Post Type - Personal
This is going to be a senti post :) Have recently visited Mashal, and there was this kid of 12-13 yrs singing ghazals of Ghulam Ali and Jagjit Singh. On a chilly night, with not much in my head going, the ghulam Ali's 'Hum ko kisi ke gham ne maara..' & 'Chupke chupke' highjacked vaccuum of my brain...
Flashback 8 yrs, 1998...i was a simple run-off-the-mill guy with nothing in my repertoire of hobbies/talents. And then it happened. I entered my graduation college of 'SGSITS, Indore'. And things never will be same again...
Ghazal listening happened. Actually, when you get into a state where you need to appreciate the beauty of life and god's creation, then you got to listen to ghazals and thier marvellously written lyrics...and the unique thing is you will find them relevent at different points in your life with different interpretations each time! Soon Jagjit Singh became my life line with ghazals like - 'Pyaar ka pehla khat', 'Jawaani ke heele haya ke bahane' and 'Apne haathon ki lakeeron mein basale mujhko' ruling the roost of my brain and heart...err not heart..it was already!
Repercussions till 2006 >> was called 'Jagjit singh in my infy days', etc.. THANKS!
Then what? Well got into singing....when your heart doesnt stop singing 'positive' songs and you think that these songs/ghazals have been written for me...then...its for sure...your system is 'virus infected'. Thats what happened with me...
Repercussions till 2006 >> now i am one of the so called singers here @ planet I...(though my first performance of 'Ab toh aadat si hai...was huge hit :) and generally seen singing 'national Anthems'). THANKS AGAIN!!
Ok thats fine, didnt get the connection yet....! OK, then this is something pathbreaking...got into poetry! Wrote nearly 100 short poems which circulated every morning to my friends and special ones @ infy. Some ppl liked them...some didnt...some liked only the poems :(
Repercussions till 2006 >> became popular with the 'poet' tag @ infy and people tend to send me thier responses of how thier day went after that poem...it was really good to make a difference to all of them in small manner. Also won one award on poetry.com..THANKS AGAIN nd AGAIN!!!
Convinced...no? Started sketching....and major activity was in my grad days..though sketched some really 'special' ones recently. THANKS again....!!!!
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and the list continues as to how my life changed! Well a nice quote comes to my mind to conclude this post -
'God send some ppl in your lives, to make you learn a few things; to bring the best out of you.....and when thats done....thier purpose is met and they go away!'
Good thing is that...........they came!
THANKS!
~nits
( in full sobriety)
