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Indian Express
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Fan travels ‘12,000 km' to see Shreya Ghoshal live in Mumbai on his birthday; singer gives him a sweet shoutout
Mumbai was buzzing with emotion and music as Shreya Ghoshal wrapped up the India leg of her All Hearts Tour with a sold-out finale that fans won't forget soon. But one particular moment from the night stood out and has since gone viral — a fan flew more than 12,000 km just to be there, and as fate would have it, the concert also fell on his birthday. In a now widely shared video, Ghoshal is seen pausing on stage as she notices a sign in the crowd. Reading it, she looks surprised and says, 'What, what, travelled 12,000 km? To be here? Thank you so much.' Spotting the birthday message too, she asks, 'Is it your birthday today?' The fan nods, and she warmly replies, 'Happy Birthday dude! So lovely. Thank you. Means a lot.' The touching exchange, captured on camera, was first posted by celebrity photographer Varinder Chawla and later reshared by the Instagram page 'thewhatup' with the caption, 'Fan travelled 12,000 km on his birthday to attend queen Shreya Ghoshal's concert in Mumbai.' A post shared by The Whatup (@thewhatup) Comments flooded in from all corners of the internet. One admirer pointed out, 'It's like she's singing with every word, even when she's just talking to the crowd,' while another gushed, 'She's being so sweet.' Someone else chimed in with, 'Imagine travelling 12,000 kilometres on your birthday to attend Shreya Ghoshal's concert.' Yet, even the way Ghoshal transitioned back into her set had people smiling. One amused user wrote, 'Anyone here who's wondering which place is 12000 km away from Bombay? Gurl said anyway yaar.' Moments like these – when artists connect with their fans – are what make live performances magical. And Shreya wasn't the only one recently to have such a heartwarming moment. At Grafest 2025, hosted by Graphic Era University in Dehradun, music director and singer Amit Trivedi also had a memorable encounter. Amid the crowd was Kaushik, a budding singer. But instead of staying in the audience, Kaushik found himself in the spotlight. In a video that quickly made the rounds, he was seen holding a mic, singing Yeh Fitoor Mera – a song composed by Trivedi himself and originally sung by Arijit Singh. As his voice soared through the venue, the crowd erupted in cheers while Trivedi, visibly touched, watched with pride and admiration.
Indian Express
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Jaipur sweet shops drop ‘Pak' from product names, rename Mysore Pak to Mysore Shree; Indian linguist says ‘Pak means…'
In a curious case of culinary nationalism, sweet shop owners in Jaipur are rebranding traditional Indian sweets that include the word 'Pak', fearing it sounds too similar to 'Pakistan'. In solidarity with Operation Sindoor, the recent military strikes on terror camps across the border, local vendors have started renaming classics like Mysore Pak, Moti Pak, Aam Pak and Gond Pak. The vendors are replacing it with the word 'Shree'. So now, customers will be offered Mysore Shree, Moti Shree, Aam Shree and Gond Shree instead. A post shared by The Whatup (@thewhatup) The move quickly went viral, sparking both ridicule and linguistic corrections online. Linguist and lecturer Abhishek Avtans pointed out the irony of it all. 'Who is going to tell them that pāk in Mysore Pak, Moti Pak, Aam Pak etc. is from pāka, a Kannada word which means 'sweet condiment'… The shared root for both words is Sanskrit pakvá (cooked, ripe, baked),' he wrote on X. Who is going to tell them that पाक pāk in Mysore Pak, Moti Pak, Aam Pak etc. is from pāka ಪಾಕ, a Kannada word which means 'sweet condiment' and it shares the same root as Hindi pāg पाग (sugar syrup)? The shared root for both words is Sanskrit पक्व pakvá (cooked, ripe, baked). — Abhishek Avtans अभिषेक अवतंस 🌐 (@avtansa) May 22, 2025 Social media, predictably, had a field day. One user said, 'So now we gonna call (pakshi) as (shreeshi).' Another wrote, 'The stupidest thing I read today.' A third commented, 'Kya ho raha hai bhai iss desh mein? (What is happening in this country).' One user likened the move to workplace theatrics: 'Me doing something to show my manager I did something (atleast),' and another one said, 'I love reading first world problems disguised as news omg.'
