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| SaMaPa Dhwani, ray of light for visually challenged | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Feb 18: SaMaPa, Sopori Academy of Music and Performing Arts, one of the premium music organizations of the country, recently organized a special music concert titled ‘SaMaPa Dhwani’ for raising funds for the students of some of the Blind schools of Delhi at India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi. The programme was organized under the ‘Community Outreach Programme’ series of SaMaPa in which various concerts have been organized in the past for raising funds for the victims of natural catastrophes and physically challenged people and specially designed programmes for slum dwellers.
‘SaMaPa Dhwani’ concert was attended by a large number of music connoisseurs and prominent personalities from the field of art, culture, politics, journalism, etc. Pandit Bhajan Sopori, the Santoor legend and music composer hailed as the ‘Saint of the Santoor’ and the ‘King of Strings’, was Chief Guest on the occasion. Programme started with the invocation in praise of Goddess Saraswati by the students of Andh Vidhalaya (Lajpat Nagar) and Devotional songs and Bhajans by the students of NAB Centre for Blind Women followed by Sitar recital by Renu Jain. The main highlight of the concert was Sufi vocal recital by the young Sufi singer Ragini Rainu, a disciple of Pandit Bhajan Sopori. India's young Sufi Diva and a renowned name in the field of Sufi singing, Ragini gave a soulful recital presenting various Sufi Qulams composed by Pt. Bhajan Sopori. She started her recital with 3 Qulams of Baba Bulleshah ‘Ghungat Chuk O Sajna’, ‘Piya Piya Karte’ and ‘Ke Kada’ followed by Kabir Bhajan ‘Ras Gagan Gufa’. Later on the request of the audience she concluded her recital with another Qulam of Baba Bullashah ‘Ooth Chale’. Her presentation showed a strong base of classical Gayaki embedded with Tayyari and rich Bhava. Singing raw and robust, her exuberance and her inimitable voice brought to life the ecstatic expression of Sufism, each rendition drowning the audience in the richness of this tradition and sending it into raptures. Unquestionably brilliant, she is equally at ease with the traditional genres as with the modern nuances. With her individualistic style and a rich repertoire of compositions from her Guru, she is the rightful heir to the legacy of Sufi music. She was accompanied by Ustad Akhtar Hasan on Tabla, Ustad Sajjad Ahmed on Harmonium and Ahsan Ali on Sarangi.
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