Why India rocks - No. 137

From today's NY Times online edition

"Consider Rewben Mashangva’s story. Twenty years ago Mr. Mashangva, a carpenter’s son, was at home in his tribal Naga village in neighboring Manipur state, near the border of Myanmar, when a friend came over, bearing Dylan cassettes. He played “Blowin’ in the Wind,” and to Mr. Mashangva, whose English remains broken, he explained the lyrics, line by line. Mr. Mashangva slowly fell in love. It was foreign music, to be sure, but how deeply it resonated with his landscape.

“So relevant to our area,” he remembered thinking. “No drum, nothing, just guitar. Paddy field. Cows. Looking at the buffalo. So matching our area.”

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