The good that men do is oft interred with their bones/the evil lives after them,’ said the bard. This is particularly true if your paths happen to cross with a writer or a poet. For songwriter-singer Aanchal Bordoloi, one such experience has defined and shaped her debut EP, Letters to Bombay, that will now release on February 29. With lyrics shaped by nostalgia, particularly a lost practice — writing letters to pen pals — and influences of jazz and folksy rhythm, the EP marks a good debut for Bordoloi.

A resident of Bengaluru, Bordoloi’s relationship with the Maximum City is built around letters, or more specifically emails. “A couple of years ago, I found a pen pal over email. We shared common interests and would often write long emails about books, films, random streets of the city and sights,” she recalls. These to-and-fro emails were an extension of the songwriter’s long-lasting habit of letter writing. “I have always written letters, till date. I prefer letters to the phone calls. I suppose it is a habit that was formed over long years at boarding school in Ooty, where you were expected to write a letter to your parents every month. Being shy, I preferred them over conversations,” she says.