Sheer magic was created on stage last Saturday morning at the South City 2 Club, when Bagiya and Music Mantraa came together for a musical fundraiser event. A student led initiative by founders Rhea Chadha and Sabina D’Souza, the ‘Music Mantraa’ presentation aimed at raising funds for the non profit Bagiya school to enable the management to incorporate music as a part of their curriculum for the underprivileged children, to purchase musical instruments for them and help them realise their musical dream .
The stage came alive with varied performances by the Bagiya children across genres and styles like Qawwali, western music and motivational hindi songs. Their hard work and the support of mentors was clearly evident in the stellar performances they gave. Language seemed to be no barrier at all.
Rhea, Sabina and a host of children from the American Embassy school who are budding professional musicians themselves, participated with great zeal and had us enthralled with their vocal, guitar and flute performances.
It was indeed a proud moment for Bagiya,when it announced its school anthem. The anthem ‘Honsle Buland Liye’, presented by the Bagiya children and their coach Guneet Malik, was an intense and touching piece that literally brought the audience to tears. A few supplementary verses of the anthem recited by Shilpa Sonal , Founder Director of Bagiya and Mamta Karwal, were as moving. The idea of the anthem was conceived by Shibani Sethi, an active volunteer at Bagiya, and brought to fruition by Guneet , with the lyrics penned by her sister and your’s truly Puneet and music composed by her daughter, Naisha.
Michael Jackson’s ‘We are the World’ , presented by Music Mantraa and Bagiya as their finalé performance was most empowering.
The show was followed by wonderful interactions over a cup of tea and snacks.
All in all, it was a wonderfully organised,memorable event, that not only brought those present there, in touch with their inner compassion, but also left them with a desire to contribute to make this world a better place . After all, music does reign supreme in connecting hearts across boundaries to unite one and all.
It is beautiful.Our planet need more Puneets to understand the vastness of Univere which comes from nothingness. The way Puneet has been defined in the above lines, brings in a certain amount of serenity within me. There is a compulsive feeling within me to be associated with her and to read and try to comprehend her and her writings. May this Earth be blessed with such beings.
Thank you Simrina . What a beautiful and touching message! Would love to connect.. I’ve only been penning down my poetry as it comes but haven’t published any formally as yet..This was a first!! Glad it resonated with you. You’re a wonderful soul yourself to be so intuitive .. I do ponder a lot about the vastness of the universe arising out of nothingness and eventually coming to rest in it .. and the truth being that this omnipresent nothingness is all that there is , whatever we may choose to call it.. Consciousness.. or…God.. and the doorway to this realisation or revelation being our heart leading us within ourselves ..to the deep recesses of our being..to our very core ..
I AM that.. eventually I AM.. when it all merges into One .. the nothingness , the consciousness .. is all that remains..it is constant in contrast to the time bound illusionary universe that is constantly changing against the eternal backdrop.
The apparent journey from the Ego to the SELF!!