First appeared in www.scroll.in on March 28, 2015. References to nature are commonly found in chaitis ‒ songs that celebrate Chaitra, the first month in the Hindu calendar, which began on March 21 this year. But some song-texts may not have any mention of natural beauty and focus instead on the erotic content. The first track features thumri-dadra exponent Nirmala Devi. She sings a chaiti that follows the typical melodic and rhythmic framework that forms the commonly heard template.  Set to