July 2026

8. Playing Papa's All Time Favourite on his birthday : Talat Mahmood

Again, finally leaving rented house after 15 years and shifting to home. Packing again everything revealed things that were purchased and forgotten - like this record of Talat Mahmood (papa's all time favourite singer) and few other records for papa. When we were very small, papa used to play these songs on records. Record players and records were expensive at that time and it cost one month salary to buy a decent record player. Cassette players were only in portabel format and were not as convenient (rewind/forward) and good sounding as record players. We still have some records from that time but they are very much worn out due to mishandling/heavy pressure india made needle/dust etc. Repurchased these records for papa from old record dealers if available in decent condition.