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Is this anything?'s avatar

What a remarkable piece Sarthak. I haven’t heard or seen your performance but I must say your writing on music is my favorite writing on music. Not ‘one of my favorites’, but ^favorite^.

Death has a way of pulling us out of our normal day to day to remind how little is in our control. I am blessed to have spent some of that ‘normal day to day’ listening to KK.

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Sarthak Dev's avatar

Thank you so much, man.

What an incredible loss. I still can't quite believe it. That voice was magic.

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Is this anything?'s avatar

You know sarthak, I can imagine how deeply this has affected you. I can imagine because long long ago, I suffered something similar. Hold on to the songs, they are all that is left now. And the silence. Hugs.

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Sarthak Dev's avatar

:) Hugs.

It has. But KK's music will be part of popular Hindi playlists for a long while to come. The generation that was last touched by his music is still rather young. And we can take some comfort in that. :)

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Uday's avatar

Brings tears ! Thank you for writing this

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Sarthak Dev's avatar

Indeed. Can't believe it. Haven't been able to shake it off since last night.

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Mahima Vashisht's avatar

Yaaron and Pal were and remain the favourite farewell theme songs. I dont think it is an exaggeration to say that thousands, maybe millions, of students have cried to these songs when graduating out of school or college in India. What a gem we lost, and far too soon. 💔

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Sarthak Dev's avatar

Yeap. Yaaron is still the default choice for such an intimate emotion, twenty years after it released. What a legacy to leave.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

💔💔💔

Thank you for writing this! I knew you would and was waiting for you to express a part of what I feel but cannot seem to express in words.

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Sarthak Dev's avatar

💔 Can't believe it still. We heard him so much, and so often.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Yeah 💔

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Pritam Sukumar's avatar

Lovely tribute! It took me down a trip down my Indi-Pop memory lane as well :) Yaaron was an important song for me and my friends also :)

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Sarthak Dev's avatar

Thanks, Pritam. Was the sound of our generation :)

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