Live Concert- An Oasis in the Desert of Pandemic

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Background:

Amarnath is an Indian singer and a Live Performer who is also the voice behind the New Gujarat Tourism theme song Kesariyo Rang Tane Lagyo, which was also featured at Vibrant Gujarat 2019. He has also sung the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Jingle, The CPR 10 Mantra Jingle and many more such theme songs for various campaigns. He has also performed for the Indian Navy, Facebook Mumbai, Ford India, Indian Medical Association, Doordarshan, Rajya Sabha TV, Hard Rock Cafe Andheri, and at other events and hold a record of more than 500 concerts globally.

He has done his graduation from Delhi University in Hindustani Classical Music and thereon, his journey of Live Concert started at the college fests, and other inter-college competitive events.

About the Event:

Under the guidance of Dr. Amit Kumar Suman, the Live Concert by Amarnath was organised on 28th August, 2020 at 5PM especially for the class of 2021, as for them, it will be their last year, which started with a pandemic, making it impossible to enjoy the vibrant culture that one may experience at the University of Delhi. Keeping the syllabus in mind, the event also covered Rekhta, what the students have been studying in their third year Mughal History. Rekhta literally translates to ‘mixed,’ which implies to a mixture of various language in order to make it more accessible to a wide audience, similarly, the concert also focused on the Bollywood Songs which were not just written in one particular language, rather a mixture.

The event, though organised especially for the class of 2021, was also attended by the students from second year and the faculty of History Department. The event began with an introduction of Amarnath by Dhananjay Kushwaha, a student from the class of 2021, who then declared the event open with a shayari by Nida Fazali.

man bai-rāgī tan anūrāgī qadam qadam dushvārī hai
jīvan jiinā sahl na jaano bahut baḌī fankārī hai

The entire event was coordinated by Ishita Roy, third-year student, who is the Media and Academic Coordinator of the History Department of Kirori Mal College. Charchit Gangwar, third-year student, also played an essential role in preparing the Vote of Thanks, which was presented to Amarnath at the end of the event.

The Live Concert was like an oasis of happiness and nostalgia in the desert of the on-going pandemic. The students enjoyed songs sung by Amarnath’s magical voice, though constrained by distances and technology, everyone still managed to sing along, swayed and some even danced a little!

The songs like Tera Yaar Hoo Mai, Lag Ja Gale, etc took all the students in the flashback of those good old times spent in college before the pandemic. Many genres were also touched upon and even the teachers took an active part in singing along! The entire event left everyone in awe and filled everyone’s heart with happiness and memories.

Due to the physical constraints, a formal Vote of Thanks in a PDF format was presented and mailed to Amarnath as a part of felicitation, and the event turned out to be a great success!

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Author:


Ishita Roy
(Academic & Media Coordinator)
Students’ Union, History Department
Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi


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