Paraspathar...

tu lalpaharir deshe ja, rangamatir deshe ja
hithak tujhe manai chhe na go,ikkebare manai chhe na go..
sithak dure larbi jite..sohag chandi lis nai kire.
tu morbi tu more ja ikebare more ja
ikkebare mania chhe na go…

Listened once..twice..thrice…many times…yah!!they are really happening..it’s not like that I never heard paraspathar or any of the bangla bands drifting around the gallis of Kolkata. But this band is simply best. Come back to the song. A gracious song by Paraspathar..about a tribal ingénue. They are depicting it as the girl can be lost in the society. She doesn’t suite in this cosmetic world and she would be a lot better to stay in her tribal villages.The soil of the village is red…even the hammocks encircling the crossroads are red. May be I’m wrong to decipher the verbs sang by Paraspathar..forget that..I always tried to find out my own way to perceive the meaning of literary verbs. Listened many of Chandrabindu’s but never felt so thrilled or even enchanted by the tunes. They sing some rude some truth..results are as they always..bitter or sometimes rubbish. Paraspathar opened a new horizon…not kidding anymore..they did it..real sense of music with some good literary compositions. I mean Paraspathar sang for verbs,sang for rhythms and sang to asseverate the glorious pastime of Bengali music..the tradition, the culture, the rhythm.They had quite a better collection of variety of songs. Say a “song for a rebel”..ichhedana..i do call it like that..it says

akjhaak ichhedana
jader aaj udhte mana
milbei tader abadh….swadhinata

do they mean?..yes the did..a song for a rebel did..it says you are politician of youself, I am politician within mine and everybody is of themselves….now what’s being there to think like that?..the brutality..the inevitable hand of fascism,plutocracy,capitalism..some little scions are trying to think someday the sun will rise for them only..they will be freed..they can fly like a bird in the sky.What are you thinking, I am a communist?..never. But I am a rebel or further I should say I am trying to be a rebel to free those scions..the buds from this ugliest part of life. All right..lets drop this philosophical matter.

Few years back I was there in a live show of Paraspathar..just waiting for the show..was feeling exhilarated to watch my favorite most band to perform n that it was..Ayan started singing..he just got a very good phonation..they gave a very brief introduction onstage…remember “Mohiner Ghoraguli”?..Paraspathar thinks they are upholding the culture introduced by Mohiner ghoraguli..they are true..the same cadence can be found on both of their tunes.Mohiner Ghoraguli made it in the late 80’s..I think they are supposed to be called as The Stalest group in the society. Mohiner Ghoraguli is past now..but believe me I never thought Paraspathar will take the same means as Mohiner Ghoraguli did..they rubbed themselves out from the news..from singing…from composing. I didn’t ever find an answer to it..why??

Some unforgettable

bhalobasha mane dhoan chharar protisruti
bhalobasha mane elochul matoara………
bhalobasha mane archie’s gallery
bhalobasha mane gopon gopon khela
(The Lover’s Corridor)

or

ei madhumase bodhu eso kachhe oi mon madhabite
muthbo paran nishithe
sakal sajhe kadi ami kadi modhu nishithe
oi mon madhabite ………
(Oh Dear!! This night is our!)