A long
time ago, on one of my song posts, long time reader Subodh Agarwal asked if I
would ever do a ‘woman singing while doing household chores’ post. Off hand, I
couldn’t remember any such song and so, I added it to my list of possible
themes and there it stayed. Once in a while, when I looked up the list to do
yet another song list, I would think about the theme. And if I found a song
that seemed to fit, I would add it to my list. But, like so many of my other
themed lists, I never got around to writing this up. For years! I am not even
sure if Subodh reads my blog any more, but recently, I realized I had enough
songs to make a post. So, Subodh, if you’re reading, this one is for you. Like some
of my previous lists – Piano Songs, Roothna-Manana, Qawwalis –
these situations does not exist in our films any more. Partly due to the fact
that even lives in the village have changed quite drastically (while remaining
unchanged in many ways). I must confess that household chores do not make me
want to sing while I do them. I’m more likely to be muttering under my breath.