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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

NoMo FOMO

This is a song about going from Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) to NoMo FOMO!  

Feed में रंगीन सपने 

पीड़ है ना होंगे अपने  

Scroll में रैन गँवाई! 

ना कहा तो, ना जग डूबा ...

हाँ कहा तो कौन अजूबा?

अंतर्मन की बात सुने जब   

'नादरंग' तब NoMo FOMO!


 

Raga: Haveli Basant 

 

My Feed shows me such colorful dreams 

They will never be mine, my mind screams

So I scroll the night away...

Say no to the fantasies? No apocalypse. 

Say yes? Still no guaranteed bliss. 

Trust your inner voice, and then, NoMo FOMO!

 

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Yaman Tarana, Drut Ektaal

 

दीम तनन तारे दानी

ओदेतन नननन  देरेना

(तारे दानी) x ३ ||

दीम तनन तारे दानी 

ओदेतन नननन देरेना

(तारे दानी) x ३ ||



Saturday, August 10, 2024

The 'Fortress of Solitude' Song


अब देखो ना, बोलो ना, चलो हटो!

निकट न आवो, पीछा ना करो अब,

चैन से मोको, जीने दो || 

निलज छलिये रुक! अब और नहीं!

पथ ना रोको, 

      सुख ना टोको,

            चैन से मोको,  जीने दो || 

Explanation & Context

We all need a 'fortress of solitude' now and then. 

It might be a break after an argument, a refuge for introverts overwhelmed by social noise, a stalker, or a shield against greedy corporations and scammers trying to exploit you.

Don’t watch, don't speak, back off!
Leave me alone, don’t follow.
Let me live my life in peace! 
Shameless charlatan - stop! Never again.
Stay out of my way,
Don’t kill my joy,
Let me live my life in peace!


Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Raga Vachaspati - Unspoken, Vilambit Ektaal

 

कैसे मन सुख पावे?

कैसे कहूँ बतिया, डर लगे जिया को,

अब रोके ना जाए!

 

कोई ना जाने दुःख हमारा,

छिप गयी मन की बतिया,

'नादरंग' अब कहा ना जाए! 


Interpretation:

How will I ever find joy?

Fear shackles my true feelings,

that threaten to burst forth, awoken.

 

No one knows of my pain within,

of bottled emotions and thoughts,

that shall forever remain unspoken!


 

 

 


 

 


 


 

Monday, March 27, 2023

Flight Plight - A song about an irritating flight experience!

 


सुबह सवेरे मिला संदेसा 📱

दिल्ली  उड़ान में होगी देरी ✈️

बदला द्वार चार बार 🚪

और नगर की मारी पूरी फेरी! 🏃🏻‍♂️ || १ || 

निकले थे पुण्यनगरी से 😇,

पर जा पहुँचे जयपुर 🤯

सफ़र (suffer?!) किये, या थी सफ़ारी? 🤬

नादरंग अभी दिल्ली है दूर 🥵!

 

Interpretation:

Early morning I got a message,

My flight to Delhi had been delayed.

Last minute, they changed the gate 4 times.

and made us run all over the airport!

I'd left Pune (Punyanagari 😎) in high spirits,

but instead landed in Jaipur!

Was this a journey or a safari!?

Naadrang says - Delhi is still far away!

 

(Composed in Raga Shuddha Dhaivat Bibhas, Teentaal)

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Ata Sataye Koyaliya, Kaushi Kanada, Vilambit Roopak

 

अत सताए कोयलिया ,

करत शोर,

क्यूँ इतनी बेचैन ? ||

नीर भरे नैना,

बाट तकत,

तरपत सगरी रैन! ||

Explanation:

Why is the cuckoo bird crying so incessantly? 

What makes her so anxious? 

The cuckoo bird, with tears in her eyes says:

"I've been agonizing all night, waiting for my partner!"

This is the vilambit partner to this drut bandish. 




Thursday, December 2, 2021

Koyaliya ki kook sunat hi (Raga Kaushi Kanada, Drut Teentaal)


कोयलिया की कूक सुनत ही 

सब रैन जाग बिताई

अब और सहा ना जाए ||

कैसे नींद आवे, न सुहावे 

तुम सो कब नैना लगावूं?

