book, 'Black Holes and Baby Universes, and other essays'. Below are some of the more recent public lectures. Included with these lectures is a Glossary of some of the terms used.

The Beginning of Time

"In this lecture, I would like to discuss whether time itself has a beginning, and whether it will have an end. All the evidence seems to indicate, that the universe has not existed forever, but that it had a beginning, about 15 billion years ago. This is probably the most remarkable discovery of modern cosmology. Yet it is now taken for granted. We are not yet certain whether the universe will have an end."This lecture is available in pdf format.

The Nature of Space and Time

Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose gave a series of 3 lectures each at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge. The full series is available in a book of the same name. Here we have compiled Stephen's contribution to the series, as well as the final debate .

This is available for download as pdf format or 4 postscript files or (penrose1.ps penrose2.ps penrose3.ps penrose4.ps).

Space and Time Warps

"In science fiction, space and time warps are a commonplace. They are used for rapid journeys around the galaxy, or for travel through time. But today's science fiction, is often tomorrow's science fact. So what are the chances for space and time war ps."This lecture is available in pdf format.

Does God Play Dice

"This lecture is about whether we can predict the future, or whether it is arbitrary and random. In ancient times, the world must have seemed pretty arbitrary. Disasters such as floods or diseases must have seemed to happen without warning or apparen t reason. Primitive people attributed such natural phenomena, to a pantheon of gods and goddesses, who behaved in a capricious and whimsical way. There was no way to predict what they would do, and the only hope was to win favour by gifts or actions." ;This lecture is available in pdf format.

Life in the Universe

"In this talk, I would like to speculate a little, on the development of life in the universe, and in particular, the development of intelligent life. I shall take this to include the human race, even though much of its behaviour through out history, has been pretty stupid, and not calculated to aid the survival of the species."This lecture is available in pdf format.

PHYSICS COLLOQUIUMS :

Inflation: An Open and Shut Case (April '98)
This talk is based on joint work with Professor Hawking and Professor Turok, at Cambridge. Professor Turok was a proponent of open inflation. This is the idea that the universe is infinitely large, and of low density, despite having been through a period of exponential expansion, in the very early stages. Professor Hawking explains his owns views on this subject and on recent developments in the area.

Gravitational Entropy (June '98)
In this talk Professor Hawking explains some of the past events that have developed an understanding of gravitational entropy. He goes on to explain the present state of the field.

Quantum Cosmology, M-theory and the Anthropic Principle (January '99).
This talk is based on Professor Hawking carried out work with Neil Turok and Harvey Reall. He describes what he sees as the framework for quantum cosmology, on the basis of M theory. He adopts the no boundary proposal, and argues that the Anthropic Principle is essential, if one is to pick out a solution to represent our universe, from the whole zoo of solutions allowed by M theory.

Rotation, Nut Charge and Anti de Sitter Space (February '99).
Professor Hawking carried out the work in this lecture in collaboration with Chris Hunter and Marika Taylor Robinson at Cambridge, and Don Page at Alberta. He describes what he sees as the problems with previous interpretations of this black hole equilibria and goes on to offer what he sees as a more useful interpretation.

Stability of AdS and phase transitions August '99
Black holes are often thought of as completely dead classically. That is they absorb, but do not give out, radiation and energy. In this lecture, first given at the Strings '99 conference, in Potsdam, Germany, Professor Hawking explains that this is not necessarily the case.

The Future of Quantum Cosmology September '99
In this lecture, an updated version of 'Quantum Cosmology, M-theory and the anthropic principle', Professor Hawking again describes what he sees as the framework for quantum cosmology. This lecture was first given at the NATO ASI conference, in Cambridge.

Experience with ALS

2007-01-11T07:36:00.000-08:00

I am quite often asked: How do you feel about having ALS? The answer is, not a lot. I try to lead as normal a life as possible, and not think about my condition, or regret the things it prevents me from doing, which are not that many.

It was a great shock to me to discover that I had motor neurone disease. I had never been very well co-ordinated physically as a child. I was not good at ball games, and my handwriting was the despair of my teachers. Maybe for this reason, I didn't care much for sport or physical activities. But things seemed to change when I went to Oxford, at the age of 17. I took up coxing and rowing. I was not Boat Race standard, but I got by at the level of inter-College competition.

