Category Archives for Music
Its is like.. pure joy.. like the sun rising or the spring coming… like the celebration of existence – Jim Morrison
Iqbal Again – Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua
After the previous post, I did substantial research on Iqbal. And read a few of his works available on the net. I am surely going to buy a book now. But here’s one more great nazm by him: लब पे … Continue reading
Iqbal
I never really got into reading much of Allama Iqbal. I knew that he’s the one who gave us the legendary “Saare jahaan se accha” and “ab tak magar hai baki naam-o-nishaan hamara“. My blog will tell you that I … Continue reading
Sham-e-Gam
Talat Mehmood is one my favorite singers of all time, and Sham-e-gam ki kasam is by far is most soulful song of his. Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote the song for the 1953 film “Footpath” … and the poetry is equally matched … Continue reading
Dhandhe ki baat
Indian society, of today, is slowly restoring the respect and money deserved by those who serve arts. Arts of any kind, those involving colours, vocal chords, words, body gestures, thoughts and what not. But no society can do without those … Continue reading
Retro Music
Today is my retro music day. Have been listening to some happy retro songs… very innocent and very sweet compared to the modern happy songs…. so here are the two I picked up for posting here: From the movie Howrah … Continue reading
Basant
Nowdays, I keep playing with Garage Band. And though I was always interested in Indian classical music, I never did anything musical myself. So I decided to understand a few raagas.This site: http://www.swarganga.org/raagabase.php was really helpful. So I took up … Continue reading
Man Shuddha Tujha
Most of what I blog is either surreal or about my interests in Urdu, Hindi, or English literature, music or movies. However, there are two more languages that greatly appeal to me – Sanskrit and Marathi. I will talk about … Continue reading