अब और सहा ना जाए ||

Interpretation:

The sweet sound of the Koyal (Cuckoo) bird fills the night. Yet, I can't sleep. 

I keep thinking of when I'll see you next. Being apart is unbearable torture.




Saturday, December 12, 2020

Bye Bye 2020, A New Hope for 2021

आनंद बरसाओ

बीस-बीस दुःख,  ना सताओ 

उलझन सुलझाओ, बिसराओ 

नित सुख लाओ || धृ ||

तन मन में जो रोग लगा है

तेज़ दवा दिलाओ 

राह दिखलाओ, ना तरसाओ 

नौका पार कराओ ||१|| 

Interpretation:

O shower us with joy!
2020 was so painful - stop it already.
Wash away my anxieties, help me forget, and bring back joy again.
This torment of body and soul needs a powerful cure.
Show me the way, don't forsake me, please guide me, across the ocean!

 

(Raga Des, Teentaal)

Special thanks to Dilip Ranade for the awesome English interpretation.



Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Lament of a person who's lost their phone! (Raga Jogkauns, Addha-Teentaal)

उन बिन बरसत अखियाँ ।
उन बिन उड़ी मोरी नींदरियाँ ।
छबि अधूरी रही बिन रसियाँ ।
तड़पत बीती उमरियाँ ॥ धृ ॥

कैसे अकेले देखूं दुनिया?
कैसे बोलू संग सब सखियाँ?
'नादरंग' कोई नहीं खबरियां
फोन बिन निकसे जिया! ॥ १ ॥

This is the lament of a person who's lost their beloved (... wait for it...) phone!
I can't stop the tears! I miss you dearly!
I can't sleep (... without my Music app singing me a lullaby)
The picture is incomplete without your presence (...of course ... no selfies possible!)
Living my life without you is sheer torture!
How do I go see the world, all alone? (... without my Maps app, i'll get lost)
How can I talk to my friends about my depression? (... no WhatsApp!)
There is absolutely no news ... where are you!? (... no Twitter, Facebook or News app!)
RIP dearest Phone, my life wastes away too!  

Monday, July 25, 2016

Raga Malkans, Drut Teentaal - "Ja Ja Bolo Na Kanhaa" (July 2016)

जा जा बोलो ना कान्हा
सब जगत के तुमही हो पालक
हमारी बेर क्यूँ झूठा बहाना ।। धृ ।। 
बन ठन के तोरी देखीं बाँट
श्याम ढली और बीती रात
कौन समझे मोरा आँसू बहाना ।। १ ।।

Explanation

This is an adaptation from my composition in Raga Chandrakauns in Madhyalaya Roopak. The conversion from Roopak (7-beat cycle) to Teentaal (16-beat cycle) makes the composition quite interesting.

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Kali Yuga Bhajan in Raga Bhairavi


अधीर भीर घोर घोर मुख मोर मोर जोर शोर कर अपार,
निठुर बेफिकर नहीं विचार, धर बिगार,
असूर पिछवार मार तलवार!
कर कार कारा कारा निहार,
वानर डगर मार पिचकार,
सिर सरीर पर गोबर पुहार,
नर नार हर दिन करे तकरार,
नादरंग करे पुकार:
हे करतार,
पालनहार,
उबार,
दे आधार,
भार उतार,
संसार सुधार!

Explanation

Impatient droves of crowds with shrouded faces shout and create an obscene din.
Cruel, careless folks destroy the earth without a thought and devilishly stab our future in the back with a sword.
Cars spew noxious black clouds; uncouth rapscallions squirt body fluids on the street; there's crap flying through the air.
Men and women complain daily in this world of ours!
'Naadrang' prays to the Creator / Maintainer to protect the world from evil and misery that this Kali Yuga ('Age of Vice') brings.


