ABSTRACT
The first citation from a song recorded in 1983 presented glimpses of the characters-a group of seven friends from the Coffee House-their lives in the past and in the present. The image of the production and reproduction of adda in the Coffee House that the song presents is significant. The adda the narrator used to have with his friends at the Coffee House was a part of their daily routine and irrespective of the workload or the condition of the weather outside, they made it a rule to meet there. During the three to four hours spent in the place, they would have animated discussions on the poems of Vishnu Dey or the paintings of Jamini Roy while smoking Charminar all the time. The refrain laments that that adda, those golden sunlit afternoons-cherished moments in contrast with the ups and downs of life-are things of past.