In my third year at Oxford, however, I noticed that I seemed to be getting more clumsy, and I fell over once or twice for no apparent reason. But it was not until I was at Cambridge, in the following year, that my father noticed, and took me to the family doctor. He referred me to a specialist, and shortly after my 21st birthday, I went into hospital for tests. I was in for two weeks, during which I had a wide variety of tests. They took a muscle sample from my arm, stuck electrodes into me, and injected some radio opaque fluid into my spine, and watched it going up and down with x-rays, as they tilted the bed. After all that, they didn't tell me what I had, except that it was not multiple sclerosis, and that I was an a-typical case. I gathered, however, that they expected it to continue to get worse, and that there was nothing they could do, except give me vitamins. I could see that they didn't expect them to have much effect. I didn't feel like asking for more details, because they were obviously bad.

The realisation that I had an incurable disease, that was likely to kill me in a few years, was a bit of a shock. How could something like that happen to me? Why should I be cut off like this? However, while I had been in hospital, I had seen a boy I vaguely knew die of leukaemia, in the bed opposite me. It had not been a pretty sight. Clearly there were people who were worse off than me. At least my condition didn't make me feel sick. Whenever I feel inclined to be sorry for myself I remember that boy.

Not knowing what was going to happen to me, or how rapidly the disease would progress, I was at a loose end. The doctors told me to go back to Cambridge and carry on with the research I had just started in general relativity and cosmology. But I was not making much progress, because I didn't have much mathematical background. And, anyway, I might not live long enough to finish my PhD. I felt somewhat of a tragic character. I took to listening to Wagner, but reports in magazine articles that I drank heavily are an exaggeration. The trouble is once one article said it, other articles copied it, because it made a good story. People believe that anything that has appeared in print so many times must be true.

My dreams at that time were rather disturbed. Before my condition had been diagnosed, I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I dreamt that I was going to be executed. I suddenly realised that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do if I were reprieved. Another dream, that I had several times, was that I would sacrifice my life to save others. After all, if I were going to die anyway, it might as well do some good. But I didn't die. In fact, although there was a cloud hanging over my future, I found, to my surprise, that I was enjoying life in the present more than before. I began to make progress with my research, and I got engaged to a girl called Jane Wilde, whom I had met just about the time my condition was diagnosed. That engagement changed my life. It gave me something to live for. But it also meant that I had to get a job if we were to get married. I therefore applied for a research fellowship at Gonville and Caius (pronounced Keys) college, Cambridge. To my great surprise, I got a fellowship, and we got married a few months later.

The fellowship at Caius took care of my immediate employment problem. I was lucky to have chosen to work in theoretical physics, because that was one of the few areas in which my condition would not be a serious handicap. And I was fortunate that my scientific reputation increased, at the same time that my disability got worse. This meant that people were prepared to offer me a sequence of positions in which I only had to do research, without having to lecture.

We were also fortunate in housing. When we were married, Jane was still an undergraduate at Westfield College in London, so she had to go up to London during the week. This meant that we had to find somewhere I could manage on my own, and which was central, because I could not walk far. I asked the College if they could help, but was told by the then Bursar: it is College policy not to help Fellows with housing. We therefore put our name down to rent one of a group of new flats that were being built in the market place. (Years later, I discovered that those flats were actually owned by the College, but they didn't tell me that.) However, when we returned to Cambridge from a visit to America after the marriage, we found that the flats were not ready. As a great concession, the Bursar said we could have a room in a hostel for graduate students. He said, "We normally charge 12 shillings and 6 pence a night for this room. However, as there will be two of you in the room, we will charge 25 shillings." We stayed there only three nights. Then we found a small house about 100 yards from my university department. It belonged to another College, who had let it to one of its fellows. However he had moved out to a house he had bought in the suburbs. He sub-let the house to us for the remaining three months of his lease. During those three months, we found that another house in the same road was standing empty. A neighbour summoned the owner from Dorset, and told her that it was a scandal that her house should be empty, when young people were looking for accommodation. So she let the house to us. After we had lived there for a few years, we wanted to buy the house, and do it up. So we asked my College for a mortgage. However, the College did a survey, and decided it was not a good risk. In the end we got a mortgage from a building society, and my parents gave us the money to do it up. We lived there for another four years, but it became too difficult for me to manage the stairs. By this time, the College appreciated me rather more, and there was a different Bursar. They therefore offered us a ground floor flat in a house that they owned. This suited me very well, because it had large rooms and wide doors. It was sufficiently central that I could get to my University department, or the College, in my electric wheel chair. It was also nice for our three children, because it was surrounded by garden, which was looked after by the College gardeners.

