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Dear Sachin....please try to remove the habit of "Adjustment"..."Bhai ta haloyo ni"...Comment is necessary....it doesnt mean that all we have to compose a song...a create a video...try to understand my brother...You know..what are the bad habits of Gorkhas...??? We easily "Adjust"..."never asked Wh questions"..."Bhaita halyo ni..abo ke garney"...Wake up brother...Can't you hear the NOISE from this video album...? or Do you have hearing problem? Video composition is GOOD...but Music and Vocal is "THIRD GRADE"...and not suitable in any point of view...we suffered a lot in past due to ADJUSTMENT HABIT...why don't we think beside ROCK MUSIC...is Rock Music our traditional culture? same like we dont know beyond "MOMO and THUKPA"...Brother there are many forms of music..but our so called "TALENTED MUSICIANS and SINGERS" never think beyond ROCK...
(Posted by MUSIC KO KIRA, December 18, 2009, 3:44 PM)

I dont think my interpretation would be correct or not even though I would like to say something for u guys, "HAMI GORKHE HARU CHAI NI AFNU HARULE GARE KO HERNU NASAKNE HO" I meant we are the people who fight with each other like a birds in the caged. Whatever thay are doing let them do. whoever passed the negative view for this JAGRITI SONGS - I would like to say if u people could composed good then why u people haven't got that job and if somebody have done then why u people are trying to pull their leg, whaterver they have composed thats good enough.
(Posted by Sachin Tamang, December 15, 2009, 6:04 PM)

What a "FALTU" voice and music....
(Posted by MA BAKER, November 6, 2009, 8:36 PM)

Wow this is Great! Regards, Gold
(Posted by Gold Baker, October 27, 2009, 8:06 PM)

@ Hello: Dear...Kindly use Proper words suitable and readable for other users...people from different places access this website...u should know tat..Video is "DAMM GOOD"..its superbly "WELL ORGANISED"..and.."BEST FITTED"..but not the "IRRITATING VOCAL AND MUSIC"..the music and voice part have "SPOILED" the total video...anyway..dont type another useless comment otherwise I'll hack your machine and delete every BITS and BYTES of your Hard Disk Drive...
(Posted by JIREY KHORSANI, August 24, 2009, 7:09 PM)

Jhirey, thankyou for your words of wisdom.....you dont like the video?....good...then F*&K OFF.....dont waste my time as well as yours......enough said
(Posted by hello, August 21, 2009, 4:15 PM)

@ hello: Internet Download Manager can't download youtube video..my way is best..becasue it will give 2 options to save the video..one in FLV and another in MP4...anyway...these words..won't take too much space in Server...I believe that the APACHE sever has enough space to store more BITS and BYTES...and more web pages...but...don't download this video...it will rather take "USELESS SPACE" in your SATA hard disk of your notebook/laptop/desktop or MMC of your Cellphone...Blackberry...etc....Bro..if u have downloaded it...delete it..it takes more space than ordinary video...ITS A TROJAN..detected by Nortan Antivirus 2009,McAfee Antivirus 2009,AVG,Kaspersky,Quickheal,Panda,Symantec etc..
(Posted by JIREY KHORSANI, August 21, 2009, 3:09 PM)

BTW, jirey or dalley, if you dont like the video, fine....keep your comments to yourself....you are wasting valuable space...tc
(Posted by hello, August 21, 2009, 1:36 PM)

laxman, download "Internet Download Manager", install it, open this video on Youtube, you get an option to download....as easy as that. BTW, nice song hai?
(Posted by hello, August 20, 2009, 10:29 PM)

Bro...go to Youtube..(http://www.youttube.com)..serach for "JAGRITIA-Gorkhaland song"...copy the link(see right side column)..I mean URL..open another site..http://www.keepvid.com...paste the URL...download it in .FLV or .MP4 file format...But I will sure that...it will BLAAAAAAAAAAST your EAR after hearing only NOIIIIIIISE form this BAND...
(Posted by JIRE KHORSANI, August 6, 2009, 2:14 PM)

hey! everyone , can u please send me the jagriti song via mail, here is my mail id, nepgene@gmail. hope someone of u will send, bcoz i couldn't download
(Posted by laxman poudel, August 4, 2009, 10:20 PM)

