Dehradun, Aug. 31 -- Recently, a friend posted a clip on a WhatsApp group. The clip was about a minute long in duration, which contained the beginning notes of nine popular Hindi cinema songs sung by Kishore Kumar.

It provoked me to unleash my musical bias!

In the world of Indian cinema, there have been many talented and popular singers. KL Sahgal, Talat Mahmood, Mukesh, Mohammed Rafi, Hemant Kumar, Manna Dey, Kishore Kumar, Suraiya, Noor Jehan, Geeta Dutt, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, etc. Each one of them had (I'm saying "had," as

except Asha, now, all are dead) an ability to leave a unique imprint on the hearts of music lovers.

The realm of art, aesthetics, and music does not lend itself to simple mathematical principles of gradi...