Up to 1974, I was able to feed myself, and get in and out of bed. Jane managed to help me, and bring up the children, without outside help. However, things were getting more difficult, so we took to having one of my research students living with us. In return for free accommodation, and a lot of my attention, they helped me get up and go to bed. In 1980, we changed to a system of community and private nurses, who came in for an hour or two in the morning and evening. This lasted until I caught pneumonia in 1985. I had to have a tracheotomy operation. After this, I had to have 24 hour nursing care. This was made possible by grants from several foundations.

Before the operation, my speech had been getting more slurred, so that only a few people who knew me well, could understand me. But at least I could communicate. I wrote scientific papers by dictating to a secretary, and I gave seminars through an interpreter, who repeated my words more clearly. However, the tracheotomy operation removed my ability to speak altogether. For a time, the only way I could communicate was to spell out words letter by letter, by raising my eyebrows when someone pointed to the right letter on a spelling card. It is pretty difficult to carry on a conversation like that, let alone write a scientific paper. However, a computer expert in California, called Walt Woltosz, heard of my plight. He sent me a computer program he had written, called Equalizer. This allowed me to select words from a series of menus on the screen, by pressing a switch in my hand. The program could also be controlled by a switch, operated by head or eye movement. When I have built up what I want to say, I can send it to a speech synthesizer. At first, I just ran the Equalizer program on a desk top computer.

However David Mason, of Cambridge Adaptive Communication, fitted a small portable computer and a speech synthesizer to my wheel chair. This system allowed me to communicate much better than I could before. I can manage up to 15 words a minute. I can either speak what I have written, or save it to disk. I can then print it out, or call it back and speak it sentence by sentence. Using this system, I have written a book, and dozens of scientific papers. I have also given many scientific and popular talks. They have all been well received. I think that is in a large part due to the quality of the speech synthesiser, which is made by Speech Plus. One's voice is very important. If you have a slurred voice, people are likely to treat you as mentally deficient: Does he take sugar? This synthesiser is by far the best I have heard, because it varies the intonation, and doesn't speak like a Dalek. The only trouble is that it gives me an American accent.

I have had motor neurone disease for practically all my adult life. Yet it has not prevented me from having a very attractive family, and being successful in my work. This is thanks to the help I have received from Jane, my children, and a large number of other people and organisations. I have been lucky, that my condition has progressed more slowly than is often the case. But it shows that one need not lose hope.

Stephen HawkingFor more information on Motor Neurone Disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, as well as other progressive conditions, please follow one of the links below:

The Motor Neurone Disease Association (UK)

International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations on the internet

MOBILE SMS

2007-01-11T07:32:00.000-08:00

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Tum Bin Kahi Qarar Na AaeY To Mai Kya KaroO.! Har Pal Tumhari Yaad SataeY To Mai Kya KaroO.! Her AaineY MeiN Tum Nazar Aaye To MaiN Kya KaroO.!!

KHAFA NA HONA MEIN KHWAB HU TUMHRA,JUDA NA HONA MEIN DIL HU TUMHRA!BHGBAN NE HATHON MEIN LIKHA HAI NAAM TUMHRA.

Pal pal ne kaha 1 pal se.Pal bhar ke liye tum mere sath raho.Pal bhar ka sath kuch aisa ho ki har pal tum hi tum yaad Raho.

Najane konsi baat akhri hogi,najane konsi raat akhri hogi, karle jee bharke batein,najane konsi sanse akhri hogi.

