About Farida Khanum, a Delhi traveller and media

Pakistan News

Lahore: When she strolled gradually onto the stage towards her seat, Farida Khanum looked delicate and evidently mature enough to be on borderline of feebleness, nonetheless, she was a completely distinctive individual when she authentically began tending
to the group of onlookers as soon she took her seat. It was the second day of the Festival of Arts and Literature at Alhamra on Sunday and she was in the session, devoted to her, called "the Love Song of Pakistan." It was directed by Ali Sethi while Ghulam Ali was additionally welcomed on the stage to be part of the talk. It was the main session maybe in the entire celebration that was pressed with the music darlings who needed to listen to the legends talk. Farida Khanum discussed the days when as a youngster she was not extremely attached to singing, be that as it may she got extraordinary instructors who exchanged her their information in the most ideal way that could be available. In Radio Pakistan, she met Z.a. Bukhari who helped her develop as an artist, giving her more opportunities to sing her heart out. To an inquiry why she moved towards ghazal singing, leaving traditional, Farida Khanum said she had points of reference of any semblance of Roshan Ara Begum in established singing who were past any rivalry or even hard to take after, also the craft was excessively extreme for her. She clarified the intricacies of Ragas, particularly Raag Aiman, which was utilized as a part of a number of her organizations incorporating the extremely popular Shaam-e-Firaq Ab Nah Pooch, Aai Aur Aa Kay Tal Gae. Assisting the purpose of Khanum, Ghulam Ali said Raag Aiman and Raag Bhairvi held all the organizations of the planet and music from all the dialects and societies. He additionally clarified both the Ragas and how they worked, truism that Raag Aiman was initially formed by Amir Khusro. Ghulam Ali clarified the traditional singing through a Bandish. He said common ability was the preeminent prerequisite for singing, which could be sustained through preparing. He focused on preparing for singing, idiom that they had their seniors and Ustads who taught them even how to proclaim expressions while singing a ghazal. They were lucky enough to have extraordinary arrangers and writers around them, he said, including that one of his renowned worldwide organizations, a Nasir Kazmi ghazal, Dil Main Ik Lehr Si Uthi Hay Abhi, was formed by Altaf Sahib at the Radio Pakistan. Farida Khanum additionally sang a part of Aaj Janay Ki Zid Nah Karo. Farida Khanum paid tribute to Reshma, who passed away on Sunday, by singing her extremely popular tune Hai O Rabba Nai O Lagda Dil Mera, in a manner that no one else, with the exception of Reshma, could sing it. She said Reshma was an extraordinary artist who sang from her heart, adding that she herself used to sing Reshma at home. Ghulam Ali said Reshma was a straightforward individual, portraying an episode that happened in the vicinity of a decade back in the Us, where the people vocalist whined to him that her promoter had not paid her for a show that she aimed to get however she later got the installment with Ghulam Ali's assistance. The session was the best part of the entire occasion however Ali Sethi, over and over, interfered with Farida Khanum and Ghulam Ali, rather than giving them a chance to talk, to show his information of the history of ghazal and Khayal singing, now and again just requiring from them insistence of what he said. Raza Rumi: In the session on "Delhi by Heart: Impressions of A Pakistani Traveller," by Raza Rumi, Aitzaz Ahsan said, in a light tone, the book was not about Delhi, its about Raza Rumi while exuding delight from the group of onlookers. Kishwar Naheed and Madeeha Gauhar were the different speakers in addition Raza Rumi himself. Mr Ahsan further said the allotment remained an unpleasant subject both in India and Pakistan and Rumi's book was a treat for those intrigued by the subject. Rumi completed not just expound on Delhi as his scene was more extensive and it spread over the subcontinent. He said the book held numerous layers and its structure was subjective, non-straight, emotive and full of perceptions about everything from trees, plants till antiquated landmarks. Raza went into the time tunnel and returned in the organization of the magnificent Mughals, he said. Rumi said the individuals, both in India and Pakistan, were denying more than a thousand years of history soon after 1947. Topographies could make and break however civilisations continued as before, he said, mourning that history was being contorted in the subcontinent. He said out of 2,000 people of old landmarks in Delhi, just 1,200 survived while 400 to 500 antiquated landmarks in Lahore, particularly those identified with different religions furthermore Islam, had been lost. This all happened because of country states that both India and Pakistan came to be after the parcel, truism that pace of evacuating indications of "unwanted history" was more quick in Pakistan than in India. Rumi said the young in India, much the same as Pakistan, was being deluded by the media and conservative governmental issues, including that they pondered if young ladies in Pakistan headed off to colleges, suspecting that there were the Taliban in each road of the nation. A contention rolled out when Kishwar Naheed "remedied" Rumi that first national hymn was not composed by Jagan Nath Azad as called attention to by him. As of right now, Aitzaz Ahsan flippantly hindered by saying, "Kishwar, Kitni Khoobsurat Baat Ki Tum Nay Tasheeh Kr Di." Madeeha Gauhar said Rumi's book was difficult to characterize as he had compared particular stories with real history. Both Madeeha and Kishwar Naheed read out entries from the book. Contradict In Media: A session, Dissent in Media, was held on media morals and control. Ali Dayan, Saroop Ejaz and Aeysha Siddiqa were around the speakers. Ali Dayan said there used to be controls in the print media soon after the invasion of Tv channels and they used to be careful to the point that they abstained from utilizing the expression "assault" in the news, mourning that there were no such governs in the standard media now. Notwithstanding, he said, control by the administration or any of its org was out of inquiry. He said the media was not keeping any contrast between news and sentiment. Saroop Ejaz said the