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Sunning
Ithaca, NY, 2004
About Me
- Old Man River
- East by Northeast, India
- Remember the song "Ol' Man River" (music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II)? The most famous rendition of it, one that is still noted today, was sung by Paul Robeson in James Whale's 1936 film version of Show Boat (Robeson had first performed the song in the 1928 London production of the show and in the 1932 Broadway revival, and had even recorded it with Paul Whiteman's orchestra back in 1928). The song also has versions in the Indian languages Hindi, Bengali and Assamese sung by Bhupen Hazarika, who met Robeson while studying at Columbia University. The Assamese song is called "Bistirno Parore", the Bengali version is "Bistirno Dupare". The Hindi composition is known as "Ganga Behti Ho Kyon." Instead of the Mississippi, the song is dedicated to the Brahmaputra river in the Assamese version and the Ganges river in the Bengali and Hindi versions. So, here I am, OLD MAN RIVER with his flow of stories and accounts, someone who has seen nations fall and be born, wars spread and ravage, homes created and sustained, movements launched and carried on with fierce passion.
My Blog List
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July, July by Tim O'Brien - Most of my anthologies, and the three textbooks I use for my creative writing class, include “The Things They Carried” by Tim O'Brien. Consequently, I have...
8 years ago -
FOOTPRINTS IN THE BAJRA a "first in Indian writing in English" - INDIAN LITERATURE (IL, 259), the flagship journal of Sahitya Akademi (national academy of letters, India) recently published a nice review to my book "FOOT...
13 years ago
Krishna
Together since the sixties!
At home
Between day chores
Breakfast with family
clockwise: me, Nina, Shamik with Paahi, Krishna, Sonal (Mohit's clicking)
2 comments:
Old Man River - would like to hear about your journey more. Some stories of your early days, your beliefs and your later disbeliefs if any. After all River is a meandering fluidity and tributaries joining in and branching out as a continuous process. But the main tiver flows on - calm, quiet and grandiose.
yes. we have become mere stories.to some interesting,to some bits of boredom.it is time almost to wrap up. still one likes to make others listen.like ancient mariner.thats why its all there. your suggestion is accepted.
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