Kuch arse pahle Kaifi Saahab ki ek bahut hi maarmik Nazm se roo ba roo hua thaa so wohi haazreen ke liye pesh kartaa hoon. To listen to this Nazm in Kaifi Sahab’s own voice, click on the play button (double click needed in Internet Explorer) [audio:http://badwalroopal.googlepages.com/KaifiAzmi-EkLamha.mp3]
I watched “The Killing Fields” last night, which is based on the civil war that killed almost 3 million people in Cambodia in the 70s. Here is a clip from the end of the movie, which features the famous John Lennon optimistic number, “Imagine”. Haing S. Ngor, who played Dith Pran was a physician (obstetrics)…
Kuchh doston ke israar par Qateel Shifaai ki ek Ghazal pesh hai..
It’s a long way back to the Twelfth of June Time when I sang just another old tune But never in my dreams did I ever know She’ll say goodbye on this long afternoon Days that I knew seem so far away Down by the street in a no-name town And if she ever comes…
During my visit to Ranikhet (a beautiful small town set amidst the Great Himalayas in India at about 6000 ft. above sea level) last summer, I met an old watchman, who told me how people live in the mountains. He said that he travels about 6-8 miles a day just to get to work through…
Kayi roz hue, padhna hi muhaal ho gaya hai. Chand Ash’aar pesh hain. Pehle sher me ‘Faakir’ ka tasavvur qqabil e gaur hai. Nida Fazli ka maarmik sher aur Daagh ki sukhanfahami bhi apni jagah hai. Aakhiri do Ash’aar ke Shayar se mai waakif nahi. Enjoy!
There’s a bliss that surrounds me night and day My thoughts and my dreams are immersed now in thee Every morning I wake and I find you there O by my side – watching over me Isn’t life so strange, for the moment you feel All hopes of tomorrow have gone far away Ye, when…
For a change, here is a live performance by Jagjit Singh of one of his older Ghazals from the early 90s, Pyar Ka Pehla Khat. I think the Guitar improv after the first verse really put some life into the Ghazal. Click on the Play button to start the video.
After my previous article a few people have contacted me about the song asking about it. I went back and did further research on the song and was able to acquire some other versions of the song. The Original Hungarian song was written (translated) in English by two different people, Sam Lewis and Desmond Carter….
Gloomy Sunday–popularly known as the “Suicide Song”. I remember reading about it in an “Unsolved Mysteries” books when I was about 14 years old. I had forgotten about it in all these years until someone I know sent me the song recently. It was written by Rezso Seress, a Hungarian songwriter, in 1933. The crushing…