False Decorations - a poem

Dohas of Kabir, starting with my composition on Kabir (Tu Tu Karta), then a short intro on Kabir,  followed by his top ten dohas, then "...

I was listening and meditating upon this beautiful ghazal by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, beautifully composed by Mehdi Hassan. It is one of my favorite...

I have been singing this shabad for over 30 years; I composed it when I was a teenager. It comes from a fairly long poem of 55 couplets, lyr...

[from 2013] Recently I recorded Guru Nanak's Aarti.  It was just me and the piano in my studio one evening. The essence of this beautifu...

I love the Vande Maataram composition in Raag Des sung by Lata Mangeshkar.  Vande Mataram is the national song of India. In 2003, BBC World ...

One of my favorite Kabir's poem I call "Dulhani." In this beautiful poem, Kabir envisions himself as the bride and the univers...

Sometimes we forget to sing. Sometimes we are singing in the wrong color.  This poem is a reminder that we don't have a lot of time on o...

Yesterday, we lost an amazing kirtaniya, Prof. Kartar Singh ji who passed away at the age of 94 years.  He was recently handed over the Padm...

This is a poem that is hilarious and profound at the same time, a classic Hoagland in my mind. In this case poet Tony Hoagland is driving a...

I have recently heard this Bulleh Shah song and it has really touched my heart. Several people have sung it, but I love the original composi...