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Published: 02 November 2021

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In the prehistoric, the Classic RMIM era, we had only text-based USENET posts. I decided to start my website to allow people to give me audio/video/images to post. One of the people who responded was Jayaraman of Dombivli. During December 2005, he sent to me, at his own expense, a mix tape of songs, all the way from Mumbai to San Diego, by Registered Post. He requested me to put the songs on my website, I did.

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Published: 28 June 2022

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In a recent essay, Kathryn Hansen talks about the origins of the play Yahudi Ki Larki by Agha Hashr Kashmiri

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Published: 12 June 2021

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There was a gross oversight in the recently published book on Master Ebrahim. We mentioned that no song was available from the two films for which he gave musing. We were wrong and the error was pointed out by the very knowledgeable Arunkumar Deshmukh. He pointed us to one song and on looking at my own collection, I found that we had four!

Here they are. Enjoy!

Master Ebrahim, The Forgotten Ace Clarinetist

Here is Master Ebrahim (on the left) with V Balsara and Jai Singh Bhoi in 1958.

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