Musical revelation

At last, I found time to add a new post to my blog (for all those who were eager to read my 'mazed mind'!).

After last time's peep into to my 'Animal Instincts', this time a little something about my less explored creative side. I must confess I am not a great listener of music, meaning, in the last couple of years music has been very less a part of my life. Infact the only music I have been listening to is the one on 98.3 FM Radio Mirchi during my drive to office. Looks like in the months to come this would also be a rarity, as I have to now ride to office in my Scooty (like olden days), due to my job switch (now that may not be news to anyone who knows me well, but for others, yes, it is a little change that has happened in the past week). As usual, I am weaning away from the topic I guess. Coming back to what I started to say, I got this great opportunity to attend a music concert a week ago at Music Academy which really awakened my senses and made me relax thoroughly, which I never thought I could do.

I took tickets for this concert from my good friend Lakshmi, mainly because it was an event being conducted for raising funds for a great cause (about which I will tell you a little later). This was a fusion concert by the popular Veena maestro Rajhesh Vaidhya (those of you who don't know him, it's worth getting to know him and his music hitherto) and playback singer Karthik (of 'Boyz' fame). I was actually a little apprehensive because I wasn't sure how a veena recital would be and what a playback singer like Karthik would do in this concert. But these two great musicians I must say, created two hours of absolute magic taking each member of the audience to the heights of sheer listening pleasure. This kind of music is really rare to come by and it was a revelation how music could stir our senses. I was so enthralled that I had a good mind to call all my friends and urge them to come to the show from wherever they were.

The music was a mix of western classical, rock, pure classical, some filmi songs and absolutely stunning intrumentals. I am not a great judge of music and don't really know how to explain what I heard. But for those of you who read THE HINDU, the show's review was covered on Friday, the 31st of March on the 'Friday Review' supplement. The show was called 'Temptations' and it was a first of its kind and it was put up by an NGO called Gnyan Prabodh, an 'Education trust with a difference', which is working to help bring about 100% literacy in the country. The cause I must say was another reason why I felt completely satisfied to have been a part of this concert. I felt so stirred by the young minds who are behind this great initiative, as mush as I was stirred by the music.

The main reason why I decided to make this the topic of my next post was because the show got me thinking how much more there is to life than just the 8 hour job we all are so attached to and the rest of the 16 hours of our day which we spend either complaining about things around us or are busy spending in front of the idiot box! I have always been one of the types who has been pained by a lot of things that happen around me, but most of the times, I realize I have only been complaining and criticizing than gettting out of my comfort zone and doing something. The music made me realize that there are so many simple ways of getting happiness and peace and the organisation, Gnyan Prabodh showed me how I can be a part of the change I want to see in this world!

I am sure many of my friends who are reading this, surely feel like contributing to such causes. I would like to impress however that we all should not stop with just contributing in kind to these great causes, but must give our might to such organisations to make our lives more purposeful. Please don't think I am preaching, but consider this as my humble thrust to get many of us (who are looking for ways to enrich our lives) moving out of our comfort zones.

I think I will let you all think more about this now and end by giving you Gnyan Prabodh's url for all of you who are raring to go. The url is www.gnyanprabodh.org. Happy contributing!