Sunday, April 17, 2016

Raga Kalavati - Drut Ektaal

चुरालूँ नै१ना बिना चैना ॥
डगर पे १अंधियारा छाए ॥
घन बरस१त सगरी रैना ॥ धृ ॥
१नहीं आवत सुख आनंद ॥
१नहीं भावत मन सुगंध ॥
१'नादरंग' कब सुने उन१ही के मीठे बैना ॥१॥

Explanation:

I try to hide my yearning eyes. The overcast sky casts a long, dark shadow over my path. The clouds rain relentlessly all night long. 
I have no peace, no joy. The scent of the wet ground brings me no comfort. When will 'Naadrang' be able to hear the mellifluous words of 'the one'?

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

The WiFi song - Raga Gujri Todi - Drut Teentaal


कौन समझे मोरे मन की बिथा!
भोजन, बसन, भुवन, मान है,
वाय-फाय नही -- आयु वृथा ।। धृ ।। 
रुठी बिजुरी छाया अंधियारा,
सबन से दूर अकेला बेचारा!
नादरंग कित पढ़ूँ जन-कथा? ।। १ ।।

Explanation

Who shall understand my torment?
I have food, clothing, shelter and honor;
But without WiFi, my life is in vain! 
Without electricity, my life's in utter darkness.
I feel isolated from everyone, oh woe is me!
How shall 'Naadrang' read society's posts now?

Special thanks to Dr. Ashok and Mrs. Nandini Wardekar.

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Om Mani Kamal Vyom - Nirguni Bhajan in Malkauns

ॐ मणि कमल व्योम
सकल ब्रह्मांड चैतन्यरूप
सच्चिदानंद ॐ … ॥ धृ ॥

तन अनेक पर मानस एक
जग दरपन अंतर्मन देख
नित्य निर्गुण निराकार ॐ … ॥१॥
अहंकार आत्मन झगड़े
द्वैत नही तब द्वंद्व मिटे
अद्वैत अमित अनाहतनाद रंगी ॐ … ॥ २ ॥
Explanation -
This is a Nirguni Bhajan in Raga Malkauns. It also embodies the 'Akash Panchamahabhoota' or the element of Space/Sky/Aether.

Om, the cosmic sound (the jewel), creates the universe (the lotus) and fills all of space. (Also see Om-Mani-Padme-Hum).
The cosmos is constructed from consciousness.
This blissful experience of the boundless, pure consciousness is Om.
The 'many' have but one soul.
The world is just a reflection of our inner self.
Om alone is timeless, epithet-less and formless.
The ego is in conflict with the soul.
Conflict ends only when this duality ends.
Only Om, the infinite, spontaneous sound is 'Advait' (indivisible , absolute oneness)

Friday, June 12, 2015

Raga Charukeshi (evening), Madhyalay Pancham ki Sawari

Composition
उन बिन मोरी बीती शाम ||
अजहू नाही आवे ||
कहां सुध बुध बिसरावे नादरंगीले श्याम || धृ ||
अंधियारी, कारी सांझ में,
व्याकुल जैसे चंद्र चकोर ||
कहां सुध बुध बिसरावे नादरंगीले श्याम ||१||
Explanation 
I watch the evening go by, without Shyaam (Lord Krishna). I am sure he is absorbed totally, with no sense of time or place!
The evening darkens into night and I wait, anxious, like the Chakor (a bird enamored by the moon) waits for the moon!

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Hansadhwani Tarana, Drut Mattataal

तानूम तन दानी ॥
ओदनि तनन (दानी) x ३ ॥ धृ ॥ 
तन तदानी (तादानी) x ३ ॥
ओदे तननन (दानी) x ३ ॥  १ ॥ 

Matta-taal is a 9 beat rhythmic cycle. 

Lalit, Drut Teentaal


परभात मिलन की घड़ी आयी ॥
पर आँख आधी रात में लागी ॥ धृ ॥

बड़े कष्ट नींदन भगाई ॥
बड़े जल्दी में भूख दबाई ॥
पल पल की बड़ी लढाई ॥
बड़ा दुःख की वो बिसराई!
'नादरंग' नींद लौट न आयी ॥ १ ॥

Explanation -

I'm dreading an early morning meeting, having slept very late at night.
With great difficulty, I shove Sleep off my eyes.
In my haste to get ready, I skip breakfast.
After all this struggle, I reach on time.
.... But she doesn't!
'Naadrang' pleads for Sleep to return, but she doesn't either!

