The Drumbeat

(A psychological analysis)

“One good thing about music is, when it hits you, you feel no pain” Bob Marley

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Music remained a major source to express one's inner feelings; through instruments, composition, performance, art, fine art, sounds or silence. It has never been a confused or controversial phenomenon as its in today’s world, especially among religious and scientific school of thought.

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The sounds of drumbeat, guitar strings, flute, violin, harmonium etc. is considered to be musical instruments and source of music, which I feel is a partial approach. Confining music with few instruments and practice on specific occasions or area has made it controversial, I believe. 

Elaborating the real soul, music exists everywhere in any shape. One can feel the joy of bird’s chirping, water flows, wind blowing, whistle, traditional, or modern instruments.

The religious school of thought has been using music and musical instruments as a source to preach and convey religious messages. Unfortunately, religiosity has played major part in restricting music, especially to the general mass; whether it’s Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism etc., every religion has an influence, direct or indirect. The denial approach from religious world has done great damage to music.

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Despite every restriction, music has found its way to reach everyone’s heart and mind. Even the stern religiosity couldn’t stop its access among religious circles.

Undeniably it has been echoing in the high mountains of Gojal valley and people of the area have been practicing music for so long, using various traditional instruments, compositions, or sounds.

It is believed that in good old day’s people of the area frequently used music and its instruments to cheer up or to celebrate any blissful occasion. Nowadays music has been restricted to wedding ceremonies, cultural events or any celebration of historical events/days having limited delineation in mind.

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Unnoticeably the religious social and cultural constraints have done great damage to the people, especially to the youth of the area.  Therefore, youth of the area have been looking for alternatives to celebrate moments of joy and happiness, which sometimes are unhealthy or unethical.

As some bad experiences surfaced during wedding ceremonies or cultural shows, but the drumbeat continues to slog people. One can still witness the hunger for dance moves or singing songs, apart from social or age restrictions. A layman even wants to express his inner within limited time; having in mind the notion that he will not get a second chance in the longer run, such behavior turns brutal sometimes.

Therefore frequent promotion of music at every stage or in any shape will help to normalize human behaviors in the longer run.

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My Birthday MISSIVE

I have never celebrated my birthday nor will do so; like a typical pragmatist who can’t jubilate his forfeiture.

Through this journey of life I did enormous experiments which brought me good or bad results, still life is on the go. A great Urdu poet Qabil Ajmeri has fabulously summarized the entire scenario in a couplet

Jee raha hon iss aitmaad k saath

Zindagi ko meri zarorat hay

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This year’s birthday is more or less special, it’s not I have some great plans or I have had any outstanding achievement. It is because there is general election on 11th May which everyone believes is going to change the unchanged nation.

I have been hearing haunting Mantras or slogans from different party leaders, workers, and voters for few weeks, like Change (of what kind?? God knows), eradication of corruption (which rather will increase), Rule of law (one can witness rule of lawlessness), rule of true Islam (there are hundreds of true Islamic laws in this Land of pure, God knows which one is TRUE), bilateral talks with Talibans (which always ends with bloodshed and bomb blasts), end of war against terrorism (would rather prolongs, as it’s a filthy money making industry), Justice for all (which is a pimp of rich, and powerful elites) assurance of laymen’s basic right (a right; which a crummy voter lives and dies without) and bla blaa blaaa.

At some point I tried to step back to write down whatever is going in my mind, as I don't have the right to vote (even after 65 years of voluntarily affiliation  with this Land of Pure)not only right of vote but a single representation in Senate or Parliament.

Apart from all nitpicks, criticism, and protests something is happening which is happening for good. At first there is a smooth shift of power, there are huge number of people (no matter decisive or indecisive) willing to vote, a phantasmagorical image of parties and  leaders whether they are leftist or rightist (whoever denies this fact lives in dungeon), the holy militia has planned not to stay in the limelight.

I hope and pray that everything works peaceful as planned by the interim government.

