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September 14, 2026 — "Sammy Chand interviews Celina Sharma" · The Bridge by Sammy Chand

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  Speaker 1: South Asian music and culture can be.
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  Speaker 2: Found around the world.
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  Speaker 3: We track down the best and present it here.
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  Speaker 4: For you on Ruckus Avenue Radio.
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  Speaker 1: Hi, this is Bali.
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  Speaker 5: You're listening to The Bridge with Sammy Chan.
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  Speaker 6: Hi, this is Anup Jain and you're listening to Ruckus
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  Speaker 6: Avenue Radio.
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  Speaker 5: Hi, this is Rashmeet Kaur and you're listening to Ruckus
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  Speaker 5: Avenue Radio.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 7: Welcome, welcome, welcome. And welcome to the big program, everybody.
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  Speaker 7: My name is Sammy John. And this here is a
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  Speaker 7: September 14th edition of The Bridge. Got a big week
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  Speaker 7: in store for you. And it begins with a big
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  Speaker 7: show today. We'll be joined by Selena Sharma. A young
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  Speaker 7: lady who grew up in Australia, moved to London at
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  Speaker 7: the age of 16 behind the support of some very
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  Speaker 7: encouraging parents. One is Indian, the other is half Maltese,
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  Speaker 7: half Italian. And then Selena Sharma goes on at the
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  Speaker 7: age of 17 to become the youngest artist ever to
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  Speaker 7: appear on the Future Sounds list on BBC.
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  Speaker 1: Right out of the gate. And here she is, just
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  Speaker 1: a few years later.
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  Speaker 7: Dropping what she calls a new chapter in her life,
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  Speaker 7: just in the evolution of her story. And she's just
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  Speaker 7: dropped a brand new EP called Chapter Two. And today, folks,
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  Speaker 7: Selena Sharma joins us to talk to us about her
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  Speaker 7: brand new project.
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  Speaker 1: And specifically... A.
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  Speaker 7: Song that she has a collaboration with Sonu Nigam on
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  Speaker 7: called Centerpiece.
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  Speaker 1: Can't wait.
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  Speaker 7: It's a Monday and we'll be joined by Doida Das
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  Speaker 7: Gupta as we do every day here on the bridge.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be joined by Dr. Roy.
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  Speaker 7: We'll be joined by Meera Sharma as we do on
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  Speaker 7: a Monday morning. And true to the tradition unlike any
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  Speaker 7: other We begin our Monday show with what was the
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  Speaker 7: number one song from over the weekend in our top
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  Speaker 7: 20 countdown show that we do. This song is called
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  Speaker 7: Treat Me Special. It's by Raw Me Hooda. Welcome to
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  Speaker 7: the bridge.
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  Speaker 8: Welcome to the bridge. Show me how many bottles you have.
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  Speaker 8: Your tongue won't move because you are a vocalist. The
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  Speaker 8: corners of my neck are full of you. You will
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  Speaker 8: see how many people you have globally. Change your name
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  Speaker 8: and say don't make me a LP. Don't make me
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  Speaker 8: a Jindran or a Kati Shippy. Don't make me the
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  Speaker 8: DP of my photos and people. Don't make all my
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  Speaker 8: songs shitty. Don't make all the fans of these nations shitty.
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  Speaker 8: Don't make your own culture in the West. We will
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  Speaker 8: leave such politics. Today I'm a Sophie, I make a
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  Speaker 8: lot of music, I make a lot of trips. I
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  Speaker 8: don't cheat on those who don't open their doors. I
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  Speaker 8: don't make these people who owe me a loan. I
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  Speaker 8: left the bad indie, I don't make hip-hop. I don't
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  Speaker 8: make pop in the coming album. I don't make a
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  Speaker 8: cap in the worldwide greenery. I don't make a boat
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  Speaker 8: from what I see in my doob. I don't make
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  Speaker 8: a boat from what I see in my doob.
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  Speaker 8: Chal dikhao e saki kinna botla mein tam Ja jubaan
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  Speaker 8: nahin leki kyunki woh kala mein tam Mere kalle mein
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  Speaker 8: se jinnah ko nahin totla mein tam Rek lo bali
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  Speaker 8: dikhega kinna lo kala mein tam Globally dikhhega kinna lokal
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  Speaker 8: aamdaar Aad.
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  Speaker 9: Dikhhe top ke likhaari aad choti na Vanayadu tera rap
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  Speaker 9: star e hip-hop ka goti na Vanayadu Bronx odte aayi
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  Speaker 9: na meri voti na Vanayadu goat rapper.
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  Speaker 1: Aayi dekh liye thodi na Vanayadu.
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  Speaker 9: Culture baad baad jeen saane dhoti na Vanayadu.
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  Speaker 10: Door dangar aayi rapper mai oti na Vanayadu scene ghodo
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  Speaker 10: wame solano ki Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: .
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  Speaker 1: .
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  Speaker 3: Come on treat me special Come on, treat me special.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, treat me special. Come on, treat me special.
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  Speaker 7: I don't know if you guys have seen the music
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  Speaker 7: video here. A lot of swagger, as they say. It's
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  Speaker 7: a great music video.
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  Speaker 1: A collaboration with MC Square.
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  Speaker 7: One of the big breakout artists from the MTV hustle
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  Speaker 7: season that's going on right now. Really has emerged from
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  Speaker 7: there in a big way. MC Square, Romi Huda, Treat
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  Speaker 7: Me Special to start off the show. And this is
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  Speaker 7: Suno Zara by Avi Balagan.
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  Speaker 5: Suno Zara.
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  Speaker 11: The darkness of my heart is hidden by the night.
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  Speaker 4: When I am with you, the paths are also decorated.
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  Speaker 4: You are the only one in whom we are entangled.
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  Speaker 4: When I am with you, the paths are also decorated.
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  Speaker 4: You are the only one in whom we are entangled.
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  Speaker 4: Whatever you say, my heart wants to hear it. I
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  Speaker 4: dream in my heart.
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  Speaker 11: I will go around the world holding your hand.
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  Speaker 4: Listen, she is like this, she is a cool breeze.
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  Speaker 4: Leave the other prayers, I am enough to meet her.
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  Speaker 4: That night's story, the youth of the moon and the stars.
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  Speaker 4: Sometimes she was a rim-jim, sometimes she was a fragrant stream.
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  Speaker 4: As if the dry sea gets water again. You and
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  Speaker 4: I met, it became a journey. My house is made
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  Speaker 4: at some distance. You give my house light, we travel together.
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  Speaker 4: Tuse milke lage jaise ye nasib khul.
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  Speaker 11: Rahe hain mere soye harmaan jaise pharse gul rahe hain
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  Speaker 11: tumne tode diya meri jana chand ka gharur tere chone
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  Speaker 11: se mere sare zakam dul rahe hain Tu khule khule
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  Speaker 11: baalo me main rahun tere khyalo me halkisi lali kilti
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  Speaker 11: dekho ghori tere gaalo me tere liye na kam hoga
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  Speaker 11: ishq kitne bhi saalo me tu lakti aur bawal sahi
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  Speaker 11: aur khule baalo me Love it. Love it, love it.
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  Speaker 7: We've got a big program in store for you today.