Dil me itni bekarari na thi.Zindagi itni pyari na thi.Zindagi zindagi lagti na thi.Jab tak aapse mulaqat na thi.

College me ajeb khel hota hai, Class me diloka mel hota hai,Notes me love mail hota hai, Isliye to pappu fail hota Hai.

Fasle Bahut Hai par, Karib Rahkar Koi Khas Nahi Hota, Aap Khayalon Me Itne Karib Hai Ki, Faaslo Ka Ehsas Hi Nahi HotA.

Chup rehte hai koi khafa naho jaye.badi mushkil se koi apna bana hai.milne se pehle hi judaa na ho jaye

Hum se mohabat ker lo tum, Zindagi ko khusiyon se bharlo tum, Call, sms nahi ker sakti to, miss call hi ker lo tum.

Are O DEVDAS tu VEER ZAARA ko chhod de warna main tuje ASHOKA banakar PARDESH bhej dunga, kyunki tu JOSH me bahut aa jata hai. Aur CHALTE CHALTE tera DIL TO PAGAL ho jata hai aur tu DEEWANA ban ke DARR jata hai firbhi keheta hai MAIN HOON NA.
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dil ki baat dil mein mat rakhna : jo pasand ho usse ILU kehna : agar wo ghusse mein aa jaaey to darna mat raakhi nikalna aur kehna pyari behna milti rehna

School Mein Ishq Ka Naya Mahool Tyar Ho Gaya, Class Ki Teacher Ko Papu Se Pyar Ho Gaya, Iss Baat Se Sari Class Ka Dil Udas Ho Gaya, Sari Class Fail, Aur..... Papu Pass Ho Gaya uttho! ye koi sone ka waqt hai.,jab dekho sote rehte ho.,saari umar so so ke bitani hai kya?, ab mujhe reply mat karna., im sleeping.

ram ji ne dhanush toda seetaji dodi chali ayi. krishan ji ne bansi bajai radha ji bhaghi chali ayi aur mene sirf seeti bajai to apne baap ko bula layi

Hum itne sweet nahi, ki diabeties hojaye! na itne salty ki, B.P. badha jaye!! na itane testy ki maza aajaye, Par itne Kadwe bhi nahi ki Yad na aye!!!!

dil mein basi hai yaad teri, aankhon mein basi hai tasweer teri , jab bhi aati hai yaad teri , dekh lete hai TOM and JERRY** Punam ki rat me chand badal jata hai, Waqt ke sath insan badal jata hai, Sochte hai ki apko tang na kare, Magar sochte sochte plan badal jata hai..! **

kabhi kehte the dost,ke jaan bhi maango to hazir hai,Aaj apni bivi ko jaan kehte hai ,aur maango to inkaar karte ho**

Jindagi me agar koi bada kam karnaho to Hathi pe chad jao, shirshasan karo, apni ek tasvir khichwao aur duniya ko woh tasvir ulti karke dikhao then u r great Teacher asks children, what do u wish 2 do in future? Ahmed : I want 2 b a pilot. James : I want 2 b a doctor. Deepa: I want 2 b a good mother. Asif : I want 2 help Deepa .

School- a place where papa pays & son plays life insurance- a contract tht keeps you poor all ur life so tht you can die rich nurse- a person wakes up to give you sleeping pills marriage- a contract in which a boy loses his bachelors degree & girl gets her masters degree

Duniya Se Jo Darre, Usse Kaayar Kehte Hain,Duniya Jisse Darre, Usse Shaayar Kehte Hain,Biwi Se Jo Darre, Usse Shohar Kehte Hain.
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Socha tha na karenge kisi se dosti, na karenge kisi se vaada, par kya kare dost mila itna pyara ki karna pada dosti ka vaada

Samja do apni yado ko, wo bin bulaye pas aaya karti hai, aap to dur rehkar satate ho magar, wo pas aakar rulaya karti hai

Phool se pehle khusboo ko to dekho, karne se pehle kaam ko to dekho, kisike roop mein diwana naa bano, surat se pehle uske dil ko to dekho

