A Tribute to the KING - 'Jagjit Singh'

Jagjit Singh passed away earlier today. I had known of his unfortunate stroke from the news and was hoping against hope for a recovery but it was not to be. Sitting in office , preparing for a meeting and suddenly the phone beeps, SMS from 53000, Twitter, from a follower mentioning “Jagjit :’(“ and I felt my self helpless and broken

Whenever I am down n out, fighting battles with my inner self, soft ghazal in the background, a calm voice of Jagjit Singh singing it, and the world became a peaceful place. That was the magic created by the voice of the ghazal maestro. Whether it was nostalgia for a lost, carefree, golden childhood, or the pining for a beloved, he had amazing grace and a smoothing pain in his rendering of the situation, with feeling

Jagjit Singh brought the uninitiated ones like me closer to poetry and the fine art of ghazals. There is a must -be phase for every young heart to hum his ghazals in parties and when alone, to seek respite in their melodious longing of love or to despair in the soulful agony of unfulfilled ambition.

Without him, I know my generation would have been lost to the beauty that is Ghazals - I know I would have been. And if I was lost to Ghazals, I would have been lost to Blues too. I cannot imagine what a reduced existence it would have been.

Today, as the voice became silent, one would hum the Jagjit Singh melody - 'Chitthi na koi sandesh, jaane vo kaun sa desh, jahaan tum chale gaye.' As the man rests in music, his voice will continue to give peace to the listeners. RIP Jagjit Singh, Return if Possible

AAS - A belief

There’s a girl crying tonight, and there’s nothing I can say to make her feel all right. Somewhere I had read Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together. Perhaps now with the memories of your past you are about to hurt your self.

You are like a butterfly that lost her way. Like all of us she was scared to make her way alone, but than she made the biggest step ever to fly, fly, and fly. You know, She flew with her wings so high and vibrant, through the mountains and through the trees, down a path that she never thought of traveling. A path with the brightest and the most beautiful flowers. One that she always dreamt of but never found, till now.

She tried so hard to protect herself from the predator that lurked in the distance disguised as friend. He was evil and tried so hard to take away her happiness. So she strived to shelter herself from all bad and all evil that may come her way. Nestled on a tree branch, she made this branch her home. Every day that passed, she always tried to make herself as happy and comfortable as possible, though, times were tough and for some certain reason she always put up a fight. She knew that this new life wasn’t going to be an easy one, but she pulled and pulled to make a better life for her.

As the months began to pass, others came and others left. She became somewhat more comfortable with the situation and started to explore the world day by day. Making friends and starting to observe the life that was in the past and the new life that laid in the future for her. She started to see an abundance of light. It was in her dreams, the light that made her strong.

This light, she carried with her in the most troublesome times. The light guided her to fight off the predator that hovered in the background, testing her patience. He always put up a fight to try and slowly wean them from her. She fought day in and day out for him to stay away. At times seeming like it was an endless battle, she never gave up. For she wanted to see her little lights glow. Sometimes the light was brighter than others. As long as she saw a light in herself, she knew that the struggle was almost over.

She continued to see the light for over a year now. Looking back on the life that she had, and the new life that she choose. She begins to realize that life is what you make of it, and its up to only you to change the path. She gazes upon her beautiful, vibrant, colorful and so full of life self and promises to never go back to the terrible life that lies dead in the past.

“Watching him walk out of your life should not make you bitter or cynical about love. But rather you should realize that if wanted so much to be with the wrong person how beautiful it will be when the right one comes along.”