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Saraswati, Trivat, Drut Chautaal

स१ज धज धरा आज ।
'नादरंग' मगन तन मन देखत भूषित रूप! ॥ धृ ॥  
सो१ना पन्ना तन लपेटे ।
कलियाँ गजरा सोहे ।
गले यमुना माल साजे ।
अतर महके चहुँ ओर ॥ १ ॥  
म१धुप गूंजे ।
कोकिला करत गान ।
गजराज विराट आनंद तांडव आज करत - 
धा न धा न धा न, तकिट तकिट तकिट, धात्रक धिकिट धिकिट, धिन धिन धिन  तरान,
(धाकिटतक धुमकिटतक धिनतरान [धिन धिन धिन] [धा धा धा]) x ३  ॥ २ ॥     

Explanation:
This is a "Trivat (त्रिवट)". Trivat is a composition that is formed using Lyrics and Pakhawaj bol.

This trivat embodies the 'Pruthvi' or Earth element with descriptions of sights, smells and sounds of a beautiful spring day. Chataal is used to create a measured,  rhythmic and grounding backdrop while Raga Saraswati expresses appreciation, beauty and contentment.

‘Naadrang, upon seeing Mother Earth, is spellbound by her elegant beauty:
Draped in resplendent gold and emerald green leaves, a many-hued garland of flowers adorning her,  she wears the river Yamuna as a sparkling necklace while a bewitching scent of spring sweetens the air.  
Mother Earth's children celebrate this beautiful day with a symphony as bumble bees hum pleasantly, cuckoos sing melodiously and the mighty elephant dances in percussive ecstasy.
This composition also contains a humble tribute to the exceptional composer John Williams and brilliant novelist J. K. Rowling, as their works help in centering and grounding myself.



Thursday, December 18, 2014

Raga Gunkali, Drut Jhoomra

छो१ड़ दे रे मूरख मनवा,
चा१ह का पिंजरा बनाया,
पं१छी अपनो नही धनवा ॥ धृ ॥
मन नाही चा१ह बुझे,
अपनो ही जा१ल में उलझे,
न कभी था१ अपना, पंछी, पिंजरा ॥१॥
Explanation
Let go of material attachments, foolish mind! The bird you've trapped in the cage of desire was never really yours. Let it go!
The mind's greed continues to trap you in its web of delusion. Neither the bird (object), nor the cage (desire) is real. Let it go!

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Madhukauns, Trivat, Drut Ektaal


आज पवन करत शोर ॥
थिरथिरत थरथर करत ॥
तनूम तनूम तनूम,
धिर धिर धिर,
चहुँ ओर ॥ धृ ॥ 
कुंज कुंज गुँजे बेनु ॥
डार डार निरत करत ॥
द्वार द्वार धिरकत अत ॥
मंदिर घंटिका बाजे ॥
पुरवाई करत जोर ॥१ ॥ 
घन बन गज कमल हंस,
मिल खेलत खग पतंग ॥
चंदन मंद सुगंधन ॥
नाद संग रंगी यादे,
लाये साहिल झकोर ॥ २ ॥
Explanation

This is a "Trivat (त्रिवट)". Trivat is a composition that is formed using Lyrics, Tarana bol and  Pakhawaj bol.

This trivat embodies the 'Vayu' or Wind/Air element with descriptions of sounds, sights, smells and memories of a windy day.

All around me, I hear the wind howling, creaking, whooshing, whispering, trembling and crackling. 
The orchards whistle like a flute. Flower laden branches perform a ballet in the breeze. Doors drum rhythmically and the temple bells chime melodiously as the east wind shows its strength. 
The clouds masquerade as elephants, giant lotuses and swans in the sky. The gliding birds and the soaring kites play a spirited game of catch. A cool gust brings a delicate scent of sandalwood and musical sounds, tickling the senses, ushering a colorful rush of nostalgia!