It’s been raining since couple of weeks in Denver. A Friday evening with light rain and cold breeze! I was just back from office. I prepared a cup of hot chai, sat on a couch and started wondering what to do. I remembered Ghalib’s ghazal “ Hazaron khwahishien aisi ki har khwahish mein dum niklein ”. Few days back a friend and I mentioned this Ghazal in our conversation. So I looked for Jagjit Singh’s version of this Ghazal; and then started a peaceful Ghazal ki sham. I cannot think of a better way to spend an evening – Rain, Chai & Ghazals. Main nashe mein hoon; Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar; Hontho se chhoo lo tum; Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahe Ho; Tum Ko Dekha To Yeh Khayal Aaya; Chhitti Na Koi Sandesh; Hosh Walon Ko khabar kya; Kiska Chehra ab mai dekhun; Koi Fariyaad mere dil mein; Ishq kya hai and so on. Sometimes, one just needs to break away from the world, and spend some time with some soulful songs like these. They refresh your mind and soul. Jagjit Singhji has a voice t
There is an inner self to everyone. You might speak, speak a lot; but yet there would be so many things unsaid, so many thoughts not shared, so many emotions hidden; well, here I am - where my silence speaks...