Tomar Ghore: Anusheh Anadil – The Economic Times

It’s impossible not to be intoxicated by Anusheh Anadil‘s raw, earthy voice. And when the Bangladeshi singer sings the old Bengali tune, ‘Tomar ghore‘ (In your house), regardless of whether you can follow what she sings or not, you are bound to be transported in a zone that trips into the joyous.From the band Bangla’s 2002 debut album Kingkortobbobimuro (Dumbfounded), this rendition takes a fresh spark and catches fire. Composed by Lalon Fakir, the mystic 19th songwriter-poet, ‘Tomar ghore’ is magically grounded in the real world while transcending into another.

It starts with the question, ‘Tomar ghore boshot korey koy jona/ koy jona?’ (How many live in your home/ how many?’). The answer: the mind really doesn’t know. The song goes on to describe how one person draws pictures with rapt attention (‘ek jona chhobi aanke ek monay), another sits and prepares the paint (‘arek jonaye boshe boshe rong makhe’) while yet another destroys the very pictures created (‘O abar shei chhobikhan noshto korey kon jona/ kon jona’).

Anadil thrills in this gorgeous celebration of life in all its myriad creations, nurturings and destructions-all under ‘one roof’. Her voice seeps through like summer rain.