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Watch out! Beware! Stay alert, if you want to hold your head up high. The crocodile has crept into your home - Song on dangers of communalism during Bengal Elections 2021

6 April 2021

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An original composition by Fiddler’s Green, this music video was shot and produced in Kolkata in March - April 2021. It highlights the dangers posed by communalism to society in India, and Bengal in particular.

Lyrics:

দিকেদিকেহওহৠঠশিয়াররাখতেমাথাউঠচà§
খালকেটেকৠমীরঘরেআসছেপিছৠপিছà§

Watch out! Beware! Stay alert, if you want to hold your head up high.
The crocodile has crept into your home, he’s caught you in his eye.

বেচৠবাবৠদাঙৠগাবাজির
ধানৠদাবাজিরভাঠড়
ধরৠমেজাতেলড়িয়েদিয়ে
দেশকরেছাড়খাড়
বাংলাকেওদখলকরে
বিকোতেচায়বেচà§
সময়থাকতেহওহৠঠশিয়াররাখতেমাথাউঠচ

Master conman, champion scamster, rioting and hate is his art,
Starting fights on caste and religion, he tears the nation apart.
Now he wants to capture and sell Bengal, then leave us high and dry,
There’s still time, watch out, beware. Stay alert to hold your head up high.

দিকেদিকেহওহৠঠশিয়াররাখতেমাথাউঠচà§
খালকেটেকৠমীরঘরেআসছেপিছৠপিছà§

Watch out! Stay alert, if you want to hold your head high.
The crocodile has crept into your home, he’s caught you in his eye.

কোমৠপানীরাজদালালঠসে
লৠঠছেশহরগৠরাম
উনৠনয়নেরভাঠওতাদিয়ে
বাড়ায়তেলআরগৠযাসেরদাম
রাবণরাজারশাসনশোষণ
ভূতেরমৠখে “জয়শৠরীরাম,â€
বানরসেনারদাদাগিরিভয়ানকপরিনাম

The agents of big companies are looting towns and villages.
For "progress," petrol and gas prices are being raised in phases.
In Ravaan’s Raj, exploitation is law. His spooks chant "Jai Shri Ram,â€
His primate army gets transformed into a frightful terror arm.

রেলেরচাকাদেশেরমাটি
হচৠছেবেসরকারি
কিষাণমরেআনৠদোলনে
নয়নিরাপদনারী
মগজধোলাইঅরৠথনীতির
মনৠদারমানকচà§
সময়থাকতেহওহৠঠশিয়ার
রাখতেমাথাউঠচà§

The Railways, trains and the soil of our homeland are up for sale.
Farmers die while protesting, nor are women safe from all things male.
Selling us economic mirages, our struggles he’ll deny.
There’s still time, watch out, beware. Stay alert to hold your head up high.

দিকেদিকেহওহৠঠশিয়াররাখতেমাথাউঠচà§
খালকেটেকৠমীরঘরেআসছেপিছৠপিছà§

Watch out! Beware! Stay alert, if you want to hold your head up high.
The crocodile has crept into your home, he’s caught you in his eye.

NRC তেফনৠদিকরে
কৠযামৠপেধরেনিয়ে
নামপরিচয়জমিজিরেত
নিচৠছেসবছিনিয়ে
দেশপৠরেমেরভনৠডামিরাজ
ভকৠতদেখায়ঘৠঘà§
গোবলয়েরবাটপারেরা
মারছেসংখৠযালঘà§

With the NRC (National Register of Citizens) trap, they will herd you to a detention camp.
Names, identities, homes, all snatched away with a “foreigner†stamp.
Their followers parade their sham nationalism aplenty.
These Goebbels’ Bhakts kill minorities, remember Delhi ‘20?
While there’s still time, watch out, stay alert, if you want to hold your head high.

পদৠমফৠলেরলোভদেখিয়ে
দেশকেডোবায়পাঠকে
আইটিসেলেসোনারবাংলা
গড়ারনকশাআঠকে
গেরৠয়াখোলসসাপটাকালো
নিচৠছেতোমারপিছà§
সময়থাকতেহওহৠঠশিয়ার
রাখতেমাথাউঠচà§

Enticing you with a lotus, they will drown us all in a swamp.
Their IT (Information Technology) Cell draws a false map to Golden Bengal with much pomp.
The dark, sly snake beneath the saffron skin has caught you in its eye
There’s still time, watch out, beware. Stay alert to hold your head up high.

দিকেদিকেহওহৠঠশিয়াররাখতেমাথাউঠচà§
খালকেটেকৠমীরঘরেআসছেপিছৠপিছà§

Watch out! Beware! Stay alert, if you want to hold your head up high.
The crocodile has crept into your home, he’s caught you in his eye.

Credit Roll:

কনৠঠ,গিটারঠবংসঙৠগীতরচনা: সৠযমনৠতকসিনহা

Lead Vocals, Accoustic Guitar & Composition
Samantak Sinha

মৠযানৠডোলিন: দীপৠতাংশৠরায়
Mandolin
Diptanshu Roy
ডৠরামসৠ: ঋতবানদাস
Drums
Ritoban Das
বেসগিটার: শমীকচৠযাটারৠজী
Bass Guitar
Shamik Chatterjee on
কথা: সৠবদেশমিশৠর
Lyrics
Swadesh Misra
বসৠথাপনাঠবংসঙৠগীতপৠরযোজনা: ফিডলারসৠগৠরীন, কলকাতা, ভারতবরৠষ
Arrangement
Fiddler’s Green, Kolkata, India

রেকরৠডিং: অভিবৠরতমিতৠর
Recording
Abhibroto Mitra

অতিরিকৠতরেকরৠডিং: দীপৠতাংশৠরায়

Additional Recording
Diptanshu Roy

Recorded at
বৠলৠপারহাউসসৠটৠডিওস
Blooper House Studios

মিকৠসিংঠবংমাসৠটারিং: অংশৠমানউকিল
Mixing & mastering
AngshumanUkil

হিসাবরকৠষক: অনৠতরাচৌধৠরী

Accounts
Antara Choudhury
কৠযামেরা :মলয়পৠরামাণিক, অনিরৠবাণসাধৠ, সৠমিতচৌধৠরী
Camera
Malay Pramanik
Anirban Sadhu
Sumit Chowdhury

সমৠপাদনা: রাজদীপমৠখোপাধৠযায়
Editor
Rajdip Mukherjee

পৠরযোজনাঠবংপরিচালনা:
পরঞৠজয়গৠহঠাকৠরতা, মিঠৠনপৠরামাণিক
Produced & Directed by
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
MithunPramanik