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Jagjit Singh: a musical demiurge

With the release of the Gujarati ghazal album 'Jeevan Maran Chhe Ek', Jagjit Singh has reasserted his position as a living musical genius of the entire Indian subcontinent. Multitudes of his fans across India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, for whom Gujarati is like Greek or Latin, are seeking out lexical aids to decipher the deep philosophical lyrics of Mareez, which Jagjit has rendered in simultaneously sombre and uplifting moods.10:30 AM on October 07