AajTak Literature 2024: The night was filled with ghazals on the last day of Sahitya Aaj Tak 2024 held at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in Delhi. It was the occasion of Shaam-e-Ghazal. When Sudip Banerjee forced everyone to hum with his voice. Many more sessions were organized before this.
A unique confluence of melody, words, literature, art and music was seen in Sahitya Aaj Tak. A meeting of young poets was also held here and people also enjoyed the comic poets’ conference full of humor and satire. There were numerous sessions with various artists and singers from the world of cinema. Here also people knew him and listened to him attentively.
Conversations were held on many topics.
On top of all this, there were detailed discussions on literature, society and politics. Great personalities participated in them and expressed their opinions. The future of literature was also discussed here, it was also discussed whether technology is becoming an obstacle or a stepping stone on the path of literature. There were also discussions on how literature and culture can be further enriched using technology and how ancient heritages can be preserved.
Literature, songs, music and much more.
Some writers and scholars also narrated untold stories and tales that we would never have known about till date. This caravan, which has been circulating for two days, stopped at Sham-e-Ghazal on Sunday afternoon. Here, the country’s well-known ghazal writer Sudeep Verma lent his voice to ghazals ranging from Ghalib to Bashir Badr.
The names of the ghazals were on the last night of Sahitya Aaj Tak 2024.
Sudip Banerjee is a famous Indian ghazal singer. He comes from a very famous family of Allahabad. Sudeep did his schooling and college in Delhi and turned to ghazals at a very young age.
Ghazal singer Sudeep is a household name.
Sudeep has also composed music for two feature films called With Love Tumhara and Chaucer. Sudeep has traveled to different cities in India for his concerts. He has also done numerous programs outside the country. He is the only singer in India who releases ghazals continuously every year.
Shaam-e-Ghazal began with Ghalib’s couplet.
Sudeep started the Sham-e-Ghazal with a Ghalib couplet. He said that today afternoon I will start with Ghalib. He also said two words about Delhi: ‘Take care of your turban, Mir. This is Delhi’After this he presented this ghazal.
The agreement that was between you and me… whether you remember it or not.
If you say he will go, he will come back if he can.
It will be a while whether you remember it or not.
Once the first ghazal was over, he presented his instruments and musicians. They said Vinayak is on the board. Shahnawaz on guitar and me on harmonium. After this, Sudeep presented another song:
Everyone loves in life…
The sequence of ghazals continued to increase.
In this way, the series of ghazals continued to increase and Sudeep presented beautiful ghazals one after another. He also sang Bashir Saheb’s ghazal. Along with this, he said that they say that the heart colony is Old Delhi, whoever passed through there looted it. Therefore, I am going to present a ghazal of Bashir Saheb. I just released this ghazal. I have also composed this.
This life in a strange city…
Neither is the journey at night, nor is there perdition…
After Bashir Sahab’s Ghazal, Sudeep presented Nida Fazli Sahab’s Ghazal. He said that there is a beautiful mix of Hindi and Urdu in this ghazal. I have never heard such a ghazal. Presentation-
Heartbeat, heartbeat, heartbeat, Allah, your name beats…
