INTRODUCING
Aaxa
All About
Aaxa : Hope
Aaxa includes the work of four musicians - Ambar Das, Upatyaka Dutta, Arghadeep Barua and Riaz Ahmedwho have given their music to the words of the incarcerated poetsSuraj Saikia, Md. Dildar Hussain and Papu Das from District Jail, Golaghat and Bijit Kalita from Central Jail, Guwahati.
Aaxa (hope) is a first prison music album that has developed collaboratively with jail superintendents, who shared poems written by inmates, and musicians from the outside. A selection of 13 poems that were shared by the Officers, were first published by Studio Nilima, and subsequently, 4 were set to rhythm and verse. On Christmas Day, 2023 the Studio Nilima team presented the songs in the library at District Jail Morigaon which led to a spontaneous poetry session by inmates.
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The Poems by Incarcerated Poets
Spotify Album
A Crowdfunded Project
It is extremely gratifying to present Aaxa. We couldn’t have done it without the support, love and blessings of everyone who came together to make it happen.
Particular thanks to the current and former incarcerated poets, Papu Das, Mohd. Dildar Hussain, Bijit Kalita and Suraj Saikia, for your courage, and whose words were so honestly reimagined by the musicians.