All posts by Shantanu Raychaudhuri

Shantanu Raychaudhuri | October 6, 2025
The Eternal Lament and Wisdom of Aziz Nazan’s ‘Chadhta Suraj’

There are songs that one remembers as melodies, pleasant to the ear but ephemeral in the mind. Then...
Shantanu Raychaudhuri | September 19, 2025
Bhupen Hazarika at 100: The Voice of a Civilization

His was a voice that sang not just of rivers and romance, but of justice, memory and the...
Shantanu Raychaudhuri | September 13, 2025
I have sung over ten thousand jingles – Preeti Sagar

(Shantanu Ray Chaudhari with Shyam Benegal and Preeti Sagar.) Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri (SRC): So, ma’am, I’d like to...
Shantanu Raychaudhuri | September 10, 2025
The Many Melodies of Preeti Sagar: Songs, Jingles, and Soundtracks from a Golden Voice

A vivacious young woman in a green swimsuit gleefully bathing under a waterfall and humming the instantly earwormy...
Shantanu Raychaudhuri | September 8, 2025
My Heart Is Beating: A Dream, a Song, a Fifty-year Echo

For nearly fifty years, a recurring dream carried the memory of a melody and a girl whose name...

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Kaagaz ke Phool – A Tale of Withered Flowers
The Eternal Lament and Wisdom of Aziz Nazan’s ‘Chadhta Suraj’
Bhupen Hazarika at 100: The Voice of a Civilization
I have sung over ten thousand jingles – Preeti Sagar
The Many Melodies of Preeti Sagar: Songs, Jingles, and Soundtracks from a Golden Voice
My Heart Is Beating: A Dream, a Song, a Fifty-year Echo

The Eternal Lament and Wisdom of Aziz Nazan’s ‘Chadhta Suraj’