Posted by: Samsara September 28, 2007
Mayalu, Mayalu.. by Hillians!!!
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Ladies and Gentleman, the legendary Peter Karthak is in the house!! (Please refrain from throwing your bras at the monitor ladies!!). Growing up in Darjeeling (I did my entire schooling from the primary to ICSE level there…Am a "saamples" ko baba if you may), the Hillians are synonymous with the entire band fad that started there. They were the pioneers and though Peter dai wasn't at Darj when I was there, the myth and legend still lived on (the article on Darjeeling Bands in the Darjeeling Issue in Wave was perhaps the best edition that Wave has EVER produced!! Brought back a lotta nostalgic memories. BTW, I've personally know Tsering Choden for lil more than a decade now (since around when she first started her media gig) and I'd definitely ask her to send me the DVD here. Thank you for visiting us here in sajha and the wonderful edition of Mayalu, Mayalu (I'd heard the 1974 version and even then I felt it just didn't do much justice to the Hillian's original version...even though Phiroze and Adrian are our boys from the hills). Please do keep posting here. Much Regards, Samsara PS: I was told by a friend that Daniel (in NYC) was your brother, but damn, Sursum made it clear. Hahahha Rumors, what can one say about them!! On a more serious note, I read an article you wrote a few year ago about your NP college days and the Burmese kids still remain on my mind...I pity what ordinary citizens of Burma had to go through then and the nation's subsequent spiral into deeper terrains (Nepal is no better in this aspecttoo).
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