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Radio 3,22 Sep 2021,14 mins

SeriesThe Songs That Shaped Me

Freedom Song

The Essay

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Amit Chaudhuri tells of how popular Bengali songs of the 1940s and 1950s brought about political, social and personal change. Indian author, musician and international public intellectual Amit Chaudhuri presents a set of personal essays on the music and the songwriters that shaped his early life. An Art and Adventure production Producer: Roger James Elsgood

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