After seeing the way they live life, I was moved to sing for them,” adds the 25-year-old who is from Jangipur in Murshidabad. He sweated and toiled and sometimes was not even paid for it, but that’s the life of a rajmistiri. I could have written it in flowery language but I wanted to keep the song real for my audience, the rajmistiris. “The highlights in my hair and my video look, that’s how they dress once they are off-duty,” says Amanul. Amanul talks about how affected he was after seeing how the rajmistiris live.

Source: The Telegraph October 01, 2023 11:59 UTC