For most of who have grown up on the hills that flank the river Teesta, she has been more than a collection of whirlpools and rapids. When friends and family who gathered to bid us farewell became tiny specks in the rear view mirror, the Teesta moved alongside all the way down to the plains. And when we returned, months or years later, she would be the first to welcome us home - gurgling, jumping and skipping like a young sibling who had missed us more than we missed her.
Sadly, unable to withstand the onslaught of progress of the recent years, the grand old lady isn’t what she used to be. More than half a dozen hydroelectric dams have reduced what was once a swift flowing Himalayan river into mere intervals of lifeless water bodies.
This song has been written in praise of the beauty she once was. Which our children may never ever see again.
BUY OR STREAM TEESTA
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BIPUL CHETTRI - Composition, Arrangement, Lyrics, Vocals, Guitars
PRANAI GURUNG - Guitars
RAHUL RAI - Bass
ACHINT (SHIVAM) KHARE - Keys, Synths
AMAN SINGH RATHORE - Drums, Percussions
KIRAN NEPALI - Sarangi, Tungna, Backing Vocals
PRINCE NEPALI - Sarangi
BEJJANKI V. RAVI KIRAN - Murchunga
SONAM TASHI, BINAYA MAN AMATYA - Backing Vocals
Recording, Mixing, Mastering - Anindo Bose (Plug 'N' Play Studios)
Recording - Gaurav Chintamani (Quarter Note Studios)
Prince Sarangi Recordings - Binaya Man Amatya
Producer - Bipul Chettri
Executive Producer - Sonam Tashi
Camera - Labesh Shrestha, Praveen Chettri, Rubin Pradhan, Pexel, Sonam Tashi, Lhadup Moktan.
Drone - Prytomb Shakya, Anup Sapkota.
Editing - Sonam Tashi.
Artwork - Manohar Rai.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. BIPUL CHETTRI. 2019
9 май 2019
