A Tribute to the King of Pop: Azam Khan

Whenever we think of Pop music, one name comes to our mind- Azam Khan, the Guru of Pop music in Bangladesh. We call him ”Pop Somrat”. The legendary pop singer passed away on 5^th June, 2011, but he is still alive amongst the music-lovers of Bangladesh. We will never forget this generous artist.

I, personally have two different memories about him. At the age of 9, I first listened his legendary song “Bangladesh (Rail liner oi bostite)”. From then its became my favorite song. When I was 14 years old, me and some of my friends were about to form a band. I was selected as the vocalist. When I was tested and I tried with my favorite song of him, one of the judges, Aminul Vai told me “Do you know, whom song are you singing?” I replied ”Azam Khan”. He said “Songs are sang from heart, not from your lungs. Learn to sing until you can do that. Then become the vocalist.”

From then to till now, I learned a lot and felt how Azam Khan sang.

Second experience was touchier. It was our college “Fresher’s day”. Azam Khan was invited there to entertain us. He was honored with a gold me`dal by our principal. At first, he sang with normal voice, but after sometime music got him. He opened the buttons of his shirt off, recalled his magical tone and sang “Bangladesh”. I can still visualize the picture and feel the emotion of that tone.

Today, I’m here to share my tribute to this legendary pop singer. I’ve decorated this post with his last interview to media, View of one of his band members, some renowned songs and with some memorable photos of him.

Thought of June'12 - "World Peace"

World peace!  Wanted by everybody, but nobody knows how to acquire it.

We human beings are not more than a beast inside. Everybody has a heart, a conscience - a court of self-judgment; but a few of us use it. A World, which is the sum of more than 7 billions of people, with only 10% having conscience, finding peace in it is like finding a needle in a haystack. In developed counties, (like USA, UK, Germany, Canada, France, etc.) peace means a different thing that of a third-world country (like Bangladesh, Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Nepal, etc.). Economic consistencies, cultural growth, domination over minor countries are some of the peace factors of developed countries, where supply of daily necessities, keeping cultural identity alive and managing financial help from developing countries refers to peace in third-world countries.

Dark Energy, Dark Matter

In the early 1990's, one thing was fairly certain about the expansion of the Universe. It might have enough energy density to stop its expansion and recollapse, it might have so little energy density that it would never stop expanding, but gravity was certain to slow the expansion as time went on. Granted, the slowing had not been observed, but, theoretically, the Universe had to slow.