Movie titles related to engg students: exams - socha na tha, classes - kabhi kabhi, question papers - na tum jano na hum, copying - yaarana, maths2 - asambhav, maths1 - mission impossible, environmental sciences - pyar mein kabhi kabhi, 1st semester - kuch to hai, 2nd semester - yeh kya ho raha hai, distinction - kal ho na ho, 1st class - raju bangaya gentleman, 2nd class - dil mange more fail - phir milenge

Jiski yaad bulane ke liye humne ciggrate jalaye kambak usi ciggrate ke dhuye ne uski tasveer banayi.........
Every second God remembers you, Every minute God bless you, Every hour God cares for you because... Every day I pray God to take care of U.

Falling in love is a sweet ambition, finding true love is a life time mission.. Take my word, follow the Indian tradition & marry ur dad's decision

Mohabbat ke liye kuch khaas,dil makhsus hote hain !Yeh wo nagma hai jo,har saaz pe gaya nahi jata !!
Ek hook si dil mein hoti hai Ek dard jigar mein rehta hai Main raton ko uth-uth rotan hoon Jab sara aalam sota hai.

Maine khwabon mein barson tarasha jise, Tum wohi sang-e-marmar ki tasweer ho, Tum na samjho tumhara mukaddar hoon main, Main samajhta hoon tum meri takdeer ho.

Tumhe apane ke liye har imtihaan denge,Hume aazma kar to dekho,kehte ho mushkil hai mujhe apnana,hume apna banaa kar to dekho.

Zindagi ko ek rangin kalpana samjho,Subah ko sach raat ko sapna samjho,Bhulana chahte ho sabhi gamo ko to,Zindagi me mujhe apna samjho.

Na jarurat hai sitaron ki,na jarurat hai faltu yaron ki,baas Pyar chahiye aap ka,jo waat laga de hazaron ki.

Kaise bataaoon main tumhe,Tum dhadkanon ka geet ho,Tum zindagi tum bandagi,Tum har khushi tum pyaar ho.

Aankhon mein tum yaadon mein tum,Tum ho meri har baat,Neendon mein tum khwaabon mein tum,Tum ho mere din raat.

Mere liye paana bhi tum,Mere liye khona bhi tum,Mere liye hasna bhi tum,Mere liye rona bhi tum.

tum achay ho ya mujh ko achay lagtay ho.. chehray say udaasi door kero tum hanstay achay lagtay ho.

Jise Dhoondhta Hoon Main,woh mili thi mujse kal,Mujhe usse Pyar hai,woh hai meri Dreamgirl.

Mere pas jo Gulaab hai,woh kabhi bikharr jaye,meri aankh mai jo khuwaab hai,woh kabhi ujarr jaye.

Tum Bin Qarar Na Aaye,Har Pal Yaad SataeY,Surat MaiN Apni BhOOl Gaya,Her AaineY MeiN Tum Nazar Aaye.

Suraj ko kadmo mein bicha du,Chaand-sitaaro se tumahri mang saja du,agar jhoth bolna paap na ho totumahre liye Taj Mahal bana du.

Agar kal hum na rahen,yaadein sada rahengi,sirf dekhna chand ko,humari tasveer wahan rahegi.

HAR GALI HAR DIWAR PAR TUMHARA NAAM LIKHA HAIUPAR"WANTED" AUR NICHE "CHAVANI"INAMRAKHA HAI

kash khushiyon ki dukan hoti,hume bhi us ki pechan hoti,bhar dayte app ki zindegi khushiyon say,qemat me hamari jaan hoti,

Osama to Sharukh:How are you?Sharukh:Bas Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam. Aap Kaise Hain?Osama:Bas Kabhi Gola Kabhi Bom.

Khushi or Ghum Sabke Naseb Mein Hai, Pyar Aur Nafrat Sabke Dil Mein Hai, Par LUCKY Hai Hum kyonkiHamare Pas hai.

Na jaane kiu aankh se ansu jhalka,dil ko shayed aapki yaad aayi.Chahaat hai itni milne ki,haste hue bhi aankhe bhar aayi.

Subah ko sach or raat ko sapna samjho,Bhoolna chahty ho sabhi gam ko,To zindagi main hamesha mujhy apan samjho.

