“Jokhon dekhi ora kaaj kore grame bondore,

Sudhui foshol folae, gham jhorae mathe prantore,

Tokhon bhalo lagena, lagena konokichui,

Shudin kache eso, bhalobasi eksathe ei shob kichui…”

Written by Gautam Chattopadhyay, the father of Bengali rock music, this song has its roots back to 1977. The song ‘of Love and Despair’ did touch the sentiments of the people when the city faced crises further. Mohiner Ghoraguli was born in the backyards of South Kolkata. And, the artists called the ‘horses’ in association to the name of the band, did not merely relate to the term “band”, rather referred to themselves as the musical endeavors. The ‘horses’ were engaged in the socio-cultural movement of the time that receives rare recognition.

Hoping to bring a new dawn in the city…Hoping to bring love among the people, irrespective of occupation…hoping to grow class consciousness among the people of Bengal. As the above-mentioned quote itself speaks, the lyrical revolution of Bengali rhythm came with the urge and confidence to rise above all disparity and stereotypes in the society, and dive into the space of freedom. The freedom to live, the freedom to love, and the freedom to fetch peace, together, in the world of old and new, in the world of farmers, in the world of workers, in the world of deprived…