An open letter ' a clarion call
By Ramesh Narain Kurpad ' Rafiaarenkay / rameshkurpad (gmail)
Rafi Sahab with his awards
Dear Rafi fans / bhakts from near and far away land ' I have voiced myself vehemently in my own country through this beautiful dedicated Rafi website, but in vain ' the Indian fans in India are meekly whispering " alas Rafi Sahab cannot be conferred Bharat Ratna since he is no more and he cannot be given posthumously." ' says who?
Now this letter is being addressed to all international fans / bhakts who are not living in India they may be Indians ' Pakistani's ' Bangladeshi's ' Afghani's ' from UAE ' Saudi ' America ' Canada ' UK ' Europe ' New Zealand ' Australia ' Germany ' France anywhere.All international Rafi fans / bhakts ' if your nation has shown an inclination / love for Rafi Sahab and expressed that they wish to and love to honor Rafi Sahab with a civilian award ' then please do so ' the time has come.
The government of Pakistan has already expressed categorically that it wants to award Rafi Sahab with one of its prestigious awards ' they should do so at the earliest as the time has come.
The Indian government has not even come as close to even ever mentioning Rafi Sahab's name at any given time and hence the Bharat Ratna is far from happening.
Rafi Sahab is such a huge name ' that ' none can attach a tag like " begging for an award " ' as he is above all awards available in the world.
I have always maintained that the Lord God ' came to this earth in the form of a singing Rafi Sahab and hence the universe is left with a mass treasure trove of his songs.
One could float in balance and just keep drifting listening to his renditions whether it is love ' pathos ' separation ' about the nature ' about divine feelings ' his songs leave a magical spell which keeps all moving things spell bound ' simply lost in totality.
Ramesh Narain Kurpad
Irrespective of the song ' you can imagine a smiling Rafi Sahab ' his countenance radiating an everlasting joy never to fade away.
His songs evoke Godliness, friendliness, love, brotherhood, positive vibrations, even the ones who had drifted into a path of destruction and evil have come back to becoming normal nice humans ' just by listening to Rafi Sahab songs ' their minds eternally changed.
He is the true embodiment of love ' passion ' romance ' poetry ' ghazal ' shayari ' highest of musical traditions ' divine singing.
None of his songs are easy to sing ' the most difficult of compositions have been made to appear easy when it flows out of the lips of Rafi Sahab ' mortals have tried and failed to achieve desired effect when they tried singing his songs.
Millions have failed to sing even the Alaap. Many aspire to sing his songs and they do so ' simply because they are mesmerized by Rafi Sahab, his songs and his singing.
My dear international fans from far flung nations the world is blessed to have got a perfect human being like Rafi Sahab ' the almighty came in the form of Rafi Sahab ' sang ' won over the hearts of billions of humans and set a benchmark so so high that none could do any better and none could match.
There never can be another Rafi Sahab. A sincere request to you all to lobby in your respective countries ' Rafi Sahab for international awards.
This request is being made ' as the union of India has deserted this great son of the soil.
Jai ho jai ho jai ho ' Rafi Sahab
Tussi vakai great ho
Adaab Rafi
