From diary entries to interesting encounters with people from all over the world, these are Poems Prayers and Promises that continue to enrich my life.
Changed strings on my beat up Steel Guitar today and went on a long long Journey while trying to sing this song. My final recording for a while before my next project. An old buddy Justin introduced this song (by Bob Schneider) to me back in 2006, and the song hit me today and I [...]
I dedicate this song as a tribute to the 23 yr old girl we all came to know as Amanat, Nirabhya (Nirbhaya), Damini, Indian Braveheart who left this earth today on 29th Dec, 2012 after staging a brave 13 day fight against all odds. Sadly, in the end the beastly Injuries her tormentors unleashed on [...]
My rendition of an original song written and composed by Steve Hunter from UK. He was kind enough to send me the lyrics and permission to do a cover of this song. I dedicate this song to the 23 yr old Girl from Dehra Dun who’s fighting to survive in Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi right now.. [...]
I wrote this Nazm in the unforgettable month of March this year just before I penned Purani Dilli and Wo Kamra Khaali Hai. It was my swan-song for the time-being. Thanks for reading. I recorded this very late in the night after a couple hours of singing on the Guitar, so the voice is hoarse, [...]
This month was an unforgettable month for me and quite ironically so, especially during the last leg of my stay here in the United States. This Nazm came to me late after midnight a couple weeks ago as I was staring at the wall while trying to sleep and staring at the huge pile of [...]
Lately, my mind has been buzzing and on last few nights just before drifting off to sleep some verses have been visiting me like old friends. Here is a Nazm I wrote few nights ago. Including a quick recitation for non-hindi readers.
I want to share a little incident that has baffled me for a while now, although I never quite gave it much attention, but still want to throw it out there. I want to share a tune that I recorded in September 2006. I had just started learning Guitar on my own and at that [...]
Here is the Music Video of our song Jalpari, a song composed and performed by Nikhil and I, known as Iktara. The video was shot in Yosemite National Park, California in Spring of 2011. Be sure to check out the First Release, Skyas on our website. We’re currently working on our second album, which will [...]
Experiments in Time My decision to conduct experiments with Time and Space started in September 2011 after a year long research on topics such as Astral Projection, Space Time continuum, Time Travel and other similar topics that may sound ‘out there’ to an average so-called intellectual. After going through the procedures involved and initial preparation, [...]
*EDIT: An updated version of this article is available at india travelogue‘s Travel Section. My thanks to the Editor!* The month was July and it was the rainy season again. Almost 2 years had passed when I took the Journey to Mahavatar Baba’s Cave in 2009. The journey we took during the course of a [...]