Farzana Wahid,commonly known as Shayan by the people who appreciates her music. Shayan writes, tunes and sings her own songs , which she considers as a life saving practice from a very early age , and prefers to sing with a purpose which she finds more rewarding and satisfying . She finds her stories to make a song from the life she leads , from the characters she is surrounded by, and intends to convey a plea, or a prayer, or a protest to the fellow people she sings to.
She published her first album âshayaner gaanâ in 2008, and her second release was a double album containing two cds âabar takiye daakhâ and â shopno amar haat dhoroâ, in 2009. After that she stopped releasing albums, and worked on different projects with various human rights organizations , composing songs for them that dealt with specific issues , and prefers to sing LIVE in front of people, shifting the focus from publishing albums.