Abo, FLOP band ko naam ta kaslai po thaha hunchha ra..hoina ra??? saathi...
(Posted by SIMAL TAROOL, July 7, 2009, 4:53 PM)

ha!ha!!ha!!!.. for some people (till now) - Forbidden Fruit kun chara ko nam ho.....
(Posted by bro, July 4, 2009, 2:30 PM)

Hi..alll..I am Simal Tarool..I think this rock band..naam ta ke po ho??? acchha...forbiddenfruit..naam pani pakko nai rahechha...is a "HALLA GADI"...go back "Halla gadi"....Simal Tarul kahne bhaa chia mero ghar aau...
(Posted by SIMAL TAROOL, July 4, 2009, 1:31 PM)

Ooh!!!...forget to add few lines...we all remember that how "GHISING AASENG" became popular and made the "hill people"...."Bakra"..using the sentimental issue of "Gorkhaland"..same way..."Forbidden Fruit" is also trying to show their "POLLUTED" noise in this sentimental topic of Gorkhaland...How is it possible for a band who claimed themselves as "OLD band from Darjeeling" to create "NOISE" in song called "JAGRITI"??....if they've created "GOOD POLLUTION FREE MUSIC"..and GOOD VOCAL..then this "JAGRITI-a Gorkhaland Song"..will never become "MOST COMMENTED" topic till date...What about our other TALENTED people around the world????..Is it necessary to create a song only by "ROCK BAND"(so called...)...Music have different FORMs..COLORs..why we prefer Only Rock band..?? Why not allow other talented Gorkhay people to show their talents....My question to DT team that...Dont they've found other GORKHAY talents who can give the BEST MUSIC and BEST VOCAL...? Why should we become so "LIMITED"..??? Why should we become so "BLIND"??...
(Posted by Anti-advertisement, July 4, 2009, 1:26 PM)

DEAR "BRO"....I've already CLARIFIED that this song is NOT MEANT FOR "Forbidden Fruit"...The way they sang this song and they way they created music are just "NOISE"..I am also a DIE-HEART listener of WESTERN ROCK MUSIC...and I can also distinguish which is a "ROCK MUSIC" nd which is a "NOISE".....My good wishes to FF for their future..but..."Dont try to play ROCK n ROLL"..everywhere...one should know his/her LIMITATION...therefore..Dear "BRO"..your history tat you've mentioned are "FULL OF KNOWLEDGE"...but...remember...NOISE is not A ROCK...NOISE IS ALWAYS NOISE..its HARMFUL for our EAR..
(Posted by Anti-advertisement, July 4, 2009, 1:00 PM)

http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/Darjeeling-denizens/In-tune-with-Darjeeling.html
(Posted by bro, July 1, 2009, 4:42 PM)

