Asha Chand’s Letter to Doordarshan On — Mile Sur Mera Tumhara issue
– Asha Chand
As most of you know, there was yet another attempt to belittle the Sindhi community recently. This time, by conveniently scraping the Sindhi line in the new revised and modern version of Mile Sur Mera Tumhara
Lot of efforts are being made to bring back the Sindhi line in the above, but the entire community needs to take this as a personal project. Send emails to the producer of the song, Kailash Surendranath, tkpc@vsnl.com
Respect yourself. Respect your identity. Promote Sindhi
For those keen on knowing the entire background… Read on
31 Jan -2010
Asha Chand’s Letter to Doordarshan On — Mile Sur Mera Tumhara issue
Sindhi community stands severely shocked and distressed to see the Doordarshan has removed the Sindhi line from the song “ Miley Sur Mera Tumhara, to sur bane Hamara” which was in the original version of the song. This song was played on many channels on 26th January 2010.
Sindhis form an integral part of India . Truthfully speaking Sindhi community probably made the largest sacrifice during the independence by giving full of their land, whereas communities like Bangalis, Punjabis gave part of the land & therefore Sindhis who have contributed richly to India , feel that their contribution has been discounted by this unfortunate event. Hence we write this and urge you to please take remedial steps immediately to re-instate the Sindhi line in the song & promote the original version of the song.
Pls respond and let me know why this has happened.
Asha Chand
9821473200
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04 Feb 2010
We received a written reply from Doordarshan that though the original Mile Sur Mera Tumhara was produced by Doordarshan, they have nothing to do with the revised version
05 Feb 2010
The following article appeared in the newspaper DNA but there is no official statement to be seen elsewhere
Don’t erase Sindhi from consciousness
It’s shocking to know that the Sindhi community has been excluded from the song Phir Mile Sur.
The original version had cricketer Narendra Hirwani reciting a few lines in Sindhi dialect. The video is being seen as a deliberate attempt to belittle the community and remove its identity from the face of the nation. “Prior to this, there was a call to remove the mention of Sindh from our national anthem which was prevented after much agitation. This is the second assault on our community that we ought to question and seek a response from the makers of the video,” Harish Vasandhani, secretary of Sindhi Youth Mandal. But it is heartening to note that production house Kailash Picture Company has taken note of the grievance and assured to rectify the error at the earliest. “We are planning to re-shoot portions that should have been a part of the video. We are already also planning to include the lyrics along with a video representation,” said director of the video Kailash Surendranath said.
— Barkha Khushalani
Full Story can be found at:
http://www.dnaindia.com/speakup/report_don-t-erase-sindhi-from-consciousness_1343410
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We do not know if Kailash Surendranath will ever produce the revised version which will include the Sindhi version. All of us must write to him at tkpc@vsnl.com, asking when he will do the necessary reshoot and release with Sindhi version included.
Kailash Surendranath
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