| Description | Track 1: Kali Dasgupta continues to discuss Indian folk songs and politics. He talks about folk song as an expression of need, the process of societies becoming industrialised, and folk song as used in working class struggles 5.03 mins
Track 2: Kali Dasgupta sings a song and discusses the meaning of lyrics concerned with ending oppression and exploitation 3.12 mins
Track 3: Kali Dasgupta discusses the development of Indian classical music from the time of the Mughal empire, the reasons why Indian musicians seek recognition and status from the West, the disillusionment of many young people in England and their search for something new from Indian religion and mysticism, and the differences between Indian music and Western classical music 4.42 mins
Track 4: he continues to talk about Western musical traditions and similarities between Western music and some Indian folk music 4.11 mins
Tracks 5-6: he discusses different attitudes towards folk traditions, the reaction amongst Indian people to the new interest of Western youth in Indian culture and religion, his view of society in the United States of America, the slow development of political consciousness in Britain and the extent to which folk song is being written by Indian people living in Britain or by people in India about people who leave to make a living in other countries. He goes on to sing excerpts from songs of this kind and to talk about Indian nationalism and internationalism. He explains why he identifies himself as Bengali.
Total: 25.52 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF573E0716480 |