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SPICMACAY had organised a morning concert of the great “Shahnai Nawaz, Khan Saheb Ustad Bismillah Khan” – that is an announcement before one of his concerts I had heard on All India Radio and it has got lodged in my brain.
The hall was full and the maestro wove his legendary magic. In the middle of a raag, when everyone was listening mesmerised, he suddenly stopped and asked, in Hindi, “What religion is this?” Then went on, “This is music. It has no language, no religion, no caste . . . Then he pointed to the plaques hanging from the wall all around the hall, look at them, they are all equal, they all seek the same thing. We are all human beings and we are all together and we should live in peace together.”
He was pointing at the plaques because each plaque on the wall had a symbol of a religion. And they were beautiful wood inlay works. He found that close to his heart. The audience, mainly students, clapped and cheered.
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