In the Dying Light

Farzana this was a nice read. A bit self conscious but thats prolly your style.Made me want to go to Varanasi again. :-(
And it should have gone into the lit section.

Hi editor-in-chief,

What was the point of this article at this time ? Chowk Staff had already put up a post to attract all the vents and dumps. Please elucidate

#48 delhiwala

Please take a look at south and east of delhi.

Outside north-west india, all indian ladies wear sari. Only in north-west india has it got this weird kind of religous marker associated with it.

Also take a look at the lady PM from bangladesh. She will always wear a shaari (little joke there :-).

On side note:-``Water is round in a round receptacle and square in a square one, but water itself has no particular shape. People often forget this fact.`` Buddha

Dear Chief-Editor
Your article clearly shows me that you are sensitive to the needs of your readers. Good journalist is always conflict sensitive, flexible, social, curious, to experience more and to work under pressure, indepenednt,constructive,tolerant, patient, self controlled, never careless, respectful but unafraid, quick to respond to needs of humanity, with clarity of thoughts and Non judgmental with fairness. Your article depicts all above mentioned characteristics of a good journalism.
Good work
Take care

PS:-Your footnote is the best.I love it.

Re: # 36
Saari,
Does she wear UnIslamic Sari?
I have never seen a Muslim woman wear a saree, except in Hyderabad, where you can see Burqa clad woman showing their PEttiCoat frills through the Burqa and their Chappals and maroon nail polish.

Big Sign....I miss Naampalli and the restaurants. Charminar, the melodious voice of Muslim Singers in Abid. Charmas...woh bhee kiya din the..

Re: # 45
Is TaareeJee your Uncle?
I am flattered. I have few of his Video tapes in Boston in which Raagis at Gurudwara used to watch him play, if I am not mistaken he is left handed and was able to move very fast.

Did he teach you?

I am just a novice, and now I am going away from Tabla over to Jorri(Punjabi Baaj). I was told that it was invented or perhaps played by Guru Gobind Singh Jee. And Sikhs lost touch with their own instruments such as Baaj, Taus, Dilruba and Saranda.
Hindu Music eroded the Sikh musical customs and now they only use HArmonium(German instrument) and Banarsi Tabla.

Surpringly none of the Sikh Raagis knew what is Baaj and many of them told me that Oh Ya Muslims in Lahore play that type of instrument, when I asked Muslims they did not know about it. My goal is to play 10 mts every day.

Analysis from Praveen Swami, india`s most analytic terrorism journalist. This is the kind of work needed, not this bevakoof advani-mulayam bandarbaji.

Unending war

http://www.flonnet.com/fl2301/stories/20060127006800800.htm

``TODAY, inshallah, I announce the break-up of India,`` thundered Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the patron of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, at a rally in November 1999, organised by its parent organisation, the Markaz Dawa wal Irshad.

Re: # 43

Dili Meray Khalazad Bhai (my Masayr)

Kherwa in Pakistan goes like this:

Dhe Te Te Te Te Te Dhe Te (1st and 7th beat is a Dha)

Ustad Tari lives in PA. He accompanied many Pakistani and Indian singers/mousikaars, including Mehdi Hasan, NFAK, even Ravi Ji.

And since we are talking about Benares......

Here is a Benares Tintaal Tukra (mostly played on Pakhawaj, but you can Tabla it too). It’s one of my most favorite Tukras:

Din Din tete tete Gheghe Tete Gadi Gani Ta Kate Dha ni Dha
Tete kate gadi ghene dha ghene dha (X3)
kate gadi ghene dha ghene dha (X3)
gadi ghene dha ghene dha (X3)
ghene dha ghene dha (X3)

My Guruji plays this by reducing each two beats to play it in 12s.

He does that 4 times, and he calls his tukra Gao Poocha (Cowtail). When we meet, I will show you how to Chakardaar it.

Re: # 42
I agree Hindus do have a weak imaan. With the exception of Punjabi/Marathi hindus rest of the Hindus are like Thailee ke Baingan, as far as religion is concerned.

OTOH, Sikhs can be easily provoked and are more similar to hardcore Muslims(minus the fanatical part).

Re: # 41
How would you play Keherwa in Pakistan?
Dha-Ge-Na-Ke-Ta-Ke-Te-Tun (Does this Bol make any sense to you).

Also, I keep hearing that there is a Paki Tabla player in NJ, who used to be Tabla player of UStaad Nusrat FA Khan.

Patay hai kithey haiga oho?

one thing obvious to notice is the weak imaan of the hindus. a test case is that of chowk. a while back when some cartoons were published in denmark (no one died except some trees for the newsprint), chowk FP had 200 articles and 2000 showed up in self-publish. now we have one by chowk-staff admonishing VIPS to not to go to banaras (if they dont go, they will get admonished too), and one by ferzana about how banaras is putrid at worst and tacky at best, only relief is self (I) generated after closing eyes and imagining 786 and budha quote to legitimize the smug smirk.

Re: # 40

Dilli Pai… Ik Hoor tintaal lay..

Dha tete ghere Naga, Ghere Naga tit
Dhadha ghere naga, tuna ghere naga

(This is also 3taal…. Repeat this 4 times, and you can Chakardaar this too).

I like Farzana ji too.

Re: # 38
Kulharee Mian,
She is being herself. I would leave her alone.
She is not a Punjabi like you and I and maybe that is why we have cultural differences, though she does share same religion as you.

Chaddo Paran, I am really enjoying by Punjabi Baaj(Jorri), Teen-Taal and Daadra.
Dha Dhin DhinDha
Dha dhin dhin dha
Dha tin tin ta
ta dhin dhin dha

Re: # 37
Thanks for the clarification.
Like I said in my previous post in reply to our friend ``dostmittar``, if there is anything for me to learn then I will learn about judging people.
In my own asessment regarding this and prior posts, where not just me but others(mostly Indians) have accused you of being too-cool or devoid of emotions and even sometimes Anti-Indian, It all could be discounted as bad timing.
I find that you are a talented writer but very negative. I am sincerely hoping that I am wrong about the negative part and in future you will provide us Chowjunkies with good humor and neutral articles.

Thanks again!

Re: # 37

Farzana Ji… too many “I”s in your reply. Whatever credibility it might have had, that too is now questionable. It’s better to take the arrow in the chest than in the ass. Just admit that your piece might have sounded (Might) a little on the insensitive side, and write something better tomorrow, like you always do.

Best wishes.