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Prateep Roy

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Tag: music

  • What if Bollywood (Hindi) movies didn’t have songs?

    I would have been the worst hit ☹ I think they were/are the lifeline of the movies, and they were/are my lifeline too. Like those movies, I couldn’t do without humming those songs (mostly from the 1950s and 60s) every moment of my life. Since the release of the first Hindi film, Raja Harishchandra, in Read.

  • What is the synonym for freedom?

    Photo by author Youth. College days, to be more specific. Those 5 years (grad/postgrad) at the university were the most memorable years of my life. Memories of a vibrant, fearless, romantic, and boisterous time of my life. Just coming out of a regimented school life, is the newfound freedom. Especially, when you come out of Read.

  • Did I defy my Ikigai as a child?

    Yes, I did. But first, what is Ikigai? I learned about Ikigai from a writing course hosted by Ankur Warikoo called ‘Make Writing a Career.’    It’s just amazing! On researching further, I found Ken Mogi, an authority on Ikigai, explaining it in his book, The Little Book of Ikigai. He explains Ikigai as ‘the Read.

  • Who is the Parasocial Influencer in your life?

    Photo by Matej Spulak on Unsplash What is Parasocial? The Cambridge Dictionary defines Parasocial (adjective) as “involving or relating to a connection between a person and someone they do not know personally, for example, a famous person or a character in a book”. In my teens, Bruce Lee used to be my parasocial craze. I Read.

  • A life donning many hats

    Photo by Author, of the Author Donning the hat of a singer: When I was a child, I used to sing to myself. Songs I would pick up from the radio stations played (loudly) by my neighbors (we didn’t have a radio set then). This was the early years of the 1960s. I would accompany Read.