Category Archives for Memories
There is no context free machine. It is a fake concept. – Nikhilesh Ghushe
Retro Music
Today is my retro music day. Have been listening to some happy retro songs… very innocent and very sweet compared to the modern happy songs…. so here are the two I picked up for posting here: From the movie Howrah … Continue reading
Trishagni
There are many songs that I heard as a kid, could never forget, got haunted by them, and couldn’t find them till the GOD made The Web. The charitraheen title track was one of them. Its time for another one … Continue reading
Charitraheen
In early 90s there used to be a serial on Doordarshan called Charitraheen, based on Sharatchandra’s Bengali novel by the same name. Though I was quite young to get the import of the serial, I quite fondly remembered it title … Continue reading
Bhanwar
Okay, I’m gonna do a funny thing today. I just heard the legendary 50s song called “uda jaa bhanwar” from the movie Rani Roopmati. A gem of a song with lyrics supposedly loaded with too much philosophical metaphors. I heard … Continue reading
Phir Wahi Talaash
Old Doordarshan serials are something that still keeps me mesmerized. Yesterday I bumped on to a gazal sung by chandan das, which used to be the title track of an amazing serial – “Phir wahi talaash”, aired on Sunday mornings … Continue reading
Here I go again…
Oh dont worry I’m not going anywhere. I just needed to chose these lines from the song: Mamma mia, here I go again My my, how can I resist you? Mamma mia, does it show again? My my, just how … Continue reading
Sufi
I was at home this whole week, and managed to browse through my old collection of cassettes. Yes, cassettes are the same plastic objects which were used for storing audio in the last century. Anyways, the collection reminded me of … Continue reading