| Description | Copy of the fourth tape of songs recorded for 'Snowballs in Calcutta'. Kali Dasgupta performs Indian folk songs from North and East Bengal and explains the stories recounted in the songs
Track 1: Kali Dasgupta introduces two songs, one from Bengal and one from Punjab, classified as anti-war songs, expressing the views of the wives of men who have joined the British army during the First World War 1.19 mins
Track 2: Kali Dasgupta tunes his instrument, introduces and performs the Punjabi anti-war song and explains the meaning of the lyrics in which a woman compares her love with a burning oven and laments the absence of her solider husband 2.23 mins
Track 3: Kali Dasgupta introduces and performs a song which is a political satire using the Bengali folk form. The song is known as 'Mountbatten' and was composed in 1947 when Mountbatten was viceroy of India 12.11 mins
Track 4: Kali Dasgupta performs another song 5.06 mins
Track 5: Kali Dasgupta introduces and performs a trade union song written in Hindi by a worker. He explains the meaning of the lyrics which mention the red flag 2.36 mins
Track 6: silence 9.46 mins
Total: 33.23 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF573E0717880 |