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Nehru's 'Tryst With Destiny' speech + Rahman's music = Absolute genius

Kunal Majumder | Updated on: 14 February 2017, 6:53 IST

On the eve of India's independence the Constituent Assembly had met for a special midnight session. Thousands had thronged to Parliament Street, listening to Sucheta Kriplani's rendition of Vande Matram, singing and dancing with joy.

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's address on the occasion, 'Tryst With Destiny', has come to hold an important place in our collective memory. However, its significance and meaning is fading fast from our collective conscious

This 15 August, Independent Chicago-based artist VGo remixed the audio with a "desire to revive this powerful oration". "The Indian people, both domestic and overseas, have lost belief in their nation. Only with the optimism that founded this nation will India become truly great," he posted on SoundCloud while sharing his mix.

The speech has been mixed with synths and beats from RL Grime's Because of U and AR Rahman's Kappaleri Poyachu from the movie Indian.

First published: 14 February 2017, 6:53 IST
 
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Editor for Speed News aka Catch Live and Operations at Catch, Kunal enjoys measuring his life in numbers. Of his 30 years of life, 12 have been spent working, 9 of them in journalism. The remaining 3 were spent in 2 call centres, talking to British and Australians about insurance and cellphones. In his journalistic capacity, Kunal has worked at 3 publications and headed 2 online teams. The '3' includes Images Multimedia, Tehelka and DNA. The '2' includes Tehelka and DNA. Catch is Kunal's 6th workplace, where he will head his 3rd team as speed news editor. As a reporter, he won 2 awards - Statesman Award for Rural Reporting and UNFPA-Laadli Award for Gender Sensitivity. That's his story in Prime Numbers (a section on this site from which he's taken inspiration).