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on social concerns that they feel are plaguing India, con-
veyed in Blaaze’s trademark fashion. “We were humming
along when Blaaze came up with the name ‘Paise’ for a
song on poverty, no gimmicks and to the point. Another
one called ‘Ma Ke Kasam’ where each one swears he is
telling the truth is done. The other one is called ‘Seven’
depicting a seven letter word which could be anything like
‘amazing’. We let you figure out. Another four tracks and
we should be ready. All the songs have Hindi and English.
Let’s hope it works in India.”
With close to no publicity, barring Blaaze’s blog, the cir-
culation of the song has been quite overwhelming; much
like the profound response to its impact. With just a
simple backdrop over a download link, the massive popu-
larity that the song has enjoyed over the expanse of the
internet must be very gratifying; the light-a-candle flash
application must have helped as well! “It’s a song for the
people, by the people, and the people are truly embrac-
ing the message. That’s a blessing.” A statement that the
Prince quickly adds to, “Day by day mails still keep pouring
in about how much the song meant to people.” Easily evi-
dent from some of the posts put up in response.
Now, fifty days on, just as the effects are beginning to
gradually numb and life is beginning to take on some sem-
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blance of normalcy, there is quite understandably a differ-
ence, in the people, “There is no blaming each other any
more. No more pointed fingers between us in our own
country. We have all become more sensible, but unfortu-
nately at this cost. But it brought people closer to each
other.” It does occasion a shade of pride when someone
out there can testify that Inquilab was responsible for a
small part in that change, if not something larger.
The movement is picking up momentum though, with
MTV shooting the video for the song featuring Blaaze,
their popular choice Youth Icon of the Year. The video just
saw it’s premiere on Republic Day on national television
and has received immensely rewarding response; a fitting
tribute, to the irretrievable loss of lives and the inconceiv-
able unison of spirit and song. Perhaps this will serve as
an indicator that it doesn’t really take much to make an
impact, as long as the cause is just and made in earnest. It
always begins from within or as Blaaze chooses to put it,
“Honesty and sincerity in all we do is what is required
always, for destiny to take it to divinity” Need we say
more?