"One should not expect change or evolution whereas civic sense is corrupted"

Kuch Tum Becho Kuch Hum Bechay

Meray Lafz Kam Paday

In memory of Jaun Elia                                                        Didar Ali Jaffrey 

Meray lafz kam paday      In memory of Jaun Elia 

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Amir Khan the virtuoso

You have dragged a stray bull to walk on your way and forced to dance on your drumbeat.

Entertainment industry plays important role in economy and society. It helps to convey messages in a beautiful manner to make aware people about the unknown. There are people in this industry who are brilliant in their work and Amir Khan is one of them. I would avoid to discuss about those people who are in the industry for some material gain and fame using bunk tactics which I believe is ornery.

Amir Khan

Amir Khan, known as a Mr. Perfectionist in Bollywood film industry. I have been watching Amir Khan’s movies since my childhood, many of them are incomparable, above all he is great human being, and he never tried to gain cheapo fame. I would not say I am great fan of him but yes! I truly enjoy his work which maximizes the sentiment of respect for him.

 Recently I followed his reality TV show Satyamave Jayate (truth alone prevails); http://www.satyamevjayate.in/ many episodes truly touched my heart, for what he exposed regarding unjust attitude of human beings and other interrelated societal felony. 
Some major issues he discussed in his show were female foeticide, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, dowry, medical malpractices, untouchability, organic food and water crisis What I loved about his TV show is, he doesn’t exaggerate existing issues rather he has emphasized to find  the practical solution based on solid ground.

This is what I believe is essence of true  journalism which hardly exists in today’s World, what exists today is GONZO journalism where the so called journalists buy and sell suspense, thrill, horror, issues, terror, miseries, disaster , death and moments of happiness.
Hope people working in the  media industry follow your footstep and set examples like you did.
For you sky is not the limit!

In the land of Pure

Eat, sleep, and drink hypocrisy!!! 

The situation is not really convincing in Pakistan nowadays; whether it is economic disparity, societal felony, political vice, or religious irrationality.

Before going into any debate we should avoid trooping into the haunted citadel of patriotism, or yelling some miffed beliefs of creed.

This country has perplexed social, democratic, religious, and military setup which is difficult to cognize the idea warped in pretentious chauvinism.  The so-called democracy is owned by few rich pimps buffed with patriotism, religious, political, and military double standards.
We call them patriots who are camouflaged with democratic beachwear, religious bang and feed.
I failed to understand the delineation of democratic, constitutional, bureaucratic, religious, and military setup of this country, but now, I can summarize each and every concept in one word, which is Hypocrisy.
The issue is not that the ruling elites are not sincere to the country or nation the real issue is that we are not sincere to ourselves; our real approach is chameleonic and if there is any kind of intrinsic interest involved we don’t even hesitate to kiss the height of gluttony.

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We believe in one God but we do worship gods and goddesses, the dilemma is that we try to impose our gruesome beliefs on others, which leads to bloodshed and social unjust behavior. The so called fortress of Islam has many loopholes in it and the real dilemma is that the rats are tigers here and the Ra-tigers are the guards also.

Situations real concern is that the rats dislike to be known as rats they are proud (this word is justifiable for those who have done something different and unique personally) to be named as tigers, it is like; a traitor’s hunger to be remembered as a protagonist.

What we have done in the past?? We have deceived our own brothers of subcontinent, we snubbed our Bangladeshi brothers, and we wholesaled our land to the Arabs and Americans and turned Afghanistan a slaughterhouse for many generations.

We as a nation we don’t own glorifying history but we are educating the raped accounts to our upcoming klutz because we are master of malarkey tactics; we have forger zed the real events from the past.

Now we are symbol of distrust, betrayal, hate, forgery, extremism and terror but still we aren’t ashamed of all these, we song ourselves ghairethmand.

If we keep, continue like this then for sure this country will be a graveyard for millions of innocents we should promote harmony, tolerance, humility, mutual respect, and love for humanity. As Abdul Sattar Edhi said “there are no religion higher then humanity” so we have to understand the delineation of humanity and religion. 
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Your blood was colored water

When I met him after one year 

He is angry still angry that neither him nor his family got justice, well for me it’s not surprising especially in this country I mean a dudgeon of lifeless souls; you can expect every mess.

