"i am PASSIONATE about singing"

To talk about myself, music as someone has rightly said the food of my life. I am incomplete without music and singing. Hence its difficult to separate me from music.

My thirst for music began in the early childhood when people around me;my teachers, parents and peers discovered the God gifted talent of singing in me. They encouraged me at every step and pushed me forward to actively participate in singing competitions in and out of school. Through this motivation I gained immense confidence. As i was part of school choir and sang National Anthem every morning on stage, I came to be known as Pak Sar Zameen; title given by my Physics teacher.

According to me, passion develops only when you have faith in yourself and when you exhibit or demonstrate your talent in front of the audience without fear or hesitation. Be it a sportsman, an artist or a doctor, one has to develop commitment with his passion to be recognized amongst others. That is why, when I sing, I sing with all of me, putting everything I can into it- putting the appropriate emotion in it. My passion for singing comes from deep within my soul, mind and heart.

If this passion is viewed from a positive side, then singing is my cigarette, my alcoholic drink, or else my escape from all sorts of anger and pain. Music has therapeutic uses as well. When I am singing I forget about my pains, illness and anxiety and depression. I can never get bored or tired of singing. On the contrary I sing to get rid of boredom. During the extreme spells of load shedding these days, I kill time by singing and believe me, time passes with the blink of an eye as someone has quoted:"Do not neglect your music. It will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you."

When stressed nothing helps me more than singing. Nothing can heal my soul like singing does. Thus I get a lot of satisfaction when I sing. I forget all worries and try to be happy.

Let me talk about the negative side of my passion. To describe this part, I cant go on further without narrating an incident. A few weeks back, my aunt had arranged a Ghazal night at her place and had invited a talented singer to entertain us. However, while he sang I could not sit back patiently. As I looked at the microphone I wished I could sing too. I requested my aunt. She nodded and it was when the stage was all open for me. There was a slight nervousness which held me back but even then, I continued singing for the rest of the time. Later I pondered over the incident of how my emotions get out of control when it comes to singing.

For future, I do not have any definite plans to adopt singing as my profession. In fact I have other ideas in mind. I have no aim to gain popularity but I would rather want to serve people through this gift ALLAH has blessed me with.This idea struck me when i visited an old age home and came across a very old yet lively Christian lady. To my surprise, she sang an Urdu song and asked if anyone of us could accompany her in singing. My friends and I started an endless session of music with series of old new songs. We did not even leave nursery rhymes. Suddenly I realized that the room was packed with elderly residents of old age home. It gave me inner satisfaction, when I saw them smiling and enjoying every bit of it.


To sum, I would only say that I don't think I am a professional singer but I will always have the burning desire and passion to sing not only for myself but to serve others.