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  Speaker 7: We'll be joined by Selena Sharma. On an exclusive interview,
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  Speaker 7: she'll be talking to us about her brand new project
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  Speaker 7: called Chapter 2, an evolution in her career, as she
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  Speaker 7: puts it. I'm really looking forward to that. Stand by
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  Speaker 7: for Selena Sharma today. This song is called Ho Ja
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  Speaker 7: In Ge Gom.
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  Speaker 1: Si Da Si Da.
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  Speaker 12: Rasta hai waise toh Teda mera chal.
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  Speaker 1: Kar tum dekh lo aur khwaabo ko.
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  Speaker 12: Dinne bhi dekh lo khayalo ko awara ghoomre toh ghoomre.
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  Speaker 10: Toh Rehte jaha hai taare chalenge.
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  Speaker 6: Badal ki hum posha ke pehnenge Kuch is thara pariyo.
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  Speaker 2: Se chipege Dil mein hoon tu.
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  Speaker 12: Jayenge ghum Phir mein aur tum ho jayenge ghum.
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  Speaker 8: Sir, let the.
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  Speaker 6: Streets be left alone.
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  Speaker 1: Let the relationships be made with sticks.
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  Speaker 10: The world forgets about life. Kholne do, kholne do Rehte
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  Speaker 10: jahan inaare chalenge Badal ki hum potake pehnege.
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  Speaker 6: Kuch is tera pariyon se chipege Dil mein.
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  Speaker 12: Aur tum ho jayenge gum Then you and I will be.
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  Speaker 1: Together.
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  Speaker 5: Listen to me.
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  Speaker 12: The colorless world has sent us to another world.
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  Speaker 8: Oh world.
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  Speaker 1: Oh world.
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  Speaker 12: Take me to the sweet peace. Take me to the
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  Speaker 12: sorrowful world.
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  Speaker 13: Oh world.
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  Speaker 10: The stars will shine wherever.
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  Speaker 1: They are We will wear.
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  Speaker 2: The wings of.
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  Speaker 6: The clouds We will hide from the fairies.
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  Speaker 12: In some way Then you and I will be like
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  Speaker 12: this Then you and I will be like.
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  Speaker 7: This Raghavan Arjun. The song is called Hojaingegum. Fabulous song.
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  Speaker 7: It was part of our top five from our top
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  Speaker 7: 20 countdown show. Two songs right there from our top
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  Speaker 7: five to start off our week. And we've got a
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  Speaker 7: lot in store for you. As I mentioned to you,
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  Speaker 7: Selena Sharma is joining us today. And now, folks, it's
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  Speaker 7: time for us to bring in Dr. Roy to the
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  Speaker 7: program with today's Word on the Avenue.
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  Speaker 1: What's up, Dr. Roy? Hey, guys.
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  Speaker 7: This is Dr.
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  Speaker 13: Roy with today's Word on the Avenue. In film and
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  Speaker 13: TV news, actor Manoj Bajpai is set to portray Mahatma
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  Speaker 13: Gandhi on screen for the first time in filmmaker Sudhir
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  Speaker 13: Mishra's upcoming historical drama, with his first look revealing a
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  Speaker 13: striking transformation for the role. Currently filming in Lucknow, the
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  Speaker 13: project reportedly explores a little-known 21-day chapter in Gandhi's life
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  Speaker 13: around India's independence. In media news, Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh
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  Speaker 13: is making history as the first Punjabi artist to headline
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  Speaker 13: London's iconic Wembley Stadium with his Aura World Tour. Ahead
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  Speaker 13: of the landmark UK show, his image was also being
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  Speaker 13: celebrated across London's iconic red buses, underscoring his global growing
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  Speaker 13: impact and the worldwide reach of Punjabi music. In event news,
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  Speaker 13: the Bay Area theater company Natak is providing and bringing
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  Speaker 13: glamour and nostalgia of the 1960s to the 1990s Bollywood
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  Speaker 13: era to the stage with Bombay Talkies 2, a sequel
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  Speaker 13: to its popular 2023 musical. Following Raghu, the clapper boy
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  Speaker 13: who moves through film sets and encounters legends from Lata
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  Speaker 13: Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar to Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan.
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  Speaker 13: The production features more than 50 songs with live music
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  Speaker 13: and dance. and runs from September 12th to October 4th
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  Speaker 13: in Palo Alto. That's it for today's Word on the Avenue.
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  Speaker 13: Until next time.
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  Speaker 1: The Fabulous.
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  Speaker 8: Dr.
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  Speaker 7: Roy, thank you so much for today's report. This is
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  Speaker 7: one of the fresh new songs that I found this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: It's called Rada. Rada.
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  Speaker 14: Rasta kyun tastaja aira tha Us ghum chadho lena naam
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  Speaker 14: tera kaha mujh se Mere pank bheege hain, paon chalate
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  Speaker 14: nahin yeh Aur iss jangal mein ek gid bhookha hai
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  Speaker 14: Jo mujh ko dhund taar Gar kal subha tak na
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  Speaker 14: ho khuda ki ganimet toh.
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  Speaker 6: Na saas ho, na hi aahate, na yeh jeeban ho
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  Speaker 6: To ma se meri.
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  Speaker 14: Rada to kehna Khush hai tera.
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  Speaker 7: Ladka As you guys know, I go crate digging every
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  Speaker 7: weekend for some of the latest stuff. This is one
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  Speaker 7: of those songs that I discovered. The song is called Radha.
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  Speaker 7: The artist's name, Char Diwari, somebody that you know of,
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  Speaker 7: and he collaborates with Natkat on this song. Wonderful stuff
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  Speaker 7: as we bring in Meera Sharma to the big show.
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  Speaker 1: How are you today, Meera?
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  Speaker 15: Hey, Sammy.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, everyone.
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  Speaker 16: Meera Sharma here with your weekly dose of Mindful Seth,
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  Speaker 16: helping you stay self-assured, spirited, and strong.
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  Speaker 15: This week's reminder is a simple one. Be kind.
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  Speaker 16: You never really know what someone else is carrying. That barista,
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  Speaker 16: the person sitting next to you, a colleague, even the
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  Speaker 16: stranger you pass on the street. They could be having
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  Speaker 16: a day you know nothing about. So give a compliment,
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  Speaker 16: check in on someone, hold the door, smile, and don't
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  Speaker 16: forget to be kind to yourself too.
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  Speaker 15: Kindness costs nothing, but it completely can change someone's day.
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  Speaker 15: So let's sprinkle a little more of it around this week.
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  Speaker 15: The world could always use more good energy. You've got this.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Meera.
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  Speaker 7: Meera always gets your week going in the right direction
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  Speaker 7: with that weekly report called the Mindful Sass Minute. And
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  Speaker 7: ladies and gentlemen, going from one lovely lady to another one.
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  Speaker 7: Now let's invite in Deanne Penn from the United Nations
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  Speaker 7: News Department.
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  Speaker 1: How are you, Deanne?
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  Speaker 17: This is UN News Today with me, Deanne Penn. The headlines.
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  Speaker 17: Escalating fighting in Yemen has displaced 46,000 people and numbers
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  Speaker 17: are expected to rise, the International Organization for Migration, IOM, reports.
