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Appreciation post : Songs of the River Ganga

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  This is an appreciation post for the travel documentary Songs of the River Ganga . It is not a review, it is just a record of what I liked about the web series Out of the blue, a friend messaged, “ Watch Songs of the River on Disney Hotstar”. Usually her recommendations are good, so I made a mental note of that. But then I did not have a subscription. “You won’t need one”, she said. It was free to watch. A couple of days on, I clicked the trailer.  The trailer featured Shantanu Moitra.“The music director of Parineeta”, I noted.  He went on a cycling expedition. Interesting!  Few thousand kms . Wow!  From Gangotri to Gangasagar. Very interesting!  I decided it was worth giving it a try. Episode length - 45 min. Will definitely need to set aside time for this. After all these mental notes, I made time and started watching. From the first episode itself, I realised that the tale is special. It is genuine; it is an unhindered sharing of emotions and experience. I will indeed accompany Sh