Pakistani hindi pop

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:44:41 -0500, Mahesh Vemula wrote:
> must say that the blog was good but i was really surprised with that
> exclamation
> dangling at the end of the ... wait i lll quote
> a fashion show in the middle and ended with a performance by a
> Pakistani pop group that sings in Hindi!
>
> im not sure why that exclamation dangling out even "Junoon" sings in
> Hindi remember the Sayoneee and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan also sang a couple
...
Well the exclaimation needs some explaination (i am sure ogden nash would have put a good spin on this line :-)

Junoon and Nusrat sang mainly sufi songs but strings is totally a new phenomena since their lyrics are pure hindi and I think they sing mainly for the indian market. Adnan sami is another paki who sings in hindi (well he wanted to migrate here but his citizenship app got rejected). There was Ali Haider too - Purani jeans aur guitar but Strings is the first pop group based in pakistan that sings for the Hindi pop market (correct me if I am wrong here)

All in all I think a good thing though. India is a bigger and more progressive market and if we can attract good talent in Pakistan to address us rather than their own, its a case of mutual benefit. And if we would get some of these pop groups to actually move to india with citizenship and all, it would score some good brownie points. For one it would send a clear signal that India is a more desirable place to live than Pakistan and these people could dispel some of the misconceptions about india that the pakistan keeps spreading there.

Just a small example of how economic considerations will create circumstances that will overshadow politics of the day.