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  Speaker 17: The UN Secretary General pays tribute to 9-11 victims, survivors
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  Speaker 17: and first responders, marking 25 years since the world-changing terrorist
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  Speaker 17: attacks on the United States. And a new report examines
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  Speaker 17: how terrorist propaganda is evolving beyond messaging to increasingly target
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  Speaker 17: children and young people. Recent Controversy clashes in Yemen have
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  Speaker 17: displaced at least 46,000 people and the number is alarmingly
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  Speaker 17: rising by the hour, the International Organization for Migration, IOM,
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  Speaker 17: said on Friday. The development follows the escalation last week
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  Speaker 17: between Houthi rebels, and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces. Though the sides
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  Speaker 17: have been at war for more than a decade, the
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  Speaker 17: fighting has disrupted a fragile calm that has existed since 2022.
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  Speaker 17: IOM said the displacement figure spans the West Coast and
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  Speaker 17: Taiz governorates as of Thursday, while large numbers of people
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  Speaker 17: were reportedly seen leaving Mocha City overnight. New arrivals are
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  Speaker 17: being reported in Laj and Aden governorates, while people reportedly
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  Speaker 17: are also moving north towards Ib. Entire villages in three
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  Speaker 17: districts in Taiz Governorate are reported to have emptied out
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  Speaker 17: as fighting moved closer to populated areas. IOM Chief Amy
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  Speaker 17: Pope warned that as fighting spreads, reaching people with life-saving
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  Speaker 17: assistance is becoming harder. She urged all parties to protect
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  Speaker 17: civilians and aid workers and to safeguard humanitarian assets on
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  Speaker 17: the ground. Exactly 25 years ago today, the heinous terrorist
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  Speaker 17: attacks of 11 September 2001 against the United States claimed
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  Speaker 17: thousands of lives and represented an assault on humanity itself,
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  Speaker 17: the UN Secretary General said in a statement marking the anniversary.
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  Speaker 17: Antonio Guterres paid tribute to the victims, survivors and first
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  Speaker 17: responders who rushed to Ground Zero, the World Trade Center's
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  Speaker 17: Twin Towers in New York City. He said that as
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  Speaker 17: we mark this somber occasion on 11 September, we remember
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  Speaker 17: the nearly 3,000 victims from the United States and more
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  Speaker 17: than 90 countries and stand with their families and loved ones.
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  Speaker 17: He added that the UN continues to stand in solidarity
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  Speaker 17: with the people of New York City, the US, and
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  Speaker 17: with all those whose lives were affected by the attacks.
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  Speaker 17: Terrorist groups are recruiting, raising money, and even planning operations
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  Speaker 17: through propaganda that is now embedded in every stage of
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  Speaker 17: their work. The finding comes in a new report that
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  Speaker 17: examines how terrorist propaganda has expanded beyond messaging, issued by
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  Speaker 17: the CTED, that's the Secretariat of the UN Security Council
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  Speaker 17: Counterterrorism Committee. It identifies several emerging trends, including use of
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  Speaker 17: artificial intelligence, as well as exploitation of gaming platforms and
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  Speaker 17: alternative online spaces such as Discord, Twitch, and Stream. One
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  Speaker 17: increasingly alarming trend is that children and young people are
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  Speaker 17: increasingly being targeted. The report warns that as terrorists adopt
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  Speaker 17: their propaganda strategies, the international community is struggling to keep
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  Speaker 17: pace because policy responses and implementation have longer legislative and
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  Speaker 17: operational timelines. UN News.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for that, Deanne.
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  Speaker 7: And Deanne and the team appear on the bridge every
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  Speaker 7: week as part of Ruckus Avenue Radio's partnership with the
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  Speaker 7: United Nations News Department. Thank you very much, their team.
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  Speaker 7: Let's bring in this song. It's called Tare.
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  Speaker 1: One of our favorites. It's by Farrakh.
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  Speaker 10: Our song is a little older than Thokras.
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  Speaker 5: Who has only seen love?
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  Speaker 18: He is the bridegroom of God. Our thokras have some
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  Speaker 18: old special ties. Our thokras have some old special ties.
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  Speaker 18: The one who has only seen love, he is the
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  Speaker 18: bridegroom of God. The one who has only seen love,
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  Speaker 18: he is the bridegroom of God. Now don't ask about
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  Speaker 18: the condition of the heart.
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  Speaker 19: It seems like fear while telling. Is khali kar ko
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  Speaker 19: na looto Yeh usdil sar patakta hai Wa ghar chhoota
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  Speaker 19: hai Jabse kambakhat koi aasrana hai Yeh kaag zir kaapta
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  Speaker 19: Jabhug hoti dil ke ghaav taza hai.
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  Speaker 20: Ke labz kuch aise hai Gawaya is kadar ke Gawar
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  Speaker 20: farmaayega Gawaya is kadar ke Paane ko ab kuch bachana
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  Speaker 20: hai Parinda kaith pinjre mein Parinda kaid pinjare mein usse
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  Speaker 20: dar aasma ka.
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  Speaker 18: Hai Gawaya is kadar ke paane ko ab kuch bachana
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  Speaker 18: hai Parinda kaid pinjare mein usse.
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  Speaker 1: Dar aasma ka hai.
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  Speaker 12: Parinda kaid pinjare mein.
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  Speaker 1: Usse dar aasma ka hai.
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  Speaker 19: Jo bhikhara toot ke phir wo samete na simat tha hai.
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  Speaker 19: Hai parthe is kadar dil pe tarashe na nikharta hai.
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  Speaker 19: Hala tu se liya jab bair tohar daav hara mein.
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  Speaker 19: Ye kandhe chuk rahe hain umido ka bhaar zada hai.
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  Speaker 1: That song is called Tare.
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  Speaker 7: And folks, it is now time for me to prepare
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  Speaker 7: you for Selena Sharma.
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  Speaker 1: This song right here is called Dear Mama.
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  Speaker 7: From one of the songs from her album called Chapter
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  Speaker 7: Two that she dropped. Stand by for Selena Sharma, everybody.
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  Speaker 21: Through my highs, through my lows Down this dark and
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  Speaker 21: lonely road You're the woman that I trust And I
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  Speaker 21: just want you to know Cause your love never runs
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  Speaker 21: out And your touch never Makes me safe inside Dear.
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  Speaker 2: Mama, I'm grateful For each and every.
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  Speaker 21: Moment All the lessons that you taught me Dear mama,
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  Speaker 21: I'm thankful You're loving and you're warm embrace You really
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  Speaker 21: are my happy place I was 16 You were the
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  Speaker 21: one that told me to push through I had a
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  Speaker 21: big dream I always knew that I would live up
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  Speaker 21: with you Gave you everything, every diamond ring And I
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  Speaker 21: would give it my all But you deserve more Cause
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  Speaker 21: your love never runs out And your touch makes me
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  Speaker 21: safe and sound.
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  Speaker 1: I'm grateful for each and.
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  Speaker 2: Every moment, all the lessons that you taught me. Dear mama,
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  Speaker 2: I'm thankful that loving any woman brings you really from
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  Speaker 2: a happy place.
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  Speaker 12: Dear mama.
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  Speaker 7: And ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to announce
• 27:41
  Speaker 7: into the show Selena Sharma.
