Slumdog Millionaire- the winner

Slumdog Millionaire won four Golden Globe awards today, a movie which made me come out of the cinema hall hanging my head down. The picture of India portrayed in the movie is probably a reality, but an outsider, filming and flashing only the dark side of the Indian society and comparing the so called REAL india with the great other countries (literally in the movie) just could not allow me to appreciate the movie. In any case, I was proud as it won the best music original score award. I am proud not because Slumdog Millionaire won the award but an Indian won the award. Congrats! A.R. Rahman.

My Journey of Music... resumes...

Today I met Sohail Rana Saheb, the renowned music composer from Pakistan (he is the original composer of the 'aaj jaane kee zid na karo' sung by Fareeda Khanum). It was an hour long session, and I learned some of the minute technicalities of the art of rendering a ghazal. An amazing teacher...! He will be giving me music lessons every week. I dont want to jinx it. It has always been something or the other that I could not continue learning music in the past. I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping to continue my journey of music again after a long halt.

picture courtsey- http://www.sohailrana.com/index.html