Mirza Ghalib’s 225th Birth Anniversary

क्या फ़र्ज़ है कि सबको मिले एक सा जवाब आओ ना हम भी सैर करें कोह ए तूर की   With this couplet, I am remembering Mirza Ghalib on yet another birth anniversary. Thanks to Varuna for introducing this new couplet to me. While I’m away from my Guitar this year, here’s a rendition I…

Migrant Workers Walking Home – COVID19 Lockdown Crisis

This article was featured on Citizen Journalist website today: https://news.indiaonline.in/migrant-workers-walking-1000-kms-3150040 The COVID19 Corona Virus issue didn’t only create a medical issue but the resulting Lockdown has created a mass humanitarian crisis for the so-called lower class of India, how had nothing to do with the diseases, played no role in bringing the disease to India,…

Dil e Nadaan by Jagjit Singh on Guitar

Soulful compositions of Jagjit Singh of Mirza Ghalib’s Ghazals which I tried to cover on my Guitar with Tanpura in the background. Shot in Selfie Mode so audio is a bit low. Ghazal 1: Dil e Nadaan Tujhe Hua Kya Hai Ghazal 2: Phir Kuch Ik Dil Ko Beqaraari Hai Poet: Mirza Ghalib Music and…

Abhi Mujh Me Kahin – Guitar Cover

…like a kite with a broken string..i wandered in endless skies.. today i sing..for i know not what tomorrow might bring.. and the story goes on.. Today morning as my Google cab waited, I was wading thru these verses after seeing off Varuna to snowy lands. Couple verses from the Hindi song Abhi Mujh Me…