The Young India

Kartikey Sehgal

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Franz Liszt was a composer-pianist (largely). He transcribed Beethoven’s symphonies for piano. Beethoven was a composer. 

Wagner and Tchaikovsky were composers. Haydn was a composer and a teacher to Beethoven. Knowlede about Liszt’s transcriptions here.

I see.

The idea of Franz Liszt to play Ludwig Van Beethoven on piano was to show that Beethoven had a soft touch in all the symphonies. Franz’s piano played the part of bringing to notice the absolutely sublime part of the …

Kartikey Sehgal

On being asked what ‘what people do at an auto-expo’, and not willing to speak, I wrote the following on some napkins: 

let us go to an auto expo
scratch our chins
and act informed.

like in a fashion show,
which is a gift to hypocrisy
where we watch the models
but ogle at the fabrics

let us discuss 
engines and powers - 
not of the model,
who sashays around the bonnet
moving hers in style, - 
but of the car

let us …

Kartikey Sehgal

Critics who point out that Sachin Tendulkar is ‘selfish’ in his desire to want to continue are spot on, except that this quality of selfishness is what we ought to emulate and instill in our self. Or rather not. That’s how we are naturally.

Deriving from Darwin’s theory of evolution – whose ardent proponents hold intra-special instead of inter-special competition as more relevant – intra-racial competition is more important to us than inter-racial competition. That is, we compete and fight more with people …

Kartikey Sehgal

A woman, who breathes in and out the concepts of feminism and equality, is unable to apply them in real life. Interestingly, we don’t question the ideal; we just want to hear the sob story.

Meena Kandasamy, in her article in Outlook dated March 19, 2012 (I Singe The Body Electric), gives an account of the abuse and torture she faced at the hands of her lover, who beat her, whipped her, forced her to perform fellatio, among other atrocities. She …

Kartikey Sehgal

I hope you enjoy listening to this nazm as I have enjoyed composing and singing it. The Lahori audience was refined and appreciative. From an official source:

Kartikey Sehgal sings his composition of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poem, “Jab Teri Samandar Aankhon Main” (In Your Ocean Eyes) at a concert in Lahore organised by Moneeza Hashmi of ‘Faiz Ghar‘ and recorded by Hum TV.

This is an audience recording and the actual recording would be available soon, including all ghazals/nazms sung …

Kartikey Sehgal

There are other heartaches in the world than those of love – so said poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, from his poem “Mujhse Peheli Si Mohabbat Mere Mehboob na Maang” (Don’t ask me for the love I once gave you, my love).

I have set this and other poems to music and they shall be sung by Seema Sehgal (blog link). I may sing two self-composed nazms.

The program is this Saturday (April 7) in Lahore, Pakistan. You are welcome.

This evening …

Kartikey Sehgal

Present day girls are lonely, alone. Vultures, with cultivated despondency and measured smiles, feed on the girls, – adopting themselves to emotions of deceit, forsaking masculinity.

It is the test of a girl to adapt to cold mountains and narrow roads, or perceptions of hollow people dancing under bright lights. It is the test of her growth, her family, when she refuses charming propositions of misery, thereby, saving herself from that which is turning common to women – bleakness. 

Bleakness – the once …

Kartikey Sehgal

This is the working/first poster of ‘Vide’, a forthcoming film in English. The film is about the life of a church musician.

Participants include Manoj G Nigli as director, Kartikey Sehgal as actor and Christopher Masand as music director.

We wish for its sucessful completion.

To sum up this note:

“The future is no more uncertain than the present.“ – said Walt Whitman…

but added that, “The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light …

Kartikey Sehgal

 Here is a gift. Selected works of ‘Father of the Symphony’, Joseph Haydn. These are my selections  from his 106 symphonies. This man made many, many symphonies.

 Music fans have complained that Haydn is boring and ‘repetitive’. He wrote for the court and for  entertainment. He wrote so that the princes and the common man could identify and move along and  not be challenged or shocked. ‘But’ he also composed masterpieces that remind you of the style of  Mozart and Beethoven, who had …

Kartikey Sehgal

My vocals for the song ‘Goriye Ho Meri Raniye Ho’ (alongwith Seema Sehgal) from the album “Tale of a Virgin River”. 
 
Singers: Seema Sehgal & Kartikey Sehgal 
Composed by Seema Sehgal 
Lyrics: Yash Sharma
Arranged by: Sandesh Shandilya
From the Dogri Album ‘Tale of a Virgin River’ 

Goriye ho meri raniye ho by kartikeys