Coal and Salt

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This is what happens when you leave a boy unsupervised, on a helipad, in the mountains with the world as his oyester. He will tell you stories from that night where he befriended ghosts, a kitten and the stars, all in the search of the perfect story :)

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It’s starts with the music only. But it does get better, rather it gets personal :)

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Wrote a letter. Thought I'd share.

It starts at 01:25 :)

The less i say, the better it is.

Sahir and his love for the country knows no bounds. He will always be remmebered for writing works like this. With the same intensity and his love for the nation and his vision for equality amongst all differentiating factors, he wrote "Tu Hindu Baenga Na Musalman Banega". I love to think that he is talking to a newborn and telling baout the demarcations of religion, whilst mentioning that there is a beacon of hope and pride that belongs to this country which has to be taken ahead by the future generation. Sahir, you beauty 💛The background music is "Vande Mataram (Revival) by A R Rahman. In entirety or whole, I own no part of the song or the poem. All I own, is the sky 💛

Immortal. This is what defines this Nazm. Always has and always will. If you listen closely to this nazm, it will define the relationship of time with the universe. How meager we human beings are and how tiny we can be in the vast spectacle of this universe.Listen closely, for the universe is always listening.Mai Pal do Pal Ka Shayar Hu by Sahir LudhianviThe background score is "In the Distance" by Tony Anderson. In no form, entirety or whole, do I own the background music or the poetry. All I Own, is the Sky

There was someone before Amrita. Sahir's world was not always grey, it had a love that was reciprocated but then something else came in between them. Yaksui was written for her. .Notes and anecdotes for this episode are inspired by Akshay Manwani who wrote the book, "Sahir Ludhianvi: The Peoples Poet". Which he undoubtedly, was, is and always will be. .The notes and anecdots, the music, the poems, I own nothing about them, in pieces or entirety. All I own, is the sky.