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: How are you, Selena? I'm good, thanks.
• 27:46
  Speaker 5: How are you?
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: We're doing wonderful.
• 27:48
  Speaker 7: We have been fans of your story for quite a while. And,
• 27:52
  Speaker 7: you know, listen, you've made quite an impression on the scene,
• 27:55
  Speaker 7: you know, dating back some years now. And so for
• 27:59
  Speaker 7: us to watch this story and to have you on
• 28:00
  Speaker 7: the air here is quite a treat.
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: Thank you for making time for us this morning.
• 28:04
  Speaker 5: Oh, thank you for having me.
• 28:08
  Speaker 7: Let's get into this background story of yours, which I
• 28:11
  Speaker 7: think is fascinating.
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: You are 16 years old.
• 28:15
  Speaker 7: You make that big flight going from Australia to London.
• 28:20
  Speaker 7: And then very shortly thereafter, you accomplish something that I
• 28:24
  Speaker 7: think people work a whole lifetime for, which is to
• 28:28
  Speaker 7: be put on BBC's Future Sounds list. And now you're
• 28:34
  Speaker 7: thrust into the scene. Take us back to that moment.
• 28:36
  Speaker 7: Take us back to what I would imagine to be
• 28:39
  Speaker 7: a very formative time in your career.
• 28:43
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I was very young, but I think,
• 28:45
  Speaker 5: you know, with the help of my mom and her, like,
• 28:49
  Speaker 5: she was very inspiring. She was like, you know what?
• 28:52
  Speaker 5: Because I wanted to finish school, like, in Australia, but
• 28:55
  Speaker 5: I think she was like, you know what? I think
• 28:58
  Speaker 5: you're singing career matters more. And, yeah, we made that
• 29:02
  Speaker 5: big move. It was a lot, but, yeah, it was
• 29:04
  Speaker 5: a big risk. But, you know, it was an amazing
• 29:08
  Speaker 5: opportunity for me to come to London. And, yeah, like,
• 29:11
  Speaker 5: it was crazy to think it's, It's been a long time,
• 29:14
  Speaker 5: but yeah, it was amazing.
• 29:18
  Speaker 7: The song Dear Mama is about your mama and how
• 29:22
  Speaker 7: she helped you with, you know, just everything in your life, right?
• 29:26
  Speaker 7: What does she say to you? You're making this move
• 29:29
  Speaker 7: and you're in London now. You're probably making your first
• 29:32
  Speaker 7: night of sleep, you know, making that trip from Australia.
• 29:35
  Speaker 7: What's the advice she's giving you, you know, other than
• 29:38
  Speaker 7: giving you the faith to keep moving forward?
• 29:39
  Speaker 16: Yeah.
• 29:41
  Speaker 5: I think since a young age my mom has always
• 29:43
  Speaker 5: been like a mama job to me like she's always
• 29:46
  Speaker 5: been you know helping me behind the scenes like singing
• 29:49
  Speaker 5: competitions or anything like that and You know, she sacrificed
• 29:53
  Speaker 5: a lot for me, like her time out of work and,
• 29:56
  Speaker 5: you know, driving me to Sydney because I'm from a
• 29:58
  Speaker 5: smaller town. And at that time, like, I would, you know,
• 30:01
  Speaker 5: go to Sydney, like, two-hour drive for singing lessons. And,
• 30:05
  Speaker 5: you know, she'd cut work. I'd leave school early. And
• 30:08
  Speaker 5: she put that time and dedication in. And I think
• 30:11
  Speaker 5: when things started getting serious, you know... I was, like
• 30:15
  Speaker 5: I said, I was very, you know, determined to finish
• 30:18
  Speaker 5: school and, you know, stay with my friends back home
• 30:20
  Speaker 5: and choose that comfortability. But she gave me some wise
• 30:24
  Speaker 5: words and she said, look, Selena, like, you wanted this
• 30:28
  Speaker 5: your whole life. I feel like there's an opportunity there
• 30:31
  Speaker 5: and you need to take it. And who can wait?
• 30:33
  Speaker 5: You know, you're 16. So, yeah. And I think since
• 30:37
  Speaker 5: I was six years old, she's always just been a
• 30:39
  Speaker 5: mumma just amazing. She knows I've been singing since I
• 30:41
  Speaker 5: was young and it just felt right at the time
• 30:44
  Speaker 5: and it's Yeah, like, Dear Mama is definitely a special song.
• 30:48
  Speaker 5: And when she heard it, she cried. She cried a lot.
• 30:52
  Speaker 5: I think any mom would. Oh, I bet.
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: It's a beautiful song.
• 30:56
  Speaker 7: And the amount of emotion, of course, that you pour
• 30:59
  Speaker 7: into that song is one thing. But just even, you know,
• 31:02
  Speaker 7: to make an ode to somebody so special to you
• 31:05
  Speaker 7: in terms of your personal life and to materialize it
• 31:07
  Speaker 7: and then play it for them.
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: I mean, what a moving moment that must have been
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: for Mama right there. That's really awesome.
• 31:12
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 31:13
  Speaker 15: Yeah.
• 31:13
  Speaker 5: And you know, it's so funny. We had to keep
• 31:15
  Speaker 5: a surprise from her. She didn't know. And then when
• 31:18
  Speaker 5: we had like a release party, that's when I surprised
• 31:21
  Speaker 5: her with the song. She had no idea that we
• 31:23
  Speaker 5: were working on it.
• 31:24
  Speaker 7: How are you going to keep Mama Dura away from
• 31:27
  Speaker 7: the song? That's pretty impressive. You know, it was hard.
• 31:32
  Speaker 5: It was very hard, but we, we, we were like,
• 31:34
  Speaker 5: it was a good surprise.
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: So let's talk about chapter two. It's a brand new project.
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: You just put it out on August 28th.
• 31:45
  Speaker 7: You know, when I look at this project, I feel
• 31:47
  Speaker 7: like it's a coming of age project. You have been
• 31:51
  Speaker 7: establishing your sound out there in a very interesting space
• 31:54
  Speaker 7: of probably being a little bit more in the youthful
• 31:57
  Speaker 7: pop kind of sound. And this one, I felt like
• 32:00
  Speaker 7: really took that step forward, not only from an individual level,
• 32:04
  Speaker 7: but from a creative level.
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: I feel like this was another layer of Selena that
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: we're getting to see. Was that intentional?
• 32:13
  Speaker 16: Yeah.
• 32:13
  Speaker 5: I mean, I think we called it chapter two for
• 32:15
  Speaker 5: a reason. You know what I mean? Like, it's kind
• 32:17
  Speaker 5: of like he saw chapter one of my life and,
• 32:20
  Speaker 5: you know, it's still, um, I feel like the new
• 32:23
  Speaker 5: music in chapter two is just more about me. I
• 32:26
  Speaker 5: feel like, the people that have been following me for
• 32:28
  Speaker 5: so long, since I was 16, they've never really seen
• 32:32
  Speaker 5: the real Selena and the journey that I've had. And
• 32:35
  Speaker 5: I feel like in chapter two, we're talking about that.
