Proud to be of Indian descent. Sang this at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial site in India.

@Mitwah posted:

Proud to be of Indian descent. Sang this at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial site in India.

I was there.

I am still to go there. Doan know if will though.

@seignet posted:

I am still to go there. Doan know if will though.

I had to take off my shoes at the gate and had to pay one rupee to get it back.

@Ramakant-P posted:

I had to take off my shoes at the gate and had to pay one rupee to get it back.

That's less than 1 penny Canadian.

@Mitwah posted:

That's less than 1 penny Canadian.

Yep!

At Guyanese Hindu weddings, when the groom is ready to depart the bride's residence with his bride, his shoes are hidden, and he has to pay big bucks to get them back! Last year my niece-in-law married a white dude, and my prankster sis-in-law played this trick on the groom. It was hilarious.   

@Former Member posted:

At Guyanese Hindu weddings, when the groom is ready to depart the bride's residence with his bride, his shoes are hidden, and he has to pay big bucks to get them back! Last year my niece-in-law married a white dude, and my prankster sis-in-law played this trick on the groom. It was hilarious.   

Here is a song for that occasion.

Joote ( Shoes) Paise (money) Le lo ( Please give)

Good dancing, Mits! The song was comedic!

Costco store in Santa Cruz, California playing Bollywood Punjabi song, probably to boost the mood of the customers and increase their sales! 

https://www.facebook.com/DrRaj...eos/1180912772339606

@Mitwah posted:

Proud to be of Indian descent. Sang this at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial site in India.

Does (Mary Millen) nothing to or for me, Mits! Maybe because I love Rodgers & Hart, the Gershwins, Kern, Hammerstein with a bit of Porter and Berlin thrown in, all American culture! Which is the most beautiful Indian song you've ever heard? I'd like to hear it! Once an Indian convenience store owner was surprised and pleased  at.my.whistling a song from.the movie "Sangam"! Dost e dost whatever! I never learned the language!

@Former Member, My all time favorite is Suhani Raat

@seignet posted:

Naah, seiggy! Too fing ordinary! Elevate your fing tastes!

@Former Member, Met Rajendra ( the one sitting) when he came to Toronto.

@Mitwah posted:

@Former Member, My all time favorite is Suhani Raat

Good but still ordinary! Try the one I mentioned from Sangam, if you can let me hear it again! I wish I knew how to upload the ones i loved, especially the one by Asha that made me cry though I didn't know her language! Probably struck.a sympathehic nerve in my brain! Once, in a local bar in.Georgetown, an.Indo became annoyed with.me because I had played a song ny.Asha'sister, Lata, too many times in his opinion! So, I played it some more to annoy him some.more! I just didn't.give a sh*t because I was destroying myself for losing something that was beyond estimation!! Sex, drink, fighting, anything distracting!

@Former Member, This an evergreen by Asha Boshle. Sorry for dem babes whose name was Monica. And this song was done 50 years ago.

Sachal with their version of the famous Take Five.

@mud_flap posted:

Sachal with their version of the famous Take Five.

@mud_flap, I admire the dexterity of the Tablaji also the Guitarist. All the musicians did well and they are from Pakistan.

@Mitwah posted:

@Former Member, This an evergreen by Asha Boshle. Sorry for dem babes whose name was Monica. And this song was done 50 years ago.

Thanks! I loved her singing! An Afro guy I worked with in Guyana didn't like Indian singing because he thought the women's singing had a nasal quality to it! I don't know what he was talking about!

I love the singing of the AfroAmerican singer Ella Fitzgerald, called the First Lady of Song in America, and have listened to her singing for hours on.my cell phone. I described her singing like musical gold being poured into my ears! She was a musician without par! Funny thing is, she thought Billie Holiday's singing was better than hers! BS to me!

Those were (are they still alive?) two wonderful singers, weren't they, Latta and Asha?!!

I liked the dancing, too!

@Mitwah posted:

@mud_flap, I admire the dexterity of the Tablaji also the Guitarist. All the musicians did well and they are from Pakistan.

Thanks! That was FANTASTIC! If that group should ever tour the US they might revolutionize music in, not only America, but the entire Western world! As I've previously stated, India could become the greatest nation in the world eventually! But I'm worried about this Hindustan idea of Mad i! The Brahmins are behind this, I'm sure!

What colour is the brain?

There is a documentary on them. I’m not sure who is streaming it but here is a preview:

It’s not surprising that they are from Pakistan as most of the top Tabla players are from there, like Tari Khan my favourite.

@mud_flap posted:

There is a documentary on them. I’m not sure who is streaming it but here is a preview:

It’s not surprising that they are from Pakistan as most of the top Tabla players are from there, like Tari Khan my favourite.

Religion DOES spoil everything, doesn't it?!! I posit once more, religion is NONSENSE! I hope India and Pakistan will someday re-unite!

Seems you are deeply involved in Indian music, Mits! Are you?

Seems I was hasty! They WERE in New York!

Imagine the British drew a line and divided the ancient lands of Punjab and award the alien muslims all its culture, history and music and portion of its lands. Muslims had no artistic interests. Once in Lahore, they accquired Punjabi culture which is widely accepted by Pakistanis in the arts.

Ofcourse, the Dravidians who found the Aryans to be annoying vacated the lands called the Punjabs. Perhaps, they knew once the Hitties came the Oghuz will follow, who really are the peoples of the North.

@Former Member posted:

Seems you are deeply involved in Indian music, Mits! Are you?

Yes. I teach seniors Ragas, voice training and harmonium playing as a volunteer. It's my "Seva" to the community.

Was done in 1970. Old memories.

With English Translation

@Mitwah posted:

Was done in 1970. Old memories.

Unavailanle!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-o4tni1h-E

@Former Member posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-o4tni1h-E

Thanks, Athena! I enjoyed it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCpTZHze4lU

The guy in white has some funny dance moves. 

@Former Member posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCpTZHze4lU

The guy in white has some funny dance moves. 

Beautiful music! Guy in white is a clown! What are the names of the two singers?

Anil Bajpai & Sampada Goswami.

@Mitwah posted:

With English Translation

I don't like the song.but who is the singer, Mits?

What are Indian religious songs called?

@Former Member posted:

Anil Bajpai & Sampada Goswami.

Good.duet!

Mohammed Rafi, one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian sub-continent, sang this song in English.  It is all about humanity, share and care, love and hope, giving up enmity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM5iEeH2Cgk

He died in 1980 while fasting during Ramadan.

For the people of India:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSq1uIgPaoI