About the Author:
Rohit Jagessar shares his journey from the rice and sugar fields of Guyana to become an award-winning film and music producer, writer, director, radio and television personality. In his book KISS and Breathe: Only The Broken Ones Will Rise, Jagessar proves to be a truly intriguing storyteller and weaves a tale of family, legacy, identity, street-smarts and hard work. His production of nine bestselling albums with Kanchan, his film Guiana 1838, his travel on the backroads of Kingston to find and release Bob Marley's lost recordings and his Indo-Caribbean and Indian satellite radio stations - all broke down boundaries and brought people of different origins together. He is guided by the wisdom that numbers and symbols hold great meaning within. Jagessar brings awareness that there exist among us not one but two banks - the Bank of Money and the Bank of Karma and to fully achieve our purpose, these two banks must come into a balance. This memoir also unravels and explores a journey to the intuitive side, the wisdom of Ayurveda, a pathway to Moksha, the awakening of the senses and encompasses the development of confidence and strong communication skills. You will be captivated and inspired by this eloquent and engaging memoir and testament to the power of music and purpose.
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Rohit Jagessar & Kanchan:
The first time I heard her voice, I was a farmer living in the backlands in Black Bush Polder. I went on a journey to find and record her. We made 9 of the biggest selling albums in Indo-Caribbean music history. Read about my journey through life and music in my book about the time of our lives - KISS and Breathe: Only The Broken Ones Will Rise.
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Inside KISS and Breathe:
On the day we were recording the song "Leggo Me Na Raja" I told Kanchan of the journey of the indentured woman toiling in the sugar fields. The early morning dew caused the dirt to paste under her bare feet as she walked miles away from her home. She carried her lunch pot, wrapped in an old rag, on her head. She balanced it with the sway of her cutlass. The teeth of her file are gripped and fastened between a piece of cloth tightly banded around her waist. She walked the path to where the sugar plants were standing, stalks bending on both sides of her. In her movements, a lyrical rhythm is developing. Should it rise sufficiently, these songs of liberation would be heard. She reaches her hand to her head and places all that is on it down on the ground. In front of her is the large expanse of sugar fields. She bends her back, and her eyes move down the sugar plant, stopping at its root. She cuts close to it, leaving a stump from which a new plant will someday breathe to life again. She raises her bent back to reset her posture, then bends again - with each bent motion, she brings up a harvest. Kanchan fell into the well of her imagination. She stilled her eyes. It became apparent to me that she too saw footprints.
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Rohit Jagessar & Kanchan:
You have heard the music. You have lived in its time. Now read the story of the time of our lives. Grab your copy today on Amazon.
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The Lotus begins life deeply rooted in mud and drowned in water. It soon rises from its humble beginnings to kiss the sunlight where it continues to breathe and blossom as its petals open one by one.
So too is the life of a purpose.
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Inside KISS and Breathe:
One night our phone rang. My grandmother had experienced the occasion of “Birth.” She had shed her frail frame, broken with the passage of time. Everything she had observed in this and previous lives, all of her wisdom and all of her actions would be realized again in a brand-new frame. The broken one will rise.
All of the care that she had gifted to my family and me would now be gifted back to her by her new family, so the wheel of her life would turn one notch closer to her journey of achieving Moksha — a higher form of being.
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Quotes From KISS & Breathe:
In the darkest moments is the opportunity for you to shine the brightest.
The color of light is black. It is a canvas waiting for the light to shine on it. Light your purpose there, and you will see it shine the brightest.
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When you seek guidance from others, some will show you who they are rather than pointing you inwards to your own true potential. They can only teach you from where they stand and you can only learn from where you sit. The answer you seek is already within you.
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Inside KISS and Breathe:
The footsteps led me up a large stairway and into the house, every step further solidifying the path I was on.
The staircase allowed me an entrance into the world of Indo-Caribbean music I had been hoping for since the day I found those records. That day held a promise of someday finding and recording her.
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Inside KISS and Breathe:
There was silence, and as it was stretching out, it was interrupted by a sudden popping sound. The steam within the coffee pot had risen and caused its lid to click open. My eyes followed as the steam hit the window, obliterating the wintery night outside. I reached over to the tape recorder and pressed play again. I settled back in my chair as the sound filled the room. It was a sound that had the potential to stretch out of this room and to the wider world.
Kuchh Gadbad Hai became one of our biggest selling albums.
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Photo: 1985 Rohit Jagessar at Windsor Records in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.
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Don't be afraid to show your mistakes. Mistakes are rehearsals. They prepare you for taking the big stage.
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The wheel of life is turning one notch closer on the journey to achieving the higher being.
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The Broken Will Rise
Only The Broken Ones Will Rise.
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Deep within the raging ocean,
there is calm and peace,
and if we are to find ours,
we too must go deep within.
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Some have eyes that only See.
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Silence is the Lyrics of the Wise.
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Copyright ©️ 2022 by Rohit Jagessar
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