Raj Shekhar

In 2013, lyricist Raj Shekhar had penned a song for critically-acclaimed director Devashish Makhija's debut film, Oonga which traces the predicament of adivasis being victimised under the pretext of development. The story plays out from the perspective of a little boy in Odisha. "I had written the song keeping the child and the subject in mind, but to my dismay it never saw the light of day. And, at the time, I thought to myself, what do I with this song?" he recalls.