The house of Sitar maestro Ustad Allauddin Khan was
ransacked at Bramhabberia in Bangladesh
by a fanatic mob. Reports said they were students and they were protesting the
killing of another student in a conflict. Pandit Hariprasad Chourasiya reacted
in pain. Ustad Rasid Khan, Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar and others also
expressed deep concern. The poem is in protest of every brutality against the culture.
When tune cries…………..
Melody makes the race happy
Sometimes tune makes us cry
When tune cries, blood moist the soil
The black cloud covers the sky
They didn’t know, what they were doing
Tune cried
They devastated Bamiyam Buddha
They didn’t realise……
Tune cried
They ransacked Ustad Allauddin’s memory
They didn’t understand….
They fired the rhythms, the did tear the strings
Tune cried
Pawns came, the ring masters were in cover
The melancholy tune came
The flute shouted in pain
The pain will turn revolutionary soon
When tune cries protest arises
Tune cried
It’s the time to turn around.
---Arindam Chatterjee
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