Way back in the mid sixties, a faint and distant off beat note was heard in the then Bengali music scenario which for sure was unacquainted to listeners. Gradually the note reached up to a crescendo and the entire youth in the urban neighbourhoods and university campuses were taken away by that enthralling music. That was the beginning of a new chapter – music of the new generation. The trendsetter was a fresh and budding architect by profession and a poet, composer and folk singer by passion – Ranjan Prasad.