Raja Rocks

When we recently changed apartments, I signed up for Zee TV on comcast with a heavy heart ... the balcony was not positioned correctly for Direct TV :-(

I eat my words today, after watching the episode of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa where Salman Khan was the guest. One hot performance after the other ! It totally made the switch to Zee worth it!

Ofcourse, there was one performance that stood out heads and shoulders above the rest .. my favorite .. Raja Hasan from Bikaner. His singing gives me goose-bumps. This man is phenomenal and also comes across as the most humble person on earth. A deadly combination.
Here is the link to the performance. Raja Hasan’s Maahiya Performance - 21st July.

You learn the most interesting things when you google. Like Raja's dad sang one of my favorite ghazals from the 1980 movie Pyara Dushman. Till date, this song shakes me to my soul and I could never figure out who the singer was. Now the son has lead me to the father. Thank you Raja!

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/hindi_bollywood/s/movie_name.8874/ - the first song here is sung by Raja's dad - Ab Jo Bichede Jo.

I hope that for once, SRGMP selects a singer who is worthy of winning. And since Raja has been the top vote getter for the past 3 weeks, it looks like it may very well happen this time ..hurray!