Coke Studio comes to INDIA!!!

I have always admired Pakistani musicians... I guess since they don't have Bollywood equivalent, the music is a lot more experimental, open and I've heard some very good Pakistani music.

Coke Studio was an amazing platform for Pakistan's music. Someone said it is the next best thing to happen to Pakistani music after Nusrat.. Not knowing a lot about the industry, I wouldn't contest that. But it has definitely created a great platform for the thousands of Pakistani's for whom music is an integral part of their life.

The first video of Coke Studio I bumped into on somebody's FB, and I instantly fell in love with the song - and got me hooked on to the platform.



The initial list of musicians for Coke Studio India are mostly some known singers (List of Coke Studio India artists), but I SERIOUSLY hope the show doesn't get lost in Bollywood type music.

Here's hoping for some great Monday evenings...

School kills creativity

Very good thought...

Its the second time I have left home...

... and maybe this time its for good!

The last time I left home, I left as a boy, and returned as an adult! Although I am not getting emotional/sensitive about the fact that I'm leaving home again, I feel like emoting!

I am pretty excited to be in the new apartment (bigger, better complex etc.) and I am also looking forward to a new beginning, maybe a new phase in my life... but there is always sadness about leaving back something which has been a part of you for soooo long, part of me growing up. I will always say that Houston is the place I really grew up, but nonetheless Urvashi is where I spent 20 years of my life - my growing up years, teenage years, college life, driving back home from my first job, and many many more of such memories.

But one thing which I am more sad about is that I am no more in Prabhadevi. I always harp about my area, but until now I didn't realize that I am going to miss it so much. Maybe its the familiarity with the area, the memories, or just the fact that its one of the BEST areas in Bombay, that I wish I can someday go back to it...

Until then, view of the Bombay skyline and a fabulous complex is what's gonna keep me going!

Thinking about you Houston...

... and I miss you!

Romancing your soul...

After a long time I have got reminded of my Houston apartment… Coming home after a long day’s work, and having cereal and milk and OJ for dinner, with my computer in front of me, feels like I am at ‘home’. Somehow that apartment, and the apartment complex still feels like home. I am definitely not missing being in Houston right now, but maybe I am missing my space…

It all starts with thoughts and takes me into a totally different mood… Google mapped a friend’s place in NY, saw that she lives very close to the shore… And my mind raced to summer in NY. Then I was asked about one day in every season which I would want to do…

A summer day – on the lake at Chicago

A rainy day – at Nariman Point, waves splashing on me, and I am watching my city… Bombay!

Here I was asked if I want to do this all alone... and I said yes, can’t think of anyone else I would want to be with.

A winter day – in Detroit watching it snow from my sis’ living room window, with Chanda and Sameer…