If Jagjit Singh’s Ghazals Were Penned in the Times of Social Media
Some of Jagjit Singh’s iconic ghazals with a twist of social media.
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Jagjit Singh’s ghazals always take us back to the times when romance was innocent and love wasn’t as ‘complicated’ as it is in the age of Facebook and Twitter. Today, the keyboard is mightier than the pen. So if the new generation were to interpret some of his lovestruck melodies, here’s what they would sound like.
It’s all about ‘likes’ and retweets.
Always makes us wonder, no?
When you are watching closely, from a distance.
When people leave you wondering where they are.
Ah! Those good old days.
(This story is from The Quint’s archives. It is being republished to mark Jagjit Singh’s birth anniversary.)
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