Re: [silk] Why I love Hindi film music from the 50s and 60s.

2011-08-30 Thread J. Alfred Prufrock
I am increasingly amazed by listers' ability to divert any discussion, no matter how simple and linear, into matters of great import. I'm waiting for somebody to steer this thread to a solution of the Western world's economic problems and a justification of Palestine.

Re: [silk] Why I love Hindi film music from the 50s and 60s.

2011-08-29 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 1:51 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: There's of course www.itwofs.com if you want more, lots more of this I have mixed feelings about plagiarism in the developing world context. On the one hand I share the developed world abhorrence of the practice,

Re: [silk] Why I love Hindi film music from the 50s and 60s.

2011-08-29 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: India graduates a surprisingly high number of engineers and doctors every year from its Universities, yet, barring a handful, most of them are ill qualified to be honored with their degrees. This is a charade that

Re: [silk] Why I love Hindi film music from the 50s and 60s.

2011-08-29 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: India graduates a surprisingly high number of engineers and doctors every year from its Universities, yet, barring a

Re: [silk] Why I love Hindi film music from the 50s and 60s.

2011-08-28 Thread ss
On Sunday 28 Aug 2011 2:42:12 am Indrajit Gupta wrote: Ae Dil Mujhe Bataa De is one of my all-time favourites, in spite of its obvious defects (notoriously that mid-section, where the singer goes La la la la la la). Read on to find out why music from this period has a peculiar appeal for

Re: [silk] Why I love Hindi film music from the 50s and 60s.

2011-08-28 Thread Indrajit Gupta
From: ss cybers...@gmail.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Sent: Sunday, 28 August 2011, 18:09 Subject: Re: [silk] Why I love Hindi film music from the 50s and 60s. On Sunday 28 Aug 2011 2:42:12 am Indrajit Gupta wrote: Ae Dil Mujhe Bataa De is one of my all

Re: [silk] Why I love Hindi film music from the 50s and 60s.

2011-08-28 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Why I love Hindi film music from the 50s and 60s. From: ss cybers...@gmail.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Sent: Sunday, 28 August 2011, 18:09 Subject: Re: [silk] Why I love Hindi film music

Re: [silk] Why I love Hindi film music from the 50s and 60s.

2011-08-28 Thread Indrajit Gupta
suppose it is politically correct to call them Posh Bongs, now that the state name change is official. From: ss lt;cybers...@gmail.comgt; To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Sent: Sunday, 28 August 2011, 18:09 Subject: Re: [silk] Why I love Hindi film music from the 50s

[silk] Why I love Hindi film music from the 50s and 60s.

2011-08-27 Thread Indrajit Gupta
Ae Dil Mujhe Bataa De is one of my all-time favourites, in spite of its obvious defects (notoriously that mid-section, where the singer goes La la la la la la). Read on to find out why music from this period has a peculiar appeal for me. It's personal; this was Geeta Dutt and Mohammed Rafi and