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Music enlisted to convey TB message
Bombay Jayashree in concert.
THE EVENING soft classical music concert by Bombay Jayashree at Sansara Hall at The Park was for a cause - the fight against tuberculosis.
Organised by the Research Group for Education and Advocacy for Community Health (REACH), an NGO working for control of tuberculosis (TB), music became the medium to spread awareness on creating a TB-free society.
The shruti from two tanpuras set the stage for an hour-long performance. Jayashree, clad in rustling silk, began with `Devadeva Jagadeeshwara,' in Purvikalyani raga.
The kalpana swaras won the appreciation of the audience for its mellifluous twists. `Madhava Mamava Deva Krishna' in Nilambari took listeners from the lengthening of the shadows to the lilting lullaby of approaching darkness as Jayashree sung the praise of Lord Krishna.
In Akhilandeshwari Rakshamam, Dwijavanti took a martial tone rendered at measured pace.
Then came Abheri in Bhajarere Manasa, and `Gopala Gokula Vallabhi Priya,' in Shyam Kalyani evoked the image of children dancing among cows and cowherds in a grazing field.
The famous `Ennathavam Seidanai Yashodha,' in Kaapi recreated scenes from Krishna's life.
The concluding Tillana `Dheem Thana Dheem Janutha Dhirana,' in Behag almost brought the footwork of a dancer on stage.
Supported by V.V.S. Murari on the violin and B. Ganapathyraman on `mridangam', the proceeds of the concert and the REACH Diwali Party hosted at the hotel following the concert will go towards the REACH TB Patient Support Fund.
A brochure `TB Free: Join the Drive,' distributed to the visitors at the concert said that one person died of TB every minute in India which carried one-third of the global TB burden.
One patient infected 15 others every year and incomplete treatment of tuberculosis was dangerous both to the patient and the community. Most patients did not complete treatment for the disease on their own.
The warning was that the HIV epidemic would increase and hasten the spread of TB to unmanageable numbers.
REACH conducts programmes for slum dwellers through street theatre, pamphlets, posters and screening of films and slides.
Programmes are conducted in Chennai's Corporation and private schools such as quiz, talk shows and slide shows on TB.
By Swahilya
Photo: K.V. Srinivasan
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