Adnan Sami has landed himself in the midst of controversy more than a few times, but that doesn’t seem to dissuade him from inviting more.
Recently in an interview Adnan spoke about his music, his family and his choice of living in India. He started by sharing the experiences of his transitioning ‘journey,’ “I came in 1999 and I had no clue where this journey was going to take me. I took it as it came and within a couple of years, I was in rapture with this overwhelming love I got from India. India fell in love with me but I fell in love with India even more.”
“I just said to myself that this is that missing link I was waiting for, looking for all my life, and I found it. It just felt perfect. Not only did my music find a beautiful home but my soul also found a home. And the way people embraced me, I felt at home over here, more than anywhere else in my life,” he added.
Speaking about his time in Pakistan, Adnan expressed, “Over there I had love but because I come from a privileged family, there was the whole element of ‘okay you’re a musician too but why don’t you continue being a lawyer’ because that is what I studied. It was like why music when you have come from such a different background. They didn’t understand that was my calling, you know.”
He went on to express how he thought the people of Pakistan lacked grace in accepting his decision, “If I had chosen to immigrate to the US or the UK, that would have been fine – but why not India? They decided to make it an issue which, frankly speaking, was not their right. I don’t give that right to anybody.”
He added, “It’s a free world. God created the world, we have only drawn borders. We can go and sit anywhere; it’s God’s land. And if I have decided to live in India, it’s my right. This is my God’s world.”
