Raghav Sachar’s devotional remix
The popular aarti Om jai Jagdish Hare has been recorded by Raghav Sachar with nine different instruments for the full song, but for the downloads he has used five instruments and then closed it in his own vocals.
“I have used Western instruments for this Indian aarti. I have even worn the clothes that match with the instruments. Like for Tenore Saxophone, I have worn western clothes, while for the harmonica I wore a muffler in Rajesh Khanna style. I wore a sherwani with stole, while playing the flute, while with the hip-hop kind of youthful clothes, I played the soprano saxophone,” says Raghav.
An evening of sacred music
The Delhi International Arts Festival organised an evening of Sacred Music at Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre on October 5. The evening had performances by Aruna Sai Ram and Bhai Baldeep Singh. Aruna Sai Ram presented A Sacred Journey Through India, compositions of different bhakti poets from all parts of India, which left the audience mesmerised. Her rendition of bhajans in different languages made the evening memorable. The other performer of the evening was Bhai Baldeep Singh, who presented Gurbani in the medieval dhrupad style and was appreciated by the guests and audience present. Javed Akhtar was a special guest.
