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Published: Friday, Aug 18, 2012 Place: Bangalore | Agency: MeriNews Jim Ankan and Sharanya Sonu - from Xobdor Porisoy Bangalore-based Assamese musician Jim Ankan Deka has launched his debut Assamese single 'Xobdor Porisoy' online, kicking off the upcoming launch of his album Timeless . The music video, directed by Parmita Borah, talks about the magical clout of words that can connect even random strangers. The story in the music video is about two people who bond over poetry despite never having known each other. "The lyrics of 'Xobdor Porisoy' just occurred to me two years back as I sipped a steaming cup of tea on a rainy summer afternoon. It was gathering dust tucked away in a diary for quite sometime when, after a gap of two years, I suddenly found it, and like an ex-flame, it stirred unspoken feelings inside me. I worked on the music composition for a couple of days and things fell into place," Jim recalls. Although Timeless is h

Sunday, Aug 5, 2012 - Musicians from Bangalore Ritwika Bhattacharya, Prahlad Prasad, Anil CJ, Viswa and Kishan got together to throw a non-stop musical evening at Costa Coffee in Koramangala, Bangalore. With classic Hindi numbers to couple of Kannada songs made the evening quite pleasant for coffee lovers. We wished the settings of the venue could have been little different. Ritwika Bhattacharya (Photo - Jim Ankan Deka) Anil CJ, Prahlad Prasad, Viswa and Kishan (Photo - Jim Ankan Deka) Anil CJ (Photo - Jim Ankan Deka) Prahlad Prasad and Ritwika Bhattacharya (Photo - Jim Ankan Deka)