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A Brilliant Duo

Posted in Lyrics, Song, Soul on January 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Have you ever found your favorite song not listenable at times? I have many in that category, but timeless Gulzar- RD Burman songs almost never fail to deliver. Every time, I cannot help thinking about how remarkably these songs have been created.

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Diamonds and Rust – Joan Baez

Posted in Singers, Song, Soul on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

About 3 years ago Tinkerbell first introduced me to the works of Joan Baez, and soon ‘Diamonds and Rust’ by Baez made its way to my ‘Top 25 played songs’ in iPod/iTunes. In the song, written and performed in 1975, Baez recounts an out-of-the-blue phone call from an old lover, which sends her a decade [...]

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Open letter to Suman Chatterjee aka Kabir Suman

Posted in Awareness, Bengali, Personal, Song, Soul on March 30, 2009 | 73 Comments »

I was sixteen when I first heard your song. It was, ironically in a CPIM’s meeting at Brigade Parade Ground. I have always been politically conscious, but never involved in active politics. The only reason me and my friend went to the Brigade, was to watch Utpal Dutt’s play (most probably ‘Tiner Taloar’). It was [...]

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Rehna tu translation

Posted in Lyrics, Translations, tagged , , , on February 11, 2009 | 28 Comments »

A non-hindi speaking friend of mine had asked me the meaning of “Rehna tu” song from Delhi-6. Since I love translating songs, I couldn’t stop myself from translating it instantly. Prasoon Joshi’s great as ever. Without much frill, posting the translation. I am not much clear about the deeper meaning of the last stanza. Any [...]

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