Song 68
If you thought all Asha and Geeta excelled at were vivacious, efferevescent songs, you've got another one coming. For both Asha and Geeta belted out some heart-rending numbers. In some ways these songs are even sweeter and more haunting than their 'happy' songs.
This song is a sad version of a typical saawan song, sung brilliantly by Asha Bhosle. Great music (as in minimal music) by S D Burman and lyrics by Shailendra reminiscent of the pure dialect of Bihar UP belt of India. Monsoon was the time when a lot of festivals associated with familial bonding appear on the Indian calendar. It was time for married girls to start sending messages and feelers to her 'maika' to send her brother who would chaperone her to her parents' place for a few days. Rakhi and Teej were eagerly awaited by women as they got to dress up and visit their parental homes and meet their long lost childhood friends.
The drudgery of their hardworking routine in the marital homes made them seek the luxury and pampering of parental homes. The significance of the love between a brother and a sister is immense. They are like friends for life and give you an honest perspective from the opposite sex, something that can always come in handy in your relationships.
In olden times sisters would travel miles to be able to go and personally tie Rakhi on her brother's wrist. If not possible they would be posted with loving letters well in advance as the postal services would often goof up during this season. We also used to post 'Rakhis' to our cousins living in other cities. I remember we were often told not to write the address with an ink pen as it would invariably get washed in the rainy season. So we would use a ball point pen. Not getting Rakhi on the right date made the day incomplete and sisters would worry about the wellbeing of their brother. This song though depicted in a jail has a befitting mood, the mood of yearning, the mood of getting away from it all and being with your loved ones.
Well Rakhi is around the corner but the mood is marred by the News of 5 brave Indian soldiers having been killed ruthlessly. My heart goes out to the sisters and families of those jawans who would be witnessing their valiant sons being brought in in such a state. Also the terrible News of innocent kids in Lyari being killed for playing Football? In the holy month of Ramzan and just before Eid? Unbelievable! Hope people everywhere realise that at the end of the day relationships are the same on every side of the border. The day we start respecting and valuing human life more than any piece of land or deviant ideology, perhaps this world would be a better place.
If you thought all Asha and Geeta excelled at were vivacious, efferevescent songs, you've got another one coming. For both Asha and Geeta belted out some heart-rending numbers. In some ways these songs are even sweeter and more haunting than their 'happy' songs.
This song is a sad version of a typical saawan song, sung brilliantly by Asha Bhosle. Great music (as in minimal music) by S D Burman and lyrics by Shailendra reminiscent of the pure dialect of Bihar UP belt of India. Monsoon was the time when a lot of festivals associated with familial bonding appear on the Indian calendar. It was time for married girls to start sending messages and feelers to her 'maika' to send her brother who would chaperone her to her parents' place for a few days. Rakhi and Teej were eagerly awaited by women as they got to dress up and visit their parental homes and meet their long lost childhood friends.
The drudgery of their hardworking routine in the marital homes made them seek the luxury and pampering of parental homes. The significance of the love between a brother and a sister is immense. They are like friends for life and give you an honest perspective from the opposite sex, something that can always come in handy in your relationships.
In olden times sisters would travel miles to be able to go and personally tie Rakhi on her brother's wrist. If not possible they would be posted with loving letters well in advance as the postal services would often goof up during this season. We also used to post 'Rakhis' to our cousins living in other cities. I remember we were often told not to write the address with an ink pen as it would invariably get washed in the rainy season. So we would use a ball point pen. Not getting Rakhi on the right date made the day incomplete and sisters would worry about the wellbeing of their brother. This song though depicted in a jail has a befitting mood, the mood of yearning, the mood of getting away from it all and being with your loved ones.
Well Rakhi is around the corner but the mood is marred by the News of 5 brave Indian soldiers having been killed ruthlessly. My heart goes out to the sisters and families of those jawans who would be witnessing their valiant sons being brought in in such a state. Also the terrible News of innocent kids in Lyari being killed for playing Football? In the holy month of Ramzan and just before Eid? Unbelievable! Hope people everywhere realise that at the end of the day relationships are the same on every side of the border. The day we start respecting and valuing human life more than any piece of land or deviant ideology, perhaps this world would be a better place.
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