Musicians can make a difference to a trouble-torn world and liberate their souls via their actions
John Lennon with wife Yoko Ono
Mumbai:Music can lend a healing touch. Music can serve a moral purpose. It can be therapeutic in nature and can be performed for philanthropic reasons. Hence music is multi-dimensional and has diverse roles to play. It can certainly make a difference in a world which is riddled with turbulence. Didn’t the legendary John Lennon implore in his eponymous cult-song, “Give peace a chance”
Independent India turned 68 this August 15. But are we all free and safe in this democratic nation with our entitled rights and privileges supposedly in place! One wonders. Observes santoor ace Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya who is committed to a noble cause of raising funds for the polio patients through his craft. “I regularly render my recitals at such special concerts. It is our duty to pay back to the society which gave us name and fame,” he says.
Save The Children NGO, which primarily works towards child rights protection and education, also holds frequent awareness drives to generate a massive movement against the curse of child labour and abuse. For causing a child harm is like doing enormous disservice to God. Associating himself with the annual marathon event, organised by the outfit, the frontman of the famous Bangla-band Cactus Sidhu Roy says, “What better initiative other than this could have been to convey my philosophy and voice my protest against the social malpractices. I stand in full solidarity with this anti-child labour cry.”
National Award-winning vocalist-composer-lyricist Rupam Islam had once conceptualised and choreographed a spectacle involving kids with special needs to celebrate the spirit of joy. “Music enlightens the mind and enriches the heart. It can cure maladies and calm a weary, agitated soul,” underlines the talented musician, who has crooned a few good hits in Bollywood.
( Source : dc )
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