(From: http://www.wavemag.com.np/issue/article1357.html) .........................................................THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT…………………………………………………….. Perhaps the first rock band from Darjeeling to make news in Katmandu was Forbidden Fruit. It was also the longest lasting band in Darjeeling, and so perhaps had the most impact on the western music scene there. There was no particular historical background of the band though, as Paulgose, the front man of the band told us. It happened as with most bands – their musical journey began out of personal interests. Forbidden Fruit actually started in 1970 with the original line-up of Robert Wilson on drums, Viveka Wilson on piano, Jivan Pradhan on bass guitar and Paulgose on guitars and vocals………………………………………………..………………. As Paulgose remembers now, playing guitar those days was almost a taboo. While Eastern music was accepted Western music was something their parents warned them against. It was a forbidden fruit. But they had to take a bite by all means. They couldn't care less if they were thrown out of their homes or their grades went down in school. After all it was the English school background that encouraged them to listen to the music. "Western music, the long hair, polyster pants were considered a curse on the society; very bad thing," Paulgose remembers. He passed out from school in 1969, and that's when his musical career started. He started learning guitar discreetly, watching the senior boys practice………………………………………………………………….. Diamonds were already rocking 'n rolling regularly at the gymkhana. Later Forbidden Fruit was also selected because they did a different kind of music, and they started playing in turns…………………………………………………………………………….. Breaking up of bands was almost a natural phenomenon in Darjeeling, still is. There were foreign students who went home during holidays and came back again in new sessions. And there were people coming for their holidays. With people going back and forth, bands used to have new line-ups all the time. That's what happened with the Forbidden Fruit too. In the course of time, Binod Subba replaced the drummer when Robert quit after a year or so. In 1974 Deep Arora joined in as the vocalist, who was earlier in Violence. After Deep and Paulgose joined forces, the new lineup of the band had Kuldeep on drums and Mahendra Lama (who later played with Prism in Kathmandu) on bass guitars while Paulgose played the guitars and Deep as the vocalist. That band with that lineup was active till the early 80s, after which they frizzled out. Paulgose left for Kathmandu, where he joined Prism for a while. Deep carried the band forward for a few more years with some new members, including John Glasby (an Australian who was doing his teachers' training in Mount Hermon School) who replaced Paulgose in guitars, and Raj Davis, a new member on keyboards. That was perhaps the first time Darjeeling got to hear a keyboard performance with a rock band. It was during those late years that Forbidden Fruit had The First Bite the first rock album, and perhaps the only one till date. It was a home recording with no proper equipment, but nonetheless did make history as the first western music album in Darjeeling…………………………………………………………………………………….. In Kathmandu Paulgose played with Prism in Soaltee for a while. He had also performed a new band called the Rap City, with drummer George Subba and two local musicians. In between, he was joined by two foreigners and they became Rags to Riches. Later on, Paulgose also formed a band called The Legends. All this while, almost from the very beginning of his musical journey, Paulgose has been composing songs of his own, which he thought was too radical for the 70s, when he started. Few of his songs have been recorded earlier, but none so far has been popular. But now he is ready with his solo album, which he plans to release in Kathmandu soon…………………………………………………………………………………. THE FIRST BITE………………………………………………………… It was after the Forbidden Fruit that the music scene in Darjeeling had a visible down fall. The Gorkhaland movement, which started in the mid 80s, has a major impact on the whole social structure of Darjeeling. During the movement, which lasted for a few years, Darjeeling saw the finest of schools closing down for months in a row because of strikes, nightlife ceased to exist, and almost all-public activity came to a sudden halt. It is a deeply saddening fact that the very moment started to protect and uplift the cultural identity of the minority Indian Nepalis, became the cause of downfall of it. The senior citizens of Darjeeling who went through the period speak of the experience in distress and agony. Majority of those who were young and somehow got tangled to it hardly talk about it. It is a bitter experience for everyone involved. And for the musicians and other artists, it was the beginning of the darkest period in the history of Darjeeling……………………………………………………………………………….. THE MUSIC AFTER………………………………………………………………….. Despite the political instability there were a few bands that were active in some way in 80s too. US Band is one such band that had a fan following even in Kathmandu. Magnum Opus is another band playing in that decade. The band started in 1980 with Mahesh Thapa (guitars), Keshar Subba (bass), Palden(lead guitar), Mohan Giri (drums) and Pasang Bhutia (vocals). Deven Gurung joined the band in 1986 in the second vocals, and later became the main vocalist. As with most of the bands, several changes in the line-up occurred in Magnum Opus too, but it has managed to survive till date, and has been playing at least two or three times a year. They also performed outside Darjeeling several times, including a solo gig in Kathmandu and one in Pokhara…………………………………………………………………………… "Music has always been a source of inspiration," Deven told us. And that's what keeps them going. The harsh social change after the movement offered the bands like these absolutely no concession. There was less money and no accolades. But music is stronger than drugs, you can't quit easily. And may be that is why the musicians move in search for greener pastures. The migration of Nepali artists from Darjeeling to Nepal started back then, still continues. If you check the mushrooming music studios in Kathmandu, you will hardly find a studio without a musician from Darjeeling………………………………………………………………………………………….. From: http://darjeelingnews.net/forumdarjeeling/viewtopic.php?t=673.......................................................................................................................Post subject: Memories of Beat contest in Gangtok in the Eighties ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….................... Was surprised the other day to read in the newspaper that Rudy Wallang had performed at a local restaurant here In New Delhi.Strangely that name seemed to hit a chord deep down somewhere in my mind.Then it all came flooding back to me.If I remember correct Rudy Wallang was the lead vocalist with the Shillong group of yesteryears 'Great Society'. They were an Authentic rock band from Shillong who hit the headlines in the early part of the Eighties. I remember the year-1985.The place was Gangtok.The event was the Blue Sheep Beat contest.The main title contenders were Great Society and our very own Forbidden Fruit. People still talk about how Rudy Wallang sang that song'Satisfaction' and in the bargain he almost performed an impromptu strip tease in front of the delirious gangtok crowd(a good 60% was from darjeeling) Of course Forbidden Fruit were up to the challenge but what tilted the contest in their favour was a mizo girl called PUII who sang 'What a feeling'. Of course the next years Beat Contest had me on stage with a band I had hurriedly formed.We had no real equipment- only a broken down bass guitar which my bassist reluctantly tagged along.When the draw for the turn each band had to appear on stage was declared my group was placed 4th.Then there was this group from Gangtok called Shining stars(if I remember correct) whose turn was last and whose lead guitarist I knew( we had played together before).We came to a deal- they would use our turn and in return they would let us use their instruments.We readily agreed but by the time we came on stage it was past midnight and only a handful of spectators remained who were drunk so badly that even if we had played some greek song they wouldn't have noticed.Anyway the way we performed I was glad they were drunk.As was expected Gay Foning and his band 'US Band' came first…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… [I missed most of the eighties, but was around when Forbidden Fruit was active in the late seventies (Deep Arora, Kuldeep Arora, Mohan Dixit, Raj David, Suren Rai and Kiran Mukhia). We used to poach some of their gear for our gigs when in Mount Hermon School. Sudip Dixit was in my class and played rhythm guitar for my band in those days - any idea where he is now ? The fact that Mohan was his brother ensured that we always got our hands on their gear (and they had a whole lot of it back then, including a really sweet little Fender Twin Reverb amp that later ended up with Palden of Magnum Opus. I did attend a gig in the days when Puii was singing with them (she was really good), and Christopher Masand was on the keyboards. Hopefully, the current generation of young rockers is having as much fun as we did back then. There does seem to be a lot of talent around - the band Funeral Fire seems to have made it to the Great Indian Rock festival in Delhi this year. -Jayant S-]…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Visit: http://www.exploredarjeeling.com/rockband2.htm........................................................................
(Posted by bro, July 1, 2009, 12:30 AM)

THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT................................. Perhaps the first band to make news everywhere,this band was the longest standing band in Darjeeling.The had the biggest impact on the Western Music in Darjeeling.Their musical journey began out of personal interests and actually started in 1970 with the original line-up of PAULGOSE on guitars and vocals,JIVAN PRADHAN on bass guitar,ROBERT WILSON on drums and VIVEKA WILSON on piano........................................................... Western music and playing guitars were a taboo while Eastern Music was accepted those days.It was a forbidden fruit So they had to take a bite by all means and cared less about being thrown out of their homes and their grades going down in school.................................................................... The band released the first rock album "THE FIRST BITE" in their later years.It was a home recording with no proper equipments.Nevertheless the album did make history as the first Rock Album in Darjeeling.
(Posted by bro, June 30, 2009, 11:43 PM)

http://www.exploredarjeeling.com/rockband2.htm
(Posted by bro, June 30, 2009, 11:38 PM)

http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/Videos/Mayalu-by-the-Hillians.html
(Posted by bro, June 30, 2009, 11:12 PM)

HILLAINS.....we all know abt them...I am talking abt "FORBIDDEN FRUIT"...Please "KEEP DISTANCE" from this type of "CATEGORY"...this is not for you...."you have your place to sit..you have your place to show your talent"..."JATA PAYO TYATAI" garera ta bhayena ni....One should know his.her LIMITATION...
(Posted by Anti-Advertisement, June 30, 2009, 7:24 PM)

http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/Darjeeling-denizens/Ranjit-Gazmer-My-mothers-favourite-son.html
(Posted by bro, June 30, 2009, 1:56 PM)

http://www.kalimpong.info/2008/10/19/remembering-the-colorful-hillians-of-black-white-darjeeling/
(Posted by bro, June 30, 2009, 10:44 AM)

http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/Darjeeling-denizens/Reminiscences-of-Darjeelings-special-music.html
(Posted by bro, June 29, 2009, 11:55 PM)

