NO country for music

I was just shuffling my i pod that i realized my liking for Pakistani music .....it seems weird but i have far more songs by Pakistani artists than Indian artists...and i don't feel that its something wrong ...
i have liked the likes of jal ,strings ,fuzon , junoon and other such artists from quite a long time...and i don't feel bad admitting that somehow Pakistani pop or fusion music is in a way better than Indian pop music...as is the fact that Indian cinema is far better than its Pakistani counterpart...its not a point of dispute or argument but more about acknowledging the things..People in Pakistan are way more bonkers over Indian movies than us and far less critical about the movies than us..and here we give the Pakistani singers more admiration than they get in their country.. All of us are indebted to people from across the border who have lent their voices to the movies and made them such a hit,its surely a deadly combo Indian cinema +Pakistani singing .....perhaps that's the reason why there has been this wave of Pakistani artist coming to India for mainstream commercial action...i mean they get acknowledgment ,fame and much more money..people revere them ,whereas in their own country the bands as junoon have always courted controversy for the kind of music they play..i feel that's the reason for there passion for music ..its like when you are subjected to so much subjugation that you feel more strongly about the things. Music was in a way always like that...with the times when music and music videos were banned in Pakistan in the 80s the music kind of came back with a force and rigor after the ban with bands exploding on the Asian circuit...strings and junoon most prominently..i remember listening to sayonee way back when i was a kid ,the music video seemed weird to me that time but the music was even then contagious...
The whole Sufi impact is there to be seen...the music is more about the soul...the voices are better and original from nusrat fateh ali khan and abida parveen to strings and rahat fateh ali khan ,there is this simplicity and easiness about the songs ...i can go on about the charm of their music......there have been so many occasions in my life that the songs are always running in the back of my mind ,are on the tip of my tongue...totally express my feelings at that time.....Times when you don't feel like sharing anything with anybody ,you find refuge in the music ...these are THOSE kind of songs..
Despite all the persistent problems in the country the music is still blooming and reaching out of Pakistan to show that everything is not as murky as thought of...

peek...peek a pi..peek a boo

There are times when you evolve so does the meaning of the word or perhaps words that you know…this is about such a situation
Scene 1. (In school, kidding with friends) …..Suddenly I get pissed off with a friend for her constant meddling in my business and trying to show off my vocab I term her as a VOYEUR…that was a new word for me then… having it heard from José mourinho and obviously at ‘CERTAIN’ sites…it was something that was impulsive and at that moment I felt totally right using the word…perhaps not as factually but in a way to describe the intrusion..And then they tried to see the meaning of the word and soon they were like yuck…chhhi…haw jee…etc etc…I was least bothered then but after sometime I realized that perhaps I shouldn’t have used the word just for the sake of it but still I felt that I was right in using it…I mean its not only about the carnal connotations that it emphasizes on …Its more about seeking into somebody’s privacy..But I grew more of guilty conscious that time seeing the reactions...I even apologized...And I became cautious of the power of words and their overtones and a bit uncertain …
Scene 2. (Reading Mr. Rushdie) about how the whole world in a way examined and scrutinized lady Diana’s death and the allegations and affair that surrounded it… evading somebody’s privacy , trying to get the in depth knowledge about the whole incident… in a way the whole incident was caused by this urge to know about lady Diana and her secret lover when paparazzi followed them as they took off trying to get away from the shutter bags for their eventual ride as we all saw them get trampled in their car on a highway .In fact certain claims suggest that few photographers clicked pics of the dying princess …and were arrested too …it was voyeurism at its nastiest it was the curse of being famous…for me it was a thing to be despised
Scene 3. (Now watching dimpy and rahul mahajan and the whole fracas)...I feel voyeur is a global term and quite a big trait of human race today…there is a sense of voyeurism in everyone of us….I don’t feel shame or pride confessing that I too feel voyeuristic quite a lot of time….its hard to take out voyeurism from our lives…with so much of access into everyone’s life we are all bound to be peek in others life ,sometimes for our vicarious pleasures ,sometimes to find solace of the fact that we are in a better situation than others ,sometimes to get away from the monotony of one’s own life ,sometimes just like that …because we have grown accustomed to seeking into other people’s life … its not just about the celebrity status… internet is a voyeur’s paradise… I mean with so many social networking sites it’s as easy as it gets...its more of acceptance than anything else that news channels broadcast a petty spat between a glory hunting couple and we all are more than happy to join in…...so take a peek …