तिश्नगी · ਤਿਸ਼ਨਗੀ
Thirst — The unquenchable longing that defines the human condition.
Experience Surinder Seerat's ghazals through music.
Reading poetry engages the mind. Hearing it sung engages the soul.
The ghazal form—with its refrain and rhyme scheme—is inherently melodic. The form evolved in royal courts where poet-musicians would perform their compositions, the melody revealing meanings that text alone could not convey.
This album brings Surinder's ghazals to life as they were intended—not just words on a page, but sound, feeling, experience.
"Reading poetry engages the mind. Hearing it sung engages the soul."
The ghazal form has explored longing for over a thousand years. In Seerat's hands, that longing becomes philosophical—a thirst not just for love, but for understanding, for meaning, for what lies beyond the reach of language.
The thirst that cannot be quenched—desire as the engine of existence
What lies beyond measurement? The physicist-poet explores unknowable depths
Technical ghazal mastery serving emotional truth through melody
Tishnagi (meaning 'thirst' in Punjabi) is a ghazal album by Surinder Singh Seerat, available on YouTube and SoundCloud. The album demonstrates his poetry's musical potential, expressing themes of longing, consciousness, and the human condition through traditional ghazal form. It serves as an accessible entry point for those discovering his work.