Youtube = My TV

June 1, 2008 | Filed Under Point of View, songs i love 

I am towards the end of an evening of watching and hearing many ghazals on Youtube. My gtalk status was set to - ‘listening to ghulam ali on youtube’ during the period. Couple of my friends pinged me to ask what I was listening to. I started off with Ghulam Ali and listened to him quite a bit. Then moved on to Habib Saab, Mehdi Hasan, Farida Khannum, Iqbal Bano, Begum Akhtar, Alongside I was having a discussion on ghazals with Sana and we were sharing ghazals with each other. Prince popped up and he asked me to share what I was listening. I was listening to Farida Khannum and gladly shared it with him.

I had a delightful time. Although I was alone at home, I could still connect with ppl and share my love for what I was watching. This is how TV is going to be in the future. Loneliness with virtual company.

One of these days I am planning to have a classic rock evening, beatles evening, qawwali evening. Youtube truly rocks.

On another note, am planning to host a ghazal/mushaira evening some time in September. Exact dates, venue is still not decided. But if you are interested in presenting or listening, do get in touch with me.

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