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What my 20s Taught Me…

June 27, 2025July 7, 2014 by Haas

A friend who recently turned 25, asked me for some life advice. I thought for a moment and didn’t know what to tell him… There were so many things to say but I had no idea where to start. After a while I started looking at the question differently. What do you wish someone had … Read more

30 years later…

July 2, 2014 by Haas

Last Sunday I turned 30. I have this running joke I tell my friends on their birthdays, that goes something like: Guess what, today I got a day older and you got a year older [mocking laughs] Well, I got a decade older this time :P The 20 year old me would have been pretty … Read more

Zehnaseeb (Hasee To Phasee) – Lyrics Translation

June 27, 2014 by Haas

Zehanaseeb comes from the root word “Naseeb” which means Good Fortune/Luck and the word Zehn meaning “My”(or self). Generally the phrase would be translated to “My Good Fortune/Luck”. The beauty of Urdu is that this word works equally well as a part of a sentence and as phrase on its own. Both versions are beautifully … Read more

Patakha Guddi (Highway) – Lyrics Translation

March 12, 2014 by Haas

Irshad Kamil‘s best songs are almost borderline hymns (Kun Faya Kun & Illahi come to mind). Patakha Guddi falls right in that category. Here is a song that talks about this girl (the protagonist in ‘Highway’) but is worded so beautifully it talks about her in relationship with god.

The more I understand the song and its intention, the more I admire the thought process that went to writing it. Irshad Kamil is slowly but surely becoming one of my all time favorite lyricists.

Movie: Highway
Lyrics: Irshad Kamil
Music: A R Rahman
Singers: Sultan Nooran & Jyoti Nooran

Kamli (Dhoom 3) – Lyrics Translation

April 8, 2015January 20, 2014 by Haas

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Kamli has to be my favourite song from the Dhoom 3 soundtrack. The word Kamli, is a Punjabi word for ‘Crazy’ (or Mad). What I truly love about this song is how Amitabh Bhattacharya has used different forms of water to describe the mood and passion of the subject.