TIMELESS LEGACY- JAGJIT SINGH AND STEVE JOBS
12 th October 2011 In the last few months, we have lost quite a few public and inspirational figures- Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Gautam Rajadhyaksha, Shammi Kapoor and some others from the field of arts, sports and industry. But today, I feel like talking about two people, beloved icons of our generation(rather, two generations), whose demise have affected me and made me sit and think- JAGJIT SINGH and STEVE JOBS. When I heard the news about Jagjitji’s stroke on September 23, I somehow already had the inkling that the chances of his recovery were slim. I felt A Part of Me Die that day and what happened two days ago was just prolongment of the inevitable. Jagjitji single-handedly brought the elite form of ghazal singing to the masses, so much so that it became a part of their everyday lives. JAGJIT SINGH = GHAZAL The above is not an overstatement. For millions of listeners and music lovers in India and abroad, the only ghazal artist they knew was Jagjit Singh. Whether it is a middle cl