A Feast of Gujarati Poetry and Ghazals
On April 29, the International Gujarati Cultural Society, Atlanta, also known as IGCSA, successfully organized a light-classical musical event “Pagla Vasant na” (Footsteps of Spring) at Gadhpursham Swaminarayan temple in Norcross, where local singers and musicians (a crew of eight artists) presented an enchanting bouquet of Gujarati literary songs, picking gems of Gujarati poetry of the past 100 years!
[Left] Artists at the poetry and ghazal event by IGCSA.
A delectable mix of the noteworthy composers like Dilip Dholakiya, Avinash Vyas, and Purushottam Upadhyay to modern music composers made it a very interesting and enjoyable evening! The three-hour event culminated with a joyful Garba/Ras with listeners’ participation, followed by delicious food from the temple!
The program started with Priyakant Maniyar’s famous Lord Krishna-Radha lyric “Aa Nabha Jhukyu…” followed by some very famous Gujarati ghazals from Mariz, Gani Dahivala, and others. The journey started from Balmukund Dave’s immortal classic love duet to the latest lyricist Padmashree Tushar Shukla’s “Puchhine Thay Nahi Prem”(“Love happens…don’t question”). The lead male singer Ankur Joshi sang soulful ghazals and a nice duet with Parul Sevak. Dr. Mona Shah sang heart-tugging poetry. Mita Mehta also shared some memorable lyrics.
Kavish Gandhi provided musical accompaniment on tabla, Tejas Chavan on synthesizer, Poulouse on guitar, and Jayur Patel on rhythm. Nimish Sevak hosted the event with composure literary flavor! Three young artists, who are born and raised here in the U.S.A. and are students of Joshi’s musical school, but cannot read Gujarati yet, sang and played flute from an English rendering, which greatly delighted the audience! All singers and emcee worked every weekend for two months to come up with this tasteful bouquet.
Gujarati literature has produced some noteworthy poets that can stand tall amongst the rest of Indian literary figures. IGCSA is proud of this fact, and now it is showcasing their memorable creations with the help of these local talents.
[Right] Music and poetry came together for a mesmerizing evening.
The event was attended by Drs. Naresh & Asha Parikh of Georgia Clinic, Dr. Dhaval Shah of Peach Clinic, Drs. Sanjay & Amita Parikh, Dr. & Mrs. Jayprakash Desai, Mr. Jatin & Chaula Shah, Mr. Paresh Desai & Physicians Protection Group, and the beloved cultural ambassador, Mustafa Ajmeri, to name a few among the audience.
—Sanjay Pandya
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