By Udai V. Singh, Duluth, GA, USA
Three decades and eight years ago, at 10:25PM of 31st July 1980, the legendary playback singer Mohammad Rafi passed into history at age of 56 years, The divine voice that enthralled and mesmerised Bollywood song lovers all over the world for almost four decades drifted away into soulful silence with his last breath. (more…)
By Jagdish K. Bhagchandani
Writing a tribute for someone as pious, as divine as Rafi Saab is a task meant for an emotional fulfilment. But it also has many difficulties as any permutation/ combination of available words or alphabets will not be able to create suitable narrative to adequately describe his persona. (more…)
By Dr Souvik Chatterji
The audience of film music in India remembered dignified composer Naushad Ali on his birth anniversary on 26th December, 2017. He was a genius composer and shaped Indian film music with his classical gharana in the 40s from where it just grew with variety and innovation. (more…)
By Dr Souvik Chatterji
Music lovers all over the world remember the God of music Mohammad Rafi on his birth anniversary on 24th December, 2017. The listeners of music all over the world remembered the all-time great singer Mohammad Rafi on 31st July, 2013. The noble soul had left his admirers 33 years ago. Yet he is alive in numerous everlasting hit songs which are heard and cherished for generations. (more…)
By Chandan (KS Ramachandran)
Music is my lifetime companion. It is always in me. When I was 5 years old, I was taken along by my family to watch a Hindi movie “Bhabhi”. I was, like many, a playful child, unmindful of what was going on in the movie. All of a sudden, I hear a voice in the movie “Chal Udja Re Panchi”. I was floored and was literally consumed by this voice. I was then told that it was the voice of Mohammad Rafi Saab! (more…)
By Onika Setia
अमर गायक स्व. मुहम्मद रफ़ी साहब के जन्मदिवस पर विशेष: इंसान या फ़रिश्ता
इंसान था वोह या फ़रिश्ता था कोई ,
देखते ही सजदे में यूँ सर झुक जाये . (more…)
By Meena Budhiraja
बीसवीं सदी के विश्वप्रसिद्ध महान कवि ‘फेदेरिको गार्सिया लोर्का’ की कविता की पंक्तिया हैं –
आवाज़, चाहे कुछ बाकी ना रहे आवाज़ के सिवा । (more…)
By Abdul Sattar
Mere dost chand sitare
ik do nahi Sare k sare
in sab ka Badshah Suraj hai
Wo hai Rafi Sb Hamare (more…)
Written by Sarah Modi
Tukde hain mere dil ke
Yeh Rafi ke anmol geet
Chaahe saathi ho na koi manzil
Hain Rafi ke nagme hi mere meet (more…)
By Soni Bedasie
Hello to all you devoted devotees, namaste, hi, buenos dias, ni hao ma, assalam-a-lai kum and all other expressions of greetings. Well well, it has been a while now that I did not say anything, but over the time, I have noticed some things, I mean a lot of ‘some things’. I want to share with you my keen observations and most of them happened before our very eyes and we really did not pay attention to most of them because they were a bit subtle, but you must know that these existed over the years. (more…)