In the month of February this year, I compiled a song list picturised on a seashore. The theme was well appreciated and the readers contributed many songs too. At the end of the post, I promised the readers to come back with the theme, now with songs from the later era. My last post had …
(Part 3) Lata with Forgotten / Lesser Known Composers
Continuing the series on Lata's association with lesser known composers, I'm here with the third part. The list of composers still grew a little long, so that now I've around 30+ composers to cover. Today's part has twelve composers. And I may need two more parts to complete the list. Let's start today's journey. The …
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(Part 2) Lata with Forgotten / Lesser Known Composers
I started the series, on Lata Mangeshkar's 90th birthday last month. The list of composers became very long and I couldn't come up with the second part last week. I needed time to collect the information and to decide about the names to include. Today, I'm presenting the second part of the series, having fifteen …
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The ‘Professional’ Songs
We have weekly bazaar at various places in my city on different days of the week. In my area, it's on Sunday. A few weeks back I went there with my family, I saw a large mob of people. I was curious and went there to find a hawker selling toys. He was shouting interesting …