<p>Rejuvenation is what we experience in a spiritual ambience, especially when poetry and prose by well known Sufi saints are sung by a Hindustani classical or ghazal singer. <br /><br />Rashmi Aggarwal indeed created that divine aura with her mellifluous voice. <br /><br />She lulled the audience into a sense of ease and infused them with positive energy when she recently performed at the Osho World Galleria. <br /><br />With Kabir’s Naiharwa hamka na bhave, a poem that narrates the connection with the Almighty by leaving behind the materialistic world, just like a lover who desperately wants to live with his beloved, Rashmi in her lilting voice touched the audience with her first song of the evening which was a slow paced rendition. <br /><br />But as the artiste believes in experimentation, she presented her next composition – a mix of Kabir and Baba Bulleh Shah’s doha - a religious piece about Ram and Rahim being the same. She started with Kabir’s Hindu kahe Ram payara and followed it with Bulleh Shah’s Gal samajh gayi. <br /><br />Kaun thagwa nagariya lutal ho, the third composition of the evening was once again picked from Kabir’s verses. <br /><br />It metaphorically defined how spirit which is like a bride does not want to leave the body, the groom, when death is knocking at the door to take everything away. <br /><br />As death is a celebration in Sufism, Rashmi had no intention to make the recital dull or morose. <br /><br />She rendered it with unbridled enthusiasm and energy to create a positive feeling about nothing being permanent in life. <br /><br />As the audience were taking a plunge into spiritualism, she artfully spread a bit of love in the air with the title track of her album Ranjhaa- <br /><br />The Masquerader, a beautiful compilation of four of her favourite Sufi songs from her previous albums. <br /><br />There was a sense of affection when the song narrated how Heer traced Ranjhaa even when he was in a different look. She also sang Tab tak jal jal haath maloon, a composition of Sheikh Fareed, making it catchy and interesting with the inclusion of jazz music. </p>.<p>The show, finally, ended with Hazrat Amir Khusro’s kalaam – Piya se naina, Chap tilak and Rang de maula, prompting the audience to give a standing ovation to the singer. <br /><br />Some were even seen dancing – well that is the magic of Sufi songs! <br /><br />“It was an amazing experience singing and watching my audience dancing and enjoying the melody and rhythm of my Sufi songs,” said Rashmi. <br /><br />She is an empanelled artiste of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and is known for her emotive, expressive and soulful recitals.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Rejuvenation is what we experience in a spiritual ambience, especially when poetry and prose by well known Sufi saints are sung by a Hindustani classical or ghazal singer. <br /><br />Rashmi Aggarwal indeed created that divine aura with her mellifluous voice. <br /><br />She lulled the audience into a sense of ease and infused them with positive energy when she recently performed at the Osho World Galleria. <br /><br />With Kabir’s Naiharwa hamka na bhave, a poem that narrates the connection with the Almighty by leaving behind the materialistic world, just like a lover who desperately wants to live with his beloved, Rashmi in her lilting voice touched the audience with her first song of the evening which was a slow paced rendition. <br /><br />But as the artiste believes in experimentation, she presented her next composition – a mix of Kabir and Baba Bulleh Shah’s doha - a religious piece about Ram and Rahim being the same. She started with Kabir’s Hindu kahe Ram payara and followed it with Bulleh Shah’s Gal samajh gayi. <br /><br />Kaun thagwa nagariya lutal ho, the third composition of the evening was once again picked from Kabir’s verses. <br /><br />It metaphorically defined how spirit which is like a bride does not want to leave the body, the groom, when death is knocking at the door to take everything away. <br /><br />As death is a celebration in Sufism, Rashmi had no intention to make the recital dull or morose. <br /><br />She rendered it with unbridled enthusiasm and energy to create a positive feeling about nothing being permanent in life. <br /><br />As the audience were taking a plunge into spiritualism, she artfully spread a bit of love in the air with the title track of her album Ranjhaa- <br /><br />The Masquerader, a beautiful compilation of four of her favourite Sufi songs from her previous albums. <br /><br />There was a sense of affection when the song narrated how Heer traced Ranjhaa even when he was in a different look. She also sang Tab tak jal jal haath maloon, a composition of Sheikh Fareed, making it catchy and interesting with the inclusion of jazz music. </p>.<p>The show, finally, ended with Hazrat Amir Khusro’s kalaam – Piya se naina, Chap tilak and Rang de maula, prompting the audience to give a standing ovation to the singer. <br /><br />Some were even seen dancing – well that is the magic of Sufi songs! <br /><br />“It was an amazing experience singing and watching my audience dancing and enjoying the melody and rhythm of my Sufi songs,” said Rashmi. <br /><br />She is an empanelled artiste of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and is known for her emotive, expressive and soulful recitals.<br /><br /></p>