14 July
2024
An evening with music and tabla
My school friend – Sanjay Saha – recently introduced me to the Bangla Band – “Joler Gaan”. I did not know of them. But very nice renditions of Bengali folks songs.
পরের জায়গা পরের জমিন, ঘর বানাইয়া আমি রই
আমি তো সেই ঘরের মালিক নই
“Porer jaga porer jomin, ghor banaiya aami roi
Ami to sei ghorer malik noi”
The folk song muses that nothing is really ours. We build “our” house on “our” land… and yet, nothing really is “ours”.