Mahek zindagi se kam nahi,mahobat se zindagi kam nahi,Sath zindagi me PYAR ka ho agar,to zindagi jannat se kam nahi,

Chahunga tumhe hamesha,Meri deewangi ko galatna samajhna,paya hai tumhe kismat se,Meri Taqdeer ko galat na samjhna.

Ho dour tum kuch pal ky ley,Dour rahkar bhi kareeb ho har pal ky ley,Kesy yaad na aaye aap ki,Jab dil main ho tum har pal ky ley

Khushi k LIYE Gum kurban,Hasi k Liye AAnsoo kurban,Pyar k Liy Dil kurban,Tumhare Liye To Jaan Kurban.

Tumse milneka man kar raha hai,dil tadap raha hai,Dil tadpa to ankhen ro padi,unhe chup karaya to sanse bol padi.I MISS U

kuch pal hote hai,kuch pal ke liye,ji lo inhe har pal ke liye, ye pal to rait ki tarah faisal jayega, de jayega yaade zindgi bhar ke liye.

Rabse aap ki khushi mangte hain,Duaao mein aapki hansi mangte hain,Tumse umar bhar ki SATH mangte hain.
Darte hai aag se kahin jal na jaye,darte hai khwab se kahin tut na jaye, sabse zyada darte hai aap se-Kahin aap hamein bhul na jaye....

Hotho se jo choo liya, Ehsaas Aab tak hai, Aankhe Nam hai, Aur sanso mein Aag aab tak hain
Badi muddat se chaha hai tumeh, badi duaon se paya hai tumeh, Tumeh bhul jau kaise, Kismat ki lakiron se churaya hai tumeh.

Bachelor's schedule... Monday ko dosti ; Tues ko pyar ; Wed ko shaadi ; Thus ko barbadi ; Fri ko fighting ; Sat ko talaq ; Sun ko rest, Mon ko phir se talash....

Tumko ashirwad mile bado se, sahayog mile chhoto se, Khushiya mile jag se, pyar mile sab se, daulat mile rab se, yahi dua hai dil se

Who said english is easy?Fill in the blank with YES or No-1.---I dont have brain,2.---I dont have sence,3.---I am stupid.

BUY A SCOOTY..PICK UP A BEAUTY,DRINK A FROOTY..TAKE HER TO OOTY,REMOVE HER NIGHTY..DO UR DUTY,AFTER 9 MONTHS..GET A CUTY.

this is your mobile operator we can see that you are too dump to use your mobile please put it on the floor and start jumping on it

Always start your day with a lot ofS E X S-SMILE E-ENERGY X-XCITEMENT so make S E X a daily habit,and youll always B SUCSEXFUL! in LIFE.

Dil ker raha hai,ke aaj tum ko,akele main le ja ker,tum ko apne honton se aik,k..ki,,,kis,,kiss krun tumhare lips per.

Kiss Me In The Light..Love Me In the Dark..Hold Me 'till The End.And I Promise I won't Break Your Heart
Question:Why do Girls Close their Eyes while KISSING a GUY?
Guess..Answer: Yeh Ladkiyan Ladko ko kabhi KHUSH nahi dekh sa
Choo loon to nazak lagti hey,Jaise man mein koi kali khilti hey,Kash koi essi bhool ho jaey,Kalli khilke phool ho jaaey.

Aik pal nahi sari umar tere naam karta hoon,Hussan ki devi ho tum hussan ko salam karta hoon.

CHANDNI RAAT HO,TUM MERE SATH HO,ANKHON MEIN ANKHEIN, HATHON MEIN HAATH HO.CHAHON TUMHEY HAR DAM,ESSI KOI RAT RAAT HO.

Tum agar kabi mujh se,Yunhi ruth jayo to,mujhe dukh ho ga inta,Jitna ankh khulnae prKHAWAB toot jata hai.

ArZo0 HaY TumHAin Do0R Se DekHNay KI,PasS NaHi AaNa ChAhTa,TaMaNnA NaHi tuMHain PANAy ki,KhoNA BhI NAHi CHAhTa.

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