• 32:38
  Speaker 5: We're talking about, you know, moving from a young age,
• 32:41
  Speaker 5: from Sydney to London to pursue a career and like,
• 32:44
  Speaker 5: you know, all the sacrifices that come with that, all
• 32:46
  Speaker 5: the ups and downs, the struggles, and then just personal
• 32:49
  Speaker 5: stuff to me, really. Like, I feel like this is
• 32:52
  Speaker 5: my first, project where I've been a bit more vulnerable
• 32:55
  Speaker 5: and a bit more emotional and like my storytelling so
• 33:00
  Speaker 5: yeah I mean it's very special to me because yeah
• 33:02
  Speaker 5: like I said no one's.
• 33:03
  Speaker 7: Really seen that side yeah you you mentioned that that
• 33:06
  Speaker 7: this was really the first time that you've let people
• 33:08
  Speaker 7: into your world and it was a it was a
• 33:11
  Speaker 7: phrase that kind of stuck with me and and my
• 33:13
  Speaker 7: thought was it's one thing to say you all I'm
• 33:16
  Speaker 7: talking more about my life but what I took away
• 33:19
  Speaker 7: from that at that moment was I think that was
• 33:21
  Speaker 7: probably a nod towards you and your involvement in the
• 33:25
  Speaker 7: process of the music that you're making. Is that also
• 33:29
  Speaker 7: part of what you mean by, Hey, this is, I'm
• 33:31
  Speaker 7: letting people into my world more because they're seeing more
• 33:34
  Speaker 7: of your actual creative input in this.
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 33:38
  Speaker 22: I mean, I feel like with this project as well,
• 33:41
  Speaker 22: we had so many live instruments and we really took
• 33:45
  Speaker 22: the time.
• 33:45
  Speaker 5: Like it's only a five song AP, but we took
• 33:48
  Speaker 5: the time. Like it was, um, yeah, it was a process,
• 33:51
  Speaker 5: but yeah, I feel like it was important that we
• 33:55
  Speaker 5: got it right. And also like with the songwriting, when
• 33:58
  Speaker 5: I was in the studio, we really just sat down like,
• 34:02
  Speaker 5: what is, what is my story? Like, what can we
• 34:04
  Speaker 5: talk about? And, um, yeah, I mean, I think I
• 34:08
  Speaker 5: also learned stuff about myself during the process as well. Like, um, yeah. And,
• 34:14
  Speaker 5: and just, you know, being true to myself and saying
• 34:17
  Speaker 5: yes and no to things and just being a little
• 34:19
  Speaker 5: bit bossy, but like, it was all, it was all like,
• 34:21
  Speaker 5: you know, it was an amazing, we had an amazing
• 34:23
  Speaker 5: team as well that was involved. Um, but yeah, I,
• 34:26
  Speaker 5: I definitely feel like it's a different Selena. You know
• 34:29
  Speaker 5: what I mean?
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
• 34:30
  Speaker 7: Selena, I don't know if you've ever done this before,
• 34:32
  Speaker 7: but whenever I, uh, whenever I see an album or
• 34:35
  Speaker 7: an EP, I always go through the track lists and
• 34:39
  Speaker 7: I'll look at the song lists and I'll get a
• 34:41
  Speaker 7: sense of, You know, the approach from the individual perspective,
• 34:44
  Speaker 7: and obviously you can't tell entirely because song titles can
• 34:47
  Speaker 7: be pretty, you know, layered. But when I went through
• 34:51
  Speaker 7: the song and track list of this EP, the titles
• 34:55
  Speaker 7: like Another Life, I Made This Song For You, Center
• 35:00
  Speaker 7: of Peace, which we'll get to in a second here.
• 35:02
  Speaker 7: These seem like pretty strong titles that have a lot
• 35:06
  Speaker 7: of gravity to them, if you will. Is that what
• 35:11
  Speaker 7: you're talking about? Hey, I'm revealing my own story here.
• 35:15
  Speaker 7: Being vulnerable is a word that you use, but I'm
• 35:17
  Speaker 7: going to take that word from you and say, what
• 35:19
  Speaker 7: is that vulnerability? What is it that you specifically let
• 35:22
  Speaker 7: into the world here in this project?
• 35:25
  Speaker 5: You know what? It wasn't intentional. I think it just
• 35:28
  Speaker 5: ended up being.
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: Which is interesting.
• 35:32
  Speaker 5: Yeah, it wasn't like, you know, we wanted people to
• 35:35
  Speaker 5: look at it and be like, oh, whoa. You know,
• 35:37
  Speaker 5: I think we knew the subjects we wanted to talk
• 35:40
  Speaker 5: about and each song has a different story. And I
• 35:44
  Speaker 5: can guarantee you, like, if someone looks at that track
• 35:47
  Speaker 5: list or if someone looks, like, you know, here's the songs,
• 35:50
  Speaker 5: I'm sure they can relate to one song. Like, you know,
• 35:52
  Speaker 5: you've got a song called Dear Mama and it's kind
• 35:55
  Speaker 5: of like, but then, you know, you've got a song
• 35:57
  Speaker 5: I made this song for you or 24 Hours Away. Like,
• 35:59
  Speaker 5: it's also very personal to me, but Yeah, I guess
• 36:03
  Speaker 5: it was an intentional, but, you know, looking at it now, like,
• 36:06
  Speaker 5: I definitely feel like anyone that looks at the track
• 36:09
  Speaker 5: list could be like, oh, maybe this song's for me.
• 36:12
  Speaker 5: But I kind of like that. You know, even when I, like,
• 36:14
  Speaker 5: go through an album or an EP, I'm always like, ooh, like,
• 36:18
  Speaker 5: what title, like, sounds really interesting. So, yeah, I mean,
• 36:24
  Speaker 5: there wasn't any intention, but, yeah.
• 36:26
  Speaker 7: I think that's even better. You know, you're just moving with...
• 36:31
  Speaker 7: the waves of this music industry. And let's turn our
• 36:34
  Speaker 7: attention to this awesome collaboration. Sonu Nagam, a legend, right?
• 36:41
  Speaker 7: I think that's very safe to say from the perspective
• 36:43
  Speaker 7: of the impact that he has made. But one thing
• 36:46
  Speaker 7: that I, I've got to know Sonu Paji through the
• 36:49
  Speaker 7: years as well. One thing I think that a lot
• 36:51
  Speaker 7: of people don't quite know about him, and I wanted
• 36:54
  Speaker 7: to see if you can touch on this as well,
• 36:56
  Speaker 7: is just how open-minded he is and just how adventurous
• 36:59
  Speaker 7: he is with his approach to music. You would think
• 37:02
  Speaker 7: that he's only doing one kind of thing out there.
• 37:05
  Speaker 7: But what I got to learn is like all the
• 37:07
  Speaker 7: music that he's recorded in the past that a people
• 37:09
  Speaker 7: haven't heard, but just all the different collaborative stuff that
• 37:12
  Speaker 7: he has tried. And so when I saw this collaboration
• 37:15
  Speaker 7: between you and him, I, first.
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: Of all, socially, I was like, that's interesting. I wonder
• 37:21
  Speaker 1: how that happened.
• 37:21
  Speaker 7: But then secondly, on top of that, I was like,
• 37:24
  Speaker 7: I'm not surprised. This is something that is right up
• 37:26
  Speaker 7: the alley in terms of how he approaches music. Tell
• 37:29
  Speaker 7: me what that experience was like for you.
