![]() Gradually, the owner explains, as Gurugram became a magnet for work opportunities, the “customer demand” of new citizens - “who often work in construction sites, hotels and dhabas” - urged him to expand his multilingual repertoire. “I started my business by stocking Hindi, Haryanvi and Punjabi songs.” “It is from Jharkhand,” informs owner Rajendra Gupta, perhaps concluding from the fact that the state of Jharkhand largely comprises the Chota Nagpur plateau.Ī Haryana native, he founded the shop in 1992. These are songs in Nepali, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Bengali, Bundelkhandi, Adivasi, Haryanvi, Kumaoni, Garhwali, Rajasthani, among others. The shop stocks music CDs - obsolete elsewhere - in India’s many languages and dialects that one may not find elsewhere. ![]() Its presence is a tribute to those Indians who come here from various parts of the country to build a new life. Till then, Gupta Music Center in Gurugram will continue to epitomise this metropolis’ cosmopolitanism.
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