{"id":4516,"date":"2008-09-29T04:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-28T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2008-09-29T04:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-28T23:10:00","slug":"mere-desh-ki-dharti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/mere-desh-ki-dharti\/","title":{"rendered":"Mere Desh Ki Dharti"},"content":{"rendered":"
Salil Tripathi, in an email conversation about Mahendra Kapoor (quoted with permission), writes:<\/p>\n
\n[H]e took chamchagiri to new depths during the Emergency. He was invited to perform at a function in Delhi, and he sang “Mere Desh Ki Dharti” from Upkar<\/i>. And he did the Indian version of airbrushing history. Remember, there’s that stanza –<\/p>\n
Rang Hara Hari Singh Nalwe Se
\nRang Lal Hai Lal Bahadur Se
\nRang Bana Basanti Bhagat Singh
\nRang Aman Ka Veer Jawahar Se<\/i><\/p>\nKapoor, taking sycophancy to new lows, sang:<\/p>\n
Rang Hara Hari Singh Nalwe Se
\nRang Lal Hai Indira Gandhi Se
\nRang Bana Basanti Bhagat Singh
\nRang Aman Ka Veer Jawahar Se<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nSalil quotes from memory, of course, and the excerpt above is an aside—Kapoor was a great singer, and his death<\/a> is undoubtedly a tragedy for his family, friends and fans. <\/p>\n
It can’t be denied, actually, that the dharti<\/i> of our desh<\/i> was made lal<\/i> by Indira Gandhi, in more ways than one<\/a>. <\/p>\n
Salil also writes:<\/p>\n
\nKishore Kumar, too, was invited to perform at this program, in aid of family planning. Kishore refused. Result: All India Radio and Doordarshan were asked to ban Kishore Kumar’s songs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Salil Tripathi, in an email conversation about Mahendra Kapoor (quoted with permission), writes:<\/p>\n
\n[H]e took chamchagiri to new depths during the Emergency. He was invited to perform at a function in Delhi, and he sang “Mere Desh Ki Dharti” from Upkar<\/i>. And he did the Indian version of airbrushing history. Remember, there’s that stanza –<\/p>\n
Rang Hara Hari Singh Nalwe Se
\nRang Lal Hai Lal Bahadur Se
\nRang Bana Basanti Bhagat Singh
\nRang Aman Ka Veer Jawahar Se<\/i><\/p>\nKapoor, taking sycophancy to new lows, sang:<\/p>\n
Rang Hara Hari Singh Nalwe Se
\nRang Lal Hai Indira Gandhi Se
\nRang Bana Basanti Bhagat Singh
\nRang Aman Ka Veer Jawahar Se<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nSalil quotes from memory, of course, and the excerpt above is an aside—Kapoor was a great singer, and his death<\/a> is undoubtedly a tragedy for his family, friends and fans. <\/p>\n
It can’t be denied, actually, that the dharti<\/i> of our desh<\/i> was made lal<\/i> by Indira Gandhi, in more ways than one<\/a>. <\/p>\n
Salil also writes:<\/p>\n
\nKishore Kumar, too, was invited to perform at this program, in aid of family planning. Kishore refused. Result: All India Radio and Doordarshan were asked to ban Kishore Kumar’s songs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,9,3,4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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