Time for more lyrics. :) Here’s Hajar Bichhana, from Fossils 4.

Listen to the album on Saavn or Dhingana.

Song: Hajar Bichhana
Album: Fossils 4

ek hath theke onno haate
shudhu bodlao hajar bichhanaye
kisher shantona khuje berao

kon lojjaye bahu byabohrito
thote hashi rekhecho enke
hariyecho ki niruddeshe, thikana tao

ek hath theke onno haate
shudhu bodlao hajar bichhanaye
kisher shantona khuje berao
kon lojjaye bahu byabohrito
thote hashi rekhecho enke
hariyecho ki niruddeshe, thikana tao

tomake dekhle ekhon kichuta koshto hoy
tomader mithyer duniya ta shudhu sposhto hoy
ebhabei sab sombhabonai jodi noshto hoy
ochirei sesh hobe prithibi tumi ki setai chao?

ek din sesh hoye jabe sab
sesh hobe lok thokanor utsab
ja tumi bhabcho aaj osambhab, kal hobe

sei phele asha phire ashar poth
ar chhure phela kono shopoth
onushochonar ache jege raat, sokal hobe

rong palte nebe girgiti
biplob shudhu vanity
paikari ei karbare, baare baare

oo, dariye ache gypsy’r caravan
jabo, as soon as I can
britha udbhid ghor-baari te raat baare

tomake dekhle ekhon kichuta koshto hoy
tomader mithyer duniya ta shudhu sposhto hoy
ebhabei sab sambhabonai jodi noshto hoy
ochirei sesh hobe prithibi tumi ki setai chao?

ek din sesh hoye jabe sab
(chorus)
ek din sesh hoye jabe sab
(chorus)
 (continues)

The Bangla Band Fossils came out with their new album Fossils 4 recently, and I’ve been listening to it frequently. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find the lyrics of some of the songs anywhere online, so I transcribed some of them myself. Here’s one. :)

Listen to the album on Saavn or Dhingana. (Fossils band members, and Rupam Islam in particular—why not launch the album on iTunes? Makes obtaining music easier for people away from the country.)

Song: Khnoro Amar Fossil
Album: Fossils 4

bheshe jacchi ebong
bhije jacchi abar
ek opurbo asambhab-e

shono tumi ki amar hobe
bolo tumi ki amar
shono tumi ki amar hobe
aajo tumi ki amar

phire esho sahoshini
othoba duube jao
e-abeger mahotshobe

shono tumi ki amar hobe
bolo tumi ki amar
shono tumi ki amar hobe
aajo tumi ki amar

teere esho sahoshini
othoba duube jao
e abeger mahotshobe

shono tumi ki amar hobe
bolo tumi ki amar
shono tumi ki amar hobe
aajo tumi ki amar

majhe majhe dekhi toke
otite phiri poloke
ar notun kono stoboke
bondi hoy se onubhab

andho hoye jetam jodi
kolpona’r nijossho nodi
andhokar samudre mishe
janato pherata asambhab

khoro amar fossil
onubhutir michil
protikriyashil kono biplobe

shono tumi ki amar hobe
bolo tumi ki amar
shono tumi ki amar hobe
aajo tumi ki amar

shono tumi ki amar hobe
bolo tumi ki amar
shono tumi ki amar hobe
tumi ki ama-aa-aa-aaaar

jodi e hridoy chhute
sannidhher bidyute
ek bar jodi hote bachar sesh sambhabona
hathchhani dicche je
opomrityur icche je
tor nishthur drishtite kokhono ki ashhash pabona

tui sesh spondon amar
mrityur somon amar
mrityur karon amar
rohosshyer somadhan

koto bikkhoto shira te
tui antoh-peera-te
preme a-protyakkhane
preme ar protyakkhane
aajo tor onusandhan

Continuing with today’s music theme, here’re the lyrics for another number from Fossils 4, the latest album from the bangla band Fossils.

Listen to the album on Saavn or Dhingana.

Song: Mohakaash
Album: Fossils 4

ekhon drishti oboruddho noy
ekhon thanda mohajuddho noy

belagam prithibi ke dilam chhuti ami
sekole bedhe mohakash
belagam prithibi ke dilam chhuti ami
sekole bedhe mohakash

ekhon amar gotibeg jhorer dusshapno
bhenge diyechi nirjhore
bokeya joto struggle chukiye amar
ahladi tamadi obokash

sekole bedhechi mohakash

aaj daye bharheen halka mon
okal kushmando din japon
aaj daye bharheen halka mon
okal kushmando din japon

aaj chhatar-matha, matha-mundu-heen prokolper khoj
e-project bhul projection-er, durbeen bonam anubikkhoner
e-uponyash roj guuje guuje mil, shunyotar overdose

tomake niye jete pari jodi hou aalor sowari
jodi khojo notun bari aasman-e
ami bojhate pari aajgubir maane

chailei tui amar sange jabi
shudhu ektai alikhito daabi
rekho mohakasher chabi gopone
cholo amar sange amar free-zone-e

ekhon amar gotibeg jhorer dusshapno
bhenge diyechi nirjhore
ekhon amar gotibeg jhorer dusshapno
bhenge diyechi nirjhore

bokeya joto struggle chukiye amar
ahladi tamadi obokash

tai,
belagam prithibi ke dilam chhuti ami
sekole bedhe mohakash

sekole bedhe mohakash
sekole bedhechi mohakash
sekole bedhe mohakash

(chorus continues)

I defended my dissertation proposal today.

What this means is that I now have an approved (by my dissertation advisory committee) framework for the research that will grant me my Ph.D.

There were no bad surprises that caught me or my adviser off guard. My advisory committee members are really great people, and we were able to discuss what I’m proposing to do very well. They suggested a couple of things, but they were ideas that me and my advisor had been discussing ourselves only recently, so even that wasn’t out of the blue for us. Although—to an extent we were, or at least I was, thinking of doing those things for different reasons than what the committee suggested. That’s the thing with these defenses—you get a different perspective on what you look at everyday.

Well, one more step completed. This was on the calendar for quite a long time, and it’s nice to get this done. :)

On the other hand, this is the beginnning of the next, arduous path—now that I’ve proposed something, I’ve to actually go ahead and do those things! Lots of experiments to do; many lines of MATLAB code to write and debug—fun times are ahead!

But for now—a bit of a break. Well earned, if I do say so myself. :)

After fighting cancer for a while, Christopher Hitchens is no more. I’ve only read (and heard) a tiny fraction of his writings (and talks), but was fascinated even in that small exposure to him. A fiery and uninhibited speaker and writer, what struck me most were his clarity of thought and lucidity of expression, and how his ideas seemed to flow, languidly almost, from thesis to conclusion.

Another terrible loss for humankind this year. Rest in Peace, sir.

(Cross-posted at GlobeTrekker)