26th JANUARY, 2010:India celebrated her 61st Republic Day this day. After all these years, it would have been another national holiday. I remembered the days when in school, we used to perform drills and marches to commerate this day. It's been years now, but what was different this time was, just as my parents and teachers used to explain to me the significance of this day, today I was in the same shoes, trying to explain that to my young kid.
As I picked up the morning newspaper, and tuned in to the news channels to catch a glimpse of the fog-covered parades at New Delhi, the strains of 'Mile Sur Mera Tumhara' caught my ears. And, as I turned through the pages of the newspaper, there was this story of the release of 'Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara'!
Mile Sur... was an amazing compilation - music and video - by the renowned singers, writers and cine artists - to spread the message of unity across, what is well known, a diverse India. The song is sung and set in every major region/language, and is a pleasure to watch and listen to. Phir Mile Sur... is a remake of the original, more than a decade later, in obviously very different times - when India (and China) are poised for leading the global economy of this decade.
Mile Sur... brought back memories of days gone by - and like our national anthem - Jana Gana Mana - still gives the goosebumps.
Thanks to the digital age, here is the original video etched forever on this digital fabric of mine.
As I picked up the morning newspaper, and tuned in to the news channels to catch a glimpse of the fog-covered parades at New Delhi, the strains of 'Mile Sur Mera Tumhara' caught my ears. And, as I turned through the pages of the newspaper, there was this story of the release of 'Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara'!
Mile Sur... was an amazing compilation - music and video - by the renowned singers, writers and cine artists - to spread the message of unity across, what is well known, a diverse India. The song is sung and set in every major region/language, and is a pleasure to watch and listen to. Phir Mile Sur... is a remake of the original, more than a decade later, in obviously very different times - when India (and China) are poised for leading the global economy of this decade.
Mile Sur... brought back memories of days gone by - and like our national anthem - Jana Gana Mana - still gives the goosebumps.
Thanks to the digital age, here is the original video etched forever on this digital fabric of mine.
