carefree candid and one who shoots from the hip thats sukhwinder singh for you ahead of his concert at salt lake maitri sangha on thursday evening the bollywood singer spoke about his love for kolkata admiration for kaushiki chakraborty the metoo movement and why he thinks rd burman is the greatest composer of all times in a chat with ct excerptsyou are quite a regular in kolkatai love coming here every year i come down for a performance at least two to three times since many years now kolkata has become the countrys music hub be it instrumental classical or commercial music kolkata is the king of music now a few years back when i was invited as the chief guest for a music reality show here i had said on air that i wanted to invite all the singers from punjab to come to the city and listen to some good music i am also a fan of bengali cuisine the sweets that we get here are to die for every time i come i pack a lot of sweets and mishti doi for my friends and family in mumbai the moment i land at the airport in mumbai mithai khanewale sab bahar hi wait karte hai airport ke the dabbas get distributed then and there i also love maachher jholwhat do you have to say about the quality of reality showsreality shows are a very good platform to hone talent in kolkata reality shows are very popular the best show i ever witnessed was the one i worked in as the chief guest but in the last five years i have noticed that 80 of the contestants growth as a singer coming from reality shows has drastically gone down hardly one or two singers are good but not all i dont get time to watch reality shows regularly on tv because of my riyaaz yoga or intense travelling for concerts i also need to sleep for a minimum of nine hours and amidst all this when a friend or an associate asks me to watch some episodes of a particular show i make it a point to watch them ten to 15 years back reality shows produced better talent but now its only going downwhy do you think sowe lead a fastpaced life nowadays theres no patience in us so the contestants do not devote enough time for riyaaz or to learn the nuances of music the aggression level has also increased a lot in us in kolkata theres a lot of talent but they have to be nurtured properly the rural areas of bengal too are a treasure trove of raw talent we just need to find themyou judged voice of indias second season years back after that we have not seen you donning the judges hat for any reality showi would love to judge reality shows many offers keep coming my way but shooting till 4 or 5 in the morning is a bit