• 37:34
  Speaker 5: Well, as you know, I think everyone has listened to
• 37:38
  Speaker 5: the legends growing up, like, you know, and for me, when, well,
• 37:44
  Speaker 5: Center of Peace took about 18 months to finish, but
• 37:50
  Speaker 5: we were at a stage where it was just me,
• 37:52
  Speaker 5: and I felt like, you know, we need something more
• 37:56
  Speaker 5: to this song. And obviously, you know, I'm half Indian.
• 37:59
  Speaker 5: I was like, maybe we should do something interesting. And, um, yeah,
• 38:04
  Speaker 5: like obviously having him on the song, it's just such
• 38:07
  Speaker 5: an honor, but what he does to the song is
• 38:10
  Speaker 5: just more interesting. Like it's like he approached the song with,
• 38:12
  Speaker 5: he just uplifted the song so much. Like it, it
• 38:15
  Speaker 5: sounds from what it was to what it is now.
• 38:17
  Speaker 22: Honestly, he, yeah, he uplifted it so much.
• 38:23
  Speaker 5: And, um, And even just his voice, like, his tone,
• 38:27
  Speaker 5: the way he does the runs and everything, like, just
• 38:31
  Speaker 5: brought something to it. And everyone's messaged me and been like,
• 38:34
  Speaker 5: this is so, I feel like he just suits the
• 38:36
  Speaker 5: song so much. And especially with the meaning of the
• 38:39
  Speaker 5: song as well. Like, I think he really liked that. And, yeah, like,
• 38:43
  Speaker 5: he just brought something else to the song. But, honestly,
• 38:46
  Speaker 5: it's such an honor to have him on there. And, yeah,
• 38:49
  Speaker 5: I'm so glad it worked out, honestly. Because, yeah, I
• 38:52
  Speaker 5: can't think of anyone else better.
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 38:55
  Speaker 18: Yeah.
• 38:56
  Speaker 7: I don't know too many people walking around out there
• 38:58
  Speaker 7: saying they have a track with Sona Nagama legend like
• 39:00
  Speaker 7: that for sure.
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: That's incredible. Yeah.
• 39:04
  Speaker 7: And, and here you are, you're, you're, you're, you have
• 39:07
  Speaker 7: this song with him on this EP. As you're putting
• 39:10
  Speaker 7: this EP out there, you're probably feeling to yourself, you've
• 39:13
  Speaker 7: covered the bases.
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: You've done really well.
• 39:16
  Speaker 7: And as I went through the EP as well, it
• 39:18
  Speaker 7: came out on the 28th of August. And by the way,
• 39:21
  Speaker 7: right after this interview, we'll play the song Center of Peace.
• 39:24
  Speaker 7: But just looking and listening to this song itself, I
• 39:29
  Speaker 7: just love the chemistry between the two of you guys.
• 39:31
  Speaker 7: I know that this song started out in a different
• 39:34
  Speaker 7: place to how it ended up being. And because of
• 39:36
  Speaker 7: the collaboration, I think it just took another layer. at
• 39:39
  Speaker 7: another level up. Tell me about the process of this song,
• 39:43
  Speaker 7: because it started out about something, you know, that was
• 39:45
  Speaker 7: obviously directly with about the relationship with God that you have.
• 39:49
  Speaker 7: And here it is that now this comes in. Tell
• 39:53
  Speaker 7: me about the experience of the actual song itself, the evolution,
• 39:56
  Speaker 7: because as you mentioned, it took 18 months.
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: There's a story there.
• 39:59
  Speaker 5: Yeah. Well, we first started this song in Johannesburg in
• 40:03
  Speaker 5: South Africa and it was a really rainy day. It
• 40:07
  Speaker 5: was like we had a couple of us just sitting
• 40:09
  Speaker 5: around and we started playing some chords, some piano chords.
• 40:13
  Speaker 5: And I feel like everyone in that room at that moment,
• 40:17
  Speaker 5: we were like, let's like try something different. that we
• 40:21
  Speaker 5: felt like that has purpose, you know, and we all thought, oh,
• 40:23
  Speaker 5: let's write about something about God and, you know, finding
• 40:26
  Speaker 5: that peace. And when I tell you that song was
• 40:29
  Speaker 5: written so quickly, it was written like, I don't know,
• 40:33
  Speaker 5: we all just clubbed on it really quickly and we
• 40:35
  Speaker 5: all could relate to it. And then it was just
• 40:38
  Speaker 5: piano chords with some vocals and we left it there
• 40:41
  Speaker 5: for a little bit, but we knew we'd, get back
• 40:44
  Speaker 5: to it and then we had people from I think
• 40:47
  Speaker 5: all around the world that had worked on that song
• 40:49
  Speaker 5: as well like the production and then when we realised
• 40:51
  Speaker 5: we wanted to do some like we wanted to have
• 40:53
  Speaker 5: someone on it and we wanted to like do something
• 40:55
  Speaker 5: different on it we said why don't we do something
• 40:58
  Speaker 5: Indian influenced and have some Indian instruments as well, like
• 41:03
  Speaker 5: the Bensuri and the Serangi, like, we recorded that in Mumbai, India,
• 41:08
  Speaker 5: so I went there, recorded the final vocals in Mumbai, okay,
• 41:12
  Speaker 5: because I feel like it was important, like, you need
• 41:15
  Speaker 5: to touch base with where you're originally from, and I
• 41:17
  Speaker 5: felt like being in that moment, I just, yeah, I
• 41:20
  Speaker 5: just took all that energy from the Mumbai, you know,
• 41:24
  Speaker 5: the chaos of Mumbai, and then found that piece, and just, yeah,
• 41:28
  Speaker 5: and just um, did the final vocals and then we
• 41:31
  Speaker 5: sent it to, um, and yeah, and he loved it. And, um,
• 41:37
  Speaker 5: then he did his part. And when I heard his part,
• 41:39
  Speaker 5: I literally wanted to cry. Like it's his runs, like the,
• 41:43
  Speaker 5: you know what I mean?
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: His tone and his voice too. It's just so perfect
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: for the song. It's like made for it really is.
• 41:48
  Speaker 5: It's like childhood as well. It's like, reminds me of like,
• 41:51
  Speaker 5: as a kid, I'm like, Oh my God, I can't
• 41:53
  Speaker 5: believe this is happening. You know?
• 41:56
  Speaker 7: Um, By the way, I'm with Selena Sharma. She's been
• 42:01
  Speaker 7: so gracious here on a Monday morning with us spending
• 42:03
  Speaker 7: this time.
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: Thank you, Selena. I just got another question or two
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: before we let you go.
• 42:06
  Speaker 7: I know we've kept you here for a while, but
• 42:09
  Speaker 7: your collaboration with Larry Jackson at Gamma here, it's a
• 42:13
  Speaker 7: very interesting company. Larry's approach to music has always been
• 42:18
  Speaker 7: different and to me has been always at the front
• 42:21
  Speaker 7: end of the industry when it comes to a thought
• 42:24
  Speaker 7: leader and just the breadth of work that he has done.
• 42:28
  Speaker 7: this project to me seems like a very international project.
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: Just overall.
