DEAR GLOBAL CITIZENS,
HELLO.GOOD MORNING.WELCOME BACK.I WAS CALLED FOR A CONCERT IN THE 'ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND'.THE OCCASION WAS THE 'CELLULAR JAIL INDEPENDENCE'(KAALA PAANI KI AZAADI).I CALLED MR. LIYAKAT ALI A WELL KNOWN SARANGI PLAYER FROM MUMBAI FOR ACCOMPANYING ME.
THEY ASKED ME THAT 'WHO WAS I'?WHEN I WENT TO THE ISLAND.THEY TOLD THAT THEY NEVER CALLED ANY ARTIST NAMED 'RINKU ADARSH' AND MY NAME WAS NOT THERE IN THE LIST.I WAS SHOCKED.THEY SENT ME THE 2 AIR TICKETS FOR TO AND FRO.
WE VISITED THE CELLULAR PRISON AND SAW THE ATROCITIES THAT THE BRITISHERS HAD FORCED ON THE INDIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS.THE CELL HAD NO VENTILATION.
THE PRISONERS WERE SQUEEZED EVERY DROP OF BLLOD FROM THEIR BODY AND ULTIMATELY HANGED.THE NAMES WERE FULL OF BRAHMINS LIKE 'UPADHYAYA',
'MUKHOPADHYAYA','BANDOPADHYAYA' ETC.
WE WANDERED WITH OUR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THROUGHOUT THE VENUE IN SEARCH OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM.NOBODY CARED FOR US.WE WERE FORCED TO WAIT TILL 2PM IN THE NIGHT LISTENING TO 'HAASYA KAVI SAMMELAN'.IT HAD A DESCENT CROWD OF 10,000 PEOPLE.
WHEN THE CROWD DEPARTED,THEY OFFERED MONEY TO US AND SAID THAT 'TAKE THIS MONEY AND GO BACK' AS THERE WERE NO AUDIENCES LEFT.I TOLD THAT I WON'T TAKE THE MONEY WITHOUT THE PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMED IN A VACANT FIELD WITH NO BODY TO HEAR.
THE WHOLE ISLAND REVERBERATED WITH THE SOUND OF TABLA AND SARANGI.I KNEW THAT EVERY BODY WAS LISTENING FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE ROOMS IN THE ISLAND AS THE SOUND SYSTEMS WERE VERY HEAVY.
I REALISED THAT HOW THE TABLA MUSIC WAS FLOWINF IN HARMONY WITH STRIKING WAVES OF THE SEA ON THE SHORES.
LIYAKAT ALI SAID THAT HE NEVER HAD BEEN INSULTED LIKE THAT IN HIS CAREER SPAN OF 50 YEARS AS HE PERFORMED WORLDWIDE WITH INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITIES LIKE 'HARIHARAN','USTAAD ZAKIR HUSSAIN' ETC.
I TOOK THE MONEY AND RETURNED TO MY GOVERNMENT REST HOUSE.THIS IS GOVT. OF INDIA.
FAITHFULLY,
RINKU ADARSH
HELLO.GOOD MORNING.WELCOME BACK.I WAS CALLED FOR A CONCERT IN THE 'ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND'.THE OCCASION WAS THE 'CELLULAR JAIL INDEPENDENCE'(KAALA PAANI KI AZAADI).I CALLED MR. LIYAKAT ALI A WELL KNOWN SARANGI PLAYER FROM MUMBAI FOR ACCOMPANYING ME.
THEY ASKED ME THAT 'WHO WAS I'?WHEN I WENT TO THE ISLAND.THEY TOLD THAT THEY NEVER CALLED ANY ARTIST NAMED 'RINKU ADARSH' AND MY NAME WAS NOT THERE IN THE LIST.I WAS SHOCKED.THEY SENT ME THE 2 AIR TICKETS FOR TO AND FRO.
WE VISITED THE CELLULAR PRISON AND SAW THE ATROCITIES THAT THE BRITISHERS HAD FORCED ON THE INDIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS.THE CELL HAD NO VENTILATION.
THE PRISONERS WERE SQUEEZED EVERY DROP OF BLLOD FROM THEIR BODY AND ULTIMATELY HANGED.THE NAMES WERE FULL OF BRAHMINS LIKE 'UPADHYAYA',
'MUKHOPADHYAYA','BANDOPADHYAYA' ETC.
WE WANDERED WITH OUR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THROUGHOUT THE VENUE IN SEARCH OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM.NOBODY CARED FOR US.WE WERE FORCED TO WAIT TILL 2PM IN THE NIGHT LISTENING TO 'HAASYA KAVI SAMMELAN'.IT HAD A DESCENT CROWD OF 10,000 PEOPLE.
WHEN THE CROWD DEPARTED,THEY OFFERED MONEY TO US AND SAID THAT 'TAKE THIS MONEY AND GO BACK' AS THERE WERE NO AUDIENCES LEFT.I TOLD THAT I WON'T TAKE THE MONEY WITHOUT THE PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMED IN A VACANT FIELD WITH NO BODY TO HEAR.
THE WHOLE ISLAND REVERBERATED WITH THE SOUND OF TABLA AND SARANGI.I KNEW THAT EVERY BODY WAS LISTENING FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE ROOMS IN THE ISLAND AS THE SOUND SYSTEMS WERE VERY HEAVY.
I REALISED THAT HOW THE TABLA MUSIC WAS FLOWINF IN HARMONY WITH STRIKING WAVES OF THE SEA ON THE SHORES.
LIYAKAT ALI SAID THAT HE NEVER HAD BEEN INSULTED LIKE THAT IN HIS CAREER SPAN OF 50 YEARS AS HE PERFORMED WORLDWIDE WITH INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITIES LIKE 'HARIHARAN','USTAAD ZAKIR HUSSAIN' ETC.
I TOOK THE MONEY AND RETURNED TO MY GOVERNMENT REST HOUSE.THIS IS GOVT. OF INDIA.
FAITHFULLY,
RINKU ADARSH
