Thursday, September 1, 2011

Favorites in Roopak (7-beats)

Songs in Roopak taal (7-beats) have a unique funk element to them. Sadly, there are much fewer gems of this kind than I would like. It's worth keeping track of whatever I come across. You are most welcome to contribute - any genre.

  1. Baawra mann, Hazarein Khwahishein Aisi
  2. Aaj jaane ki zid na karo, Asha Bhosle
  3. Piya tose naina lage re, Guide [Siddhartha Chaudhuri]
  4. Teri bindiya re, Abhiman [Gaurav Srivastava]
  5. Tere mere milan ki ye raina, Abhiman [Pankhuri Agarwal]
  6. Piya bina, Abhiman [Pankhuri Agarwal]
  7. Aap ki nazaron ne samajha, Anpadh [Ritesh Kolte]

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Titles are (inter) personal

It was my 25th birthday yesterday, and I got a flattering deluge of wishes on facebook which beat my own expectations by far. More interestingly, almost as a collective gift, I was addressed by 45 unique titles other than my first name! Many of those took me down different memory lanes reflecting occurrences and phases of my life, making it a collection I would like to preserve. Words can be surprisingly powerful, especially those not in the dictionary.
  1. Bhai saab
  2. Dost
  3. Dude
  4. Boss
  5. Mr. Manu
  6. Man
  7. Handsome
  8. Mate
  9. Mr. Bansal
  10. Tabalchi
  11. MB
  12. Bansal
  13. Hero
  14. Bhaiya
  15. Ladke
  16. Manu Manu Manu
  17. Brotha
  18. Manu ji
  19. Bhai
  20. Manu bhai motor wale
  21. ManU
  22. Dear
  23. Bushman
  24. Kid
  25. Bro
  26. Manu bhai
  27. Manu Bansal
  28. ManuB
  29. Tau
  30. Manu Da
  31. Sirjee
  32. Mr. Manu Bansal
  33. Buddy
  34. Puttu
  35. Barkhurdar
  36. Bhaaya
  37. manub
  38. mofo
  39. manub686
  40. .k.
  41. Manu Modular Bansal
  42. Dada
  43. Bansi bhaai
  44. Mr. Bansal
  45. Lawndays