jimmy i think its there program format to praise singers like this...though i am not saying ke woh dil se praise nahi karte...yeah when u hear praises like "appka gana sunke main ro para" "app meri agli film ke liye gana gayein ge" etc etc and u feel like this praise is all show-off, itna bhi acha nahi tha (un main aksar comments dil se karte hain jabke aksar rutt ke atey hain) so in abidaz case she must have been told about the format too...thats how rahat fateh ali khan was when he judged "kuch kar dikhane ka junoon". :)
I heard "dedicated to my family..missing my family, away from my family".. etc. Nothing in it about a dog dying. Lots of people staying away from their families in the US/UK or anywhere else..and that havn't met them in over 10 years..feel the same.
dil shrinking = mein khud bhi ro raha hon. Same thing..