An Indian Morning
Sunday July 30th, 2017 with Dr. Harsha V. Dehejia and Kishore "Kish" Sampat
The first 30 minutes of the program features classical, religious as well as regional and popular music. The second one hour features community announcements and ear pleasing music from old/new & popular Indian films.

An Indian Morning celebrates not only the music of India but equally its various arts and artisans, poets and potters, kings and patriots. The ethos of the program is summarized by its signature closing line, "Seeking the spirit of India, Jai Hind". एक बार फिर हार्दिक अभिनंदन आप सबका, शुक्रिया, घन्यवाद और Thank You इस प्रोग्राम को सुनने के लिए । यह "दिल" क्या है? कई लोगों ने सवाल पूछा है, और समय के शुरू होने के बाद से फिल्म गीतकार इसके साथ शहर में चले गए हैं। दिल लगभग हर ध्वनि में घसीटा गया है, विखंडित किया गया है , और यहां तक कि देवता-सदृश पूजा कि गयी है । हम दिल की यात्रा को देखते हैं , पवित्र मंदिरों से कबूतर के घोंसले तक। यह हमेशा सुखद नहीं होता है। “दिल एक मंदिर है “ दिल-सुदृढ़ गीतों की सूची में सबसे ऊपर है। 01-DIL EK MANDIR HAI CD MISC-20170730 Track#01 4:05 DIL EK MANDIR HAI-1963; Mohammad Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur; Shankar-Jaikishan; Hasrat Jaipuri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMw7w-d5A_E The heart is apparently a “thing”. Umrao Jaan (1981) started it with Dil Cheez Kya Hai. 02-DIL CHEEZ KYA HAI AAP MERI JAAN LIJIYE CD MISC-20170730 Track#02 6:11 UMRAO JAAN-1981; Asha Bhosle; Khayyam; Shahryar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWq3d9ET8NU And more than three decades later, the insinuation persists. Here’s Airlift (2016), which also lifted a popular Arabic number, Didi by Khaled, to new heights to make this song. 03-DIL CHEEZ TUJHE DEDI CD MISC-20170730 Track#03 3:14 AIR LIFT-2016; Ankit Tiwari, Arijit Singh; Ankit Tiwari; Kumaar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkA0lq-0f14 Over the years, the heart has suffered an increasing number of indignities, mostly on account of being misunderstood. Can’t figure out this thing, they said. And so lazy judgements were made regarding its nature. The “crazy” trope is so familiar now, nobody even notices it. 04-DIL DEEWANA BIN SAJNA KE MAANE NAA CD MISC-20170730 Track#04 4:51 MAINE PYAR KIYA-1989; Lata Mangeshkar; Ramlaxman; Asad Bhopali https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32tNhs2Vk8U यश चोपड़ा ने इसे आगे बढ़ाया और कहा कि कुछ भी मौका नहीं छोड़ा जाना चाहिए, इसे फिल्म के शीर्षक में डाल दें। 05-DIL TO PAGAL HAI CD MISC-20170730 Track#05 5:53 DIL TO PAGAL HAI-1997; Udit Narayan, Lata Mangeshkar; Uttam Singh; Anand Bakshi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsU1ny7dgeU But things swiftly moved downhill. The next homage places the heart in the category of a wild pigeon – the dance moves in this number skilfully drive the point home. 06-DIL JUNGLEE KABOOTAR CD MISC-20170730 Track#06 6:10 QAHAR-1997; Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam; Anand Bakshi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CVWH8LBT3k For sheer daftness, nothing beats Dil Garden Garden Ho Gaya. This one incorporates chirps and similar birdsong and also lays out a comprehensive colour palette. 07-DIL GARDEN GARDEN HO GAYA CD MISC-20170730 Track#06 3:10 KYA SUPER KOOL HAIN HUM-2012; Vishal Dadlani; Sachin-Jigar; Mayur Puri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnpYAHl0Hq8 Others took the effrontery to a new level. Good try. But there’s the issue of “mushkil”. They never give up, do they? Some tried, in all sincerity. There’s also Badtameez Dil and Gustakh Dil. This the heart might still accept – brazen and arrogant are admirable qualities to have when you are a thing that’s responsible for keeping other things ticking and running. But now there’s savagery. Any self-respecting heart would rebel. Things came to a head recently with an entire song devoted to the heart’s failings. Son of an owl, a fool of the highest order, they’re calling it. The chant “ullu le” twists the knife in – it’s like being chased down the street by bullying kids calling you names. “Dil sau-sau ka chutta hai”? Seriously? There’s a price tag now? You might as well as say it out loud: “Just Go To Hell Dil.” 08-DIL MERA MUFT KA CD MISC-20170730 Track#08 4:54 AGENT VINOD-2012; Nandini Shrikar, Muazzam, Rizwan, Shadab Faridi, Altamush Faridi, Shabab Sabri; Pritam; Neelesh Misra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZCOnDuL6pM GULZAR has tried to redeem the status of the heart, with soothing lyrics such as: दिल तोह आखिर दिल है न, मीठी सी मुश्किल है न। Dil toh aakhir dil hai na, meethi si mushkil hai na, 09-DIL SE RE CD MISC-20170730 Track#09 4:49 DIL SE-1998; A.R.Rahman, Anuradha Sriram, Anupama, Febi Mani; A.R.Rahman; Gulzar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwfCMvo19s8 THE END समाप्त