Wo Jo Shayar Tha is another superb Nazm by Gulzar Sahab. I have a few of his books, and noted it down a couple months ago. I related to this one very closely and it’s a personal favorite of mine. Enjoy reading. Romanized form: Wo jo shayar tha, chup sa rehta tha Behki behki si…
I wrote Goodbye back in June 2004 on a lazy summer afternoon while I was on phone with my friend Meena. I think Nikhil originally came up with this tune back in January 2007 last year. Here is a version he recorded today. The intro melody begins with D minor (the saddest chord!), and walks…
I just found out from my Father that our old time neighbor, Capt. Lal’s wife Mrs. Lal aka Lal Aunty passed away in sleep last night (Saturday, IST). There are many fond memories to cherish and look back as everyone bids her adieu while she makes her way to ‘life after life’. Since 1989, we…
I had been thinking of posting this Nazm by Javed Akhtar for quite some time now and finally decided to put it out this evening. Although it really is a very short and simple Nazm, but there is still something in it, that makes me want to read it over and again. A personal choice…
Tonight, Brandon and I used a website to do a live video stream where he asked me about my latest song and life in California. We also spoke of other random things and talked about people back in Michigan. Allow some time for video to get loaded. I think there was something wrong with either…
Before I left Michigan in February this year, I went to see Dr. Raju, who is very well respected in the Greater Lansing (Michigan) area for his spiritual knowledge. I discussed certain incidents that happened during and before the Mahabharata War. I shot a video of him speaking. Such discussions are very much missed by…
Here is a Nazm by the Rebel Shayar, Sahir Ludhianvi. A revolutonary Urdu Poet in his own right, he really took the world of Urdu Poetry by storm with his wave of change and ideas that only he could express so artistically. Enjoy this ‘a little hard to understand’, but outstanding Nazm.
Not many people know that the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar was also an Urdu poet of a very high order and it was during his reign that Urdu Shayri reached its Zenith. As Sanjay Garg outlines in his book, Maqta – Zafar on Zafar, “Zafar’s reign was a golden era of Urdu Ghazal…
It’s been a while since I did any karaoke. Here’s an old favorite Hindi song of mine by the mellifluous voice of yesteryears, Mukesh. It’s from a 1970 Hindi movie, My Love (Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore). I’m not sure how popular the movie was, but the song certainly was a hit, and I just re-discovered…
With my move to California, my jamming has reduced to weekend strumming especially with being a little busy at work and settling down and everything. With nothing much to say I thought we’d remember the old playing days and relive the magic of Keedy Night. Here is a Tom Petty song that Justin did during…