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So, the Mumbai-based outfit ONEmpire have done well to include the capital letters in their name, though there is still room for confusion. Is it pronounced "one empire"? Or is it "on empire"?
(From left) ONEmpire members Garth D'Mello, Atish Thomas, Gavin Cason, Loy Henriques and Zarir Warden (sitting)
This message seems to get through in the three-minute mark when the rousing song suddenly goes silent for a moment, only for the guitar riffs to return with renewed gusto. You imagine at this point that the person the lyrics are addressing remembers how to smile again, draws his curtains to let the sunlight in, and takes a walk to feel one with the world. And full marks to the band for achieving that, for in doing so, they have combated an inevitable sense of despair that's part and parcel of the human condition.
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