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[ashoo_k @ashoo_k]

Choose wisely…

[🦢 @its_meeruy4]

The older I get, the more I realize "strong woman" is often just code for

"woman nobody helped."

[ashoo_k @ashoo_k]

@MusingGee 😁

[Bobbi @kittenaround_51]

Look at these fun crochet coasters. Cracks me up 😂

[Preeti Choudhry @PreetiChoudhry]

My exit poll! As I leave #Bengal, it would be a disservice not to say this: I have come to deeply admire the way women inhabit space here. There is a quiet, almost subconscious elevation of women as independent beings . something that stands in stark contrast to the entrenched misogyny that still finds resonance across much of northern India. Perhaps it stems from a cultural understanding of shakti. A form of empowerment that manifests here in ways both subtle and profound, unlike anywhere else in the country, even in the south.
Any woman journalist who has covered political rallies across India will recognize the difference immediately. Other states, a crowd is not just a logistical challenge, it carries risk. the inevitability of wandering hands, the violation masked by chaos. Here, the crowds are no less dense, the air no less heavy with sweat and alcohol—but the hands, for the most part, do not grope. Men step aside to make way. When contact happens, as it inevitably does in chaos, there is visible embarrassment rather than entitlement. What you encounter is not chivalry, but something far rarer: equality. And equality feels far more meaningful. Was never a fan of chivalry in any case :) 
There is more. Women politicians across party lines campaign with a striking freedom, aggressive, sharp, unapologetically irreverent, often using what would elsewhere be labelled as ‘masculine’ rhetoric. In most states, such behaviour would invite judgment, even censure. Here, it is met with acceptance,  applause. What feels liberating to an outsider is, in Bengal, simply normal. What we frame as empowerment  here is a cultural undercurrent.
I have covered four elections in this state, and each time I have returned with the same sense of awe. Bengal, meanwhile, ambles on with a certain bemusement, as if unaware of what sets it apart. But it is a big deal. And perhaps the most remarkable part is that Bengal does not think so.
Governments will come and go. One can only hope that this constant endures, not just how Bengal sees its women, but how, in many ways, it doesn’t. ♥️♥️♥️

[Krish Ashok @krishashok]

Please feel free to fight in the comments

Eggs are PURE VEGETARIAN

They should be all-day, all-meal and all-class.

Make eggs a universal side dish like raita or pickle. Pickle for flavour, raita for gut health and eggs for protein.

[ashoo_k @ashoo_k]

Lady talking to someone on the phone- The porter service is so good , they meet you at the airport and then ‘upload’ all your luggage… Dilli waale aage oye… #TrainJourney

[ashoo_k @ashoo_k]

@Velvetyvirgo Happy happy birthday to the livewire… the cutest, the most curious!

[Ramana Balachandhran @_RamanaB_]

This is a reimagination of the veena parts I played in "Phir Se", a song from the movie Dhurandhar - The Revenge.

Kindly use headphones 🎧

Original song composed by Shashwat Sachdev and sung by Arijit Singh.
The caps on my fingers are for a temporary injury.
Tempo as in the original ≈ 153 bpm
Audio recorded using the custom-made Buddha Systems pickup and ATM-450 microphone, in my home studio.
Video recorded with a Canon M50, edited in Davinci Resolve Studio.

@AdityaDharFilms @shashwatology @arijitsingh
#dhurandhar2 #ramanabalachandhran #phirse #veena #cover

[ashoo_k @ashoo_k]

Jai Mata Di!! A soul cleansing yatra….

[ashoo_k @ashoo_k]

#NewProfilePic

[ashoo_k @ashoo_k]

Sunday hai
Overcast skies
Thodi baarish hui hai , aur hogi
Aisa Sunday baar baar aaye
Thank you Bhagwan ji 🙏

[ashoo_k @ashoo_k]

Spot the asli #Dhurandhar… hint: mic uske haath mein hai 😉

[Shilpak. @ugach_kahitarii]

What a fantastic pic grab by Arbab Kamal Khan!

Loved it ❤️

[Aseem Dhru @aseemdhru]

Phir Se (Yet again) a bollywood musical journey.

Often comes along music that moves you. Listen to Pritam's Kalank the title track. Soulfully sung by Arijit Singh loosely based on Raag Shivranjani. The same raag Pancham used in Mere Naina Saawan Bhado or Tanishk Bagchi's Saiyaara based on Raag Kirwani that Pancham used in Rimzim Gire Sawan.

Then arrives Shashwat Sachdev. His music has glimpses of my all time favourite Pancham (RD Burman). I don’t watch many movies but there are songs that hold me. Shaswat did this with Dhurandhar. Gehra Hua is mesmerising raag Bhairavi. Na toh karvaan ki taalash hai is an old classic in Raag Yaman. Fa9la the tune that went viral reminds me of Raag Asavari - its an Arabic composition and they treat their songs differently. The beats override melody. The Shehnai while used in Hindustani Weddings, I have found the instrument like Violin to be a little on the sadder side. This brings Shehnai alive almost as a dance number!

But the reason I write this is Phir Se from Dhurandhar -2. This is one of the most moving songs I have heard from Bollywood in a long time. I feel its based on one of Pancham’s favourite raag - Khamaj. It brings out Shringar Rasa. This can be used in a flirtatious way like in Bada Natkhat hai or in a melancholic way like Kuch toh log kahenge both from Pancham’s Amar Prem.

If you have not heard Phir Se yet please do so now. If you have heard it, please do listen to it again after reading this. Irshad Kamil has written one of the finest lyrics in recent times and Arijit steals your heart with that dreamy voice of his. No one can bring you pain with melody like he can!

I haven’t heard String instrument layering like this. Sitar, Piano, Bass Guitar with long notes. The way the song opens with a Sitar chorus before Arijit pours his auditory single malt and the Sitar solo lifts the piece. The haunting layered pieces in the background of the vocals and music is something not often heard.

The mixing of the music with reverb, delay and saturation takes Arijit’s unique texture to a different plane. Whats unique is the song doesn’t rely on beats or percussion. It’s pure melody. It’s not a song. It will stir an emotion in you. The pain, the conflict, the separation, the longing , the complain, the helplessness, the emptiness being felt by the protagonist feels personal!

Those who complain Bollywood music is dying don’t know what to listen! The best things in life are free, we just have to create the ability to appreciate and enjoy them thoroughly.

Turn up the volume, close your eyes and go within…Phir Se. If it moves you to tears, don’t be apologetic, you are human after all! Music is not just entertainment, it is also an expression of life in it myriad emotions, moods and seasons.

P.S Music is an area of interest and not of competence. I could be wrong in the raag identification, if so please forgive that and focus on the music.

[ashoo_k @ashoo_k]

@aseemdhru @MusingGee What a lovely post! Thank you

[The Modern Himachal @themodernhp]

Pahadon mein sirf log seedhe hote hain… raste nahi.

Btw Peak detailing by PWD 😉

[ashoo_k @ashoo_k]

@DubaiNameShame I was with you till ‘beige and cream’… you seriously didn’t know?

[ashoo_k @ashoo_k]

Contraceptive for creativity 😂😂… so apt!

[ashoo_k @ashoo_k]

@nirupamakotru Yes
Lots of construction all around
We also had a big forest fire a couple of years ago :(

[ashoo_k @ashoo_k]

I miss seeing sparrows…