JALANDHAR: His alma mater, the city where he spent his youthful days and old friends were at loss of words while grappling with the news of demise of Ghazal singer Jagjit Singh. If his alma mater DAV College held a 'shok sabha' to remember and pay tributes to one of its most illustrious and famous alumni, his old friends shared the cherished memories of "good old days".
"He was a great singer and much greater human being and friend," said Iqbal Singh, Lt governor of Puduchery, an old co-actor in dramas and a fellow musician.
"We used to practice together in the hostel of Kurukshetra University and I used to accompany him on tabla. He was a family friend and even performed kirtan at my brother Aya Singh's marriage," Iqbal Singh recalled. Jagjit was a turbaned Sikh at that time. "We were together in a play, ammaii and would still recall those moments whenever and wherever we would meet," he said. "Only a few months back we met at Mumbai and kept on sitting till 2 am in the night recalling the college days," he said.
"Despite he scaled great heights in his singing career and became one of the most famous ghazal singers of the country but he never forgot the old friends and valued and cherished the bonding. Once he was performing in Delhi and a friend who did not know about our old friendship bought tickets for his shows. We arrived late and he was already prepare to wind up but audience was shouting one more one more. I reached in the front row and said "two more" when Jagjit saw me saying it he himself said "four More".
As the friendship perpetuated in the next five decades, recently Jagjit recalled those old days when Iqbal Singh being Lt governor honoured him at a function held in Mumbai by International Punjabi Society.
For Prof B S Narag, a former music teacher of DAV college and respected name in classical singing, said that Jagjit's was his ideal in music. 'I was quite junior to Jagjit in college and when I would see him performing at youth festival or university competitions I 'll dream if I could sing like him. Seeing him performing would motivate to practice more," Narang recalled.
DAV College principal Satish Sharma said that their college would always take pride that Jagjit was their alumni. For all the music students of this college he had become a pivot, Sharma said.
"He was a great singer and much greater human being and friend," said Iqbal Singh, Lt governor of Puduchery, an old co-actor in dramas and a fellow musician.
"We used to practice together in the hostel of Kurukshetra University and I used to accompany him on tabla. He was a family friend and even performed kirtan at my brother Aya Singh's marriage," Iqbal Singh recalled. Jagjit was a turbaned Sikh at that time. "We were together in a play, ammaii and would still recall those moments whenever and wherever we would meet," he said. "Only a few months back we met at Mumbai and kept on sitting till 2 am in the night recalling the college days," he said.
"Despite he scaled great heights in his singing career and became one of the most famous ghazal singers of the country but he never forgot the old friends and valued and cherished the bonding. Once he was performing in Delhi and a friend who did not know about our old friendship bought tickets for his shows. We arrived late and he was already prepare to wind up but audience was shouting one more one more. I reached in the front row and said "two more" when Jagjit saw me saying it he himself said "four More".
As the friendship perpetuated in the next five decades, recently Jagjit recalled those old days when Iqbal Singh being Lt governor honoured him at a function held in Mumbai by International Punjabi Society.
For Prof B S Narag, a former music teacher of DAV college and respected name in classical singing, said that Jagjit's was his ideal in music. 'I was quite junior to Jagjit in college and when I would see him performing at youth festival or university competitions I 'll dream if I could sing like him. Seeing him performing would motivate to practice more," Narang recalled.
DAV College principal Satish Sharma said that their college would always take pride that Jagjit was their alumni. For all the music students of this college he had become a pivot, Sharma said.
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