"Shabada madhur bolein koyaleyain"
My class in MBA had always been diverse,global if I could say,considerin the foreign nationals
but there seemed to be one thing that united us,Raag Bhairaav. I'm sure till now we aren't quite sure about how its actually sung, but believe me it evoked such great pleasure to see our entire class sing along our Guruji. Right from day one,we felt that it had to be the most entertaining lecture of our entire time spent in college. Since Hindustani classical is completely Hindustani, there ain't any translation for the same. And that's where one of my friends from Uganda, asked the professor to translate the verses. Reaction, quite expectedly, dumbfounded, as to how to teach him classical music within a month's time. But it didn't end over there, Guruji, sure wanted us to acknowledge and appreciate the beauty of raagas, he not only made us listen to great music, he also made us watch videos of Bharat Ratna awardee Pt. Bhimsen Joshi. But the icing on the cake came during our farewell, when our juniors asked us to dedicate a song, all of us cried out in rejoice, Shabad da madhur, bolein koyalein.........
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