𝐊𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐍𝐎𝐊𝐎𝐋𝐈 | Dance & music cover | Arka Sarkar | Arpita Majumder | Avinandita Das | @orio'screation

Tagore's this song is one of my favourites and beautifully sung by (Avinandita Das ) . The unspoken connection between the young woman ( here - Arpita Majumder ) and the stranger ( here - Arka Sarkar ) , both intrigued, both lost in their own thoughts is an example of poet’s ability to capture the innocence of young love, untainted by social prejudice. It highlights internalised racism through the villagers’ description of her as black and thereby unattractive.
But the poet simply noted the beauty of a beloved’s skin and the darkness being part of the overall attraction.

Here, he describes a dark, beautiful young woman in a village field, who momentarily loses her inhibition when she glances at him. He says ‘The villagers call her dark, Ah! let that be, her black deer-like eyes I have seen’. The deer like eyes may be referring to her darting, anxious bewilderment as she observes a stranger’s awe of her. In addition, the poet dismisses the opinions of the villagers, who describe her as ‘dark’. Dark in this context refers to her lack of beauty. After all, black has historically been associated with more negative connotations than white. For example, black has been associated with dirt, death, evil, sorrow and melancholy whilst white has been associated with cleanliness and purity. What is interesting however is the frequency with which poets have made positive references to the darkness of their beloved’s eyes, hairs or skin .

It is important to emphasise that poets such as Rabindranath Tagore and Nazrul Islam were not just poets, but social reformers and intellectuals who left us with not only beautiful songs but a great deal to consider in our understanding and appraisal of ourselves and each other.
author - @Sidrah_Muntaha
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Stranger - Arka Sarkar
Village women - Arpita Majumder
Sung by - Avinandita Das
Tanpura used by Ravi Jyapu - https://youtu.be/7N8rZAcM3I8
music used frm - https://youtu.be/y-exkDdFJYk
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