Parivartan Band Kurseong releases music album Banjara: Kurseong-based Parivartan Band today
released a music album titled ‘Banjara’ with the aim to provide relief
to workers of the closed Red Bank tea estate in the Dooars.
Ganesh Sharma, a renowned violinist from
Darjeeling, was present as the chief guest during the release at the
GDNS Hall in town. Renowned Kurseong musicians such as Maheswar Lama,
Raju Sundas and Govind Singh Ghatani were also present at the event.
The music album has eight songs, two of
them in Nepali and the rest in Hindi. Upcoming singer Bhushan Chhetri of
Dowhill Road has lent his voice as the lead vocalist. The other
musicians are Sukraj Rai, Bhuwan Chettri, Mikma Lepcha and Mohan Prasad.
The event was further embellished by the
presence of two national TV reality show participants, local girl
Vivechna Gurung who had participated in the Boogie-Boogie Show, and
Apurva Tamang from Mirik, who had thrilled one and all in the Indian
Idol Junior show.
The two bright stars were also
felicitated by organising committee members who noted they have brought
fame, recognition and laurels to the hills.
CDs of the music album were sold to
members of the audience and the money collected will be sent to the
residents of Red Bank tea garden.
Talking to reporters later, Chettri said
sales of the album will help the poor and this thought gives him
satisfaction more than anything else. He said workers of Red Bank tea
estate had only one source of income to sustain their lives, but as the
garden has remained closed for a long while, they are dying of
starvation and illness, the inescapable fallout of unimaginable poverty.
(EOIC)