*Sudhirendar Sharma
For the
Greeks nostalgia meant a mix of sweet and bitter pang that humans often suffer
in search of their roots, and their belongingness. From what was once
considered a...
Sudhirendar Sharma
A young reader/listener has asked me if I could help him get a better sense of a patriotic song by placing it in perspective among songs of...
Sudhirendar Sharma
Need it be said that everything in nature pulsates with a rhythm. Be it swirling sea waves; swinging green branches; or chirping bush crickets, there is rhythm...
Sudhirendar Sharma*
Like literature,
cinema also holds a mirror on society. Whilst entertaining the viewers, it
rarely misses a chance to reflect views from the margins as ‘objectively’ as
possible. It also draws 'lessons' for its...
Sudhirendar Sharma
Need I say that in the celluloid world ख़्वाब features predominantly for not only building the fictional narrative but to move the story forward too. That ख़्वाब (dream)...
Sudhirendar Sharma*
In the corona times of social distancing, to remain calm while strengthening human bonding is critical. But how to do so when no one even dares to...
Sudhirendar Sharma
My previous music note on ‘एक प्यार का नगमा है मौजों की रवानी है’ evoked
interesting responses from my friends whom I send this piece on Whatsapp -
emotive and reflective. While...
Sudhirendar Sharma
Come
rains and emotions pour. Nature’s unique physical manifestation may not have
any language of its own, it evokes feelings that hold idioms and expressions of
its own. Not many are able to express it...
Sudhirendar Sharma
Such has been the turmoil in Kashmir for the past four decades that we have long forgotten that it used to be a place everybody longed to visit,...
Sudhirendar Sharma*
Lyrics are to music that heart is to the body, and that
has what made film music endure. It is, however, another matter that lyricists
(barring exceptions) have rarely got their deserving due...
