The Indian Ocean is one of India’s most vibrant music bands that has chosen to sustain itself in relative obscurity. In a country where pop music and love songs are dramatically overrated, this group of old school ‘boys’ have created a niche of their own. Their music is a protest in itself - an alternative platform for voicing issues of the left ideologies. It talks about the philosophy and politics of life and we need their kind of music today more than any other time. A tribute to their passion. Here’s an extract from their hit song Bandeh from Anurag Kashyap’s Black Friday – Arey mandir ye chup hai, arey masjid ye gumsum Ibadat thak padegi Samay ki laal andhi, kabristan ke raste Arey lathpat chalegi.. (The temple and the mosque, both are silent, Their worships exhausted. The red waves of time shall crush the morgue And the bloody path will be lit...)
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Rajit Roy
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