aap hain kyon khafa kuch pata to chale

Melody ! aap hain kyon khafa, kuch pata to chale hai meri kya khata, kuch pata to chale (khafa - angry, khata - fault) aaj chehre pe rang-e-udaasi hai kyon ae mere dilruba kuch pata to chale aapke aur mere pyar ke darmiyaan kyon hai ye faasila kuch pata to chale main agar bewafa hoon to yun hi sahi kaun hai bawafa kuch pata to chale (bawafa - faithful) आप हैं क्यों खफा, कुछ पता तो चले है मेरी क्या खता, कुछ पता तो चले ...

July 21, 2012 at 11:14 PM · 1 min · 126 words · Amardeep Sidhu

Alwida Mehdi Hasan sahib...

My oldest memories of listening to Mehdi Hasan sahib date back to school days when we used to listen to his duet with Noorjehan jado teri dunia ton pyar tur jayega, das fer dunia te ki reh jayega on Radio Pakistan, Lahore. Almost every alternate day this song played on Radio Pakistan, Lahore or Islamabad. I loved Noorjehan’s voice but didn’t know much about Mehdi Hasan. While growing up I became a big fan of Pakistani music and regularly used to listen to it on radio but didn’t know about all the singers. ...

June 13, 2012 at 8:37 PM · 4 min · 715 words · Amardeep Sidhu

Error in HDFC net banking payment

This is no troubleshooting blog but thought about writing about it that it could be useful for someone else. You may have faced issues while making payments through HDFC net banking. It gives a stupid error message (WRITTEN IN CAPS) page and sends you back to from where you started. Because that page hardly displays for a second, so you don’t even get to see the error message. Finally after trying it for 4-5 times i was able to capture the screenshot and here it is :D ...

June 12, 2012 at 7:23 PM · 4 min · 669 words · Amardeep Sidhu

dukh chhupaye huye hain hum dono

dukh chhupaye huye hain hum dono zakhm khaye huye hain hum dono aisa lagta hai fir zamane ko yaad aaye huye hum dono tu kabhi chaandni thi dhoop tha main ab to saaye huye hain hum dono (saya - shadow) jaise ik doosre ko paa kar bhi kuch ganwaye huye hain hum dono jaise ik doosre se sharminda sar jhukaye huye hain hum dono jaise ik doosre ki chahat ko ab bhulaye huye hain hum dono ...

June 2, 2012 at 10:15 PM · 1 min · 186 words · Amardeep Sidhu

Junoon !

Last Thursday I had a chance to watch Junoon (if we may call it so !) live at Blue Frog, New Delhi. It was a good show but not the same Junoon as it was with Ali Azmat and Brian being part of it. Salman Ahmed is an awesome guitarist but Ali’s vocals were something that along with Salman’s guitar made Junoon what it was in its good days. Their choice of lyrics, compositions, singing…everything was awesome. It is really sad to see that these guys parted ways. We don’t know the reason for their split and would probably never know but what we can do for sure is cherish the great music they created during their best times. ...

May 13, 2012 at 6:13 PM · 1 min · 137 words · Amardeep Sidhu

muhabbaton mein dikhaave ki dosti na mila

Beauty of Bashir Badr saab’s poetry muhabbaton mein dikhaave ki dosti na mila agar gale nahi milta to haath bhi na mila gharon pe naam the naamon ke saath ohade the bahut talaash kiya koi aadmi na mila (uhde-(job) title) tamaam rishton ko main ghar pe chhod aya tha phir uske baad mujhe koi ajnabi na mila bahut ajeeb hai yeh qurbaton ki doori bhi wo mere saath raha aur mujhe kabhi na mila (qurbatein-closeness) ...

April 29, 2012 at 10:10 PM · 1 min · 210 words · Amardeep Sidhu

ik nukte vich gal mukdi e

For the first time, I am trying to translate a poem of Baba Bulleh Shah. Excuse my misinterpretations, if any and please post the correct meanings, if you know :) ik nukte vich gal mukdi e (nukta - point, idea) means it all is contained in a single idea/point fad nukta chod hisaaban nu, get hold of that idea and forget all your calculations kar door kufar dian baaban nu (kufar - disbelief, unbelief in existence of God | baab - miserable state) ...

March 3, 2012 at 9:12 PM · 7 min · 1379 words · Amardeep Sidhu

kyo tu acha lagta hai

Some amazing poetry at the end of Attaullah Khan’s performance of pyar naal na sahi in Coke Studio season 4. kyo tu acha lagta hai waqt mila to sochenge tujh mein kya kya dekha hai waqt mila to sochenge saara shahar shanaasai ka daawedaar to hai lekin (shanaasai - Acquaintance) kaun hamara apna hai waqt mila to sochenge humne usko likha tha kuch milne ki tadbeer karo (Tadbir - plan, arrangement) usne likhkar bheja hai waqt mila to sochenge mausam, khusboo, baad-e-sabaa, chand, shafaq aur taaron mein (baad-e-sabaa - Morning Breeze, shafaq - rainbow) kaun tumaare jaisa hai waqt mila to sochenge ya to apne dil ki maano ya fir dunia walon ki mashwara uska acha hai (mashwara - advice) waqt mila to sochenge kyon tu acha lagta hai waqt mila to sochenge ...

February 26, 2012 at 11:25 PM · 2 min · 308 words · Amardeep Sidhu

RIP Arfa Karim

It was while going through Morning With Farah videos on Youtube that I came across this interview of Arfa Karim with Farah and came to know that she was the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional who cleared MCP at the age of 9. httpv://youtu.be/yg9b5eEUwtE Then from comments I came to know that she had suffered a cardiac arrest attack and was in hospital. Since then there used to be an on and off update about her health through twitter or news. Yesterday was the unfortunate day when she lost the fight and said goodbye to this world. Life seems to be so unfair at times. Such a brilliant, intelligent kid and she had to go from this world at the age of 16. But strange are the ways of God. We are the mere audience. ...

January 15, 2012 at 8:48 PM · 2 min · 239 words · Amardeep Sidhu

We are brothers

Someone’s comment on youtube on a video of Atta Ullah Khan: sometimes i think that i HATE pakistan…but when i go to songs of ataullah khan ,nusrat fateh ali khan ,abida parveen,,,THEN I THINK F*** HATE….“WE ARE BROTHERS”… xxx xxx New Delhi

January 15, 2012 at 5:45 PM · 1 min · 42 words · Amardeep Sidhu