• 42:32
  Speaker 7: The sense of how I get from you, the production
• 42:35
  Speaker 7: was pretty much a global effort. You mentioned that you
• 42:39
  Speaker 7: were in Johannesburg writing the chords to the song, and
• 42:43
  Speaker 7: then you ended up recording in Mumbai, and you're working
• 42:45
  Speaker 7: with a company out here. Is this the new music industry?
• 42:51
  Speaker 7: And I know that you're in a great environment for
• 42:54
  Speaker 7: that with Larry Jackson, but Selena, you, to me, come
• 42:57
  Speaker 7: across as someone that represents the future of the business,
• 43:00
  Speaker 7: which is it has no borders, it has no boundaries,
• 43:03
  Speaker 7: and you are a child of the world doing what
• 43:06
  Speaker 7: you're doing.
• 43:09
  Speaker 17: Yeah.
• 43:09
  Speaker 5: I mean, I feel like I'm quite international myself.
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 43:14
  Speaker 5: It's like, you know, moving from here to there, and
• 43:16
  Speaker 5: I think it's super important, you know.
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: Like, I.
• 43:21
  Speaker 5: it's my dream. It's my dream to be just a
• 43:23
  Speaker 5: global superstar and, and, and to have, and just like
• 43:26
  Speaker 5: touch base in every country. And, um, and I think,
• 43:29
  Speaker 5: you know, I don't know. I just feel like coming
• 43:33
  Speaker 5: from Australia, then moving to London and even just being
• 43:36
  Speaker 5: in America too, like, um, in South Africa, like everywhere
• 43:40
  Speaker 5: in the world. And even just carrying that Indian heritage
• 43:43
  Speaker 5: to me and putting that through my song. Um, I
• 43:46
  Speaker 5: think it's, it's, it's important, but I've always, been very international.
• 43:50
  Speaker 5: Like even my mom, she's Italian and Maltese.
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  Speaker 17: Right.
• 43:53
  Speaker 5: So I'm quite a mixture there. And I feel like,
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  Speaker 5: you know, I just try and, and, um, put that
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  Speaker 5: out there as much as I can. Um, but yeah,
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  Speaker 5: I feel like the music industry is changing. Like I
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  Speaker 5: think everyone, you know, I think even the Indian, um,
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  Speaker 5: like Bollywood and all that, like a lot from the
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  Speaker 5: Western world, I'm getting to know that as well. So yeah,
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  Speaker 5: I think it's just growing every day.
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  Speaker 1: Incredible. All right. I have one last question for you.
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  Speaker 7: It's something that I like to ask my guests and
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  Speaker 7: it comes from a place of addressing. Yeah, it comes
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  Speaker 7: from a place from addressing. What is the advice that
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  Speaker 7: you would give a young Selena? You know, there's probably
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  Speaker 7: a young girl out there right now that looks at
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  Speaker 7: you and says, I want to be like Selena Sharma.
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  Speaker 1: What's the advice you give her?
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  Speaker 5: What's the advice?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, like, give us your thoughts there.
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  Speaker 5: My advice is that, yeah, okay, this is personal, but,
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  Speaker 5: you know, I think this is just not about career,
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  Speaker 5: but just in life in general. I feel like when
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  Speaker 5: you do feel really low and you're struggling and you
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  Speaker 5: feel like, You're not going to get any better. You're
• 45:08
  Speaker 5: really just having those down days. Trust me, it will
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  Speaker 5: get better. I think just try and stay positive, you know,
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  Speaker 5: as much as you can. And also career-wise, be consistent.
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  Speaker 5: You're going to see results if you just keep believing
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  Speaker 5: in yourself. Don't give up. Just keep going. And put
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  Speaker 5: that work in, you know, make those sacrifices like I did. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 5: I think that will get you there. where you want
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  Speaker 5: to go in life. Um, but yeah, that's my advice.
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  Speaker 1: That is beautiful. You know, the, the reassurance is so important, right?
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  Speaker 1: Knowing that you, you just stick with it.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: Selena, first of all, thank you so much for joining
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  Speaker 7: us today here on The Bridge. You've been awesome and
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  Speaker 7: so open. And thank you very much for sharing your
• 45:59
  Speaker 7: journey with us. I wanted to have you introduce this song.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you for having me.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, if you can, please introduce the song Center of
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  Speaker 7: Peace for our audience.
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  Speaker 1: And let's roll into that track right now.
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  Speaker 5: So everybody, this is my heart and soul. This is
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  Speaker 5: Center of Peace, part of my new EP, Chapter 2,
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  Speaker 5: featuring the legendary Selma Nigam. Hope you enjoy. Center of Peace.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Selena. Here's the track, everybody.
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  Speaker 2: When I was broken.
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  Speaker 13: And the walls that.
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  Speaker 21: Stood so tall were caving in All my senses were
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  Speaker 21: so dark I couldn't breathe You came back to me And.
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  Speaker 2: Brought me peace But when I'm You pulled me up
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  Speaker 2: But when you pushed me through the valley I was
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  Speaker 2: so lost You gave me to your own.
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  Speaker 15: Be my feet.
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  Speaker 2: And hold me in your arms And never leave Never leave.
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  Speaker 1: You're the only one that gives me strength to breathe.
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  Speaker 21: So when I'm weak, you're my center of peace.
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  Speaker 2: You're my center of peace.
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  Speaker 1: You're my center of peace.
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  Speaker 23: Jo chhuta ik sira, zara to sab kuch bikhra.
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  Speaker 10: Kisli ret si umide yaha, Samja khona jise, tu tiri
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  Speaker 10: rahemat thi yara. Meri ratho ka, tu hai kahe kasha, Zaro, zaro.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 15: When I'm in need You're the.
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  Speaker 1: Only one that.
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  Speaker 2: Gives me strength to breathe When.
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  Speaker 1: I'm weak You're my strength.
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  Speaker 7: Big shout out to Selena Sharma for joining us today.
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  Speaker 7: And a big shout out to Sonu Nagam for that collaboration.
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  Speaker 7: What a beautiful piece of music. It's called Center of Peace.
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  Speaker 7: It's from Selena Sharma's brand new EP called Chapter Two,
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  Speaker 7: a collaboration with our friend Larry Jackson over there at Gamma.
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  Speaker 1: What a wonderful project.
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  Speaker 7: And now, folks, let's bring in Doita Dasgupta to this
• 49:59
  Speaker 7: program as she brings you an artist spotlight for today.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks, Sammy. Hey, everyone.
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  Speaker 24: This is Dhrita Dashgupta, your Raka Savani Radio music correspondent,
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  Speaker 24: back with some fun facts about your favorite artists. Today,
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  Speaker 24: we're talking about one of the most iconic names in
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  Speaker 24: Indian music. You guessed it.
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  Speaker 5: It's your boy, Badshah.
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  Speaker 24: Born Aditya Pratik Singh Sisodia in New Delhi, Basha has
• 50:20
  Speaker 24: been a game-changer in the industry since his early days
• 50:23
  Speaker 24: with Yuyohani Singh in Mafia Mundir. From Haryanvi beats to
• 50:27
  Speaker 24: Bollywood chartbusters, this guy has done it all. You know
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  Speaker 24: him from massive hits like DJ Wali Babu, Genda Fool
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  Speaker 24: and Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai and he's not
• 50:35
  Speaker 24: slowing down anytime soon. In 2024, Badshah dropped some incredible
• 50:40
  Speaker 24: tracks including O Sachina with Devine and Nikita Gandhi, Mourni,
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  Speaker 24: On Track featuring Shai and the super catchy Naina Dekke Hina.
