Sushila Rani: The Beautiful Daadi

Daadi is not real my daadi…my daadi died when I was barely one…she is not related to me…in fact she is not even a muslim…she is Sushila Sahai or as she calls her self “Sushila Rani”
When I was leaving for India in 2007 my “real” grandfather; Raza told me about her and [...]

Diary Entry No. 8:The Celebration

Woooh man what a celebration…so many people turned up…Daadi is at her peak at a 100…so intact ….so mentally alert and so prim and proper…indeed a learning experience for me…I really am feeling a bit bad that I have still not managed to give a real account of what and who all Daadi is…I guess [...]

Diary Entry No. 7….Daadi loved it!!!!

Man it was a very very exhilarating experience to witness the joy of a hundred year old….this painting has safely made it to the ”gift of the hundredth year” category…they are going put it on an easel and unveil it on the birthday… in front of 200 guests from all over the country…
In all this I [...]

Diary Entry No. 6…..Daadi's B'day

okay am in delhi after a long 6 hour train ride…which is btw my most favorite journey ever…because of the food and the landscape…but on the way a little kid and then his mother actually jumped of the running train!!!!!
It was really really f&*!d up…i was totally traumatized and still the train did not stop [...]

Diary Entry No. 5

Leaving for Delhi in an hour …first trip without Mandana ever since we got married…trying my best to feel unaffected….but i guess it will hit once the journey begins…
…why am I going you may be wondering…well apart from a secret music work …I am actually attending Dadi’s 100th Birthday as I’m her favorite  Pakistani….I think [...]

MY Secret Blog??????

After an exhausting videos editing session…was just unwinding with a cup of tea and skimming through Sunday’s Dawn Magazine section that I cam across this article Poparazzi: The secret blog of a self-assured pop star. Now it took me a second to realize that the pic is mine from a gig I recently did…(me [...]

The memory in my BOX

Well Hamza is always the wiser of us. It is unbelievable how big our archive of videos and photos is…..and his idea of the memory box is brilliant. It really is a treat even for me…..esp when he pops out one interesting photo or video or documents from his archive Hard disk that I’ve completely [...]

….the big deal

So what’s the big deal about Abbottabad…..
Around November 2003….after doing 112 Moblink Jazz concerts in 42 days….all in Karachi, by sometimes doing as many as 4 concerts in a day….it was natural to feel  jaded just 8 months after releasing SKMHJ…2 boys living their entire lives in their parents arms in Lahore, felt [...]

Dairy Entry No. 4

1:15 am…..and this would be my last night in Abbottabad. Going to back to Lahore tom and then to Delhi…and then to God knows where …. Can’t come back till feb next year at least….
I am lying in my verandah….its soooo quite…. sooo peaceful…
our house is the last in the lane…..right next to it is [...]

On Leaving

I don’t wanna say good byeAt least I can tryThat this home of mine is there for me to findin my heart and in my mind
I don’t wanna say good byeAt least I could lieto all my friends the trees and the birdsand the breeze that kissed my lipsthe lazy mornings that rocked my crib
I [...]