Ladies of Calcutta
Photographs courtesy: Ray Flight Did Kal Kahn come up with this phrase, asks Mathures Paul English people sleeping in the sun to get a tan, Pouring oil upon their faces like a frying pan, Funny thing about it is they all go rosy red, Next day when the peeling starts they're crying in their beds... A person by the name Kal Kahn murdered the English language, thought the British, when he sang Oh to be in England and Ladies of Calcutta. That 45 rpm brings back loads of memories, especially of those unforgettable music sessions that preceded Sunday brunches, followed by Musical Bandbox on All India Radio. Every week there would be one request for either of these Kal Kahn numbers. Whether he gave birth to the phrase "ladies of Calcutta" remains a mystery but he surely made it famous. Making the album an endearing one is its sleeve, completely white. Water logging over the years has robbed many vinyls of their sleeves. Thus it became somewhat of a quest to find out who this Kal...