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  • Search On MySwar

    It may not be apparent to the average user (and it should not be), but the search function on MySwar is quite forgiving. It isn’t fuzzy search, but it does consider the possibility that the same Hindi word may be spelt differently by different users. This is important given that the transliteration of Hindi words into…

  • International Payment Options Now Available For MySwar Subscription

    Last year, we launched paid subscriptions for MySwar. Many users have enrolled to enjoy the website without ads and to explore Hindi film music more deeply, with features like Advanced Search, Text Search, Tag Search, and Filters. So far, only Indian payment options have been available for MySwar subscriptions. However, we have now activated international…

  • MySwar Gets A New Look

    It has been nearly 15 years since we launched MySwar (on January 10, 2012). During this period, we have used our limited resources to build and enrich our database and roll out new features. Work on MySwar’s user experience was limited and restricted to essential updates. That has now changed – we just deployed a…

  • How Can I Contribute To MySwar?

    Every once in a while, people ask us, “How can I contribute to MySwar?” and we offer piecemeal answers each time. Of late, we have been asked this question a lot, and it makes sense for us to give a holistic answer. In most cases, the people who ask this question have already contributed or…

  • MySwar Performance Issues – The Dark Side of The AI Boom

    Frequent users of MySwar would have noticed a significant slowdown of MySwar as well as some erratic behaviour over the last few weeks. At the outset, let me apologize for these issues. In this blog post, I’ll talk about the root cause of the issues we’re facing and what we have been doing to address…

  • New, Improved Song Recommender on MySwar

    By Abhishek Gupta On MySwar, every song has a Similar Songs section that shows songs related to the one you’re browsing. Our earlier system used a basic static algorithm where similar songs were pre-generated for each track. This meant recommendations were often stale and inflexible — any change in the logic required regenerating the entire…

  • MySwar Subscriptions Now Available

    MySwar is now available for subscription. As a subscriber, you can enjoy MySwar ad-free and get access to exclusive features like Advanced Search, Text Search and Tag Search. You can opt for a quarterly subscription for Rs. 300/- or an annual subscription for Rs. 1000/-. We are accepting only Indian payment options at this time.…

  • Important Changes In MySwar

    Hello friends, It has been nearly 15 years since we launched MySwar. It has been a labour of love, and I have enjoyed every moment of this journey. I have been gratified by the help, encouragement and support I have recieved from many Hindi film music lovers during this journey. In the last few years, one…

  • Tag Search on MySwar – New Feature

    MySwar stores many musical attributes of every song in its database. These attributes were documented painstakingly by listening to each song. Most of these attributes or tags have not been visible to MySwar users thus far. That has changed now.  The new Tag Search feature allows users to search songs based on their musical attributes.…

  • New Feature to Extract MySwar Data

    A significant number of MySwar users are not just music lovers but also data/analytical geeks. While they enjoy MySwar for the level of detail it provides and the many ways in which it allows them to explore Hindi film music, many have expressed an interest in extracting information from our database so that they can…