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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = A Bloom in Vain and Other Songs<br />
| type = studio<br />
| artist = [[Dia Chakravarty]]<br />
| cover = A Bloom In Vain And Other Songs.jpg<br />
| alt =<br />
| caption = Cover design by Rajib Chakraborty and photography by Ranjay RC<br />
| released = {{Start date|2014|8|22|df=y}} <small>(Bangladesh)</small><br />
| recorded = 2014 at Studio Vibrations in Kolkata, India<br />
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| genre = {{flat list |<br />
* [[Music of Bengal|Bengali]]<br />
* [[World music]]<br />
* [[bhajan]]<br />
* [[Folk music|folk]]<br />
}}<br />
| length = {{Duration|m=39|s=17}}<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
| label = Laser Vision<br />
| producer = Prattyush Banerjee<br />
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'''''A Bloom in Vain and Other Songs''''' ({{lang-bn|কত চামেলি বৃথা যায়}}) is the debut studio album by [[Dia Chakravarty]], released on 22 August 2014.<br />
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==Background==<br />
[[Dia Chakravarty]], having studied law at the [[University of Oxford]], chose songs of composers, who, except for Dwijendralal, studied law, including Tagore who eventually dropped out; and except for Rajanikanta, every one of them went to England for higher studies.<ref name="dhakatribune">{{cite news |last=Rahman|first=Mosabber|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/entertainment/2014/oct/27/bloom-vain-dia%E2%80%99s-melodious-tribute-four-master-poets|title=A Bloom in Vain: Dia’s melodious tribute to four master poets|location=Dhaka|newspaper=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|date=27 October 2014|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref><br />
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In August 2014, Chakravarty told ''[[New Age (Bangladesh)|New Age]]'', "Music is my passion and runs through my blood. I love to sing Bangla songs of almost every genre."<ref name="newagebd">{{cite news |url=http://www.newagebd.net/43800/a-bloom-in-vain-launched/|title=A Bloom in Vain launched|location=Bangladesh|work=[[New Age (Bangladesh)|New Age]]|date=24 August 2014|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Composition==<br />
The album consists of four pairs of tracks by a quartet of composers – [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[Atulprasad Sen]], [[Dwijendralal Ray]], and [[Rajanikanta Sen]]<ref name="dhakatribune"/> from the late 1800s to early 1900s. It was arranged by Prattyush Banerjee and recorded by Goutam Basu in [[Usha Uthup]]'s music studio "Studio Vibrations" in Kolkata.<ref name="issuu">{{cite news |last=Singh|first=Rani|url=http://issuu.com/abpl/docs/av_7thjune2014/9|title=Daughter of Famous Activist Leading a Life of Activism and Music|issue=5|work=Asian Voice|date=7 June 2014|page=9|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Release==<br />
The album was released by Laser Vision on 22 August 2014.<ref name="dhakatribune"/><ref name="amazon">{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Bloom-Vain-Other-Songs/dp/B00N1IMUII|title=A Bloom in Vain and Other Songs|publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]]|date=22 August 2014|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="cdbaby">{{cite web |url=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/diachakravarty|title= Dia Chakravarty |website=CD Baby|date=22 August 2014|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref> at [[Sufia Kamal]] Auditorium at [[Bangladesh National Museum]].<ref name="newagebd"/><br />
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==Critical response==<br />
Mosabber Rahman of ''[[Dhaka Tribune]]'' said of Chakravarty, "Her voice lacks pretension, and she has the sincerity of a schoolgirl preparing for the final exam."<ref name="dhakatribune"/><br />
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==Track listing==<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| all_music = <br />
| total_length = 39:17<br />
| title1 = Bodhua Nid Nahi Ankhipate<br />
| note1 = Monsoon Night, Alone<br />
| lyrics1 = [[Atulprasad Sen]]<br />
| music1 = <br />
| length1 = 5:23<br />
| title2 = Ami Sakal Kajer<br />
| note2 = Reflections of a Sinner<br />
| lyrics2 = [[Rajanikanta Sen]]<br />
| length2 = 4:47<br />
| title3 = Tomar Kotha Hetha<br />
| note3 = Wavering Heart of the Rootless<br />
| lyrics3 = [[Rabindranath Tagore]]<br />
| music3 = <br />
| length3 = 5:20<br />
| title4 = Tumi Kobe Ashibe<br />
| note4 = A Bloom in Vain<br />
| lyrics4 = Atulprasad Sen<br />
| music4 = <br />
| length4 = 5:09<br />
| title5 = Se Keno Dekha Dilo Re<br />
| note5 = The Agony of a Glimpse<br />
| lyrics5 = [[Dwijendralal Ray]]<br />
| music5 = <br />
| length5 = 5:00<br />
| title6 = Sakhi, Bhabona Kahare Bole<br />
| note6 = What, Then, Is Love?<br />
| lyrics6 = Tagore<br />
| music6 = <br />
| length6 = 3:52<br />
| title7 = Koto Bhabe Birajichho<br />
| note7 = The World Exists to Prove You Are There<br />
| lyrics7 = Rajanikanta Sen<br />
| music7 = <br />
| length7 = 3:51<br />
| title8 = Ami Sara Sakalti<br />
| note8 = This Garland, In the Morning Sun<br />
| lyrics8 = Ray<br />
| music8 = <br />
| length8 = 5:55<br />
}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Music of Bengal]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{itunes|gb/album/a-bloom-in-vain-and-other-songs/id912584731|''A Bloom in Vain and Other Songs''}}<br />
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