Born in Hisar and brought up in Rohtak (India), I’ve always been a balladeer at heart. Regardless of the circumstances that I’ve done most of my writing in, I still cherish all the words that I have penned, for that’s the only reason I’m still here. This site features just a glimpse at my work and hopefully you will get to see the rest in my First Book and more if you run into me on some random path of life.

Check out some of my childhood and US pictures here and some of my more recent pictures including my meeting with Ruskin Bond and trip to Himalayas – here!

I’ve been playing Guitar since June 2006. I’m self taught but I have learnt some ropes from my cousin, and have picked up some things from my friend Nikhil. You will find Nikhil and my collective work on this site under Music. I started writing back in December 2001 and have traveled some distance since then. I stepped into the world of Urdu Poetry in 2003 and have not looked back since. I dedicate my interest in Urdu Poetry to my late Grandfather (Nanaji), Mr. Gopinath Kaushik, who himself was a master of many languages including Urdu. Other than that Urdu Poetry runs in our family. My Grandfather (Dadaji) was himself a connoisseur of Urdu Poetry.

After about 3 years of musical adventures, Nikhil and I finally decided to convert our dream into a reality and in September of 2009, Iktara was born. After we noticed how our music and lyrics were reaching and touching the hearts of many across the world through the wonderful channel of social-websites, we realized that the time had come to officially launch ourselves in whatever humble way we can to spread the music around.
In June of 2010 this year, we plan to launch our first Official Digital Album. A preview of some of our songs may be seen at Iktara’s website. Feel free to stumble into me at following places::

Iktara | Iktara on Facebook | YouTube | Amazon.com

Om Namah Shivay
Gautam Dhar
California, USA

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