You know people-"DESH GUNAKO BHESH"....abo JEANS me CHAPPAL LAUDA KASTO HUNCHAA????....TYASARI NAI...yasto RAMRO topic ma "FORBIDDEN FRUIT" le GAUDA KASTO HUNCHAA....any way...I never encourage the youth who love ROCK MUSIC to play...but...ROCK music has its own place...ABO JANHA PAYO TYANHI garera ta hunna ni....Someone with pseudo name "yo katha pani para hai sathi ho" try to understand others about GORKAHY YOUTH TALENT in ROCK....ITS GREAT....GOOD WORKS...KEEP IT UP...but...."TARA ALIK PARA SARA"....abo LATA LE PAPAA PAKO JASTO TA GARNU BHAYENANI....LIMIT IS LIMIT...ENOUGH IS ENOUGH...
(Posted by Anti-Advertisement, June 18, 2009, 7:48 PM)

Hill metal boys in Canadian album VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, May 24: Grungy Morphins neither have a permanent place to hone their musical skills nor do they possess any cutting edge hi-tech gadgets to sharpen their sound, yet, the new metal boys on the block have been able to take their music across the globe. Darkness Without Pain — a song the band recently composed has featured in an international compilation, Shrouded in Silent Omens III, by the Canadian-based TUG Records. “It was a big occasion. The album was released in Canada on May 14,” said the 24-year-old Hozo Rai, the vocalist of the band. The compilation — the third in the series — has 12 songs from as many bands from across the world. “We are the only Indian band in that album. There are five Canadian, two US and a band each from England, Poland, Australia and Israel who have featured in this album,” said Hozo. The band, which was formed in 2000, consists of Rishi Chhetri, Pramod Pariyar and Kusang Tamang at the guitars, Nirnay Bomzom on the keys and Vishal Rai who plays the drums along with Hozo the lead vocalist. “Extreme metal is yet to find an audience in India. The same can be said about Darjeeling but we do have a dedicated group of admirers,” said Nirnay. All the band members fall within the 21-27 age bracket and they are not yet sure whether music can be a fledging profession for them. “To survive we need to approach international labels and we have already sent our music demo to two recording companies in New York and Netherlands. If the contracts click, we might probably think of making music our career and not limit to an interest only,” said Kusang. “At the national level, Dark-ula and Dark-ula I feathered in complications brought out by two Bangalore-based companies, Dogmatone and EMP Records. But that had not made much of a difference and few people know our type of music,” added Hozo. Even though they play “extreme metal”, the band’s music is all about social messages. “Sometime our songs are based on mythical belief but on most occasions, we have a message. In Darkness without Pain, we want to tell the society to stop judging people according to their financial status,” said Hozo. Grungy Morphins is aware that the road to the international circuit is difficult. “Here in Darjeeling we do not have any space of our own even to practice. Currently we are using a community hall at Jalapahar. Earlier, we used to use the house of one of our band members near the Darjeeling railway station,” said Pramod. In Darjeeling, the discrimination is also there. “Elders discourage us. They believe that heavy metal is associated with all the wrong people,” said Hozo.
(Posted by yo katha pani para hai sathi ho, June 18, 2009, 6:29 PM)

BRO..."tungo na puchhar ko kura chai nagar na hau"..."kina hawa ma time waste gareko"...if you want to comment..then..kindly comment properly....against my comment..."WALLO GHAR PALLO GHAR KO JETHA RA KANCHHA JHAGDA GAREKO JASTO" nagar na hau...
(Posted by Anti Advertisement, June 10, 2009, 6:44 PM)

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(Posted by K K TAMANG, June 4, 2009, 10:43 AM)

Jagriti - A Gorkhaland song

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