aise sulag uThā tirī yādoñ se dil mirā
jaise dhadhak uTheñ kahīñ jañgal chīnār ke
aise sulag uTha teri yaadon se dil mera
jaise dhadhak uThen kahin jangal chinar ke
Ajay Pandey 'Sahaab' is one of the most prolific and popular Urdu poets of the modern generation whose work has been composed and sung by all legends of ghazals like Jagjit Singh ,Pankaj Udhas , Anup Jalota , Bhupinder Mitali ,Talat Aziz,Chandan das ,Sudeep Banerjee, Ghulam Abbas khan ,Shishir parkhie ,Anuradha paudwal , Kavita paudwal ,Suresh wadekar ,Rekha Bhardwaj, Alaap Desaai, Penaz Masani and many others. He has many ghazal albums to his credit beginning with ONCE MORE of T-SERIES in 2009, ROOMANIYAT from MYSTICA MUSIC 2010 WHICH WAS NOMINATED FOR THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS GLOBALINDIAN MUSIC AWARD ALONG WITH JAGJIT SINGH JI AND GULZAR ,ROOH E GHAZAL with Ustad Ghulam Abbas khan,SENTIMENTAL with PANKAJ UDHAS, KHAMOSHI KI AAWAZ with PANKAJ UDHAS , DHADKAN DHADKAN with SUDEEP BANERJEE. He has also written the popular theme songs of india's grandest Ghazal festival KHAZANA which is sung by eleven top rated singers in unison every year at the Khazana fest. He has recited poetry from all top forums including the historic RED FORT .HIS COLLECTION OF URDU POETRY titled' UMMEED has been published by STAR BOOK HOUSE Delhi .He has also written song for a movie called SCAPEGOAT .He has won THE NATIONAL SMILE AWARD and SAHIR SAMMAN .HIS LATEST ALBUM WITH PANKAJ UDHAS JI IS MADHOSH in which all ghazals have been penned by him .he is also the poetry advisor for many ghazal albums having the works of urdu legends, the most prestigious being the TWO ALBUMS ON MIRZA GHALIB in which all the top singers of India and abroad are singing ,He is currently writing a Bollywood movie on the life and works of the greatest lyricist poet SAHIR LUDHIANVI titled “LAFZ BHEEGE HAIN .“He has excelled in other fields also by topping the prestigious civil services examination and PSC of Madhya Pradesh. He is currently working as Commissioner GST of JHARKHAND State.