Tag: childhood

As Fulfilling As Praying

Have you heard this song? “Ghar se masjid bahut door hai chalo yun kar len, Kisi rote hue bacche ko hansaya jaye.” (Meaning in English: The prayer place is so far away from home, Let us just make a crying child smile.) Recently I felt the joy of making a crying child smile. It was Friday. I had just taken...

The Tune

I saw him today! After listening to him for so long, finally I could spot him. Oh what a relief! It is amazing how some sites, sounds and smell can transmit you to another time and place instantly! This is what happened when I first listened to this man in this city called Mumbai. The first time I heard him...