I said, Sher Afzal; you will not get justice neither your family, you died for a cause which was yours not ours. Your blood wasn’t blood, but colored water for us. He was surprised not even surprised but really shocked looked at me with many questions on his face.

Then he gathered himself and said but I have sacrificed my life, to be the voice of my people and get our rights, I said you are right that’s why I am telling you it was your cause not mine nor of any Hunzukuts.

He took a long breath and said we, the people of Hunza are united and we have the courage to live and die for our mutual cause.

I said it is good to say, hear and read, but in practice we are Brushu, Shina, and Wakhi speakers then how can we forget that we are from Hindi, Central Hunza and Gojal, we can’t even betray our mir, wazir, raja, arbob, thramfa because they are our idols.

Our political so called gruesome ideologies are like religious ideologies which we can’t disobey.

I realized, he is getting more frustrated, he said we have the most educated youth who are the real power.

I agree I said, we have the highest literacy rate in Pakistan but our youth is preparing, some of them have been prepared and some of them are already in the business, to be a Corporate Salve.

So you shouldn’t expect anything from these corporate slaves to chant slogans for your cause or justice. They don’t have time for all these bullshit, they are dreaming about highlife, beautiful wives, big bungalows, luxury cars and high tech they damn care about your cause, because your home has been submerged none of theirs.

He said why the hell are you so pessimistic? 

I am not, I said, but it’s the harsh realities.

Suddenly he asked have you ever been through such experience being ignored our brushed aside by your people??

I said yes, the issue was not personal, but for a social cause when I realized that I am not inhabitant of so called, Hunza.

We were chanting slogans in the streets of Gilgit for quick drainage of the lake water; suddenly the GB police reacted like a wild dog to stop the peaceful protest, many of the protesters got bruises.

During the protest I heard many people around, saying these are from upper part leave them, not our problem.

From that moment I lost the element of trust in my people.

Now you should stop dreaming about your cause and justice, I said

I saw tears rolling in his eyes

Then what should I do, how I would be able to get justice for me for my family?

There was no answer, after a long silence I said

Tell your family member to take the revenge there is no other way out.....

As our Lawyers are big liars and busy selling justice, our people have turned ostrich, our Corporate Slaves have got many task to do, so better go for this option, at least you will feel relieved

He didn’t say anything and suddenly screamed loudly then went away ......

AAzaad Nazm

Azaad Nazam        Didar Ali Jaffrey 

We failed to HONOR you

King of Ghazal Mehdi Hassan Khan   Photo Credit: Anonymous 

Today a coal mine has lost its only pride, a diamond which remained priceless and matchless. I am wondering if this so-called nation may utter a word for his contribution to music industry, his voice nourished many lifeless souls. It is not for the first time we dishonored legends like Mehdi Hassan Khan Sahab, we have long terrifying history in this regard.

We abuse, and politicize them whoever served this country with true heart, no matter more or less.

I am sorry King of Ghazal we are proud of slayers not legends like you, our forged history always refers to bigots like, Taimour, Ghori, Ghaznavi, Yaldaram, Tipu and many others but people will never find one line in history records about, Maulana Azad, Mangal Panday, Bhagat Singh, Rani Lakshmibai, Tansen, and many unsung heroes of sub-continent.

We have even ignored arrogantly, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Sahir Ludhyanvi, Habib Jalib, Mohsin Naqvi, Sadquain, Jaun Elia and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for their priceless contribution to literature, music, poetry and art.

Your voice will echo in the valleys of love and peace, it may not  shake comatose but will remain fresh in the hearts and minds of your followers and music lovers.

The wicked dwellers are not even in a position to pray for your departed soul and eternal peace.   


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Sampooran Singh Karla, pen name Gulzar has exquisitely pen down his love and affection for Khan Sahab  and I completely agree with Gulzar Sahab's poetical view that there is no border for love.

I have felt blessed to have known and listened you Khan Sahab, you will never be forgotten. 
May the diviner spirit  bless your soul with eternal peace. Amen!!