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♪♪

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What we are doing now, it is called EQUAL 
SESSIONS

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Songs are getting more traditional nowadays 
that new songs are not being added to the 
archival data base

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One major challenge is that how we can teach..

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songwriting skills to these traditional musicians

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It is the month of Sawan (Monsoon).

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So, We will make a song on the festival of 
Teej in the month of Monsoon

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♪aayi sawaniyo ri teej♪
(The festival of 
Teej has also arrived)

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Music, Autumn, Flowers, Spring, Fields, Pastures

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All of these comes through Monsoon

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We were supposed to add our inputs to their 
identity

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And to finally uplift and enhance their identity

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This is happening two times

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We are playing it organically so let's just..

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Dholak has to be played simultaneously with 
the khartaal

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..Jugalbandi

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Teej chamke, Mann mere meet..
(The festival 
of Teej is in its full glow, in my mind I 
only remember my beloved)

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When I went into the recording studio for 
the first time

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I felt that I won't be able to do anything

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But when Saptak came and sat in front of 
me, I thought that I won't be afraid now.

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And that is what happened, when I sat in 
front of him, I sang the whole song in my 
second attempt.

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And how long the song may be we can sing 
it in an hour

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When we came here for the first time, he 
looked at me and joined his hands facing 
me

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And when I went towards him to shake hands 
with him, but he didn't lean forward instantly 
to shake hands

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But today I feel that he is like my younger 
brother, someone is like my nephew

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Personally I have never been a part of this 
kind of a setup

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It was a joint effort.

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If any of the person would have been missing, 
this collaboration wouldn't have sounded 
like this

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Something would have been missing

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Right now it feels compelete because of everyone's 
involvement

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♪aayo aayo sawan, aayo aayo♪
(Monsoons have 
arrived)

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♪O ghar aao balam, ghar aao balam♪
(Come 
home, Oh my beloved)

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♪aayi sawaniyo ri teej♪
(The festival of 
Teej has also arrived)