“kaun sahab nu aakhe ke inj nahi inj kar”
(Literal translation is: Who can dare tell God that do it like this, not like that ?)
How truly someone has put it in just a few words.
A very very sad day for music and the music lovers. The “one man army”, the captain of Indian Ghazal singing Jagjit Singh is no more. And even sadder is the thing that there is no-one to carry forward his legacy. His untimely demise marks the end of an era in the Indian music. There is no one like him, of the same status, same repute. In our sub continent also, there are very few names; Mehdi Hasan already stopped singing due to his health. At this moment the singing in 2 countries was being headed by Ghulam Ali & Jagjit Singh and one of them just left us. I can’t describe in words what a tremendous loss it is. Only a month back, we saw him perform live with Ghulam Ali and I was not at all happy with his performance and complained a lot about it. Because I wanted him to sing the classics he created. I feel lucky to have seen him perform live thrice in my life. I can’t just accept that he is no more with us.
Whose live show we are gonna attend now ?
Who will sing ghazals like Jagjit Singh ?
Posting some of my most favourite ghazals sung by him. Let us remember our hero and pray for the peace of his soul. Rest in Peace Mr Jagjit Singh !
agar hum kahein aur woh muskara dein
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qGNwdLVpt8
suntay hain ke mil jati hai
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2-dzGfcZbA
sar jhukaoge to pathar bhi devta ho jayega
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7mJ44aYjvo
kabhi yun bhi to ho
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuzZ5rXw6DE
October 10, 2011 at 8:12 pm
I am “almost” crying ….
overwhelmed with grief ….
October 15, 2011 at 9:17 pm
An icon lost 🙁
November 4, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Ajkal Sab engg bnan lai kaahle aa…
koi ni gaunda gazala.
nywaz, the loss of Jagjit Singh is really huge to Indian music culture.
RIP Jagjit Singh