Just came to know that Jagjit Singh’s (step)daughter is no more. Suicide.
Jagjit and Chitra Singh had already lost a son in the prime of his youth, after which Chitra stopped singing. Some say that’s the reason why Jagjitji has so much dard in his voice.
Many of my most favourite ghazals have been sung by Jagjitji. [...]
Archive for May, 2009
29 May
Saddened
28 May
:)
“Bed of roses or Inner Peace?”
“Inner Peace.”
“Why not Bed of roses?”
“I like Inner Peace more.”
“Why can’t we have both?”
“OK, we can do that.”
“Hmm. Cherry brandy?”
“Not at all.”
“Then what do you say?”
“Champagne.”
There’s something incredibly sweet (and funny too!) in discussing and choosing paint colours for your home with your spouse, both at opposite ends of a [...]
21 May
Us
A century of emotions,
Experiences,
People,
Places,
Perhaps more -
Me;
You;
And then
A century of new emotions,
Experiences,
People,
Places,
Perhaps more –
Us.
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For this week’s prompt over at Weekend Wordsmith – Century. Just realised, people, that it’s been AGES since I wrote a verse or did a prompt. Hope to take both up again soon!:)
Do check out this video of one of my most favourite [...]
12 May
Tag!!
Getting bugged. So, taking up this tag from Rambler’s blog, just for the heck of it.
Here goes:
A
- Available: NO. For friends and relatives, YES. ALL THE TIME. FOR A NICE, CHATTY WALK OR A LATE-EVENING SNACK OR SOME SUCH FUN THING, YES!!!!
- Age: 27, but probably less than 18 by heart!
- Annoyance: insincerity
- [...]
7 May
A moment’s indulgence
First thing at work today, I open Google and what do I find? This creative logo:
Google tells me it’s THE Tagore’s birthday today. And that just about makes my day.. That makes me hungry for some of Tagore’s gems, and what I do is google some more. And that’s how I come up [...]
4 May
Speedpost
Hey, people! One more book for the OT ’09 Challenge went down over the weekend – Speedpost by Shobha De. After USA, the next stop for the Challenge was India.
I got the book because I loved the synopsis of the book, and I liked De’s style in ‘Spouse’ – the first piece of writing I [...]
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