Ludhiana, March 10
The Home Science Department of Ramgarhia Girls College, Miller Ganj, organised an art and crafts exhibition on the college campus here today. The exhibition was inaugurated by the Principal, Mrs Harmil Kaur. About 75 students had displayed their artefacts.

The Department of Computer Sciences organised a series of competitions, including system analysis, design debugging, website development and dumb charades. The topic for system analysis was hostel management while for website development it was developing college websites.

Ludhiana, March 10
“Music appeals to our ears and is one of the most popular and revered art forms. Art is beautiful and perennial. It is easy to attract more people by titillating their senses by lewd actions and skimpy dresses. But that is an insult to music. For this reason, I stay away from obscenity in my music as I worship music as an art form,” said Shaan at a press meet held in the morning at Park Plaza. Shaan with Royal Stag Mega Music is in the city to take the country by storm with a mega nine city music tour, beginning with Ludhiana.

With the super-successful “Tanha Dil” followed by “Bhool Ja” and a plethora of film hits and the SA RE GA Ma Pa show on Zee, Shaan is a household name today.

Shaan said songs telecast on channels depict girls and boys wearing revealing clothes, performing lewd movements. The problem is that everyone condemns obscenity that has creeped into our living rooms through media, yet every one wants to play safe and does not curb it.

Shaan said he would be promoting his latest album “Aksar” in this whirlwind tour. Talking to the media, he said: “whether the audience would savour my Hindi songs, I am skeptical. I have sung a few Punjabi songs, too, and now that Punjabis like Punjabi music so I will make an attempt at singing a Bhangra medley to keep the interest of audience.”

He said “Aksar” was his fourth album and has nine songs. He said: “I like to compose my own music as it requires more exactness if one is one’s own master. I am excited at the thought of meeting Mr Arvind Kaushal, Income Tax Commissioner, Ludhiana. He is, perhaps, the most musical of all IT Commissioners as he has already released one album and is going to release the second. I met him in Mumbai when he came for recording of his album”. Shaan said he likes experimenting. Though late in the day, Shaan has started formal training in music by noted classical music teacher Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan Sahib of Rampur. He said disarmingly: “It is better late than never. Actually, when I started singing I did not know whether I would adopt singing as a career. But I discovered that singing is a passion with me.”

Shaan, a passionate cricket lover, would be going to Lahore to see the one-day match on March 24 and would be singing for both teams the next day.

Shaan began his music career with his sister, Sagarika, at a young age.

Shan’s career skyrocketed with his next album-Tanha Dil. ‘Tanha Dil’ took the Indi Pop genre to a new level and in many ways made it a respectable form of music. A collection of eight original songs, the album encompasses ranging moods and emotions and yet shares a common thread of passion and positivity.