Mehndi Hassan- A phenomenon of its own kind

I didn't know about Mehndi Hassan much....must have heard his name somewhere in the musical circle..nothing more than that. Well...I already had Ghulam Ali thanks to my father....and then I had Jagjit Singh and Hariharan....thanks to my elder brother..so already 3 gazal maestroes..I was familier with..and I admired all the 3....so there was no place for a 4th one..!!

But after college...during my initial days of Job in Trivandrum..sourthern part of India...a cassette happened to catch my eyes in a music shoppe...Ghulam Ali & Mehndi Hassan - First time together! I thought why not try this...lets explore who's this guy called Mehndi Hassan.

So that was my first introduction to Mehndi Hassan...and it was a wonderful experience...his voice had a unique calmness..and softness...totally opposite of Ghulam Ali's restless one!

I really took a liking to his beautiful number ' Mai khayal Hoon kisi aur ka'....a complicated and serious gazal 'Ab ke hum bichhde' in a rare raga Bhoopkali...and some Rajasthani Folk as well...and then I bought some more of his stuff...and it was really good.

His style is very relaxed and he takes his time to expand and express the meaning of gazal woven into a raga...displays all the intricacies of the raga. He normally composes the gazals in a single raga...not mixing 2 ragas..tries to maintain the purity of the raga. The calming and soothing effect is awesome...and there are no parallels to it.

World of Finance

My cousin doing his MBA today met me online, he was writing some paper which he had to submit today on the subject 'World of finance'. He wanted me also to have a look and comment. So while going through it, I thought why not try this subject today for my blog...hehehe...!

World of Finance: It’s very boring....I hate financial jargon...like investments, shares, liquidity, interest rate, CRR, etc etc....I can relate to finance only to the extent to which any other common man could relate – Managing one’s money in such a way that one can run his/her family. Now I know that ‘running a family’ is a broader term, and for different people it can mean differently, the scale can be different – for a poor farmer, it might mean being able to cater for only the food, shelter and cloths for his family, whereas for a rich man, it would be being able to live a king size life. Still, more than that, I wouldn’t know about finance. But probably that might be the root...where this finance starts....people want to feed their family, they want them to wear good cloths, they want to live in a good accommodation, basically everyone wants a better quality of life...everyone wants to improve... so there is always a need...humans always need something...they are rarely content with whatever they’ve got...that might be the starting point of finance...may be.

Now the important question...am I good at it...am I good at managing my money? I am not... but what to do...mostly I spend money when I feel like spending...ofcourse my middle class upbringing makes me think about it once or twice but it fails to stop me though...investment, future planning...these things cross my mind but yet can't stop me spending when I want to.

But probably it'll all going to change soon..! I guess everyone must give some thought about investment and making one's wealth grow..it's hight time I should start the same.

That's world of finance for me...so mean so self centered isnt it?