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  Speaker 24: Badshah is all about blending styles, whether it's Hindi, Haryanthi
• 50:51
  Speaker 24: or Punjabi and he's showing us how versatile Indian music.
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  Speaker 15: Can be on a global stage. Well, that's all from me.
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  Speaker 24: Now back to you, Sami.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Doita. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 7: And to me, I think Badshah has been really that
• 51:04
  Speaker 7: one of those big global players here for of the
• 51:08
  Speaker 7: Indian music industry. And the cool thing about what he's
• 51:11
  Speaker 7: doing out there is not only is he continuing to tour,
• 51:15
  Speaker 7: but he continues to put out great music, not only
• 51:18
  Speaker 7: collaborating in the space of film, but also in the
• 51:22
  Speaker 7: independent scene. He's been one of the big shining lights
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  Speaker 7: of Indian music. And this song right here is his latest.
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  Speaker 1: It's called Jimna.
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  Speaker 2: .
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  Speaker 7: .
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  Speaker 9: .
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  Speaker 8: .
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  Speaker 12: .
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  Speaker 11: Ouchie ouchie, pouchie pouchie, my ears are black, my
• 51:54
  Speaker 11: ears are black, where is my gang?
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  Speaker 1: Rowdy rowdy, we got money like we Southie Southie.
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  Speaker 4: .
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  Speaker 8: .
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  Speaker 1: Hey!
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  Speaker 3: Ekati karati mati mati khelati Chalati dhavati ran ran bagadti Hala.
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  Speaker 25: Ek kola re kola kola hala re Kava kava shodhi
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  Speaker 25: pan saapade.
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  Speaker 2: Na kona re Gare gare.
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  Speaker 25: Gare gare gare gare tu saath mere tu gare.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Jimna is the song.
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  Speaker 7: I really enjoyed that conversation with Selena Sharma today. And
• 53:45
  Speaker 7: I'll give you my closing remarks on that conversation.
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  Speaker 1: Give you my perspective from this side of the seat.
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  Speaker 7: Can't wait.
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  Speaker 1: In the meantime, enjoy Asis Kaur's latest song. It's called Raazi. Raazi.
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  Speaker 23: Aakha band kar la yakeen suhne aaje di har waari
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  Speaker 23: jit jayau baasi ravaangi Jai mai tere naal ravaangi, teraazi
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  Speaker 23: ravaangi I have lost all the excuses that I have
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  Speaker 23: kept for myself. Wherever my heart has gone, I have
• 54:53
  Speaker 23: asked for it. I will keep it in the same place.
• 54:57
  Speaker 23: I am stuck in the middle of your heart. I
• 55:01
  Speaker 23: have to talk to you a little bit. If I
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  Speaker 23: stay with you.
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  Speaker 1: I will remain content.
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  Speaker 23: And only you will remember, or you will see your shortcomings.
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  Speaker 23: You are good, but you don't look good in the
• 55:59
  Speaker 23: sky and the earth. Don't move away from me, you
• 56:06
  Speaker 23: are in my dreams. You are the one I read
• 56:09
  Speaker 23: in the book. What will you hear if I ask you?
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  Speaker 23: You are in my voice. Give me your hand and
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  Speaker 23: take me with you.
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  Speaker 1: Now she's gone, everybody. The song is called Raazi.
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  Speaker 7: Give the big salute to Selena Sharma for joining us
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  Speaker 7: today on a Monday program. Let me tell you guys
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  Speaker 7: what you just heard. And to me, Selena Sharma is
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  Speaker 7: a child of the world. I said it to her directly,
• 57:02
  Speaker 7: and I'll say it to you now. She is what
• 57:05
  Speaker 7: the future of this business looks like. No borders, no boundaries.
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  Speaker 7: But understand where that starts. It starts small. A girl
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  Speaker 7: from a small town in Australia. and a mother cutting
• 57:17
  Speaker 7: work to drive her two hours to Sydney for singing lessons.
• 57:21
  Speaker 7: A mother who'd been her manager since she was six
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  Speaker 7: years old. And when the moment of truth came, at
• 57:27
  Speaker 7: 16 years old, a plane to London alone. It was
• 57:31
  Speaker 7: that same mother who said the words, You've wanted this
• 57:34
  Speaker 7: your whole life. School can wait. That's why Dear Mama
• 57:38
  Speaker 7: lands the way it does. And I love this detail.
• 57:43
  Speaker 7: She kept that song a secret from the woman who
• 57:46
  Speaker 7: manages her career, surprised her at the release party. Mom cried,
• 57:51
  Speaker 7: and of course she did. Now think about what she
• 57:54
  Speaker 7: told us about Center of Peace. A song about God,
• 57:58
  Speaker 7: about finding stillness, born on a rainy afternoon in Johannesburg,
• 58:03
  Speaker 7: a room full of writers deciding to make something with purpose.
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  Speaker 7: Finished with Bansuri and Sarangi, final vocal cuts in Mumbai because,
• 58:12
  Speaker 7: her words, you need to touch base with where you're
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  Speaker 7: originally from. She took the chaos of Mumbai and found
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  Speaker 7: the peace, and then Sonu Nigam, the legend, the solo
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  Speaker 7: feature on the entire project, sent back a verse that
• 58:28
  Speaker 7: made her want to cry, she said.
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  Speaker 1: She said it sounded like her childhood. Half Indian, half
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  Speaker 1: Italian and Maltese.
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  Speaker 7: Raised in Australia, based in London, writing in South Africa,
• 58:42
  Speaker 7: recording in India, backed by an American company. That one
• 58:46
  Speaker 7: song crossed three continents before it ever reached your ears
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  Speaker 7: this morning. And when I asked what she'd tell the
• 58:54
  Speaker 7: young girl watching her, she didn't talk about charts. She said,
• 58:58
  Speaker 7: when you're low, trust me, it gets better.
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  Speaker 1: Be consistent.
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  Speaker 7: Make the sacrifices and keep going. That's not just an
• 59:07
  Speaker 7: artist building a career, that's a young woman building a
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  Speaker 7: world and letting us all live in it. That's Selena Sharma,
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  Speaker 7: and you heard it here on the bridge. I hope
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  Speaker 7: you guys have a great day, everybody. I'll leave you
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  Speaker 7: with this song. It's called Ye Duniya. The artist's name
• 59:24
  Speaker 7: is Curtain Blue. Have a great day, everybody.
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  Speaker 25: Yesterday was something else, today is something else too Yesterday
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  Speaker 25: was helpless, today why is it noisy? Neither we know
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  Speaker 25: who is it, nor do we know, nor do.
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  Speaker 1: We know who it is.
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  Speaker 25: Yesterday it was abundant, today why is it helpless? Yesterday
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  Speaker 25: it was free, today why is it helpless? Neither we
• 59:53
  Speaker 25: know who is it, nor do we know, nor do
• 59:56
  Speaker 25: we know who it is